Quality Assurance in the IMS-Based NGN Environment

2010 ◽  
pp. 240-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrej Kos ◽  
Mojca Volk ◽  
Janez Bester
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Next Generation Networks ◽  
Perceptual Quality ◽  
Research Development ◽  
Distributed Intelligence ◽  
Mobile Access ◽  
Global Mobility ◽  
Fixed Wireless

Commonly understood as the next generation networks (NGN), a composite environment of proven telecommunications and Internet-oriented mechanisms has become generally recognized as the telecommunications environment of the future. However, the nature of the NGN environment presents several complex issues regarding quality assurance that have not existed in the legacy environments (e.g., multi-network, multi-vendor, and multi-operator IP-based telecommunications environment, distributed intelligence, third-party provisioning, fixed-wireless and mobile access, etc.). In this chapter, a serviceaware policy-based approach to NGN quality assurance is presented, taking into account both perceptual quality of experience and technology-dependant quality of service issues. The respective procedures, entities, mechanisms, and profiles are discussed. The purpose of the presented approach is in research, development, and discussion of pursuing the end-to-end controllability of the quality of the multimedia NGN-based communications in an environment that is best effort in its nature and promotes end user’s access agnosticism, service agility, and global mobility.

Health Services Quality and Patient Satisfaction

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Xesfingi ◽  
Athanassios Vozikis
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Healthcare Quality ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Care Industry ◽  
Medical Health

Quality of care from the patient's perspective and patient satisfaction are two major multidimensional concepts that are used several times interchangeably. Patient satisfaction is a topic that is important both to medical (health) providers, the patients (consumers) and other third-party stakeholders in the medical care industry; it is, therefore, a dominant concept in quality assurance and quality improvement programmes. Patient satisfaction is an important measure of healthcare quality because it offers information on the provider's success at meeting the expectations of most relevance to the client. The importance of quality in the health care sector has been recognized recently, but it has been accelerated over the past years through the development of quality assurance, quality improvement programmes and patients' agendas. Patients are the ones situated at the front lines of care; therefore their opinion may provide useful insights into the quality of healthcare in different European systems, nevertheless the methodological limitations that should be taken into consideration.

scholarly journals Profile of system and product certification as quality infrastructure in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 556-569
Author(s):  
Febrian Isharyadi ◽  
E. Kristiningrum
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Product Certification ◽  
Certification Body ◽  
Quality Of Products ◽  
Quality Infrastructure ◽  
Universal Standard

Abstract Quality is a universal standard that is expected by consumers of a product or service used. Consumers in general cannot individually assess this quality, with the help of an independent third party it can be done. The certification body is one element in the quality infrastructure that plays a role in providing quality assurance of products and services according to applicable standards. There are various certification bodies in Indonesia both for system and product certification, the kinds additionally range in accordance to the scope of certification. However, it is not yet known generally the condition of the system and product certification in Indonesia. The aim of this study is to conduct profiling and analyse the condition of the system and product certification in Indonesia using a comprehensive tool in order to assess part of the quality of a country's infrastructure. The results showed that there were several elements that were fulfilled, especially in terms of legality and national recognition. However, some elements still need improvement so that the certification body can do its part to ensure the quality of products and services.

Health Services Quality and Patient Satisfaction

2017 ◽  
pp. 1172-1182
Author(s):  
Sofia Xesfingi ◽  
Athanassios Vozikis
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Healthcare Quality ◽  
Quality Of Healthcare ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Care Industry ◽  
Medical Health

Quality of care from the patient's perspective and patient satisfaction are two major multidimensional concepts that are used several times interchangeably. Patient satisfaction is a topic that is important both to medical (health) providers, the patients (consumers) and other third-party stakeholders in the medical care industry; it is, therefore, a dominant concept in quality assurance and quality improvement programmes. Patient satisfaction is an important measure of healthcare quality because it offers information on the provider's success at meeting the expectations of most relevance to the client. The importance of quality in the health care sector has been recognized recently, but it has been accelerated over the past years through the development of quality assurance, quality improvement programmes and patients' agendas. Patients are the ones situated at the front lines of care; therefore their opinion may provide useful insights into the quality of healthcare in different European systems, nevertheless the methodological limitations that should be taken into consideration.

CONCEPTUAL BASES OF ADAPTATION OF UKRAINE’S HIGHER EDUCATION TO THE STANDARDS OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF THE EUROPEAN AREA

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Batechko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
European Higher Education Area ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
European Area ◽  
European Higher Education ◽  
European Standards ◽  
Conceptual Foundations

The article outlines the conceptual framework for adapting Ukrainian higher education to the Standards and Recommendations for Quality Assurance in the European higher education area. The role of the Bologna Declaration in ensuring the quality of higher education in Europe has been explained. The conceptual foundations and the essence of standards and recommendations on quality assurance in the European higher education area have been defined. The Ukrainian realities of the adaptation of higher education of Ukraine to the educational European standards of quality have been characterized.

PKM Peningkatan Kuantitas Dan Kualitas Produksi Bakpia Dan Nugget Tempe Melalui Pemanfaatan Teknologi Otomasi Di Desa Bangunharjo

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Yohannes Anton Nugroho ◽  
Ari Zaqi Al Faritsy ◽  
Ari Sugiharto
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Community Partnership ◽  
Economic Independence ◽  
Production Time ◽  
Industry Association ◽  
Processing Equipment ◽  
Automation Technology ◽  
Partnership Program

The Community Partnership Program in partnership with the Tani Rahayu Women's Group and the Bakpia Jurug Industry Association have succeeded in helping create economic independence. The results of this program are increased capacity and quality of production of bakpia and tempeh nuggets in the partner group. The implementation of mechanical and automation technology-based tools is able to increase the production capacity of tempe nuggets from 2 kg to 24 kg in a production time of 8 hours. While the implementation of the use of bakpia kumbu processing equipment was able to increase the production of 3 kg to 24 kg in a production time of 8 hours. The utilization of these tools has also been followed by quality assurance training and assistance, so that the quality of the products produced is uniform.

Singular Values Decomposition and Lifting Wavelet Transform for Speech Signal Embedding into Digital Image

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-151
Author(s):  
Mourad Talbi ◽  
Med Salim Bouhlel
Keyword(s):  
Wavelet Transform ◽  
Speech Signal ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Perceptual Quality ◽  
Lifting Wavelet Transform ◽  
Signal To Noise ◽  
Perceptual Evaluation ◽  
Lifting Wavelet ◽  
Noise Ratio

Background: In this paper, we propose a secure image watermarking technique which is applied to grayscale and color images. It consists in applying the SVD (Singular Value Decomposition) in the Lifting Wavelet Transform domain for embedding a speech image (the watermark) into the host image. Methods: It also uses signature in the embedding and extraction steps. Its performance is justified by the computation of PSNR (Pick Signal to Noise Ratio), SSIM (Structural Similarity), SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio), SegSNR (Segmental SNR) and PESQ (Perceptual Evaluation Speech Quality). Results: The PSNR and SSIM are used for evaluating the perceptual quality of the watermarked image compared to the original image. The SNR, SegSNR and PESQ are used for evaluating the perceptual quality of the reconstructed or extracted speech signal compared to the original speech signal. Conclusion: The Results obtained from computation of PSNR, SSIM, SNR, SegSNR and PESQ show the performance of the proposed technique.

A STUDY ON THE QUALITY ASSURANCE OF PAST AND PRESENT EVALUATION PROCEDURE OF B.ED. PROGRAMME OF GARHWAL, UNIVERSITY (THE CENTRAL UNIVERSITY) IN VIEW OF NCTE NORMS.

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (26) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruchika Verma ◽  
Seema Dhawan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Evaluation Procedure ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Present Evaluation ◽  
Method Of Evaluation

The study attempted to find out the quality of the evaluation procedure of B.Ed. programme of Garhwal University, the Central University in view of NCTE Norms. The study also reveals the method and procedure of evaluation according to the latest 2 years B.Ed. programme. For the study, purposive sampling method was used. The tools – questionnaire and interview schedule was developed. On the basis of findings, it concluded that the evaluation procedure was in accordance with the NCTE Norms. With the implementation of two years B.Ed. course, the method of evaluation has also become more practical oriented, which has become a remarkable achievement and surely enhance the quality of prospective teachers

ANAAC AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN, INDIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (26) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seema Singh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
National Quality ◽  
Education In India

Quality, as we know so far, was originally developed in the manufacturing industry. In the area of higher education, the adoption of quality control has been superficial and diluted by the exercise of academic . Further, the prevailing culture of universities is often based on individual autonomy, which is zealously guarded. Thus, it is usually difficult to apply the features of quality to higher education considering the fact that quality requires. However, the quality of higher education is very important for its stakeholders. Notably, providers (funding bodies and the community at large), students, staff and employers of graduates are. The most commonly grouped dimensions of quality are product, software and service. In the changing context marked by expansion of higher education and globalization of economic activities, education has become a national concern with an international dimension. To cope with this changing context, countries have been pressurized to ensure and assure quality of higher education at a nationally comparable and internationally acceptable standard. Consequently, many countries initiated “national quality assurance mechanisms” and many more are in the process of evolving a suitable strategy. Most of the quality assurance bodies were established in the nineties and after a few years of practical experience, they are rethinking many issues of quality assurance. At this juncture where countries look for experiences and practices elsewhere, the experience of India has many valuable lessons and this report is an attempt to share those developments..

Cents versus scale steps: Can we tell the difference between major and minor thirds?

2021 ◽  
pp. 030573562098727
Author(s):  
Pedro Neto ◽  
Patricia M Vanzella
Keyword(s):  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Perceptual Quality ◽  
Chromatic Scale ◽  
Major Scale ◽  
Accurate Performance ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Scale Step ◽  
Frequency Ratios ◽  
Tonal Context

We report an experiment in which participants ( N = 368) were asked to differentiate between major and minor thirds. These intervals could either be formed by diatonic tones from the C major scale (tonal condition) or by a subset of tones from the chromatic scale (atonal condition). We hypothesized that in the tonal condition intervals would be perceived as a function of scale step distances, which we defined as the number of diatonic leaps between two notes of a given music scale. In the atonal condition, we hypothesized that intervals would be perceived as a function of cents. If our hypotheses were supported, we should verify a less accurate performance in the tonal condition, where scale step distances are the same between major and minor thirds. The data corroborated our hypotheses, and we suggest that acoustic measurements of intervallic distances (i.e., frequency ratios and cents) are not optimal when it comes to describing the perceptual quality of intervals in a tonal context. Finally, our research points to the possibility that, in comparison with previous models, scale steps and cents might better capture the notion of global versus local instances of auditory processing.

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