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Lean – Let’s Get It Right!

How to Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement

By: David Rizzardo

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Lean – Let’s Get It Right!

How to Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement

By: David Rizzardo

Lean – Let’s Get It Right!: How to Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement (978-0-367-42991-1, 340939) Shelving Guide: Business & Management / Lean Management This book addresses the root causes of why a majority of Lean transformations have not met expectations. More importantly, it provides the information needed to turn around the failure mechanisms and transform them into critical success factors. Lean – Let’s Get It Right! delves into the psychology of change and motivation and clarifies the roles and responsibility changes which are required for alignment with Lean principles. While the author includes a review of Lean principles, the majority of the book either provides more depth of understanding of the principles or highlights how misalignment can thwart Lean transformation efforts. What this provides is not only clarity, but it establishes a solid reference point or framework to guide the Lean strategy. The reader will begin to see how the principles are not simply a random set of characteristics or features of Lean, but are actually a set of fundamental beliefs on which all else is based. Though repeated throughout the book that an organization must develop the specifics of their own Lean roadmap, this book concludes with guidance on making it happen. This book, with its primary focus on people, leadership, and principles, and less so on the details of tools and techniques, can be thought of as providing the few critical missing puzzle pieces to enable an effective Lean transformation.

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CRC Press

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1000025349

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Energy Harvesting Materials

By: David L Andrews

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Energy Harvesting Materials

By: David L Andrews

The science of energy harvesting materials is experiencing phenomenal growth and attracting huge interest. Exploiting recently acquired insights into the fundamental mechanisms and principles of photosynthesis, it is now possible to forge entirely new and distinctive molecular materials and devise artificial photosystems and applications far remote from conventional solar cell technology. In this comprehensive treatment of energy harvesting, a team of internationally acclaimed scientists at the forefront of the subject paint a state-of-the-art picture of modern energy harvesting materials science. Covering all aspects of the subject, ranging from natural plant and bacterial photosystems, through their biologically inspired synthetic analogs, to other photoactive molecular materials such as dendrimers, the book also establishes the theory and underlying principles across the full range of light harvesting systems. With an authoritative, comprehensive and well-referenced content, it will appeal to all students, researchers and technologists interested or involved in solar energy, photobiology and photoactive materials science.

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World Scientific

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9814479802

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9789814479806

The Prince's Doom

By: David Blixt

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The Prince's Doom

By: David Blixt

Blixt is a man of many talents - actor, director, author. In his hands, history comes to bright, blazing life." - Sharon Kay Penman, author of Lionheart and The Sunne In Splendour Dive into the treacherous landscape of Renaissance Italy, where alliances shift like shadows and betrayal is a constant companion, with the explosive fourth novel David Blixt’s critically acclaimed Star-Cross'd Series! Triumphant in its clash with Padua, Verona now stands at the precipice of a foretold disaster. The Montagues and Capulets continue their epic feud, threatening to plunge Verona into chaos. The once-promising Cesco, a rising star in his own right, plunges headlong into the shadows, steering his extraordinary talents toward a tumultuous existence that defies not only the Veronese lord and the Church but challenges the very constellations themselves. The heart of the struggle is a love that could either be the key to lasting peace or the catalyst for utter destruction. In a bid to reclaim Cesco’s faltering spirit, Pietro Alaghieri welcomes the seething plots and intrigues of the Veronese court, hoping they'll jolt Cesco from his languor. Yet, as the first lifeless body hits the ground, it becomes starkly evident that this new game is a lethal gambit, a perilous trial that threatens to doom them all. Brace yourself for a whirlwind of swashbuckling adventure, smoldering passion, and ruthless betrayal, as this epic tale unfolds—an electrifying odyssey reminiscent of the best works by Bernard Cornwell, Sharon Kay Penman, and Dorothy Dunnett. The stars may have foretold the doom, but the chaos that ensues is beyond even their celestial predictions. Prepare to be swept away by the intricate web of alliances and enmities in The Prince's Doom, a gripping addition to the Star-Cross'd Series that will leave breathless readers eagerly anticipating the next twist in this captivating saga.

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1385

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Sordelet Ink

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1944540075

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Voice Of The Falconer

By: David Blixt

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Voice Of The Falconer

By: David Blixt

Eight years after the tumultuous events of THE MASTER OF VERONA, Pietro Alaghieri is living in exile in Ravenna, enduring the loss of his famous father while secretly raising Cesco, the bastard heir to Verona's prince, Cangrande della Scala. But when word of Cangrande's death reaches him, Pietro must race back to Verona to prevent Cesco's rivals from usurping his rightful place. But young Cesco is determined not to be anyone's pawn. Willful and brilliant, he defies even the stars. And far behind the scenes is a mastermind pulling the strings, one who stands to lose - or gain - the most. Born from Shakespeare's Italian plays, this novel explores the danger, deceit, and deviltry of early Renaissance Italy, and the terrible choices one must make just to stay alive.

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Sordelet Ink

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1944540032

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Latins, Greeks and Muslims: Encounters in the Eastern Mediterranean, 10th-15th Centuries

By: David Jacoby

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Latins, Greeks and Muslims: Encounters in the Eastern Mediterranean, 10th-15th Centuries

By: David Jacoby

Trade, shipping, military conquest, migration and settlement in the eastern Mediterranean of the 10th-15th centuries generated multiple encounters between states, social and 'national' groups, and individuals belonging to Latin Christianity, Byzantium and the Islamic world. The nature of these encounters varied widely, depending on whether they were the result of cooperation, rivalry or clashes between states, the outcome of Latin conquest, which altered the social and legal status of indigenous subjects, or the result of economic activity. They had wide-ranging social and economic repercussions, and shaped both individual and collective perceptions and attitudes. These often differed, depending upon 'nationality', standing within the dominant or subject social strata, or purely economic considerations. In any event, at the individual level common economic interests transcended collective 'national' and cultural boundaries, except in times of crisis. The studies in this latest collection by David Jacoby explore the multiple facets of these eastern Mediterranean encounters and their impact upon individual economic activities, with special attention to the 'other', outsiders in foreign environments, foreign privileged versus indigenous traders, the link between governmental intervention, 'naturalization', and fiscal status, as well as the interaction between markets and peasants.

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370

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Taylor & Francis

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1000947440

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The Diva & the Rancher

The Story of Norma Piper and George Pocaterra

By: Jennifer Hamblin,David Finch

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The Diva & the Rancher

The Story of Norma Piper and George Pocaterra

By: Jennifer Hamblin,David Finch

Big dreams, dashed hopes and romance are at the heart of this biography of Norma and George Pocaterra. The story begins in 1903 when George Pocaterra left Italy and came to the Canadian Rockies with hopes of striking it rich. George is best known for establishing the Buffalo Head Ranch in the foothills of Alberta. He developed a close friendship with members of the Stoney Indians, and was one of the first non-Natives to explore much of what is now called Kananaskis Country. In 1933, he returned to Italy, where he met and fell in love with Norma Piper, a young Calgary singer who had moved to Italy to study opera. They eventually married, and George took over the management of Norma's rising operatic career. World War II forced a return to Canada in 1939. In Calgary, Norma became part of the local music scene, giving concerts and teaching singing at Mount Royal College. In 1955, she started her own studio and over the next 25 years became one of Calgary's most loved music teachers. George, meanwhile, continued with his coal-mining ventures, although he suffered bitter disappointments. Drawing on personal diaries and correspondence, the authors have created an intimate portrait of these remarkable Albertans who became, each in their own way, legends in their lifetimes.

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Rocky Mountain Books Ltd

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1894765702

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9781894765701

Tinnitus

A Multidisciplinary Approach

By: David Baguley,Gerhard Andersson,Don McFerran,Laurence McKenna

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Tinnitus

A Multidisciplinary Approach

By: David Baguley,Gerhard Andersson,Don McFerran,Laurence McKenna

Tinnitus: A Multidisciplinary Approach provides a broad account of tinnitus and hyperacusis, detailing the latest research and developments in clinical management, incorporating insights from audiology, otology, psychology, psychiatry and auditory neuroscience. It promotes a collaborative approach to treatment that will benefit patients and clinicians alike. The 2nd edition has been thoroughly updated and revised in line with the very latest developments in the field. The book contains 40% new material including two brand new chapters on neurophysiological models of tinnitus and emerging treatments; and the addition of a glossary as well as appendices detailing treatment protocols for use in an audiology and psychology context respectively.

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328

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John Wiley & Sons

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140519989X

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9781405199896

The Plastic Banknote

From Concept to Reality

By: David Solomon,Tom Spurling

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The Plastic Banknote

From Concept to Reality

By: David Solomon,Tom Spurling

Have you got any ideas on how to make a better banknote?' In the late 1960s, the detection of counterfeit banknotes and the rise of new photographic and copying technologies prompted the Reserve Bank of Australia to explore options for increasing the security of currency. A top-secret research project, undertaken by CSIRO and the Bank, resulted in the development of the world’s first successful polymer banknotes. This technology is now used in over 30 countries. This book describes the story of the Currency Notes Research and Development project from its inception in 1968 through to the release of the $10 Australian bicentennial plastic banknote in 1988. It exemplifies a market-driven project which resulted in advances in science, technology and approaches to commercialisation, and a fundamental change in banknote security.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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1486300332

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9781486300334

Medical Charlatanism in Early Modern Italy

By: David Gentilcore

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Medical Charlatanism in Early Modern Italy

By: David Gentilcore

From the mid-sixteenth century onwards, the Italian Protomedicato tribunals, Colleges of Physicians, or Health Offices (jurisdiction varied from state to state) required charlatans to submit their wares for inspection and, upon approval, pay a licence fee in order to set up a stage from which to perform and sell them. The licensing of charlatans became an administrative routine. As far as the medical magistracies were concerned, charlatans had a defineable identity, constituting a specific trade or occupation. This book studies the way charlatans were represented, by contemporaries and by historians, how they saw themselves and, most importantly, it reconstructs the place of charlatans in early modern Italy. It explores the goods and services charlatans provided, their dealings with the public and their marketing strategies. It does so from a range of perspectives: social, cultural, economic, political, geographical, biographical and, of course, medical. Charlatans are not just some curiosity on the fringes of medicine: they offered health care to an extraordinarily wide sector of the population. Moreover, from their origins in Renaissance Italy, the Italian ciarlatano was the prototype for itinerant medical practitioners throughout Europe. This book offers a different look at charlatans. It is the first to take seriously the licences issued to charlatans in the Italian states, compiling them into a 'charlatans database' of over 1,300 charlatans active throughout Italy over the course of some three centuries. In addition, it makes use of other types of archival documents, such as trial records and wills, to give the charlatans a human face, as well as a wide range of artistic and printed sources, not forgetting the output of the charlatans themselves, in the form of handbills and pamphlets.

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446

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OUP Oxford

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0191514292

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9780191514296

Dante's Paradise: A Retelling in Prose

By: David Bruce

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Dante's Paradise: A Retelling in Prose

By: David Bruce

This is a retelling in prose of Dante's "Paradise," the third part of his "Divine Comedy.

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214

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Lulu.com

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1312319569

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9781312319561

Dante's "Divine Comedy": A Retelling in Prose

By: David Bruce

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Dante's "Divine Comedy": A Retelling in Prose

By: David Bruce

This is a retelling in prose of Dante's "Divine Comedy." It includes his Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. In the "Divine Comedy," Dante journeys through the three parts of the afterlife.

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540

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Lulu.com

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1312216948

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9781312216945

Venice and Venetia under the Habsburgs

1815-1835

By: David Laven

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Venice and Venetia under the Habsburgs

1815-1835

By: David Laven

The Austrian domination of Venice and Venetia after the Congress of Vienna has traditionally received a bad press. The Restoration regime was long villifed as oppressive and exploitative, and in direct opposition to the interests of almost all classes of the population. This volume questions this view, arguing from detailed archival research that Francis I's rule brought many real benefits to his Venetian subjects. The root of the remarkable passivity of Venetia in the years after the fall of Napoleon should not be explained in terms of pervasive policing, heavy handed censorship and the presence of Metternich's 'forest of bayonets', but rather by the existence of a fair and responsive, if sometimes cumbersome, administrative structure. Having outlined the origins of Austrian control of Venetia in terms of radical political and territorial changes experienced during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic period, this work examines the mechanisms of Austrian rule. Early chapters focus on the uncomfortable tensions that existed between the temptation to retain a modernised machinery of state inherited from Napoleon's Kingdom of Italy, and the desire to look to models existing in the rest of the Habsburg Monarchy with the aim of creating greater uniformity with the rest of the multinational empire. Various aspects of the Habsburg system are examined to assess the burden of Austrian control in the form of taxation and conscription, and the way in which education, policing, the Church and censorship were used in sometimes surprising ways to attach the Venetian population to their Habsburg masters. Finally, the book addresses the question of what went wrong between the death of Francis I in 1835 and the Venetian insurrection of 1848-9 to alienate the population so radically.

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268

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OUP Oxford

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019154244X

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9780191542442

Failure of Polymer Products Due to Chemical Attack

By: David C. Wright

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Failure of Polymer Products Due to Chemical Attack

By: David C. Wright

Degradation reactions grouped under the heading chemical attack include oxidation hydrolysis, halogenation and other reactions. They also include some purely physical interactions between materials and fluids, dominated by the absorption of fluid into the material or vice versa. One particular mechanism described in some detail is acid induced stress corrosion cracking, which is the most frequent cause of premature failure of GRP products, and where the principle degradation reaction is between the fluid and the glass fibres. An additional indexed section containing several hundred abstracts from the Rapra Polymer Library database gives useful references for further reading.

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iSmithers Rapra Publishing

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1859572693

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Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature

1983 Volume 10

By: David H. Olson,Roxanne Markoff

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Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature

1983 Volume 10

By: David H. Olson,Roxanne Markoff

The Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature provides a systematic listing of current periodical literature on family studies. Volume X reviews English language literature, published in 1983, covering this subject; its survey is interdisciplinary, non-evaluative and comprehensive. It will be of use to all those whose concerns are marriage and the family: social and welfare workers, sociologists, social psychologists, marriage guidance counsellors, those interested in women's studies and family history. `If David Olson had done nothing else, his contribution as the continuing senior co-editor of the Inventory would earn him an honored place in the hall of fame of family scholars. (This series) remains in my opinion

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SAGE Publications, Incorporated

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0803923678

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9780803923676

Lean – Let’s Get It Right!

How to Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement

By: David Rizzardo

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Lean – Let’s Get It Right!

How to Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement

By: David Rizzardo

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The Prince's Doom

The Prince's Doom

Voice Of The Falconer

Voice Of The Falconer

Latins, Greeks and Muslims: Encounters in the Eastern Mediterranean, 10th-15th Centuries

Latins, Greeks and Muslims: Encounters in the Eastern Mediterranean, 10th-15th Centuries

The Diva & the Rancher

The Diva & the Rancher

Tinnitus

Tinnitus

The Plastic Banknote

The Plastic Banknote

Medical Charlatanism in Early Modern Italy

Medical Charlatanism in Early Modern Italy

Dante's Paradise: A Retelling in Prose

Dante's Paradise: A Retelling in Prose

Dante's "Divine Comedy": A Retelling in Prose

Dante's "Divine Comedy": A Retelling in Prose

Venice and Venetia under the Habsburgs

Venice and Venetia under the Habsburgs

Failure of Polymer Products Due to Chemical Attack

Failure of Polymer Products Due to Chemical Attack

Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature

Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature

Lean – Let’s Get It Right!

Lean – Let’s Get It Right!

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