Essay Assignment II Nov. 28th‚ 2012 Discuss whether the functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is a new form of “phrenology”. Is it reliable enough to be used as evidence in court? After fMRI was first introduced‚ it has been under criticism that it is not hard science. The most common technique‚ the BOLD (blood oxygen level-dependent) fMRI‚ measures the increase in regional cerebral blood flow in response to increased metabolism‚ which is to be caused from heightened activity of neuron
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reputation for innovative high-quality products and its economic power. There‚ from 1950 onward‚ he taught top management how to improve design (and thus service)‚ product quality‚ testing‚ and sales (the last through global markets) through various methods‚ including the application of statistical methods. W Edwards Deming placed great importance and responsibility on management‚ at the individual and company level‚ believing management to be responsible for 94% of quality problems. He is regarded as
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Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement Processes in Advanced Massage In this report I shall be considering the role of quality assurance (QA) and quality improvement (QI) processes within the Advanced Massage Course I wish to focus on how these processes relate to the process of assessment for both students and tutors. QA is used in all areas of work from Hospital Procedures to Manufacturing processes‚ it can be defined as ‘a systematic process of verifying that a product or service being
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MANAGEMENT OF QUALITY Quality cannot be ignored; every purchasing decision is based on price and quality What is Quality? It’s the ability of a product or service to consistently meet or exceed customer expectations. Slogans related to quality: * Talk is cheap but recalls are not. * There is nothing is more frustrating than working hard and then knowing that what you did‚ didn’t work out. * People want to do good job‚ and we have to enable them. To meet or exceed customer expectations
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Cost of Quality (COQ) "The cost of quality." It’s a term that’s widely used – and widely misunderstood. The "cost of quality" isn’t the price of creating a quality product or service. It’s the cost of NOT creating a quality product or service. Every time work is redone‚ the cost of quality increases. Obvious examples include: The reworking of a manufactured item. The retesting of an assembly. The rebuilding of a tool. The correction of a bank statement. The reworking of a service‚ such as
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Medical Imaging Innovation and Imaging Methods of improving the acquisition‚ display and interpretation of diagnostic medical images have been in a constant state of innovation since the discovery of x-ray in eighteen ninety-five (1895). The biggest changes have occurred along with and largely because of incredible advancements in computer technology. Medical imaging developers have harnessed computer technologies to perform tasks that have helped shape the typical diagnostic imaging department
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Quality control paper Quality control is a critical concept in every industry and profession. The survival of your job and of your company depends on your ability to produce a quality product or service. For most people‚ quality is associated with the idea of a product or service that’s well done‚ looks good‚ and does its job well. Quality product is one that lasts‚ holds up well under use‚ and doesn’t require constant repair. A quality product or service should meet a high standard in many areas
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Smart Products and Services A smart products is an electronic device‚ generally connected to other devices or networks via different protocols such as Bluetooth‚ NFC‚ WiFi‚ 3G‚ etc.‚ that can operate to some extent interactively and autonomously. It is widely believed that these types of devices will outnumber any other forms of smart computing and communication in a very short time‚ in part‚ acting as a useful enabler for the internet things. Uses of Smart Services Minimize maintenance and repair
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Quality Initiatives Aiming for 120% product quality “We have to aim for 120% product quality. If 99% of the products we make are perfect‚ that would seem like a pretty good record. However‚ the customers who become the owners of the remaining 1% will surely consider their products 100% defective. It is unacceptable that even one customer in a thousand–even one customer in ten thousand–should receive a defective product. That’s why we have to aim for 120%.” When founder Soichiro Honda said this
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Quality Assurance Quality assurance is based on setting agreed quality standards at all stages in the production of a good or service in order to ensure that customers’ satisfaction is achieved. It does not just focus on the finished product. This approach often involves self-checking by workers of their own output against these agreed quality standards. The key differences between the two methods are that‚ quality assurance: a. puts much more emphasis on prevention of poor quality by designing
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