In this study, we develop a spectral method for assessment of pasture quality based only on the spectral information obtained with a small number of wavelengths. First, differences in spectral behavior were identified across the near infrared–shortwave infrared spectral range that were indicative of changes in chemical properties. Then, slopes across different spectral ranges were calculated an...

This paper looks at the evolution and measure of success of different harmonic treatments applied in commercial buildings. Typical levels of voltage distortion are described in light of extensive harmonic data collection at North American sites over several years at hundreds of electrical panels and transformers. The field data shows that contrary to the popular belief, doubling the neutral and...

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention replaced their longstanding ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) definitions with ventilator-associated event (VAE) definitions in 2013. Controversy abounds as to whether VAE definitions are potentially suitable to serve as quality indicators for ICUs. On the pro side, VAE definitions overcome many of the weaknesses of traditional VA...

LTE is a 3GPP evolution of UMTS that is envisaged to provide high data rate and low latency in order to satisfy the data rate requirement of current high data rate applications. To achieve this and guaranty transmission at all times, LTE system adjust transmission parameters like PMI, RI and CQI dynamically. Accomplished via feedback from UE, the feedbacks are set after every transmission time ...

The Council of Australian Directors of Academic Development (CADAD) welcomes the opportunity to make this submission in response to the discussion paper, Development of Performance Measurement Instruments in Higher Education. While this is a response to one of the three papers released concurrently by DEEWR, it may be read alongside the discussion papers, Assessment of Generic Skills and Review...

A number of applications based on personal health records (PHRs) are emerging in the field of health care and wellness. PHRs empower patients by giving them control over their health data. Health data for PHRs can be supplied by patients, wellness providers and health care providers. Health care providers may use the PHRs to provide medical care. Unfortunately, the quality of the health data ca...

Three methods (membrane filtration, multiple tube fermentation, and chromogenic substrate technology kits manufactured by IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.) are routinely used to measure indicator bacteria for beach water quality. To assess comparability of these methods, quantify within-laboratory variability for each method, and place that variability into context of variability among laboratories usi...

OBJECTIVES To develop a patient satisfaction system for disablement services centres and to report on how the initial findings have been used in audit to improve their quality of care and services. DESIGN Interview survey of randomly selected users attending in three centres: Birmingham (centre X), Oxford (centre Y), and Cambridge (centre Z) to establish core topics for developing a patient s...

The use of energy cost as an indicator of natural resource quality is examined. Energy cost is the direct and indirect energy used to produce a unit of a resource commodity. Different approaches to the role of energy in the economy are discussed and it is demonstrated theoretically that energy cost can give false indications of changes in resource quality. This is because energy cost is only an...