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Quality Assurance for Iraqi Bottled Water Specifications

Journal of Engineering, 2015
In this research the specifications of Iraqi drinking bottled water brands are investigated throughout the comparison between local brands, Saudi Arabia and the World Health Organization (WHO) for bottled water standard specifications.
May George Kassir, Lamyaa Mohammed Dawood, Fatin Fuad   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Insights from the Presidential Addresses to the Agricultural Economics Society

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Society's published presidential addresses have embraced a wide range of subject matter, reflecting a ‘road well travelled’ in agricultural economics. The areas covered include the development and use of data and statistics, lessons from history, sectoral analysis, land economics, international trade and international development.
David Blandford
wiley   +1 more source

Improving the quality of the mechanical systems by specific methods in connection with a commercial entity

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017
This paper aims is improving the quality of mechanical systems, using specific methods. In the first part of the paper, we will identify the causes of non-quality, using ISCHIKAWA diagram.
Babis Claudiu, Dimitrescu Andrei, Iacobescu Gabriel, Solomon Gheorghe, Nitoi Dan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Supporting Defect Causal Analysis in Practice with Cross-Company Data on Causes of Requirements Engineering Problems

, 2017
[Context] Defect Causal Analysis (DCA) represents an efficient practice to improve software processes. While knowledge on cause-effect relations is helpful to support DCA, collecting cause-effect data may require significant effort and time.
Curty, Pablo, Felderer, Michael, Fernández, Daniel Méndez, Ferreira, Alexandre, Kalinowski, Marcos, Paes, Aline, Spínola, Rodrigo, Wagner, Stefan   +7 more
core   +1 more source

The Culture Clash of AI Adoption in Lean Quality Management. Resolving the Tensions at Siemens Electronics Works Amberg

Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) brings great potential for manufacturers, but clashes with the established culture due to the unexplainable and opaque nature of the solutions it provides. Having little experience in AI and machine learning (ML), most manufacturing leaders experience barriers implementing AI.
Benjamin van Giffen, Gunter Beitinger, Helmuth Ludwig, Bill Schiano, Konstantin Schmidt, Jan vom Brocke   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The application of multi-objective robust design methods in ship design [PDF]

, 1999
When designing large complex vessels, the evaluation of a particular design can be both complicated and time consuming. Designers often resort to the use of concept design models enabling both a reduction in complexity and time for evaluation.
Coates, Graham, Hills, Bill, Whitfield, Robert Ian   +2 more
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Reasons, rationality, and opaque sweetening: Hare's “No Reason” argument for taking the sugar

Noûs, EarlyView.
Abstract Caspar Hare presents a compelling argument for “taking the sugar” in cases of opaque sweetening: you have no reason to take the unsweetened option, and you have some reason to take the sweetened one. I argue that this argument fails—there is a perfectly good sense in which you do have a reason to take the unsweetened option. I suggest a way to
Ryan Doody
wiley   +1 more source

Application of the Surface Regression Technique for Enhancing the Input Factors and Responses for Processing Coconut Oil under Vertical Compression

Foods
This study optimized the input processing factors, namely compression force, pressing speed, heating temperature, and heating time, for extracting oil from desiccated coconut medium using a vertical compression process by applying a maximum load of 100 ...
Abraham Kabutey, Oldřich Dajbych, Aleš Sedláček, Čestmír Mizera, David Herák   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Finding the optimal design of a passive microfluidic mixer. [PDF]

, 2019
The ability to thoroughly mix two fluids is a fundamental need in microfluidics. While a variety of different microfluidic mixers have been designed by researchers, it remains unknown which (if any) of these mixers are optimal (that is, which designs ...
Brisk, Philip, Chen, Jin, Grover, William H, Rodgers, Victor GJ, Wang, Junchao, Zhang, Naiyin   +5 more
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A quality improvement initiative to reduce inappropriate plasma transfusions across community hospitals in the Niagara region

Vox Sanguinis, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Plasma transfusion is indicated for patients with coagulopathy and active bleeding or those undergoing major surgery. Appropriate use is defined by an international normalized ratio (INR) >1.7 and a dose of 3–4 units for adults.
Krista Walter, Ismael Ahmad, Tanja Groeneveld, Ankush Chander, Mohammad Refaei   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source