“…These may be necessary steps during RCA, but authors often fail to mention the most important member of an RCA team—the failed part.Root Cause Analysis: A Step-By-Step Guide to Using the Right Tool at the Right Time provides authoritative guidance on how to empirically investigate quality failures using scientific method in the form of cycles of plan-do-check-act (PDCA), supported by the use of quality tools.Focusing on the use of proven quality tools to empirically investigate issues, the book starts by describing the theoretical background behind using the scientific method and quality tools for RCA. …”

“…In this book, Fischer continues his investigation into artistic practices with a focus on documentary films and novels, and introduces three analytics to do so: pivots, knots, and hinges. For Fischer, "pivots" signals geopolitical spaces, like art markets and commissions, as places to think with; "knots" speak to feminist and intercultural knots in women-authored novels; and "hinges" as a counterpoint to the notion of an event, a persistent slow change that only retrospectively seems dramatic and that remains unfinished. …”

“…All too often, when investors go in search of investment advice, they are met with television personalities and so-called investment “gurus” who do little more than push the latest and greatest scheme to retire rich. …”

“…The fact that American film engages itself so extensively with the unbalanced relation between black and white is neither coincidental nor trivial to state - it has much more to do with disputing boundaries that pertain to the medium itself. …”

“…In this volume, Patrick Grant sets out to explore the question, “By what criteria do we judge Van Gogh’s letters to be, specifically, literary?” …”

“…How do people justify what others see as transgression? …”

“…This persistent desire for social change brings about the question of the role of its agents, and the work that they do. To address this, I employ the social-symbolic work perspective, which integrates various forms of work as part of the broader issue of organizational life, and apply it to the contexts of service-learning and collective action. …”

“…Taken together, they show that we should push back against some of the reduction around us and do whatever is in our power to work toward broader solutions…”

“…Num contexto histórico em que a estatística era chamada a estabelecer o «estado moral» da sociedade, já o autor do nosso primeiro grande estudo de estatística criminal precisava não poderem as estatísticas «servir para só por elas se aquilatar o grau de moralidade de um povo», que mais não fora por causa de todos os que a elas escapam - «uns porque o acto que praticam não é juridicamente considerado como crime e outros porque de várias formas se eximem à expiação da pena imposta pela lei»…”

“…The 2030 United Nations Agenda adopted in 2015 is a shared blueprint for partnerships for peace and prosperity for people and the planet. This strategic to-do list involves meeting Sustainable Development Goals and associated targets linked to sustainable growth, tourism and food systems, reduced energy and water costs, improved health, and increased productivity. …”

“…This is a story of perseverance through fiscal turbulence, sweeping changes to health care and health care education, and changing ideas of what health services are and what they should do. It is a story of triumph, of innovation, and of the tenacious spirit that thrives to this day at the Cumming School of Medicine…”

“…History shows that coalitions can sometime engage in powerful international commitments such as participating in military operations, but at other times, they postpone their decisions, water down their policy positions, or promise to do less than they otherwise would. What explains these differences in behavior?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Os mecanismosestratégicos do texto publicitário / Eduardo Camilo -- Flujo de consumo en productos de animación: Estrategias Blended Marketing / Patricia Comesaña Comesaña -- La comunicación online de las principales casas de apuestas españolas desde el punto de vista de las relaciones públicas: el caso de facebook en 2019 / Juan-Manuel Corbacho-Valencia, Javier Abuín-Penas, Jesús Pérez Seoane -- Los actores del periodismo de datos de calidad. …”

“…How do you tell the difference between a “good kid” and a “potential thug”? …”

“…The approaches taken include excavation and artefact analysis, fieldwalking, archaeological survey, landscape archaeology and history, analysis of ancient texts, inscriptions and records, ethno-archaeology, social network analysis and consideration of the delicate balances between the natural resources that transhumants exploit and the intangible cultures that are developed and sustained as they do so. The volume re-emphasises that much of European history and culture has been and in some places continues to be dependent on the annual migrations to and then back from the mountains, forests and bogs. …”

“…Thus, we come to Plato's methodological as - if realism: in mathematics, we treat our hypotheses as if they were first principles, and, consequently, our objects as if they existed, and we do this for the purpose of solving problems. Taking the road suggested by Plato's 'Republic', this book shows that methodological commitments to mathematical objects are made in light of mathematical practice; foundational considerations; and, mathematical applicability…”

“…What roles do our identities play in democratic politics? When we participate in citizens' assemblies or in social movement gatherings, we are judged by how we look, which clothes we wear, by our skin colour, gender and body language. …”