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Standards to assure quality in nursing research

open access: yesCurationis, 2003
The focus of this article is quality assurance in nursing research. Due to well established problems regarding the education of nursing research and increasing pressure to take responsibility for the quality of all educational activities, departments of ...
SCD Zeelie
doaj   +1 more source

Pathways and pitfalls: a qualitative study of student experiences in biomedical science education

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Biomedical science students from underrepresented backgrounds face barriers including financial strain, disrupted laboratory access and cultural exclusion. Peer networks provide vital support when institutional systems are difficult to navigate. To create inclusive learning environments and achieve academic success, educators should blend active, hands‐
Olivia J. Russell   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality Assurance in Higher Education: An Introduction

open access: yes, 2007
Quality Assurance in the education sector is one of the major initiatives of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in its Three-Year Plan for 2006-09. To achieve the outcome of enhanced quality at all levels of education, COL has been focusing its attention
Mishra, Sanjaya
core   +1 more source

District level external quality assurance (EQA) of malaria microscopy in Pakistan: pilot implementation and feasibility

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2011
Background Prompt, quality assured laboratory diagnosis is key to effective malaria case management and control, especially since the introduction of the more expensive artemisinin combination therapy (ACT).
Khokar Nayyar   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural studies and functional engineering of NanX: an anhydro‐sialic acid transporter from Escherichia coli

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Biophysical characterisation shows that NanX, a membrane transport protein from the major facilitator superfamily (MFS), forms both monomers and dimers after purification. AlphaFold modelling and substrate docking provide information on residues likely involved in substrate recognition for NanX and another MFS member, NanT.
Michael C. Newton‐Vesty   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ensuring Professionalism of the External Evaluation Commission: The Slovenian Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes
In 2006–2007, the Slovenian higher education (HE) system took the first steps toward building a national model of institutional external evaluation (IEE), which would be comparable with other European models. In the first part of the article, the authors
Karmen Rodman, Nada Trunk Sirca
core  

Scope, transparency and style: System-level quality strategies and the student experience in Australia

open access: yes, 2022
As Australia moves to an approach to quality assurance that is framed around regulation and risk, it is timely to reflect on the merits of external quality audit supported by a fitness-for-purpose approach.
Palmer, N, Nigel Palmer (13087776)
core   +1 more source

Measuring the quality of an e-learning course

open access: yesThe Journal of Quality in Education, 2017
The EU Commission's learning action plan stresses the importance of ICT in education and quality assurance is part of the Bologna Declaration. General approaches to quality and to measuring quality are ISO, TQM and EFQM and Kirkpatrick for education ...
Jeanne Schreurs   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural and biochemical insights into the thermostable esterase Ta0887 from Thermoplasma acidophilum

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
In this study, a novel esterase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum was biochemically and structurally characterized. Our results demonstrate that Ta0887 is a highly thermostable esterase that preferentially hydrolyzes p‐nitrophenyl hexanoate and possesses an α‐helical cap domain that likely contributes to its substrate ...
Alejandro Delgado‐Rey   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differences between Educational and Regulatory External Quality Assurance/Proficiency Testing Schemes

open access: yes, 2022
External quality assurance (EQA) or proficiency testing is a system for objectively checking the laboratory’s performance using an external agency or facility for evaluation of participant performance against pre-established criteria by means of ...
M. Panteghini   +20 more
core   +1 more source

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