Top Research Papers on Quality Assurance

Among the strata of the education system, primary education has been identified as the most sensitive stratum, the reason being that it determines the success or failure of the entire system. This calls for qualitative instructional delivery in the primary schools and quality assurance is required to ensure and sustain quality education at this level. This paper, therefore, reviews the concepts of primary education and quality assurance. Some requirements that are directly related to quality assurance in primary schools are discussed and challenges of quality assurance at this level of educati...

Quality assurance (QA, sometimes called quality control) is used here to denote an ongoing process of ensuring the instrument continues to operate satisfactorily.

This Directive administratively reissues DoD Directive 6040.37, dated July 3, 1990, and implements Section 1102 of title 10, United States Code, in accordance with policies in Sections 552 and 552a of title 5, United Nations Code, and DoC Directive 6025.13.

This paper explores the rising importance of QA in HE contexts, and briefly examines the factors driving its development and relationship to the context of globalised HE. This paper draws attention to some of the rhetoric of QA in HE in global contexts, analysing the assumptions behind QA as well as the reasons behind the urgent introduction of QA into the HE context. Furthermore, it also examines the policy context and the policy drivers behind the development of QA in HE contexts. Moreover, this paper analyses the massification and globalisation of HE, and explores the impact of the Bologna ...

Cobalt-60 adalah instrumen radioterapi yang digunakan untuk mematikan sel tumor maupun kanker pada pasien. Untuk menjamin kualitas instrumen Cobalt, diperlukan QA (Quality Assurance) dan untuk membuktikan adanya jaminan kualitas perlu QC (Quality Control). Hal ini dilakukan bertujuan untuk memeriksa dan menguji data untuk menentukan standar dan mengecek kesesuaian produk mencapai operasi manufaktur yang maksimum atau ukuran yang diambil yaitu untuk menilai, merawat atau memperbaiki kualitas perlakuan yang diberikan. Program QA harus didasarkan pada penyelidikan menyeluruh untuk standar awal pa...

The PHAR-QA ‘kick-off’ meeting targeted the debut of discussions about the development of standard operation procedures for quality assurance in European pharmacy education and training.

The results suggest that weekly physiological QA is sufficient to highlight problems and using a range of statistical indices to analyse QA data should ensure more consistent internal quality.

In this research, a knowledge-based system was analyzed and designed to develop “A Decision Support System for Quality Assurance in Education” (DSS for QAED) which comprised of approximately 400 if-then rules.

The principles that apply to pharmacokinetics are described, and how these impact study design and data analysis.

This paper opens with a brief overview of the purpose of Fermilab and a historical synopsis of the development and current status of quality assurance (QA) at the Laboratory. The paper subsequently addresses some of the more important aspects of interpreting the national standard ANSI/ASME NQA-1 in pure research environments like Fermilab. Highlights of this discussion include, what is hermeneutics and why are hermeneutical considerations relevant for QA, a critical analysis of NQA-1 focussing on teleological aspects of the standard, a description of the hermeneutical approach to NQA-1 used at...

The analysis data showed that most respondents agreed with NPRU QA Model for assessment of qual ity of education, either inthe form of assessment, KPI grouping, time, place and reporting of quality assessment.

This document defines the QA activities that will be Pursued during the development of the WRAP I DMS Release 2 software.

It was discovered that the processing software evaluated was able to improve some aspects of image quality, without introducing geometric distortion, and quality assessment is possible without the need for human evaluators, using digital images.

There are two main aspects of this paper; first problems of “inappropriate amount of Software Quality Assurance” and second is "how the authors can balance between creativity and quality"?

The change has been a constant phenomenon in librarianship. However, it has been comparatively very slow in developing countries like Pakistan, where a need to prepare professionals with a blend of traditional and modern skills is still there. Presently, eight universities have been offering regular programs in LISE. However, there are serious quality issues regarding faculty, curriculum development, infrastructure, assessments, etc. in these programs. Nonetheless, for the last few years, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan is pushing hard to induce and maintain the quality of hi...

Poster: "2014 CSM / R-0149 / Strengthening brachytherapy programs with ultrasound (US) quality assurance (QA)" by: "T. Nguyen, Y. Tran, V. Seshadri; MELBOURNE/AU"

An existing 1.0 QA process architecture, the Quality Assurance Machine (QAM), is proposed, to effectively manage both 1.

Іn geological exploration, the quality of the data underlying of resource and reserve estimation is critically important. According to various international regulations and current world best practices, Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) programs are a necessary part of geological exploration. Quality Assurance (QA) is used to avoid the problems with quality, Quality Control (QC) is aimed at detecting them in case of their occurrence, and together they form the overall Quality System – QA/QC. The article considers the main stages of the history of QA/QC development, which begins in ...

This document describes the plan and provides all the definitions, standards, requirements, and participant responsibilities necessary for implementing the plan for Quality Assurance of computer software maintained in Department 1530.

This document outlines the current policy in the Engineering Sciences Directorate 1500 with regard to quality assurance (QA) of computer software, and proposes a management system for implementing QA, and gives QA standards including code classification.

Thailand has implemented the quality assurance of education seriously in 1999 according to the National Education Acts. It is found from the past performance that it has been giving the importance to the indicators, key performance indicators and the quality components, both in internal and external quality assurance, ignoring the importance of quality standard of education which would have an effect to the true quality standard of education of the educational institutions. Therefore, the Ministry of Education has changed the regulations concerning the quality assurance of education, giving th...

The present paper will include a short description of a method for the application of RAMS techniques in this phase of the lifecycle and of the results that may be obtained by its application in shoes manufacturing, in particular those types where the technical requirements are higher, as it is the cases of certified products like "safety" footwear.

The future of MMG and QA/QC is in doubt, according to the company's management team.

21 patterns for transitioning from a traditional QA practice to a more agile process that focus on where quality is addressed earlier in the process and QA plays a more integral role are outlined.

It was found that the supply chain management model could be used to develop digital quality assurance for AUN-QA and the results from experts agreement of the model was a high level.

Poster: "ECR 2017 / C-1592 / Quality Assurance (QA): A method to undertake QA, manage discrepancies and an audit of its performance in a U.K. hospital " by: " T. F. Barge , T. Meagher; Aylesbury/UK"

It is proposed to build on the existing onchocerciasis programme laboratory activities in the endemic areas by expanding these to include additional laboratories as referral services organized on a regional basis to support the needs of endemic countries.

A framework for measuring and quantifying the initial performance of 4D CT simulation scans that can be applied during periodic QAs is demonstrated and suggested that the system may be expected to capture in excess the target motion and geometry, but the deviation is expected to be within the slice thickness.

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Author(s) Name: Ana Torres Position: Researcher at Statistics and Prospective Unit Organisation: Instituto Superior Técnico Country: Portugal E-mail address: ana.torres@tecnico.ulisboa.pt Short bio (150 words max): Ana Torres works at the Statistics and Prospective Unit at the Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon). She received her master degree in Biostatistics from Faculdade de Ciências (University of Lisbon). Her recent publications include “Engaging students in the teaching quality assurance: a driver of higher education excellence” (paper presented at the EAIR 37th Annual Foru...

Methods and parameter criterion of quality assurance (QA) for excimer laser are investigated and certain degree of universal significance are available for reference.

The results of this work suggest the FT-Raman spectroscopy as a new accurate, relatively quick and economic method, in comparison with the HPLC technique, in QA/QC in the field of drug industry.

Development of the Airlift Deployment Analysis System (ADANS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) began in 1986. When fully implemented in 1992, ADANS will provide Headquarters, Military Airlift Command with an automated airlift planning and scheduling system. ADANS will be operational through at least the year 2000. This Quality Assurance (QA) Plan will be used by the ADANS team at ORNL as a guide to ensure that the ADANS software development project results in a high-quality product completed on time and within budget. The Plan defines the program elements to be considered under QA manag...

The importance of the constant management system and organization in order to gain the quality enhancement of PET imaging is underlined and the importance of both QA and QC is reaffirmed.

The Simulation Quality Assurance Bundle provides a wide range of resources available to simulation practitioners in order to promote and support the delivery of high-quality simulation-based education and training across the healthcare workforce in Wales.

150 words max): Fair recognition of qualifications, periods of study, and prior learning has been one of the main objectives of the Bologna Process since its creation. The Lisbon Recognition Convention establishes some agreed common operating principles at the European level. These principles concern all organisations conducting recognition practices and, in particular, higher education institutions. With the formulation of the ESG 2015 (particularly ESG 1.4), it is clear that higher education institutions and QA agencies now have the responsibility of addressing academic recognition issues in...

QA is not satisfactory at most of Japanese radiotherapy facilities, according to a nationwide survey performed to investigate quality assurance (QA) for photon external radiotherapy.

This chapter introduces the different tests needed for a comprehensive QA of kV CBCT, and suggests a frequency with which each of the tests should be performed, organizing them in being part of the daily, monthly and annual QA procedures.

Ensuring the quality of teacher training programs is an important aspect of organizing higher education activities at universities and is the primary factor in improving the quality of school education. Currently, many countries around the world regard quality assurance in training programs as a crucial step in the educational reform process, contributing to the overall development of the nation. This article focuses on surveying and researching the content of quality assurance in pedagogical universities. The content of quality assurance in pedagogical universities according to the AUN-QA app...

QA/QC system is described, measurement uncertainty, traceability of analytical results, reference materials, interlaboratory comparisons and the problems and challenges during method validation process are presented.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has promulgated regulations for hazardous waste incinerators under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. These regulations require the permit applicant to conduct trial burns to demonstrate compliance with the regulatory limits and provide data needed to write the individual permits. Trial burns require a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPjP) with quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) procedures to control and evaluate data quality. The primary focus of the handbook is the trial burn itself; however, a discussion of the QA/QC for routine inc...

An insight into the importance of terminology management at a corporate level from the perspective of business communication and the benefits that it can bring to a company is provided.

With the increasing attention to maternal mortality and severe morbidity, quality assurance and improvement efforts have risen in prominence in the healthcare system.