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Archaeological Ceramic Fabric Attribution Through Material Characterisation

Funding Information: This work was supported by FEDER funds through the COMPETE 2020 Programme and National Funds through FCT Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology under the following project references: UIDB/50025/2020-2023 (CENIMAT), UIDB/00729/2020 (VICARTE), UIDB/04449/2020 (HERCULES), LA/P/0132/2020 (Laboratório Associado IN2PAST), the contract 10.54499/CEECIND/00349/2017/CP1431/CT0004 (M. L. Co...

Readiness for Industry 4.0 in a Medical Device Manufacturer as an Enabler for S...

Publisher Copyright: © 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.; This research aims to determine the state of Industry 4.0 readiness and to identify the best practices, challenges, and barriers to implementing Industry 4.0 technology in a medical device manufacturer, thus aiding in improving sustainability. Semi-structured interviews were completed with 12 senior executives representing a wide ar...

MyBack - effectiveness and implementation of a behavior change informed exercis...

Funding Information: This project is supported by the Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia \u2013 the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (PTDC/SAU-SER/7406/2020). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.; Background: Low back pain (LBP) is a common health condition and the leading cause of years lived with disability worldwide. Most LBP episodes have a favourable prognosis, but ...

Digitalised validation systems as an enabler for quality 4.0 within a medical d...

Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Authors; Purpose: This research examines the implementation challenges and benefits of transitioning to a paperless validation system as part of a Quality 4.0 initiative within a Medical Device manufacturer in order to address a gap related to such studies in the literature. Methodology: This research was conducted using a case study executed in a large medical device manufacturi...

Exploring barriers and facilitators to the implementation of the myback program...

Exploring Lean and Green Supply Chain Performance Using Balanced Scorecard Pers...

Authors would like to acknowledge Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia for its support (project MIT-Pt/EDAMIASC/0033/2008).; Going lean/green is a trend more manufacturers are beginning to recognize as important in an era of economic aus-terity and environmental responsibility. Unlike lean supply chain, which focuses on ways to improve operations and cut wastes from the customer's perspective, green initiatives...