While time-lapse analysis of embryo development has been used in research (Bavister, 1995) and was recently introduced into clinical IVF (Lemmen et al., 2008; Basile et al., 2013), this is the first study of the utility of time-lapse for quality control of products used in the IVF laboratory.
That said it is still quite surprising to see a big budget series like this have very obvious lapses of animation quality.
Genentech was cited by the Food and Drug Administration for a series of lapses in quality control, most of them related to Pulmozyme, a drug used by cystic fibrosis patients.
The last couple of years have been tough, with a funding freeze in real terms, controversial reforms to implement, and, of course, all the fallout from scandalous lapses in quality of care, in particular from the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
The other and more ugly aspect to all this is that Japanese anime production is equatable to slave labor, so these kinds of lapses in quality are more down to an abused workforce than any kind of simple production oversight.
Any delay would not be tolerated and would be regarded as a lapse in quality, consistency, and most of all, value.
PopMatters, however, called the song part of the "mid-album slump", saying that "she reveals her proclivity for the same stomping, unsubtle beefiness of 'Womanizer', but there's a notable lapse in quality".
The trust apologised for "this rare lapse in quality".
However, officials warned that higher scores may be due to problems gathering data, rather than lapses in the quality of patient care.
The F.D.A., for its part, noted a pattern of quality-control lapses at Perrigo.
