Acquisition Of Equipment Research Articles

Digital technologies: drivers of economic growth during COVID-19 pandemic

The article examines the drivers of economic growth in a difficult epidemiological situation. The problems of economic activity during this period are identified. It was revealed that cloud technologies, digital platforms and blockchain technologies can act as the main drivers of the growth of the pandemic economy. A comparative analysis of the level of development of digitalization processes in the Russian economy in comparison with other countries is presented. The main problems and threats to the development of the digitalization process in Russia are noted. It has been established that the digital economy in Russia is in its infancy – the main direction is the acquisition of equipment (computer and communication technology). Despite the measures taken by the state to launch digitalization processes in the domestic economy, Russian companies lag far behind foreign competitors in terms of the degree of implementation and use of digital technologies in their activities. In the current situation, it is necessary to continue state support for such areas as import substitution, the export of domestic digital products, and the creation of equal operating conditions for all IT companies.

An Infrastructural Survey on Biomedical Waste Management in Nashik City

Population of Nashik city is 2, 180,000. In this city 825 health care units, 10 corporation hospitals, 6 city health clinics, 4 mobile dispensaries are present. The figure is even more than this. Total numbers of beds are 6,200 and biomedical waste generated is about 2,500 kg/day. It is crucial to manage and treat biomedical waste generated from all health care units present in the city to avoid both health as well as environmental hazards. This analytical study has been conducted in the year of 2007-2008 intended to perceive Biomedical waste management practices implemented by various categories of hospitals from different zones of Nashik city. Total fifty seven hospitals was visited with pretested structured questionnaire. Data were analysed by using statistical Chi square ( χ2 ) test by using 2 x 2 contingency table. The study concludes that healthcare waste management should go beyond data compilation, enforcement of regulation and acquisition of better equipment.

An Infrastructural Survey On Biomedical Waste Management In Nashik City

Population of Nashik city is 2, 180,000. In this city 825 health care units, 10 corporation hospitals, 6 city health clinics, 4 mobile dispensaries are present. The figure is even more than this. Total numbers of beds are 6,200 and biomedical waste generated is about 2,500 kg/day. It is crucial to manage and treat biomedical waste generated from all health care units present in the city to avoid both health as well as environmental hazards. This analytical study has been conducted in the year of 2007-2008 intended to perceive Biomedical waste management practices implemented by various categories of hospitals from different zones of Nashik city. Total fifty seven hospitals was visited with pretested structured questionnaire. Data were analysed by using statistical Chi square ( χ2 ) test by using 2 x 2 contingency table. The study concludes that healthcare waste management should go beyond data compilation, enforcement of regulation and acquisition of better equipment.

A Capstone Acoustical Engineering Design course with industry-sponsored projects

One of the transitions that engineering students must make as they enter the work force is the progression from theoretical concepts to applied/real world applications. At the University of Hartford, engineering design courses serve as culminating experiences devised to bridge this passage. One such course, Acoustics Capstone Design, challenges the student to apply the past three years' conceptual base of two acoustics and two vibration courses to a problem-solving opportunity replete with actual scenarios encountered in industry. Each year local firms approach our Engineering Applications Center for assistance with a variety of sound or vibration problems. After an initial training period, students make use of the laboratory's FFT/real time analyzers, anechoic/reverberation chambers, sound intensity and modal analysis software, acoustic modeling software, and vibration shaker/transducers. Using a consultant-client model, students work collaboratively in teams of two defining the problem, developing a method of approach, making appropriate measurements, devising alternate solutions, and ultimately delivering a written and oral presentation at the end of the semester. The arrangement regularly results in employment offers for the graduating seniors. The paper discusses specific projects and some experiences students have had with their first industrial assignment, as well as creative means of equipment acquisition.

216 An Example for Establishing a Clinically Translational Innovation Lab at a University Setting

OBJECTIVES/GOALS: This poster shares a case study on how a group at The Johns Hopkins University formed a translational lab missioned to reinvent currently existing treatments for acute spinal cord injuries, implanting in humans within a five-year window. The poster showcases how a project funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has been implemented. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: The translational team; Holistic Electrical; ultrasonic and Physiological Interventions Unburdening those with Spinal cord injury• (HEPIUS) Lab is composed of many parts as listed below: neurosurgeons; engineers; radiologists; public health specialists; statisticians; patient advocates; ethicists; sonographers; researchers; academic collaborators; and specialized industry partners. Sometimes physically separated; the team has videoconferencing carts across locations to stay connected at every step in the process. The lab facilities were organized with several key facets in mind: research and development (R&D); prototyping; fabrication; verification; and validation (V&V); animal model testing; cadaveric testing accessibility; mock operating room for simulations; and collaboration hubs. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Due to communications with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), DARPA, patient advocates, ethicists, internal review boards, and other bodies, the team has a clear path towards clinical translation. The team has the following stages in progress or scheduled: manufacturing devices, benchtop testing, rat and pig models, biocompatibility testing, cadaveric testing, and clinical use. The lab space was designed to achieve these core functions. For rapid, in-house manufacturing, the lab has unique capabilities including 3D metal printing. For experiments, industry collaborations and equipment acquisitions enable the highest quality research. These technologies are assembled into diagnostic, therapeutic, testing, and manufacturing hubs to drive real change in the lives of many; the patient comes first. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: This laboratory, team, and system of operation is aimed to enable novel practices for the clinical translation of spinal cord medical solutions. For researchers interested in launching their own translational work, this poster may serve as a reference, example, and inspiration for similar hopeful university-centered hubs.

Philippine Development Response to Mitigate the COVID-19 Pandemic: A case study in Central Visayas

Policies play a crucial role in ensuring the welfare of a country's economy, its public health, and its social welfare safety nets in times of crisis. This article would like to identify the different policies employed by some of the ASEAN member countries, albeit heavily putting emphasis on Philippine's response to the pandemic. Countries have employed more or less identical policies as per standard protocol by the World Health Organization. However, policies that allowed for the capacitating of a country's facilities; such as but not limited to acquisition of equipments and more testing kits, and that of personnel are more effective in drastically slowing down the spread of the pandemic. The study has also found that there have been challenges, flaws, and certain difficulties to the implementation of policies. Most of the policies identified that target beneficiaries of identified vulnerable sectors are not sustainable. Some of the policies only aim to be band-aid (temporary) solutions , most of which only allowing at most two months of either financial assistance or in kind from the government, which is truly not enough to have outlasted a lockdown that lasted for almost 16 months. Finally, a draconic response or strong man policy has been found to have varying effects. It has also been found that such a response if misguided can lose its purpose and can be used as a means to crack down critics of a regime and those who are critical of its efficacy in its response to the pandemic.

Recovery and Recycling of Municipal Solid Waste in Kaduna Metropolis

This study examined challenges faced during resource recovery and recycling; and highlights factors promoting the usage of recycled products in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Questionnaires were administered to 131 respondents made up of waste pickers, retailers of recyclables and recyclers. Of the three groups involved in the study, waste pickers were the most likely to seek change in livelihood while retailers of recyclables and recyclers largely wanted to continue in their work. The challenges in resource recovery for waste pickers were numerous but the greatest was social stigma. The major challenges for recyclers were the lack of capital and the high cost of acquiring tools and equipment. Positive attitudes to products made from recyclables, the durability of the products, and their cheap prices are factors that promote increased usage of products made from recyclables. To tackle some of the challenges experienced by waste pickers, inhabitants should separate their waste appropriately before disposal. Subsidized means of transportation, increased access to capital and acquisition of modern tools and equipment would further increase resource recovery and recycling.

Tinjauan atas akuntansi aset tetap pada Kantor Pengawasan dan Pelayanan Bea dan Cukai Tipe Madya Cukai Malang

Fixed Assets are tangible assets that have a useful life of more than 12 (twelve) months to be used, or intended to be used, in government activities or utilized by the general public. This study aims to analyze the application of the Statement of Government Accounting Standards (SAP) Number 7 related to the practice of Accounting for Fixed Assets at the Office of Supervision and Service of Customs and Excise and Excise Malang. The application of accounting for property and equipment includes the classification and measurement of property, plant and equipment, treatment of property, plant and equipment after acquisition, presentation and disclosure of property, plant and equipment. This study examines the type of qualitative data, namely an explanation of fixed assets based on theories sourced from various literatures and interviews. And the data used are financial data and a number of reports regarding the recording of fixed assets carried out by KPPBC Types of Excise Madya Malang. Based on the results of the study indicate that the application of fixed asset accounting at the Office of Supervision and Customs and Excise Services of Madya Type Malang in general is in accordance with the statement of Government Accounting Standards (SAP) number 7 related to the practice of Fixed Assets Accounting, but the revaluation of fixed assets has not been fully implemented. in accordance with the statement of Government Accounting Standards (SAP) number 7.

Процессные модели развития триады подсистем лечебно-профилактических учреждений: управление, ресурсы, потенциал. Ресурсы

In modern conditions, an integrated approach is needed to the priority development of the material and technical base, namely in the aspect of the acquisition and supply of medical equipment. Being a part of organizational technology, the efficient operation of the medical equipment fleet contributes greatly to improving the quality of medical care.

Service-oriented industrial internet of things gateway for cloud manufacturing

• Proposed a generic system architecture of IIoT-supported cloud manufacturing as a strategic guideline for integrating IIoT technologies in a cloud manufacturing environment. • Proposed a service-oriented PnP IIoT gateway for efficient data acquisition, communication, query, analysis, and visualisation of manufacturing equipment. • Developed two generic service-oriented data schemas for machine tools and 3D printers that allow efficient data management and query for decision-making tasks in a cloud manufacturing platform. • Developed two practical PnP IIoT gateways for a 3D printer and a CNC machine tool that validate the feasibility of the proposed approach. Cloud manufacturing represents a service-oriented manufacturing paradigm that allows ubiquitous and on-demand access to various customisable manufacturing services in the cloud. While a vast amount of research in cloud manufacturing has focused on high-level decision-making tasks, such as service composition and scheduling, the link between field-level manufacturing data and the cloud manufacturing platform has not been well established. Efficient data acquisition, communication, storage, query, and analysis of field-level manufacturing equipment remain a significant challenge that hinders the development of cloud manufacturing systems. Therefore, this paper investigates the implementation of the emerging Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technologies in a cloud manufacturing system to address this challenge. We propose a service-oriented plug-and-play (PnP) IIoT gateway solution based on a generic system architecture of IIoT-supported cloud manufacturing system. Service-oriented data schemas for manufacturing equipment are developed to capture just-enough information about field-level manufacturing equipment and allow efficient data storage and query in a cloud time-series database (TSDB). We tested the feasibility and advantages of the proposed approach via the practical implementation of the IIoT gateways on a 3D printer and a machine tool. Our research suggests that purposely developed service-oriented data schemas that capture the essential information for high-level cloud manufacturing decision-making via PnP IIoT technologies are a good solution for connecting field-level manufacturing equipment to a cloud manufacturing platform.

INFLUENCE OF WORKPLACE DESIGN ON EMPLOYEE QUALITY OF WORK IN SELECTED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN LAGOS STATE

This study examined the influence of workplace design on employee quality of work in the selected tertiary institutions in Lagos State. Lecturers, students and other employees have depicted conflicting opinions and reactions as to the physical designs of their workplace and how the designs affect the quality of their work. Personal interview with some staff and students of Lagos State University (LASU) showed that, like other survey in literature, while some believe the workplace design does put the employee into consideration, others, especially the students, feel it affect their performance negatively as their workstation look shameful to them. The study aimed to examine how ergo-friendly workplace designs influence employee work time delivery and if consideration for employees’ input in the acquisition of equipment and furniture influence the employee quality of work in selected higher institutions Lagos State. The study adopted a survey research design. The population of the study comprised of academic staff in four tertiary institutions in Lagos State, this result in a total population of two thousand two hundred and eighty (2280). The study used Yamane (1967) formula to derive a sample size of three hundred and fifty (350) from the population. The study adopted a random sampling technique in selecting the sample from the population. The reliability of the research instrument was assessed using the Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient while the validity was assessed using content and face validities. The study found that, amongst others, there is a moderate positive relationship between employees’ inputs in the acquisition of equipment and employee quality of work (R = 0.608); this implies that as the employees’ opinions and contributions are sought and utilised, employees’ quality of work improves. It was concluded that ergo-friendly workplace designs are essential factors in improving employees work time delivery and, therefore, recommended that management of tertiary institutions should make workplace environment more ergo-friendly as this has shown to have a significant effect on work time delivery of staff.

Implementing a Surgical Smoke Evacuation Policy and Procedure: A Quality Improvement Project.

Energy-generating surgical devices (eg, electrosurgical units, lasers) produce surgical smoke that can cause negative health effects in exposed individuals. In 2019, a review of nursing documentation at an urban teaching hospital revealed that personnel were properly evacuating surgical smoke during less than 0.5% of applicable procedures. To address the noncompliance and reduce exposure to surgical smoke, an interdisciplinary team initiated a quality improvement project to implement a surgical smoke evacuation policy for all smoke-generating procedures. The project included creation and implementation of a smoke evacuation policy, staff member education on the hazards of surgical smoke and proper evacuation device use, and acquisition of the proper smoke evacuation equipment. After instituting the policy in June 2020, results of a three-month chart audit showed that there was nursing documentation confirming personnel used energy-generating devices and the corresponding surgical smoke evacuation devices during 664 of 2,224 procedures, for a compliance rate of 30%.

Sequencing the waste: when rehandling can be a feasible option to open pit mines

ABSTRACT Mining waste management is progressively gathering attention as current waste disposal practices may cause substantial environmental impact. This study aims to evaluate a waste sequencing method, called Multi Stage Dumping Sequencing (MSDS), using a commercial sequencing software in a hypothetical copper deposit. This method uses temporary waste dumps (TWD) in the earlier stages of a mining project to reduce operational costs during this period, followed by a planned TWD rehandling schedule to a final destination. In this study, the method demonstrated the potential to reduce up to 39% of equipment acquisition investments in the first years of the operation.

The Cost-Effectiveness of Robotic-Assisted Versus Manual Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Markov Model-Based Evaluation.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the cost-effectiveness of robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (TKA) versus conventional manual TKA in patients with knee osteoarthritis. A Markov model simulated the lifetime outcomes of TKA of patients at average age 60 years. Costs of robotic-assisted TKA included a preoperative CT scan and the costs for acquisition and use of robotic equipment (average $706,250). We used three institutional case volumes to generate average per-case robotic costs: low volume (10 cases, $71,025 per case), mid volume (100 cases, $7,463 per case), and high volume (200 cases, $3,931 per case). Systematic reviews were used to determine early (≤1 year) and late (> 1 year) revision rates after robotic-assisted TKA (0.3 and 0.6%, respectively) and conventional TKA (0.78% and 1.5%, respectively). Outcomes were total costs and health outcomes measured in quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). Costs and QALYs were organized into incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs). A procedure was considered cost-effective if its ICER fell below willingness-to-pay (WTP) thresholds of $50,000 and $100,000/QALY. Sensitivity analyses evaluated the effect of data uncertainty. Robotic-assisted TKA produced 13.55 QALYs versus 13.29 QALYs for conventional TKA. Total costs per case for robotic-assisted TKA were $92,823 (low volume), $29,261 (mid volume), and $25,730 (high volume) compared with $25,113 for conventional. The ICERs for robotic-assisted TKAs were $256,055/QALY (low volume), $15,685/QALY (mid volume), and $2,331/QALY (high volume). ICERs for mid- and high-volume institutions were below WTP. Average number needed to treat was >42 and >24 robotic-assisted TKAs for cost-effectiveness at the $50,000 and $100,000/QALY WTP. Robotic-assisted TKAs remained cost-effective when annual revision rates <1.6% and quality of life values were >0.85. With lower annualized revision rates and higher postoperative quality of life, robotic-assisted TKAs potentially offer improved health outcomes, especially when annual institutional case volume >24 cases per year. Continued prospective investigation will be crucial to demonstrate the value of this new technology.

Graduate Medical Education Can Be an Impetus for Behavior Changes in Physicians in Practice: Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Faculty Development Intervention in Anesthesiology.

While there is growing evidence to suggest that point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) may aid in clinical decision-making in the perioperative setting and there are new requirements that anesthesiology residents must be trained in POCUS, few practicing anesthesiologists use POCUS in their practice. The goal of this investigation is to determine whether a multifaceted faculty development program helps a group of faculty members incorporate POCUS into their practice. This intervention had five parts: (1) online prework, (2) 2-day workshop, (3) follow-up hands-on sessions, (4) regular communication, and (5) equipment acquisition. This is a pretest/posttest, single group, observational study where the main outcome measure is the number of POCUS examinations documented and the number of providers who performed at least one examination. In addition, presurveys and postsurveys were administered to determine whether there was a change in confidence and self-reported use of POCUS. The number of examinations completed and the number of providers completing examinations by month both seemed to increase over time between May 2017 and October 2018. Between August 2017 and October 2018, the number of examinations completed per month increased by a rate of approximately one examination per month (starting with one examination in May 2017) and the number of providers completing examinations increased by a rate of approximately 0.61 providers per month (staring with one provider in May 2017). This study shows that an intervention that targets interested faculty can increase the use of POCUS in practice and residents' perceptions of teaching.

Comparative Evaluation of Fleet Management Software in the Greek Construction Industry

Nowadays, construction companies are facing multiple difficulties on how properly and effectively manage their fleet of construction equipment. Fleet management (FM) is a feature that allows companies to avoid or minimize the risks associated with investing in equipment, efficiency, productivity, overall transportation costs, impartial compliance in legislation. FM can include a variety of functions such as equipment acquisition, maintenance, licensing, accident management, replacement, equipment tracking, health and safety management, and many others. Internationally, there have been developed many Fleet Management Software (FMS) that offer a company with several functionalities. In this research the functions of the most globally used FMS are analysed and evaluated according to their qualitative characteristics. A questionnaire was distributed among significant large construction companies and public construction institutions in Greece, in order to evaluate those characteristics. This allowed to identify their extent of use and to highlight the most important abilities that the users desire. Finally, these characteristics were ranked using the Relative Importance Weight (RIW). By this hierarchy process users’ needs are revealed, and further areas of software development are enlightened.

Análise de viabilidade para implantação de cura com CO2 em uma indústria de blocos de concreto na região de São Paulo

abstract: The project feasibility analysis determines whether the project should be carried out from different spheres: strategic, technical, operational, legal, economic-financial, environmental, marketing, political, fiscal, location, among others. These are not excluding analyzes, all aspects must be assessed before implementing a new project or new process. This work will focus on the analysis of the technical feasibility of the innovative project to implement carbonation curing in a concrete block factory in the region of São Paulo. An overview of the CO2 curing process and changing needs is presented, including identifying local CO2 sources and delivering cost, gas consumption for chamber saturation, estimation of CO2 uptake by masonry units during curing, estimation of consumption and monthly cost of CO2, curing chamber changes needs, new equipment acquisition, estimation of cost for retrofit and new installations, potential best definitions on optimal temperature, humidity, and CO2 concentration. International succeeded cases are presented. The study concludes that the technology can be easily implemented in the region, with few changes on a plant production process and on the curing chamber. There would be an increase of 4% to 14% on the block cost depending on the distance to the CO2 supplier. Considering the Brazilian production of concrete blocks, up to 168,780 tons of CO2 per year can be sequestered, this value is equivalent to the CO2 sequestered by 21,100 trees.

Resource Depletion Risk for Medical Equipment: Embracing the Circular Economy.

Resource Depletion Risk for Medical Equipment: Embracing the Circular Economy.

Urological Endoscopy: Results of the First 15 Months, in Kara (Togo)

Background: The urology department of the Teaching Hospital of Kara is the 2nd urology department in Togo, Kara being a semi-urban town located 400 km from Lomé the capital. While for a long time only open surgery was used, the acquisition of urological endoscopic equipment in February 2021, has revolutionized the urological management of patients. Objective: Report the results of the first 15 months of urological endoscopy practice at the Kara Teaching Hospital, identify the particularities, announce the prospects. Patients and Methods. This was a retrospective and descriptive study, which took place in the urology department of the Kara Teaching Hospital, from February 2021 to April 2022, i.e. a period of 15 months. The register of operative reports and patient records were used for data collection. The following parameters were studied: age, sex, diagnosis, indication, diagnostic or therapeutic nature of the procedure, and results. EPI INFO 7.2.4.0 software was used for data analysis. Results: A total of 102 urological procedures (endoscopic and non-endoscopic) were performed during the study period; of the 102 interventions, 62 were endoscopic urological interventions, i.e., 60.7% of the interventions. The average age of patients treated was 55.5 years (±16.4) with extremes ranging from 28 to 87 years. Men accounted for 84% of patients treated. Prostatic hypertrophy was the most common urological pathology in our study, requiring endoscopic intervention in 40% of cases. Transurethral resection of the prostate was the most performed endoscopic procedure in our study with 43.5% of cases. The various endoscopic interventions resulted in success in 96.7% of cases. Conclusion: Urology nowadays cannot be done without endoscopy. At the Kara Teaching Hospital, the results are already promising after less than 24 months of endoscopic practice in urology. Advocacy must be made to political decision-makers, so that the situation is even better, for the good of both urologists and patients.

Effects of innovative effort on different components of productivity: Evidence for the Colombian manufacturing industry

This document focuses on estimating the effect of innovative effort on productivity when it is disaggregated in terms of productive technical efficiency and other components associated with demand and unit input costs. These components are developed and estimated from panel data. I show that demand characteristics are the elements where the innovative effort affects in greater proportion. Thus, if the objective is to increase physical productivity, a strategy would be to increase by 1% amounts invested in internal R& D, technology transfer, and technical assistance, and consulting. Thus, the physical productivity (TFPQ, as named in productivity studies) would increase between 0.04% and 0.07%. The increase of amounts in the marketing of innovations, internal R & D, and the technical assistance, and consulting would increase the characteristics of demand between 0.40% and 0.43%; finally, increasing the acquisition of machinery and equipment by 1% for the promotion of innovation would generate a reduction in input costs between 0.07% and 0.05%. These results will be analyzed from the annual manufacturing survey (EAM, as it is named in Colombia) between 2003 and 2012 and the surveys of innovation and technological development for the manufacturing industry (EDIT, as it is named in Colombia) provided by the DANE between 2008 and 2012.