The need to establish conditions for safe irradiation was noted in Poland back in 1986 in the Atomic Law, but for over 16 years no regulations regarding this aspect were passed. The radiological incident in Bialystok (Poland) in 2001 undeniably accelerated the implementation of new legal regulations. Nevertheless, in the absence of national guidelines until 2002, most health care institutions r...

of the quality management system improves postoperative pain treatment: a prospective pre-/post-interventional questionnaire study. 'Yes, we can' utilize the Hawthorne effect to improve postoperative analgesia Reply from the authors Editor—We thank Drs Lehmann and Nowak for their ideas concerning the suggested Hawthorne effect (HE) during the implementation of the quality management system (QMS...

One of the main bottlenecks when designing a network system is very often its memory subsystem. This is mainly due to the extremely high speed of the state-of-the-art network links and to the fact that in order to support advanced Quality of Service (QoS), a large number of independent queues is desirable. In this paper we describe the architecture and performance of a memory manager, the QMS t...

We use first-principles methods ~no empirical parameters! to establish the phase diagram for the B1~NaCl!, B2~CsCl!, and liquid phases of MgO. We used density-functional theory with the generalized gradient approximation to predict the equation-of-state @volume versus pressure „V(P)...# at 0 K for MgO in the low-density B1 ~NaCl! phase and the high-density B2 ~CsCl! phase. We find a pressure-in...

In Fertility Centers, quality should be measured by how well the organization complies with pre-defined requirements, and by how quality policies are implemented and quality objectives achieved. Having a quality management system (QMS) is a mandatory requirement for IVF centers established in most countries with regulatory guidelines, including Brazil. Nevertheless, none of the regulatory direc...

Islet transplantation (ITx) is an emerging and promising therapy for patients with uncontrolled type 1 diabetes. The islet isolation and purification processes require exposure to extended cold ischemia, warm-enzymatic digestion, mechanical agitation, and use of damaging chemicals for density gradient separation (DG), all of which reduce viable islet yield. In this paper, we describe initial pr...

The individual mass spectral peaks produced by a quadrupole mass spectrometer (QMS) are asymmetric; they exhibit a 'tail' on the low mass side. In some cases a definite structure is observed in the tail. We show that the tail structure is a consequence of the use of circular electrodes. An extreme case of an experimentally observed QMS mass peak with a distinct tail structure is shown and the g...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate hidden/less tangible dimensions of ISO 9001:2000 standard for better understanding where there are potentials for designing and implementing highly mature quality management systems (QMSs). Design/methodology/approach – Based on advanced quality tools, 80-20 rule and inventive problem-solving algorithms, a novel methodology is developed and ...