TRACES OF LEAN CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES IN THE INDIGENOUS BUILDING CULTURE OF THE TALENSI OF NORTHERN GHANA by Zoya Evans KPAMMA, Eric Kwaku ASARE, Emmanuel Nsiah ANKOMAH

“…Even though a number of authors have indicated a strong link of LC to the Toyota Production System, there appear to be traces of LC in some indigenous building cultures. …”
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Recursive Quantum Relaxation for Combinatorial Optimization Problems by Ruho Kondo, Yuki Sato, Rudy Raymond, Naoki Yamamoto

“…The code is available at https://github.com/ToyotaCRDL/rqrao.…”
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Performance of Asymmetric Electric Double Layer Capacitors — Predominant Contribution of the Negative Electrode by Lihong Wang, Masahiro Toyoda, Michio Inagaki

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A Probabilistic Protocol for Multihop Routing in VANETs by Junichiro Fukuyama

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Free-Form Optimization of Thin-Walled Structure for Frequency Response Problem by Masatoshi Shimoda, Yang Liu

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The role of social media marketing and brand experience in increasing brand loyalty through customer engagement for mpv car users in Medan by Indawati Lestari, Desy Astrid Anindya, Finta Aramita

“…The sample was drawn using purposive sampling with sample criteria, namely consumers who use cars with the Toyota brand and have used them for more than 3 (three) years. …”
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Influence factors in increasing brand loyalty through customer engagement on MPV cars by Indawati Lestari, Desy Astrid Anindya, Finta Aramita

“…Sampling using purposive sampling with sample criteria, namely consumers who use cars with the Toyota brand and have used more than 3 (three) years. …”
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Vitalité des activités et rationalité du Lean : deux études de cas by Tahar-Hakim Benchekroun, Justine Arnoud, Rebecca Arama

“…Lean Manufacturing (LM), inspired by the Toyota Production System, has spread throughout the automotive sector in France over the past twenty years – and from there, gradually, to all sectors of the economy. …”
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Wasserstein Non-Negative Matrix Factorization for Multi-Layered Graphs and its Application to Mobility Data by Hirotaka Kaji, Kazushi Ikeda

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Probing out-of-distribution generalization in machine learning for materials by Kangming Li, Andre Niyongabo Rubungo, Xiangyun Lei, Daniel Persaud, Kamal Choudhary, Brian DeCost, Adji Bousso Dieng, Jason Hattrick-Simpers

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Influence of consumer satisfaction on brand allegiance: An empirical investigation in Pakistan's safety and luxury automobile sector by Manzar Rehman, Tong Zelin, Talib Hussain

“…Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the influence of customer satisfaction on brand loyalty within Pakistan's safety luxury automobile sector, featuring Toyota Indus, Honda, and Suzuki as key players. Methods: Employing a quantitative approach, the research collected data from 275 customer questionnaires. …”
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Finite Element Analysis of Occupant Risk in Vehicular Impacts into Cluster Mailboxes by Emre Palta, Lukasz Pachocki, Dawid Bruski, Qian Wang, Christopher Jaus, Howie Fang

“…These CM designs were tested on flat-road conditions with and without a curb. A 2010 Toyota Yaris and a 2006 Ford F250, both in compliance with the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH), were employed in the analysis. …”
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Changes in the Linear Relationship between Muscle Contraction Intensity and Muscle Hardness after Rectus Femoris Muscle Strain by Takayuki Inami, Takuya Shimizu, Tomoaki Osuga, Takaya Narita, Norikazu Hirose, Mitsuyoshi Murayama

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Exploring Embodiment Form Factors of a Home-Helper Robot: Perspectives from Care Receivers and Caregivers by Katherine M. Tsui, Rune Baggett, Carol Chiang

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Motor Control System for Adaptation of Healthy Individuals and Recovery of Poststroke Patients: A Case Study on Muscle Synergies by Fady S. Alnajjar, Juan C. Moreno, Ken-ichi Ozaki, Izumi Kondo, Shingo Shimoda

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A comparative analysis for crack identification in structural health monitoring: a focus on experimental crack length prediction with YUKI and POD-RBF by Zenzen, Roumaissa, Ayadi, Ayoub, Benaissa, Brahim, Belaidi, Idir, Sukic, Enes, Khatir, Tawfiq

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Enterprises as Complex Systems: Navigating Challenges and Embracing Resilience by Dimitry Borissov

“…Case studies of organizations such as Toyota, Amazon, and Unilever illustrate how viewing enterprises as interconnected systems allows them to address root causes of challenges, implement resilience strategies, and leverage adaptability as a competitive advantage. …”
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Discrete-Time Markovian Jump Linear Robust Filtering for Visual and GPS Aided Magneto-Inertial Navigation by Kenny A. Q. Caldas, Roberto S. Inoue, Marco H. Terra, Vitor Guizilini, Fabio Ramos

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Dramatic improvement in strength–ductility balance of dual-phase steels by optimizing features of ferrite phase by Kohei Ogatsu, Toshio Ogawa, Ta-Te Chen, Fei Sun, Yoshitaka Adachi

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EMS3D-KITTI: Synthetic 3D dataset in KITTI format with a fair distribution of Emergency Medical Services vehicles for autodrive AI model trainingZenodo by Chandra Jaiswal, Sally Acquaah, Christopher Nenebi, Issa AlHmoud, AKM Kamrul Islam, Balakrishna Gokaraju

“…This enriched dataset, organized in the KITTI 3D object detection benchmark format by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the Toyota Technological Institute, improves its utility for training and evaluating autonomous vehicle systems.To bridge the gap between simulated and real-world scenarios, our methodology integrates a wide range of scenarios simulation in CARLA, including variations in weather conditions, human presence, and different environmental settings. …”
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