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TL;DR: The Toyota Production System and Kanban System introduced in this paper was developed by the Vice-President of Toyota Motor Company, Taiiohi Ohno, and it was under his guidance that these unique production systems have become deeply rooted in Toyota Motor company in the past 20 years as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: SUMMARY The Toyota Production System and Kanban System introduced in this paper was developed by the Vice-President of Toyota Motor Company, Mr. Taiiohi Ohno, and it was under his guidance that these unique production systems have become deeply rooted in Toyota Motor Company in the past 20 years. There are two major distinctive features in these systems. One of these is the ‘just-in-time production ’, a specially important factor in an assembly industry such as automotive manufacturing. In this type of production, “ only the necessary products, at the necessary time, in necessary quantity ” are manufactured, and in addition, the stock on hand is held down to a minimum. Second, the System is the ‘respect-for-human’ system where the workers are allowed to display in full their capabilities through active participation in running and improving their own workshops.
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TL;DR: The surfactant-mediated synthesis of an ordered benzene–silica hybrid material has an hexagonal array of mesopores and crystal-like pore walls that exhibit structural periodicity, and it is expected that other organosilicas and organo-metal oxides can be produced in a similar fashion, to yield a range of hierarchically ordered mesoporous solids with molecular-scale pore surface periodicity.
Abstract: Surfactant-mediated synthesis strategies are widely used to fabricate ordered mesoporous solids in the form of metal oxides, metals, carbon and hybrid organosilicas. These materials have amorphous pore walls, which could limit their practical utility. In the case of mesoporous metal oxides, efforts to crystallize the framework structure by thermal and hydrothermal treatments have resulted in crystallization of only a fraction of the pore walls. Here we report the surfactant-mediated synthesis of an ordered benzene-silica hybrid material; this material has an hexagonal array of mesopores with a lattice constant of 52.5 A, and crystal-like pore walls that exhibit structural periodicity with a spacing of 7.6 A along the channel direction. The periodic pore surface structure results from alternating hydrophilic and hydrophobic layers, composed of silica and benzene, respectively. We believe that this material is formed as a result of structure-directing interactions between the benzene-silica precursor molecules, and between the precursor molecules and the surfactants. We expect that other organosilicas and organo-metal oxides can be produced in a similar fashion, to yield a range of hierarchically ordered mesoporous solids with molecular-scale pore surface periodicity.
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TL;DR: Mechanisms are proposed for the reactions on discharge and charge that are consistent with the widely observed voltage gap in Li-O(2) cells.
Abstract: The nonaqueous rechargeable lithium–O2 battery containing an alkyl carbonate electrolyte discharges by formation of C3H6(OCO2Li)2, Li2CO3, HCO2Li, CH3CO2Li, CO2, and H2O at the cathode, due to electrolyte decomposition. Charging involves oxidation of C3H6(OCO2Li)2, Li2CO3, HCO2Li, CH3CO2Li accompanied by CO2 and H2O evolution. Mechanisms are proposed for the reactions on discharge and charge. The different pathways for discharge and charge are consistent with the widely observed voltage gap in Li–O2 cells. Oxidation of C3H6(OCO2Li)2 involves terminal carbonate groups leaving behind the OC3H6O moiety that reacts to form a thick gel on the Li anode. Li2CO3, HCO2Li, CH3CO2Li, and C3H6(OCO2Li)2 accumulate in the cathode on cycling correlating with capacity fading and cell failure. The latter is compounded by continuous consumption of the electrolyte on each discharge.
1,161 citations
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TL;DR: This paper proposes different parameterized linear matrix inequality (PLMI) characterizations for fuzzy control systems and these characterizations are relaxed into pure LMI programs, which provides tractable and effective techniques for the design of suboptimal fuzzy control Systems.
Abstract: This paper proposes different parameterized linear matrix inequality (PLMI) characterizations for fuzzy control systems. These PLMI characterizations are, in turn, relaxed into pure LMI programs, which provides tractable and effective techniques for the design of suboptimal fuzzy control systems. The advantages of the proposed methods over earlier ones are then discussed and illustrated through numerical examples and simulations.
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TL;DR: The ion exchange reaction of interlayer Na+ ions of a layered polysilicate kanemite with alkyltrimetnylammonium ions, followed by calcination, gives highly ordered mesoporous materials with a hexagonal array of uniform channels as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The ion exchange reaction of interlayer Na+ ions of a layered polysilicate kanemite with alkyltrimetnylammonium ions, followed by calcination, gives highly ordered mesoporous materials with a hexagonal array of uniform channels.
1,091 citations
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Derek R. Lovley | 168 | 582 | 95315 |
Edward H. Sargent | 140 | 844 | 80586 |
Shanhui Fan | 139 | 1292 | 82487 |
Susumu Kitagawa | 125 | 809 | 69594 |
John B. Buse | 117 | 521 | 101807 |
Meilin Liu | 117 | 827 | 52603 |
Zhongfan Liu | 115 | 743 | 49364 |
Wolfram Burgard | 111 | 728 | 64856 |
Douglas R. MacFarlane | 110 | 864 | 54236 |
John J. Leonard | 109 | 676 | 46651 |
Ryoji Noyori | 105 | 627 | 47578 |
Stephen J. Pearton | 104 | 1913 | 58669 |
Lajos Hanzo | 101 | 2040 | 54380 |
Masashi Kawasaki | 98 | 856 | 47863 |
Andrzej Cichocki | 97 | 952 | 41471 |