The accreditation system introduced into the French healthcare system in 1996 has five particular characteristics: (1) it is mandatory for all healthcare establishments; (2) it is performed by an independent government agency; (3) surveyors have to report all instances of non-compliance with safety regulations; (4) ...

Accreditation is emerging as a preferred framework for building quality medical laboratory systems in resource-limited settings. Despite the low numbers of laboratories accredited to date, accreditation has the potential to improve the quality of health care for patients through the reduction of testing errors and ...

This report documents 'The Navy Computer Accreditation Study' performed by the IBM Federal Systems Division for the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, under Contract N00014-79-C-0986. The primary objectives of this study was for IB...

To advance understanding of public health accreditation, we analyzed data on the North Carolina Local Health Department Accreditation program. We surveyed accredited health departments on barriers to and supports of accreditation preparation, performance on accreditation ...

...DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ACCREDITATION OF VETERINARIANS AND SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF SUCH...REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITED VETERINARIANS AND SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF SUCH...States. (a) If an accredited veterinarian wishes to perform accredited...

...accredited veterinarian only in a State in which the accredited veterinarian is licensed or legally able to practice veterinary medicine. An accredited veterinarian shall perform the functions of an accredited veterinarian and carry out all...

Accreditation can offer many benefits to a testing or calibration laboratory, including increased marketability of services, reduced number of outside assessments, and improved quality of services. Compared to ISO 9000 registration, the accreditation process includes a review of the entire quality system, but in addition a review of ...

Systems to periodically evaluate the performance of K-12 schools are, broadly speaking, of two kinds: "inspection," the paradigm of England's OFSTED (Office for Standards in Education); and "accreditation," originally developed nearly a century ago by what are now the U.S. regional accreditation agencies. In the ...

Commission published the Performance and Test Standards for Punchcard, Marksense and Direct Recording process, test labs are "accredited" and voting systems are "certified." The term "standards" has been. These are followed by operating tests that are performed partly in an environmental facility and partly in a ...

...materials and conducting the orientation. (c) An accredited veterinarian may not perform accredited duties in a State in which the accredited veterinarian is not licensed or legally able to practice veterinary...

How states authorize postsecondary institutions to operate within their boundaries is one of the least well documented topics in higher education today. No two states do this the same way and jurisdictional boundaries among the state agencies that perform these functions are sometimes uncertain (Goldstein, Lacey, and Janiga 2006). The role of institutional ...

Southern California Edison began developing a TLD program for its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in 1982. By the fall of 1984, it had replaced the previous film badge service with a new in-house TGLD program, and the program had received NVLAP accreditation. This article describes the general approach taken to implement the new TLD program and the experiences gained ...

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Safety has developed and initiated the DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program (DOELAP) for personnel dosimetry systems to assure and improve the quality of personnel dosimetry at DOE and DOE contractor facilities. It consists of a performance evaluation program that measures current ...

The document explains the operation and technical requirements of the Laboratory Accreditation Program for Personnel Radiation Dosimetry. All of the steps leading to accreditation are discussed. Technical requirements are explained indicating how the NVLAP criteria are applied. It is intended for use by staff of accredited ...

... for Research Development Test and Evaluation ... DNI), Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS ... and Accreditation Process (DIACAP), and in ...

Primarily intended to familiarize ADP (automatic data processing) policy and information resource managers with the approach to computer security certification and accreditation found in "Guideline to Computer Security Certification and Accreditation," Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS-PUB) 102, this overview summarizes an ...

The Multistate Learning Collaborative on Performance and Capacity Assessment or Accreditation of Public Health Departments (MLC) is an initiative undertaken with the Exploring Accreditation Project (EAP). The EAP is jointly funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and ...

This overview is primarily intended for use by ADP policy managers and information resource managers to become familiar with the approach to computer security certification and accreditation found in Guideline for Computer Security Certification and Accreditation, FIPS PUB 102. ADP technical managers and staff will also find it a useful overview. This ...

This article reviews the trends over time in NAEYC accreditation, which is the largest and oldest of the national child care accreditation systems. In this article, the author discusses types of accreditation, such as: (1) National Early Childhood Program Accreditation (NECPA); (2) The National ...

NIST Handbook 150-15 presents the technical requirements of the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) for Thermal Insulation Materials. It is intended for information and use by staff of accredited laboratories, those laboratories seeking accreditation, other laboratory accreditation ...

The systems engineering model provides the vehicle for communication between the developer and the customer by presenting system facts and demonstrating the system in an organized form. The same model provides implementors with views of the system`s function and capability. The authors contend that the process of ...

A diverse society has created a diverse education system, which in turn requires diverse and complex mechanisms of quality control. The diversity and complexity of the industrial, service, and knowledge-based economy, with its vast variety of occupations and dynamic labor markets, heavily influences the curricular structures and academic profiles of American colleges and ...

This reference manual is your guide to the NVAP and contains information vital to understanding and performing your responsibilities as an accredited veterinarian, including: Animal identification; Disease prevention, control, and eradication; Regulatory ...

The purpose of this handbook is to set out procedures and technical requirements for the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) accreditation of laboratories which perform test methods covered by the Energy Efficient Lighting (EEL) Pr...

This article focuses on the assessment system at Western Governors University from the perspective of candidate assessment and performance and on the way in which this system is presented to the Board of Examiners of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Central to a successful review ...

In the last years, the technology and equipment at hospitals have been increase in a great way as the risks of their implementation. Safety in medical equipment must be considered an important issue to protect patients and their users. For this reason, test and calibrations laboratories must verify the correct performance of this kind of devices under national and ...

he Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial Engineering at North Carolina State University is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology* (ABET). Documents listed in this site are used in conjunction with the accreditation process.

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...Activities performed by non-accredited veterinarians. 161.7 Section 161.7 Animals...DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ACCREDITATION OF VETERINARIANS AND SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF SUCH...REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITED VETERINARIANS AND SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF...

The current interest in international accreditation of engineering programs is motivated by a number of factors, not the least of which is the increasing need for mobility of engineers across the globe. Although the accreditation bodies of several countries have made significant progress towards harmonizing their accreditation ...

The purpose of this article is to analyse the development of accreditation standards and processes in Vietnam and to offer recommendations for the further progress of Vietnam's accreditation model. The authors first provide contextual details of the higher education system and then present the conceptual framework of quality assurance ...

Accreditation of laboratories is one means to promote quality laboratory services, underscoring the need to document factors that facilitate laboratory accreditation. A desk review and key informant's interviews were conducted to determine the roles of country leadership and policies in laboratory accreditation. Overall, the review ...

n the United States, accreditation is a non-governmental, peer-review process that assures the quality of the postsecondary education students receive. Educational institutions or programs volunteer to undergo this review periodically to determine if certain criteria are being met. (NOTE: Outside the United States, accreditation is not necessarily ...

The purpose of public education in Virginia is to provide children with a quality education giving them opportunities to meet their fullest potential in life. Standards for the accreditation of public schools in Virginia are designed to ensure that an effective educational program is established and maintained in the state public school system. These ...

The Training Accreditation Program (TAP) was established by the Department of Energy (DOE) to assist in achieving excellence in the development and implementation of performance-based nuclear facility training programs. The TAP establishes the objectives and criteria against which DOE nuclear facility training is evaluated for ...

that they feel well prepared in classroom management. As required by CCTC, all aspects of credential candidates, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology � Engineering Accreditation Commission - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 8/8/07 � Accredit to September 30, 2011 Criterion 6 -Facilities

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"System accreditation" is a new approach developed for German universities to conduct the mandatory accreditation of all their study programmes. A pilot project at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz is playing an important role in paving the way for this alternative to prevailing programme accreditation. This ...

This paper gives an overview of the Indian technical education system with regard to both its quantitative and qualitative scenario and upholds the value of accreditation in quality improvement and quality assurance of educational programmes. The paper presents a comparison of accreditation systems being followed ...

Accreditation is a system of verified quality control and recognition. When applied to education it becomes the instrument by which the quality of education is measure. For engineering, the recognized accrediting agency is the Accreditation board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The American Nuclear Society ...

This article analyzes the dynamics and changes in the accreditation process in three different places - France, UK and Catalu�a (Spain) - based on documents about their health systems organizations, funding sources and regulations. The objective was to find out about the relevant aspects of the strategies of these countries' institutions that adapted ...

The UNE-EN-ISO 15189:2007 standard specifies the management and technical requirements that clinical microbiology laboratories must meet to achieve optimal quality when performing microbiological analyses. With implementation of this standard, a laboratory can receive the accreditation and formal recognition of an authorized body, certifying that it is apt ...

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This document is intended to provide the users from the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) with information on the supporting materials for the RESNET Accreditation of International Code Compliance Calculator (IC3) v3.3 software as an IECC Performance Path Calculation Tool. The CD that accompanies this document contains five files/folders ...

Among engineering degree programs at the bachelor's level in China, civil engineering was the first one accredited in accordance with a professional programmatic accreditation system comparable to that of international practice. Launched in 1994, the accreditation of civil engineering aimed high and toward ...

The prevalence of managed care, integrated delivery systems, and new financing structures is nudging healthcare into a value-driven rather than a cost-controlling market, with a focus on community and improvement. Fueled by increasing demands from healthcare purchasers, consumers, accrediting bodies, and government agencies, providers are escalating their ...

The achievement of objectives of Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE) is evaluated and facing problems, including further development of the accreditation system are discussed. The objectives of JABEE, such as evaluating and accrediting engineering programs through fair examination based on ...

The Accreditation-Process of the Joint Commission on Accreditations of Healthcare Organisations (JCAHO), specially the new international arm of the Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) is also in Germany already in use. Some decades of experiences with the accreditation of healthcare institutions in ...

The health education profession has made significant strides in promoting quality assurance for credentialing of health educators through a combination of individual certification and program approval and accreditation mechanisms. Although the profession has widely embraced individual certification, program accreditation has not been uniformly accepted nor ...

Talk by Jorge Vanegas at an engineering education conference in Colombia titled: "Congreso: para una educacion de calidad". Outline: The Vision, Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs 2005-2006; Accreditation Cycle; ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission; Education Criteria for Performance Excellence; ...

All laboratories conducting tests for the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program were required to be accredited by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Official (AASHTO's) Accreditation Program (AAP). AAP includes site inspe...

Describes the development of the North Central Association, from the early reactive measures to the more proactive efforts of the Commission on Schools, such as the implementation of outcomes accreditation (OA) in 1985. Argues that, with OA, changes in instruction, curricula, or organization are necessarily related to student performance and achievement. ...

This overview summarizes how to establish and carry out a program and a technical process for computer security certification and accreditation of sensitive computer applications. The overview identifies and briefly describes the steps involved in perform...

All laboratories conducting tests for the Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program were required to be accredited by the AASHTO Accreditation Program (AAP). AAP includes site inspections of equipment and procedures, and participation in applicable pr...

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...required. (a) Home studies and child background studies. Home studies and child background studies, when performed by exempted providers...and an exempted provider's child background study must be approved by an accredited...

...Accreditation Program. The testing for general service fluorescent lamps, general service incandescent lamps, and incandescent reflector lamps shall be performed in accordance with Appendix R to this subpart. The testing for medium base compact...

In the period from 14 October 2002 to 16 January 2003, an early production version of Southwest Windpower's AIR-X turbine was installed at the NWTC test site for acoustic noise testing. In addition to the signals required for the noise testing, additional instrumentation that allowed power performance testing in accordance with IEC 61400-12[1] was added. The results ...

BackgroundAccreditation has become ubiquitous across the international health care landscape. Award of full accreditation status in health care is viewed, as it is in other sectors, as a valid indicator of high quality organisational performance. However, few studies have empirically demonstrated this assertion. The value of ...

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Safety has developed and initiated the DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program (DOELAP) for personnel dosimetry systems to assure and improve the quality of personnel dosimetry at DOE and DOE contractor fac...

The present work stems from the hypothesis that humans are inconsistent when making subjective analyses of images and that human decisions for moderately complex images may be performed by a computer with complete objectivity, once a human acceptance level has been established. The following goals were established to test the hypothesis: (1) investigate observer variability ...

The assurance of worker radiation safety is directly related to the performance of personnel dosimetry. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has long recognized this critical relationship and has addressed this issue by instituting the DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program (DOELAP) which strives to improve the quality of personnel dosimetry through ...

includes acoustic noise emissions, duration, power performance, power quality, and safety and function. Each of the tests is briefly described below. Tests are performed to...

Device Performance group is one of only two laboratories in the world to hold an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 17025 accreditation for primary reference...

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The systems engineering model provides the vehicle for communication between the developer and the customer by presenting system facts and demonstrating the system in an organized form. The same model provides implementors with views of the system's funct...

The desperate shortage of librarians could be alleviated by training library technicians to work under the supervision of qualified librarians. Just as the training and accreditation of practical nurses have elevated standards of the registered nurses and freed them from routine duties, so could the training and accreditation of library technicians ...

Colorectal cancer is a major cause of death in the western world and is currently the second commonest cause of death from malignant disease in the UK. Recently a �driving test� for colonoscopists wishing to take part in the National Health Service Bowel Cancer Screening Program has been introduced, with the aim of improving quality in colonoscopy. We describe the ...

Colorectal cancer is a major cause of death in the western world and is currently the second commonest cause of death from malignant disease in the UK. Recently a "driving test" for colonoscopists wishing to take part in the National Health Service Bowel Cancer Screening Program has been introduced, with the aim of improving quality in colonoscopy. We describe the ...

The null hypothesis for this study suggested that there was no significant difference in the types of performance error indicators between accredited and non-accredited programs on the following types of indicators: (1) number of significant event reports per unit, (2) number of forced outages per unit, (3) number of unplanned ...

to physical performance and the acquisition of motor skills. ENS 320. Skin and Scuba Diving (2) Prerequisites diving physiology, hyperbaric conditions, medical hazards, safety proce- dures associated with scuba- tional Sciences 323, 324, Biology 460, Oceanography 305, 306. ENS 320L. Skin and Scuba Diving Laboratory

Quality assurance, total quality management, and accreditation are the recognizable attributes of an attitude and consideration of a work process that is being introduced to industry, utilities, and (industrial) laboratories. International reference documents-the International Standard Organization (ISO)- IEC guides - have been developed to harmonize the ways of implementing ...

... April 2007 �Accreditation Plan for the Modeling and Simulation Federation Supporting the Future Combat Systems (FCS System of Systems ...

The Union europ�enne des m�decins sp�cialistes (UEMS) has a mandate to lead the quality of care in Europe and harmonise the qualifications of specialists doctors. In 2000, UEMS has set the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), with the objective to accredit educational events and facilitate the reciprocity of CME ...

The Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation (IA C&A) transformation is a partnership that stretches across the Department of Defense (DoD), Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS), National Inst...

Int. J. Engng Ed. Vol. 24, No. 5, p. 854-863, 2008. Special Issue on Assessment (1). Editorial: "The number of universities in Taiwan has increased enormously over the last ten years; this has raised concerns over the quality of the engineering programs. In 2003 the Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET) was established, to ensure quality control of the programs via outcomes-based ...

In the accreditation process of a radioactivity measurements laboratory, according to ISO standard 17025, proficiency tests play a fundamental role. These PTs constitute an irreplaceable tool for the validation of measuring methods. In the case of Spain, ENAC, which is the Spanish accreditation national body, requires that the laboratory has to take part ...

In the accreditation process of a radioactivity measurements laboratory, according to ISO standard 17025, proficiency tests play a fundamental role. These PTs constitute an irreplaceable tool for the validation of measuring methods. In the case of Spain, ENAC, which is the Spanish accreditation national body, requires that the laboratory has to take part ...

At the annual meeting of the Society of Hair Testing in Vadstena, Sweden in 2006, a committee was appointed to address the issue of guidelines for hair testing and to assess the current status of accreditation amongst laboratories offering drug testing in hair. A short questionnaire was circulated amongst the membership and interested parties. Fifty-two responses were received ...

mission risks To obtain complete, reliable & trustworthy information that will facilitate security system and accept associated risks. #12;6 Vijay Madisetti, 06/29/2009 Security Certification & Assurance & Accreditation ? Certification Accreditation Information + Evidence Risk Thresholds 1. Security Plan 2. C

Current events of clinical laboratories in France argue a lot about quality management. Setting up an assurance quality system can be realized in many approaches listed by increasing requirements: respect of reglementary Guide de bonne ex�cution des analyses (GBEA), BioQualite qualification, certification and at last accreditation. This last step ...

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Enabled by technological change, we are in the midst of a fundamental shift in how scientific information is produced and communicated. Electronic publishing, preprint archives, blogs, and wikis are emerging as possible viable alternatives to the current journal publishing and peer review system. However, these new technologies flood the environment with information, making it ...

This paper traces the evolution of curriculum reform in Mississippi from a state level, norm-referenced accountability system to a performance-based, centralized accreditation system that integrates instructional management requirements into improvement standards. Accountability legislation has primarily been ...

Canadian governments and various stakeholder groups are advocating greater interprofessional collaboration amongst health care providers as a fundamental strategy for enhancing coordination and quality of care in the health care system. Interprofessional education for collaborative patient-centred practice (IECPCP) is an educational process by which students/learners (or ...

#12;The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. Accredited by: #12;New York State Laws of immunity against Measles, Mumps and Rubella (German Measles) on or after the first birthday. 2. New York. Students can learn how to comply with this law by visiting our web site or the school's "Solar System

The rapid changes in the healthcare system, with revolutionary advancements in imaging, along with the lack of any existing imaging standards in our country, have raised the need for an accreditation structure. The Quality Council of India (QCI) has therefore introduced standards for medical imaging services, focusing on the control of services, personnel, ...

BackgroundThe system of accreditation of Italian transfusion structures (Transfusion Services and blood donation centres, these latter being managed by voluntary associations) guarantees the National Health Service that the service provided to citizens, patients and donors who use these structures, is correctly authorised, meets further, additional ...

The response of a recently acquired Canberra{trademark} Alpha Analyst 'Blue' system (Chamber Number's 173-208) used by the Hazards Control, Radiation Safety Section, WBC/Spectroscopy Team has been studied with respect to an existing Canberra system. The existing Canberra system consists of thirty Alpha ...

The NMISA Humidity Laboratory maintains the South African national measurement standards for humidity and provides traceability for commercial calibration laboratories. The laboratory performs both relative humidity and dew-point calibrations. The laboratory has been accredited since January 2004 for both parameters by the South African National ...

The intent of this study is to provide insight as to where schools are going in terms of their success in internationalizing the information systems (IS) curriculum, testing to see if, in fact, the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and other external forces are evidencing any effect. This research reports the findings of an empirical study ...

... "Service oriented architecture (SOA) is a software design discipline in which ... You have to test/accredit every link Service Oriented Architectures ...

Dec 29, 2010 ... Applications are being accepted from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of graduate students interested in performing space technology ...

Dec 29, 2010 ... Applications are being accepted from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of graduate students interested in performing space technology ...

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College of Visual and Performing Arts283 CVPA, the College of Visual and Performing Arts, is a comprehensive arts college with Bachelor's and Master's programs that prepare students for careers in the arts is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, the national

The paper discusses the major issues connected with the accreditation procedures in higher education system in the U.S. The questions raised are as follows: what are the reliable and credible indicators of quality instruction that could be measured in the process of accreditation of higher education institutions? How does greater ...

By viewing the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' (JCAHO) standards in the context of current accreditation practice, hospital librarians can understand and clarify their role in realizing their organization's mission, goals, and objectives. By broadening their view of the information function as described in the ...

Facilities that are accredited by the Joint Commission are deemed as meeting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services certification requirements. The accreditation requirements have undergone recent changes. In January 2009, the Joint Commission issued new and revised accreditation requirements. The new requirements have been ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has enforced federal requirements related to the use of methadone since 1972; regulations essentially have not changed for nearly 30 years. With Congress� recently released federal regulations for opioid treatment programs (OTPs), however, oversight of OTPs has shifted from the FDA to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ...

In Poland 13 measles cases were registered in 2005 (0.03 per 100,000 population). Three cases occurred in unvaccinated persons, 7 in persons vaccinated with one dose and 3 in vaccinated with two doses of measles vaccine (administered at the age of 13-15 months and 7 years). The most affected age groups were 1- and 2-year old children (incidence in both age groups 0.57 per 100,000 population) and ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Accreditation is usually a voluntary program in which trained external peer reviewers evaluate a healthcare organization's compliance and compare it with pre-established performance standards. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of accreditation programs on the quality of healthcare ...

As a result of new federal regulations released in early 2001 that move the monitoring and evaluation of opioid treatment programs from a government regulation to an accreditation model, program staff members are now being challenged to develop performance measurement systems that improve care and service. Using measurement selection ...

In recent years, dozens of countries have introduced accreditation and other quality improvement initiatives. A great deal of information is available regarding best practices in high- and middle-income countries; however, little is available to guide developing nations seeking to introduce an accreditation programme. This paper describes the outputs and ...

In recent years, dozens of countries have introduced accreditation and other quality improvement initiatives. A great deal of information is available regarding best practices in high- and middle-income countries; however, little is available to guide developing nations seeking to introduce an accreditation programme. This paper describes the outputs and ...

The development of, and adherence to, performance standards is imperative for success in today's competitive global market. This is as true for academic programmes in higher education as it is for the manufacturing and service sectors. Just like their counterparts in business and industry, it is important that graduate career preparation programmes are subject to an external ...

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In the last two decades, important changes in medical training and care have occurred in Chile. The number of medical schools has been doubled, exceeding the national availability of professors and qualified training fields. The quality assessment and accreditation of medical training and care is insufficient in Chile. A National Autonomous Corporation of Certification of ...

When Congress passed the GI Bill, it linked the accreditation process with the distribution of federal funds. As Congress saw it, accreditation would ensure accountability without subjecting institutions to harmful external controls. While accreditation began as a voluntary system, it has now become virtually ...

The program contained in this Handbook provides a significant advance in the field of radiation protection through a structured means for assuring the quality of personnel dosimetry performance. Since personnel dosimetry performance is directly related to the assurance of worker safety, it has been of key interest to the Department of Energy. Studies ...

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The measurement of the photovoltaic (PV) performance with respect to reference conditions requires measuring the performance with respect to a given tabular reference spectrum, junction temperature, and total irradiance. This paper discusses the procedures implemented by NREL's PV Cell and Module Performance Characterization ...

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College of Visual and Performing Arts293 The Department of Art History seeks to enhance students History Both Art History and the studio art/design programs in the college are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), widely recognized as the preeminent accrediting body

For competences development of learners and professionals, target competences and corresponding competence development opportunities have to be identified. Personal Recommender Systems (PRS) provide personal recommendations for learners aimed at finding and selecting learning activities that best match their needs. This article argues that a clear-cut description of the ...

The Clinical Practice Assessment System (CPAS), developed in response to teacher preparation program accreditation requirements, represents a paradigm shift of one university toward data-based decision-making in teacher education programs. The new assessment system is a scale aligned with INTASC Standards, which allows for observation ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) PV Program System Performance and Engineering Project is being conducted by The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Southwest Technology Development Institute (SWTDI), and Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC). It provides PV system, subsystem, and ...

The EUR-ACE Socrates-Tempus project (September 2004/March 2006) proposed a decentralized European system for accreditation of engineering programmes in the "Bologna process" area (European Higher Education Area) at the First and Second Cycle (FC and SC) level (but including "Integrated Programmes", i.e. programmes leading directly to a SC degree). In this ...

This paper describes a self-sponsored accreditation program for nuclearpowerplant-personnel training. The utility is organized, staffed, and managed to facilitate planning, directing, evaluating, and controlling a systematic training process that fulfills job-related training needs. Training facilities, equipment, and materials adequately support training activities. In-plant, ...

The Training Accreditation Program was established by DOE to assist in achieving excellence in developing and implementing performance-based nuclear facility training programs. This standard establishes the objectives and criteria against which the training programs for those DOE nuclear facilities listed in Attachment 1 to DOE Order 5480.18B are evaluated ...

The purpose of this handbook is to set out procedures and technical requirements for the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) accreditation of laboratories which perform test methods covered by the Energy Efficient Lighting (EEL) Products program. It complements and supplements the NVLAP programmatic procedures ...

There are over one million workers in the United States who have the potential to be exposed to ionizing radiation. Therefore, it is necessary to determine accurately the quantity of radiation to which they may have been exposed. This quantity if measured by personnel dosimeters that are carried by individuals requiring radiation monitoring. Accreditation of the organizations ...

Analyses the implications of the management of labour for an organization undertaking an accreditation exercise. Considers the King's Fund Organizational Audit (KFOA) accreditation scheme, which is concerned with process and facilities, and assesses the quality of the hospital environment in which the health care product is supplied. Concludes that, given ...

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RA-05, Vulnerability Scanning. The organization scans for vulnerabilities in the information system monthly or when significant new vulnerabilities potentially ...

.................................................................................................................14 Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society, National Institute of Ceramic principles to materials systems; an integrated understanding of scientific and engineering principles

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This document is a compilation of viewgraphs and worksheets on writing standards for training people and businesses to comply with regulations, organization, training staff, facilities, and instructional system design are covered. (DLC)

Martin Marietta Energy Systems will soon be issuing new personnel dosimeters at four of their five Department of Energy (DOE) facilities, The Piketon, Ohio uranium enrichment facility is not included in this dosimetry upgrade program. This talk will focus on the ORNL perspective of this program, especially the new beta-gamma dosimeter. Neutron dosimetry will be discussed ...

This book explains the history of the conceptual framework and discusses its elements, posing critical questions that guide teacher educators in developing and/or reassessing conceptual frameworks. The conceptual framework serves as a means for understanding the purposes, learning expectations, and quality assessments of teacher education programs. It facilitates the fashioning of a coherent ...

Britain's General National Vocational Qualifications (GNVQs) represent a new qualification that offers students a broadly based preparation for employment as well as an accepted route to further and higher education. They are of equal standing with academic qualifications at the same level and are designed to fit between and to complement the academic track and National Vocational Qualifications ...

In 2003, the ISO 15189 international standardization program on the quality and competence of the clinical reference laboratory was introduced. To date, 46 facilities have committed themselves to providing a higher level of medical service by incorporating a quality management system (QMS) and acquiring accreditation. QMS is defined as "setting up a policy ...

Accreditation has become something of a hot topic in higher education. In Europe it has been described as a 'Licence to Kill'. The James Bond metaphor is particularly illustrative when reflecting on quality assurance challenges in higher education. Publications on this subject in recent years reveal that the array of issues associated with accreditation ...

In response to increased research being performed in developing countries, many research ethics committees (RECs) have been established, but the quality of their ethics review systems remains unknown. Evaluating the performance of an REC remains a challenging task. Absent an accreditation process, a self-assessment ...

Solar-energy program activities being conducted by the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) are primarily centered around projects related to the development and implementation of standards and performance criteria for solar heating and cooling applications. In support of the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) and the Department of Housing and Urban ...

This technical standard describes the US Department of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program (DOELAP) for Radiobioassay, for use by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE Contractor radiobioassay programs. This standard is intended to be used in conjunction with the general administrative technical standard that describes the overall DOELAP ...

This document provides an overview of the structure and function of typical product certification/laboratory accreditation programs. The overview is followed by a model program which could serve as the basis for a photovoltaic (PV) module certification/laboratory accreditation program. The model covers quality assurance procedures for the testing ...

This paper overviews a model product certification and test laboratory accreditation program for photovoltaic (PV) modules that was recently developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Arizona State University. The specific objective of this project was to produce a document that details the equipment, facilities, quality assurance procedures, and technical ...

This paper overviews a model product certification and test laboratory accreditation program for photovoltaic (PV) modules that was recently developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Arizona State University. The specific objective of this project was to produce a document that details the equipment, facilities, quality assurance procedures, and technical ...

This paper discusses efforts led by two companies (PowerMark Corporation and Sunset Technologies Inc.) to support both U.S. domestic and international photovoltaic (PV) system and component certification and test facility accreditation programs and the op...

systems, IT-based business systems, embedded systems, health informatics systems, e-learning systems, or Engineering or Software Engineering) and specialist MSc degrees in similar fields. These degrees will have of computational science or specialist Masters degrees or MRes programmes in these ...

During the past 40 years, health education has taken significant steps toward improving quality assurance in professional preparation through individual certification and program approval and accreditation. Although the profession has begun to embrace individual certification, program accreditation in health education has been neither uniformly available ...

State funding mechanisms are subject to intense political and economic scrutiny. The question asked most often tends to be, is the public getting sufficient return on their investment? Accountability standards arising from the No Child left Behind Act (NCLB) have sharpened the focus of this question to whether the students and schools are meeting established benchmarks. A study of the impact of ...

"Microelectronic Engineering is the area of engineering that focuses on the design and fabrication of electronic devices/systems or subsystems using integrated circuits. Microelectronic Engineers are employed in the rapidly changing industry of microelectronics and microelectronic packaging by companies such as Intel, IBM, and National Semiconductor. Preparation Those ...

Healthcare is ever changing environment and with the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Hospital Organization (JCAHO) emphasis on quality improvement during the past several years, and the cost-focused healthcare reforms of the 1990s, benchmarking with peer comparison, and more recently benchmarking against competitors, has taken on a new emphasis. All acute healthcare ...

Bioassay monitoring for intakes of radioactive material is an essential part of the internal dosimetry program for radiation workers at the Department of Energy�s (DOE) Hanford Site. This monitoring program includes direct measurements of radionuclides in the body by detecting photons that exit the body and analyses of radionuclides in excreta samples. The specialized equipment and ...

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A newly signed law in Georgia that gives the governor the power to remove school board members in a district that does not have full accreditation is bringing fresh scrutiny to the role of AdvancED, a private agency that accredits schools in that state and 48 others. The target of the new law, signed by Gov. Nathan Deal, is the 48,000-student Atlanta ...