Información del artículo Edificio Peter: un ejemplo de construcción bioclimática y de integración... more Información del artículo Edificio Peter: un ejemplo de construcción bioclimática y de integración de energías renovables.
Journal of health services research & policy, 2015
Mitigating climate change requires management strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an... more Mitigating climate change requires management strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in any sector, including the health system. Carbon footprint calculations should play a key role in quantifying and communicating these emissions. Food is among the categories with low accuracy because the carbon footprint for food is still under development. We aimed to quantify the carbon footprint of different diets. Average carbon footprint for a normal diet was based on detailed composition data in Juan Ramón Jiménez Hospital (Huelva, Spain). In addition, the carbon footprints of 17 other therapeutic diets were estimated using a streamlined variation of each diet published by Benidorm Clinical Hospital (Spain). The carbon footprint was calculated for 18 hospital diets for a variety of patients. The reference menu corresponds to the normal diet provided to patients who do not have special dietary requirements. This menu has a low carbon footprint of 5.083 CO₂ eq/day. Hospital diets contri...
In this paper, we propose a new approach for evaluating research projects and programs. According... more In this paper, we propose a new approach for evaluating research projects and programs. According our approach, the improvement might be achieved by adopting a results-based and a project portfolio approach, and assuring a research and technology development (RTD) indicators documentation through a standard and comprehensive indicator description, named indicator template. The results-based approach will assure a consistent indicators structure, according to the results chains and a strong connection between ex ante and ex post impact evaluation. The project portfolio approach will assure a tight integration of the research performance indicators, especially between policies goals and program results. And, finally defining a comprehensive indicator template it will be possible to understand better the indicators, develop a detailed analysis, based on the business intelligence techniques, such as OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing), data mining and text mining. According our knowled...
ABSTRACT With their generalized use as a competitive strategy, Quality Management Systems (QMSs) ... more ABSTRACT With their generalized use as a competitive strategy, Quality Management Systems (QMSs) have become an important management and development tool in industrial companies. There have been numerous studies of the different factors involved in their implementation, but none have considered which of these factors generate a greater propensity to seek certification in these companies. It is important to quantify these factors with the aim of determining their influence on the implementation of an ISO 9000 norm certified QMS.In this work, the use of the Rasch model as a measurement instrument is proposed. It allows the companies to be discriminated in terms of the factors and vice versa. Thus, in an objective way, a ranking of the companies according to the factors and, moreover, a ranking of the more (or less) frequent factors for all companies can be obtained.As an example, data relating to all certified organizations that had operational centers in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura, Spain, have been processed. The results show as the factors that most favored the certification process were observed to be internal in type, such as having an adequate organization or well-documented processes, as against those of an external type such as pressure from clients or the quality level of the competition.This information is particularly useful for organisms of the public administration responsible for fostering companies’ competitiveness and quality improvement.
Información del artículo Edificio Peter: un ejemplo de construcción bioclimática y de integración... more Información del artículo Edificio Peter: un ejemplo de construcción bioclimática y de integración de energías renovables.
Journal of health services research & policy, 2015
Mitigating climate change requires management strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an... more Mitigating climate change requires management strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in any sector, including the health system. Carbon footprint calculations should play a key role in quantifying and communicating these emissions. Food is among the categories with low accuracy because the carbon footprint for food is still under development. We aimed to quantify the carbon footprint of different diets. Average carbon footprint for a normal diet was based on detailed composition data in Juan Ramón Jiménez Hospital (Huelva, Spain). In addition, the carbon footprints of 17 other therapeutic diets were estimated using a streamlined variation of each diet published by Benidorm Clinical Hospital (Spain). The carbon footprint was calculated for 18 hospital diets for a variety of patients. The reference menu corresponds to the normal diet provided to patients who do not have special dietary requirements. This menu has a low carbon footprint of 5.083 CO₂ eq/day. Hospital diets contri...
In this paper, we propose a new approach for evaluating research projects and programs. According... more In this paper, we propose a new approach for evaluating research projects and programs. According our approach, the improvement might be achieved by adopting a results-based and a project portfolio approach, and assuring a research and technology development (RTD) indicators documentation through a standard and comprehensive indicator description, named indicator template. The results-based approach will assure a consistent indicators structure, according to the results chains and a strong connection between ex ante and ex post impact evaluation. The project portfolio approach will assure a tight integration of the research performance indicators, especially between policies goals and program results. And, finally defining a comprehensive indicator template it will be possible to understand better the indicators, develop a detailed analysis, based on the business intelligence techniques, such as OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing), data mining and text mining. According our knowled...
ABSTRACT With their generalized use as a competitive strategy, Quality Management Systems (QMSs) ... more ABSTRACT With their generalized use as a competitive strategy, Quality Management Systems (QMSs) have become an important management and development tool in industrial companies. There have been numerous studies of the different factors involved in their implementation, but none have considered which of these factors generate a greater propensity to seek certification in these companies. It is important to quantify these factors with the aim of determining their influence on the implementation of an ISO 9000 norm certified QMS.In this work, the use of the Rasch model as a measurement instrument is proposed. It allows the companies to be discriminated in terms of the factors and vice versa. Thus, in an objective way, a ranking of the companies according to the factors and, moreover, a ranking of the more (or less) frequent factors for all companies can be obtained.As an example, data relating to all certified organizations that had operational centers in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura, Spain, have been processed. The results show as the factors that most favored the certification process were observed to be internal in type, such as having an adequate organization or well-documented processes, as against those of an external type such as pressure from clients or the quality level of the competition.This information is particularly useful for organisms of the public administration responsible for fostering companies’ competitiveness and quality improvement.
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