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Evaluating Information Flow In Medication Management Process In Australian Acute Care Facilities: A Multi-Professional Perspective, Seyi Lagoke

Theses

Over the years, various interventions have been introduced to improve the medication management process. While these interventions have addressed some aspects predisposing the process to inefficiencies, significant gaps are still prevalent across the process. Studies have suggested that the goal of optimal medication therapy is achievable when information flow integrates across the various medication management process phases, stakeholders and departments involved as the patient moves through the process. To provide a cross-sectional view of the process, this study utilised a systemic philosophy to evaluate the information flow integration across the process.

The research approach adopted for this study takes a …

A Survey Of Spatial Crowdsourcing, Yongxin Tong, Zimu Zhou, Yuxiang Zeng, Lei Chen, Cyrus Shahabi

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Crowdsourcing is a computing paradigm where humans are actively involved in a computing task, especially for tasks that are intrinsically easier for humans than for computers. Spatial crowdsourcing (SC) is an increasing popular category of crowdsourcing in the era of mobile Internet and sharing economy, where tasks are spatiotemporal and must be completed at a specific location and time. In fact, spatial crowdsourcing has stimulated a series of recent industrial successes including sharing economy for urban services (Uber and Gigwalk) and spatiotemporal data collection (OpenStreetMap and Waze). This survey dives deep into the challenges and techniques brought by the unique …

Scalable, Adaptable And Fast Estimation Of Transient Downtime In Virtual Infrastructures Using Convex Decomposition And Sample Path Randomization, Zhiling Guo, Jin Li, Ram Ramesh

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Network function virtualization enables efficient cloud-resource planning by virtualizing network services and applications into software running on commodity servers. A cloud-service provider needs to manage and ensure service availability of a network of concurrent virtualized network functions (VNFs). The downtime distribution of a network of VNFs can be estimated using sample-path randomization on the underlying birth–death process. An integrated modeling approach for this purpose is limited by its scalability and computational load because of the high dimensionality of the integrated birth–death process. We propose a generalized convex decomposition of the integrated birth-death process, which transforms the high-dimensional multi-VNF process into …

Spatial Multi-Objective Land Use Optimization Toward Livability Based On Boundary-Based Genetic Algorithm: A Case Study In Singapore, Kai Cao, Muyang Liu, Shu Wang, Mengqi Liu, Wenting Zhang, Qiang Meng, Bo Huang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In this research, the concept of livability has been quantitatively and comprehensively reviewed and interpreted to contribute to spatial multi-objective land use optimization modelling. In addition, a multi-objective land use optimization model was constructed using goal programming and a weighted-sum approach, followed by a boundary-based genetic algorithm adapted to help address the spatial multi-objective land use optimization problem. Furthermore, the model is successfully and effectively applied to the case study in the Central Region of Queenstown Planning Area of Singapore towards livability. In the case study, the experiments based on equal weights and experiments based on different weights combination have …

An Exact Single-Agent Task Selection Algorithm For The Crowdsourced Logistics, Chung-Kyun Han, Shih-Fen Cheng

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The trend of moving online in the retail industry has created great pressure for the logistics industry to catch up both in terms of volume and response time. On one hand, volume is fluctuating at greater magnitude, making peaks higher; on the other hand, customers are also expecting shorter response time. As a result, logistics service providers are pressured to expand and keep up with the demands. Expanding fleet capacity, however, is not sustainable as capacity built for the peak seasons would be mostly vacant during ordinary days. One promising solution is to engage crowdsourced workers, who are not employed …

Agricultural Imports, Agriculture Productivity And Economic Growth In Sub-Saharan Africa:, Esther N. Mwangi, Fuzhong Chen, Daniel M. Njoroge

Journal of African Trade

No abstract provided.

Regional Integration And Growth Spillovers: Is Africa An Economic Space?:, Abdoulaye Seck, Founty Alassane Fall, Khadidiatou Aidara

Journal of African Trade

No abstract provided.

Humans Of St. Norbert: Nic Greenlaw ’21, Nic Greenlaw

Humans of St. Norbert

Based on the phenomenon "Humans of New York," Humans of St. Norbert mirrors the photoblog, featuring photos and interviews of people on campus.

Humans Of St. Norbert: Leah Zimmer ’22, Leah Zimmer

Humans of St. Norbert

Based on the phenomenon "Humans of New York," Humans of St. Norbert mirrors the photoblog, featuring photos and interviews of people on campus.

Humans Of St. Norbert: Kyra Kronberg ’20, Kyra Kronberg

Humans of St. Norbert

Based on the phenomenon "Humans of New York," Humans of St. Norbert mirrors the photoblog, featuring photos and interviews of people on campus.

Humans Of St. Norbert: Kiley Graff ’24, Kiley Graff

Humans of St. Norbert

Based on the phenomenon "Humans of New York," Humans of St. Norbert mirrors the photoblog, featuring photos and interviews of people on campus.

Humans Of St. Norbert: Hannah O’Brien, Hannah O'Brien

Humans of St. Norbert

Based on the phenomenon "Humans of New York," Humans of St. Norbert mirrors the photoblog, featuring photos and interviews of people on campus.

Humans Of St. Norbert: Cassie Nooyen ’22, Cassie Nooyen

Humans of St. Norbert

Based on the phenomenon "Humans of New York," Humans of St. Norbert mirrors the photoblog, featuring photos and interviews of people on campus.

How Propaganda Became Public Relations: Foucault And The Corporate Government Of The Public, Cory Wimberly

Philosophy Faculty Publications

How Propaganda Became Public Relations pulls back the curtain on propaganda: how it was born, how it works, and how it has masked the bulk of its operations by rebranding itself as public relations. Cory Wimberly uses archival materials and wide variety of sources — Foucault’s work on governmentality, political economy, liberalism, mass psychology, and history — to mount a genealogical challenge to two commonplaces about propaganda. First, modern propaganda did not originate in the state and was never primarily located in the state; instead, it began and flourished as a for-profit service for businesses. Further, propaganda is not focused …

Lifestyle Gambling, Indebtedness And Anxiety: A Deviant Leisure Perspective, Thomas Raymen, Oliver Smith

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Neoliberalism, Violence And Capital Accumulation, Reem M. El Barbary

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation looks into the violent, self-serving legal (neocolonial) order that revolves around wealth accumulation and the defense and sustainability of the status quo. The starting point and core idea that guides my discussion is the “redemptive” ideological framework and commitment to free market economies and profit-making. I thus look into the narratives upon which an alliance between development, progress, human rights and neoliberalism rests, in a manner that limits and restricts involvement and action; and normalizes and legitimizes suffering, ill-doing and irresponsibility through law. I examine the interdisciplinary and multilayered reality of repression that state sponsored, and supported, bodies …

Environmental Restoration Operations Consolidated Quarterly Report, January 2020, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Environmental Restoration

Environmental Restoration Operations Consolidated Quarterly Report, January 2020 for the Department of Energy Natural Nuclear Security Administration, Sandia National Laboratories that addressees all quarterly reporting (July to September 2019) required under the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments Module of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Permit and the Compliance Order on Consent for SNL/NM. EPA ID# NM5890110518

Exploring Cryotherapy As A Therapeutic Approach For Stress-Induced Tension Headaches In College Students, Mona Hassan Abdelaal

Nursing

ABSTRACT Tension-type headaches and stress are common problems for students. It is one of the most neglected headache types, with prevalence of ~ 15–20% in population-based studies. Alternative and complementary medicine such as cryotherapy is effective for relieving physical and psychological pain; using ice compresses by placing it at the back of the neck, leads to relief of tension and anxiety, and gives the feeling of relaxation and full of energy for doing daily life activities. The findings from this study provide the basis for the formulation of future research questions that can explore the effect of cryotherapy on the …

Ni-Au Anodic Nano-Electrocatalyst For Direct Glucose Fuel Cells, Islam M. Al-Akraa, Aya S. Abdulhalim Eng, Yassr M. Asal Mr, Ahmad M. Mohammad Prof

Chemical Engineering

This study aims at the sequential assembling of a nickel oxide (NiOx: cauliflower-like nanostructure, 90 nm) and gold (Au; spherical, 95 nm in an average particle size) onto the GC surface nanocatalyst on a glassy carbon (GC) electrode (will be abbreviated as Ni-Au/GC) for the glucose electro−oxidation (GO); the principal anodic reaction in the direct glucose fuel cells (DGFCs). The charge of the Ni deposition on the GC surface (will be abbreviated as Ni/GC electrode) was initially optimized to obtain the highest catalytic activity toward GO which attained at (339.8 Ag−1) by applying 15 mC in the Ni deposition. Yet, …

Crystal Gazing: Foretelling The Next Decade In Oil And Gas Law, Joseph A. Schremmer

Faculty Scholarship

This chapter attempts to predict the major issues oil and gas law will encounter in the 2020s. Yet even before the first draft could be completed, the industry landscape changed unexpectedly. As this chapter goes to press, the global and domestic economies are just starting to emerge from a sharp downturn brought on by the outbreak of COVID-19. Oil and natural gas prices collapsed to levels not seen in decades. Against this unforeseen backdrop, the legal changes facing oil and gas development in the United States look somewhat different. But one element of our new reality is consistent with this …

Latinx/@ Immigrant Inclusion Trajectories: Individual Agency, Structural Constraints, And The Role Of Community-Based Organizations In Immigrant Mobilities., Cirila Estela Vasquez Guzman, Julia Meredith Hess, Norma Casas, Dulce Medina, Margarita Galvis, Diana Anahi Torres, Alexis J. Handal, Annette Carreon-Fuentes, Alexandra Hernandez-Vallant, Mario J. Chavez, Felipe Rodriguez, Jessica R. Goodkind

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

Immigration is at the forefront of national, state, and local policy struggles in the United States, and Latinx/@ immigrants have experienced increased deportations, detention, and individual threats. A mobilities perspective allows analysis to extend our view of migration beyond frameworks confined to pre- and postmigration, examining trajectories of social inclusion and exclusion that are influenced by multiple factors in the receiving country. The Immigrant Well-being Project, a community-based participatory research project involving university faculty, students, staff, and representatives from 4 community-based organizations (CBOs), was initiated in New Mexico in 2017 to better understand and promote Latinx/@ immigrant mental health and …

Neural And Visceral Manipulation In Infants With Congenital Muscular Torticollis: A Feasibility Study, Jean Anne Zollars, Patricia A Burtner, Gail Stockman, Prisca Werbelow, Jessie Swartzentruber, Jean R Lowe

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

[Purpose] As an alternative to manual stretching, the aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using neural/visceral manipulation as a safe and effective intervention to increase neck range of motion of infants with congenital muscular torticollis. [Participants and Methods] Ten 4-month old infants with congenital muscular torticollis received eight sessions of neural/visceral manipulation administered for 30-50 minutes without observed pain. Specific palpation techniques addressed restricted tissue areas of neck, head, trunk and extremities. Neck rotation and lateral flexion were assessed by still photography and a computer program calculating ROM angles before, immediately following, and 4 months post …

Perinatal Opioid Exposure Primes The Peripheral Immune System Toward Hyperreactivity, Jessie Newville, Jessie R Maxwell, Yuma Kitase, Shenandoah Robinson, Lauren L Jantzie

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

The increased incidence of opioid use during pregnancy warrants investigation to reveal the impact of opioid exposure on the developing fetus. Exposure during critical periods of development could have enduring consequences for affected individuals. Particularly, evidence is mounting that developmental injury can result in immune priming, whereby subsequent immune activation elicits an exaggerated immune response. This maladaptive hypersensitivity to immune challenge perpetuates dysregulated inflammatory signaling and poor health outcomes. Utilizing an established preclinical rat model of perinatal methadone exposure, we sought to investigate the consequences of developmental opioid exposure on

Building Capacity For Productive Indigenous Community-University Partnerships, Joel Gittelsohn, Annie Belcourt, Maya Magarati, Cathryn Booth-Laforce, Bonnie Duran, Shiraz I Mishra, Lorenda Belone, Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan

Pediatrics Research and Scholarship

This paper describes capacity development as a key aspect of community-based research with indigenous communities. University research engagement with indigenous communities includes extensive, and often negative, historical antecedents. We discuss strategies for developing effective, egalitarian, and balanced indigenous community-university relationships to build research capacity of these communities, and to create sustainable partnerships to improve health and wellness, and to reduce health disparities. We draw on the experience of eight investigators conducting research with indigenous communities to assess effective strategies for building and enhancing partnerships, including (1) supporting indigenous investigator development; (2) developing university policies and practices sensitive and responsive to …

Overlapping Roles Of Nadph Oxidase 4 (Nox4) For Diabetic And Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agent-Induced Systemic Fibrosis-Animal Equivalent Dosing Of Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents Supplementary Figure 1, Francesca Bruno, Joshua Deaguero, Catherine Do, Doug Yoon Lee, Chunyan Tan, G Patricia Escobar, Brent Wagner

The Kidney Institute of New Mexico

This is supplementary material for the forthcoming publication entitled “Overlapping roles of NADPH Oxidase 4 (Nox4) for diabetic and gadolinium-based contrast agent-induced systemic fibrosis”. This supplementary material utilizes a model for gadolinium retention and renal elimination of pharmaceuticals, interspecies allometric scaling to determine animal equivalent dosing, label dosing and published studies of varying and repetitive dosing of gadolinium-based contrast agents used to determine dosing of gadolinium-based contrast agents in our preclinical model. Supplementary Figure 1 demonstrates modeling plasma gadolinium-based contrast agent concentrations based on the Hirano Suzuki equation.

Rent Seeking, Wealth Transfers And Water Rights: The Hawaii Case, Richard L. Bowen, James E. Moncur, Richard L. Pollock

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Water Resources Planning And Management In The United States Federal System: Long Term Assessment And Intergovernmental Issues, Leonard B. Dworsky, David J. Allee, Ronald M. North

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

International Boundary Cities: The Debate Of Transfrontier Planning In Two Border Regions, Lawrence A. Herzog

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Transboundary Hydrocarbon Resources: The Puerto Vallarta Draft Treaty, Alberto Szekely, Albert Utton, Carmen Pedrazzini, Ross Shipman

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Practice Of Security Systems In University Libraries Of Assam: A Study, Rima Nath Research Scholar, Dipen Deka Assistant Professor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objective: The study aimed to find out the implementation and adoption of different security systems in the selected University libraries of Assam. It highlighted the various physical, environmental security systems as well as digital data security systems that were adopted for library security purpose. The study also examined how far these libraries had implemented various electronic security systems like CCTV, RFID, air-conditioner for humidity control, smart card, biometrics, flood detector, fire or smoke sensor etc.

Methods: For the study, total six University libraries had been purposively selected by considering the possible availability of various security measures. A structured questionnaire was …