Enhancing quality of service: A conceptual poka-yoke approach by Alghozali, Fachrul Iman, Jamaludin, Roslan, Bahaudin, Ahmad Yusni

“…Unlike buying food from the convenience stores where the expiry date for each product is readable, consumer are able to see the product expiry date only after having paid and product dispensed by the vending machine.Hence, consumer has negative perceptions of the company producing the products and also the vending machine service providers.This study emphasizes on improving the vending machines using automatic date-based switch as a poka-yoke device to improve quality of service.Qualitative approach is conducted through interview with a service provider company operating and maintaining vending machines. …”
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Engineering of Synthetic Transcriptional Switches in Yeast by Masahiro Tominaga, Akihiko Kondo, Jun Ishii

“…Transcriptional switches can be utilized for many purposes in synthetic biology, including the assembly of complex genetic circuits to achieve sophisticated cellular systems and the construction of biosensors for real-time monitoring of intracellular metabolite concentrations. Although to date such switches have mainly been developed in prokaryotes, those for eukaryotes are increasingly being reported as both rational and random engineering technologies mature. …”
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Estimating nest‐level phenology and reproductive success of colonial seabirds using time‐lapse cameras by Hinke, JT, Barbosa, A, Emmerson, LM, Hart, T, Juares, JM, Korczak-Abshire, M, Milinevsky, G, Santos, M, Trathan, PN, Watters, GM, Southwell, C

“…The switch approximates the date of clutch completion and is estimated by fitting a smoothing spline to daily nest attendance data, identifying candidate dates that switch from two adults to one and selecting the date when the first derivative of the spline is minimized. …”

Viro-Immunological, Clinical Outcomes and Costs of Switching to BIC/TAF/FTC in a Cohort of People Living with HIV: A 48-Week Prospective Analysis by Maria Mazzitelli, Mattia Trunfio, Cristina Putaggio, Lolita Sasset, Davide Leoni, Sara Lo Menzo, Daniele Mengato, Anna Maria Cattelan

“…To date, therapeutic switches are performed to reduce and prevent toxicity, improve adherence, promote virological control, and save costs. …”
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