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Research Report: An Expert System for Quality Management Auditing

International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 1993
Reports on the development of an expert system designed for auditors of quality management, discussing its development process (QMA‐1), composition and structure. The system was tested in 20 Chinese organizations and user feedback reported. Outlines plans for future development of the system.
F.Y. Chan, W. Willborn, H. Xiao, H. Li
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Assurance of the quality of expert reports

Forensic Science International, 1989
Abstract The operation of forensic chemical laboratories is investigated from the point of view of reliability, approaching the question from both practical and theoretical aspects. Questions of methodology such as the validation and continuous quality control and quality assurance of the expert's activity, the fulfilment of the legal requirements ...
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A Diagnostic Expert System for Structured Reports, Quality Assessment, and Training of Residents in Sonography

Medizinische Klinik, 2004
The quality of medical reports on diagnostic procedures has a considerable impact on the quality of medical care. Handwritten or otherwise unstructured reports tend to be incomplete, whereas structured questionnaires are of limited flexibility and not considered case-adequate.
Matthias, Huettig, Georg, Buscher, Thomas, Menzel, Wolfgang, Scheppach, Frank, Puppe, Hans-Peter, Buscher   +5 more
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Busyness, Expertise, and Financial Reporting Quality of Audit Committee Chairs and Financial Experts

AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 2014
SUMMARY We investigate how the number of audit committee chair positions and other audit committee financial expertise positions held by the audit committee chairman and the audit committee financial experts affects their ability to oversee a company's financial reporting process.
Paul N. Tanyi, David B. Smith
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Users — The Hidden Software Product Quality Experts?: A Study on How App Users Report Quality Aspects in Online Reviews

2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE), 2017
[Context and motivation] Research on eliciting requirements from a large number of online reviews using automated means has focused on functional aspects. Assuring the quality of an app is vital for its success. This is why user feedback concerning quality issues should be considered as well [Question/problem] But to what extent do online reviews of ...
Eduard C. Groen, Sylwia Kopczynska, Marc P. Hauer, Tobias D. Krafft, Jörg Dörr   +4 more
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Conceptualization, Measurement, and Application of Quality of Life for Persons With Intellectual Disabilities: Report of an International Panel of Experts

Mental Retardation, 2002
In this article a number of issues involving the concept of quality of life as applied to persons with intellectual disabilities are summarized, and a number of agreed-upon principles regarding its conceptualization, measurement, and application are presented.
Robert L, Schalock, Ivan, Brown, Roy, Brown, Robert A, Cummins, David, Felce, Leena, Matikka, Kenneth D, Keith, Trevor, Parmenter   +7 more
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The quality of other assurance services supplied by accounting firms: Evidence from independent expert reports

International Journal of Auditing, 2020
Recent concern has been expressed regarding accounting firms reducing the quality of their assurance services (statutory audit and other assurance services) to gain cross‐selling opportunities. While prior studies have focused on the quality of statutory audits, our study examines the quality of other assurance services, in the form of independent ...
Anna Bedford, Martin Bugeja, Samir Ghannam, Nelson Ma   +3 more
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The Quality of Government Expert Survey 2020 (Wave III): Report

2021
The Quality of Government Expert Survey (QoG Expert Survey) is a research project aimed at documenting the organizational design of public bureaucracies and bureaucratic behavior in countries around the world. This report documents the design and implementation of the third wave of the QoG Expert Survey, and initial analysis of the new data.
Nistotskaya, Marina, Dahlberg, Stefan, Dahlström, Carl, Sundström, Aksel, Axelsson, Sofia, Mert Dalli, Cem, Alvarado Pachon, Natalia   +6 more
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Clinically important differences in health-related quality of life for patients with asthma: an expert consensus panel report

Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2003
Standards for change in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures used among asthmatic patients have been established by considering only patient preferences to determine important differences and may not reflect an informed clinical evaluation of change.To establish clinically important difference (CID) standards through the consensus of an ...
Kathleen W, Wyrwich, Harold S, Nelson, William M, Tierney, Ajit N, Babu, Kurt, Kroenke, Fredric D, Wolinsky   +5 more
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Patients with OCD report lower quality of life after controlling for expert-rated symptoms of depression and anxiety

Psychiatry Research, 2018
One to three percent of the adult population suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD). Previous studies have also shown that, compared to controls, patients with OCD report a lower QoL. The latter is associated with self-rated symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Jahangard, Leila, Fadaei, Vahid, Sajadi, Arezoo, Haghighi, Mohammad, Ahmadpanah, Mohammad, Matinnia, Nasrin, Bajoghli, Hafez, Sadeghi Bahmani, Dena, Lang, Undine, Holsboer-Trachsler, Edith, Brand, Serge   +10 more
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