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Journal articles on the topic "Excellence initiatives"
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Srivastava, V. N., and N. Ravichandran. "Achieving Excellence through Training initiatives." Review of Professional Management- A Journal of New Delhi Institute of Management 16, no. 1 (June 18, 2018): 57. http://dx.doi.org/10.20968/rpm/2018/v16/i1/129254.
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Geahigan, George, and R. A. Smith. "Excellence in Art Education: Ideas and Initiatives." Studies in Art Education 29, no. 2 (1988): 119. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1320733.
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Salmi, Jamil. "Excellence Initiatives to Create World-Class Universities." International Higher Education, no. 87 (September 1, 2016): 17–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2016.87.9506.
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In the era of global rankings, many governments want to make sure that their top universities are actually operating at the cutting edge of intellectual and scientific development. A major concern has therefore been to identify the most effective method for inducing substantial and rapid progress in a country’s top universities. In order to accelerate the process of improving their top universities, several governments have launched so-called “excellence initiatives”, consisting of large injections of additional funding to boost their university sector. This article assesses the impact of these initiatives on the universities involved and on the rest of the tertiary education system. While the first section analyzes the main features of excellence initiatives, the second part examines their results as well as their limitations.
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Ohlson, Matthew A., Shane C. Shope, and Jerry D. Johnson. "The Rural RISE (Rural Initiatives Supporting Excellence)." Rural Educator 41, no. 1 (April 8, 2020): 27–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.35608/ruraled.v41i1.551.
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Faculty from two universities in Florida and Ohio designed, developed and implemented programs to work with youth from their respective service regions to support college and career readiness initiatives. Both programs were directed by university faculty and utilized university resources to support K-12 students’ career development skills. In this paper, we examine the programs’ design, implementation, and results, including feedback from students, school personnel and local stakeholders. Attentive to results and the relevant literature, we hope to ignite a long-term discussion on how universities can create effective outreach programs that help support transitions from high school to college or directly into a career.
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Tsvetkova, Elena, and Sylvie Lomer. "Academic excellence as “competitiveness enhancement” in Russian higher education." International Journal of Comparative Education and Development 21, no. 2 (May 13, 2019): 127–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijced-08-2018-0029.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse critically the Russian Academic Excellence Initiative (the Project 5-100), designed to propel five leading Russian universities into world university rankings (WURs) by 2020, and research it through the lens of neoliberalism. The paper seeks to reveal recurrent discourses and dominant orders of discourse constituting the overall concept of “excellence” in Russian higher education (HE) policy. Design/methodology/approach Since the Project 5-100 has been designed in line with a neoliberal model of academic excellence initiatives, emphasising “competition as a driver of excellence” (Hazelkorn, 2009), Fairclough’s approach to critical discourse analysis (CDA) has been adopted as a qualitative research method. There is no universally accepted definition of “excellence” in HE policy; therefore, this CDA also aims at revealing the Russian government’s vision of the concept and its voice in HE policy. Findings The paper concludes that the government reinforces neoliberal discourse on the HE agenda and transforms the 5-100 Universities’ identities through emphasising the role of WURs in modernising the HE system. Consequently, within the neoliberal paradigm, the Project 5-100 can be regarded as a manifestation of the commodification of “excellence” in Russian HE policy. Originality/value This research intends to broaden knowledge of excellence initiatives in HE policy and reveal their features and neoliberal natures. It also seeks to contribute in terms of showcasing a qualitative study of the Project 5-100 for future comparative analyses of similar HE policies.
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Roy, Jaytilak Guha. "Administrative Reform Initiatives for Excellence in Public Service." Indian Journal of Public Administration 52, no. 3 (July 2006): 396–411. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0019556120060310.
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Meers, Allan, and Danny Samson. "Business excellence initiatives: dependencies along the implementation path." Measuring Business Excellence 7, no. 2 (June 2003): 66–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13683040310478002.
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Haffer, Rafał, and Kai Kristensen. "Developing versus developed companies in Business Excellence initiatives." Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 19, no. 7-8 (August 2008): 763–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14783360802159428.
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Dasgupta, Meeta. "Enabling excellence in operations through technological innovation." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 1, no. 2 (April 1, 2011): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/20450621111151767.
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Subject area Strategic management and management of innovation and technology. Study level/applicability The course can be used for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The case would be relevant in the strategic management course to understand the concept of technology strategy and the various evaluation parameters guiding firms in their technology decisions. A refresher of the concept of value chain analysis can also be done through the case. It can also be used to teach innovation and technology management to understand the innovation process and the importance of various organizational factors for taking technology decisions. Case overview The case tries to bring together different aspects of technological innovation and technology strategy at North Delhi Power Ltd, Delhi which has taken various initiatives to turnaround the dilapidated power distribution industry in India. It details the various technological initiatives taken by the company to revamp the power distribution situation of the country. Discussion in the case also revolves around the technology decisions (technology strategy) taken by the company to drive the technological initiatives. The organizational culture supporting technology decisions and the technological initiatives are also woven into the case. Expected learning outcomes After a discussion on the case students will be in a better position to appreciate various decisions which firms take with respect to technology. They will get an understanding of what is technological innovation and about the technological innovation process. The importance of organizational factors to supplement technology decisions and innovation will be brought out in the case. Supplementary materials Teaching note.
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Dasari, Shailendra. "In Search of Excellence: CSR Initiatives by Indian Companies." Prabandhan: Indian Journal of Management 5, no. 7 (July 1, 2012): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.17010//2012/v5i7/60222.
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Gilgeous, Maria. "Establishing the initiatives of manufacturing excellence." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.243402.
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Moore, Alhyaba Encinas. "Expecting Excellence: Student and Teacher Attitudes Towards Choosing to Speak English in an IEP." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6582.
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In an effort to immerse learners in the target language, many IEPs in the U.S. hold fast to inflexible English Only policies (Auerbach, 1993; McMillan & Rivers, 2011). However, research has identified several shortcomings of such a rule, such as (1) the benefits of the L1 in L2 learning, and the lack of research supporting the exclusion of the mother tongue (Atkinson, 1993; Brooks-Lewis, 2009; Butzkamm, 2003), and (2) psychological, sociocultural, and linguistic factors that diminish the effectiveness of English Only and contribute to a negative learning environment (Shvidko, Evans, & Hartshorn, 2015). This body of research has prompted a large IEP in the U.S. to replace its English Only policy with initiatives that encourage English use, foster learner autonomy and create a more positive learning environment. This study evaluated this IEP's initiatives and found that this new perspective on language policy has created a viable alternative to English Only. These initiatives' intended objective to encourage English use was met while preserving learner autonomy and without sacrificing a high standard of excellence.
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Thomas, Meurig Owen. "Perceptions of the actions, initiatives, policies and successes, or otherwise, of the post 1997 UK Government for the education of gifted and talented children, as outlined in its Excellence in Cities proposals." Thesis, University of Lincoln, 2002. http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/1865/.
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This paper enquires into the implementation of the Government’s directives for the education of the ‘gifted and talented’, as specified in the ‘Excellence in Cities’ (EiC)document. The term ‘gifted and talented’ (GaT) has been determined by government diktat and its appropriateness is examined, as are the arguments about precise definitions, the identification of such children and the rationale for the Government choice. The current concern has its roots in the past, demanding an examination of the political and educational raison d’être for the evolving policies. The assessment of the results of such policies and arrangements sheds light on their suitability and relevance for the future and are thus considered. The experience of others to provide an appropriate education and the arrangements needed to facilitate the process justify a consideration of an international perspective. The examination of the philosophy, current arrangements made elsewhere and innovative proposals for the future of the education of the able aids the establishment of the criteria with which to judge the viability and implementation of the EiC arrangements. The methodology used to obtain research data involves interviews with those responsible for implementing the EiC directives at both City and school/college level. Their answers illuminate their approach and aspirations for the education of the GaT. The success of the policy and its implementation is assessed by means of a critical analysis of the management decisions taken, and the consequences at both City and School/College level. Triangulation is accomplished by the additional use of the data gained from expert witnesses, thus helping to determine the viability and practicality of the arrangements made and envisaged. The post modernist stance of the author, coupled with a qualitative methodology, and a possible initial bias towards a revisionist view of how the education of the able should be organised, should not necessarily invalidate the conclusions reached.
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PLINER, LIUDMILA. "A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF THE RUSSIAN EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE PROJECT 5-100 ON INTERNATIONALIZATION OF URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY AND THREE OF ITS ACADEMIC UNITS: RATIONALES, STRATEGIES AND SERVICES." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/130949.
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Il panorama dell'istruzione superiore in Russia è cambiato in modo significativo nel corso degli
anni 2010 grazie all'attuazione dell'iniziativa di eccellenza Progetto 5-100. L'iniziativa è stata
lanciata per aumentare la competitività globale di un gruppo di università russe. In precedenza,
alcuni studi avevano riportato una crescita degli indicatori associati alla dimensione
internazionale per i partecipanti al Progetto 5-100, mentre in pochi avevano considerato le
percezioni del personale universitario e mostrato come le università hanno vissuto il processo di
rapida internazionalizzazione.
La tesi indaga l'impatto del Progetto 5-100 sull'evoluzione del posizionamento
internazionale dell'Università Federale degli Urali e di tre delle sue unità accademiche. Queste
ultime sono state scelte sulla base della loro performance durante la prima fase del Progetto 5-
100. Il presente lavoro evidenzia anche come l'internazionalizzazione sia stata riposizionata
durante e in conclusione dell'iniziativa di eccellenza nel 2020 per quanto riguarda i criteri, le
strategie di ricerca e didattica e i servizi.
La tesi costruisce tre casi studio corrispondenti a tre rispettive unità accademiche sulla
base dell'analisi tematica di interviste a 53 partecipanti allo studio e dell'analisi documentale dei
piani strategici. La ricerca è supportata dal Rationales Prioritization Exercise (Lewis, 2007; di
seguito RPE) e dall'analisi del contesto. Lo studio adotta la teoria del posizionamento (van
Langenhove & Harré, 1999) come prospettiva teorica, considerando i documenti strategici e le
interviste con i partecipanti allo studio come cornice contestuale. La definizione di
internazionalizzazione di de Wit et al. (2015) è stata utilizzata come quadro concettuale:
l'internazionalizzazione è intesa come un processo intenzionale che migliora la qualità
dell'istruzione e della ricerca e coinvolge tutti gli studenti e il personale al fine di contribuire alla
società.
Le conclusioni dimostrano che le tre unità accademiche hanno scelto strategie diverse di
internazionalizzazione all'interno dello stesso contesto dato dal Progetto 5-100, ma il loro
posizionamento internazionale si è evoluto in modo simile proprio grazie all'iniziativa di
eccellenza. La ricerca illustra che l'Università Federale degli Urali ha compiuto un cambiamento
significativo verso la comprensione dell'internazionalizzazione così come definita da de Wit et
al. (2015) e l'ha riposizionata a livello universitario. Infatti, l'internazionalizzazione
nell'Università Federale degli Urali è passata dall’essere un insieme di attività specifiche a un
processo intenzionale e parte integrante della vita accademica dell'università. La tesi dimostra
inoltre che le unità accademiche hanno riposizionato l'internazionalizzazione in un modo da
corrispondere alle loro caratteristiche uniche e strategie adottate.The landscape of higher education in Russia significantly changed during 2010s due to the implementation of the excellence initiative Project 5-100. The initiative was launched in order to increase the global competitiveness of a group of Russian universities. Previous research had reported a growth in indicators associated with the international dimension for the participants of Project 5-100, while little research had considered the perceptions of university staff and shown how universities experienced the process of rapid internationalization. The thesis investigates the impact of Project 5-100 on the evolution of the international positioning of Ural Federal University and three of its academic units. These were chosen on the basis of their performance during the first half of Project 5-100. The present work also uncovers how internationalization was repositioned during the excellence initiative with regard to rationales, research and educational strategies, and services by the end of the excellent initiative in 2020. The thesis constructs three case studies of respective academic units based on the thematic analysis of interviews with 53 study participants and the document analysis of Strategic Plans. The research is supported by the Rationales Prioritization Exercise (Lewis, 2007; hereon RPE) and analysis of the context. The study adopts positioning theory (van Langenhove & Harré, 1999) as a theoretical lens where strategic documents and interviews with the study participants are considered as discourse. The definition of internationalization by de Wit et al. (2015) is used as a conceptual framework, where internationalization is understood as an intentional process that enhances the quality of education and research and involves all students and staff in order to contribute to society. The conclusions demonstrate that three academic units have chosen different strategies of internationalization within the same given context of Project 5-100, but their international positioning evolved in a similar way due to the timeframe of the excellence initiative. The research illustrates that Ural Federal University has made a significant shift towards understanding internationalization as defined by de Wit et al. (2015) and it has repositioned it at university level. Indeed, internationalization in Ural Federal University went from a set of specific activities to an intentional process and an integral part of the academic life of the university. The research also shows that the academic units repositioned internationalization in a way which matched their unique features and chosen strategies.
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Marty, Christoph. "Wissenschaftskommunikation zur Exzellenzinitiative." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/17638.
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Als Forschungsförderprogramm zur Stärkung des Wissenschaftsstandorts Deutschland hat die Exzellenzinitiative von Bund und Ländern eine hohe symbolische Tragweite. Eine durch das Ziel der Förderung von Spitzenforschung motivierte Exzellenz-Rhetorik ("Leuchttürme der Wissenschaft", "Elite-" und "Exzellenzuniversitäten") konkurriert mit den tatsächlich gemessenen Effekten dieses Forschungsförderprogramms. In dieser Dissertationsschrift wird am Beispiel der Exzellenzinitiative ein Modell entwickelt, um solche Formen symbolischer Konstruktionsarbeit zu beschreiben. Grundlage ist eine theoretische Reflektion des Sichtbarkeitsbegriffs der Exzellenzinitiative durch Bezug auf den Disziplin-Begriff Michel Foucaults, das Kapitalmodell Pierre Bourdieus, Niklas Luhmanns systemtheoretische Perspektive auf die Medien sowie Thomas Gieryns Konzept der boundary work. Diese theoretische Reflektion leitet die daran anschließende empirische Analyse an. Es kommt eine Methoden-Triangulation zum Einsatz: Ergebnisse einer quantitativen Analyse des medialen Framings der Exzellenz-Debatte (ca. 1850 Artikel; Vollerhebung der Berichterstattung zwischen dem 01.01.2004 und dem 31.07.2013 in acht relevanten Leitmedien; Entwicklung des Codebuchs auf Grundlage einer qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse) werden in Bezug gesetzt zu den Resultaten von 19 qualitativen Leitfaden-Interviews mit den berichtenden Journalisten und Mitgliedern des Bewilligungsausschusses der Exzellenzinitiative sowie der Auswertung einer Online-Befragung von Antragstellern bei der Exzellenzinitiative. Die Ergebnisse dokumentieren die stimulierende Wirkung von Symbolen im Allgemeinen sowie die Bedeutung des Entscheidungsverfahrens speziell für die Exzellenzinitiative. Daraus resultieren Handlungsempfehlungen für die "Exzellenz-Strategie", welche die Förderung von Spitzenforschung über die Förderdauer der Exzellenzinitiative hinaus fortführen wird.The Initiative for Excellence is a joint research funding program of the German Federal State and the 16 Länder. It aims at (1) increasing the international competitiveness of German universites and (2) making peaks within the German university system more visible. These goals motivate a rhetoric of scientific excellence which is - at least partly - not in line with the measurable impacts of the Initiative for Excellence on the German university system. This thesis contains a proposal for a model to analyze such symbolic constructions. For that reason, the goal "visibility" is discussed with reference to the theories of Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, Niklas Luhmann and Thomas Gieryn. The resulting synthesis guides the empirical work: Results of a quantitative framing analysis of media reporting on the Initiative for Excellence are combined with results from a survey of applicants and 19 qualitative interviews with journalists as well as members of the Grants Committee. The results document the stimulating effects of symbols in general and the importance of the decision-making-process for the Initiative for Excellence, in particular. Finally, the results motivate recommendations for a new research funding program.
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Steinebach, Mario, Katharina Thehos, Christine Häckel-Riffler, Antje Brabandt, Michael Chlebusch, Nicole Leithold, Carina Linne, and Arne Werner. "TU-Spektrum 3/2007, Magazin der Technischen Universität Chemnitz." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2007. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-200702091.
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Chen, Li-Jin, and 陳俐瑾. "The Policy Effects of Hospital Excellence Initiatives in Taiwan." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/n5x965.
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Saunders, Alfred Maxwell. "Performance excellence and strategy deployment : a framework for implementing strategic initiatives : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Production Technology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand." 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1597.
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Content removed due to copyright restrictions: Saunders, M & Mann, R. (2002) Organisational performance measurement and improvement: Recent developments and the New Zealand context. Official Newsletter of the New Zealand Organisation for Quality, 19 (9), 5-11This qualitative research addressed the question of how managers in organizations implement strategy in a performance excellence (quality management) environment. The work included identification of several strategy deployment constructs, and verification of the constructs from case studies of seven diverse organizations via in-depth, semi-structured interviews, observations and documentation analysis. The unit of analysis for each case study was a strategic initiative the organization was implementing. The constructs are titled: communicating the initiative: achieving buy-in; aligning implementation; learning; creating the infrastructure for deployment; understanding the business drivers; and identifying deployment options. By working with participants from a network of benchmarking organizations, leading practices in deployment were identified from the case studies, literature and Quality Award winners' applications. The constructs were corroborated by a review of the strategy deployment literature and from functional management disciplines that relate to the constructs. Linkages were found between the constructs, and a strategy deployment framework was developed that incorporates the constructs and the linkages between them. The proposed framework has a greater range of applications than previous strategy deployment models. It is relevant to organizations independent of their structure or ownership (public or private sector), their industry sector or the type of technology employed. It reflects the complex and dynamic processes that occur during the implementation of a strategic initiative. While many previous models of strategy deployment were linear (sequential) in nature, the research has developed a non-linear framework approach by which these complexities may he better understood by both researchers and practitioners, as well as presenting practical implications for managers.
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Chu, Chu-Hsin, and 朱菊新. "Impacts Of Hospitals’ “Center of Excellence Initiative” Of National Health Insurance On Switching Of Antipsychotics In Outpatient Schizophrenia Patients." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40513848125104534784.
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Background： On July 2004, a “Center of excellence initiative (CEI)” of hospitals was implemented by National Health Insurance (NHI). CEI granted hospitals a fixed amount of budgets in return for hospitals to fulfill its roles in caring severer patients and in improving quality of care. In response to the limited growth on budgets, would hospitals sacrifice the rights of patients in order to make more profits? Second generation (2G) antipsychotics (SGA) are more effectiveness but cost ten times more than traditional antipsychotics (1G or FGA), thus might be more likely to be replaced by less expensive drugs under CEI. Objectives： To explore how CEI might influence providers’ prescribing behaviors for outpatient schizophrenia patients. Research Questions: 1. were hospitals participated in CEI, more likely to switch 2G antipsychotic prescription after CEI? 2. Were the above switching behaviors the same among hospitals at different regions, with different ownership and accreditation levels? Materials and methods： This study, a natural experiment, was part of a Prof. Yue-Chune Lee’s project, entitled “the future direction of payment system reform of NHI” funded by the Department of Health (DOH) based “pretest-post-test controlled group design”. The study population were outpatient schizophrenia patients (ICD-9-CM codes 295) of hospitals. CEI was the intervention which implemented on July to Dec. 2004. We use Difference-in- differences” approach to compared the changes on the drug switching behavior of the interveintion and control groups before and after CEI. Because some sub-bureaus (regions) have already implemented similar payment scheme (self-management) before CEI, two reference period (Jan to June, 2004 vs. Jan-Dec,2004) were applied in the study. The intervention groups were hospitals which participate in CEI (n=98), those not were considered as the control (n=96). The screening criteria included patients who had regular source (hospital) of care in 2002-3 and have ever visit the same hospital in 2004. Patients who seek care from emergency room and of hospitals which only temporarily participated in CEI (11 hospitals) were excluded. Major source of data were various NHI claim databases, from 2002 to 2004, provided by DOH. The dependent variable was whether prescribed antipsychotics were switched. The drug switching behavior was defined as change on the prescriptions patterns from SGA to FGA or reduced dosage on SGA; including the following circumstances: 1. used monopharmacy (SGA or FGA) before and after CEI: change from SGA to FGA or reduced dosage on SGA. After CEI. 2. polypharmacy (SGA+FGA) before and after CEI: percent of reduced dosage on SGA > percent of reduced dosage on FGA.3. mix-type: change from monopharmacy (SGA) to polypharmacy with reduced dosage on SGA; or change from polypharmacy to monopharmacy with either reduced dosage on SGA or SGA replacedwith FGA. When applicable, prescription volumes of prescribed daily dose (PDD) were used to measure the average daily dosage regimen treated with antipsychotics (mg/day/person). The control variables included years, patients’ characteristics (age, sex, disease severity) and hospitals’ characteristics (ownership, accreditation level, region, and daily drug costs of patients in previous year). After data were merged and cleaned, we use logistic regression and Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE) to assess the impacts of CEI. To control selection bias due to no randomization was applied; we further developed a “Propensity Score” to reflect the likelihood of hospital to participate in CEI. The Score was the predicted value calculated from a logistic regression developed using the above hospitals characteristics (excluding daily drug cost) as the independent variables. The major findings of this study are summarized as follows： 1.There were 35,441 schizophrenia patients in the study. Those in CEI , although in general were more likely to switch drug, their changes on drug switching after CEI were not significant from that of the control group. However, the drug switching behaviors were different among hospitals with different accreditation level. 2. The changes in 2004 on likelihood of drug switching was significant compared with 2003, that might due to the 45:55 policy (OPD/IP ratio) introduced in 2004 which changed the ratio of outpatient vs. inpatient budgets from 50:50 in 2003 to 45:55 and cut 9% of outpatient budgets. Compared with Kao-Ping region, the hospitals at Eastern region were more whereas those at Taipei region were less likely to switch drug 3. The impacts OPD/IP ratio on drug switching of hospitals with different ownership varied among different region. Compared with private hospitals, military and veterans hospitals and non-profit proprietary hospitals in Taipei region were significantly more likelihood whereas hospitals affiliated with public medical schools in Central region and non-profit proprietary hospitals in Eastern region were less likely to switch drugs in 2004. 4. The likelihood of hospital transfer was higher for those patients whose prescriptions have been switched in 2004. However, the association between drug switching and hospital transfer in 2004 was not significant between those in CEI and those not. 5. Hospitals with higher daily drug costs in previous year were more likelihood to switch drug in 2004. In conclusion, our study found that the impacts OPD/IP ratio in 2004 on drug switching were greater than that of CEI; and the latter were only significant among hospitals with certain characteristics. Recommendations： Policy recommendation：(1) The payment Initiative should be carefully designed to protect patients from perverse effect (2) Drug switching measures developed in this study could be used to monitor the providers, and to develop related regulation to protect patients (3) Implementation of OPD/IP ratio should reflect the baseline differences among various hospitals. (4) Should develop guideline on the rationale switching of antipsychotics. (5) To enhance patients’ (or caregivers) drug literacy to empower them against provider’ perverse behavior. Future researches：(1) To assess the impact of other hospital factors (such as profitability from different drugs, proportion of primary care patients, patient dumpling) and physicians’ factors (age, education and training, compensation scheme) on the drug switching behavior. (2) To evaluate the impacts of drug switching on heath status, clinical outcome and quality of life of the patients. (3) To assess the appropriateness of prescription patterns of antipsychotics.
Books on the topic "Excellence initiatives"
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United States. Dept. of Education., ed. Toward excellence: Private sector initiatives in education. Washington, D.C: U.S. Dept. of Education, 1985.
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Association, National Art Education, ed. Excellence in art education: Ideas and initiatives. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association, 1986.
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Smith, Ralph Alexander. Excellence in art education: Ideas and initiatives. Reston, Va: National Art Education Association, 1987.
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Navard, Patrick. The European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE): Research Initiatives and Results. Vienna: Springer Vienna, 2013.
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State, Canada Secretary of. Access to excellence: Being Canadian-- working together for post-secondary education : federal-provincial initiatives : status report. Ottawa: Department of the Secretary of State, 1988.
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Missouri. Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education., ed. Implementation of the Excellence in Education Act: A status report on school-improvement initiatives in Missouri. [Jefferson City]: Missouri Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, 1988.
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Canada. Dept. of the Secretary of State. and National Forum on Post-Secondary Education (1987 : Saskatoon, Sask.), eds. Access to excellence: Being Canadian, working together for post-secondary education : federal-provincial initiatives : status report. [Ottawa]: The Secretary, 1988.
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d'État, Secrétariat, ed. La recherche de l'excellence : être canadiens... travailler ensemble pour l'enseignement post-secondaire: Initiatives fédérales-provinciales = Access to excellence : being canadian... working together for post-secondary education : Federal-Provincial Initiatives. Ottawa: Approvisionnements et Services, 1988.
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Farquhar, Carolyn R. Building community excellence: One organization at a time : lessons from the first executive study tour on community-based quality initiatives. Ottawa: Conference Board of Canada, 1994.
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Canada. Dept. of the Secretary of State of Canada. Access to excellence : being Canadian ... working together for post-secondary education : federal-provincial initiatives : status report =: La recherche de l'excellence : être canadiens ... travailler ensemble pour l'enseignement postsecondaire : initiatives fédérales-provinciales : rapport d'étape. Ottawa, Ont: Dept. of the Secretary of State of Canada = Secrétariat d'État du Canada, 1988.
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Gartenkraut, Michal. "ITA security IT initiatives." In Digital Excellence, 99–106. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72621-0_9.
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Boudard, Emmanuel, and Don F. Westerheijden. "France: Initiatives for Excellence." In Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education, 161–82. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42237-4_8.
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Friedli, Thomas, and Nikolaus Lembke. "Structures of Operational Excellence Initiatives." In Leading Pharmaceutical Operational Excellence, 245–61. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35161-7_16.
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Hou, Yung-Chi, Martin Ince, and Chung-Lin Chiang. "The Impact of Excellence Initiatives in Taiwan Higher Education." In Building World-Class Universities, 35–53. Rotterdam: SensePublishers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-034-7_3.
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Froumin, Isak, and Mikhail Lisyutkin. "Excellence-Driven Policies and Initiatives in the Context of Bologna Process: Rationale, Design, Implementation and Outcomes." In The European Higher Education Area, 249–65. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20877-0_17.
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Feng, Jack, Scott Sink, and Walt Garvin. "Designing, Developing, and Deploying Integrated Lean Six Sigma Certification Programs in Support of Operational Excellence Initiatives." In Emerging Frontiers in Industrial and Systems Engineering, 87–128. Description: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, a CRC title, part of the Taylor &: CRC Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429488030-6.
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Hou, Angela Yung-Chi, and Christopher Hill. "What Are the Challenges for Building World Class Universities in Taiwan? Assessing Taiwan’s Excellence Initiatives Since 2005." In Higher Education in Taiwan, 83–101. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4554-2_5.
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Nayana Tara, S., and N. S. Sanath Kumar. "Initiatives in Skill Upgrading: The Case of Centres of Excellence (COE) in Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) in Karnataka, India." In Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 151–70. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47856-2_8.
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Tabarés, Raúl, and Antonia Bierwirth. "Cultural Particularities and Its Role in the “Innovation Divide”: A Closer Look at the Origins of “Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation”." In Putting Responsible Research and Innovation into Practice, 79–99. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14710-4_5.
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AbstractThe “innovation divide” has been a common and persistent problem since the onset of Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation. Especially, for the group of countries that joined the European Union after 2004. Several initiatives have been implemented by the Union for encouraging the participation of these countries in these collaborative programmes, trying to maximize and extend the benefits of a knowledge economy across the EU. In this chapter, we explore how these instruments have been deployed paying special attention to the origins of “Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation” Horizon 2020 Work Programme. We explore its objectives and rationale, and we address some of its weaknesses and pitfalls. We argue that the “innovation divide” is not only a matter of providing adequate resources and encouraging participation for these countries and they cannot be treated as a homogeneous group. Particularly, in a moment of transition regarding innovation policies.
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Bosker, Roel J., Peter Blatchford, and G. Wim Meijnen. "The Forthcoming Class Size Reduction Initiative." In Enhancing Educational Excellence, Equity and Efficiency, 89–112. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4253-3_5.
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Shaikh, Mastan. "Key initiatives towards HSE Excellence." In SPE Kuwait International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/163329-ms.
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Lievens, Bart, Karel Cappelle, and Liesbet Matthys. "Becoming an Expert, Ambassador or Doing Project Work: Three Paths to Excellence for Students at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences." In Sixth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head20.2020.11184.
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Apart from the regular curricula in higher education, institutions increasingly offer additional initiatives or honours programmes for students to excel. Artevelde UAS wants to provide similar additional learning opportunities, in which the notion of excellence is based on reflection, self-direction and ‘giving back’ to stakeholders. This paper will provide an elaboration of these opportunities, based on three research questions: (1) What project or initiative can be considered as a valid and well-defined form of excelling, (2) How do we formally structure and organize this initiative or project, and (3) How can we evaluate and validate students’ experiences of excelling? Students of (International) Business Management at Artevelde UAS can excel in three different ways: by professionalizing and becoming an expert in a certain topic or area, by becoming an ambassador for one particular 21st century skill that has been put forward and highlighted by Artevelde UAS in its mission (global citizenship, entrepreneurship or sustainability), or by cooperating with professional business partners in order to develop and implement a real-life project.
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Arif, Muhammad, and Abdulla Mohammed Al Jneibi. "Driving Operations Excellence During Covid-19 Pandemic by Capitalizing on Digitalization." In ADIPEC. SPE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/211264-ms.
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Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disturbances to the ways businesses operate, and has driven the entire industry to re-evaluate its operations. Although the full impact of the disruption will not be understood for some time, however, many companies are now beginning to re-examine and use lessons learned to become more resilient moving forward. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4.0) in Oil & Gas Industry creates a dynamic landscape where Operational Excellence (OE) strives for stability, quality, and efficiency while continuing to serve an increasingly demanding customer. Operational excellence is a journey, not a sole destination. Operational Excellence is a key strategic enabler to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on shape the business of tomorrow. In line with the company vision of digitalization, a number of initiatives were considered for studies and further evaluations to facilitate remote operations through digitization. Below is list of initiatives those were successfully implemented to promote remote field operations. Critical equipment like compressors and pumps startup sequences development. Establish communication of wells subsurface (downhole) sensors with the control room for real time data monitoring. Development of wells start up sequences to facilities wells startup from control room. Real time monitoring of wells annulus pressure from control room compared to traditional field monitoring. Reset of Emergency Shutdown Valves (ESD) from control room instead of field. All of the above proposals have already been implemented. In-house field operations implementation resulted in huge Capital as well as Operating Expenditure saving. By enhancing remote operations, essential benefits are achieved including capability to faster and more effective decision-making and improved HSE measures. Enhance production and reservoir optimization by real time data monitoring and troubleshooting. Enhanced well integrity by real time annulus pressure monitoring. Enhanced HSE by eliminating Confined Space Entries (CSEs) and exposure to toxic H2S. Reduction and operating expenditure (OPEX) Reduced dependency on human leading to less human error. Reduction in capital expenditure (CAPEX) Enhanced life of critical equipment Operational Excellence played its role with a value improvement objective. Rather than replacing successful practices and programs, Operational Excellence knitted them into a larger, fully integrated tapestry woven to increase value produced within the overall business strategy which is very evident in this scenario. This case study is blend of Digitalization, Operations Excellence and innovation representing Management support to employee to solve current issues during COVID-19 pandemic. Such support is always beneficial for the company and employees.
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Edwards, Dennis C. "Daily Management: The Foundation for Equipment Reliability." In ASME 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2006-15185.
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Many manufacturing firms take on a variety of improvement initiatives without having first successfully mastered the various aspects of Daily Management. Daily Management, while simple in its concept, is typically difficult to master and requires an organization to undergo a cultural transformation. For "best-in-class" performance, the various elements that make up Daily Management must become embedded in the new manufacturing culture. Failing to fully learn & sustain the individual elements of Daily Management leads to organizational frustration and becomes the overriding factor with unsuccessful implementations of Quantum Leap Management initiatives. Daily Management must be an integral "tool kit" while traveling the reliability roadmap to manufacturing excellence. Several examples of significant performance results using only Daily Management principles will be shared with conference attendees.
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AlMethn, Abdulrahman, and Mohammed AlFawzan. "Gas Processing Facility Energy Efficiency in Action Success Stories." In International Petroleum Technology Conference. IPTC, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2523/iptc-22274-ms.
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Abstract This abstract is prepared to share Haradh Gas Plant Department (HdGPD) processing facility Energy Management program tools and success stories, in line with the Saudi Aramco Energy Management Program Transition Strategy that developed, established and was tasked to minimize energy and environment-related impacts and improve energy performance through preset KPIs. This paper sheds light on the implemented and deployed programs; and innovative, in-house energy initiatives to optimize overall energy consumption. The facility Energy Management System (EnMS) is fully aligned and connected to the corporate energy programs and it is part of the facility sustainability success factors. The facility implemented effective and mature Energy Efficiency Program over a seven-year cycle from the incubation in 2012 up to the current year. The facility has implemented a number of enhancement efforts innovative energy initiatives — to optimize fuel, electrical power, flaring/GHG emissions and water consumption, while meeting local customers demand — that include the Granted Patent for Fuel Purge Gas Optimization, Load Management Program, New technologies Adaption and Biodiversity Park Inauguration. The program demonstrated sustainable Energy Efficiency Performance, which improved the overall Energy Intensity Index by more than 11.5 % below the baseline. This improvement was achieved in a sustainable approach that resulted in an energy saving of more than 15,848,300 barrels of oil equivalent through the years. The following are some realized benefits of the effective implementation of the energy management system tools: 〉Maintained fully functioning energy management systems and programs〉Maintained compliance with energy standards, requirements and regulations〉Qualified the facility to be an ISO 50001 certified during 2019.〉Recognized HdGPD as one of the best performers by winning several energy related awards, such as the "2018 President Environmental Excellence Award for Greenhouse Gases and 2019 International Green World Award" as well as the 2021 Environmental Excellence Award winner by GPA Midstream.
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Muthalaly, Mathen, Kamlesh Kumar, Pankaj Agarwal, Rodoljub Mihajlov, Zeyana Kindi, Fatma Harthy, Aiman Quraini, and Abdullah Hadhrami. "South Oman Cluster GHG and Carbon Footprint Reduction Journey - Achievements and Aspirations." In ADIPEC. SPE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/210952-ms.
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Abstract South Oman Sour Cluster facilities have historically recorded peak total Green House Gas Emission (GHGE) of ~2.1 million tons CO2e in 2019 representing largest volumes within Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). The key contributing factors were lower system availability which resulted in large non-routine flaring and Miscible Gas Injection (MGI) process which requires high power consumption. This paper describes an effective integrated approach undertaken through flaring reduction initiatives, operational excellence and new technology deployments to reduce GHGE footprint within the company/Oman. These initiatives contribute towards a greener hydrocarbon industry and helps in combating climate change. Non-routine Flaring has been reduced through initiatives to improve system availability (upgrade of control and safeguarding systems, critical parts), focused maintenance campaigns and inline well testing. Critical compressors are being spared where economical and upcoming projects are adopting parallel configurations. Flare Gas Recovery solutions are being deployed with help of new technologies (gas sweetening and flue gas cleaning) to recover all safety flaring and partial non-routine flaring volumes. Local Fuel gas consumption is being phased out. Power grids are being sourced from renewable sources and power plants are being shifted to hydrogen where possible and deployment of CCUS technologies. As a result of the ongoing initiatives, South Oman Cluster facilities recently in 2021 achieved ~50% reduction in flaring volumes and overall ~25% drop in GHGE compared to 2019 levels. In line with the decarbonization roadmap, total GHGE is predicted to further reduce and reach ~0.7 million tons CO2e (67% lower) by 2030 and ~0.3 million tons CO2e (85% lower) by 2044. These radical impacts were a result of an integrated approach to GHGE issues by identifying all possible sources of emissions, mitigating them as much as possible and addressing the rest through various pragmatic solutions despite the challenges of being critical sour facilities. A core GHGE task force was put in place to continuously evaluate performance, scout for feasible initiatives and pursue its execution to realize its gains. South Oman Sour Cluster GHGE journey, learnings and approach could be replicated elsewhere in the Hydrocarbon industry thereby contributing to a Green Planet.
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Al-Mahmood, Moaath. "Breakthrough Innovative Solutions and Technologies for Greenhouse Gases Reduction." In International Petroleum Technology Conference. IPTC, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2523/iptc-22651-ms.
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Abstract Khurais Producing Department, as one of Saudi Aramco's producing facilities, is sharing this paper to highlight implemented breakthrough innovative solutions and technologies with massive positive impact on the environment. These technologies were introduced to increase the operation reliability, reduce the Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions and carbon footprint, and promote circular economy by optimizing power consumption, generating clean power, and eliminating daily routine flaring towards Saudi Aramco's ambition of achieving net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gases emissions by 2050, which is a step towards achieving Saudi Arabia's commitment to net-zero by 2060. Driven by the commitment of Khurais managements toward the Saudi Aramco defined environmental protection policies through Khurais Environmental Management System (EMS) that meets the requirements of ISO 14001:2015 and strives for continual improvement, Khurais has set its objectives for protecting the environment and reducing the impact of its day-to-day operation on the surrounding environment. To achieve these objectives, Khurais has developed different plans, such as the Flare Minimization Plan and GHG Assurance Plan, and established key performance indicators (KPIs) through the Operational Excellence (OE) system to track and enhance the environmental performance of the facility. To achieve the objectives identified by Khurais managements and to support their commitment plan for protecting the environment, different initiatives and technologies were deployed at Khurais facility which have significantly contributed to GHG emission reduction. The implemented initiatives include: a) construction of steam turbine generator (STG) part of the combined cycle cogeneration plant to generate clean power, b) installing flare gas recovery system to recover daily routine flaring from the facility, c) deploying the first worldwide Advanced Process Control (APC) for oil production wells for conventional oilfield for optimizing energy consumption, d) installing a swing line connecting all five oil trains’ HP Compressor suction lines to share the feed gas, e) flare minimization during running Oil Train-4 with bypassing damaged stabilizer which was a patented solution deployed to achieve the facility MSC post the attack on Khurais facilities, f) deployment of nonmetallic resin thermal pipe (RTP) material technology for over 60% of the massive crude pipeline network, and g) full deployment of closed draining systems through the construction of WOSEP blowdown system and automatic crude tank dewatering system. This paper will share Khurais efforts in implementing these initiatives and technologies, which touch base on different sources for GHG emission from the facility such as power consumption, flared gas, and material release to the atmosphere. Identifying a plan and implementing these initiatives have contributed to reducing the GHG emissions from Khurais facility.
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Burr, Alexa S., Colin M. Frazier, and S. David Toth. "API Pipeline Safety Management System PSMS Third-Party Assessment Program: A Valuable Tool to Help Industry Implement PSMS." In Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/207544-ms.
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Abstract The American Petroleum Institute (API) represents all segments of the natural gas and oil industry, aiming to accelerate safety and environmental progress across operations while meeting global demand for affordable, reliable, and cleaner energy. Through API and in partnership with the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), state pipeline regulators, and other interested stakeholders, pipeline operators developed API Recommended Practice (RP) 1173: Pipeline Safety Management Systems. API RP 1173 users understand how to systematically manage pipeline safety and continuously measure progress to improve overall pipeline safety performance. The core principle of API RP 1173 is the "Plan-Do-Check-Act" cycle. It requires the operator to determine the goals, objectives, and targets needed to be undertaken, complete those initiatives, and periodically review the Pipeline Safety Management System (PSMS) on an operator's determined cycle or at a minimum of a three-year cycle. API RP 1173 and the Pipeline SMS Maturity Model and Tools are primary resources to support API Energy Excellence® implementation. API Energy Excellence (launched in 2021) is another critical API program in which all API members commit to enhance the integrity of operations across the industry by applying standards, implementing workforce training programs, and participating in performance initiatives. Ultimately, these conditions drive the industry towards its zero-incident goal by ensuring that the PSMS's various components are regularly reviewed and continually evolving. To that point and as part of the industry's ongoing commitment to continuous pipeline safety improvements, API, in collaboration with industry partners, developed a not-for-profit Pipeline SMS Assessment Program in 2019 and fully launched the offering in January 2020. Unlike most Pipeline Safety or SMS assessments, the API Third-Party Assessment Program utilizes a diverse set of assessors with multiple affiliations, ranging from traditional SMS firms to retired industry executives who wish to give back to the industry by sharing their experience with others. API has conducted many assessments to date, and the benchmarking from these assessments helps operators gauge how their implementation is relative to their peers. Also, because API is the custodian of RP 1173, learnings from these assessments can naturally be fed back into the standards development process to ensure the next version of RP 1173 is an even better Plan-Do-Check-Act Process. The API Pipeline SMS Assessment (PSMS Assessment) program gives the operator access to the most experienced and knowledgeable assessors. It provides the operator with the opportunity to learn notable practices utilized across the pipeline industry. In 2021 and beyond, API looks forward to taking the assessment program worldwide, increasing industry lessons learned, cataloging good practices, looking for opportunities to increase effectiveness, and giving industry valuable benchmarking, all aimed at our shared goal of zero incidents
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Frazier, Colin M., Alexa S. Burr, and Ryan D. Meng. "API Process Safety Site Assessment Program PSSAP®: Significant Program Updates and Future Focus." In Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/207518-ms.
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Abstract The American Petroleum Institute (API) and the U.S. oil and natural gas industry have long been committed to protecting the health and safety of our workers, contractors and neighbors. For more the 75 years, API has led the development of industry standards, sharing lessons learned as well as the establishment of training and certification programs. In recent years, despite safety improvements by the refining industry, incidents have increased attention on process safety by industry, governments, non-government organizations (NGOs), and the media. Recognizing these concerns, API and our memebrs are working collectively to improve or develop new programs improve process safety performance. As part of the industry's ongoing commitment, API, in collaboration with industry partners, has developed a Process Safety Site Assessment Program (PSSAP®), an assessment program focused on evaluating higher risk activities in a refining, petrochemical, or chemical facility. This program is intended to: Promote process safety performance improvement industry wide; Promote learnings from industry practices; Provide benchmarking through the consistent use of industry-developed good practice protocols; Serve as a feedback mechanism for an analysis of industry performance; and, Encourage safety collaboration among participating sites and industry experts. PSSAP benchmarking, a key aspect of the program, allows sites to judge their performance against that of their peers in a blinded fashion. In addition to this benchmarking, the consistent use of our good-practice protocols enables API to analyze where companies may still be working to improve. Taking that information, API has implemented other programs to assist industry in those areas. Further, it has allowed API to quantify PSSAP protocol scoring improvements across the industry, seeing positive momentum in benchmarking scoring across the life of the program. PSSAP® is also a primary resource to support API Energy Excellence® implementation. API Energy Excellence is another critical API program in which all API members commit to enhance the integrity of operations across the industry by applying standards, implementing workforce training programs, and participating in performance initiatives. Downstream and petrochemical operators can use these PSSAP protocols to help demonstrate conformance to their API Energy Excellence requirements. PSSAP® is flexible so that sites can tailor assessments to specific needs and operations. It provides options for smaller sites that do not have on-site internal assessment capabilities or do not think a full PSSAP General Assessment is warranted. It is intended that assessments focus on higher risk activities and includes an evaluation of both the quality of written programs at a site and the effectiveness of field implementation of those programs.
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Machado, Fernanda Almeida, Paula Pontes Mota, Lorena Claudia de Souza Moreira, and Regina Coeli Ruschel. "Template class to teach clash detection." In ENCONTRO NACIONAL SOBRE O ENSINO DE BIM. Antac, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46421/enebim.v3i00.315.
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BIM uses are complex specific processes in architecture, engineering, construction, and operation mediated by Building Information Modeling technologies. Several initiatives are dedicated to detailing these uses in a standardized way, enumerating and describing them in terms of scope, benefits, process maps, required competencies, associated technology, and theoretical framework. Examples of these efforts are Penn State's Computer Integrated Construction Research Program (MESSNER et al., 2019), buildingSMART (2021), and BIM Excellence Organization (SUCCAR; SALEEB; SHER, 2016). This study presents the approach to educate, evaluate and assist Model Uses using templates (Model Use Templates - MUT) of the BIM Excellence Initiative (BIMe). The BIM use is called Model Use in BIMe terminology. In three years, starting in 2021, the initiative intends to detail all the domain model uses listed by the organization (BIMe, 2020). The domain model uses are organized in the series of capture and representation, planning and design, simulation and quantification, operation and maintenance, monitoring and control of buildings and infrastructures. In terms of domain model uses, there is the linking and extending series of BIM integrated to Facility Management, interfaced with the Internet of Things, linked to Enterprise Resource Planning, etc. The initiative developed a Construction Domain Model Use Template (MUT) and applied it as a demonstration for Clash Detection or MUT 4040. This summary will describe the template, its application to Clash Detection, and guidance on how to transform it into a template class to teach Clash Detection with BIM. The MUT consists of an extended description, software list, activity flow, and bibliography. This content is available in the BIM Dictionary associated with the equivalent term (https://bimdictionary.com/en/clash-detection/1). The extended description includes the corresponding term's definition, the detailed description, purpose, and an available online media-list. The detailed description presents the different types of use (e.g., hard, soft, time-based) and benefits. The software list lists platforms and environments used in the model use development. For each platform or environment, there is a list of the vendor or developer, the corresponding technical functionality, the applicable discipline, the software description, the availability of the software in the cloud or location, differentiation of versions, the link to the official website, the model use code that the software can support, specific functionalities associated with the use and availability of a plugin or extension. The activity flow is described using a process map and details in up to 3 hierarchical levels for each macro activity. All the terminology adopted in the MUT is semantically aligned to the various projects and initiatives of BIM Excellence, bringing consistency to the meaning. In the case of MUT 4040, that is, the application of the template for the model use of Clash Detection, the short description is a “Use of the Model representing the use of 3D Models to coordinate different disciplines (e.g., structures and air-conditioning) and to identify/resolve possible conflicts between virtual elements prior to actual construction or fabrication”. The extended description presents the Clash Detection as automated or semi-automated procedures to identify design errors in 3D models, where objects occupy the same space or are too close to violating spatial restrictions. Time-based interferences are conflicts involving temporary objects that compete for the same space at the same time. The benefits are listed, for example, like better project coordination and quality; conflict reduction in the workplace; acceleration of design and delivery processes; and cost reduction through productivity increase. The available online media does not represent the entire process involved in Clash Detection and are generally restricted to confronting models on specific platforms. We advocate that the activity flow should structure the class of model uses in BIM education. In this way, there is a holistic and representative approach to practice. Thus, we advise escaping this model's understanding in a restricted and instrumental way, as it already occurs in most of the online media found. We propose to organize the class program by the macro stages of the activity flow, covering: (i) creation of the strategy for the clash detection in the project in question; (ii) preparation of specific models for federation; (iii) identification of federation environments or model integration; (iv) federation or integration of models; (v) checks for interference in the federated or integrated model; (vi) analysis of the conflicts identified; and (vii) referral to conflict resolution. The details of each of these activities in the template can guide the teacher on how to proceed or prepare educational content. The bibliography listed in the template covers the theoretical framework to support the class in terms of books, scientific articles, and BIM guides. One can develop the class at the level of graduation, extension, or continuing education. Being an undergraduate class, it can be mandatory or elective. Items (i) to (iii) make up the theoretical part of the class, and the rest are essentially practical content. Thus, two types of competency assessment are possible: knowledge and skills. Knowledge can be developed through discussions and seminars. Skills covered are associated with execution or domain skills, according to Succar, Scher, and Willams (2013). Execution skills are associated with learning model verification platforms and collaboration environments. The execution competence generates an instrumental skill that can be provided through individual online training with tutorials. Domain skills are essentially technical (analysis and simulation) and functional (collaboration). These skills must be instigated in a participatory and collaborative way in practical exercises involving cycles of verification of the federated model and adjustments of complementary projects' models. As a suggestion for support material, the teacher should prepare a dataset including models with errors in file naming disobeying conventions, errors in the control elements impacting the overlapping of models, errors of omission or duplication of elements in the models, and errors of data schema in terms of categorization of elements and classification of content. The models must also include issues of all types (hard, soft, and temporal interferences). Errors must be plausible to be identified by different types of verification: visual or script. YouTube presentation: https://youtu.be/cMPaw_kOZtQ
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Forney, Donald. Nondestructive Evaluation Technology Initiatives Program II (NTIP II). Delivery Order 10, Task 010-015: In Search of Excellence - An Historical Review. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, May 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada460631.
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Jones, Nicole S., and John Grassel, eds. 2022 Firearm and Toolmarks Policy and Practice Forum. RTI Press, May 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2022.cp.0014.2204.
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The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence, an NIJ program hosted a four-day symposium, January 11–14, 2022. The symposium included presentations and panel discussions on topics relevant to recent advances in firearm and toolmark examination with a focus on the future. The symposium brought together 685 criminal justice processionals to explore implementation of three-dimensional (3D) imaging technologies, best practices for forensic examination of firearm and toolmark evidence, federal initiatives, gun crime intelligence, black box studies on firearm and toolmark examination, legal challenges to the admissibility of current examination of firearm and toolmark evidence and engineering solutions that will be used in court in the future, implementation of Organization of Scientific Area Committee (OSAC) standards and reporting, uniform language in testimony and conclusion scales. The panel discussions and presentations and provided examples of how agencies implement new imaging technologies for firearms and toolmark examination, incorporate statistics to add weight to forensic comparisons, address legal issues, and operationalize forensic intelligence to improve public safety and share information with the justice community. The symposium also provided a platform to discuss a series of considerations for the forensic, law enforcement, and greater criminal justice community that could help support a successful national transition to incorporate statistics in forensic testimony and accelerate the adoption of imaging technologies for firearm and toolmark examination.
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Sible, Jill, Erica Echols, Kasey Richardson, and Hao Wang. Using Data to Fuel Inclusive Excellence at Virginia Tech. Ithaka S+R, May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18665/sr.315527.
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In Fall 2020, the American Talent Initiative (ATI), an alliance of high-graduation-rate colleges and universities committed to expanding access and opportunity for low- and middle-income students, established its newest community of practice (CoP) focused on academic equity. Together, the 37 CoP members explore topics related to creating equitable academic communities. One such area of focus is how institutions can more effectively utilize data to enhance equity-related projects. In January 2021, members participated in a webinar discussion on this topic, during which CoP representatives presented on how they have leveraged data in their academic equity work. This case study builds on a presentation given by Dr. Jill Sible, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Professor of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech, titled, “Using data to fuel inclusive excellence at Virginia Tech.”
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Möller, Torger. Same objectives, different governance - how the excellence initiative and the pact for research and innovation affect the German science system. Fteval Journal for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.22163/fteval.2018.280.
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Atkinson, Dan, and Alex Hale, eds. From Source to Sea: ScARF Marine and Maritime Panel Report. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, September 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.9750/scarf.09.2012.126.
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The main recommendations of the panel report can be summarised under four headings: 1. From Source to Sea: River systems, from their source to the sea and beyond, should form the focus for research projects, allowing the integration of all archaeological work carried out along their course. Future research should take a holistic view of the marine and maritime historic environment, from inland lakes that feed freshwater river routes, to tidal estuaries and out to the open sea. This view of the landscape/seascape encompasses a very broad range of archaeology and enables connections to be made without the restrictions of geographical or political boundaries. Research strategies, programmes From Source to Sea: ScARF Marine and Maritime Panel Report iii and projects can adopt this approach at multiple levels; from national to site-specific, with the aim of remaining holistic and cross-cutting. 2. Submerged Landscapes: The rising research profile of submerged landscapes has recently been embodied into a European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action; Submerged Prehistoric Archaeology and Landscapes of the Continental Shelf (SPLASHCOS), with exciting proposals for future research. Future work needs to be integrated with wider initiatives such as this on an international scale. Recent projects have begun to demonstrate the research potential for submerged landscapes in and beyond Scotland, as well as the need to collaborate with industrial partners, in order that commercially-created datasets can be accessed and used. More data is required in order to fully model the changing coastline around Scotland and develop predictive models of site survival. Such work is crucial to understanding life in early prehistoric Scotland, and how the earliest communities responded to a changing environment. 3. Marine & Maritime Historic Landscapes: Scotland’s coastal and intertidal zones and maritime hinterland encompass in-shore islands, trans-continental shipping lanes, ports and harbours, and transport infrastructure to intertidal fish-traps, and define understanding and conceptualisation of the liminal zone between the land and the sea. Due to the pervasive nature of the Marine and Maritime historic landscape, a holistic approach should be taken that incorporates evidence from a variety of sources including commercial and research archaeology, local and national societies, off-shore and onshore commercial development; and including studies derived from, but not limited to history, ethnology, cultural studies, folklore and architecture and involving a wide range of recording techniques ranging from photography, laser imaging, and sonar survey through to more orthodox drawn survey and excavation. 4. Collaboration: As is implicit in all the above, multi-disciplinary, collaborative, and cross-sector approaches are essential in order to ensure the capacity to meet the research challenges of the marine and maritime historic environment. There is a need for collaboration across the heritage sector and beyond, into specific areas of industry, science and the arts. Methods of communication amongst the constituent research individuals, institutions and networks should be developed, and dissemination of research results promoted. The formation of research communities, especially virtual centres of excellence, should be encouraged in order to build capacity.
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Katzir, Nurit, James Giovannoni, and Joseph Burger. Genomic approach to the improvement of fruit quality in melon (Cucumis melo) and related cucurbit crops. United States Department of Agriculture, June 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2006.7587224.bard.
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Fruit quality is determined by numerous genetic traits that affect taste, aroma, texture, pigmentation, nutritional value and duration of shelf-life. The molecular basis of many of these important traits is poorly understood and it’s understanding offers an excellent opportunity for adding value to agricultural products. Improvement of melon fruit quality was the primary goal of the project. The original objectives of the project were: The isolation of a minimum of 1000 fruit specific ESTs. The development of a microarray of melon fruit ESTs. The analysis of gene expression in melon using melon and tomato fruit enriched microarrays. A comprehensive study of fruit gene expression of the major cucurbit crops. In our current project we have focused on the development of genomics tools for the enhancement of melon research with an emphasis on fruit, specifically the first public melon EST collection. We have also developed a database to relay this information to the research community and developed a publicly available microarray. The release of this information was one of the catalysts for the establishment of the International Cucurbit Genomic Initiative (ICuGI, Barcelona, Spain, July 2005) aimed at collecting and generating up to 100,000 melon EST sequences in 2006, leveraging a significant expansion of melon genomic resources. A total of 1000 ESTs were promised under the original proposal (Objective 1). Non-subtracted mature fruit and young fruit flesh of a climacteric variety in addition to a non-climacteric variety resulted in the majority of additional EST sequences for a total of 4800 attempted reads. 3731 high quality sequences from independent ESTs were assembled, representing 2,467 melon unigenes (1,873 singletons, 594 contigs). In comparison, as of June 2004, a total of 170 melon mRNA sequences had been deposited in GENBANK. The current project has thus resulted in nearly five- fold the number of ESTs promised and ca. 15-fold increase in the depth of publicly available melon gene sequences. All of these sequences have been deposited in GENBANK and are also available and searchable via multiple approaches in the public database (http://melon.bti.cornell.edu). Our database was selected as the central location for presentation of public melon EST data of the International Cucurbit Genomic Initiative. With the available unigenes we recently constructed a microarray, which was successfully applied in hybridizations (planned public release by August 2006). Current gene expression analyses focus on fruit development and on comparative studies between climacteric and non-climacteric melons. Earlier, expression profiling was conducted using macroarrays developed at the preliminary stage of the project. This analysis replaced the study of tomato microarray following the recommendations of the reviewers and the panel of the original project. Comparative study between melon and other cucurbit crops have begun, mainly with watermelon, in collaboration with Dr. Amnon Levi (USDA-ARS). In conclusion, all four objectives have been addressed and achieved. In the continuation project that have been approved we plan to apply the genomic tools developed here to achieve detailed functional analyses of genes associated with major metabolic pathway.