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Journal articles on the topic "Goods inspections"
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Vishnevskaya, Irina Aleksandrovna. "Expert examination of collateral and leasing items." Lizing (Leasing), no. 1 (May 26, 2021): 5–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.33920/vne-03-2107-01.
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Survey inspections as a tribute to the time from insurance market gradually moved towards banking sector, leasing and factoring. Verification of various types of property by independent surveyors, who, among other things, have the opportunity to make a market assessment of the property, is relevant for banks, leasing and factoring companies. The advantages of performing survey by outsourcing teams are obvious: cost reduction, regional coverage and efficiency. The article describes the features of conducting surveyor inspections of real estate objects, movable property, and goods in circulation. The features of conducting survey inspections of some types of movable property, such as technological equipment and complex technological lines, are presented; besides, the actual technology and the sequence of property inspections are described. The real case (a court case) is used to demonstrate how the conclusion of an independent surveyor allowed the creditor to recover a significant amount of money from an unscrupulous debtor.
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Gupanova, Yu E., and A. S. Lemak. "Innovative approaches to customs inspections of participants in foreign economic activity." Upravlenie 9, no. 1 (2021): 140–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.26425/2309-3633-2021-9-1-140-150.
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With the adoption of the Strategy for the Development of the Customs Service of the Russian Federation until 2030, one of the priorities for customs authorities has become the introduction of new approaches to the organization and conduct of customs control after the release of goods.The purpose of the research paper is to identify problematic aspects of the implementation of customs inspection technology and to substantiate innovative approaches to their implementation. The research methodology is based on the use of methods of analysis, synthesis, generalization, comparison and description, which allowed a comprehensive study of the object.The paper proposes a new approach, which provides for the centralization and concentration of control functions of customs control after the release of goods in authorized departments. This approach will improve not only the efficiency of the customs authorities for the implementation of supervisory functions after the release of goods but also the quality of customs administration in terms of creating a unified network of electronic customs offices, ensure the achievement of balance in the application of customs procedures facilitating and monitoring the implementation of foreign economic activity.The authors define the main directions for improving the technology of customs inspections to ensure the implementation of the new approach. The formed recommendations based on the results of the study can be used in the practical activities of the customs authorities of the Russian Federation.
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Pérot, Bertrand, Cédric Carasco, Cyrille Eléon, et al. "Sea container inspection with tagged neutrons." EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies 7 (2021): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2021004.
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Neutron inspection of sea-going cargo containers has been widely studied in the past 20 yr to non-intrusively detect terrorist threats, like explosives or Special Nuclear Materials (SNM), and illicit goods, like narcotics or smuggling materials. Fast 14 MeV neutrons are produced by a portable generator with the t(d, n)α fusion reaction, and tagged in both direction and time thanks to the alpha particle detection. This Associated Particle Technique (APT) allows focusing inspection on specific areas of interest in the containers, previously identified as containing suspicious items with X-ray radiographic scanners or radiation portal monitors. We describe the principle of APT for non-nuclear material identification, and for nuclear material detection, then we provide illustrations of the performances for 10 min inspections with significant quantities (kilograms) of explosives, illicit drugs, or SNM, in different cargo cover loads (e.g. metallic, organic, or ceramic matrices).
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Rudneva, Z. "STATUS, EVALUATION AND DIRECTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT OF CUSTOMS CONTROL AFTER RELEASE OF GOODS." Vestnik Universiteta, no. 1 (March 15, 2019): 138–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.26425/1816-4277-2019-1-138-144.
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The directions of development of customs control after release of goods have been considered. The performance indicators of structural subdivisions of the customs authority have been analyzed. The problems of customs administration, associated with the organization of control after the release of good, have been revealed. The definition of the concept of «continuous customs control» has been disclosed. The author offers measures for improving the effectiveness of customs inspections, including the development of a methodological base, the application of risk management system, interaction with other public authorities, the use of electronic technologies, which contribute to the implementation of the tasks facing the customs authorities to create effective customs control.
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van Schouwen, Jasmine. "What Makes a Dangerous Goods Disaster? The Regulatory Perspective." Revue générale de droit 48 (June 8, 2018): 177–226. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1047377ar.
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The following study aims to identify the various regulatory failures which may lead to industrial disasters through the lens of a comparative study of the Fukushima Daiichi and Lac-Mégantic disasters. Through this comparison, the author aims to demonstrate that even in very different circumstances, certain common regulatory behaviours, structures and cultures may lead to similar disastrous outcomes. This study will focus on three types of regulatory failure: (1) weak or vague operating rules; (2) a lack of inspections to assess compliance with regulatory standards as well as a lack of enforcement when non-compliance is identified; and (3) regulatory capture resulting in the adoption of unsafe practices, underestimating risks or willful blindness to safety threats. However, the author emphasizes that other forms of regulatory failure, beyond the scope of this study, were present in both cases, including the regulators’ failure to keep track of essential safety data, the use of flawed risk assessment protocols, over-reliance on industry data, lack of independence from government, and failure to implement adequate emergency response programs.
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Antoshkin, A. "The Role of Local Industry and Producers’ and Disabled People’s Cooperatives in Increasing the Goods Turnover in Bashkiria in 1944 To 1945." Bulletin of Science and Practice 6, no. 12 (2020): 453–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.33619/2414-2948/61/55.
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The article is dedicated to the work of local industries, and producers’ and disabled people’s cooperatives manufacturing consumer goods in Bashkiria in 1944 to 1945. The archive materials first introduced into the scientific scrutiny in this article show important contribution of producers’ and disabled people’s cooperation to the growth of the goods turnover in Bashkiria. During the Great Patriotic War, the centralized funds were reduced significantly. The turnover of the state-owned trading organizations and consumer cooperation dropped. Considerable resources were withdrawn to meet the urgent needs of the Army. These economic hardships necessitated the producers’ and disabled people’s cooperative societies to step in and by using local resources and industrial waste to make up for the shortage of consumer goods in the trading system of Bashkiria. Those goods were needed for satisfying the demand for consumer goods by local and evacuated people. The study showed different infringements of contractual arrangements between cooperatives and trading organizations. It disclosed the causes of the failure of production plans. There were cases of embezzling scarce goods, cases of self-supplying. Often the distribution of goods was performed outside the legal trading network. Inspections regularly found embezzlement and theft of significant amounts of produce. The conclusion is that the aforementioned set of infringements was one of the causes of the failure of the turnover plan in the state trading system in Bashkiria.
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Ramli, Lanny, and Samuel Nikodemus Kaban. "Legal Action on Labour Inspection Memo in Industrial Relations in Indonesia." International Journal of Criminology and Sociology 10 (April 30, 2021): 668–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2021.10.78.
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The research purpose is to study the professional relationship between workers and employers which is called industrial relations. This is motivated by the fact that workers and employers need to synergize in the process of producing goods and services for the community. In fulfilling the purpose and object of their role and activities and the quid pro quo relationship, the stakeholders pursue different interests. Employers try to earn a maximum profit by spending the least cost possible. In contrast, workers earn the maximum results with the least minimal effort. By using the socio-legal approach, the results showed that the circumstances that exist in these two different interests are prone to conflict and prone to irregularities in legislation. The government as a regulator is obliged to provide legal protection. Legal protection from the government is manifested in the role of labor inspectors, in which they have the right to conduct inspections in a preventive and repressive manner. If there is a violation, the inspectors shall issue the inspection memo. However, the implementation of the ruling of the Constitutional Court Number 7/PUU-XII/2014 results in a new problem which is an unclear execution of the said Constitutional Court ruling about the status of workers.
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Xi, Jinrui, and Feng Wen. "Sustainable Rural Governance: How Rural Elections in China Lead to Long-Term Social Stability?" Sustainability 11, no. 22 (2019): 6196. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11226196.
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Government inspections are a typical approach that the Chinese government adopts in executing its policy agenda and propagating its ideological ideals. However, top-down administrative imperatives as such tend to be consuming in resources and less effective in actual governance. They are not necessarily the most sustainable means to ensure efficient governance in the long term. Bottom-up self-governance in rural China, on the other hand, provides the essential mechanism for sustainable governance. In this paper we study one of these bottom-up self-governance approaches in China—rural elections. We propose that, via three distinctive mechanisms, rural elections in China serve as a stabilizer for the entire state and fill the loopholes that top-down government inspections potentially allow. Specifically, we argue that individuals with electoral experiences are less likely to engage in protests, or other forms of collective actions, than those without. This effect holds in that, first, elections improve public goods provision in rural China; second, voters’ personal experience in elections changes their perception of the Chinese regime from being authoritarian to being benevolent and caring; third, elections expose the Chinese regime to emerging social dissent in a timely fashion that allows for self-correction. This theoretical prescription receives strong empirical, statistical analysis using the latest Asian Barometer Survey (ABS 2014) dataset.
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Zaitseva, Nina V., and Irina V. May. "Risk-Based surveillance as a strategic tool to improve food safety in the russian consumer market." Hygiene and sanitation 99, no. 12 (2021): 1398–406. http://dx.doi.org/10.47470/0016-9900-2020-99-12-1398-1406.
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Introduction. Protecting consumers’ lives and health in a condition when the number of producers and the variety of food products is continually growing is one of the state’s strategic tasks and the goals of the administrative reform in the Russian Federation. Material and methods. The work uses methods of analysis, synthesis, comparison, and generalization of the existing in international practice methodological approaches and criteria to assess product safety in planning control and supervision activities, assessing the risk of harm to human health, applied the comparative legal method, methods of mathematical modeling and other methods used when searching legal and analytical research. Results. A risk-oriented model of control and supervisory activities for food safety is proposed and tested. The model is built under the general principles of the risk assessment methodology and is based on the analysis of the results of previous checks, studies and trials, data from epidemiological studies and relevant scientific literature. The model assumes three successively implemented stages: the categorization (classification) of the economic entity’s activities according to the potential risk of harm to health. Target - to select facilities for the most frequent and in-depth inspections by the supervisory authorities. The second stage is the classification of food products according to the potential risk to consumer health to justify the types of food products subject to priority supervision during scheduled inspections of economic entities. The third stage is constructing “risk profiles” of certain products to optimize laboratory control of food safety. Discussion. The construction of risk-oriented control based on the principle of step-by-step substantiation and clarification of supervision objects was shown to ensure the targeting of authority and an increase in inspection pressure on precisely those objects that are characterized by the most frequent violations of legal requirements with the most severe and large-scale consequences for health. Increasing the control density at the highest risk categories’ facilities does not require additional resources from the regulator. It is still implemented by removing facilities with moderate or low risk from planned supervision and optimizing laboratory support. Conclusion. Work out and implement a risk-based food safety surveillance model corresponds to the strategic vector of development of state control (supervision) in the Russian Federation. The system assumes that “risky” goods are unsafe for the consumer’s health. Accordingly, their producers, distributors, and sellers should be under robust inspection, including laboratory supervision, and precisely according to those indicators for which these risks are most significant. The system is in a dynamic state and development.
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Glushkova, Y. O. "COVID-19 IMPACT ON THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES." Scientific Review: Theory and Practice 10, no. 8 (2020): 1798–810. http://dx.doi.org/10.35679/2226-0226-2020-10-8-1798-1810.
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President V.V. Putin, in his address to citizens on March 25, 2020, announced a number of measures aimed at supporting the economy in the face of accelerating the spread of coronavirus infection in the Russian Federation. These measures are focused on four area: 1. provision of essential goods and support to the population (monitoring of consumer prices; monitoring the availability of essential goods on sale; implementation of measures to actively support employment; establishment of a “green corridor” for the import of essential goods); 2. support for sectors of the economy that are at risk (exemption of tour operators from paying fees and establishing compensation for their losses; monitoring the financial situation of developers and contractors; granting a delay in tax payments for a period of 3 months to organizations and industries most affected by the pandemic; 3. support for small and medium-sized businesses (a moratorium on inspections of small and medium-sized businesses; deferral of rent payments in the case of using state or municipal property; provision of forms of preferential lending); 4. system-wide measures (creating a financial reserve of up to 300 billion rubles; creating a guarantee fund for the restructuring of loans to companies affected by the worsening economic situation). Despite all the measures taken, it is currently difficult to assess the real scale and consequences of the COVID-19 economy in Russia. Today (May 10, 2020), there is a deterioration in the sanitary epidemiological situation in the country. Time will tell, how Russia will survive this pandemic, and what damage will be done to the economy.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Goods inspections"
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Pacheco, Luiza Segabinazzi. "Contribuição ao estudo de sistemas de inspeção e conservação predial : levantamento de boas práticas e identificação de padrões de deterioração com base na análise de dados de laudos de inspeção." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/156779.
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Devido a diferentes razões, a população de diversos países do mundo, inclusive do Brasil, tem presenciado a ocorrência de sinistros relacionados a desabamentos de edificações, falhas localizadas ou problemas com subsistemas da edificação, que resultam em perturbações no uso e em riscos à saúde ou segurança dos usuários. No Brasil, foco especial vem sendo dado a partir da Norma de Desempenho e da percepção de que esquemas adequados de gestão da conservação de edifícios são fundamentais para proporcionar maior sustentabilidade ambiental e econômica às construções. Sabendo disso, vários estados e cidades brasileiras começaram a elaborar leis de inspeção, visando a obrigatoriedade da Inspeção Predial. Esta iniciativa se espelha em experiências internacionais, que veem a inspeção como uma atividade incorporada à rotina de conservação e manutenção das edificações. Destarte, a presente tese tem por objetivo fazer uma contribuição teórica para a construção de um sistema de inspeção brasileiro, através da identificação de boas práticas e da investigação dos padrões de deterioração recorrentes nos laudos de inspeção das cidades de Porto Alegre e Capão da Canoa. A metodologia de pesquisa consistiu em uma etapa qualitativa, que investigou e analisou documentação do contexto internacional e brasileiro, visando identificar boas práticas relativas ao escopo das leis de inspeção, perfil do inspetor, periodicidade e estrutura dos laudos - e uma etapa quantitativa, caracterizada pela análise de mais de 600 laudos obtidos junto às prefeituras das cidades alvo deste estudo. A capital gaúcha foi a primeira cidade brasileira a instituir uma lei sobre conservação de elementos de fachadas (Lei nº 6323/88), tais como marquises e outros elementos em balanço e em 2014 aprovou o Decreto nº 18.574, visando a inspeção de toda a edificação Capão da Canoa possui lei sobre o tema desde 2009, após o acidente com o Edifício Santa Fé. A realização do estudo identificou que em relação ao escopo, as leis buscam zelar pela segurança das edificações; quanto ao perfil do inspetor, vê-se uma boa prática na Austrália que possui classes de inspetores e locais aptos a certificarem os profissionais; quanto à periodicidade, basicamente a idade é o condicionante (quanto mais antigo o edifício, menor o prazo para a realização da inspeção). Quanto aos padrões de deterioração verificou-se que em Sistemas de Vedações Verticais Internas e Externas (SVVIE), é recorrente a umidade por infiltração que atinge 50% da amostra de Capão da Canoa e 27% das edificações vistoriadas em Porto Alegre. É recorrente também a presença de fissuras e deterioração na pintura. No subsistema revestimentos, os padrões referem-se à perda de aderência, principalmente na amostra de Porto Alegre, onde 36% das edificações registraram esta anomalia que impacta os requisitos de durabilidade, manutenabilidade, segurança no uso e operação. Na análise do subsistema Estrutura, a maior ocorrência foi corrosão das armaduras, relatada em 52% das edificações da cidade de Capão da Canoa. Em Porto Alegre é recorrente o registro de fissuras que impactam a estanqueidade e durabilidade da edificação. De forma geral se evidenciou que os laudos de inspeção são fontes importantes para análises relacionadas à vida útil e durabilidade das edificações.Due to different reasons, the population of several countries in the world, including Brazil, have seen a number of accidents related to building collapses, localized faults of some of its structural components or other problems with building subsystems, which result in significant disturbances and in risks to users health and safety. In Brazil, special focus has been given on the Performance Standards and the perception that management appropriate schemes of building conservation are fundamental to provide greater environmental and economic buildings sustainability. With this in mind, several Brazilian states and cities have begun to elaborate inspection laws, aiming at the compulsory of Buildings Inspection. This initiative is reflected in international experiences, which see inspection as an activity incorporated into the routine of conservation and buildings maintenance. The purpose of this thesis is to make a theoretical contribution to the construction of a Brazilian inspection system through the identification of good practices and investigating recurrent deterioration patterns in the inspection reports of the cities of Porto Alegre and Capão da Canoa. The research methodology consisted of a qualitative step, which investigated and analyzed documentation of the international and Brazilian context, aiming to identify good practices related to the scope of inspection laws, inspector profile, periodicity and report structure - and a quantitative step characterized by the Analysis of more than 600 reports obtained from city halls of the target cities of this study The capital of Rio Grande do Sul was the first Brazilian city, to have a legislation on conservation of front elements (Law no. 6323/88), such as marquees and other elements in balance and in 2014 approved the Decree No. 18,574, aiming at the inspection of the entire building. Capão da Canoa has had a law on the subject since 2009 after the accident with the Santa Fe Building. The study identified that in relation to the scope, the laws seek to ensure the safety of buildings; As for the inspector's profile, we can see a good practice in Australia that has classes of inspectors and places able to certify the professionals; As to periodicity, basically age is the conditioning (the older the building, the shorter the time frame for the inspection). Regarding the deterioration patterns, it was verified that in Internal and External Vertical Wall Systems, the infiltration humidity reaches 50% of the sample of Capão da Canoa and 27% of the buildings surveyed in Porto Alegre. It is also recurrent the presence of cracks and painting deterioration. In the subsystem of coatings, the standards refers to loss of adhesion, especially in the sample of Porto Alegre, where 36% of the buildings registered this anomaly that impacts the requirements of durability, maintenance, safety in use and operation. In the analysis of the subsystem structure, the highest occurrence was corrosion of the reinforcement, reported in 52% of the buildings of the city of Capão da Canoa. In Porto Alegre it is recurrent the registration of fissures that impact the watertightness and durability of the building. In general, it was evidenced that the inspection reports are important sources for analyzes related to the useful life and durability of the buildings.
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López, Medrano Gabriela, and Cachay Andrea Cadenas. "Making good things even better: regulatory impact assessment of the incentives regime in the environmental enforcement field." THĒMIS-Revista de Derecho, 2018. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/123860.
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All regulatory activity from the administration has an impact on the market and on people’s actions. For this reason, it is necessary to have tools to predict and evaluate these impacts, so that the most efficient state measures are chosen, avoiding undesirable results.In this article, the authors emphasize the need for an ex post regulatory impact assessment to maintain the effectiveness of the regulatory instruments chosen. This, especially for new regulatory measures, such as the incentive scheme recently implemented by the OEFA.Toda actividad regulatoria por parte de la administración tiene un impacto en el mercado y en el actuar de los administrados. Es por esa razón que se hace necesario contar con herramientas que permitan prever y evaluar dichos impactos, permitiendo optar por las medidas estatales más eficientes, evitando resultados no deseados.En el presente artículo, las autoras hacen énfasis en la necesidad de la evaluación de impacto regulatorio ex post para mantener la efectividad de los instrumentos regulatorios elegidos. Ello, especialmente, frente a medidas regulatorias novedosas, como el régimen de incentivos recientemente implementado por el OEFA.
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Boanova, Andréa Barbosa. "Comércio varejista de alimentos no município de São Paulo: comparação entre os códigos sanitários de 1988 e 2004." Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/6/6135/tde-14102008-145201/.
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O Código Sanitário Municipal de Alimentos, Decreto Municipal n°25.544, de 14 de março de 1988, regulamentou a fiscalização sanitária de gêneros alimentícios no varejo até 26 de novembro de 2002, data em que entrou em vigor a Lei Estadual n° 10.083, de 23 de setembro de 1998, Código Sanitário do Estado de São Paulo, utilizado pelos serviços municipais de vigilância, em caráter temporário, até a promulgação do Código Sanitário do Município de São Paulo. Em 9 de janeiro de 2004, entrou em vigor a Lei Municipal n° 13.725, Código Sanitário do Município de São Paulo, regulamentando todos os serviços e produtos de interesse da saúde, inclusive a produção e distribuição de alimentos e água para consumo humano. A comparação entre os Códigos de 1988 e de 2004 permitiu a identificação das mudanças ocorridas na legislação e nos procedimentos administrativos da vigilância sanitária do varejo de alimentos no Município de São Paulo. Concluiu-se, também, que o Código Sanitário do Município de São Paulo é uma legislação completa e atualizada, com previsão legal de utilização de regulamentos técnicos modernos de forma combinada, especialmente os que tratam da produção e distribuição de alimentos, com ênfase nas Boas Práticas de Fabricação (BPFs).Up to November 26th, 2002, the Municipal Food Standards, or else Municipal Decree NR 25544 as of March 14th, 1988, was the legislation applicable to food inspection in retail establishments. On that date, São Paulo state law number 10083, as of September 23, 1998 became effective and functioning as a temporary legislation applicable to municipal food inspection services, up to the enactment of the Sanitary Standards of the Municipality of São Paulo in the year 2004. Municipal Law Number 13725, or Sanitary Standards of the Municipality of São Paulo, was enacted on January 9th, 2004, applicable to all health-related services and products, including manufacturing and distribution of food and water for human consumption. Comparing the 1998 and 2004 Standards enabled an identification of the changes occurred at hygiene vigilance, food inspection regarding legislation and administrative procedures particulars, as applicable to retail establishments within the Municipality of São Paulo. It was possible to conclude that the sanitary, hygiene Standards of the Municipality of São Paulo comprise a complete legislation, continuously updated, including a legal provision for using a combination of modern technical regulations, especially those concerning food manufacturing and distribution, emphasizing Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
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Adsetts, Jacqueline. "Aspects of the demographic profile and standard of pharmaceutical services in South Africa / J. Adsetts." Thesis, North-West University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/82.
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The objects of the South African Pharmacy Council in terms of the Pharmacy Act, 1974
(5311974) as amended are, inter alia, "to uphold and safeguard the rights of the general public
to universally acceptable standards of pharmacy practice in both the private and the public
sector" as well as "to establish, develop, maintain and control universally acceptable standards
of practice of the various categories of persons required to be registered.. ." One of the major
difficulties health care providers worldwide are faced with is how to maintain a proper balance
between the trio goals of health care, namely adequate access, high quality and acceptable
costs (Li, 2003:192-193). Relatively little is known about such problems as do exist for patients
regarding access to pharmaceutical services (Doucette et al., 1999:1268).
Two main objectives were identified for this study, namely to investigate the demographic profile
of community and institutional pharmacies registered with the South African Pharmacy Council;
and to determine the standard of pharmaceutical services provided by these pharmacies.
Inspection results of community and institutional pharmacies were obtained from the South
African Pharmacy Council and extracted for the time period 1 January 2004 to 31 May 2005.
To determine the demographic and geographic profile of these pharmacies, data of the Register
of Pharmacies of the South African Pharmacy Council for August 2003, 2004 and 2005 were
merged with the Census data of South Africa of 2001.
It was found that the total number of pharmacies in both the public and private sectors
increased with 2.1% (n=68) from August 2003 to August 2005. Public and private pharmacies that provided services directly to patients increased with 6.3% (n=33) and 1.3% (n=35) from
August 2003 to 2005. It was found that the Gauteng province was the best provided with
registered pharmacies in South Africa, as only 0.06% (n=5 783) of the population did not have
any registered pharmacy available on municipality level. It was also revealed that the majority
of inspections were carried out in Gauteng, whilst this province accounts for only 19.7% of the
total population of South Africa.
During the study period a total of 1178 community pharmacy inspections were carried out in
1103 community pharmacies (one or more inspections per pharmacy) representing 43% (n=2
550) of the total number of community pharmacies registered with the South African Pharmacy
Council during May 2005. Nationally community pharmacies achieved a score of 92.27 (+ 6.65
per cent) for compliance with Good Pharmacy Practice guidelines. The lowest compliance
score (73.34 + 27.49 per cent) was obtained for the availability of written standard operating
procedures and the highest was for the promotion of public health (99.02 + 6.30 per cent). No
practical significant differences (dc0.8) were found between the overall compliance scores
obtained by community pharmacies of the different provinces. The highest compliance score
was obtained by community pharmacies in the Free State (93.09 + 4.90 per cent), followed by
Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu Natal, Limpopo, Northern Cape, Gauteng, Mpumalanga
and the North West.
A total of 343 institutional pharmacy inspections (one or more inspections per pharmacy) were
carried out in public and state subsidised institutions (n=245), private institutions (n=90) and
mine hospitals (n=5). These pharmacies represented 46% of the total number of institutional
pharmacies registered with the South African Pharmacy Council during May 2005. Nationally all
institutional pharmacies (both private and public) achieved a score of 92.49 + 8.33 per cent for
compliance with Good Pharmacy Practice guidelines for all above-mentioned aspects.
Nationally public and state subsidised institutional pharmacies obtained a lower compliance
score (91.02 + 9.08 per cent) than private institutional pharmacies (96.39 + 3.91 per cent).
Lastly, a grading system was developed that was based on the results obtained through this
study, in order to quantify the standard of pharmaceutical services provided by pharmacies in
South Africa.Thesis (M.Pharm. (Pharmacy Practice))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.
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Brasil, Carla Cristina Bauermann. "DIAGNÓSTICO DO PERFIL DOS ESTABELECIMENTOS DO SETOR SUPERMERCADISTA DE ACORDO COM A LEGISLAÇÃO DE ALIMENTOS." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2011. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/5710.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorThe competition and the concentration of business, observed in the Brazilian market, increase more and more the necessity of searching for quality and differentiation by the supermarket sector, seeing that the consumer is more and more demanding. Despite this, this segment remains little studied as for the hygienic-sanitary, food manipulators and managing conditions. Thus, this study aimed to develop and apply a specific list of Good Practices inspection for the supermarket sector; to characterize and verify the level of adequacy of this segment to the Good Practices; to identify the social- economical and demographic profile of managers and food manipulators in the establishments; and, to verify their level of knowledge in relation to the food security. The evaluation of hygienic-sanitary conditions was done in 69 establishments from the supermarket sectors which were registered at the National Health Surveillance Agency - VISA, during the period between April and July 2011 through the development and application of the list of Good Practices, having the current legislation as basis. He data were collected by in loco observation, using the List of Good Practices inspection, which were filled in by a technical and capable professional in the area of food quality. The data referring to the 345 food manipulators and 69 managers were obtained through interviews with questionnaires previously tested and approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research (CEP) from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). The data analysis revealed that the average percentage of general adequacy of the 69 establishments is of 29,07%, being that the blocks that show bigger conformity were related to the external area (64,73%) and storing at ambient temperature (64,13%), respectively. the establishments showed a less satisfying performance in the other blocks and sectors, mainly in the bakery and patisserie (14,93%), water supply (18,30%), food manipulators (21,01%), sausage and cold meats factory (36,38%), butcher and fishery (40,06%), beyond the items referring to the Good Practices documentation (4,97%), seeing that any establishment from the supermarket sector had the Good Practice Manual, the Operational Standard Procedures and the other necessary documents for the implementation of the quality systems. Beyond that, all establishments from the supermarket sector showed inefficiency to the application of the Good Practices. The information from the interviews done with the food manipulators and the establishment managers revealed that these professionals have right perceptions about the food hygiene and manipulation; however, the knowledge related to the food security may not result in its effective application. It is suggested greater applicability of the Good Practices in the establishments analyzed, as well as the adoption of programs for continuing capability for the food manipulators and establishment managers in order to guarantee the quality in the food production and manipulation. the results of this work evidence lacks in the procedures adopted in the segment in study, what allows to assume potentials and expressive risks of impulsive occurrence of diseases passed through food in these environments and the like, yet, the establishments where the research happened mirror the conditions of common occurrence in our country. Investments in manpower capacitance and the urgent and effective implementation of right procedures of manipulation, in a way to guarantee food according to the sanitary standards adequate to the health protection of the consumer public, are recommended.
A competição e a concentração de negócios, observados no mercado brasileiro, aumentam ainda mais a necessidade de busca de qualidade e diferenciação por parte do setor supermercadista, visto que o consumidor está a cada dia mais exigente. No entanto, este segmento permanece pouco estudado quanto aos aspectos relacionados às condições higiênico-sanitárias, manipuladores de alimentos e gestores. Sendo assim, este estudo teve por objetivos desenvolver e aplicar uma lista de verificação de Boas Práticas específica para o setor supermercadista; caracterizar e verificar o nível de adequação do segmento quanto às Boas Práticas; identificar o perfil socioeconômico e demográfico do gestor e dos manipuladores de alimentos dos estabelecimentos; e, verificar o nível de conhecimento desses em relação à segurança dos alimentos. A avaliação das condições higiênico-sanitárias foi realizada em 69 estabelecimentos do setor supermercadista cadastrado na Vigilância Sanitária, no período de abril a julho de 2011 por meio do desenvolvimento e aplicação da lista de verificação de Boas Práticas, tendo como base as legislações vigentes. Os dados foram coletados por observação in loco utilizando a lista de verificação de Boas Práticas e foram preenchidos por um profissional técnico e capacitado na área de qualidade dos alimentos. Os dados referentes aos 345 manipuladores de alimentos e 69 gestores foram obtidos por meio de entrevistas com questionários previamente testados e aprovados pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa (CEP) da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). A análise de dados revelou que o percentual médio de adequação geral dos 69 estabelecimentos é de 29,07%, sendo que os blocos que apresentaram maior conformidade foram relativos à área externa (64,73%) e armazenamento a temperatura ambiente (64,13%), respectivamente. Os estabelecimentos apresentaram um desempenho menos satisfatório nos demais blocos e setores, principalmente na padaria e confeitaria (14,93%), abastecimento de água (18,30%), manipuladores de alimentos (21,01%), salsicharia e fiambreria (36,38%), açougue e peixaria (40,06%), além de itens referentes à documentação de Boas Práticas (4,97%), visto que nenhum estabelecimento do setor supermercadista possuía o Manual de Boas Práticas, os Procedimentos Operacionais Padrão e as demais documentações necessárias para a implementação dos sistemas de qualidade. Além disso, todos os estabelecimentos do setor supermercadista demonstraram ineficiência quanto à aplicação das Boas Práticas. As informações das entrevistas realizadas junto aos manipuladores de alimentos e gestores dos estabelecimentos revelaram que esses profissionais possuem percepções corretas quanto à higiene e manipulação dos alimentos; no entanto, o conhecimento relatado sobre a segurança dos alimentos pode não resultar na sua efetiva aplicação. Sugere-se maior aplicabilidade das Boas Práticas nos estabelecimentos analisados, bem como a adoção de programas de capacitação contínuos para os manipuladores de alimentos e gestores dos estabelecimentos a fim de garantir a qualidade na produção e manipulação dos alimentos. Os resultados deste trabalho evidenciam falhas nos procedimentos adotados no segmento em estudo, o que permite supor potenciais e expressivos riscos de ocorrência de surtos de doenças transmitidas por alimentos nestes ambientes e em seus similares, já que os estabelecimentos onde a pesquisa se ambientou espelham condições de ocorrência comum em nosso país. Recomendam-se investimentos em capacitação de mão-de-obra e a urgente e efetiva implementação de procedimentos corretos de manipulação, de forma a garantir alimentos segundo padrões sanitários adequados à proteção da saúde do público consumidor.
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Kiššová, Veronika. "Výběrové prodejny s potravinářským sortimentem na obvodě Praha 1 v 80. letech 20. století." Master's thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-345628.
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My thesis is devoted to the influence of food retail units with an exclusive assortment on the territory of Prague 1 at the time of normalization, specifically in the 80s of the 20th century. All facilities which are mentioned in the thesis have been incorporated into the enterprise Potraviny Prague 1, and were somehow exceptional in its own way, whether it was a privilege in supplying compared to standard establishments, or the customers' demand for local delicacies. As the enterprise Potraviny Prague 1 was a direct superior of the member establishments and their important part, this thesis deals with its origin and history. Its inseparable part consists also in the mention of organized competitions, shows, and last but not least, I mention the awards, which ware granted to this enterprise. The fourth chapter focuses on the availability of the specialized range of products, their quality and the level of provided services, which is connected to overseeing the establishments by its parent organization. The methodology of this thesis uses both the scientific literature, the press of that time, and the interviews conducted using the method of oral history.
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Lee, Yu-Ching, and 李玉菁. "Developing Good Clinical Practice Inspection Knowledge Base for Comparison of Inspection Deficiency between Taiwan and United States." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/91993036332116956208.
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Tsai, Tsung-Jer, and 蔡宗哲. "Risk Assessment with Relevant Customs Officers Being Engaged in Cargo Inspection and Goods Classification & Valuation." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/10982266686946332981.
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碩士國立高雄海洋科技大學
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Cargo inspection and goods classification & valuation face the highest work risk among all business in the field Customs offices. Review the past document, there is little discussing or assessing about this field. After the issue of Taiwan customs officers involving taking bribes for profits dispute in 2011, various sectors initiate to discuss them. How to make the relevant Customs officers have the security and free from fear of the working environments? Therefore, the purpose of this study, aims to explore all kinds of risky projects which may happen to the relevant customs officers. For the relevant personnel may have serious consequences, try to conduct a risk assessment and placement analysis. The results of this study found that: In the cargo inspection questionnaire, there are totally 17 risk events asked fall on high risk areas. Which belong to the area needs a priority reform, urgent to handle the risks. The top 3 are “high personnel turnover rate, lack of pre-service training, risk of origin certification for cargo.” In the goods classification & valuation questionnaire, there are totally 6 risk events asked to fall on high-risk areas, the first 3 named “certification for mainland goods, imbalance in workload distribution, cases deeply concerned by legislators and elected representatives." Customs officers are prone to these high-risk projects. This paper concludes with recommendations, are for reference use of deliberation, related to customs operations of risk aversion strategic direction for Ministry of Finance, to conduct customs innovation planning and to improve the working environment of the relevant officers in the field customs office in the future.
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LAI, BING-JING, and 賴秉敬. "Development of an Inspection and Sorting Equipment for Known Good Bare Dies." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63538305407882138122.
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An inspection and sorting equipment for known good bare dies has been developed in this study. The system developed consists of positioning module, pick-and-place module, vision inspection module, electrical inspection module and classification module. The operation of the system employs a rotary type mechanism with twelve suction heads to transport bare dies to four different stations, where appearance inspection, electrical inspection and product classification are performed. In the positioning module, an image processing subsoutine provides a rough estimation of the surface area of each individual die. The data can be used to discriminate broken dies from good dies. If a defect part is found, the information will be recorded and the die will not go through the rest of inspections. In the appearance inspection module, images of a bare die from five different views are examined and the passing criteria are established by golden samples. Regarding the electrical inspection, a four-wire measurement device is equipped to test theconductivity of integred circuits. In classification station, decision tree method is utilized to separate the qualities of dies into four grades and the dies with the same grade are stored in the same tray. In addition, an calibration procedure has also been developed to enhance the reliability of the system.
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CHEN, HUNG-LI, and 陳弘醴. "Study on the Information of Public Dangerous Goods Inspection - A Case Study of Fourth Disaster Relief Brigade Jurisdiction,TCCFD,2016." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/bf8r98.
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In order to make firefighters, industry and the general public easy to check the relevant information of public dangerous goods sites, this study has established a public dangerous goods information system, which in addition to providing firefighters with the basis for the area of public dangerous goods inspection and rescue, provides the industry and the general public to check their own location, structure, and whether equipment is qualified. Based on the weaknesses of the site, it can early prevent and respond to reduce the occurrence of disasters and to ensure the safety of life and property. In this study, the system was constructed according to the cases of public dangerous goods inspection of the Fourth Disaster Relief and Ambulance Brigade of Taichung City Government Fire Department from 100 to 105 years. The conclusion can be obtained by checking the type, place category and storage and safety distance. Finally, this study makes recommendations for fire units and people for future studies. Key words: warehousing, public dangerous goods, safe distance
Books on the topic "Goods inspections"
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Inspectorate, Great Britain Vehicle. Heavy goods vehicle inspection manual: Explanatory notes on the methodsof inspecting heavy goods vehicles. H.M.S.O., 1993.
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Inspectorate, Great Britain Vehicle. Heavy goods vehicle inspection manual: Explanatory notes on the methods of inspecting heavy goods vehicles. H.M.S.O., 1991.
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Inspectorate, Great Britain Vehicle. Heavy goods vehicle inspection manual: Explanatory notes on the methods of inspecting heavygoods vehicles. H.M.S.O., 1993.
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Vilus, Jelena. Quality and quantity control of goods: Inspection contracts in the international sale of goods : study. International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, 1993.
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1928-, Syvanen Bob, and Bob Syvanen. Getting a good house: Tips and tricks for evaluating new construction. Globe Pequot Press, 1990.
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Clinical trials audit preparation: A guide for good clinical practice (GCP) inspections. John Wiley, 2010.
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Mihajlovic-Madzarevic, Vera. Clinical trials audit preparation: A guide for good clinical practice (GCP) inspections. Wiley, 2010.
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Whitehead, A. Good practice guidelines for developing, specifying and installing vision inspection systems in food factories. Leatherhead Food R.A., 1996.
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Lochbaum, David A. The good, the bad, and the ugly: A report on safety in America's nuclear power industry. Union of Concerned Scientists, 1998.
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Cassie, S. Chemical storage tank systems: Good practice : guidance on design, manufacture, installation, operation, inspection and maintenance. Ciria, 2003.
Book chapters on the topic "Goods inspections"
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Cingi, Cemal, and Nuray Bayar Muluk. "Inspection." In Quick Guide to Good Clinical Practice. Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44344-7_20.
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Silva, Titus De. "CP 008 Inward Goods Inspection." In Integrating Business Management Processes. Productivity Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003042846-34.
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Burgess, Cathy L., Justin Mann, and Seth Olson. "FDA Pre-approval Inspections." In Good Manufacturing Practices for Pharmaceuticals. CRC Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315120669-22.
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Burgess, Cathy L., and Daniel G. Jarcho. "FDA Inspection Process." In Good Manufacturing Practices for Pharmaceuticals. CRC Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315120669-21.
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Waddell, A. "Chapter 17. Inspections: Procedural, Process and Facility." In Good Clinical, Laboratory and Manufacturing Practices. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781847557728-00235.
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Goldin, A. "Pen Strokes (From My Inspections in the Provinces)." In For the Good of the Nation. Academic Studies Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781618115683-006.
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Rummel, Ward D., and George A. Matzkanin. "How Good is Your Inspection? How Do You Measure Up?" In Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation. Springer US, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4791-4_301.
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Brown, E. G., and S. A. Goldman. "Chapter 4. Preparing for Regulatory Inspection of Company Pharmacovigilance Systems and Practices in the European Union and United States." In Good Clinical, Laboratory and Manufacturing Practices. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781847557728-00057.
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Calì, Michele, Giulia Pascoletti, Alessandra Aldieri, Mara Terzini, Gerardo Catapano, and Elisabetta M. Zanetti. "Feature-Based Modelling of Laryngoscope Blades for Customized Applications." In Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70566-4_33.
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AbstractLaryngoscopes are used as diagnostic devices for throat inspection or as an aid to intubation. Their blade must be geometrically compatible with patients’ anatomy to provide a good view to doctors with minimal discomfort to patients. For this reason, this paper was aimed to investigate the feasibility of producing customized blades.The customizable blade model was developed following a feature-based approach with eight morphological parameters. The thickness of such a blade was determined through numerical simulations of ISO certification tests, where the finite element mesh was obtained by morphing a ‘standard’ mesh.The following procedure was applied: the model was built from the selected parameters; the blade was tested in silico; finally, the blade was produced by additive manufacturing with an innovative biodegradable material (Hemp Bio-Plastic® -HBP-) claimed to feature superior mechanical properties. The procedure evidenced that the mechanical properties of current biodegradable materials are unsuitable for the application unless the certification norm is revised, as it is expected.
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Xu, Xun. "Integrating CAD/CAPP/CAM/CNC with Inspections." In Integrating Advanced Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing, and Numerical Control. IGI Global, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-714-0.ch014.
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A logical step after CNC machining is inspection. With inspections, Closed-Loop Machining (CLM) can be realized to maximize the efficiency of a machining process by maintaining a tight control in a manufacturing system. CLM is normally regarded as the highest level of CNC automation. CLM however, requires a tight integration between CAD, CAPP, CAM, and CNC, in particular CAM and CNC and inspections. The questions that are to be answered are (a) what type of inspections is fit for CLM and (b) is there a good data model that one can use to bring machining and inspections together? This chapter tries to provide some possible solutions to these questions. Prior to this, a brief review of the past research work is given. Toward the end of the chapter, a conceptual framework for integrating machining with inspections is presented.
Conference papers on the topic "Goods inspections"
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Wagner, Christian, Helmut Essen, Alexander Hommes, Dirk Nussler, Paul Warok, and Sven Heinen. "A versatile millimetre wave scanner for goods inspection." In 2011 IEEE Sensors. IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icsens.2011.6127296.
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Jiang, Wei, Xiuli Ning, and Yingcheng Xu. "Review on Big Data Fusion Methods of Quality Inspection for Consumer Goods." In 2018 5th IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Cloud Computing (CSCloud) and 2018 4th IEEE International Conference on Edge Computing and Scalable Cloud (EdgeCom). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cscloud/edgecom.2018.00025.
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Gao, Qiang, Ruifeng Hong, Xiaoman Zhu, and Xilin Liu. "An X-ray Image Enhancement Algorithm for Dangerous Goods in Airport Security Inspection." In 2021 Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications Technology and Computer Science (ACCTCS). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/acctcs52002.2021.00017.
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Prejean, Hilton, Dave Mason, Christy Von der Ahe, and Randy McGill. "Significant Reduction of Imperfection Depth Tolerance During Ultrasonic Inspection of Oil Country Tubular Goods." In SPE High Pressure/High Temperature Sour Well Design Applied Technology Workshop. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/97601-ms.
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Che, Jiahang, Yuxiang Xing, and Li Zhang. "A Comprehensive Solution for Deep-Learning Based Cargo Inspection to Discriminate Goods in Containers." In 2018 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cvprw.2018.00166.
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Maglica, Adriano. "The Anchorage, An Unexpected Journey." In IABSE Conference, Copenhagen 2018: Engineering the Past, to Meet the Needs of the Future. International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/copenhagen.2018.476.
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<p>The Älvsborg Bridge was opened to traffic in 1966. The Bridge was built between 1963 and 1966 and the bridge has undergone rehabilitation and improvement during its lifetime. The secondary hangers have been exchanged and dehumidification have been installed on the cables. Railing separating pedestrians and vehicles has been improved and the waterproofing is undergoing exchange.<p>During a routine inspection of dehumidification, aug 2016, an anchorage failure was observed. In the north west anchorage one of the fiftyfive lock coil cables was spotted laying on the bottom of the spreading chamber.<p>A number of inspections and investigations including endoscope inspections and safety calculation has been performed. Short term measurements and long term has been evaluated. Starting from limited knowledge of the condition the owner, Swedish Transport Administration (STA) now has a good picture of the condition and plans for repairs.<P>The damage highlights the need of inspection methods of “non inspectable” parts on bridges from the past as well as needs to design inspectable solutions on critical bridge parts in the future.
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Moles, Michael, and Simon Labbe´. "A Complete Solution for Weld Inspections: Phased Arrays and Diffraction Sizing." In ASME 2007 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. ASMEDC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/creep2007-26579.
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Welds have been inspected by radiography for years, but this technology has major drawbacks: low detection rates for critical planar defects (i.e. cracks and lack of fusion), subjective interpretation, no vertical sizing capability, significant safety hazards, licensing issues, plant closures, and is generally slow. For decades, the main alternative was manual ultrasonics, which is also slow, subjective and normally has little hardcopy record. New technology and techniques are now available for improved weld inspections, specifically phased array technology and diffraction techniques. Phased arrays are essentially the industrial version of medical ultrasound, but require a very different approach. In contrast to medical activities, industrial applications typically require a correctly angled beam, with large quantities of data, on variable component geometry, and the ability to save and image defects. All this capability is now packaged in a portable unit, which can be used for rapid and reliable weld inspections. Specifically, the OmniScan MX can now perform a single linear scan of the weld, while the instrumentation performs multiple scans at different angles simultaneously. In addition, phased arrays can perform unique scans, like S-scans (sectorial scans), record and display all data in “top, side, end” views or similar, and perform multi-mode scans. Phased arrays permit electronic rastering in many different modes, which saves considerable inspection time; for example, some estimates show that phased arrays are five or more times quicker than manual scanning. Besides being portable and requiring just a single operator, portable phased arrays are now economically competitive with other weld inspection techniques — and generally provide a much better inspection. The “new” techniques consist of forward and backward diffraction for sizing defects. In reality, both these techniques have been around for years, but new technology has made them more practical. Forward diffraction (TOFD or Time-Of-Flight Diffraction) is now well established, and has been demonstrated for many applications. For most weld inspections, TOFD just requires a single linear pass, with two transducers (or arrays) on either side of the weld. TOFD provides good sizing and defect detection in the midwall, though it has dead zones at the two surfaces. Generally, sizing with TOFD is significantly better than with amplitude techniques, but is limited to defects ∼3 mm and up. TOFD also has the great advantage that it is highly independent of defect orientation, unlike pulse echo techniques. Even better, phased arrays can perform both pulse echo and TOFD simultaneously during a single linear scan, so giving essentially a “complete” weld inspection. Another diffraction sizing technique which has received relatively little attention until recently is “tip back diffraction”. This approach uses the low amplitude signals reflected back from crack tips to size defects. Back diffraction has the great advantages that it is intuitive, and can size defects as small as ∼1 mm, which is generally better than TOFD. However, tip back diffraction has the major disadvantage that it is sometimes difficult to correctly distinguish the crack tips from other signals, and signal-to-noise ratio is usually poor. These two limitations are largely overcome by phased arrays; first, the imaging allows correct determination of the crack tip, and second, new piezo-composite arrays with focusing and filtering give significantly improved signal amplitudes. S-scan imaging can be performed with off-the-shelf phased array equipment. Some of the more advanced phased array techniques include: 2D and 1.5D arrays for improved beam shaping and focusing; curved arrays, also for better sizing; special TRL-PA (Transmit-Receive Longitudinal Wave-Phased Array) probes for austenitic steels; additional beams for special inspections. Examples of these inspections on welds will be given. Overall, a combination of phased arrays with TOFD or back diffraction allows the operator to perform cost-effective inspections with high reliability, repeatability, good defect sizing and full data storage.
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R. Simpson, William, and Kevin E. Foltz. "Network Defense in an End-to-End Paradigm." In 9th International Conference on Natural Language Processing (NLP 2020). AIRCC Publishing Corporation, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5121/csit.2020.101414.
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Network defense implies a comprehensive set of software tools to preclude malicious entities from conducting nefarious activities. For most enterprises at this time, that defense builds upon a clear concept of the fortress approach. Many of the requirements are based on inspection and reporting prior to delivery of the communication to the intended target. These inspections require decryption of packets when encrypted. This decryption implies that the defensive suite has access to the private keys of the servers that are the target of communication. This is in contrast to an end-to-end paradigm where known good entities can communicate directly with each other. In an end-to-end paradigm, maintaining confidentiality through unbroken end-toend encryption, the private key resides only with the holder-of-key in the communication and on a distributed computation of inspection and reporting. This paper examines a formulation that is pertinent to the Enterprise Level Security (ELS) framework.
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Cummings, Scott M. "Service Wheel Temperatures and Car Condition in Relation to Thermal Mechanical Shelling." In ASME 2008 Rail Transportation Division Fall Technical Conference. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/rtdf2008-74015.
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The Wheel Defect Prevention Research Consortium (WDPRC) examined data from a wayside wheel temperature detector (WTD) located near the bottom of a grade in order to explore the root causes of hot wheels and thermal mechanical shelling. Not surprisingly, the data showed that most hot wheels, defined in this paper as a wayside WTD reading of 260°C (500°F) or greater, are found in trains descending the grade (descending trains), although they can be found in trains ascending the grade (ascending trains) as well. The majority of cars with hot wheels in ascending trains have the brakes applied at all wheel locations in the car, with unreleased or partially released hand brakes as a possible cause. While relatively few descending trains (15 out of 393) had many cars with hot wheels, these trains accounted for more than 20 percent of the descending cars with hot wheels, indicating that operational improvements could substantially reduce the quantity of hot wheels. Seventy-six percent of the descending cars with hot wheels had only a single wheel at or above 260°C (500°F). While the wheels in these cars are generally at higher temperatures than the wheels of other cars in the train, there were large temperature differences between individual wheel locations. Evidence of repeated hot wheel behavior was found in about 37 percent of the group of descending cars with hot wheels and about 20 percent of individual hot wheel locations. Two different car inspections were conducted based on the WTD data. First, a “near-real-time” inspection was conducted in which cars were quickly checked for obvious problems without removing them from the train. Next, an intensive inspection/test/teardown was conducted on bad actor cars, which showed repeated hot wheel behavior. Good actor cars, which repeatedly did not show hot wheels, were also present at the inspection/test/teardown for comparison. The cause of the hot wheels was not evident for the majority of cars at both inspections, however, bad actor cars were found to have twice the historical wheelset replacement rate of good actor cars.
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Marrazzo, Romualdo, and Fabrizio Vazzana. "The Ageing Challenge of Hazardous Installations in Italy: Accidents, Results of Inspections and Good Practices." In Proceedings of the 31st European Safety and Reliability Conference. Research Publishing Services, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3850/978-981-18-2016-8_444-cd.
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Wei, Fulu, Ce Wang, Xiangxi Tian, Shuo Li, and Jie Shan. Investigation of Durability and Performance of High Friction Surface Treatment. Purdue University, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317281.
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The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) completed a total of 25 high friction surface treatment (HFST) projects across the state in 2018. This research study attempted to investigate the durability and performance of HFST in terms of its HFST-pavement system integrity and surface friction performance. Laboratory tests were conducted to determine the physical and mechanical properties of epoxy-bauxite mortar. Field inspections were carried out to identify site conditions and common early HFST distresses. Cyclic loading test and finite element method (FEM) analysis were performed to evaluate the bonding strength between HFST and existing pavement, in particular chip seal with different pretreatments such as vacuum sweeping, shotblasting, and scarification milling. Both surface friction and texture tests were undertaken periodically (generally once every 6 months) to evaluate the surface friction performance of HFST. Crash records over a 5-year period, i.e., 3 years before installation and 2 years after installation, were examined to determine the safety performance of HFST, crash modification factor (CMF) in particular. It was found that HFST epoxy-bauxite mortar has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) significantly higher than those of hot mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures and Portland cement concrete (PCC), and good cracking resistance. The most common early HFST distresses in Indiana are reflective cracking, surface wrinkling, aggregate loss, and delamination. Vacuum sweeping is the optimal method for pretreating existing pavements, chip seal in particular. Chip seal in good condition is structurally capable of providing a sound base for HFST. On two-lane highway curves, HFST is capable of reducing the total vehicle crash by 30%, injury crash by 50%, and wet weather crash by 44%, and providing a CMF of 0.584 in Indiana. Great variability may arise in the results of friction tests on horizontal curves by the use of locked wheel skid tester (LWST) due both to the nature of vehicle dynamics and to the operation of test vehicle. Texture testing, however, is capable of providing continuous texture measurements that can be used to calculate a texture height parameter, i.e., mean profile depth (MPD), not only for evaluating friction performance but also implementing quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) plans for HFST.
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Guideline to good practices for facility condition inspections at DOE nuclear facilities. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/10163975.
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Guideline to good practices for material receipt, inspection, handling, storage, retrieval, and issuance at DOE nuclear facilities. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/10163979.
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