scholarly journals Clients’ Quality Expectations in Malaysian Conference Interpreting

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Mansour Amini ◽  
Saber Alavi ◽  
Davoud Amini
Keyword(s):  
Quality Criterion ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Time Constraints ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Interesting Aspect ◽  
Important Quality ◽  
Unpublished Doctoral Thesis

As part of an unpublished doctoral thesis on “Conference Interpreting in Malaysia”, this paper reports clients’ expectations and highlights the necessity of taking what they anticipate as ideal into consideration. The study tailored on-site and off-site questionnaire-based survey study in Malaysian conference interpreting setting. The relative importance of various quality criteria attached by 42 clients as well as their responses to open-ended questions, adopted from the established questionnaires, revealed the interpreting clients’ perspectives and expectations from interpreting quality. The analysis of data by scale analysis and codification of the open-ended responses into matrices showed that different clients might have different expectations. Clients rated terminology as the most important quality criterion and native accent as the least important. The most interesting aspect of interpreting profession was international contacts, while they rated speed and time constraints as the most difficult aspect of conference interpreting. Interpreters’ lack of faithfulness to the original was indicated as the principal shortcoming, whereas incorrect terminology and unfinished sentences were the most irritating aspects of conference interpreting in clients’ point of view.Their suggestions to improve quality were mostly interpreter-related such as training interpreters and updating their knowledge, as well as organisationalrelated aspects like cooperation of the clients, interpreters, conference organisers, and users.

scholarly journals Users’ Quality Expectations in Conference Interpreting

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mansour Amini ◽  
Noraini Ibrahim-González ◽  
Leelany Ayob ◽  
Davoud Amini
Keyword(s):  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Pragmatic Communication ◽  
Original Message ◽  
Unpublished Doctoral Thesis ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

This paper is part of an unpublished doctoral thesis on “Conference Interpreting in Malaysia”. Expectations of users were explored by an on-site questionnaire-based survey study in Malaysian conference interpreting setting. The relative importance of various linguistic and non-linguistic criteria for quality was obtained through quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection. A reliable sample of 256 interpreting “users” (Cronbach alpha coefficient=0.81) were collected from five international conferences in Malaysia. Analysis of the results revealed that users attached high value to the linguistic criteria of sense-consistency with original message (94.1%), logical cohesion (91.1%), fluency of delivery (91%), correct terminology (89.8%), correct grammar (82.8%), completeness of interpretation (80.2%), synchronicity (73%), and style (70.5%) rating the criteria very important or important. The parameters of pleasant voice (60.9%), lively intonation (60.4%), and native accent (57.3%) were considered desirable, but not essential as they received the least importance by the users. Findings from the open-ended questions showed that users consider “wide range of topics” and “broadening one’s horizons” as the most interesting aspects of conference interpreting. Users indicated that they were willing to listen to the interpretation even if they understood it. These suggest that interpreters are seen as a professional source of knowledge from users’ perspectives. While stressing on the linguistic aspects and the importance of output-related quality criteria, the researcher calls for taking further notice of situational particularities and background variables, pragmatic communication issues, and contextual features with a more extensive view of the profession, in addition to the methodological issues that have always been argued in interpreting quality research.

THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN CAN THO CITY, 2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 76-81
Author(s):  
Chu Cao Minh ◽  
Thang Vo Van ◽  
Dat Nguyen Tan ◽  
Hung Vo Thanh
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Medicine ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Quality Criterion ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Ministry Of Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Can Tho City

Background: The criteria set of assessing hospital quality in Vietnam in 2016 was revied from the criteria set in 2013 by the Ministry of Health in order to help hospitals to self-assess towards improvinge quality of hospitals in the international integration context. The study aimed to assess the quality of public hospitals in Can Tho City according to the revised criteria set of the Ministry of Health in 2016 and compare the quality among three hospital ranks (including grade I, grade II, and grade III) via to 5 groups of quality criteria. Methods: A cross-sectional study, using secondary data analysis was applied to assess the service quality of 7 general public hospitals in Can Tho City. Results: The average total score of 7 hospitals is 245 and the average for the criteria of 7 hospitals is 2.99, which is just satisfactory. In the criterion of quality, criterion D and E had the lowest scores compared to the other three groups. There was no statistically significant difference (p = 0.076) among the mean scores for the three hospital categories. Conclusion: The quality of public hospitals in Can Tho city in 2016 only reached moderately good level (2.99). Interventions should be developed to improve the quality of hospitals, with particular emphasis on improving the quality of criteria groups D and E. Key words: Quality, hospital, medicine, health, public, Can Tho

scholarly journals Development of the composition and production technology of injection medication for intra-articular introduction based on sodiun hyaluronate

2019 ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
O. O. Saliy ◽  
O. V. Los ◽  
O. P. Baula ◽  
K. F. Matsiutsia
Keyword(s):  
Production Technology ◽  
Sodium Hyaluronate ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Quality Criterion ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Saturated Steam ◽  
Critical Parameters ◽  
Injection Solution ◽  
Physical Chemical ◽  
Sterilization Mode

Osteoarthrosis is the most widespread disease of musculoskeletal system, which leads to different level of disability in 10–30% of cases. The age of the person is one of the key risk factors for the development of such disease. The most effective resolution is a surgery in which joints are replaced, but this method is very risky and expensive especially for elderly people. That is why development of the composition and research in new technological aspects of biotechnological medication is an actual course in pharmacy. The aim of research: development of the composition and production technology of injection solution of hyaluronic acid as sodium hyaluronate for the therapy of degenerate inflammatory disease of articulation. The object of the study is an injection with sodium hyaluronate for intra-articular administration. Evaluation of the test results when choosing the optimal technology for preparing the injection solution was carried out by the visual method (description, transparency), and by the method of rotational viscometry (viscosity). The suitability of the sterilization regime was determined by physicochemical methods (appearance, transparency, viscosity, pH of the solution) and microbiological method (sterility) according to the requirements of SPhU. The quantitative content of sodium hyaluronate was determined by spectrophotometry (SPhU, 2.2.25) using a carbazole reagent. The results of the studies  has  been developed the optimal composition  of the drug based on stabilized sodium hyaluronate by the excipient BDE. The resulting solution in its physical-chemical properties are a clear, highly viscous aqueous solution. The developed composition contains (in %): Sodium hyaluronate with a molecular weight of ~ 2 MDA (in terms of 100% substance) – 1.0; BDE – 0.75; sodium chloride – 0.85; phosphate buffer – up to pH from 5.0 to 8.5; water for injection – up to 100%. The critical parameters of the technological stages for the production of a drug with sodium hyaluronate are determined experimentally. Specific critical parameters are the degassing of a viscous solution, filtration and the conditions of the sterilization mode of the injection solution. It was experimentally established that the optimal parameters for the filtration stage are the use of a Durapore hydrophilic membrane made of polyvinyl difluoride (PVDF), the temperature of the solution is 50 ± 0.5 °C and the use of back pressure mode to reduce the volume wich is filtered per unit time. It was determined that the sterilization mode with saturated steam at a temperature of 121 °C for 8 min is optimal and ensures the quality of the solution in quality criterion of «Sterility». Samples of the experimental series of injection solution, obtained by the developed technology, comply with the requirements of SPhU for drugs for parenteral use according to physical-chemical and biological quality criteria as appearance, transparency, viscosity, pH of the solution, sterility, assay sodium hyaluronate.

scholarly journals Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing: quality criteria and low frequency variants

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damien Jacot ◽  
Trestan Pillonel ◽  
Gilbert Greub ◽  
Claire Bertelli
Keyword(s):  
Sample Selection ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Pcr Amplification ◽  
Quality Criterion ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Sequencing Errors ◽  
Sequencing Quality ◽  
Quality Control Criteria ◽  
Control Criteria ◽  
Sequence Quality

Although many laboratories worldwide have developed their sequencing capacities in response to the need for SARS-CoV-2 genome-based surveillance of variants, only few reported some quality criteria to ensure sequence quality before lineage assignment and submission to public databases. Hence, we aimed here to provide simple quality control criteria for SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to prevent erroneous interpretation of low quality or contaminated data. We retrospectively investigated 647 SARS-CoV-2 genomes obtained over ten tiled amplicons sequencing runs. We extracted 26 potentially relevant metrics covering the entire workflow from sample selection to bioinformatics analysis. Based on data distribution, critical values were established for eleven selected metrics to prompt further quality investigations for problematic samples, in particular those with a low viral RNA quantity. Low frequency variants (<70% of supporting reads) can result from PCR amplification errors, sample cross contaminations or presence of distinct SARS-CoV2 genomes in the sample sequenced. The number and the prevalence of low frequency variants can be used as a robust quality criterion to identify possible sequencing errors or contaminations. Overall, we propose eleven metrics with fixed cutoff values as a simple tool to evaluate the quality of SARS-CoV-2 genomes, among which cycle thresholds, mean depth, proportion of genome covered at least 10x and the number of low frequency variants combined with mutation prevalence data.

scholarly journals Information technology for time series forecasting by the method of the forecast scheme synthesis

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
O. Yu. Mulesa ◽  
◽  
F. E. Geche ◽  
A. Ye. Batyuk ◽  
O. O. Melnyk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Time Series ◽  
Linear Combination ◽  
Optimization Problem ◽  
Quality Criterion ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Time Series Forecasting ◽  
Percentage Error ◽  
Forecast Models

The study is devoted to the development of information technology for forecasting based on time series. It has been found that it is important to develop new models and forecasting methods to improve the quality of the forecast. Information technology is based on the evolutionary method of synthesis of the forecast scheme grounded on basic forecast models. The selected method allows you to consider any number of predictive models that may belong to different classes. For a given time series, the weight coefficients with which the models are included in the resulting forecast scheme are calculated by finding the solution to the optimization problem. The method of constructing the objective function for the optimization problem in the form of a linear combination of forecasting results by basic forecasting models is shown. It is proposed to find the solution to the optimization problem using a genetic algorithm. The result of the method is the forecast scheme, which is a linear combination of basic forecast models. To assess the quality of the forecast, it is suggested to use forecasting errors or forecast volatility calculated as the standard deviation. Forecast quality criteria are selected depending on the context of the task. The use of forecast volatility as a quality criterion, with repeated use of technology, will reduce the deviation of forecast values from real data. The structural scheme of information technology is developed. Structurally, information technology consists of two blocks: data processing and interpretation of the obtained values. The result of the application of the developed information technology is the production rules for determining the predicted value of the studied quantity. Experimental verification of the obtained results was performed. The problem of forecasting the number of religious organizations in Ukraine based on statistical data from 1997 to 2000 has been solved. The autoregression method and the linear regression model were chosen as the basic forecast models. Based on the results of using the developed information technology, the weights of the basic models were calculated. It is demonstrated that the obtained forecast scheme allowed to improve the average absolute percentage error and forecast volatility in comparison with the selected models. Keywords: information technology; time series; forecasting; evolutionary technologies; forecast volatility; synthesis of the forecast scheme.

scholarly journals Development Framework for the Evaluation of Usability in E-Government: A Case Study of E-Finance Government of Malang

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivin Ayu Lestari
Keyword(s):  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
User Testing ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Important Quality ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency

E-government is an effort to utilize information and communication technology especially internet to improve public service quality which generally implemented in a web based application. Usability is one of the important quality criteria for the success of a web. In this study we developed a framework for evaluation of usability in e-government consisting of  eight stages: (1) determining the evaluation objectives, (2) determining the usability aspects, (3) determining the metrics usability, (4) selecting usability evaluation method candidates, (5) determining the required criteria of the method to be evaluated, (6) evaluating the method, (7) selecting and making the instrument, and (8) evaluate usability.. The results of the application of this framework in the case study of e-finance resulted in two methods used: user testing and questionnaires. The evaluation of usability in e-government for e-finance case studies using the proposed framework results in usability level of e-finance in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction are 96%, 92%, and 70 respectively. Which can be identified to be grouped into 16 problems consisting of aspects of effectiveness and efficiency.

scholarly journals CRUSHED STONE MASTIC ASPHALT CONCRETE USING GRAYISH TECHNOLOGIES

2020 ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
A. Kurlykina ◽  
V. Denisov ◽  
D. Kuznecov ◽  
E. Lukash
Keyword(s):  
Asphalt Concrete ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Quality Criterion ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Physicomechanical Properties ◽  
Crushed Stone ◽  
Road Asphalt ◽  
Mastic Asphalt ◽  
Used Oil ◽  
Stone Mastic Asphalt

One of the main reasons for reducing the service life of road asphalt pavements (the appearance and development of damage in the form of ruts, various kinds of plastic deformations, potholes, cracks, etc.) is the low quality of the used oil bitumen. The physicomechanical properties of road bitumen are subject to stricter requirements, especially for organic binders used for the production of crushed stone mastic asphalt (SMA), therefore, in authors’ view, the development of bitumen binders with enhanced physicomechanical properties is one of the key and most urgent tasks in road construction. This problem is solved by introducing various modifiers into the binder. This article presents the results of a study of bitumen modified by introducing technical sulfur into the composition. The effect of binder modification on the physicomechanical properties of road asphalt concrete is shown on the example of crushed stone mastic asphalt (SMA-20) relative to base samples made to control the dynamics of changes in the properties of composites made using sulfur-raising technologies. For a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of modifying crushed stone mastic asphalt concrete based on various binders, a generalized quality criterion is calculated, taking into account the calculated particular quality criteria and various values of the weight coefficients. The comparison and analysis of the obtained efficiency criteria is made.

Features and Limitations of Ontologies for Coronavirus Data Management in Libraries

2021 ◽  
pp. 18-40
Author(s):  
Enrique Wulff
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Emerging Technology ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Semantic Data ◽  
Important Quality ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Or Applications

The purpose of this chapter is to follow the evolution of what has occurred over time in the ontologies published in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Correctness and completeness of ontologies on the schema and instance level are important quality criteria in their selection for an application. To help both the librarians and the users, there is a need of a framework for the comparison of different semantic data sources in the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, online services and/or applications based on ontologies or SKOS-based COVID-19 thesauri are still rare. As an emerging technology in libraries, an all-integrating ontology for coronavirus disease knowledge and data refers to the continuing development of an existing technology. In spite of using ontologies in the Semantic Web, meanings of concepts and relationships are still largely unrealized in terms of obtaining accurate and timely information about COVID-19. But the nature of causal relationships on this disease is made accessible through ontologies as the material in which its main concepts are supported.

Establishing Reliability Criteria for Liver ElastPQ Shear Wave Elastography (ElastPQ-SWE): Comparison Between 10, 5 and 3 Measurements

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Roccarina ◽  
Laura Iogna Prat ◽  
Elena Buzzetti ◽  
Marta Guerrero Misas ◽  
Francesco Marcello Aricó ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Disease ◽  
Diagnostic Performance ◽  
Liver Stiffness ◽  
Quality Criterion ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Shear Wave Elastography ◽  
Primary Biliary Cholangitis ◽  
Alcoholic Fatty Liver ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
The Difference

Abstract Purpose ElastPQ is a new elastography technique for non-invasive liver fibrosis staging. However, it does not have validated reliability criteria. We tested the reliability of a different number of measurements in patients with chronic liver disease and explored whether the application of quality criteria improves the diagnostic performance. Materials and Methods All patients underwent liver stiffness assessment (LSM) with ElastPQ and Fibroscan (F-TE). The mean, median, standard deviation (SD) and interquartile range (IQR) of 10, 5 and 3 measurements were retrospectively collected for each patient and compared to each other. Liver histology was available in a subset of patients. Results Overall, 400 patients met the inclusion criteria. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) was the most represented etiology (75 %), followed by primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). The correlation of medians was significantly better between 10 and 5 measurements than between 10 and 3. The difference of medians was significant only in the comparison between 10 and 3 measurements. The correlation between ElastPQ and F-TE was equally good for 10 and 5 measurements and significantly improved after an IQR/median ≤ 30 % was applied. The diagnostic performance of ElastPQ was better with the median value of 10 and 5 measurements and improved if LSM values were obtained with IQR/M ≤ 30 %. Conclusion The median value of 5 valid LSMs suffices for the reliable estimation of liver stiffness using ElastPQ. The quality criterion of IQR/M ≤ 30 % should also be followed when using this technique.

Dishwasher Corrosion of Glasses

2008 ◽  
Vol 39-40 ◽  
pp. 317-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melek Orhon ◽  
İlkay Sökmen ◽  
Gülçin Albayrak
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Corrosion ◽  
Glass Composition ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Corrosion Process ◽  
Cost Factor ◽  
Private Households ◽  
Glass Corrosion ◽  
Considerable Cost ◽  
Important Quality ◽  
Glass Tableware

Dishwasher resistance of glass articles is one of the most important quality criteria for glass tableware manufacturer. Dishwasher corrosion of glass and the resulting formation of unacceptable appearance limits the lifetime of glass tableware in private households and even more in professional catering business where constant replacement of glass tableware is a considerable cost factor. Usually glasses undergo through some reactions in an atmospheric corrosion process, which is known as “weathering” or “warehouse effect”. This phenomenon is found to trigger the formation of defects during dishwashing and, visible defects such as cloudiness and iridescence are formed on the glass surface after certain dishwasher cycles depending upon the degree of the atmospheric corrosion that has already been formed on the surface prior to washing. Consequently atmospheric corrosion resistance is an important parameter for dishwasher resistance. The present paper comprehensively investigates the glass corrosion behavior during dishwashing and the effect of glass composition on improved dishwasher resistance by rendering the glass less prone to atmospheric corrosion even under severe conditions.

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