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Summary: Heuristic algorithms are widely used to solve multi‐objective test case prioritization (MOTCP) problems. However, they perform differently for different test scenarios, which conducts difficulty in applying a suitable algorithm for new test requests in the industry. A concrete hyper‐heuristic framework for MOTCP (HH‐MOTCP) is proposed for addressing this problem. It mainly has two parts: low‐level encapsulating various algorithms and hyper‐level including an evaluation and selection mechanism that dynamically selects low‐level algorithms. This framework performs good but still difficult to keep in the best three. If the evaluation mechanism can more accurately analyse the current results, it will help the selection strategy to find more conducive algorithms for evolution. Meanwhile, if the selection strategy can find a more suitable algorithm for the next generation, the performance of the HH‐MOTCP framework will be better. In this paper, we first propose new strategies for evaluating the current generation results, then perform an extensive study on the selection strategies which decide the heuristic algorithm for the next generation. Experimental results show that the new evaluation and selection strategies proposed in this paper can make the HH‐MOTCP framework more effective and efficient, which makes it almost the best two except for one test object and ahead in about 40% of all test objects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Abstract Background In recent decades, community-based interventions have been increasingly adopted in the field of health promotion and prevention. While their evaluation is relevant for health researchers, stakeholders and practitioners, conducting these evaluations is also challenging and there are no existing standards yet. The objective of this review is to scope peer-reviewed scientific publications on evaluation approaches used for community-based health promotion interventions. A special focus lies on children and adolescents’ prevention. Methods A scoping review of the scientific literature was conducted by searching three bibliographic databases (Medline, EMBASE, PsycINFO). The search strategy encompassed search terms based on the PCC (Population, Concept, Context) scheme. Out of 6,402 identified hits, 44 articles were included in this review. Results Out of the 44 articles eligible for this scoping review, the majority reported on studies conducted in the USA (n = 28), the UK (n = 6), Canada (n = 4) and Australia (n = 2). One study each was reported from Belgium, Denmark, Germany and Scotland, respectively. The included studies described interventions that mostly focused on obesity prevention, healthy nutrition promotion or well-being of children and adolescents. Nineteen articles included more than one evaluation design (e.g., process or outcome evaluation). Therefore, in total we identified 65 study designs within the scope of this review. Outcome evaluations often included randomized controlled trials (RCTs; 34.2%) or specific forms of RCTs (cluster RCTs; 9.8%) or quasi-experimental designs (26.8%). Process evaluation was mainly used in cohort (54.2%) and cross-sectional studies (33.3%). Only few articles used established evaluation frameworks or research concepts as a basis for the evaluation. Conclusion Few studies presented comprehensive evaluation study protocols or approaches with different study designs in one paper. Therefore, holistic evaluation approaches were difficult to retrieve from the classical publication formats. However, these publications would be helpful to further guide public health evaluators, contribute to methodological discussions and to inform stakeholders in research and practice to make decisions based on evaluation results.

The energy efficiency of the photovoltaic (PV) panel is greatly influenced by the dust deposition, especially in a PV plant covering a wide area. However, hitherto there has been a lack of a real-time measurement technique for the dust deposition degree. To solve this problem, in this paper, some evaluation indicators are defined, and then a real-time evaluation strategy is proposed. In order to calculate these indicators, a method and three simplification methods based on some established equations (or equation sets) are proposed to obtain the equation solution for the irradiance. This solved data is compared with the irradiance directly measured by the sensor, so the dust deposition degree can be successfully evaluated. Finally, some simulations and experiments verify the feasibility, availability and workability of the proposed irradiance solution methods and the designed evaluation strategy. The simulation and experiment results show that the errors of the solved irradiance values are always less than 2.5%. Meanwhile, these results also show that the real-time dust deposition degree can be successfully characterized by the defined indicators in this evaluation strategy, even if it is compared with other work. Therefore, this work is very beneficial to judge the energy efficiency of the PV system and plan the cleaning schedule of the PV panel.

Abstract Background This study presents an intervention designed to foster the implementation of health promotion programs within District Municipality Community Centers (DMCCs) in Jerusalem, and the creation of a peer network of healthy settings with a shared aspiration of collaborating and implementing health-promoting policies at the community level. We also present the evaluation strategy, based on the EQUIHP and RE-AIM frameworks. Methods Twenty DMCCs completed our program. This evaluation research involved a comprehensive seminar during the first year for DMCCs coordinators, teaching them the principles of health promotion. An educational kit was distributed during the second year. The evaluation strategy included a process evaluation and annual evaluations based on the EQUIHP and RE-AIM frameworks. The EQUIHP tool was divided into four dimensions of evaluation: 1) Framework of health promotion principles, 2) Project development and implementation, 3) Project management, and 4) Sustainability; while the RE-AIM domains included: 1)Reach, 2)Effectiveness, 3)Adoption, 4)Implementation and 5)Maintenance. Results The program led to high responsiveness among DMCCs and to the implementation of diverse health promotion initiatives, with a participation of approximately 29,191 residents. The EQUIHP evaluation showed an improvement in program quality in Year 2. The final RE-AIM evaluation presented a total median score of 0.61 for all domains, where 0 was non-performance and 1.0 was full performance. The ‘Framework of health promotion principles’ and ‘Reach’ components received the highest median score (0.83, 1.0 and 0.87), while the ‘Sustainability and ‘Maintenance’ components received the lowest (0.5). Conclusions This innovative program adapts the Healthy Cities approach (initiated by the World Health Organization in 1986) to the development of community center health-promoting settings within the larger municipal framework, training local community center staff members to assess and address local health concerns and build community capacity. The local focus and efforts may help community actors to create health promotion programs more likely to be adopted, feasible in the ‘real-world’ and able to produce public health impact in the communities where people live. Moreover, collaboration and cooperation among DMCCs may lead to a broader community health vision, forging coalitions that can advocate more powerfully for health promotion. Trial registration NIH trial registration number: NCT04470960. Retrospectively registered on: 14/07/2020.

Background: In recent decades, community-based interventions have been increasingly adopted in the field of health promotion and prevention. While their evaluation is relevant for health researchers, stakeholders and practitioners, conducting these evaluations is also challenging and there are no existing standards yet. The objective of this review is to scope peer-reviewed scientific publications on evaluation approaches used for community-based health promotion interventions. A special focus lies on children and adolescents' prevention. Methods: A scoping review of the scientific literature was conducted by searching three bibliographic databases (Medline, EMBASE, PsycINFO). The search strategy encompassed search terms based on the PCC (Population, Concept, Context) scheme. Out of 6,402 identified hits, 44 articles were included in this review. Results: Out of the 44 articles eligible for this scoping review, the majority reported on studies conducted in the USA (n = 28), the UK (n = 6), Canada (n = 4) and Australia (n = 2). One study each was reported from Belgium, Denmark, Germany and Scotland, respectively. The included studies described interventions that mostly focused on obesity prevention, healthy nutrition promotion or well-being of children and adolescents. Nineteen articles included more than one evaluation design (e.g., process or outcome evaluation). Therefore, in total we identified 65 study designs within the scope of this review. Outcome evaluations often included randomized controlled trials (RCTs; 34.2%) or specific forms of RCTs (cluster RCTs; 9.8%) or quasi-experimental designs (26.8%). Process evaluation was mainly used in cohort (54.2%) and cross-sectional studies (33.3%). Only few articles used established evaluation frameworks or research concepts as a basis for the evaluation. Conclusion: Few studies presented comprehensive evaluation study protocols or approaches with different study designs in one paper. Therefore, holistic evaluation approaches were difficult to retrieve from the classical publication formats. However, these publications would be helpful to further guide public health evaluators, contribute to methodological discussions and to inform stakeholders in research and practice to make decisions based on evaluation results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The implementation of Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) or Freedom Learn in 2022 was carried out in August for the odd semester of 2022-2023. Participants who took part in this program were 241 students of the MBKM ISS scheme and 2,318 students of the MBKM USK Unggul scheme, which is one of the innovations packaged by USK in increasing the participation of MBKM students. The MBKM implementation involved 116 ISS scheme partners and 486 USK Unggul scheme partners. In particular, the MBKM Teaching Assistance activities were attended by 1,252 students, so that the survey in this activity was carried out in stages by the University Team. The purpose of using the survey method as an evaluation strategy for this activity is to be able to ensure that Teaching Assistance activities in the field are running according to the 2020 USK MBKM guidelines. The survey method is carried out through direct observation of partners in teaching assistance activities, namely through interviews and distributing questionnaires to respondents using google forms. The activity evaluation strategy is carried out for all involved, namely students, field supervisors (DPL) and schools as partners. The results of using this method in general explain that teaching assistance activities have been running in an orderly, safe, and smooth manner without any significant obstacles. Students carry out tasks and activities in a structured manner accompanied by field supervisors and lecturers. However, there were still a number of minor cases that occurred in certain locations and could be handled immediately during the implementation of the activities. Minor cases that were not dominant and did not occur in all these locations were studied and corrected by all stakeholders including university leaders so that the current constraints in the implementation of teaching assistance activities became better improvement lessons for future activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present a call-by-need λ-calculus that enables strong reduction (that is, reduction inside the body of abstractions) and guarantees that arguments are only evaluated if needed and at most once. This calculus uses explicit substitutions and subsumes the existing "strong call-by-need" strategy, but allows for more reduction sequences, and often shorter ones, while preserving the neededness. The calculus is shown to be normalizing in a strong sense: Whenever a λ-term t admits a normal form n in the λ-calculus, then any reduction sequence from t in the calculus eventually reaches a representative of the normal form n. We also exhibit a restriction of this calculus that has the diamond property and that only performs reduction sequences of minimal length, which makes it systematically better than the existing strategy. We have used the Abella proof assistant to formalize part of this calculus, and discuss how this experiment affected its design. In particular, it led us to derive a new description of call-by-need reduction based on inductive rules. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: This study presents an intervention designed to foster the implementation of health promotion programs within District Municipality Community Centers (DMCCs) in Jerusalem, and the creation of a peer network of healthy settings with a shared aspiration of collaborating and implementing health-promoting policies at the community level. We also present the evaluation strategy, based on the EQUIHP and RE-AIM frameworks.Methods: Twenty DMCCs completed our program. This evaluation research involved a comprehensive seminar during the first year for DMCCs coordinators, teaching them the principles of health promotion. An educational kit was distributed during the second year. The evaluation strategy included a process evaluation and annual evaluations based on the EQUIHP and RE-AIM frameworks. The EQUIHP tool was divided into four dimensions of evaluation: 1) Framework of health promotion principles, 2) Project development and implementation, 3) Project management, and 4) Sustainability; while the RE-AIM domains included: 1)Reach, 2)Effectiveness, 3)Adoption, 4)Implementation and 5)Maintenance.Results: The program led to high responsiveness among DMCCs and to the implementation of diverse health promotion initiatives, with a participation of approximately 29,191 residents. The EQUIHP evaluation showed an improvement in program quality in Year 2. The final RE-AIM evaluation presented a total median score of 0.61 for all domains, where 0 was non-performance and 1.0 was full performance. The 'Framework of health promotion principles' and 'Reach' components received the highest median score (0.83, 1.0 and 0.87), while the 'Sustainability and 'Maintenance' components received the lowest (0.5).Conclusions: This innovative program adapts the Healthy Cities approach (initiated by the World Health Organization in 1986) to the development of community center health-promoting settings within the larger municipal framework, training local community center staff members to assess and address local health concerns and build community capacity. The local focus and efforts may help community actors to create health promotion programs more likely to be adopted, feasible in the 'real-world' and able to produce public health impact in the communities where people live. Moreover, collaboration and cooperation among DMCCs may lead to a broader community health vision, forging coalitions that can advocate more powerfully for health promotion.Trial Registration: NIH trial registration number: NCT04470960. Retrospectively registered on: 14/07/2020. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this paper is analysis of the prevalent strategies and tactics of evaluation used in the literary discourse. Evaluation is regarded as a cognitive-communicative phenomenon. It is viewed as the essential part of human comprehension and reflection of the outer reality. The pragmatic aspect of strategies and tactics is considered as the major means of expressing the author‟s intention and the goal. All evaluation strategies and tactics used in the literary discourse are divided into two groups: semantic and pragmatic. The semantic strategies consist of the persuasion strategy and the discrediting strategy, and the pragmatic ones contain the emotive-tuning strategies and the self-presentation strategy. The results achieved confirm the idea that strategies and tactics of evaluation must undergo profound and detailed analysis in order to reveal the complex process of communication in the literary discourse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: University Hospitals (UHs) are key players in contributing to a sustainable health care system. In the Netherlands the eight UHs joined forces from 2016 till 2018 within the Citrien fund (CF) – program eHealth to develop sustainable eHealth solutions by carrying out 32 research projects. Objective: The objective of this study was to develop an evaluation study protocol that would be capable of evaluating the first Dutch University Hospitals eHealth program in depth. Methods: To develop the protocol three consecutive steps were carried out: 1) a rapid review to find suitable eHealth evaluation frameworks and eHealth project progress indicators, 2) assessment of the selected eHealth evaluation frameworks to determine the most suitable framework to evaluate CF - program eHealth, and 3) development of a mixed-methods study to evaluate eHealth project progress indicators in relation to the 32 eHealth research projects. Results: The ‘Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) framework for evaluating telehealth trials or programs’ was deemed most suitable for evaluating CF - program eHealth. The aspects planning, needs assessment, policy/organization, technology, ethics, legal, and finance, were considered useful indicators for monitoring the progress of an eHealth project, and therefore incorporated into the survey. Conclusion: The developed evaluation study protocol will be used to evaluate the first Dutch University Hospitals’ eHealth program, the CF – program eHealth, and therewith contribute to maximizing successful uptake of eHealth solutions. Also, the selected set of eHealth project performance indicators could be used by researchers or policymakers to securely monitor the progress of eHealth projects.

The evaluation of the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) has long been a "bottleneck" issue that restricts the healthy development and internationalization of TCM. This article systematically analyzes the differences in diagnostic and treatment principles, material composition, new drug development pathways, efficacy cognition, and evaluation methodology between Chinese and Western medicine from the underlying logic of medical perspective. On this basis, it integrates the evidence elements of clinical experience, experimental research, and clinical trials, and for the first time proposes and establishes a new strategy and methodology for the evaluation of the effectiveness of TCM: the integrated evidence chain-based effectiveness evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine(iEC-Eff), forming an integrated evaluation and confirmation model of "clinical experience-experimental research-clinical trial" for the effectiveness of TCM. Preliminary application research shows that this method can scientifically enhance the evaluation level of the effectiveness of TCM, especially for classic prescriptions that have been passed down for thousands of years, have a good reputation, and are commonly used in clinical practice today, making the level of efficacy evidence more objectively reflect their clinical value and status. It breaks through the limitation of the current TCM efficacy evaluation that takes RCT as the only "gold standard", providing a new strategy and method with originality, strategy, and leadership for solving the problem of TCM efficacy evaluation. It provides a new tool with operability for establishing a TCM registration review evidence system that combines TCM theory, human experience, and clinical trials. The iEC-Eff can be used for the efficacy evaluation of classic prescriptions in TCM, the development of new TCM drugs, and the re-evaluation of the effectiveness of TCM after listing, and can also be used as a reference for the selection of TCM varieties in the national medical insurance drug catalog and the national essential drug catalog.

Background: A total of 8 Dutch university hospitals are at the forefront of contributing meaningfully to a future-proof health care system. To stimulate nationwide collaboration and knowledge-sharing on the topic of evidence-based eHealth, the Dutch university hospitals joined forces from 2016 to 2019 with the first Citrien Fund (CF) program eHealth; 29 eHealth projects with various subjects and themes were selected, supported, and evaluated. To determine the accomplishment of the 10 deliverables for the CF program eHealth and to contribute to the theory and practice of formative evaluation of eHealth in general, a comprehensive evaluation was deemed essential.Objective: The first aim of this study is to evaluate whether the 10 deliverables of the CF program eHealth were accomplished. The second aim is to evaluate the progress of the 29 eHealth projects to determine the barriers to and facilitators of the development of the CF program eHealth projects.Methods: To achieve the first aim of this study, an evaluation study was carried out using an adapted version of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization framework. A mixed methods study, consisting of a 2-part questionnaire and semistructured interviews, was conducted to analyze the second aim of the study.Results: The 10 deliverables of the CF program eHealth were successfully achieved. The program yielded 22 tangible eHealth solutions, and significant knowledge on the development and use of eHealth solutions. We have learned that the patient is enthusiastic about accessing and downloading their own medical data but the physicians are more cautious. It was not always possible to implement the Dutch set of standards for interoperability, owing to a lack of information technology (IT) capacities. In addition, more attention needed to be paid to patients with low eHealth skills, and education in such cases is important. The eHealth projects' progress aspects such as planning, IT services, and legal played an important role in the success of the 29 projects. The in-depth interviews illustrated that a novel eHealth solution should fulfill a need, that partners already having the knowledge and means to accelerate development should be involved, that clear communication with IT developers and other stakeholders is crucial, and that having a dedicated project leader with sufficient time is of utmost importance for the success of a project.Conclusions: The 8 Dutch university hospitals were able to collaborate successfully and stimulate through a bottom-up approach, nationwide eHealth development and knowledge-sharing. In total, 22 tangible eHealth solutions were developed, and significant eHealth knowledge about their development and use was shared. The eHealth projects' progress aspects such as planning, IT services, and legal played an important role in the successful progress of the projects and should therefore be closely monitored when developing novel eHealth solutions.International Registered Report Identifier (irrid): RR2-10.1016/j.ceh.2020.12.002. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is aimed at studying the main evaluation strategies and tactics through contextual analysis of immigration problems in the British social media discourse. The article considers evaluation as a cognitive-pragmatic phenomenon and identifies it as a powerful means of persuasion for manipulating public opinion. The commutative strategies and tactics are defined as the main tools to achieve the author's pragmatic intention and the goal. Thus, it has become relevant to identify what evaluation strategies and tactics the author uses to highlight immigration issues in British society. As a result, the diversity of examples allows us to conclude that a key evaluation strategy of British media discourse that presents the immigration issues is a strategy of disapproval, expressed through the tactics of a recognition of the existence of the problem, accusation, reproach, discredit, misunderstanding, doubt, indication of the future, disagreement and distancing that imply negative evaluation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Performance evaluation of in situ bioremediation processes in the field is difficult due to uncertainty created by matrix and contaminant heterogeneity, inaccessibility to direct observation, expense of sampling, and limitations of some measurements. The goal of this research was to develop a strategy for evaluating in situ bioremediation of light nonaqueous-phase liquid (LNAPL) contamination and demonstrating the occurrence of bioenhanced LNAPL dissolution by: (1) integrating a suite of analyses into a rational evaluation strategy; and (2) demonstrating the strategy's application in intermediate-scale flow-cell (ISFC) experiments simulating an aquifer contaminated with a pool of LNAPL (naphthalene dissolved in dodecane). Two ISFCs were operated to evaluate how the monitored parameters changed between a "no bioremediation" scenario and an "intrinsic in situ bioremediation" scenario. Key was incorporating different measures of microbial activity and contaminant degradation relevant to bioremediation: contaminant loss; consumption of electron acceptors; and changes in total alkalinity, pH, dissolved total inorganic carbon, carbon-stable isotopes, microorganisms, and intermediate metabolites. These measurements were integrated via mass-flux modeling and mass-balance analyses to document that in situ biodegradation of naphthalene was strongly accelerated in the "intrinsic in situ bioremediation" scenario versus "no bioremediation." Furthermore, the integrated strategy provided consistent evidence of bioenhancement of LNAPL dissolution through intrinsic bioremediation by a factor of approximately 2 due to the biodegradation of the naphthalene near the pool/water interface. • A strategy for demonstrating bioenhanced LNAPL dissolution was developed. • A key element is integration of analyses via mass-flux modeling and mass-balances. • The integrated experimental evidence demonstrated bioenhanced LNAPL dissolution. • Biodegradation steepened the concentration gradient and doubled the dissolution rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent publications, we presented a novel formal symbolic process virtual machine (FSPVM) framework that combined higher-order logic theorem proving and symbolic execution for verifying the reliability and security of smart contracts developed in the Ethereum blockchain system without suffering from standard issues surrounding reusability, consistency, and automation. A specific FSPVM, denoted as FSPVM-E, was developed in Coq based on a general, extensible, and reusable formal memory framework, an extensible and universal formal intermediate programming language, denoted as Lolisa, and a corresponding formally verified interpreter for Lolisa, denoted as FEther. However, our past work has demonstrated that the execution efficiency of the standard development of FEther is extremely low. As a result, FSPVM-E fails to achieve its expected verification effect. This paper addresses this issue by first identifying three root causes of the low execution efficiency of formal interpreters. We then build abstract models of these causes, and present respective optimization schemes for rectifying the identified conditions. Finally, we apply these optimization schemes to FEther, and demonstrate that its execution efficiency has been improved significantly.

Developing abundant Earth-element and high-efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen production is crucial in effectively reducing the cost of green hydrogen production. Herein, a strategy by comprehensively considering the computational chemical indicators for H* adsorption/desorption and dehydrogenation kinetics to evaluate the hydrogen evolution performance of electrocatalysts is proposed. Guided by the proposed strategy, a series of catalysts are constructed through a dual transition metal doping strategy. Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations and experimental chemistry demonstrate that cobalt-vanadium co-doped Ni 3 N is an exceptionally ideal catalyst for hydrogen production from electrolyzed alkaline water. Specifically, Co,V-Ni 3 N requires only 10 and 41 mV in alkaline electrolytes and alkaline seawater, respectively, to achieve a hydrogen evolution current density of 10 mA cm -2 . Moreover, it can operate steadily at a large industrial current density of 500 mA cm -2 for extended periods. Importantly, this evaluation strategy is extended to single-metal-doped Ni 3 N and found that it still exhibits significant universality. This study not only presents an efficient non-precious metal-based electrocatalyst for water/seawater electrolysis but also provides a significant strategy for the design of high-performance catalysts of electrolyzed water., (© 2023 Wiley‐VCH GmbH.)

This paper analyzes and evaluates the museum activities in the current social, economic and political context, in order to prove the need for the identification and evaluation of business strategy for the cultural sector in general. In addition, the paper also studies methodological issues related to the model of evaluation and assessment of the strategy in the case of The 'Kragujevački Oktobar' Memorial Park. By applying the SWOT analysis and Analytic network process (ANP) as an expert method for the support to decision making, critical success factors have been identified and their evaluation performed, in order to create optimum conditions for formulating business strategies and sustainable development of the Memorial Park.

This article aims to analyze the contributions of the digital portfolio as an evaluation strategy, through the perception of 21 students of a Postgraduate Program stricto sensu in Professional and Technological Education in network, linking it to pedagogical work and providing a more effective participation from the students. The data were collected through a questionnaire and analyzed through Content Analysis (BARDIN, 2011). It is concluded that this method promoted an innovative practice of evaluation of learning, based on construction, reflection, self-evaluation, creativity, partnership and autonomy of teaching and learning to those involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this reserach was to gain corporate level strategy for PT. Perkebunan Nusantara III that lead company becoming a champ in competition and provide a sustainable growth. The object of this research is PTPN III (Persero). This type of applied research use a quantitative approach. Method survey conducted by distributing questionnaires to the respondents as the primary data. Purposively selects respondents (purposive sampling). FDGs also conducted by five men palm oil industry players to determine the weight ang rating values on EFE, IFE, CPM, and QSPM Matrix. Secondary data were obtained from the company internal documentation and other relevant data sources. This research uses STEEPLE and Porter's Five Forces Model analysis approach to analyze the company external environment. For the Internal analysis using Value Chain analysis approach (VCA) to analyze its internal resources. Research tools used for strategy analysis are: SWOT, SPACE, BCG, IE, Grand Strategy, and QSPM Matrix. The research found that the strategy for PTPN III palm industri is Product Development Strategy and Foward Integration Strategy. Recommendations policies at the operational level that supports the selected strategies, includes: changes / additions of the company capital structure, the expansion of oil palm land area, development / downstream palm oil products that provide value-added products, and bench marking as a means of preparing HR and The best technology

The author analyzes the international nature of study programme evaluation with regard to the assurance of study quality. The organisation of the evaluation process of the non-university study programmes which were developed and submitted for realisation in Lithuania and other countries is also presented and compared. It is being analysed whether it is possible to identify the quality of these programmes based on quantitative and qualitative indicators.