Activated quality

The definition of nonconformity in ISO 8402 states that it is the nonfulfillment of specified requirements therefore a nonconforming product is one that does not conform to the specified requirements. Specified requirements are either requirements prescribed by the customer and agreed by the supplier in a contract for products or services, or are requirements prescribed by the supplier which are perceived as satisfying a market need. This limits the term nonconformity to situations where you have failed to meet customer requirements. However, ISO 8402 1987 suggests that nonconformity also applies to the absence of one or more quality system elements, but clearly the requirements of clause 4.13 cannot be applied to nonconformity with quality s /stem requirements. Both ISO 9001 and ISO 9004 only address nonconformity in the context of products, processes, and services and when addressing quality system elements the term deficiencies is used. Some auditors use the term nonconformity to describe a departure from the requirements of ISO 9001 but it would be preferable if they chose the term noncompliance to avoid any confusion. The requirements of clause 4.13 therefore only apply to products, processes, and services and not to activities, quality system elements, or procedures. 

The term quality activities is not defined in ISO 8402 and while it may seem obvious it can create confusion. If we list all the activities which can affect quality, we could say that these are all quality activities. But many of these are also design, purchasing, manufacturing, and installing activities. Can they also be quality activities Quality activities are not restricted to the activities of the quality department or other similar departments. The only clue in the standard as to what quality activities are is in clause 4.1.2.1 where it requires the responsibility of all personnel who manage, perform, and verify work affecting quality to be defined. So a quality activity is any activity that affects the ability of a product or service to satisfy stated or implied needs. 

Possible industrial applications include screening of substances with antiradical activity, quality testing of raw materials, pharmaceuticals, cosmetic products, fruit juices, wines, beers, edible oils, detection of food irradiation, and many more. 

Aristotle s Meterologica synthesized his ideas on matter and chemistry. Aristotle believed that four qualities could be used to explain natural processes. The four qualities were hot, cold, dry, and moist. Hot and cold were active qualities. Hence, the addition or subtraction of heat leads to the transformation of things. Moist and dry were the result of the action of the active qualities. Only four possible combinations of these qualities could exist in substances. These were hot and moist, hot and dry, cold and moist,... 

Several types of materials are in use in the preparation of containers and closure systems glass, plastics, metals, and combinations of these materials. However, care should be taken in the selection of appropriate material. These materials should not present any physical or chemical reactivity that could modify drug activity, quality, purity, or physical characteristics of the drug and pharmaceutical preparations. Any minor modification in the pharmacopeial specification is acceptable if it does not present a threat to patient s health. 

Antognozzi M, Szczelkun MD, Humphris ADL, Miles Ml (2003) Increasing shear force microscopy scanning rate using active quality-factor control. Appl Phys Lett 82 2761... 

It seems that the creation of polychlorophenoxyphenols, polychlorodibenzo-furans or polychlorodibenzodioxins is closely related to the varying degrees of chlorination. During the mono and dichlorination of phenol, no parasite chemistry appears. But if we introduce a third and especially a fourth or fifth chlorine atom within the aromatic core then a problem is created. This is problably linked to the high activating quality of the OH group which tends to orientate an electrophilic substitution - in an ortho or para positioning (Fig. 1). 

Quality Assurance and Quality Control. The terms "quality assurance"(QA) and "quality control"(QC) need to be defined. They are often used interchangeably, but to the professional they refer to two different activities. Quality control refers to those actions taken in the laboratory in an attempt to keep the measurement system in control. Examples would be running reference standards, calibrating Instruments, keeping quality control charts, etc. Quality assurance refers to the system or program whereby management assures itself (and its clients) that the quality control measures are being applied, and that the results reported do, in fact, refer to the sample that was submitted or collected by the laboratory. 

Metabolic Activation, Quality of Drug Candidates, and Probability of Success fin-... 

There should be monitored indicators for every significant operational aspect of the department. Common areas where program indicators can be applied include monitoring interval department activities, quality-improvement processes, and benchmarking. Initially, simple indicators should be developed. The complexity and number of indicators should change as experience and needs demand. 

Lead potentially contains °Pb. Whether purchasing a complete shield or lead bricks, you need to be assured that the lead is of suitable low activity quality. If buying bricks, it may be wise to reserve a set of bricks from a supplier s batch, and run a test for radioactive contaminants on a few samples of that batch. Severe cleaning of the surface of lead bricks has been shown to reduce background levels. 

Which of the following characteristics is not possessed by the compound (a) one end of the molecule is hydrophilic and the other end is hydrophobic, (b) surface-active qualities, (c) the ability to lower surface tension of water, (d) good biodegradability, (e) tendency to cause foaming in sewage treatment plants. 

The hypothetical structure of matter based on such a scheme brings about an important consequence - the potential or intrinsic thermal property of all existing substances. Thus, e.g. alcohol, gunpowder and pepper are intrinsically hot substances, continuously active in this sense also with respect to other bodies, while opium and snow are examples of intrinsically cold materials. Moreover, the antagonistic nature (so called contraria ) of different Elements and Qualities ensures eternal changes and movements of all things in the universe. These changes are, however, not completely free, but are submitted to the remarkable principle of antiperistasis that controls the relationship between the two active Qualities - coldness and hotness. It can be formulated as follows The properties of any body which is bound up with coldness (hotness) tend to increase in the case where the body is surrounded by the hot (cold) environment. 

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