The Translation of a Standard: Translating and Adapting RDA into French

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clément Arsenault ◽  
Daniel Paradis ◽  
Pat Riva
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Nous Concluons ◽  
Set Up

This article reports on a joint translation project (France and Canada) of the RDA standard into French. We describe how the translation committee was set up, explain the methodology, and present the measures taken to ensure consistency and interoperability. We conclude with “lessons learned” that could help others embarking on such a project.Cet article présente un projet de traduction commune (France et Canada) de la norme RDA en français. Nous décrivons le fonctionnement du comité de traduction, expliquons la méthodologie, et présentons les mesures prises pour assurer la cohérence et l’interopérabilité. Nous concluons avec les « leçons apprises » qui aideront ceux qui désirent entreprendre un projet similaire.

scholarly journals The Challenging but Imperative Path to Monoclonal Antibody Use Against COVID-19 for a Small Overseas Military Hospital

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spencer Shirk ◽  
Danielle Kerr ◽  
Crystal Saraceni ◽  
Garret Hand ◽  
Michael Terrenzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Monoclonal Antibody ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Military Hospital ◽  
Clinical Criteria ◽  
Fda Approval ◽  
Life Saving ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Naval Hospital

ABSTRACT Upon the U.S. FDA approval in early November for a monoclonal antibody proven to potentially mitigate adverse outcomes from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections, our small overseas community hospital U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain (USNH Rota) requested and received a limited number of doses. Concurrently, our host nation, which previously had reported the highest number of daily deaths from COVID-19, was deep within a second wave of infections, increasing hospital admissions, near intensive care unit capacity, and deaths. As USNH Rota was not normally equipped for the complex infusion center required to effectively deliver the monoclonal antibody, we coordinated a multi-directorate and multidisciplinary effort in order to set up an infusion room that could be dedicated to help with our fight against COVID. Identifying a physician team lead, with subject matter experts from nursing, pharmacy, facilities, and enlisted corpsmen, our team carefully ensured that all requisite steps were set up in advance in order to be able to identify the appropriate patients proactively and treat them safely with the infusion that has been clinically proven to decrease hospital admissions and mortality. Additional benefits included the establishment of an additional negative pressure room near our emergency room for both COVID-19 patients and, when needed, the monoclonal antibody infusion. In mid-January, a COVID-19-positive patient meeting the clinical criteria for monoclonal antibody infusion was safely administered this potentially life-saving medication, a first for small overseas hospitals. Here, we describe the preparation, challenges, obstacles, lessons learned, and successful outcomes toward effectively using the monoclonal antibody overseas.

scholarly journals Consolidating the interactive analysis and Grid infrastructure at DESY

2020 ◽  
Vol 245 ◽  
pp. 07003
Author(s):  
Christoph Beyer ◽  
Thomas Finnern ◽  
Martin Flemming ◽  
Andreas Gellrich ◽  
Thomas Hartmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Tier 2 ◽  
Interactive Analysis ◽  
Batch Systems ◽  
Batch System ◽  
Start Up ◽  
High Responsiveness ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Set Up ◽  
National Analysis

Within WLCG, the DESY site in Hamburg is one of the largest Tier-2 sites with about 18500 CPU cores for Grid workloads. Additionally, about 8000 CPU cores are available for interactive user analyses in the National Analysis Factory [NAF]. After migrating these two batch systems onto a common HTCondor based set-up during the previous four years, we recapitulate the lessons learned during the transition especially since both use cases differ in their workloads. For Grid jobs start-up latencies are negligible and the primary focus is on an optimal utilization of the resources. Complementary, users of the NAF expect a high responsiveness of the batch system as well as the storage for interactive analyses. In this document, we will also give an outlook to future developments and concepts for the DESY high-throughput computing. In the ongoing evolution of the HTC batch system, we are exploring how to integrate anonymous jobs with the batch system as back-end for Function-as-a-Service workflows as well as an option for dynamic expansions to remote computing resources.

Asset Integrity Management - Implementation Plan During Front End Loading Phases

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgio Ferrario ◽  
Salvatore Grimaldi
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Predictive Maintenance ◽  
Digital Implementation ◽  
Front End ◽  
Integrity Management ◽  
Advanced Analytics ◽  
Set Up

Abstract Capitalization of lessons learned on Asset Integrity Management during Front End Loading phases of a green field Project Development, by defining plan for implementation of a diagnostic digital tool for reducing downtime and introduce predictive maintenance during Operation. Eni developed a platform of Digital applications for enhanced Operations management by implementing an Integrated Asset Management (IAM) system. Advanced Analytics tool is part of it and is designed for monitoring, foreseeing and preventing production upsets and anomalies; the tool is set up by verification of areas of interest and criticalities, with identification of main equipment data sets and by the implementation and validation of predictive models. Starting from historical data, data scientists supported by experts develop algorithms capable of finding interdependencies between a set of input variables and an output variable (phenomenon to be predicted/monitored), thus detecting anomalies and criticalities. Main areas of benefit are envisaged on Production continuity, capable of predicting problems on static and rotating equipment and giving information on the most impacting variables on the incipient problems. The tool will support technicians to help them preventing failures and out-of-specs events which may cause loss of production or asset integrity issues, with the activation of predictive maintenance and the aim to strive a continuous monitoring and improvement of plant operational performances. An Energy Efficiency predictive model will also be set up, capable of forecasting the future energy performances of the asset through the prediction of the Stationary Combustion of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emission index (t CO2/kbbl) and providing the list of the main influencing equipment and variables. The plan for implementation of the tool from the Early phases of development help the organization on prioritizing the implementation of Digital tools as part of the execution and realization of the Asset to be delivered to the Operational personnel, by easing the transition and avoiding subsequent retrofitting carrying brownfield works and additional costs. The implementation of Advanced Analytics tool has been embedded in a new green field initiative of a Development Project since Front End Loading phases, thus fostering digital implementation and minimizing deployment costs by including those as part of the Investment Proposal presented to Joint Venture Partners and Authorities.

scholarly journals Recent Developments Regarding Painting Robots for Research in Automatic Painting, Artificial Creativity, and Machine Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3396
Author(s):  
Jörg Marvin Gülzow ◽  
Patrick Paetzold ◽  
Oliver Deussen
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Industrial Robots ◽  
Control Interface ◽  
Creativity Research ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Scripting Language ◽  
Artificial Creativity ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Robotic Painting

E-David (Electronic Drawing Apparatus for Vivid Image Display) is a system for controlling a variety of painting machines in order to create robotic paintings. This article summarizes the hardware set-up used for painting, along with recent developments, lessons learned from past painting machines, as well as plans for new approaches. We want to apply e-David as a platform for research towards improving automatic painting and to explore machine creativity. We present different painting machines, from small low-cost plotters to large industrial robots, and discuss the benefits and limitations of each type of platform and present their applicability to different tasks within the domain of robotic painting and artificial creativity research. A unified control interface with a scripting language allows users a simplified usage of different e-David-like machines. Furthermore, we present our system for automated stroke experimentation and recording, which is an advance towards allowing the machine to autonomously learn about brush dynamics. Finally, we also show how e-David can be used by artists “in the field” for different exhibitions.

Vancouver Convention Health Centre (COVID-19 Response): Planning, implementation, and four lessons learned

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-148
Author(s):  
D. Ross Brown, OMM, CD, MD, FRCSC ◽  
Peter Hennecke, RN, BScN, MA, CD ◽  
Doug Nottebrock, MD ◽  
Paul Dhillon, MSc, DM-EMDM, CCFP(EM), DTM&H(Lon), FRGS
Keyword(s):  
Care Delivery ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Healthcare Provision ◽  
Response Planning ◽  
Traditional Health ◽  
Traditional Health Care ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Medical Infrastructure ◽  
Multiple Field

The Vancouver Convention Health Centre (VCHC) was rapidly set up as a part of the COVID-19 response in British Columbia in order to create surge hospital capacity bed space. Multiple field hospitals were set up across the country in preparation for a possible surge and the VCHC utilized a non-traditional health care space and overlaid it with medical infrastructure. Maximum flexibility was required in planning for multiple patient populations and a novel four-box concept to plan for the requirements of the respective possible populations was developed. Key difficulties that needed to be overcome in planning COVID-19 medical care delivery in a non-traditional space included oxygen delivery, unknown future patient populations, and staffing. A clear recommendation can also now be made that healthcare provision should be considered during the design and build of new recreational or convention facilities in all communities.

Root-cause and failure-mode analyses with an in-house incident reporting system: Comparison of its structure with ASTRO RO-ILS.

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (30_suppl) ◽  
pp. 163-163
Author(s):  
Henry Chou ◽  
Ajay Kapur ◽  
Gina M. Goode ◽  
Catherine Riehl ◽  
Jason Meier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reporting System ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Incident Reporting ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Near Miss ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Patient Treatment ◽  
Incident Reporting System ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Pace Maker

163 Background: In industries with well-established processes for failure analyses, incident reporting systems facilitate analyzing root causes of adverse or near-miss events, and the dissemination of lessons learned. Such a system is now being promoted in radiation medicine as patient safety and care quality come into focus in clinical practice. Methods: An incident reporting system has been in place in our department since 2010 for staff to report actual or near-miss events. A quality management committee was concurrently established to review reported incidents on a weekly basis. A taxonomy of root causes was set up to analyze and categorize root causes of incidents. This taxonomy is compared to that of the 2012 consensus recommendations for incident learning database (Ford et al.) which was the basis of ASTRO RO-ILS currently in prototype phase. Results: To date, over 2,000 incidents have been analyzed in our in-house system. The majority of the reported incidents pertain to procedural mis-steps or miss-cues in the process leading up to patient treatment, resulting in delays. Identifying the root causes has helped re-engineer or fine-tune department processes and has resulted in smoother clinical operations (e.g., obtaining third-party imaging prior to making treatment appointments) as well as more safety checks (e.g., pace-maker alerts.) Our taxonomy of root causes is multi-dimensional and quite specific to clinical radiation oncology, e.g., drilling down to specific morbidities. In comparison, the taxonomy of causes in the RO-ILS is more generic and at a higher level (e.g., procedural or technical issues). The RO-ILS has at most second-degree branches compared with our taxonomy of 6-8 degrees in depth. Conclusions: Incident reporting is vital in analyzing and learning from reported events. Process changes in our clinic has been aided by the incident database and a hierarchical taxonomy between 6 to 8 degrees in root causes. The RO-ILS system in prototype is only 2 degrees deep. While the RO-ILS system appears capable of cataloging data from multiple centers, it is not clear that it will be able to understand or affect meaningful process changes given its lack of depth.

How to set up an Ebola isolation unit: Lessons learned from Rokupa

2015 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. S17
Author(s):  
L. Berry ◽  
T. Button ◽  
C. Fonnie ◽  
M. King
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Set Up

Appraising clever people: lessons from introducing performance reviews for academics in a UK University

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hedda Bird
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Performance Review ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Performance Reviews ◽  
Practical Challenge ◽  
Set Up

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to build understanding of how to engage a highly educated workforce with the benefits of performance management through sharing the lessons learned from introducing performance reviews (appraisals) into an academic environment. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a case study of a four-year programme in a UK higher education establishment. The author was closely involved in the last two years of the programme, and completed a detailed evaluation of the programme for the client. Findings – Performance management creates significant value within a highly educated workforce through bringing together individual capability and expertise to focus on delivering the strategy. Obstacles to success such as routine complaints of “time-wasting” and “pointlessness” can be overcome by wide and deep engagement with employees throughout the design and development of the approach. Research limitations/implications – This is a single case study; however, the author has worked on many similar programmes with highly educated work forces with very similar results. Practical implications – The vast majority of staff positively want a high-quality performance review; the practical challenge is to channel this desire into shared ownership and responsibility for the success of performance review in practice. Originality/value – Literature abounds with analysis of what is wrong with performance review, this paper is a rarer piece in that it develops our understanding of how to set up performance management and review for success.

Medical Preparedness Against Chemical and Biological Incidents for the NATO Summit in Istanbul and Lessons Learned

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Levent Kenar ◽  
Turan Karayilanoglu Pharm
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
Counter Measures ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Detection And Identification ◽  
Multidisciplinary Cooperation ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Heads Of State ◽  
Medical Planning

AbstractIntroduction:During the 2004 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, essential counter-measures, including medical preparedness, were taken to cope with any suspected terrorist case or events including the use of chemical or biological (CB) weapons.The Summit was held in Istanbul, a city that bridges two continents, and involved the participation of many Heads of State, Prime Ministers, and Defense Ministers from 26 NATO countries.Methods:First responders, including medical Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) teams, received special training. Essential equipment, including drugs, antidotes, detectors, etc., was provided and stockpiled. Medical authorities augmented the capacity for identifying and con- trolling the injuries and any emerging CB incident through the set-up of decontamination units and the procurement of medical devices, antidotes, drugs, and personal protective suits. Additionally, a small part of the recently established NATO-CBRN battalion was welcomed to the Summit and was prepared to perform detection and identification of the agent found in suspicious appearing samples.Results:Although no CB incident was reported during the Summit, extensive experience was gained with respect to medical preparedness against CB terrorism. Sampling, detection, and analysis of toxic materials were taken into account in the medical management. Much laboratory-related work was conducted in the following time period. The laboratory work involved the stan-dardization of sampling and transportation procedures, development of both mobile and reference laboratories, and performing research activities aimed to make the CB analysis more efficient.Although the training of the medical staff was advanced, training should be continuous and supported with educational programs, conferences, meetings, and tabletop and hospital medical exercises throughout the country.Conclusion:Multidisciplinary cooperation, training, and preparedness should be provided to basic medical care units and centers as part of the medical planning aimed at perfect detection and surveillance, laboratory analysis, and emergency response.

scholarly journals New terms for collective action in the public sector in Denmark: Lessons learned from the teacher lock-out in 2013

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 593-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laust Høgedahl ◽  
Flemming Ibsen
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Finding ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Labour Disputes

This article investigates the use of collective action in the public sector by analysing the Danish teacher lock-out in 2013. The social partners in the public sector in Denmark (and the other Nordic countries) engage in negotiations and reach agreements regarding wages and working conditions in accordance with an institutional set-up developed in the private sector. This also applies to the use of the so-called weapons of conflict – strikes/blockades and lock-outs/boycotts – in connection with labour disputes if the parties are unable to reach agreement through negotiations or mediation. But there is a big difference in the premises and conditions upon which collective industrial conflict as an institutionalised form of collective action proceeds when comparing the public and private sectors in Denmark. The article shows how the use of collective industrial conflicts in the public sector has a number of built-in systemic institutional flaws, as the public employers are the budgetary authority and legislators at the same time. This is not a new finding; however, these multiple roles become problematic when public employers use the lock-out weapon offensively in combination with state intervention to end the dispute, which was the case during the teacher lock-out in 2013 in Denmark. The article concludes with the presentation of a number of proposed institutional adjustments for bringing the public bargaining model into balance.

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