Water shutoff and conformance improvement: an introduction

On an Improvement in Confidence Limits for Proportion of Conformance

This paper presents a modification of a method for constructing approximate lower confidence limits for the proportion of conformance of normally distributed processes, which was proposed by Wang and Lam (1996). The proposed method is very simple and its implementation does not require the use of special tables. In addition, as verified via simulation, it leads to confidence limits with coverag...

an introduction to workplace health improvement( editorial )

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Measuring the Economic Benefits of Water Quality Improvement with Benefit Transfer: An Introduction for Non-Economists

-In this paper we provide an introduction to water quality benefit estimation for noneconomists. Net water quality benefits are typically measured using the concept of consumer surplus, which can be estimated using a number of economic valuation methodologies. These can be divided into direct and indirect methods. Direct methods involve questioning survey respondents to determine their consumer...

An introduction to quality improvement in paediatrics and child health.

Quality improvement is a focus on changing the way in which patient care is delivered. Central to this is developing a more rounded, patient-focused approach to the design and delivery of care. Here, in the first of a series, we introduce the concepts of quality improvement, explain why quality improvement should matter to paediatricians and give some pointers as to where and how paediatricians...

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics