The real-time quality control (QC) methods applied to Argo profiling float data by the UK Met Office, the US Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Centre, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the Coriolis Centre are compared and contrasted. Data are taken from the period 2007 to 2011 inclusive and real-time QC performance assessed with respect to Argo delayed-mode QC. An intercompari...

1Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK 2Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada G1J 2G3 3Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec (CRIUSMQ), Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada G1J 2G3 4Department of Psychology, Université de Mont...

160. A Simulation Study to Assess Indicators of Antimicrobial Use as Predictors of Resistance Elise Fortin, PhD(c); Caroline Quach, MD MSc FRCPC; Patricia Fontela, MD PhD; David L Buckeridge, MD PhD; Robert W Platt, PhD; Institut National De Santé Publique Du Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada; Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Quebec Institu...

introduction quality control (qc) techniques are used in monitoring and maintenance of the components of an x-ray system. qc of radiology devices plays a significant role in reduction of medication dose and optimization of image quality. this study aimed to conduct qc tests on randomly selected radiology devices, installed in diagnostic imaging departments of iran. materials and methods in tota...

Background: A person’s security behavior is driven by underlying mental constructs, perceptions and beliefs. Examination of security behavior is often based on dialogue with users of security, which is analysed in textual form by qualitative research methods such as Qualitative Coding (QC). Yet QC has drawbacks: security issues are often time-sensitive but QC is extremely timeconsuming. QC is o...

This chapter is a comprehensive review of quality control (QC) methods for SNP-based genotyping panels used in genome-wide association studies. These include QC on individuals for missingness, gender checks, duplicates and cryptic relatedness, population outliers, heterozygosity and inbreeding, and QC on SNPs for missingness, minor allele frequency and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The emphasis i...

Abstract. A curvature-type tensor invariant called quaternionic contact (qc) conformal curvature is defined on a qc manifolds in terms of the curvature and torsion of the Biquard connection. The discovered tensor is similar to the Weyl conformal curvature in Riemannian geometry and to the Chern-Moser invariant in CR geometry. It is shown that a qc manifold is locally qc conformal to the standar...

Extract main features exhibited in each type of data quality problems, and find proper QC parameters to quantify the extracted features. Monitor and record various QC parameters and related background information (by running the above real-time system). Collect independent observations from multiple sources (Dual-Polarization radar, radiosondes, wind profilers and satellites) for "ground truth"...

The expected number of unacceptable patient results due to an undetected, malfunction--E(Nu)--can be set as a patient-based quality goal. Using the number of patients tested between QC specimens as a design parameter allows one to design QC strategies that meet specified patient-based quality goals. The QC utilization rate can be minimized in a QC design for a given E(Nu). The QC-utilization ra...

Objective(s): In the present study, we investigated the potential anti-nociceptive activity and acute anti-inflammatory effect of a synthetic quinoline compound (2-(4-Methoxyphenyl)benzo[h]quinoline-4-carboxylic acid, QC), possessing structural elements of both naproxen and tomoxiprole drugs. Materials and Methods: The anti-nociceptive activity of QC was evaluated using chemical- and thermal-in...