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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Key risks"”.
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Exploring key risks in the medical admissions process
… two areas associated with known patient related risks, venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment and medicines reconciliation in an English teaching hospital Acute Medical Unit (AMU). National guidance was available at the time of the study for both of these aspects of care. Government targets …
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The Systemic Risk of Consolidation in the Cloud Computing Industry
… a bowtie analysis to frame for discussion the key risks related to cloud computing. This framework is used to analyze how the economic risks of compromise and unavailability have changed with a shift from on premise computing to cloud computing. A normative systems analysis examines the policy …
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Private, Verifiable, and Auditable AI Systems
… contributions and technical research to identify key risks in the AI pipeline, this work introduces novel technical solutions for critical privacy and verifiability challenges. Specifically, the research introduces techniques for enabling verifiable and auditable claims about AI systems using …
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Using Electric Vehicles for Grid Services: Capacity Available and Applications for Electric Utility Commercialization
… and potential commercialization opportunities. Key risks and technical challenges are highlighted, and final recommendations for utilities are provided.
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Raw Material Optimization to Bend the Biopharmaceutical Cost Curve
… suppliers have been identified as one of the key risks to Amgen’s operation. This project aims to reduce raw material costs through sourcing alternative materials and optimizing material consumption. To systematically evaluate alternative material supply, a cross-functional assessment …
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Promoting Enhanced Decision-Making and Proactive Management for Modularization in the Construction Industry Using Risk-Based Approach, Analytical Hierarchy Process, and Graph Theory
… in modular construction, the unique source of risks associated with modular construction methods, need for continuous improvement, and complex contractual requirements and disputes. As such, the goal is to promote the use of modularization in the construction industry by enhancing …
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Modularity as an enabler for evolutionary acquisition
… early and then building upon that capability as risks are resolved. This imposes requirements on the acquisition process and the system architecture. From a process perspective, since needs and resources are changing involving all relevant stakeholders is key to successful evolutionary …
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Contemporary Patient Safety and the Challenges for New Zealand
… and the empirical literature about in-hospital risks, are reviewed. The review follows Vaughan’s (1999) discussion of organisational failure as emergent from the complex interconnection of organisational environments, organisations, and cognition and action. Pressure, organisational systems, …
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Development of a risk management system for consumables used in biopharmaceutical manufacturing
… revealed potential business and patient safety risks for biotechnology manufacturers worldwide. As a result, Novartis has launched a program to enhance control systems over all consumables and their suppliers. Within this program, the author has developed a system to identify, analyze, and …
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A Multi-tiered Framework for Renewable Energy Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa
The world's lowest rate of power access is found in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Just 23 SSA countries had an electrical availability rate higher than 50% as of 2022. Only 10 of the 49 SSA countries have given more than 50% of their rural household access to electricity, even though 54.1% of SSA …
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Precarious Theology: A Queer and Crip reading of Augustine's Theology of Finitude
… ‘precariousness’ and ‘precarity’. I outline two key risks that I see as being characteristic of Christian theological discernment between the good and bad limits of finitude. I then draw upon resources from disability theory to inform my readings of Augustine across the rest of the thesis. These …
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Risk Allocation, Decision Rights, and Adaptive Lifecycle Project Management Practices in Public-Private Partnership Highway Contracts in Australia, the Philippines, and India
… the contract's duration. By bundling these key tasks in the hands of the private sector, PPPs are expected to address certain limitations of traditional delivery approaches by capitalizing on private sector expertise and capabilities. Yet, while studies have shown the feasibility of PPPs in …
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Investigating the significance of reputational risk In banks' financial performance
… studies showing the positive impact of managing key risks like credit, market, operational, and liquidity on a bank's overall performance. Despite these advancements, gaps remain, especially concerning nonfinancial risks like reputational risk. Reputational risk in banking is complex, with …
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A multifarious comparative ecotoxicological approach on a catchment scale from three mine wastelands for improved environmental management and risk assessment: integrating abiotic, biotic and agroecosystem approaches
… (TSF) is needed. This study addressed the risks associated with metal mobilization from the waste, including those resulting from the potential for ARD generation from the mine waste (tailings) following the recovery of copper from sulphidic ores, the impacts on the aquatic ecosystem, the …