Browsing by Subject "Quality"
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Analysis of the Quality of Reporting of Randomized Controlled Trials in Acute and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, and Myelodysplastic Syndromes as Governed by the CONSORT Statement
(2009)PURPOSE: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the best tool to evaluate the effectiveness of clinical interventions. The CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) statement is an evidence-based approach to ... -
Application of Modified Atmosphere Packaging and Active/Smart Technologies to Red Meat and Poultry: A Review
(2012)This paper reviews the current advances in modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) of red meat and poultry products. This type of packaging results in shelf-life prolongation by inhibiting microbial growth and promoting oxidative ... -
Applications of Informatics in a Leonardo da Vinci project with reference to the organic farming in Greece and Europe
(2011)The market of organic products in Europe is generally expanding. The organic food production has been strictly regulated in the European Union. Particular competence requirements need to be developed not only to achieve ... -
Assessing the Quality of Reporting of Observational Studies in Cancer
(2010)PURPOSE: The vast majority of epidemiological studies in cancer are observational. However, inadequate reporting of the published observational studies (OS) may restrict the generalizability and credibility of study results. ... -
A case study of investigating reliability and maintainability in a Greek juice bottling medium size enterprise (MSE)
(2009)The reliability and maintainability analysis of an automated mechanical equipment of juice bottling industry for a period of forty-five months at machine, workstation and entire line level was made. The descriptive statistics ... -
Changes in cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) and lactat e dehydrogenase (LDH) enzyme activity of the white epaxial muscle tissue of sea bass (dicentrarchus labrax l.) As shelf-life predictive indices during ICE-storage
(2010)Fish freshness can be evaluated by sensory, physical and biochemical parameters. The purpose of the present work was to evaluate the potential utilisation of enzyme activity changes as indicators of shelf life in ice-stored ... -
Disrupting 'development' as the quality/equity discourse: Cyborgs and subalterns in school technoscience
(2011)Discourses of 'development' as the achievement of rationality are still predominant in current curricula reforms in education. Specifically, in mathematics education, technology-mediated teaching is assumed a means for ... -
The effect of partial dehydration on the quality and composition of plain-leaf, curly-leaf and turnip-rooted parsley during storage
(2014)Quality characteristics of partially dehydrated parsley were examined. Although the leaves of plain-leaf, curly-leaf and turnip-rooted parsley stored at 2 or 7°C for 40 days lost up to 80% fresh weight (FW), chlorophyll ... -
Fresh consumption tomato performance of a local landrace and derived lines
(2002)A local tomato landrace was collected and described. Three lines selected from this base material named 'Local green', 'Local white' and 'Local heartshape' were evaluated for fresh tomato field performance during 1998 and ... -
High pressure processing at ultra-low temperatures: Inactivation of foodborne bacterial pathogens and quality changes in frozen fish fillets
(2021)High pressure processing (HPP) at ultra-low temperatures was conducted against Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enterica in frozen pink salmon fillets. Quality changes, such as drip loss, color and odor attributes ... -
Honey antibacterial activity: A neglected aspect of honey quality assurance as functional food
(2021)Background: Honey is considered as a functional food with health-promoting properties. Its potent antibacterial and antibiofilm effects are the major attributes of so called ‘medical-grade honey’ which is topically used ... -
Implementation of total productive maintenance in food industry: A case study
(2007)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to adopt the total productive maintenance (TPM) in the food industry and especially in bakery products. The paper aims to develop a methodology for increasing production rate, improving ... -
Implementing a system to evaluate quality assurance in rehabilitation in Greece
(2015)Background: Use of a widely accepted quality assurance tool is an essential procedure of effective and result-oriented quality management in the rehabilitation sector, and generally in health care and social services, but ... -
Quality assessment systems in rehabilitation services for people with a disability in Greece: A critical review
(2013)Background: Despite international interest on quality assessment systems (QAS) and their importance in health care accreditation, implementation of a Rehabilitation Services Quality Measurement System still remains a ... -
Quantitative analysis for peach production line management
(2011)The quantitative analysis, including reliability and maintainability which are of the fundamental issues for the operation management of an automated peach production line, was developed. Descriptive statistics of all the ... -
Reliability and maintainability analysis of cheese (feta) production line in a Greek medium-size company: A case study
(2009)Reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) analysis of the cheese production line over a period of 17 months was investigated. The best fit of the failure and repair data between the common theoretical distributions ... -
The reporting quality of studies investigating the diagnostic accuracy of anti-CCP antibody in rheumatoid arthritis and its impact on diagnostic estimates
(2012)Background: Recently anti-CCP testing has become popular in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the inadequate reporting of the relevant diagnostic studies may overestimate and bias the results, directing ... -
A robust methodology for optimizing the topology and the learning parameters of an ANN for accurate predictions of laser-cut edges surface roughness
(2022)The Feed-Forward and Backpropagation Artificial Neural Networks (FFBP-ANN) are generally employed for cut surfaces quality characteristics predictions. However, the determination of the neurons on the hidden layer and the ...