Street, Alice Taylor, Emma Michelle
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Social studies of science
What is a diagnostic test for? We might assume the answer to this question is straightforward. A good test would help identify what disease someone suffers from, assist health providers to determine the correct course of treatment and/or enable public health authorities to know and intervene in health at the level of the population. In this article...
Bierer, Barbara E. Koppelman, Elisa Croker, Alysha K. Hosseinzadeh, Sharareh Hovinga, Collin Joffe, Steven McMillan, Gianna Nelson, Robert Bucci-Rechtweg, Christina
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Frontiers in Pediatrics
The importance of patient engagement in product development and clinical research is widely acknowledged. In pediatrics, parents and guardians are often vocal advocates for their children in the process, but investigators and sponsors rarely directly solicit children's or adolescents’ perspectives in clinical research planning or as patient partner...
ranga, leocardia noci, francesco dermiki, maria
While insect-based foods could contribute towards sustainable protein consumption and production, their successful adoption relies largely on consumer acceptance. This case study aims to explore factors affecting acceptance and to identify the insect-based foods that participants would like to be developed and introduced to the market. Three focus ...
flankegård, filip johansson, glenn granlund, anna johansson, peter e.
Background: Supplier involvement in product development has proven beneficial for companies and is a phenomenon researched in various domains. The definitions of supplier involvement represent points of origin and dimensions addressed in research. Still, there is no overview of these definitions and dimensions. This study reviews current definition...
pacana, andrzej siwiec, dominika ulewicz, robert ulewicz, malgorzata
The objective of this investigation was: (i) to develop a model that supports sustainable product development, considering the quality aspect and the environmental impact in the product life cycle, and (ii) to establish a framework to select the proportion of the share of these aspects during product development decisions. This research concentrate...
Joachimiak-Lechman, Katarzyna
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Engineering Management in Production and Services
Eco-design is one of the cornerstones of the modern economy, as reflected in the policies aimed at implementing the principles of design for the environment in the European Union legislation. A life cycle perspective is a feature of eco-design. The study aimed to determine whether and to what extent the selected companies operating in manufacturing...
lefint, jérémy moniz, antónio b.
The introduction of exoskeletons by many companies has often resulted in potential users not wanting to wear them. Evaluations of the exoskeleton reveal benefits of use, including ergonomic advantages and a reduction of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. How can this contradiction be explained? By searching the available literature, we can ide...
vardakas, alexios giannakas, aris e. dimitrakouda, maria ndreka, amarildo chaintari, christiana iordanidis, george vaggeli, nikolaos angelari, tarsizia almpounioti, kalliopi potsaki, panagiota
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There is an increased demand for healthy foods by the consumer nowadays, while at the same time, circular bio-economy and sustainability in food production represent top priority issues for the food industry. In this context, purslane, a highly nutritious annual plant that grows abundant during the hottest months of the year but is considered a by-...
heitkamp, tim hilbig, karl girnth, simon kuschmitz, sebastian waldt, nils klawitter, günter vietor, thomas
Continuous fiber-reinforced material extrusion is an emerging additive manufacturing process that builds components layer by layer by extruding a continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic strand. This novel manufacturing process combines the benefits of additive manufacturing with the mechanical properties and lightweight potential of composite mat...
diefenbach, sarah ullrich, daniel
Innovative technologies often have unforeseen negative consequences on an individual, societal, or environmental level. To minimize these, the Cassandra method aims to foresee such negative effects by systematically investigating dystopian visions. Starting with the activation of a (self-)critical mindset, the next steps are collecting a maximum nu...
