BACKGROUND European and national administrative legislation require objective evaluation systems for organ lesions at pig slaughter. These results can be used as basis for herd health improvement programs by farmers and their consulting veterinarians. Various studies have shown that the current evaluation and recording of lesions by authorized meat inspectors are not reliable and produce signif...

Transfers are often used by bureaucracies, especially in emerging economies, in an attempt to reward or punish their staff. Yet we know little about whether, and how, transfer mechanisms can help incentivize performance. Using transfers to induce performance is challenging, as heterogeneity in preferences over which postings are desirable non-trivially impacts the effectiveness of such schemes....

Rapid screening tests can be used as part of an efficient program designed to monitor veterinary drug residues in cattle. In this work, three rapid tests designed to screen samples for the presence of antibiotic residues, the Fast Antimicrobial Screen Test (FAST), Premi and Kidney Inhibition Swab (KIS) tests, were compared using beef kidney juice and serum samples. In order to provide a realist...

Identifying appropriate applications for technology to assess the health and safety of bridges is an important issue for bridge owners around the world. Traditionally, highway bridge conditions have been monitored by visual inspection with structural deficiencies being manually identified and classified by qualified engineers and inspectors. With traditional on-site inspections, qualified inspe...

There is considerable information about the origin of H.M. Inspectorate of Mines scattered throughout the reports of the many Royal Commissions which have investigated the industry. Such information is normally in the form of a bare chronological recital of events with special emphasis on legislation. Other accounts are few and, with the exception of Boyd (1879), consist similarly of short hist...

This study aims to provide empirical evidence of the effect job transfer on employee performance with motivation and satisfaction as mediating variables. The research population was 52, all whom were tax inspectors at KPP Madya Malang Indonesia. All members are used samples. A total 52 questionnaires distributed inspectors, 36 returned, resulting in a response rate 69.23%. data analysis method ...

The effects of school inspections on school improvement have been investigated only to a limited degree. The investigation reported on in this article is meant to expand our knowledge base regarding the impact of school inspections on school improvement. The theoretical framework for this research is partly based on the policy theory behind the Dutch Educational School Supervision Act (the latt...

Air pockets, one kind of concrete surface defects, are often created on formed concrete surfaces during concrete construction. Their existence undermines the desired appearance and visual uniformity of architectural concrete. Therefore, measuring the impact of air pockets on the concrete surface in the form of air pockets is vital in assessing the quality of architectural concrete. Traditionall...