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Qualitative Methods In Quantum Theory
by MigdalThis unique book, written by a leading Soviet theorist, is not a textbook of quantum mechanics but rather a compendium of the "tricks of the trade"-the methods that all practicing theoretical physicists use but few have set down in writing.
Qualitative Research
by David SilvermanThis hugely successful textbook has been fully updated and revised to make it even more accessible and comprehensive than previous editions. New chapters have been added on a range of key topics, including grounded theory, research ethics and systematic review. This book draws on a stellar list of leading qualitative researchers, each of whom is writing on their own specialized area in qualitative research, but doing so in a way that is clear and accessible to students and those new to the field of qualitative methods. All chapters also have added features - such as internet links, questions for readers and recommended readings. Alongside its engaging and accessible style, these new features make Qualitative Research the ideal textbook for all students working within this field. This is a comprehensive and accessible first text on qualitative methods that boasts a who's who of leading qualitative methodologists and is a must-have book for any student involved in doing research.
Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach (Third Edition)
by Joseph A. MaxwellQualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach, Third Edition provides researchers and students with a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. Joseph A. Maxwell shows how the components of design interact with each other, and provides a strategy for creating coherent and workable relationships among these design components, highlighting key design issues. Written in an informal, jargon-free style, the book incorporates examples and hands-on exercises. "This book uses everyday language that will captivate students' attention and embed practical knowledge to supplement the technical. " --Gaetane Jean-Marie, University of Oklahoma "The key strengths of the text are the passion and the enthusiasm that Dr. Maxwell has for qualitative research after all these years. I feel I can also utilize these concepts on my own research team and take them out of the classroom and into research team meetings with colleagues. " --Deborah Gioia, University of Maryland, Baltimore "I really liked this book. I found myself taking notes and saying "yes" so many times because Maxwell captures the research process so well and provides many points worth quoting. As a faculty mentor, I particularly see the value of this book for my students who are conducting qualitative dissertations. " --Mary S. Enright, Capella University "The text is incredibly engaging and practical. . . So many of the issues raised in the book are central to qualitative research, yet often not explicitly discussed in 'public' venues. " - David Carlone, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro "I particularly like the interactive focus and believe that helps students to more realistically engage qualitative research design. It certainly lives up to its billing as a good guidebook, and I appreciate the fact that the author really concentrates on useful content, exercises, insights, and examples, and leaves extensive theory discussions to others. " - Sharon L. Caudle, Texas A & M University
Qualitative Research in Education: Focus and Methods
by Robert R. Sherman Rodman B. WebbQualitative research has had a thorough-going and controversial impact on the field of educational research, both generally and specifically. Qualitative approaches have colonised, or have been colonised by, almost all theoretical varieties of educational research. Such variation and varigation is evidenced and documented in this volume. But this kind of enthusiastic development and take up has its dangers and problems. The potential of qualitative methods can be blunted or distorted by the cavalier abandonment of first principles or disregard for techniques or rigour. In this collection of papers a careful and systematic review is provided of the current possibilities and necessities of good qualitative research.
Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences, Eighth Edition
by Bruce L. Berg Howard LuneThis text shows novice researchers how to design, collect, and analyze qualitative data and then present their results to the scientific community. The book stresses the importance of ethics in research and taking the time to properly design and think through any research endeavor.
Qualitative Theory in Structural Mechanics: Qualitative Properties and Existence of Solutions
by Dajun Wang Qishen Wang Beichang (Bert) HeThis book focuses on the qualitative theory in structural mechanics, an area that remains underdeveloped. The qualitative theory mainly deals with the static deformation and vibrational modes of linear elastic structures, and cover subjects such as qualitative properties and the existence of solutions.Qualitative properties belong to one type of structure, are at the system level and of clear regularity, and often result from analytical derivation and logical reasoning. As for the existence of solutions, it addresses a fundamental issue in structural mechanics, and has far-reaching implications for engineering applications.A better understanding of qualitative properties can assist in both numerical computation and experimental studies. It also promotes the development of better dynamic designs for structures. At the same time, a sound grasp of the existence of solutions and related subjects can aid in quantitative analysis, and help researchers establish the theoretical background essential to their work. This book is among the few that is dedicated exclusively to the qualitative theory in structural mechanics and systematically introduces the important and challenging area to a wide audience, including graduate students in engineering.
Qualitätskontrolle in der TCM: Chinesische Heilpflanzen auf dem Prüfstand
by Alexandra-Friederike von Trotha Oliver Johannes SchmitzDie Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin (TCM) und die Verwendung chinesischer Arzneidrogen und ihre Zubereitungen erfreuen sich hierzulande als Alternative zur Schulmedizin immer größerer Beliebtheit Um die Sicherheit, Wirksamkeit und konstant hochwertige Qualität der Arzneien für Patienten zu gewährleisten ist eine Qualitätskontrolle unerlässlich. Das Buch führt im Grundlagenteil in die Geschichte und Philosophie der TCM ein, zeigt die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung von Heilpflanzen, erklärt die Wirkung der Vorbehandlungsmethoden (Paozhi-Verfahren) und vor allem die Gefahren der unreflektierten Einnahme. Der größere Teil widmet sich den Gründen und Methoden einer vernünftigen Qualitätskontrolle von chinesischen Heilpflanzen. Unter anderem werden wichtige Themen wie Toxizität, mögliche Belastungen mit Pestiziden, Schwermetallen oder Mykotoxine diskutiert. Nur weil ein Produkt natürlichen Ursprungs ist, darf kein Rückschluss auf kein Gefährdungspotenzial geschlossen werden. Das Buch richtet sich an naturheilkundlich tätige Ärzte, Pharmazeuten, Apotheker und an Heilpflanzen interessierte Personen.
Qualitätskontrolle von Impfstoffen (essentials)
by Patric U. VogelIn diesem Buch wird die Qualitätskontrolle von Impfstoffen dargestellt. Hierzu zählen neben der Durchführung von analytischen Prüfungen verschiedenste qualitätsrelevante Aufgaben, z.B. die Festlegung von Qualitätsanforderungen, die Analyse von unerwarteten Ergebnissen oder Stabilitätsuntersuchungen, die die Qualitätskontroll-Einheit erfüllen muss. Die Abläufe sind hochreguliert und dienen der Patientensicherheit. Es gibt aber auch Beispiele, bei denen trotz erfolgreicher Qualitätskontrolle Qualitätsmängel möglich sind, die Schaden verursachen können.
Qualitätssicherung in der Analytischen Chemie: Anwendungen in der Umwelt-, Lebensmittel9;- und Werkstoffanalytik, Biotechnologie und Medizintechnik
by Werner Funk Vera Dammann Gerhild DonnevertEin Nachweis der Verlasslichkeit analytischer Daten ist nur mit entsprechenden Qualitatssicherungsma?nahmen moglich. Dies gilt fur die Umwelt- oder Lebensmitteluberwachung, die Werkstoffanalytik, aber auch die Bioanalytik in der biotechnologischen Industrie oder im medizinischen Bereich (In-vitro-Diagnostik, Point-of-Care-Testing). Die Autoren stellen dafur ein bewahrtes, durchgangiges Konzept vor, das auf statistischen Methoden beruht und von der Entwicklung einer analytischen Methode bis zu ihrer routinema?igen Anwendung reicht. Die zweite, komplett uberarbeitete Auflage enthalt neue Kapitel, unter anderem zu dem aktuellen Thema "Me?unsicherheit" und wird durch eine CD mit praktischen Rechenbeispielen abgerundet. Bezuglich der einschlagigen Normung reprasentiert das Buch den neuesten Stand. Rezensenten urteilen uber dieses Buch: Laborleiter oder Behordenvertreter finden eine verla?liche Anleitung und Nachschlagequelle. Daruber hinaus ist das Buch ein Lehr- und Ubungsbuch fur alle im Labor Tatigen. (Chemische Rundschau) Als Autoren konnten ausgewiesene Fachleute dieses Gebietes gewonnen werden. Das inzwischen fur jedes analytische Labor unverzichtbare Konzept der Qualitatssicherung wird anhand von 4 Phasen behandelt ... Didaktisch besonders geschickt sind die zahlreichen "durchgerechneten" Beispiele mit Zwischenergebnissen, Tabellen und Checklisten. Es handelt sich um eine unentbehrliche Informationsquelle, die gerade unter dem Gesichtspunkt der "guten Laborpraxis" (GLP) in jede analytische Bibliothek gehort. (Klinisches Labor) Das Buch ist ubersichtlich angelegt und stellt fur den Analytiker eine verla?liche Anleitung und Nachschlagequelle zur Qualitatssicherung dar. Daruber hinaus eignet es sich fur alle im analytischen Labor Tatigen als ein Lehr- und Ubungsbuch. (Die Nahrung -- Food) Jeder Analytiker mu? sich mit den Methoden der Qualitatssicherung beschaftigen. Das vorliegende Lehr- und Ubungsbuch kann ihm dabei eine wertvolle Hilfe sein. (Archiv fur Kriminologie)
Quality and GMP Auditing: Clear and Simple
by James L. VesperThis guidebook provides proven methods and techniques for performing effective audits that serve your department, your company, and you. Topics covered relate to the four key competencies essential for successful GMP audits. Includes the rationale for auditing as an important quality tool, along with the audit cycle, broken into five distinct phase
Quality and Preservation of Fruits
by N. A. EskinThis book discusses the agronomic factors affecting the quality of major fruits grown in North America, as well as the storage and processing of these crops. Quality factors discussed include appearance, texture, flavor, and nutritional quality. Fruits covered include oranges, grapefruit, lemons, grapes, apples, peaches, nectarines, plums, strawberries, pears, and cherries. Quality and Preservation of Fruits is a detailed reference resource for researchers and teachers in horticulture and food science.
Quality and Reliability in Analytical Chemistry (Analytical Chemistry)
by George E. Baiulescu Raluca-Ioana Stefan Hassan Y. Aboul-EneinQuality and reliability are central to success in every discipline, but perhaps nowhere are they more important or more interconnected than in the practice of analytical chemistry. Here, although reliable analytical information implies quality, not all "quality" information proves reliable.Quality and Reliability in Analytical Chemistry examine
Quality and Safety in Radiotherapy (Imaging in Medical Diagnosis and Therapy)
by Todd Pawlicki Peter B. Dunscombe Arno J. Mundt Pierre ScallietThe first text to focus solely on quality and safety in radiotherapy, this work encompasses not only traditional, more technically oriented, quality assurance activities, but also general approaches of quality and safety. It includes contributions from experts both inside and outside the field to present a global view. The task of assuring quality
Quality Assurance and Quality Control in the Analytical Chemical Laboratory: A Practical Approach, Second Edition (Analytical Chemistry)
by Piotr Konieczka Jacek NamiesnikThe second edition defines the tools used in QA/QC, especially the application of statistical tools during analytical data treatment. Clearly written and logically organized, it takes a generic approach applicable to any field of analysis. The authors begin with the theory behind quality control systems, then detail validation parameter measurements, the use of statistical tests, counting the margin of error, uncertainty estimation, traceability, reference materials, proficiency tests, and method validation. New chapters cover internal quality control and equivalence method, changes in the regulatory environment are reflected throughout, and many new examples have been added to the second edition.
Quality Assurance in the Pathology Laboratory: Forensic, Technical, and Ethical Aspects
by Maciej J. BoguszQuality refers to the amount of the unpriced attributes contained in each unit of the priced attribute.Leffler, 1982Quality is neither mind nor matter, but a third entity independent of the two, even though Quality cannot be defined, you know what it is.Pirsig, 2000The continuous formulation of good practices and procedures across fields reflects t
Quality Assurance of Aquatic Foods
by G. Jeyasekaran R. Jeya ShakilaThis book deals with the quality and safety of aquatic food. It focuses clearly on biological and chemical hazards, antibiotic and pesticide residues, and heavy metal contaminants associated with aquatic food. The quality problems in various aquatic food products and their methods of assessment are exhaustively dealt in this book. Besides, food quality management systems like HACCP, SSOP, SCP, GHP, GMP have also been explained for easy adoption. The International and National Standards prescribed by FSSAI, EIC, BIS, Codex, USFDA, ISO and EU for aquatic food products are explicitly given. It is also useful to the personnel of aquatic food industries to improve their working knowledge on maintaining the quality and safety aquatic foods. Note: T& F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Quality Assurance of Chemical Measurements
by John K. TaylorThis definitive new book should appeal to everyone who produces, uses, or evaluates scientific data. Ensures accuracy and reliability. Dr. Taylor's book provides guidance for the development and implementation of a credible quality assurance program, plus it also provides chemists and clinical chemists, medical and chemical researchers, and all scientists and managers the ideal means to ensure accurate and reliable work. Chapters are presented in a logical progression, starting with the concept of quality assurance, principles of good measurement, principles of quality assurance, and evaluation of measurement quality. Each chapter has a degree of independence so that it may be consulted separately from the others.
Quality Assured Measurement: Unification across Social and Physical Sciences (Springer Series in Measurement Science and Technology)
by Leslie PendrillThis book presents a general and comprehensive framework for the assurance of quality in measurements. Written by a foremost expert in the field, the text reflects an on-going international effort to extend traditional quality assured measurement, rooted in fundamental physics and the SI, to include non-physical areas such as person-centred care and the social sciences more generally. Chapter by chapter, the book follows the measurement quality assurance loop, based on Deming’s work. The author enhances this quality assurance cycle with insights from recent research, including work on the politics and philosophy of metrology, the new SI, quantitative and qualitative scales and entropy, decision risks and uncertainty when addressing human challenges, Man as a Measurement Instrument, and Psychometry and Person-centred care. Quality Assured Measurement: Unification across Social and Physical Sciences provides students and researchers in physics, chemistry, engineering, medicine and the social sciences with practical guidance on designing, implementing and applying a quality-assured measurement while engaging readers in the most novel and expansive areas of contemporary measurement research.
Quality by Design for Biopharmaceutical Drug Product Development
by Feroz Jameel Susan Hershenson Mansoor A. Khan Sheryl Martin-MoeThis volume explores the application of Quality by Design (QbD) to biopharmaceutical drug product development. Twenty-eight comprehensive chapters cover dosage forms, liquid and lyophilized drug products. The introductory chapters of this book define key elements of QbD and examine how these elements are integrated into drug product development. These chapters also discuss lessons learned from the FDA Office of Biotechnology Products pilot program. Following chapters demonstrate how QbD is used for formulation development ranging from screening of formulations to developability assessment to development of lyophilized and liquid formats. The next few chapters study the use of small-scale and surrogate models as well as QbD application to drug product processes such as drug substance freezing and thawing, mixing, sterile filtration, filling, lyophilization, inspection and shipping and handling. Later chapters describe more specialized applications of QbD in the drug product realm. This includes the use of QbD in primary containers, devices and combination product development. The volume also explores QbD applied to vaccine development, automation, mathematical modeling and monitoring, and controlling processes and defining control strategies. It concludes with a discussion on the application of QbD to drug product technology transfer as well as overall regulatory considerations and lifecycle management. Quality by Design for Biopharmaceutical Drug Product Development is an authoritative resource for scientists and researchers interested in expanding their knowledge on QbD principles and uses in creating better drugs.
Quality by Design for Biopharmaceuticals: Principles and Case Studies (Wiley Series in Biotechnology and Bioengineering #1)
by Anurag S. Rathore Rohin MhatreThe concepts, applications, and practical issues of Quality by Design Quality by Design (QbD) is a new framework currently being implemented by the FDA, as well as EU and Japanese regulatory agencies, to ensure better understanding of the process so as to yield a consistent and high-quality pharmaceutical product. QbD breaks from past approaches in assuming that drug quality cannot be tested into products; rather, it must be built into every step of the product creation process. Quality by Design: Perspectives and Case Studies presents the first systematic approach to QbD in the biotech industry. A comprehensive resource, it combines an in-depth explanation of basic concepts with real-life case studies that illustrate the practical aspects of QbD implementation. In this single source, leading authorities from the biotechnology industry and the FDA discuss such topics as: The understanding and development of the product's critical quality attributes (CQA) Development of the design space for a manufacturing process How to employ QbD to design a formulation process Raw material analysis and control strategy for QbD Process Analytical Technology (PAT) and how it relates to QbD Relevant PAT tools and applications for the pharmaceutical industry The uses of risk assessment and management in QbD Filing QbD information in regulatory documents The application of multivariate data analysis (MVDA) to QbD Filled with vivid case studies that illustrate QbD at work in companies today, Quality by Design is a core reference for scientists in the biopharmaceutical industry, regulatory agencies, and students.
Quality Control and Regulatory Aspects for Biologicals: Regulations and Best Practices
by Gauri MisraThis book serves as a comprehensive guide on quality control and regulatory aspects for biological products. It covers a wide range of topics, including regulatory requirements, quality control strategies, analytical methods, and risk management. It delves into the advantages and limitations of in vivo tests and discusses alternative methods that can be employed. The book explores the use of animal-based testing methods in quality control and examines viable alternatives.Key Features: Reviews various scientific and regulatory aspects involved in the quality control of biologicals Provides an overview of the roles of various national and international regulatory bodies and accreditation agencies Presents advanced analytical methods, innovative technologies, and the integration of molecular diagnostics in quality control processes Explores the use of animal-based testing methods in quality control, as well as their alternatives Discusses guidelines and methodologies involved in the development of biological products Overall, this book is an important reference source for various professionals in the pharmaceutical industry, including researchers, scientists, quality control personnel, and regulatory affairs professionals.
Quality Control of Chinese Medicines: Strategies and Methods
by Jing Zhao Shaoping LiThis book focuses on the strategies and methods for quality control of Chinese medicines used in prevention and treatment of diseases for thousands of years in China and East Asia. It explains various strategies and methods for quality markers discovery and herbal glycoanalysis, as well as practices for control of heavy metal and pesticide residues. Strategies to overcome the shortage of reference compounds for quality control of Chinese medicines are also provided. The book also introduces analytical techniques for different analytes in Chinese medicines with an emphasis on sample preparation in automation and high extraction efficiency methods, the key process affecting the time and accuracy of the techniques. It is of interest to quality control scientists in academia and industry working on Chinese medicines and/or herbal medicine and also pharmacists, pharmacologists, food chemists, and nutritionists who want to understand Chinese medicines.
Quality Control Training Manual: Comprehensive Training Guide for API, Finished Pharmaceutical and Biotechnologies Laboratories
by Syed Imtiaz Haider Syed Erfan AsifWritten to help companies comply with GMP, GLP, and validation requirements imposed by the FDA and regulatory bodies worldwide, Quality Control Training Manual: Comprehensive Training Guide for API, Finished Pharmaceutical and Biotechnologies Laboratories presents cost-effective training courses that cover how to apply advances in the life sciences to produce commercially viable biotech products and services in terms of quality, safety, and efficacy. This book and its accompanying downloadable resources comprise detailed text, summaries, test papers, and answers to test papers, providing an administrative solution for management. Provides the FDA, Health Canada, WHO, and EMEA guidelines directly applicable to pharmaceutical laboratory-related issues Offers generic formats and styles that can be customized to any organization and help management build quality into routine operations to comply with regulatory requirements Contains ready-to-use training courses that supply a good source of training material for experienced and inexperienced practitioners in the biotechnology/biopharmaceutical industries Includes downloadable resources with downloadable training courses that can be adopted and directly customized to a particular organization Supplies ready-to-use test papers that allow end users to record all raw data up to the issuance of the attached certificate The biotechnology/bioscience industries are regulated worldwide to be in compliance with cGMP and GLP principles, with particular focus on safety issues. Each company must create a definite training matrix of its employees. The training procedures in this book enable end users to understand the principles and elements of manufacturing techniques and provide documentation language ranging from the generic to the specific. The training courses on the downloadable resources supply valuable tools for developing training matrices to achieve FDA, Health Canada, EMEA, MHRA UK, WHO, and GLP compliance.
Quality Determinants In Coffee Production (Food Engineering Series)
by Lucas Louzada Pereira Taís Rizzo MoreiraQuality Determinants In Coffee Production presents a comprehensive overview of the main determinants of coffee quality during processing. Authored by members of the Laboratory for Analysis and Research in Coffee at the Federal Institute of Espírito Santo, the chapters in this text explain how coffee quality can be affected through each step of the main processing methods. The first section explores the history of coffee processing, covering how the processes and techniques of sensorial analysis have developed. The second section covers the evolution of these techniques and how various complexities can affect their use, plus the statistical tools that are used to increase test accuracy. Another section focuses on the relationship between fruit microbiology and coffee quality, promoting an understanding of how yeasts, fungi and bacteria effect the quality of coffee during processing. Another section is dedicated to the biotechnological processes used in coffee production, including the applicability of induced and spontaneous routes from the manipulation of raw material, the relationship between wet processing and spontaneous fermentation and the construction of sensorial routes. A final section explores volatile coffee compounds and gas chromatography techniques, including chemical and sensory maps. The majority of the reference works published on coffee processing have a pragmatic approach covering production, harvesting, post-harvesting and marketing. This work goes beyond these subjects, covering the factors that impact quality and how they lead to either qualitative reduction or gains during processing. New technological and scientific indicators for the modification and the creation of sensory routes are extensively covered, as are the international protocols used in the sensorial analysis of coffee. With its broad approach, this text presents a multidisciplinary perspective connecting areas such as statistics, biochemistry, analytical chemistry and microbiology to the results of sensory analysis using different technologies and processes. A direct relationship between these factors is established in order to help researchers understand their combined effect on coffee quality during processing.
Quality Improvement in Field Crops
by Lakhwinder S RandhawaLearn to identify, modify, and manipulate the genes controlling key quality traits in field crops!This informative book provides state-of-the-art information on improving nutritional quality as well as yield volume in field crops such as wheat, maize, rice, barley, oats, lentils, pigeon peas, soybeans, cool season legumes, and crops whose seeds are used to make oils. With contributions from leading authorities in the field, this book will bring you up to date on the uses of agronomic management, conventional plant breeding, and modern biotechnologies in improving the quality of important food, feed, and fiber products.Quality Improvement in Field Crops examines: factors that impact the end-use quality of wheat and ways to improve wheat’s quality for milling and baking agronomic practices that impact the quality of maize ways to improve the nutritional value of rice and legumes techniques for using molecular markers to improve the quality of lentil crops breeding methods that can improve the quality of the oils derived from oilseed crops protein quality/sulfur metabolism in soybeans and much more!This book is dedicated to the World Food Laureate (the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for food scientists), Dr. G. S. Khush--the father of the Green Revolution in rice farming--in recognition of his tremendous contributions to global food and nutritional security for the world?s population.