To produce high-quality cement, the mineralogical and chemical composition of raw materials, as well as of intermediate and finished products, needs to be determined. At each stage of the production ...

Understanding the differences between convenience, target, and self-selected samples. Representative samples and sampling are addressed multiple times in the cGMPs. For example, in Part 21 of the Code ...

For a food manufacturer, there are few things worse than calling for a mandatory food product recall. Food safety is a big deal and food recalls occur much more frequently than we may realize. And we ...

A recent study from the MRS Representation in Research steering group found no cost penalty or negative impact on research results when inclusive parameters are included in nationally representative ...

In a recent study published in Nature Medicine, researchers created the REP-EQUITY toolbox for capturing an equitable and representative sample for health research studies. Research participants are ...

The concept of ‘nationally representative’ samples has been central to the research industry for decades, but is now facing questions over whether it is truly ‘representative’, and if it needs to ...