This paper addresses the transformation of traditional software quality control techniques to a proactive quality assurance program within embedded systems and other mission critical software: Software plays an increasingly important role in every product and organization. The number of mission critical applications, those with a high cost of failure (air traffic control systems and other life ...

Application Note Technological advances in analytical instrumentation and computing systems have allowed many industries to better monitor and control business critical processes. This has enabled proactive, not reactive approaches to real-time quality assurance and product release. Until the advent of QbD and subsequent PAT initiatives, pharmaceutical and related industries were not fully equi...

negotiation, as an interactional strategy and proactive focus on form (fof) have received increased attention in second language research. the combination of negotiation and proactive fof, however, has not been examined in relation to l2 vocabulary learning. to address this gap, the present study investigated how the amount of negotiation and proactive fof impacted learners’ vocabulary knowledg...

Negotiation, as an interactional strategy and proactive focus on form (FoF) have received increased attention in second language research. The combination of negotiation and proactive FoF, however, has not been examined in relation to L2 vocabulary learning. To address this gap, the present study investigated how the amount of negotiation and proactive FoF impacted learners’ vocabulary knowledg...

Real-time control of product performance parameters is a key for proactive quality control (QC), as it can prevent the occurrence of potential quality problems in the earliest stage of manufacturing. It is recognized that dynamic product QC must be coordinated with the control of the process through which eywords: roduct quality control rocess control ntegrated product and process engineering u...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have poor quality of life. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of proactive palliative care on the well-being of these patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION This trial is registered with the Netherlands Trial Register, NTR4037. PATIENTS AND METHODS A pragmatic cluster controlled trial (quasi-experiment...

In food supply networks, ensuring quality of end products is a critical issue. The quality of these products depends in a complex way on many factors. In order to effectively control food quality, our research aims at implementing early warning and proactive control systems in food supply networks. In these systems we use data mining techniques and exploit large amounts of operational data coll...