This paper investigates the main characteristics, results, and factors that facilitate or complicate the implementation and maintenance of quality improvement programmes in the aerospace supply chain organisations in Brazil. ...

This paper has as purpose to investigate the main characteristics of the quality improvement programs used in the organizations of the aerospace industry in Brazil. This theme is extremely relevant in the scenery of the ...

PURPOSE: To evaluate the quality of abstracts of original non-experimental research articles in Brazilian Journals in Surgery. METHODS: Convenience sample of 471 abstracts of original research articles from six Brazilian ...

The “evaluation” of university quality is a key part of the political-educational agenda. Nevertheless, though statistics regarding systems abound, very little empirical research covering wide ranges of space and time and ...

erious Games (SG) are designed to teach, train, or promote behavior change while entertaining players. They are increasingly popular because they provide significant health benefits, while improving the cognitive functions. ...

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of physical exercise on the functional capacity and quality of life in heart failure patients. METHODS: Forty-two patients of both sexes with heart failure ...

Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) aims to improve the people’s quality of life, especially vulnerable groups, with the support of information technologies, increasing the autonomy, self-confidence and mobility of the users in ...

It is not unusual that the documentation of business process models is ambiguous, incomplete or non-existent. One reason for this is the lack of a standard for building BPMN models despite the diffusion of good modeling ...