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Customising Doctor-Nurse Communications, Brian Cusack, Dave Parry

Australian eHealth Informatics and Security Conference

Doctor-Nurse communications are critical for patient safety and workflow effectiveness. Our research question was: What further improvements can be made to current communication systems? A variety of mobile and land based communication systems have been used and experimented with. In the study, the pager was found to be most common and more recent attempts to provide broadband capability with systems such as the iBeep. We built an alternative information system using Android phones and a software application that was customised by feedback from the medical professionals. The trial in five wards with 22 doctors and 170 nurses over one month …

Meeting Minutes For December 3, 2014, Rollins College Student Government Association

SGA Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Prospectus, December 3, 2014, Humna Sharif, Zach Trueblood, Kaleb Schwaiger

Prospectus 2014

HONORS IN ACTION WITH PHI THETA KAPPA; Mentoring program improves student success; A final round of study tips; Are electric cars greener?; Letter to the Editor: Parkland College Fall Open House; Illinois keeps football coach Tim Beckman; No. 1 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay'

The Potentials And Challenges Of Big Data In Public Health, Rena N. Vithiatharan

Australian eHealth Informatics and Security Conference

The potential to use big data sources for public health increases with the broadening availability of data and improved methods of analysis. Whilst there are some well-known examples of the opportunistic use of big data, such as GoogleFlu, public health has not yet realised the full potential of such data sources. A literature review was undertaken to identify the potential of such data collections to impact public health, and to identify what challenges are currently limiting this potential. The potential include improved real-time analysis, research and development and genome studies. However, challenges listed are poor universal standardisation and classification, privacy …

Byod In Ehealth: Herding Cats And Stable Doors, Or A Catastrophe Waiting To Happen?, Krishnun Sansurooh, Patricia A H Williams

Australian eHealth Informatics and Security Conference

The use of personal devices in the work environment has crossed the boundaries of work and socially related tasks. With cyber criminals seriously targeting healthcare for medical identity theft, the lack of control of new technologies within healthcare networks becomes an increasing vulnerability. The prolific adoption of personal mobile devices in the healthcare environment requires a proactive approach to the management of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). This paper analysed the current state of the problem and the challenges that this creates in an environment that has stringent privacy and security requirements. The discourse demonstrates that the issue is not …

Kurdish Women Fighting The Islamic State: A Comparative Look At The Prospects For Greater Gender Equality In Iraqi Kurdistan Following The Islamic State Conflict, Colleen Paddock

Washington Semester Program

No abstract provided.

Easterner, Vol. 66, No. 10, December 3, 2014, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner contains articles about the men's basketball victory over Indiana University, faculty members traveling to Olympia to petition legislators, college-aged Americans receiving insurance through Affordable Care Act, the Associated Students (ASEWU) goals, cyberbullying, the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, and the men's and women's basketball seasons.

Nuclear Fallout: The Modern Impact Of The Enola Gay Contoversy, Madison Keller

Washington Semester Program

No abstract provided.

Punishment Without A Crime: Marginalizing The Already Marginalized: The School-To-Prison Pipeline And Implicit Racial Bias, Kelly Shaw

Washington Semester Program

No abstract provided.

Marshall University Music Department Presents Jazz Ensemble Ii, Mr. Jeffrey Wolfe, Director, Jeff Wolfe

All Performances

No abstract provided.

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

Scholarworks Usage Report, 11-2014, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

This report contains download and page view statistics for ScholarWorks, November 2014.

Flyer News, Vol. 62, No. 12 (Dec. 3, 2014), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

Daily Eastern News: December 03, 2014, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

General Records, University Breckinridge School

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

Uniforms, University Breckinridge School

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

Abq Free Press, December 3, 2014, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

No abstract provided.

Big Data In Healthcare: What Is It Used For?, Rebecca Hermon, Patricia A H Williams

Australian eHealth Informatics and Security Conference

Big data analytics is a growth area with the potential to provide useful insight in healthcare. Whilst many dimensions of big data still present issues in its use and adoption, such as managing the volume, variety, velocity, veracity, and value, the accuracy, integrity, and semantic interpretation are of greater concern in clinical application. However, such challenges have not deterred the use and exploration of big data as an evidence source in healthcare. This drives the need to investigate healthcare information to control and reduce the burgeoning cost of healthcare, as well as to seek evidence to improve patient outcomes. Whilst …

Avoiding Epic Fails: Software And Standards Directions To Increase Clinical Safety, Patricia A H Williams, Vincent B. Mccauley

Australian eHealth Informatics and Security Conference

No abstract provided.

December 3, 2014 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Banner News, Rose Sibbel, Megan Olson, Makayla Carlson, Gian Buzzell, Amanda Betz, Bo Shen

Banner News

No abstract provided.

The Pan American (2014-12-03), Susan Gonzalez, Andrew Vera

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 71, No. 14

Volume 52, Number 16: December 03, 2014, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Taking The War To The Enemy: The Story Of Major Richard Clement, Travis Ueckert

Honors Theses

From the late 1930’s to the final moments of 1941, ordinary citizens of the United States witnessed the illusion of an isolated nation shatter with the global presence of Axis Nations. The U.S. took the initiative in eliminating international threats before they reached U.S. borders, resulting in everyday men and women having to learn about war along the way with usually little to no experience. Scholars who study war and memory face the challenge to capture the entirety and significance of a veteran’s experience, even those of the family members. Though the sacrifice demanded much, memories fade or are suppressed; …

Rural Society And The Economy Of Affection, Sam Maghimbi, Goran Hyden

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Professor Sam Maghimbi devoted much of his immense intellectual energy to issues of rural Tanzania. He was not convinced that the neo-Marxist or neo-liberal explanations really gave justice to what he– like me– saw as the empirical realities of rural Tanzania. Drawing on my own previous work on the ‘uncaptured peasantry’ and the ‘economy of affection’ I wish to analyze what has happened in rural Tanzania since the early 1980s when these concepts first became part of the intellectual discourse about Tanzania. The paper reintroduces the concepts and why they were adopted before looking at trends in rural Tanzania which …

The Mitigating Effect Of Strategic Behavior On The Net Benefits Of A Direct Load Control Program, Corey Lang, Edson Okwelum

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Faculty Publications

Demand response is an important tool for utilities to manage load during peak periods. While the effects of demand response programs on peak load reductions are well studied and intuitive, assessments typically fail to recognize the potential for off-peak behavioral responses that may mitigate the total benefits of the program. Using smart meter consumption data on residential air conditioning units enrolled in a direct load control program, this paper examines changes in consumption prior to and after curtailment events. The results suggest substantial increases in off-peak consumption, which reduce energy, monetary, and environmental benefits of the program by over 40%.

Direct Foreign Investment And Corruption In Morocco: A Case Study Of Royal Air Maroc, Ismail Moufdi

Student Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this paper is to inspect to what extent there is a correlation between foreign investments and the increasing levels of corruption in Moroccan companies. To narrow the scope of my paper, I have chosen to use a case of corruption that involved Royal Air Maroc and Baysys in 2011. This paper will study the consequences of foreign investment of Baysys on Royal Air Maroc, the internal as well as the external factors that affected that relation between those two companies, the role of the political system in corruption, the role of the international agreements and laws against …

Single- And Dual-Porosity Calibration And Long-Term Modeling Of Highly Conductive Floodplain Soils In The Ozark Ecoregion, Ryan P. Freiberger

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Phosphorus (P) is a critical nutrient for agriculture, but is also responsible for surface water enrichment that leads to algal growth. While P loading to surface waters has traditionally been thought to occur from surface runoff, contributions from subsurface transport can also be significant. Subsurface transport through gravelly soils in the Ozark ecoregion can have a significant, yet poorly-documented effect on P movement to groundwater.

Long-term P modeling was performed in HYDRUS-1D and 2D using data collected from short-term plot experiments featuring gravelly soils. Seven model levels were developed to illustrate a wide variety of laboratory and field conditions. Calibration …

An Activity Aimed At Improving Student Explanations Of Biological Mechanisms, Caleb M. Trujillo, Trevor R. Anderson, Nancy J. Pelaez

PIBERG Instructional Innovation Materials

This document is intended for use by instructors and their students. The activity contains steps to introduce students to the MACH model involving analyzing and discussing explanations about biological mechanisms. Initially, students read modified articles about biological mechanisms during class, although instructors may prefer to assign readings outside of class before the activity. During the activity, students are required to analyze the readings for evidence of research methods, analogies, context, and mechanisms. In so doing, students learn how to integrate the information pertaining to each of the MACH model components into a coherent explanation about their biological mechanism. After performing …

Metabolic Engineering Of Oilseed Crops To Produce High Levels Of Novel Acetyl Glyceride Oils With Reduced Viscosity, Freezing Point And Calorific Value, Jinjie Liu, Adam Rice, Kathleen Mcglew, Vincent Shaw, Hyunwoo Park, Thomas E. Clemente, Mike Pollard, John Ohlrogge, Timothy P. Durrett

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Seed oils have proved recalcitrant to modification for the production of industrially useful lipids. Here, we demonstrate the successful metabolic engineering and subsequent field production of an oilseed crop with the highest accumulation of unusual oil achieved so far in transgenic plants. Previously, expression of the Euonymus alatus diacylglycerol acetyltransferase (EaDAcT) gene in wild-type Arabidopsis seeds resulted in the accumulation of 45 mol% of unusual 3-acetyl-1,2- diacyl-sn-glycerols (acetyl-TAGs) in the seed oil (Durrett et al., 2010 PNAS 107:9464). Expression of EaDAcT in dgat1 mutants compromised in their ability to synthesize regular triacylglycerols increased acetyl-TAGs to 65 mol%. Camelina and soybean …