Average faces: How does the averaging process change faces physically and perceptually?

Abstract Autoclave Stress failures were encountered at the 96 hour read during transistor reliability testing. A unique metal corrosion mechanism was found during the failure analysis, which was creating a contamination path to the drain source junction, resulting in high Idss and Igss leakage. The Al(Si) top metal was oxidizing along the grain boundaries at a faster rate than at the surface. There was subsurface blistering of the Al(Si), along with the grain boundary corrosion. This blistering was creating a contamination path from the package to the Si surface. Several variations in the metal stack were evaluated to better understand the cause of the failures and to provide a process solution. The prevention of intergranular metal corrosion and subsurface blistering during autoclave testing required a materials change from Al(Si) to Al(Si)(Cu). This change resulted in a reduced corrosion rate and consequently prevented Si contamination due to blistering. The process change resulted in a successful pass through the autoclave testing.

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Effects of Organizational Process Change on Management Control Systems and Revelations of Managers' Private Knowledge

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.774005 ◽

2005 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Casey M. Rowe ◽

Jacob G. Birnberg ◽

Michael D. Shields

Keyword(s):

Control Systems ◽

Management Control ◽

Management Control Systems ◽

Process Change ◽

Organizational Process ◽

Private Knowledge

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The realities of process change

Engineering Management ◽

10.1049/em:20040310 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 46-48

Author(s):

E. Platt

Keyword(s):

Process Change

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The implementation of a mobile application to support community-based health workers

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.051 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽

Author(s):

A C F Martins ◽

P L Pereira ◽

A C C N Mafra ◽

J L Miraglia ◽

C N Monteiro ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Mobile Application ◽

Total Population ◽

Health Workers ◽

Data Entry ◽

Population Data ◽

Administrative Staff ◽

Economic Data ◽

Process Change ◽

Community Based

Abstract Issue Real-time access to up-to-date population information is essential to the strategic planning of primary health care (PHC). In the Brazilian public health system community-based health workers (CHWs), working as part of PHC teams, collect health, demographic and socio-economic data from individuals mainly through paper-based forms that are later entered manually into electronic information systems. Mobile applications could help to improve the quality and speed of this process facilitating the CHWs day-to-day work while improving the access to the collected information. Description of the Problem During September of 2019, a mobile application installed in tablets for the collection of health, demographic and socio-economic data was deployed for 432 CHWs of 87 PHC teams in the southern region of São Paulo, Brazil, serving a total population of 283,324 individuals. During implementation, the acceptability and challenges faced by CHWs were evaluated and the time taken to complete data entry. Results Seventy-two hours of training were offered to CHWs and other 139 professionals including managers, nurses and administrative staff (AS). Some CHWs reported concerns about the process change and fear of not being able to operate the application, especially those unfamiliar to the technology. With training and team support, fear was transformed into satisfaction with the realization of the benefits of the system. The main infrastructure challenge was the need for installation of Wi-Fi routers in some health care units, in addition to the replacement 4.4% of damaged tablets. In four months 97.6% of the total population was registered in the application. Lessons A WhatsApp group was created to clarify AS doubts, receive suggestions and disseminate guidelines. AS remained as the reference point at healthcare units and data completeness still needs to be reinforced. Key messages A mobile application was well-accepted by CHWs and could facilitate the collection of population data. A tablet app proved to be a useful tool to generate information for the PHC teams.

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