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TCH-039 Six Sigma in Healthcare: An Application in the Monitoring of Albumin
2013
Background The high off-label use of albumin persuaded the pharmacy to introduce a request form that uses the internationals guidelines to assess whether the use of albumin is appropriate. This has resulted in a clear reduction in the costs. Purpose To monitor the wards using six sigma methodology (a statistical concept that measures a process in terms of defects); to ensure that all procedures have been followed correctly. Materials and Methods 696 forms for albumin prescriptions coming from 26 wards (August to December 2011) were analysed using Minitab software, which cheques the frequency of the best correct requests (type 1), partially correct requests (type 2) and incorrect requests (t…
Sistema di irrigazione a perno centrale
2021
L’invenzione consiste nell’impiego, nell’irrigazione pivot, dei comuni irrigatori rotanti che si utilizzano nei sistemi di irrigazione a pioggia (o per aspersione), che hanno il vantaggio, rispetto agli spruzzatori ed ai gocciolatori, di essere dotati di un ugello terminale di elevato diametro (4-30 mm). L’idea nasce quindi dalla ricerca di un sistema irriguo che conservi i benefici dell’irrigazione pivot (completa automatizzazione, manodopera limitata alla manutenzione degli apparecchi erogatori, elevata efficienza) e che al contempo rimuova del tutto il problema dell’occlusione degli apparecchi erogatori. Vengono così azzerati i costi di manodopera e, soprattutto, viene consentito l’impie…
Reducing whole-body vibration exposure in backhoe loaders by education of operators
2012
Author's version of an article published in the journal: International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ergon.2012.03.001 Whole-body vibration is a health hazard for operators of construction machinery. The level of whole-body vibration exposure on the operator is governed by three different factors; performance of the suspension system of the machine, planning of the work and the skills of the operator.In this research work it is investigated whether there is a potential in bringing down the level of whole-body vibration exposure by educating operators of backhoe loaders. This is carried out by an experimental setup. Six ex…
THE INVESTMENT POLITICS AND THE DIVERSIFICATION OF FINANCING RESOURCES IN ROMANIA
2011
A priority for Romania is to maintain an high investment rate, higher than the one of the EU member states, because these countries modernized their energetic, transport and public utility infrastructures, they developed their educational and the public health systems, they reduced the technological and informational differences, decades ago. Through the investment politics, Romania will continue to attract foreign investments, whose annual average was remarkable. For the financing of the investments, a diversification of the internal and external resources is necessary. The internal resources are based on the development of the saving instruments: the development of the market for transact…
Management of irrigation water and nutrient demands of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) using urban treated wastewater from a pilot-scale horiz…
2017
The reuse of treated wastewater (TWW) in crop irrigation is an advanced and rational approach to water resource management in agriculture. Results would seem to demonstrate that it could be an extremely important tool in the reduction of freshwater (FW) consumption in agriculture, at the same time helping to increase crop yields through the transfer of nutrients required for crop growth. In arid and semi-arid areas of the Mediterranean, constructed wetlands can play a key role in the treatment and reuse of wastewater due to their multifunctional nature. The aim of this study was to manage water and nutrient requirements of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) using TWW from a pilot-scale …
Comparison Between Conventional and Vegetated Roof by Means of a Dynamic Simulation
2015
In this paper, a dynamic simulation of a building located in the Campus University of Palermo, Italy, has been carried out. We considered two different scenarios; in the first one, the building as it is, with a conventional covering, while in the second one the roof was equipped with a green roof. The results of the two simulations have been compared, suggesting that such building component could contribute to the energy savings of the building. However, it has to be considered as part of other possible actions devoted to improve the energy efficiency of the whole building. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC-BY-NC-ND license (http://…
Scientific and methodical foundations of heat saving of rural territories on the basis of use of local biomass
2018
W ostatnich latach gaz ziemny na Ukrainie, a w szczególności w regionie połtawskim,wykorzystywany jest najczęściej do ogrzewania prywatnych domów. Niestety co roku państwo podnosi cenę gazu. Koszty ogrzewania stają się dla mieszkańców wsi dużym obciążeniem. Wcześniej na wsi tradycyjnie budowano domy o dużej powierzchni. Dlatego obecnie wspólnoty terytorialne szukają alternatywnych sposobów ogrzewania. W celu oszczędzania ciepła ważnymi dla nich stają się zagadnienia związane z izolacją budynków mieszkalnych, zakładów produkcyjnych. Głównym celem artykułu jest analiza możliwości wykorzystania biomasy jako materiału termoizolacyjnego oraz źródła energii alternatywnej. Przedstawiono doświadcze…
Adopting sustainable irrigation technologies in Italy: a study on the determinants of inter- and intra-farm diffusion
2023
This paper analyses the drivers for adopting irrigation systems with water conservation and saving technologies (WCSTs) by Italian farmers. The agricultural sector in Italy, like in other Mediterranean countries, suffers from water scarcity and water endowment variability. Water resources play a decisive role in agricultural production and in implementing large-scale WCSTs capable of improving the resilience of the whole agricultural sector. This study uses a microeconomic panel data approach to estimate farmers' decisions in adopting (inter-farm) sustainable irrigation technologies and assesses the intensity of (intra-farm) water-saving practices. Our analysis identifies the main determina…
Rainwater reuse in urban areas: a mathematical model and a longterm modelling approach
2018
Natural water resources are becoming increasingly limited due to global-scale climate change and water availability issues have become so severe that they must be addressed. Given these issues, reuse of wastewater and rainwater provides a promising way to cope with water shortages. This paper describes an investigation into the efficiency of rainwater usage systems. A conceptual model was built to assess the behaviour of rainwater tanks and their effectiveness in coping with water shortages. The study is based on a long-term simulation (12 years) of different rainwater reuse tank schemes. The associated reductions in residential freshwater demand (water reuse efficiency) and wetweather runo…
Developing and testing a discrete event simulation model to evaluate budget impacts of diabetes prevention programs
2020
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is one of the most rapidly increasing non-communicable diseases worldwide. Lifestyle interventions are effective in preventing T2D but also resource intensive. This study evaluated with discrete event simulation (DES) the relative budget impacts of three hypothetical diabetes prevention programs (DPP), including group-based contact intervention, digital program with human coaching and fully automated program. The data for simulation were derived from research literature and national health and population statistics. The model was constructed using the iGrafx Process for Six Sigma software and simulations were carried out for 10 years. All simulated interventions produc…