Status Report for AAMI Standardization

AAMI loves DSV!

Drs. Nelson and Van De Water’s perceptive synopsis of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation ( AAMI ) 1981 meeting is appreciated. This appeared in Chest May, 1982 reporting the previous ( 1981 ) meeting. They are correct in stressing the enormous importance of digital subtraction videoangiography. Indeed, it promises to revolutionize cardiovascular diagnosis . . . and i...

Standardization Status on Carrier Class Ethernet OAM

This paper shows the recent standardization activities on Ethernet OAM functions. First, it briefly introduces recent carrier class Ethernet services indicating their characteristics and operational issues. Then, it explains current standardization status on Ethernet OAM functions. Finally it shows the requirements for Ethernet OAM functions and details of the OAM mechanisms currently being sta...

Space-Time Adaptation and MIMO Standardization Status

Point: status of lipid and lipoprotein standardization.

Cholesterol and triglyceride standardization procedures have been used extensively and continuously since the 1950s. Definitive and Reference Methods, as well as primary and secondary standards, have been developed and maintained as the basis for evaluating the accuracy of results by various methods in many laboratories. But, although standardization efforts for apolipoprotein A-I and B measure...

Linking Report Individualization and Report Standardization: A Configurational Perspective

Many organizations are facing the challenge that employees supplement their standardized Accounting Information Systems (AIS) with individually tinkered spreadsheets or other types of workaround systems. While such supplements provide employees with the flexibility to adjust the AIS to their individual preferences and to respond quickly to new opportunities, these supplements also cause adverse...