Strengthening maturity levels by a legal assurance process

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 305-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luigi Buglione ◽  
Ricardo J. Rejas-Muslera ◽  
Juan José Cuadrado Gallego
Keyword(s):  
Assurance Process

The Use of Port Performance Indexes in the Transport Economy and the Strengthening of Port Competitiveness

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 387-394
Author(s):  
Astrida Rijkure ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
International Competitiveness ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Multimodal Integration ◽  
Pricing Policies ◽  
Performance Indexes ◽  
Quality Assurance Process ◽  
Assurance Process

Ports in the transport economy have an important role to play in the competitiveness of ports. There is an increasing climate of competition, which causes ports to invest in development and to improve their transport corridors, governance principles and pricing policies in order to strengthen international competitiveness of ports and to ensure that their management practices are in line with the positive international experience. In order to increase the efficiency of transport, to promote the use of environmentally friendly technologies and to improve the international competitiveness of port transport corridors, it is important for ports to determine their own KPI indicators that would be used to assess port performance indicators. As ports are responsible for the quality assurance of port services, even if they do not provide such services, monitoring and assessing of the KPI must be part of the quality assurance process. The objective of this study is to define the port performance-enhancing KPI indexes and to make suggestions for how KPI application in the transport economy can strengthen the international competitiveness of ports and ensure that their management practises international experience. The study’s tasks are to define the appropriate KPI indexes, group them according to interlinked principles, and provide proposals on how to use them to improve the international competitiveness of ports and the main transport system multimodal integration.

One-step models for soft computing techniques. Industrial application to image processing in quality assurance process

2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (5-8) ◽  
pp. 771-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascual Noradino Montes Dorantes ◽  
Marco Aurelio Jiménez Gómez ◽  
Gerardo Maximiliano Méndez ◽  
Juan Pablo Nieto González ◽  
Jesús de la Rosa Elizondo
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Soft Computing ◽  
Industrial Application ◽  
Quality Assurance Process ◽  
Soft Computing Techniques ◽  
One Step ◽  
Assurance Process

scholarly journals Nitrogen-containing aromatic compounds: quantitative analysis using gas chromatography with nitrogen phosphorus detector

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Rao ◽  
Arno de Klerk
Keyword(s):  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Aromatic Compounds ◽  
Process Development ◽  
Complex Mixtures ◽  
Response Factors ◽  
Cyanide Anion ◽  
Nitrogen Phosphorus Detector ◽  
Assurance Process ◽  
Nitrogen Containing Compounds

AbstractThe nitrogen-containing aromatic compounds found in the petrochemical industry are varied and extend beyond classes such as the anilines, pyrroles and pyridines. Quantification of these nitrogen-containing compounds that may occur in complex mixtures has practical application for quality assurance, process development and the evaluation of conversion processes. Selective detection of nitrogen-containing species in complex mixtures is possible by making use of gas chromatography coupled with a nitrogen phosphorous detector (GC-NPD), which is also called a thermionic detector. Despite the linearity of the NPD response to individual nitrogen-containing compounds, the response factor is different for different compounds and even isomers of the same species. Quantitative analysis using an NPD requires species-specific calibration. The reason for the sensitivity of the NPD to structure is related to the ease of forming the cyano-radical that is ionized to the cyanide anion, which is detected. The operation of the NPD was related to the processes of pyrolysis and subsequent ionization. It was possible to offer plausible explanations for differences in response factors for isomers based on pyrolysis chemistry. Due to this relationship, the NPD response can in the same way be used to provide information of practical relevance beyond its analytical value and a few possible applications were outlined.

The impact of a quality assurance process on the frequency and confirmation rate of hysterectomy

1990 ◽  
Vol 163 (2) ◽  
pp. 545-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph C. Gambone ◽  
Robert C. Reiter ◽  
Joel B. Lench ◽  
J. George Moore
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Assurance Process ◽  
Assurance Process ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Invention and Validation of an Automated Camera System That Uses Optical Character Recognition to Identify Patient Name Mislabeled Samples

2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles D Hawker ◽  
William McCarthy ◽  
David Cleveland ◽  
Bonnie L Messinger
Keyword(s):  
Character Recognition ◽  
Optical Character Recognition ◽  
Error Rates ◽  
Camera System ◽  
Sample Tube ◽  
Bar Codes ◽  
Optical Character ◽  
Quality Assurance Process ◽  
Assurance Process ◽  
Human Inspection

Abstract BACKGROUND Mislabeled samples are a serious problem in most clinical laboratories. Published error rates range from 0.39/1000 to as high as 1.12%. Standardization of bar codes and label formats has not yet achieved the needed improvement. The mislabel rate in our laboratory, although low compared with published rates, prompted us to seek a solution to achieve zero errors. METHODS To reduce or eliminate our mislabeled samples, we invented an automated device using 4 cameras to photograph the outside of a sample tube. The system uses optical character recognition (OCR) to look for discrepancies between the patient name in our laboratory information system (LIS) vs the patient name on the customer label. All discrepancies detected by the system's software then require human inspection. The system was installed on our automated track and validated with production samples. RESULTS We obtained 1 009 830 images during the validation period, and every image was reviewed. OCR passed approximately 75% of the samples, and no mislabeled samples were passed. The 25% failed by the system included 121 samples actually mislabeled by patient name and 148 samples with spelling discrepancies between the patient name on the customer label and the patient name in our LIS. Only 71 of the 121 mislabeled samples detected by OCR were found through our normal quality assurance process. CONCLUSIONS We have invented an automated camera system that uses OCR technology to identify potential mislabeled samples. We have validated this system using samples transported on our automated track. Full implementation of this technology offers the possibility of zero mislabeled samples in the preanalytic stage.

scholarly journals Linkage of Census and Administrative Data to Quality Assure the 2011 Census for England and Wales

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louisa Blackwell ◽  
Andrew Charlesworth ◽  
Nicola Jane Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Record Linkage ◽  
Population Register ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Quality Assurance Process ◽  
Assurance Process

Abstract The 2011 Census for England and Wales made extensive use of administrative data to quality assure the estimates. This included record linkage between census and administrative data. This article describes the role of record linkage in the quality-assurance process. It outlines the operational challenges that we faced and how we resolved them. Record linkage was confined to a sample within 58 carefully selected local authorities. We found characteristic patterns of under- and overcoverage in the National Health Service Patient Register, which we illustrate here with examples. Our findings may be useful in countries that, like England and Wales, do not have a comprehensive population register to draw on and that need to understand issues of coverage in their routinely collected administrative data and the use of these data to estimate populations.

Guided Wave Testing: Maximizing Buried Pipe Corrosion Knowledge From Each Excavation

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Crompton ◽  
Roger Royer ◽  
Mark Tallon ◽  
Stephen F. Biagiotti
Keyword(s):  
Guided Wave ◽  
Piping System ◽  
Case Histories ◽  
Direct Examination ◽  
Buried Pipe ◽  
Industry Standard ◽  
Limited Effectiveness ◽  
Wall Loss ◽  
Assurance Process ◽  
Non Destructive

Excavation and Direct Examination of buried piping using conventional non-destructive examination (NDE) has been the traditional inspection approach for decades and remains the only quantitative method for piping evaluations in plants when internal in-line inspection tools cannot be used due to geometry or other constraints. This “difficult to assess” piping presents many challenges, including limited effectiveness of traditional indirect inspection tools, high cost and operational concerns associated with excavations, and the ability to evaluate only a small sampling of a piping system. Many inspection technologies exist for buried pipe assessments; however, no indirect techniques provide the ability to yield quantitative wall loss values suitable for ASME fitness for service calculations beyond what’s exposed in the excavation. An evolving technology, guided wave testing (GWT), has many applications including the ability to provide assessment information beyond the excavation. In this paper, the application of GWT for buried piping inspection will be discussed. We will review: principles behind its operation; the competitive technologies on the market; challenges for the technology; management of data within the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) industry standard buried pipe database (BPWorks™ 2.0); trending; case histories showing how GWT can be used to extend the knowledge gained during an excavation by screening adjacent areas for more significant corrosion than observed in the excavated and exposed area; coupling GWT results with other inspection technologies to gain an enhanced interpretation of the overall condition of the line; and how to incorporate this data into an effective structural and/or leakage integrity program as part of the reasonable assurance process.

scholarly journals Implementation of learning quality assurance based on applied education technology

2018 ◽  
Vol 205 ◽  
pp. 00010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haryono ◽  
Heri Triluqman Budisantoso ◽  
Edi Subkhan ◽  
Yuli Utanto
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Educational Technology ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Research Unit ◽  
Quality Assurance Process ◽  
School Senior ◽  
Assurance Process ◽  
Applied Education ◽  
Quality Policy

This research aims to analyze the implementation of learning quality assurance at school and develop its model based on the applied educational technology. The research unit of analysis encompassing several junior high school, senior high school and vocational school in Semarang, Kendal, and Kudus district. The research results (1) school had implemented the learning quality assurance including the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluating process, although the documentation is still desultory, (2) the learning quality assurance based on the applied educational technology had been developed as a reference to define (a) the scope of quality assurance at school, (b) the quality policy and quality assurance organization at school, (c) the standard of learning quality and its achievement strategy, and (d) the manual for learning quality and its instrument, and (3) the learning quality assurance based on the applied educational technology is worth implemented on the learning quality assurance process at school.

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