... Ali Sandidzadeh and Babak Shamszadeh Part SafetyandReliability in Railway 141 Chapter System for Investigation of Railway Interfaces (SIRI) 143 Sanjeev Kumar Appicharla Chapter Reliabilityand ... devoted to provide some ideas on safetyandreliability issues Finally, part consists of five chapters devoted to parameters monitoring in railway scenario for safetyandreliability purposes X Preface ... auxiliary reservoir and brake cylinder, linking 36 ReliabilityandSafety in Railway the brake cylinder to the atmosphere and establishing a pneumatic link between the brake pipe and the auxiliary...
... workshops, and symposia dealing with rapid methods and automation in microbiology, food safetyand microbiology, food quality assurance, HACCP and TQM (Total Quality Management), and food science ... chemical and physical properties and sources Maltitol (2) Palantinose and tea polyphenol (1) Maltitol and palantinose and tea polyphenol (1) Maltitol and palantinose and erythritol and tea polyphenol ... postharvest handling and treatments; waste; worker health, safety, and education; and environmental issues The ultimate goal is consumer health and therefore, customer satisfaction On the other hand,...
... Feasibility, reliabilityand validity of health-related quality of life questionnaire among adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients in urban Uganda: cross-sectional study Health andQuality of Life ... different for all the MOS subscales and the VAS scale (Tables and 4) Discussion We performed the feasibility andreliability of the MOS to measure HRQoL among HIV positive and HIV negative patients with ... program services and clinical research have focused on outcomes of mortality and microbiologic cure, and have neglected patient’s preferences such as patient’s perceived healthrelated quality of life...
... water and substance, accumulation of harmful substances and microorganisms, and physiological parameters such as respiration, and enzymatic, defence and hormonal activity Dossier QualityandSafety ... organizations FAO and WHO contains a set of standards relating to food and food safety, providing a point of reference that is used internationally Inner quality Inner quality or vital quality describes ... climate and air, and also to energy consumption In short, organic is better for people, animals and the environment 22 QualityandSafety of Organic Products Dossier References Deutschland: http://bundesrecht.juris.de/bundesrecht/...
... matter and whether relevant aspects of health andquality of life are adequately covered The clinician focus groups included two GPs and three physiotherapists (Cardiff) and a GP, physiotherapist and ... large number can confuse clinicians and researchers wishing to select an instrument for application in randomised trials and clinical practice The lack of standardisation in the choice of instruments ... particular items and if there were important areas not covered by the questionnaire Focus groups held with clinicians and patients in Cardiff and York were designed to assess content and face validity;...
... lack of equality in the item-scale correlations of RE3 and the other RE items and of MH3 and the other MH items Other studies Table 4: Inter-scale correlations and internal consistency reliability ... negative affect (MH1, MH2 and MH4) Tests of scaling assumptions Standard deviations of items within a scale were similar and close to 1.0 for BP, GH, VT, SF and MH (scales with 5and 6-choice responses) ... 2004344) and the Research and Development Institute of STOU (no 0522/10) Reliabilityand construct validity of the Thai SF-36 had been tested in several studies Internal consistency reliability...
... GSRS and QOLRAD, respectively, were as follows: South Africa, 2.7% and 2.7%; Germany, 6.4% and 12.7%; Hungary, http://www.hqlo.com/content/6/1/12 8.8% and 8.8%; Italy, 6.3% and 1.1%; Poland, ... the data and to be well received by patients [36] Study personnel were trained in how to use the electronic device and how to instruct the patients in a standardized way to minimize bias and enhance ... Diarrhoea and Constipation The GSRS has a seven-point graded Likert-type scale where represents absence of troublesome symptoms and represents very troublesome symptoms The reliabilityand validity...
... citation purposes) Health andQuality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:35 Authors' contributions ACS, SMP, IAP, JWV and PJA conceptualized the rationale and design of the study, ACS and CMV performed the ... reliabilityand validity Health andquality of life outcomes 2004, 2:55 Herdman M, Fox-Rushby J, Badia X: 'Equivalence' and the translation and adaptation of health-related quality of life questionnaires ... the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) cancer module scale Health andquality of life outcomes 2008, 6(1):7 Allison PJ: Health-related quality of life comparisons in French and English-speaking...
... the field of quality of life Furthermore, the new standards and terminology of psychometric testing were applied [15] Current conceptualization of quality of life Before validity of a quality of ... http://www.hqlo.com/content/2/1/27 Table 1: Research questions (Q) and hypotheses (H) to provide evidence on validity andreliability of the SEIQoL-DW Lines of validity, reliabilityand responsiveness Evidence based on test ... purposes) Health andQuality of Life Outcomes 2004, Authors' contributions PM was responsible for the conception and design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of the data, and drafting...
... health-related quality of life measures for children and adolescents In Quality of life in child and adolescent illness, concepts, methods and findings (ss 49–88) Edited by: Koot HM Wallander JL: ... adolescents and 23 parents to test the interpretation and understanding of items and response ratings Cognitive interview techniques [15] were used to obtain feedback about the interpretation and understanding ... adolescence Ceiling effects existed and ranged from minimal (eg 2.6% and 3.4% for self and proxy-report, respectively for Total score) to moderate (eg 26.5% and 24.2% for self and proxy-report for Physical...
... as: Chariyalertsak et al.: Reliabilityand validity of Thai versions of the MOS-HIV and SF-12 quality of life questionnaires in people living with HIV/AIDS Health andQuality of Life Outcomes 2011 ... patients: Medical Outcomes Study-HIV and Multidimensional Quality of Life-HIV quality of life questionnaires AIDS 2000, 14(10):1439-1447 Chariyalertsak et al Health andQuality of Life Outcomes 2011, ... PHS and PCS were 0.001 and 0.003 respectively: MHS and MCS were not significant (0.092 and 0.104 respectively) Discussion The results of this initial test provide evidence for acceptable reliability...
... analyzed and interpreted the data, and drafted the manuscript YZ conceptualized and designed the study, acquired, analyzed and interpreted the data, and revised the manuscript RC conceptualized and ... means and standard deviations for inpatients, outpatients and patients with different disease severity are presented in Table Response Rate and Feasibility The response rate for the children and ... consistency reliability, test-retest reliability, item-subscale correlations, construct validity and concordance between child self-reports and parent proxy-reports Methods Subjects and Settings...
... health-related quality of life in children with cancer living in mainland China: feasibility, reliabilityand validity of the Chinese mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer ... support the feasibility, reliabilityand validity of the Chinese Mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module in children with cancer living in mainland China Background ... the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and 3.0 Cancer Module in children with cancer Method Participants and Settings This...
... Measuring quality of life in Iranian children and adolescents with diabetes and assessment of reliabilityand validity of the Persian version of the PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales and the PedsQLTM ... related quality of life of Iranian children with type diabetes: reliabilityand validity of the Persian version of the PedsQL TM Generic Core Scales and Diabetes Module Peyman Jafari1, Elham Forouzandeh ... children and adolescents [2] Childhood diabetes adversely affects health related quality of life (HRQOL) of the patients and their families Diabetes imposes restrictions on physical, emotional and...
... Handbook of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability andSafety in Engineering Design Rudolph Frederick Stapelberg Handbook of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability andSafety in ... Rudolph Frederick Handbook of reliability, availability, maintainability andsafety in engineering design Reliability (Engineering) Maintainability (Engineering) Industrial safety I Title 620’.0045 ... includes reliability, availability, maintainability andsafety of the inherent process and system functions and their related equipment Determining engineering design integrity implies determining reliability, ...
... Models of closed and open systems 462 Coal gas production and clarifying plant schematic block diagram 464 a Series reliability block diagram b Series reliability graph ... 3.25 Reliability of a high-speed self-lubricated reducer 49 Power train system reliability of a haul truck 54 Component and assembly reliabilities and system ... 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 Reliability block diagram of two components in series 48 Reliability of a high-speed self-lubricated reducer 49 Reliability block diagram...
... criteria of reliability, availability, maintainability andsafety of these systems and equipment Reliability can be regarded as the probability of successful operation or performance of systems and their ... simulation blackboard model, and an artificial intelligence-based (AIB) blackboard model R.F Stapelberg, Handbook of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability andSafety in Engineering Design, ... control and instrumentation, incorrect spare parts lists, lack of proper identification of spares and facilities equipment such as manual valves and piping both on design drawings and on site, and...
... risk andsafety • Reliability analysis: reliability theory, methods and models, reliabilityand systems engineering, control and prediction • Availability analysis: availability theory, methods and ... andSafety The fundamental understanding of the concepts of reliability, availability and maintainability (and, to a large extent, an empirical understanding of safety) has in the main dealt with ... maintainability andsafety is applied to systems the components of which have not been precisely defined 14 Design Integrity Methodology 1.1.2 Designing for Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety...
... Assistance with and automation of complex tasks and activities of the design process where expertise is specialised and technical; • Strategies for searching in the space of alternative designs, and monitoring ... is to validate the developed theory of design integrity in designing for reliability, availability, maintainability and safety, for eventual inclusion in intelligent computer automated methodology ... was to evaluate the mathematical algorithms developed for assessing the reliability, availability, maintainability andsafety requirements of complex process systems, as well as for the complex...