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- Innovation In Performance Excellence: Eight Paradigms To Performance Excellence (8PPE)
- The objective of this paper is to present a framework that describes a performance excellence system. Six Sigma is showcased as the operating system on which performance excellence methods may be launched. The framework for what should preclude Six Sigma is presented as well as what should follow. The integration...
- White papers 2004-11-05
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- Assessment and Comparison of Flicker Measurement Standards
- For monitoring voltage flicker at large industrial customers' facilities, the client currently employs the gauge-point assessment method based on the British ERA meter. Kinectrics' main objective for this project was to compare the two methods of flicker measurement and assess the impacts and implications for this client of adopting the...
- Case studies
- Assessment of Pulse Rate Variability by the Method of Pulse Frequency Demodulation
- Due to its easy applicability, pulse wave has been proposed as a surrogate of electrocardiogram ECG for the analysis of heart rate variability HRV. However, its smoother waveform precludes accurate measurement of pulse-to-pulse interval by fiducial-point algorithms. This paper reports a pulse frequency demodulation PFDM technique as a method for...
- White papers 2005-11-01
- Pretest Probability Assessment Derived From Attribute Matching
- Pretest Probability PTP assessment plays a central role in diagnosis. This report compares a novel attribute-matching method to generate a PTP for Acute Coronary Syndrome ACS. It compares the new method with a validated Logistic Regression Equation LRE. Based on the findings the paper concludes that attribute matching estimated a...
- White papers 2005-08-11
- Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on Longitudinal and Circumferential Left Ventricular Mechanics by Velocity Vector Imaging: Description and Initial Clinical Application of a Novel Method Using High-Frame Rate B-Mode Echocardiographic Images
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy CRT has emerged as an important method to treat patient with symptomatic heart failure with evidence of intraventricular dyssynchrony. Tissue Doppler imaging by echocardiography has been shown to be an excellent tool for the assessment of mechanical left ventricular dyssynchrony and the selection of patients for CRT....
- White papers 2005-11-22
- Knowledge Work Productivity Assessment
- Productivity is a key determinant for the success of any organisation. This holds true also in the case of knowledge-intensive organisations. Traditional productivity measures are based on measuring the quantities of outputs (i.e. products and services) produced as well as the inputs used in the production process. However, these quantitative...
- White papers 2005-11-01
- New weld assessment.(news & notes)(ASME International codes)(Brief article)
- When the new edition of ASME's Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code is published, it will recognize a new, alternative method of assessing weld fatigue. Battelle has issued a statement saying that the method, mentioned in Section VIII, Division 2 of the C When the new edition...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- Harcourt Assessment , a unit of Reed Elsevier that provides educational assessment instruments and testing programs
- Harcourt Assessment (San Antonio, TX), a unit of Reed Elsevier that provides educational assessment instruments and testing programs, has acquired Ordinate Corporation (Menlo Park, CA), a company that specializes in automated language proficiency assessments and provides test delivery and scoring services. No terms were given. Ordinate offers an automated method...
- Research articles 2004-09-30
- Risk assessment is key in new safety standard: the new PMMI B155.1-2006 safety standard harmonizes global standards, while emphasizing risk assessment for machinery makers and users.(standards)
- The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI [www.pmmi.org]) has published the new B 155.1-2006 safety standard for packaging and packaging-related converting machinery. This revised version, approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI [www.ansi.org]), is harmonized with the international ISO and European EN standards by the...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- Motivation Workplace - Did You Meet All Expectations?
- Performance appraisal is more than an assessment of how an employee is performing his duties. Its underlying motive is to find out what an employee has contributed to the organization in the given period and how valuable he is to his organization. Many organizations follow a well-structured and transparent assessment...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Photographic Assessment of Dark Spots in Night Vision Device Images
- This paper is concerned with the assessment of NVD dark spots. Current methods of assessing dark spots examine only the image intensifier tube, ignoring spots due to dirt and dust introduced during night vision device assembly. Current methods are limited in the size of spot that can be counted and...
- White papers 2001-10-16
- The Concept of the Regional Development Platform and Regional Development Platform Method (RDPM) as a Tool for Regional Development
- Regional development strategies should be based on sound assessment of regional business potentials and on possibilities to develop the defined potentials in order to gain competitive advantage on other regions. The assessment of the business potentials includes for example, an audit of regional industrial and institutional structures that form the...
- White papers 2003-06-18
- Psychometric Performance of an Assessment Scale for Strain in Nursing Care: The M-NCAS
- Multiple instruments exist to measure dementia behaviors, but the nursing staff perspective on those behaviors and their level of burden has not been well measured. The goal of this study was to examine the psychometric performance of the Modified Nursing Care Assessment Scale (M-NCAS), a 28-item nurse rating of burden...
- White papers 2004-11-09
- Risk Assessment of Drilling and Completion Operations in Petroleum Wells Using a Monte Carlo and a Neural Network Approach
- Risk analysis and management of petroleum exploration ventures is growing worldwide and many international petroleum companies have improved their exploration performance by using principles of risk analysis in combination with new technologies This paper intends to show how two different methodologies, a Monte Carlo simulation method and a connectionist approach...
- White papers 2005-11-08
- Investigating Product Development Process Reliability And Robustness Using Simulation
- This paper uses the design structure matrix to model and simulate the performance of product development processes. Although simulation is a powerful tool for analysing process performance, its ability is limited by the availability of accurate input information. Design structure matrix simulation requires process data that is hard to assess...
- White papers 2006-11-09
- Lawson Software Acquires Competency Assessment Solutions; Acquisition Strengthens Lawson's Market Leadership Position in the Healthcare Sector by Enhancing Lawson's Human Capital Management Suite
- ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Lawson Software (Nasdaq:LWSN) today announced the acquisition of Competency Assessment Solutions CAS, of Princeton, N.J., a provider of performance management solutions for the healthcare industry. With the acquisition, Lawson can offer healthcare customers a solution that will typically provide a faster, simpler method to comply with...
- Research articles 2006-07-27
- Stamping Out Terrorism
- After the Oklahoma City bombing of the federal building, the General Services Administration asked Sandia National Laboratories to a figure out a way the risk of potential threats could be analyzed. So Sandia created RAMPART, an acronym for Risk Assessment Method--Property Analysts and Ranking Tool, a piece of software. The...
- Research articles 2001-09-01
- Trinity Biotech Acquires Lp-a Assay for Diagnosis and Risk Assessment of Coronary Heart Disease
- DUBLIN, Ireland--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 24, 1998--Trinity Biotech plc (NASDAQ:TRIBY) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire an assay that measures Lipoprotein Lpa, a powerful predictor of premature atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. The Lpa test, called Macra Lpa, is the only Lpa method cleared by the FDA...
- Research articles 1998-09-24
- Trinity Biotech Acquires Lp-a Assay for Diagnosis and Risk Assessment of Coronary Heart Disease
- DUBLIN, Ireland--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 24, 1998--Trinity Biotech plc (NASDAQ:TRIBY) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire an assay that measures Lipoprotein Lpa, a powerful predictor of premature atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. The Lpa test, called Macra Lpa, is the only Lpa method cleared by the FDA...
- Research articles 1998-10-14
- Corporate Culture Job Interview Questions And Fit Assessment
- An effective method for culture fit assessment is cultural questionnaires. Some employers design the questionnaires to gather information about characteristics you would find appealing in an ideal company. Once you've completed them your profiles are matched to the employers' profiles to identify areas of alignment and potential mismatch. Other companies...
- White papers 2009-01-01
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