QUALITY PROBLEM Recent evidence in the level of patient safety from hospitals in six developing countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region has demonstrated the high prevalence of adverse events, the excessive rate of death and permanent disability and their high preventability. The Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Initiative (PSFHI) has been launched to respond to these challenges. INITIAL...

Nanotechnology is considered as an industrial revolution of the third millennium. Advances have a remarkable impact on different fields such as medicine, engineering, economy and even politics. However, a wide range of ethical issues has been raised by this innovative science. Many authorities believe that these advancements could lead to irreversible disasters if not limited by ethical guideli...

Regulationx t is human nature to want to protect our children from harm. Toys, car seats, sports equipment-all are designed with a child's safety in mind. Those same children, however, have been often overlooked in two critical research areas: the effects of exposure to chemicals and guidelines for prescription medications. Environmental exposure standards have usually been set according to res...

This paper investigates the adaptability of agile methodologies to software development standards laid down by ISO. On the basis of this analysis, guidelines are proposed for developing software in such a way that the development process conforms to the standards required by the software acquirer, while still retaining its agile characteristics. Extreme Programming (XP) is used as the primary r...

Overview The Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology is charged with developing guidelines for neurologists for diagnostic procedures, treatment modalities, and clinical disorders. The selection of topics for which practice parameters are developed is based on the prevalence, frequency of use, economic impact, membership need, controversy, urgency, external constrain...

BoostAeroSpace AirDesign, standard of PLM collaboration in the Aerospace Industry 10h45-11h15 Coffee break 11h15-11h45 Academic keynote: Technological uncertainty, pyschological safety and knowledge maturation: the case of New Product Development 11h45-12h15 Industrial Keynote: Philippe Berthouloux and Sébastien Blanchard, STX Europe, France PLM implementation for a shipbuilding industry 12h15-...

While safety engineering standards define rigorous and controllable processes for system development, safety standards’ differences in distinct domains are non-negligible. This paper focuses in particular on the aviation, automotive, and railway standards, all related to the transportation market. Many are the reasons for the said differences, ranging from historical reasons, heuristic and esta...