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A poor management system for medical devices may pose a major threat to the health of patients or end users. A medical equipment must always be recognizable and traceable in the supply chain as well as on the market, for any purpose at all. When it comes to things that are fake or could be hazardous, this need is crucial. The European Regulatory Framework for Medical Devices has been modified by the new Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and Council. The key novelty is the implementation of a UDI system for the devices' individual identification within the European Union. The Regulation highlights the significance of each economic operator's participation across the management and supply chain of medical devices. Manufacturers, authorized representatives, importers, and distributors must now take on particular tasks and assure compliance with the new rules. This technical report, which is primarily aimed at business professionals, analyses the new requirements for medical device traceability introduced by Regulation (EU) 2017/745, offers resources for proper medical device management, and considers how the ongoing COVID-19 emergency will affect the application of the new regulations.
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Electricity in Bali majorly is supplied by power plants in Java which use fossil-fuelled. With petroleum and coal reserves to run out by 2025, Bali Government has issued Governor Ordinance No. 45/2019 concerning clean energy in encouraging Balinese to use rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV). As backboned tourism industry, Bali has drastically been declining due to COVID-19 causing most hotels and their supporting industries closed, the government then has changed the orientation from urban tourism to rural tourism. This paper proposes rooftop solar PV power plant program in the tourism village representing all 8 regencies and 1 municipality (Sudaji in Buleleng, Catur and others in Bangli, Tenganan in Karangasem, Kerta in Gianyar, Blimbingsari in Jembrana, Paksebali in Klungkung, Bongan in Tabanan, Bongkasa in Badung, and Sanur Kauh in Denpasar). Recent studies show huge potential for solar energy in Bali and the program is aligned with Sustainable Development Goals (Bali SDGs). The study elaborates problems in implementing the program since solar PV is still new and traditions could hinder the people in the tourism village to utilize it. Behaviour approach must be explored to make the program can be successfully done.
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The construction industry, like other industries, is being forced to change the working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, within the limits set by the EU and the government. Construction is an industry in which a large part of the construction process cannot be carried out remotely, regardless of the level of technological development. Manufacturing, construction, assembly, and other works require a great deal of human labour. During the COVID-19 pandemic, when it is necessary to distance, these construction processes may be adversely affected. However, the use of technologies such as Construction Information Modelling (BIM) and the new Construction Information System (BIS) allows the design industry not to stop using the latest construction technology tools. Digital technologies increase production efficiency, complement other factors of production and stimulate innovation, significantly reduce costs and overcome information barriers. The interpretation of statistics and the interviews conducted confirmed the hypothesis that the virus has had negative and positive effects within the constructor sector of the economy. The research aims to investigate the problems and challenges faced by the construction industry in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, identifying the main obstacles to the introduction of digital technologies in the Latvian construction sector, as well as other problems faced by the industry in the coronary virus COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia, analyze the construction sector and identify the COVID-19 pandemic effect on Latvia's construction sector. As part of the study, an electronic questionnaire was established and a survey was carried out to identify the changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia's construction sector, the results were compiled and the conclusions were reached.
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These proceedings contain 76 articles focused on four thematic areas: energy, energy management, built environment, and environment and global change. New energy innovations were presented with the focus of sustainable development. Different policies on building environments were propounded at the conference. The issues on the environment and global climate were dynamically discussed. The focus of conference participants ranged from pollution to primary agents that activate a different process in the environment. There were focuses on the COVID-19 with salient predictions and preventive suggestions for a sustainable environment. The challenges and prospect of energy management, which spans through, technologies, finance, and optimizations, were discussed holistically.