American Society for Quality

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the possible factors that cause Alzheimer's disease, how it is related with patterns of people who are more prone to have it. Moreover, this study will give a description of the gene apolipoprotein E(APOE) and how it could be related with other genes that affect people's health. Furthermore, this research will show the correlation with other illnesses such as: diabetes type 2. In addition, a brief of brain studies, people's behavior, diagnosis, proposal for prevention activities and risk factor analysis for the measures established in advanced stages of the disease. At the end of this research, it will discuss measures to control the illness, how to detect it in time to prevent it in relatives and future generations, and the prescription and medicaments more used in patients during all the cycle of the disease. In summary, this research will give synopsis and findings for the correlation between factors, pre-existing conditions, medicaments, environment, and genetics of people who have Alzheimer's disease and people who are more prone to have it.

Introduction: Dentists are prone to ocular injuries from chemical, physical, or infectious agents. While most dentists wear masks, gloves, and gowns, eye protection continues to be neglected. Thus, this study was undertaken to identify these gaps in awareness and practices of eye safety among dentists. Aim: This study aims to evaluate and compare the knowledge and practices of hospital and private dental practitioners regarding eye protection in clinical practice. Methodology: A questionnaire designed to assess the eye safety knowledge and practices of dentists was validated and mailed to hospital dental practitioners and private dental practitioners (100 each), from the National Capital Region over 6 months. Data collected were subjected to Chi-square analysis for comparing knowledge and practices of the two groups. Results: Dentists were found to be lacking in their practices with 48.5% using eye protection sometimes and 5.5% never using it, although their knowledge however revealed otherwise. Sixty-eight percent of dentists never or rarely used eye protection for their patients. 40.5% dentists had at least one incident of ocular trauma due to inadequate eye protection while 26% had at least 5 such incidents. Conclusion: The study highlights the gaps in the knowledge and practices of dentists regarding eye protection thus, emphasizing the need for creating more awareness, more so in the coronavirus disease of 2019 era, to prevent further transmission of infections.

PT. Japfa Comfeed Indonesia, Tbk Unit Lampung is a company engaged in the field of animal feed with two types of products, namely pellet and crumble. The real condition that often occurs in this company is that there is a final product that has problems in animal feed that is not in accordance with predetermined quality standards. The purpose of this study is to analyze failures that cause product defects by using the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) method, getting the risk of the biggest production process failure in the RPN (Risk Priority Number) value, and proposing improvements for subsequent production. The method used in this study uses statistical tools in the form of check sheets, p control maps and Cause Failure Mode Effect (CMFE) analysis. The results of the control chart analysis show that chicken feed is within the control limit, and the highest Risk Priority Number (RPN) value is the filter with a value of 100 RPN so that the pellet can pass the final stage. To overcome this problem, the proposed improvement is to add a filter to the crumble machine and then carry out routine maintenance and inspection .

Las fuentes escritas mencionan dos personajes en relación al gobierno de Damasco en el Bronce Final: Zalaya y Biryawaza. De los dos, sólo Zalaya consta con seguridad como rey de Damasco. La identificación precisa y valoración histórica de Biryawaza siguen siendo controvertidas. El trabajo que presentamos intenta demostrar que Zalaya y Biryawaza fueron contemporáneos, pero que sólo el primero fue rey de Damasco. Biryawaza habría sido hijo de Šutarna, rey de la localidad libanesa de Mušihuna, y en su etapa como príncipe habría actuado como agente de la administración egipcia en Palestina.

Abstract This annual paper summarizes environmental, health and safety issues that may impact SSPC members. This paper discusses current and expected regulatory rulemaking, emphasis programs, enforcement initiatives or other similar topics. This paper will include a review of OSHA’s new final Hazard Communications Standard. Most of the information is taken directly from the respective agency’s published regulatory agenda, supplemented by anecdotal information gathered from various professional journals, seminars and conferences. Learning Objective: Identify new or revised regulations and trends that may impact the painting industry.

1Patricia Carter-LeCompte, PhD MBA CPHQ, is currently director of quality at the Armed Forces Hospital, King Abdulaziz Air Base, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. She was a past director and co-chair of the Healthcare Quality Certification Board, and the Middle East and North Africa representative. She is also deputy regional counselor for the Mediterranean Islamic Countries for the American Society for Quality, Healthcare Division.

Examined are relationships among constructs in the Baldrige Award Health Care Criteria framework to investigate whether quality management systems are related to organizational results and customer satisfaction in hospitals. Measures for the 19 dimensions of the Baldrige Criteria are obtained from 220 U.S. hospitals. This study provides empirical evidence that focusing on the content addressed in the Baldrige Criteria leads hospitals to improvement on some dimensions of performance.

By almost every measure manufacturing quality has improved tremendously in the past decade; unfortunately, the same is not true for service. Yet, manufacturing processes represent less than 5 per cent of all business processes. Clearly, the opportunity area for the twenty‐first century is in the understanding and improvement of the service processes that drive value and customer experience. There are two major characteristics of service that distinguish it from product. The understanding of these differences and often‐painstaking attention to detail in delivery determines ultimate success and competitiveness of service. The first is that almost every service is a series of situations where every subsequent process depends on those that precede it. The second unique characteristic of service is that the customer usually plays an important role in the process and each involvement strongly influences downstream processes and requirements. The vast riches and opportunities of the future service‐oriented world belong to those who understand the customer experience from the customer’s viewpoint and can and will offer high value solutions.