OBJECTIVES To determine the nature and extent of governance activities by health service boards in relation to quality and safety of care and to gauge the expertise and perspectives of board members in this area. METHODS This study used an online and postal survey of the Board Chair, Quality Committee Chair and two randomly selected members from the boards of all 85 health services in Victori...

Abstract. Maximum likelihood (ML) estimation based on bivariate record data is considered as the general inference problem. Assume that the process of observing k records is repeated m times, independently. The asymptotic properties including consistency and asymptotic normality of the Maximum Likelihood (ML) estimates of parameters of the underlying distribution is then established, when m is ...

Growing global environmental problems force us to think about their impact and search for ways protect the environment. While construction industry production of materials contribute pollution, they also offer great potential addressing many problems. Important opportunities exist in use processing a whole host industrial waste mineral resources. Among such resources is magnesite, whose deposit...

Abstract This study evaluated the translation quality of English equivalents of Persian proper nouns in the tourist signs and bilingual boards in Isfahan. To find different errors in the translations of the bilingual boards and tourist signs, the data were collected directly by taking picture or writing exactly from the available tourist signs and bilingual boards. Then, the errors were assesse...

Four bonobos, seven gorillas, and six orangutans were presented with two small rectangular boards on a platform. One of the boards had a piece of food under it so that it acquired an inclined orientation whereas the other remained flat on the platform. Subjects preferentially selected the inclined board. In another experiment, subjects were initially presented with two inclined boards and a tra...

This analysis seeks to identify whether (and to what extent) the variation in gain and frequency response observed in the T304 module affects the science results, and if so, how many and which circuit boards in the T304 require replacement in order to bring the variation within acceptable limits. The gain difference between the two types of circuit boards is being addressed by removing 7dB of e...

Computed Tomography is a technique that can be performed using a set of X-ray images to re-create a three dimensional dataset which contains information about internal structure. Analysis of multilayered Printed Circuit Boards with their components using this technique allows for the non destructive evaluation of internal layers of failed boards. This report presents the results of computerised...

A crossthecountry,many nonnurses are administering medications to individuals in nonacute healthcare settings and in other settings where healthcare is not the primary focus (hereinafter, these will be referred to as nonacute settings). Because many states are using medication assistants in nonacute settings, the Boards of Nursing, in their mission to protect the public, became concerned about ...

The election methods introduced in 1894–1895 by Phragmén and Thiele, and their somewhat later versions for ordered (ranked) ballots , are discussed in detail. The paper includes definitions and examples and discussion of whether the methods satisfy some properties, including monotonicity, consistency and various proportionality criteria. The relation with STV is also discussed. The paper also c...