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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"process quality"”.
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A holistic method for improving software product and process quality
The concept of quality in general is elusive, multi-faceted and is perceived differently by different stakeholders. Quality is difficult to define and extremely difficult to measure. Deficient software systems regularly result in failures which often lead to significant financial losses but more …
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Does process quality of inpatient care matter in potentially preventable readmission rates?
Objective: To examine the association between process quality of inpatient care and risk-adjusted, thirty-day potentially preventable hospital readmission (PPR) rates. Data Sources/Study Setting: This was an observational cross-sectional study of nonfederal acute-care hospitals located in two …
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Forecasting of work in process quality using Holt-Winters method for missing observations
… change is so great, and since new products and processes may be key to a company's future plans, an increasing number of companies are emphasizing regular and complete technological forecasts affecting their industry. Those companies which have gone far in developing planning premises from their …
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Developing a Data-Driven Strategy for In-Process Quality Assurance for Additive Manufacturing
… information is available for a manufacturing process. The applications for sensor-based data are numerous, especially when considered in tandem with information from across the entire process flow. This thesis examines the use of three main types of data in the additive process - feedstock …
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Ecology and emergence: Understanding factors that drive variation in process quality and clinical outcomes in general practice
… clinical need, is considered a hallmark of poor quality care. 'Unwarranted' variation is the focus of mounting policy attention and a growing body of literature, but remains poorly explained and theorised, with ways of determining when variation is warranted only weakly developed. Many assertions …
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Ecology and emergence: Understanding factors that drive variation in process quality and clinical outcomes in general practice
… clinical need, is considered a hallmark of poor quality care. 'Unwarranted' variation is the focus of mounting policy attention and a growing body of literature, but remains poorly explained and theorised, with ways of determining when variation is warranted only weakly developed. Many assertions …
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Toward a Theory of Information System Development Success: Perceptions of Software Development Team Members
… members view ISD success as being composed of process quality, functional product quality, non-functional product quality, team member benefits, and team member satisfaction. Team member satisfaction is highly influenced by team member benefits, moderately influenced by functional product …
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A Short-Term Longitudinal Study of the Relationship Between Classroom Quality and Child Language and Academic Outcomes in a State-Funded Pre-Kindergarten Program
… to evaluate the relationship between classroom process quality and child language and academic outcomes from the beginning of the pre-kindergarten year to the beginning of the kindergarten year for one cohort of children participating in a state-funded pre-kindergarten program in South Carolina. …
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A Fault Classification System for Quality and Productivity Improvement in Continuous Manufacturing Processes
… industry has recognized the need to improve the quality and productivity of its products and processes in order to increase its competitive position. In order to establish a high quality product companies install "quality systems" to improve product and process quality through intelligent …
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A comparative study of cost and quality of care of malaria treatment in public and private health facilities in Nigeria a case study of Lagos state
The study explores the cost and quality of malaria care in public and private heatlh facilties at the primary health level in an urban community in south western Nigeria. A pre-tested questionnaire is adminstered to patients attending either public or private health facilities to estimate the …
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A concurrent engineering framework for apparel manufacture
… impact manufacturing more than any other process because design decisions can have costly production implications. To improve this process, other industries have implemented CE. CE is the concurrent design of products and their related manufacture and support processes. Reported CE …
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The impact of director’s leadership style and gender on secondary school climate in Bangkok Metropolis, Thailand
… is fundamental to the teaching and learning process. Quality educational leadership promotes positive school climates for teacher satisfaction and student achievement. Research studies have focused upon possible determinants for school climates.
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Tools and Techniques for Effective Distributed Requirements Engineering: An Empirical Study
… Travel costs, and the local availability of quality technical staff increase the demand for effective distributed software development teams. In this research an empirical study was conducted on the application of groupware to facilitate the requirements phase of the software engineering life …
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Assessment of Quality Preschool Programming
… the contributing variables that promote high-quality preschool is a complex and multilayered endeavor. Mounting evidence indicates that the structural measures of quality indicators typically used to validate preschool programs are not sufficient for determining quality experiences for …
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Using Displacement Sensors to Characterize Critical Powder Layers in Laser Powder Bed Fusion
… with traditional manufacturing methods, though process quality tools are still undeveloped. Uniform powder layers are critical to the final part quality for such processes, and currently, no machine can provide objective evidence of a proper powder layer with in-process monitoring equipment. In …
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Exploring Pre-Licensure Nurisng Students' Perceptions of Faculty Feedback on Clinical Skills Assessments in Community College Programs
… component of the teaching and learning process. Quality teaching and evaluative processes give learners an advantage in becoming exceptional nurses. The current study aimed to research the perceptions of pre-licensure first- and second-year nursing students and their professors regarding …
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Application of information technology and statistical process control in pharmaceutical quality assurance & compliance
Recently, the FDA issued new quality guidelines (Q10) encouraging drug manufacturers to improve their quality monitoring procedures. This renewed focus on quality and risk management has prompted Novartis to re-evaluate their systems and procedures to ensure compliance with the proposed guidelines. …
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GLR Control Charts for Monitoring a Proportion
… control charts are studied for monitoring a process proportion of defective or nonconforming items. The type of process change considered is an abrupt sustained increase in the process proportion, which implies deterioration of the process quality. The objective is to effectively detect a …
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Municipal yard waste composting: process parameters, windrow gases, and leachate quality
… Project was conducted to examine the process, quality of leachate, and viability of this technology for large-scale, low-technology application. Project research objectives were: 1) to characterize C/N, temperature, and moisture relationships of yard waste during composting and the …
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