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McLean, Sheila Ann Manson. "Information disclosure, consent to medical treatment and the law." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.298800.
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Kayahan, Hüseyin. "Treatment Framework : Traffic Steering via Source-Routing in SDN for Service Function Chaining." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-247926.
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The middlebox architecture is long known for its inharmonious presence within the Internet architecture. Network functions realized in middleboxes are inclined to interpose end to end connections, modifying the datagram header or spawning new connections on behalf, which renders policy enforcement challenging. Moreover, their tight coupling with metadata makes its distributed persistence difficult, which hampers the flexible utilization and scalable provisioning of the middlebox infrastructure resources under varying loads. Existing attempts at mitigating these problems include middlebox placement, packet tagging and metadata migration; each solving only a part of the problem.Investing in the extensible nature of IPv6, the Treatment Framework (TRF) exploits source routing with the flavor of a discretionarily classifiable address space. Datagrams traverse the treatment domain with an extension header pushed and popped at the domain’s edges, for which forwarding takes place based on the information encoded within. The forwarding mechanics that leverage SDN consists of one match and three OpenFlow actions implementation, whereby TRF obviates the need for an underlying transport. Customizable address space allows providers to tailor routing aggregation to their middlebox farms topology, reducing the number of flow rules in the core to preinstallable sizes.Middleboxes in a treatment domain match traffic to the respective local policy based on the information encoded in the extension header. Extension headers are native to IPv6 and defined by standards, hence the middlebox modification problem is addressed without requiring alteration nor visibility into proprietary code. The framework resolves the policy enforcement problem altogether and allows asymmetric service chaining. While eliminating the flow setup time in the core, the framework’s footprint at ingress that push the extension header can get heavy with respect to flow churn rate.Det har länge varit känt att arkitektur baserad på mellanliggande utrustning, s.k.middlebox-arkitektur, inte alltid rimmar väl med Internet i övrigt. Nätverksfunktioner som implmenteras i middleboxar tenderar att leda till olika typer av förbindelser, modifierande av pakethuvuden eller nya uppkopplingar, vilket medför att det blir utmanande att verkställa olika typer av policy. Middlebox-lösningar är dessutom tätt kopplade till olika typer av metadata vilket innebär svårigheter för dess distribuerade fortlevnad och hindrar ett flexibelt utnyttjande och skalbar utbyggnad middleboxresurser under varierande trafiklast. Befintliga försök att mildra sådana problem inkluderar placering av mellanliggande utrustning, paketmärkning och migration av metadata; vart och ett av dessa löser endast delar av problemet.TRF (Treatment Framework) drar nytta av den utbyggbarhet som finns i IPv6 och använder vägval som styrs helt från avsändaren tillsammans med diskretionär adressrymd. IP-paketen traverserar en behandlings-domän och ett utökat pakethuvud används inom domänen. Det utökade pakethuvudet läggs till när paketet är på väg in i domänen och tas bort när paketet lämnar domänen. Inom domänen används information i det utökade pakethuvudet för att styra vidarebefordringen av paketet. Mekanismerna för vidarebefordring av paket använder sig av SDN och består av en match-operation och tre OpenFlow-åtgärder, varmed TRF kringgår behov av en underliggande transport. En anpass-ningsbart adressrymd gör det möjligt för leverantörer att skräddarsy vägvalsaggregering till sin middlebox-lösning, vilket gör att antalet trafikregler i kärnan av deras nät kan reduceras till förinställbara storlekar.En middlebox-lösning i en behandlings-domän matchar trafik mot respektive lokal policy baserad på information kodad i det utökade pakethuvudet. Tekniken med utökat pakethuvud är inbyggd i IPv6 och standardiserad vilket göra att paketmodifiering i en middlebox kan adresseras utan att kräva ändringar eller insyn i proprietär programvara. Ramverket löser problemet med verkställa olika typer av policy i sin helhet och medger skapandet av assymtriska kedjor av paketbehandlingstjänster. Tiden för att sätta upp paketflöden i kärnan av nätet kan elimineras, men det fotavtryck som ramverket ger i ingressdelen av domänen, där det utökade pakethuvudet skapas och läggs till inkommand paket, kan bli betydande med avseende på flödeshastigheten.
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Beck, Maria Fernanda Simiele. "Oferta de ações e integração da assistência no tratamento da tuberculose: análise a partir de instrumentos de registro." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/22/22133/tde-09102015-152233/.
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O presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar a integração da assistência prestada aos doentes de tuberculose (TB) a partir de instrumentos de registro em Ribeirão Preto-SP. Estudo exploratório com abordagem quantitativa. A população do estudo constituiu-se de portadores de TB notificados e residentes no município que finalizaram o tratamento entre 2012 e 2013, exceto os pacientes pertencentes ao sistema prisional, transferidos ou que tiveram mudança de diagnóstico. A pesquisa foi realizada por meio da coleta de dados secundários em 4 fontes: no sistema de notificação estadual (TB-WEB) para identificação dos doentes de TB; no prontuário clínico dos doentes selecionados, na ficha de acompanhamento do tratamento supervisionado (ficha amarela) e no livro registro de pacientes e acompanhamento de tratamento dos casos de tuberculose (livro verde), que permitiu acesso aos registros referentes às informações clínicas, resultados de exames e situação de encerramento. As variáveis selecionadas foram agrupadas de acordo com as dimensões de elenco de serviços e coordenação da assistência. Os dados foram analisados por meio de técnicas de estatística descritiva. Os resultados mostraram que, dentre os serviços ofertados, 72,5% dos doentes passaram por 5 ou mais consultas médicas, enquanto 9,2% tiveram de 1 a 2 consultas com o enfermeiro. Os registros das orientações de retorno às consultas realizada pela equipe médica (96,3%) e de enfermagem (84,4%) foi a que prevaleceu nos prontuários. O procedimento mais realizado pelo médico foi a evolução clínica (97,2%) e pela equipe de enfermagem foi a pré e pós consulta (69,7%). Segundo dados do prontuário e da ficha amarela, 75,2% receberam tratamento supervisionado e o predomínio da supervisão foi no domicílio (57,8%). A baciloscopia de escarro foi realizada em 89,0% dos doentes e o exame Anti-HIV em 69,7% dos casos. A cesta básica foi ofertada a 23,8% e 18,3% dos doentes receberam atendimento com assistente social. Em 71,3% dos casos não houve registros sobre o controle de comunicantes. Com relação ao acompanhamento dos casos, 29,4% apresentaram faltas em consultas agendadas e a conduta que prevaleceu para estas situações foi a visita domiciliar (10,1%). Com relação à utilização de outras unidades de saúde, 10,1 % dos doentes foram encaminhados para outros serviços pela unidade que realizou o tratamento e os demais atendimentos ocorreram sem que houvesse encaminhamentos (24,8%). A análise dos prontuários, Livro Verde e Ficha Amarela revelou um baixo número de registros e inúmeras lacunas no seu preenchimento tanto com relação ao acompanhamento dos casos, bem como das ações ofertadas pelos serviços de saúde no decorrer do tratamento. Tal fato dificulta a integração e continuidade do cuidado prestado e pode prejudicar a verificação da proporção real de serviços que foram ofertados e utilizados pelos doentes. Deste modo, verifica-se a necessidade do adequado preenchimento dos instrumentos a fim de facilitar a elaboração de estratégias de planejamento da assistência por parte da coordenação dos programas. O cuidado integral centrado no usuário e uma adequada articulação dos serviços de saúde podem melhorar o atendimento prestado aos doentes de TBThis study aimed to analyze the integration of assistance to tuberculosis patients (TB) from recording instruments in Ribeirão Preto. Exploratory study with a quantitative approach. The study population consisted of TB patients notified and living in the city who completed treatment between 2012 and 2013, excluding patients in the prison system, transferred or had their diagnoses changed. The survey was conducted by collecting secondary data sources in 4: in the state reporting system (TBWEB) for identification of TB patients; in the clinical records of patients selected in the covering sheet of supervised treatment (yellow plug) and in the book registry of patients and follow-up treatment of tuberculosis cases (Green Paper), which allowed access to records related to medical information, test results and foreclosure situation. The selected variables were grouped according to the cast of dimensions of services and care coordination. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that among the services offered, 72.5% of patients underwent five or more medical visits, while only 9.2% had 1-2 consultations with the nurse. The return guidance to consultations held by the medical staff (96.3%) and nursing (84.4%) was the one that prevailed. The procedure most often performed by the physician was the clinical outcome (97.2%) and nursing staff was the pre and post consultation (69.7%). According to data from medical records and the yellow plug, 75.2% received supervised treatment and the predominance of supervision was at home. Sputum smear microscopy was performed in 89.0% of patients and the Anti-HIV test in 69.7% of cases. The basket was offered to 23.8% and 18.3% of patients received care with social worker. In 71.3% of cases there were no reports on the control contacts. Regarding the monitoring of cases, 29.4% had faults in scheduled appointments and conduct that prevailed for these situations was the home visit (10.1%). Only 10.1% of patients were referred to other services by the unit that carried out the treatment and other care occurred without any referrals (24.8%). The analysis of medical records, Green and Yellow Sheet revealed a low number of records and numerous gaps in their fulfillment both in relation to the monitoring of cases, as well as the shares offered by health services during treatment. This makes the integration and continuity of care provided and impairs verification of the actual proportion of services that were offered and used by patients. Thus, there is a need for adequate filling of the instruments in order to facilitate the development of planning strategies of assistance from the coordination of programs. The full user-centered care and an appropriate coordination of health services can improve the care provided to TB patients
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Lin, Meimei. "Ecosystem services in a rural landscape of southwest Ohio." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1354895156.
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Duraku, Xufee. "Väl bemötta : En intervjustudie av doktoranders perspektiv i biblioteket." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-90660.
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The aim of this thesis is to found out about what is a good treatment in the university library and what librarians can do to make the user happy. The study focused on the meeting between the doctoral student’s and the library staff, about how the doctoral student’s wanted to be treated. The study was carried out thorough a series of four qualitative interviews with doctoral student’s. The result I analyzed from the qualitative interviewers with theories. The result of this study showed that often appreciated by the user of librarians are friendly, smiles, have eye contact during the meeting and show that they are really interested in helping the user and have patience. As a result, I worked out my own model on the parts that some of them I thought were important regarding a correct user response. Then in the analysis I explain the parts in more detail.
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Aktas, Mehmet S. "Information federation in grid information services." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3277981.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Computer Science, 2007.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-09, Section: B, page: 6057. Adviser: Geoffrey C. Fox. Title from dissertation home page (viewed May 9, 2008).
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Wallace, Stewart. "Mobile information services: enriching information architecture with urban design." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9039.
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Ubiquitous wireless communications, information mobility and location-based information services have created a new layer of urban experience, an information layer. The information services that deliver this layer to the urban actor (particularly pedestrians) will soon be ubiquitous and using those services a normal and integral part of the urban experience; more than an optional and utilitarian adjunct to it. The urban setting for these services prompts the question as to whether urban designers should be playing a role in their design and development; a role that seems conspicuously absent from current services. This thesis explores mechanisms which might facilitate a greater role for urban design by seeking ways in which the information architecture that underpins these information services might better reflect the qualities and complexities of urban space that urban designers recognise and value. The work of a range of prominent urban design thinkers is reviewed for ideas, constructs and elements that can be incorporated into an enriched information architecture which could in turn deliver information services that do justice to the depth and complexity of the urban environment. Technologies and standards associated with the ‘semantic web’ are identified as those which might best accommodate an appropriate information architecture; in particular, the ability to reflect the network characteristics of urban space viewed as a multi-dimensional graph of interconnected nodes. This view of urban space is contrasted with the relatively flattened view offered by global geo-spatial capability. An information model is built (only one of many possibilities) and validated using a limited test area in central Sydney. Practical and institutional issues which may impinge on the realisation and deployment of such a model in a real world setting are briefly considered in an appendix.
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Zhao, Huifang. "Improved Methods of Sepsis Case Identification and the Effects of Treatment with Low Dose Steroids: A Dissertation." eScholarship@UMMS, 2011. https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_diss/529.
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Sepsis is the leading cause of death among critically ill patients and the 10th most common cause of death overall in the United States. The mortality rates increase with severity of the disease, ranging from 15% for sepsis to 60% for septic shock. Patient with sepsis can present varied clinical symptoms depending on the personal predisposition, causal microorganism, organ system involved, and disease severity. To facilitate sepsis diagnosis, the first sepsis consensus definitions was published in 1991 and then updated in 2001. Early recognition of a sepsis patient followed with timely and appropriate treatment and management strategies have been shown to significantly reduce sepsis-related mortality, and allows care to be provided at lower costs. Despite the rapid progress in the knowledge of pathophysiological mechanisms of sepsis and its treatment in the last two decades, identifying patient with sepsis and therapeutic approaches to sepsis and its complications remains challenging to critical care clinicians. Hence, the objectives of this thesis were to 1) evaluate the test characteristics of the two sepsis consensus definitions and delineate the differences in patient profile among patients meeting or not meeting sepsis definitions; 2) determine the relationship between the changes in several physiological parameters before sepsis onset and sepsis, and to determine whether these parameters could be used to identify sepsis in critically ill adults; 3) evaluate the effect of corticosteroids therapy on patient mortality.
Data used in this thesis were prospectively collected from an electronic medical record system for all the adult patients admitted into the seven critical care units (ICUs) in a tertiary medical center. Besides analyzing data at the ICU stay level, we investigated patient information in various time frames, including 24-hour, 12-hour, and 6-hour time windows.
In the first study of this thesis, the 1991 sepsis definition was found to have a high sensitivity of 94.6%, but a low specificity of 61.0%. The 2001 sepsis definition had a slightly increased sensitivity but a decreased specificity, which was 96.9% and 58.3%, respectively. The areas under the ROC curve for the two consensus definitions were similar, but less than optimal. The sensitivity and area under the ROC curve of both definitions were lower at the 24-hour time window level than those of the unit stay level, though the specificity increased slightly. At the time window level, the 1991 definitions performed slightly better than the 2001 definition.
In the second study, minimum systolic blood pressure performed the best, followed by maximum respiratory rate in discriminating sepsis patients from SIRS patients. Maximum heart rate and maximum respiratory rate can differentiate sepsis patients from non-SIRS patients fairly well. The area under ROC of the combination of five physiological parameters was 0.74 and 0.90 for comparing sepsis to non-infectious SIRS patients and comparing sepsis to non-SIRS patients, respectively. Parameters typically performed better in 24-hour windows compared to 6-hour or 12-hour windows.
In the third study, significantly increased hospital mortality and ICU mortality were observed in the group treated with low-dose corticosteroids than the control group based on the propensity score matched comparisons, and multivariate logistic regression analyses after adjustment for propensity score alone, covariates, or propensity score (in deciles) and covariates.
This thesis advances the existing knowledge by systemically evaluating the test characteristics for the 1991 and 2001 sepsis consensus definitions, delineating physiological signs and symptoms of deterioration in the preceding 24 hours prior to sepsis onset, assessing the prediction performances of single or combined physiological parameters, and examining the use of corticosteroids treatment and survival among septic shock patients. In addition, this thesis sets an innovative example on how to use data from electronic medical records as these surveillance systems are becoming increasingly popular. The results of these studies suggest that a more parsimonious set of definitional criteria for sepsis diagnosis are needed to improve sepsis case identification. In addition, continuously monitored physiological parameters could help to identify patients who show signs of deterioration prior to developing sepsis. Last but not least, caution should be used when considering a recommendation on the use of low dose corticosteroids in clinical practice guidelines for the management of sepsis.
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Simpson, Antony Paul. "An information services framework for commercial extension services." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/8575.
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The first of the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals for 2015 is to “Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger”. Achieving this goal would be aided by having an effective and productive agricultural community. Agricultural organisations assist producers to be more effective in their operation through Commercial Extension Services (CES). Through CES, producers are advised and educated about new agricultural practices, techniques and products. A key component of CES is the provision of relevant information to producers. The problem this research addressed was that producers experience difficulty in accessing the information they require in a timeous, relevant and personalised manner. No suitable framework was found for agricultural organisations to use when designing and implementing an Information Services Platform. The main research objective was to develop and evaluate an Information Services Framework (ISF) for organisations offering information as a CES. The research methodology used to achieve this objective was Design Science Research (DSR). DSR is an iterative methodology with three cycles, namely the relevance, the design and the rigor cycles. The relevance cycle was used to acquire the information required to inform the design cycle. The information was collected by using literature research and empirical studies. The first study, the Producer Information Requirements Survey (PIRS) sought to determine the information requirements of grain producers and was conducted by interviewing grain producers in the Swartland region of South Africa. The second study, the Internet and Mobile Device Usage Survey (IMDUS) investigated the use of the Internet and mobile devices amongst South African producers by means of a national on-line survey. The quantitative and qualitative results of the analysis were used during the design phase to develop the ISF. The design phase of DSR process led to the creation of an ISF for providing Information as a Service (IaaS) in CES. The framework allows for information services to be provided in a manner and form customised to an individual producer’s preferences. The foundation of the framework is that information can be sourced from various sources, internal or external to the organisation and distributed to producers by using a unified platform. During the research, an agricultural organisation, BKB GrainCo used the proposed ISF to develop an Information Services Platform (ISP) to provide information to its producers. BKB GrainCo’s development process included two evaluations. The first evaluation, the Information Preferences Prototype Survey, was intended to test a key component of the framework, the nformation Preferences Profile. The Information Preferences Profile was conceptualized following the PIRS. In the PIRS it was determined that individual producers would prefer to specify what information they would receive, when they required it and have it delivered by using a medium of their choice. The second evaluation of the design phase was a Usability Study. The Usability Study was intended to test the functionality of the system across various technologies. The rigor cycle, following the implementation of BKB GrainCo’s ISP, contained the main evaluation, the Information Services Platform Evaluation. The evaluation was used to test the impact of BKB GrainCo’s ISP on perception of received service. The evaluation used a standardised version of the standardised SERVQUAL instrument specifically adapted in this research to measure the provision of IaaS. The results obtained during the evaluation indicated that the BKB GrainCo’s Information Services Platform was found to be valued by producers and improved the communication services of agricultural organisations. It was inferred from the successful implementation of BKB GrainCo’s ISP and the positive response from producers, after the evaluations, that the developed ISF was suitable for an agricultural organisation to provide CES. The theoretical contributions included underpinning the concept of CES in terms of stakeholder theory. Its underpinning provides justification for agricultural organisations to improve CES – including the provision of information. A second theoretical contribution was the extension of SERVQUAL as an IS theory by developing and validating a dimension designed to test the provision of IaaS. Providing producers with accurate and reliable personalised information has the capacity to improve producers’ ability to make informed decisions. Informed decision making will contribute to having an effective and productive agricultural community; resulting in improvement of agricultural output and contributing to food security and job creation. Improved agricultural output, better food security and job creation are aspects which will contribute toward the attainment of the first of eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals for 2015, which is to “Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger”.
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Lui, Siu Man. "Impacts of information technology commoditization : selected studies from ubiquitous information services /." View abstract or full-text, 2005. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?ISMT%202005%20LUI.
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Lu, Jingting. "E-services based information fusion: a user-level information integration framework." [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida, 2002. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0000566.
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Hjørland, Birger. "Principia Informatica. Foundational Theory of Information and Principles of Information Services." Libraries Unlimited, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105735.
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Library and information science (LIS) may alternatively be labeled library, information and documentation studies, LID or just information science, IS. In taking IS serious as a research field, this paper presents an understanding of one of its core concepts (information) and outlines its fundamental principles. It is shown that there exist hierarchies of information processing mechanisms in nature and culture and that IS is concerned with only the highest forms of such mechanisms, which consist of libraries, electronic databases and related information services. Theories about such high-level information systems are closely related to theoretical views of knowledge, language, documents, cognition, science and communication. Information scientists are not the only experts involved in the handling of information, and a view of our special role is presented. The aspiration of this article is to provide a synopsis of the fundamentals of IS: Principia Informatica.
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McCaughan, Eilis. "Information needs and information seeking behaviour of newly-diagnosed cancer patients." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274433.
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ISHII, Yoji, Koichi ASAKURA, and Toyohide WATANABE. "Information Services with Ad-hoc Network." INTELLIGENT MEDIA INTEGRATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY / COE, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/10433.
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Räsänen, T. (Teemu). "Intelligent information services in environmental applications." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2011. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514296574.
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Abstract The amount of information available has increased due to the development of our modern digital society. This has caused an information overflow, meaning that there is lot of data available but the meaningful information or knowledge is hidden inside the overwhelming data smog. Nevertheless, the large amount of data together with the increased capabilities of computers provides a great opportunity to learn the behaviour of different kinds of phenomena at a more detailed level. The quality of life, well-being and a healthy living environment, for example, are fields where new information services can assist the creation of proactive decisions to avoid environmental problems caused by industrial activity, traffic, or extraordinary weather conditions. The combination of data coming from different sources such as public registers, companies’ operational information systems, online sensors and process monitoring systems provides a fruitful basis for creating new valuable information for citizens, decision makers or other end users. The aim of this thesis is to present the concept of intelligent information services and a methodological background in order to add intelligence using computational methods for the enrichment of multidimensional data. Moreover, novel examples are presented where new significant information is created and then provided for end users. The data refining process used is called data mining and contains methods for data collection, pre-processing, modelling, visualizing and interpreting the results and sharing the new information thus created. Information systems are a base for the creation of information services, meaning that stakeholder groups have access only to information but they do not own the whole information system that contains measurement systems, data collecting, and a technological platform. Intelligence in information services comes from the use of computational intelligent methods in data processing, modelling and visualization. In this thesis the general concept of such services is presented and concretized using five cases that focus on environmental and industrial examples. The results of these case studies show that the combination of different data sources provides fertile ground for developing new information services. The data mining methods used such as clustering and predictive modelling together with effective pre-processing methods have great potential to handle the large amount of multivariate data in this environmental context also. A self-organizing map combined with k-means clustering is useful for creating more detailed information about personal energy use. Predictive modelling using a multilayer perceptron (MLP) is well suited for estimating the number of tourists visiting a leisure centre and to find the correspondence between pulp process characteristics and the chemicals used. These results have many indirect effects on reducing negative concerns regarding our surroundings and maintaining a healthy living environment. The innovative use of stored data is one of the main elements in the creation of future information services. Thus, more emphasis should be placed on the development of data integration and effective data processing methods. Furthermore, it is noted that final end users, such as citizens or decision makers, should be involved in the data refining process at the very first stage. In this way, the approach is truly customer-oriented and the results fulfil the concrete need of specific end usersTiivistelmä Informaation määrä on kasvanut merkittävästi tietoyhteiskunnan kehittymisen myötä. Käytössämme onkin huomattava määrä erimuotoista tietoa, josta voimme hyödyntää kuitenkin vain osan. Jatkuvasti mitattavan datan suuri määrä ja sijoittuminen hajalleen asettavat osaltaan haasteita tiedon hyödyntämiselle. Tietoyhteiskunnassa hyvinvointi ja terveellisen elinympäristön säilyminen koetaan aiempaa tärkeämmäksi. Toisaalta yritysten toiminnan tehostaminen ja kestävän kehityksen edistäminen vaativat jatkuvaa parantamista. Informaatioteknologian avulla moniulotteista mittaus- ja rekisteritietoa voidaan hyödyntää esimerkiksi ennakoivaan päätöksentekoon jolla voidaan edistää edellä mainittuja tavoitteita. Tässä työssä on esitetty ympäristöalan älykkäiden informaatiopalveluiden konsepti, jossa oleellista on loppukäyttäjien tarpeiden tunnistaminen ja ongelmien ratkaiseminen jalostetun informaation avulla. Älykkäiden informaatiopalvelujen taustalla on yhtenäinen tiedonlouhintaan perustuva tiedonjalostusprosessi, jossa raakatieto jalostetaan loppukäyttäjille soveltuvaan muotoon. Tiedonjalostusprosessi koostuu datan keräämisestä ja esikäsittelystä, mallintamisesta, tiedon visualisoinnista, tulosten tulkitsemisesta sekä oleellisen tiedon jakamisesta loppukäyttäjäryhmille. Datan käsittelyyn ja analysointiin on käytetty laskennallisesti älykkäitä menetelmiä, josta juontuu työn otsikko; älykkäät informaatiopalvelut. Väitöskirja pohjautuu viiteen artikkeliin, joissa osoitetaan tiedonjalostusprosessin toimivuus erilaisissa tapauksissa ja esitetään esimerkkejä kuhunkin prosessin vaiheeseen soveltuvista laskennallisista menetelmistä. Artikkeleissa on kuvattu matkailualueen kävijämäärien ennakointiin ja kotitalouksien sähköenergian kulutuksen pienentämiseen liittyvät informaatiopalvelut sekä analyysi selluprosessissa käytettävien kemikaalien määrän pienentämiseksi. Näistä saadut kokemukset ja tulokset on yleistetty älykkään informaatiopalvelun konseptiksi. Väitöskirjan toisena tavoitteena on rohkaista organisaatioita hyödyntämään tietovarantoja aiempaa tehokkaammin ja monipuolisemmin sekä rohkaista tarkastelemaan myös oman organisaation ulkopuolelta saatavien tietolähteiden käyttämistä. Toisaalta, uudenlaisten informaatiopalvelujen ja liiketoimintojen kehittämistä tukisi julkisilla varoilla kerättyjen, ja osin yritysten hallussa olevien, tietovarantojen julkaiseminen avoimiksi
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Sylvan, Johan. "Information visualization of consulting services statistics." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Medie- och Informationsteknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-133217.
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The aim of this masters thesis is to create a customized visualization web application of consulting services statistics. This to allow users to get an overview of time management through clear visual links between developers, customers and tasks. The design of the application is based on literature in usability and information visualization as well as a usability test. This thesis work resulted in a JavaScript based web application using the web framework CakePHP which follows a model-view-controller architectural pattern with visualization components implemented in Javascript.
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Lin, Horn-Chern. "Funding government services under incomplete information." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ56088.pdf.
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Adams, Paul Richard. "Evaluation of Welsh drug information services." Thesis, University of London, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313774.
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Proskurniak, Stanislav, and Станіслав Проскурняк. "Market of information services of Ukraine." Thesis, National Aviation University, 2021. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/51247.
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1. 17 ukrayins`kikh kompani`j-autsorseri`v potrapili u svi`tovij top-100. DOU.ua. Rezhim dostupu: https://dou.ua/lenta/news/outsourcingtop-100-2019/.
2. Knyazevich A.O. Upravli`nnya i`nfrastrukturnim zabezpechennyam i`nnovaczi`jnogo rozvitku ekonomi`ki : monogr. Ri`vne : Volins`ki` oberegi, 2018. 362 s.The process of commercializing scientific ideas and proposals is the process of bringing innovations to the market. Unlike other product markets, the innovation market is a market for economic development, accelerating scientific and technological progress. This is a set of organizational and economic relations arising in the process of exchanging the results of innovative activities and harmonizing the interests of participants in terms of prices, timing and scale of this exchange. The innovation market includes markets for intellectual property, information and financial services, labor, production and technological services and finished innovative products
Процес комерціалізації наукових ідей та пропозицій - це процес виведення інновацій на ринок. На відміну від інших товарних ринків, інноваційний ринок - це ринок економічного розвитку, що прискорює науково-технічний прогрес. Це сукупність організаційно-економічних відносин, що виникають у процесі обміну результатами інноваційної діяльності та узгодження інтересів учасників з точки зору цін, строків та масштабів цього обміну. Інноваційний ринок включає ринки інтелектуальної власності, інформаційних та фінансових послуг, праці, виробничо-технологічних послуг та готової інноваційної продукції
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Kuiters, Brenda. "Geographical information systems (GIS) as a tool to provide information to disadvantaged communities." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2000. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07132006-112710/.
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Wipawin, Namtip. "Strategic planning for information services a study of an application to Thai libraries and information centres /." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1991. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/28567547.html.
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Gausi, Hambani Adamson. "Effects of the brittle national information policy framework on information services in Malawi." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1005989.
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The aim of the study was to explore the effects of the absence of an overarching national information policy on information services in Malawi. The objectives of the study were to: find out the effects of the absence of an overarching national information policy on information access in Malawi; establish factors impeding the development of an overarching national information policy in Malawi; find out the extent to which the absence of an overarching policy has affected capacity building in information services in Malawi; and identify the legal and regulatory framework implications of the absence of such a policy in Malawi. The study adopted an exploratory research design. Data were collected using document analysis, observations and in-depth interviews. Eighty-two face-to-face interviews were conducted with policy makers in government, Members of Parliamentary committees on legal and media issues, information scientists, information service providers, academicians, legal experts and information users. Purposive sampling was used to select participants. An interview guide comprising closed and open ended questions was used to interview respondents. Data were analysed using quantitative and qualitative methods. The findings of this study may be used by Government in developing relevant national information policies that would enhance free access and utilisation of information. Furthermore the study is significant in identifying factors that may impede the development of a national information policy. The study revealed that Malawi has a brittle national information policy framework for the provision of information services. Malawi doesn’t have an overarching policy framework for the sector and as a result, there is no policy guidance to drive the development of sectoral policies and supporting legislation. Policy development in Malawi is more reactive to issues than systematic and very slow. Consequently, access to and utilization of information is low; capacity building is low in terms of competencies and infrastructure and; the legal and regulatory framework for information services is weak. The study also revealed that factors impeding the development of an overarching national information policy include: motivation for the development of sectoral information policies; lack of an institutional framework to guide the development of policy; lack of finances and technical capacity; lack of sustained political will; level of economic development; existence of overarching government development plans; international trends; and the diverse nature of the information sector. The general recommendation emanating from the findings of the study is that Malawi needs an overarching national information policy which would articulate and address issues regarding access to information, capacity building in terms of skills and infrastructure, and the legal and regulatory framework. Information is a cross-cutting issue requiring an all-encompassing policy. However, specific recommendations from the findings of this study are that government should expedite the development of policies and enactment of relevant pieces of legislation which are not yet in place to enhance free access and utilisation of information and ICTs; government should speed up the introduction of information literacy in the school curriculum starting from primary school level to university; government should develop a library policy to promote the development of school libraries in both primary and secondary schools, and public libraries in all towns, district assemblies and rural growth centres which should be well resourced including Internet facilities; and government should constantly review and harmonise policies and legislation in the information sector so that they are in line with current trends.
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Talebi, Fard Peyman. "An information centric networking approach to context-aware dissemination of services and information." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/46925.
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Dissemination of information and advertising services to targeted nodes are important aspects in the performance of future large scale network systems. Context-awareness is a key ingredient in any ubiquitous and pervasive system and provides intelligence to the system, allowing computing devices to make appropriate and timely decisions on behalf of users. In this thesis, first the problem of access network selection based on the context of users to support intelligent services and applications that demand a certain quality of service level is addressed. As the contextual information are collected from various sources with uncertain quality, a decision methodology for access network selection that takes the quality of provided information into account is proposed and it is shown that it yields a more confident decision when the available information lack certainty. In addition, collected data that are uncertain and fuzzy in nature pose another problem for selecting services. Therefore, a service selection approach to leverage the context similarity among the users, services and applications to solve this problem is proposed. Information Centric Networking (ICN) is a shift in networking paradigm that is based on named data as the main token of networking instead of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Based on ICN, the problem of information dissemination is tackled by proposing the new notion of information topology and using the information about the spectral characteristics of the topology for an enhanced network coding scheme. The success of the proposed approach is demonstrated on the basis of achieving a better reliability and lowering the processing cost for the entire system. Furthermore, the feasibility of ICN for vehicular clouds is investigated and a method based on dimensionality reduction to reduce processing overhead is suggested. The proposed method enhances the control plane performance in support of real time applications in the presence of intermittent connectivity.
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McClemens, Neil B. L. "Executive information systems, company libraries and the future of information services in business." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2001. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14481/.
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The aim of the study was to investigate the development of Executive Information Systems (EIS) in twenty large British companies and to also determine what role, if any, the company library played. Also investigated was the future of the library and other corporate information systems as a provider of information services to business. A multiple-case study methodology was adopted for carrying out the research. Interviews were conducted with nearly 70 respondents; these included librarians, EIS developers and senior manager users of the EIS, and EIS vendors. All three corporate respondent groups have poor perception of Information Management policy, politics and culture. Most EIS are developed using prototyping or CSF method without reference to any frameworks or strategic business plan, and a lack of co-operation from senior managers. EIS are developed because of internal pressures. Their main use is as an operational tool and for monitoring/analysis. EIS has made managers more aware of information as corporate asset but few request improvements to the system. Most EIS are successful and percolate further down the management hierarchy, but they have not lived up to their original expectations. EIS impact on both the library and company is slight. Most librarians know about EIS, mainly by chance. Only four company libraries were involved in the development of EIS because most EIS are internal financial systems, and the library is seen as irrelevant. However, they are more likely to be involved if the library reports to a corporate strategy department, be physically near EIS teams, and personally know the EIS developers. Libraries are consulted because they are seen as extemal data experts; their main role is acting as external information consultants or as a conduit for external sources directly into the EIS. Despite many librarians being proactive many also have a pessimistic view of their future. They believe they are seen by senior management as increasingly irrelevant and targets for cost cutting, and as such few openly promote themselves within the company. However, the study also shows that librarians may have new roles to play as information becomes much more widely accessible in business through knowledge management technology such as Lotus Notes and intranets.
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Akanbi, Olubukola Mercy. "Information monitoring and current awareness services supporting the information behaviour of pregnant women." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61316.
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The future of any society lies with the unborn and young children of that generation: pregnant women are an important part of any society because the outcome of any pregnancy directly affects the hope and future of any society. Provision of reliable pregnancy-related information to pregnant women is especially important if the outcomes of these pregnancies are to be healthy. Africa, particularly Southern African nations, has in the past years recorded a high number of maternal and infant mortality rates, prevalence of HIV/AIDS, diverse forms of abuse, poverty and the increased incidence of communicable and non-communicable diseases. These problems also affect pregnancies.
Information monitoring and current awareness services could assist with the promotion of patient-centered healthcare systems, provision of reliable and new information and a decrease in the maternal and infant mortality rate through the provision of relevant pregnancy-related information to pregnant women. The data for this study was collected over a period of three months (between August and October 2015). The study involved pregnant women visiting two private medical practices of gynaecologists in Pretoria, South Africa.
An explanatory sequential design mixed methods research was adopted for the study (involving both quantitative and qualitative approaches in data collection and analysis). Thirty-seven pregnant women were given copies of the questionnaire to complete and eleven of the thirty-seven were interviewed for the purpose of providing in-depth understanding and explanation of the participants' experiences. The McKenzie two-dimensional model of information practices in everyday life information seeking (ELIS) guided this study.
Findings from the study show that pregnant women have some unique information needs regarding specific uncertainties about their pregnancies, among others on how age can affect their pregnancy because of the possibility of Down syndrome, high-risk pregnancy and the well-being of the fetus. There are also many overlaps in information needs, such as needs for information on breastfeeding, safety and well-being of the fetus, medication, diet and supplements, to mention a few. The study confirmed that pregnant women need information throughout and after the pregnancy, hence they desire information on an on-going bases.
Problems pregnant women encounter when seeking for information include contradictory and/or unclear advice and information from their information sources, feelings of embarrassment to ask questions on pregnancy, insufficient discussion time with their healthcare providers and lack of access to information sources other than the internet. The study found that current awareness services and information monitoring could benefit pregnant women, because they showed interest in receiving new pregnancy-related information on safety during pregnancy, new trends regarding pregnancy, experiences and advices from other mothers. They also desired to be updated about free access to pregnancy-related information in order to meet their pregnancy-related information needs on among others medication, diet and supplements, disease and treatment, labour and method of delivery.
This study adapted the McKenzie two-dimensional model of information practices in ELIS adding two other modes of information seeking (namely directed monitoring, passive and accidental encountering). In addition, two new models were developed in the course of the study to deal with key activities of information behaviour that stood out from the findings of this study and pregnant women's pre and postnatal information needs and potential of information monitoring.
This study recommends that information monitoring and current awareness services should promote monitoring of new information and generate more reliable health information for pregnant women at little or no cost for the purpose of staying abreast with new information, which could assist in reducing their uncertainties about pregnancy. More consideration should be given to mobile devices as a channel of communication with pregnant women and for information monitoring.
This study also recommends more investigation into both expressed and unexpressed information needs of pregnant women in a social context, taking positioning theory into consideration. Social context could further reveal the ELIS of pregnant women. Social context tends to shed light on the area of needs of pregnant women especially through their discussions with other people (chatting). In addition, their discursive interactions with other people especially their healthcare providers and family members can reveal the relevant health topics or pregnancy-information needed.Dissertation (MIS)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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Khudair, Ahmad A. "Health sciences libraries : information services and ICTs." Thesis, City University London, 2005. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/11881/.
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In Saudi Arabia the need is recognised significantly to move towards the concept of an Information Society, particularly for the benefit of the healthcare community. There have been some individual efforts, in this direction but they do not address the problem and related root issues. The problem is that the body and soul are not joined as one to formulate a single entity. The health professional is the body and the soul is the health information professional (health librarians). Health professionals spend a great deal of time in information searching, while the health information professional's role is underestimated. This research is conducted to explore the state of health sciences libraries, and to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of the Information Services and Information, Communication Technology (ICT) in health sciences libraries in the capital city of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh. To accomplish this, a mixed method is used (qualitative and quantitative approaches) to collect related data. A framework is designed particularly for this research and a visionary organisational model is designed initially and developed throughout the research. This proposed model is to introduce a potentially possible successful paradigm for changing the health sciences libraries environment to encounter future challenges. In addition, for this research will contribute to the better understanding of how to provide fast, efficient and easy-to-use service to increase user satisfaction. Changing the paradigm of health sciences libraries in Riyadh will facilitate better access, sharing and use of information resources from distant geographical locations, and increase participation opportunities. In addition, the proposed model considers the human and social needs of communication, and the exchange of feelings and reactions. Importantly, successful change will help healthcare environments to move towards the establishment of a flourishing health information society by popularising the use of electronic resources and demonstrating the benefits and advantages of continuous learning and development programmes. It is clear that access to fast. accurate and reliable health information and resources, may be, the difference between life and death.
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Kühnhausen, Fabian. "Essays on information problems in financial services." Diss., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-176091.
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Stemmer, John K. "The Perception of Effectiveness in Merged Information Services Organizations: Combining Library and Information Technology Services at Liberal Arts Institutions." Ohio : Ohio University, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1178203531.
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McKenna, Mary. "User-based criteria for use and evaluation of alert services." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available, full text:, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.
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Reimers, Michiel Andries Fivaz. "Outsourcing information technology services / Michiel Andries Fivaz Reimers." Thesis, North-West University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1728.
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Heron, Thomas. "Managing marketing information in financial services product development." Thesis, City University London, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.307880.
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ANDUEZA, SILVIA GRISELDA. "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES OUTSOURCING: IT PROFESSIONALS ADVISORY EXPERIENCE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2010. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=16713@1.
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A tecnologia da informação (TI) é um componente que influencia o
desempenho da organização e sua aplicação efetiva se constitui em um desafio em
função da agilidade com que as mudanças tecnológicas ocorrem e do volume de
recursos financeiros e da especialização dos recursos humanos requeridos para sua
implementação. Uma das estratégias adotadas pelas organizações para suprir as
necessidades de TI é a terceirização parcial ou total da prestação dos serviços de
TI. O objetivo do presente estudo foi descrever a essência do significado da
experiência consultiva à luz percepção de profissionais que prestam serviços de
consultoria na área de TI. Para atingir o objetivo proposto foi realizada uma
pesquisa fenomenográfica, com o intuito de permitir que um grupo de quinze
consultores atuantes em uma instituição pública de natureza reguladora colocasse
de forma livre sua vivência relativa à prestação de serviços de consultoria de TI. A
análise dos dados coletados resultou na identificação dos temas Significação da
Área de Atuação, Conformação da Competência Consultiva, Valoração do
Serviço e Predisposição Consultiva relacionados com a experiência consultiva de
TI. Os significados atribuídos para esses temas permitiram propor uma descrição
da essência desse tipo de experiência. A relevância da pesquisa jaz no fato de que,
normalmente, a análise da terceirização enfatiza a relação contratual firmada entre
a contratante e a contratada e reconhece o consultor apenas como um dos recursos
necessários à prestação do serviço sem considerar as particularidades inerentes à
atividade consultiva.Information technology (IT) is a component that influences organizations´s performance and its effective application constitutes a challenge due to the speed associated to technological changes and the amount of financial resources and expertise of human resources required for its implementation. One of the strategies adopted by organizations to meet the needs of IT is to outsource all or part of the provision of IT services. The objective of this study was to describe the essence of the meaning of advisory experience according to the perception of professionals who provide IT consulting services. To achieve this purpose, a phenomenographic research was conducted in order to allow a group of fifteen consultants working in a regulatory public institution freely put its experience on the provision of IT consulting services. The data analysis resulted in the identification of the themes Acting Area Significance, Competency Advisory Conformation, Services Valuation and Advisory Predisposition related to IT consulting. The meanings attributed for these subjects allowed to propose a description of the essence of this kind of experience. The relevance of the research lies in the fact that, typically, the outsourcing analysis emphasizes the outsourcing contractual relationship established between the contractor and the contracted company and recognizes the consultant as only one of the resources needed to provide the service without considering the peculiarities inherent to the advisory activity.
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Singh, Raj R. (Raj Richard). "Collaborative urban information systems : a Web services approach." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28783.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-186).
(cont.) to encourage the interconnection of planning and mainstream information technology. We find that the PAMML framework can lower costs by leveraging mainstream technology, simplify the most basic data sharing activities, yet still allow organizations with different levels of technical sophistication to collaborate. PAMML captures the semantics of spatial planning problems, allowing them to be decomposed into fundamental information processing operations. Regarding user interfaces, we show that PAMML's structure allows multiple end user applications aimed towards different audiences to be easily built from the same core PAMML document.
This thesis examines systemic problems with the way information is managed and processed in planning support systems. We find evidence of these problems when we attempt to: develop an analysis without spending most of the time gathering and organizing data sets; or build an analysis that can be re-run at low cost; or implement systems that interact collaboratively with those of other experts. This research starts with the hypothesis that these problems are related and systemic, and that a new paradigm of information management is needed if we can hope to address them effectively. The research is divided into two main sections. First, we develop a theory about how information flows within and across planning organizations, and use the MassGIS buildout analysis to understand how physical planning is done in a cross-jurisdictional, real-world setting. We find that modern organizations do are good at creating and disseminating information, but find it difficult to keep users' copies of published information up-to-date. Furthermore, the technology for building interactive front-ends to analytic models is poorly matched to user needs, and the technology for enabling cross-organization collaborative analysis is non-existent. In the second part of the thesis, we re-architect the information framework, guided by our new theoretical foundation and findings from practice. This new framework is based on Web services, an emerging technology for connecting information systems across organizations. It is called the Planning Analysis and Modeling Markup Language framework, or PAMML, consisting of an information processing vocabulary expressed in XML Schema, Web services based on the schema, and guidance on how to best use the framework
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Delle, Monache Sara. "Il modulo di catalogazione di tre sistemi SBN a confronto: Mvs /Adabas, Unix/x Totem e Sebina-Indice." Thesis, 2003. http://eprints.rclis.org/4400/1/monache1.pdf.
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Master Thesis “Mangement and planning of advanced documental services”, University of Urbino. The work is focused on the SBN cataloguing module (SBN – National Library System, 53 Library Poles) and on the analysis and comparison of three SBN application: cataloguing module Mvs/Adabas (used at the University of Padua during a stage), Unix/x Totem (Pole of Teramo, Library G.D’Annunzio) and Sebina/Indice (Used at the University con Urbino).
Before the analysis of the softwares, is described the experience of SBN in relation to the recent change of the ICCU platform with the usage of SBN in UNIX environment, with a client/server architecture. The sw UNIX is used to build hardware platforms open and counts three level: Pole, Index and local level. Unix is intended to substitute Pole sw. each pole will have a management database and an OPAC one, on the same computer or on different computers. Both will use Unix and will converse between each other with the RCP protocol of TCP/IP. The same conversation between Poles and Index will be based on the TCP/IP protocol.
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Mlitwa, Nhlanhla Boyfriend. "Implications of Convergence on the Regulatory Regime, e-Commerce, the Industry, and the Society at large in South Africa." Thesis, 2004. http://eprints.rclis.org/6506/1/Implications_of_Convergence_on_the_Regulatory_Regime.pdf.
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Convergence in information communication technology is about real issues of technological innovations and change. It encompasses a combination of benefits and challenges, not only for the market, the industry, or technology sectors, but also for the regulatory regime and the society at large.
Technology convergence offers massive opportunities for the development of new services and the expansion of consumer choice. It certainly expands the overall information market, and is the catalyst for the next stage in the integration of the world economy. Even small business can market globally, thanks to the low cost of a World Wide Web site. Convergence enables a substantially higher capacity of traditionally distinct voice and data transmission services to be transported over similar networks and to use integrated consumer devices for purposes such as telephony, television or personal computing (PC).
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Debandi, Michele. "Sistemi web di content management con funzionalità di redazione distribuita. Tesi di Laurea. Relatori: Prof. Fulvio Corno, ing. Giovanni Squillero." Thesis, 2003. http://eprints.rclis.org/4823/1/debandi.pdf.
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Analysis of free and available CMS (Content Management Systems) in relation to a previous application at the Comune di Torino (information site on disabilities). Description of WCMS characteristics. The second chapter explains the meanings of content and content management, and offers an overview of the available open source management systems. The thesis describes XML and the use of DTD for content definition, and the use of CSS for XML documents presentation.
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Barrie, Robert Brian. "The design, implementation and evaluation of a management information system for public dental services." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3252.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhDIn order to manage public dental services, information is required about what work is being performed by the staff at the various clinics. Tally sheets have been used in the past to record treatment procedures but this is not an effective method of recording the amount of work done by staff at public dental clinics. But tally sheets are inaccurate, open to abuse, and fail to provide the necessary information for managers. Nor is it of any real value for providing feedback to staff on their performance. This inhibits a core aspect of job satisfaction for the staff, which is feedback. The staff just persevere, continue doing the same thing and feel frustrated. This contributes to poor work performance. Instead of using a tally sheet, 4 digit treatment codes are used for all treatment procedures (as used in the private sector for billing purposes) and additional codes were developed for services such as brushing programmes for which billing codes do not exist. These are recorded for each patient, together with a code for the patient category. A relative value unit (RVU) has been developed for each treatment code that has been weighted according to policy guidelines and the amount of time and effort required to provide the service. This was done for clinical treatment procedures as well as for community-based preventive activities. A computer program has been developed that captures the treatment codes which are saved in a number of databases that are linked to Excel pivot tables. The data can therefore be easily manipulated by the user to obtain the required information in the form of counts of procedures, monetary cost of the same clinical services in the private sector (useful with the proposed advent of National Health Insurance) and also in the form of relative value units. iii This is available for the current reporting period as well as for previous periods, allowing a detailed analysis of services rendered and staff performance over a period of time to show trends. Use is also made of an Objectives Matrix where the performance of each staff member can be measured according to seven objectives (Key Performance Areas) (five in the case of oral hygienists) to produce an overall Performance Index – which is a score out of ten. This enables performance appraisal to be carried out much easier than by comparing performance based on a number of diverse treatments provided. The data for all the public dental clinics in the Western Cape Province has been analysed for the period 1994 to 2012 using this system, and it has been shown that the system is sensitive enough to highlight problem areas as well as provide a balanced overall view of the service, as measured by a number of variables. The system is “low tech” in that it runs on a “stand alone” personal computer, but it could easily be applied to an integrated, networked information system provided the latter contained the treatment codes, and certain other patient, staff and clinic identifiers. It is therefore suitable for developing countries, such as South Africa, that may later develop a comprehensive Health Information System based on an electronic medical record. The emphasis is not on the information technology, it is focussed on the concepts behind the processing of the data into meaningful information for managing public dental services.
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SILVA, Alan Cursino Pedreira da, and Luciana Ferreira da COSTA. "O uso do Open Journal Systems - OJS pelos periódicos científicos em Turismo." Thesis, 2009. http://eprints.rclis.org/23896/1/Silva_Costa.pdf.
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It presents a product of the International Cooperat
ion between the Federal University of
Alagoas and the University of Girona, Spain, in sco
pe of research and development in
Tourism, introduced the role of scientific electron
ic journals reported between science,
information, communication and development, in view
of implementation of publication of a
bilateral international journal in Tourism. It expl
ains the importance of the Open Journal
System – OJS in management and publication of scien
tific electronic journals in face to
debate about open access to scientific information
and open files initiative. It presents the
diagnosis of scientific electronic journals from Br
azil published in Tourism, discussing the
use of the OJS as a resource that allows a differen
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Bale, Claire. "An investigation of the issues involved in designing a treatment information website for cancer patients." Master's thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148363.
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Ross, Sheri V. "The scholarly use of journals offered through the Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) and Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture(AGORA) Programs as suggested by the journal-citing patterns of authors in the least-developed nations." Thesis, 2008. http://eprints.rclis.org/28390/1/Article.054.pdf.
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The Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) and the Access to Global Online Resources in Agriculture (AGORA) programs provide free access to
academic journals through the internet to researchers in the developing world. The objective of the programs is to engage researchers in the scholarly communication
process through the scholarly use of these journals. A measure of scholarly use of a journal by a researcher is the number of times the journal is cited by that researcher. A citation study was conducted to explore the patterns of use of these journals by
researchers in eligible countries.
Bibliographic data for citations made by researchers from 108 eligible countries for
each year from 2000-2007 were downloaded from the Science Citation Index and the
Social Science Citation Index. The citation data were matched against HINARI and
AGORA title lists in a database developed for this purpose. The frequency of citations made to journals in the AGORA and HINARI collections and the annual percent change in the frequency of these citations were analyzed for suggestions that the programs positively impacted the scholarly use of the journals by these researchers.
The data treatment for each country, sub-region and region was guided by twelve research questions. Results were summarized and interpreted at the regional level. The
data suggests that for some geographic groups, life science and agricultural researchers have become more engaged in formal scholarly communication since the initiation of the HINARI and AGORA programs and at a greater average percent change than other researchers. However, data for other geographic groups suggest that their researchers have not become more engaged in the scholarly communication process. Further research that couples these findings with other data will lend explanatory power to the results and inform future program planning for HINARI and AGORA.
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SUN, HUAN-YUN, and 孫煥芸. "Network Service Information Platform of Smart Medical Treatment and Personal Health Management." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7by2b3.
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碩士國立高雄海洋科技大學
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There are lots of reports about people unceremoniously taking medicine or throwing them away nowadays, these action may caused very bad reaction and environmental hazard all because they are lack of relevant knowledge. According to the statistics, people in Taiwan cost more than one hundred billion on medicine which makes the National Health Insurance(NHI)'s burden increased as well as the number of chronic year by year. In order to prevent the increase of chronic patients, Health Promotion Administration(HPA) has offered a method called "Blood Pressure 3C Management". Blood Pressure 3C Management is a preventive healthcare by testing physiological status regularly. The statistics show that the top ten causes of death in Taiwan are mainly chronic diseases. Among them, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia and Hyperglycemia are most critical. To prevent chronic increase, people should do general checkup regularly and seek medical treatment immediately if checkup report is not normal. This thesis proposed an App based on mobile smart device named Network Service Information Platform of Smart Medical Treatment and Personal Health Management, which can solve these problems mentioned before. The App can assist citizen know the medicines information, time period of taking and discard method, and manage personal health. This may reduce the situation of taking wrong medicine and environmental pollution. The App can also help with recording measured value of blood glucose, blood lipids, blood pressure and weight, which can offer to doctor a long time record to assessing the condition.
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Espain, Ruiz María Martina, María Florencia Masoero, Marcelo Casarin, and Ricardo Irastorza. "Pertinencia, factibilidad y viabilidad de una publicación científica en la Escuela de Ciencias de la Información (UNC)." Thesis, 2010. http://eprints.rclis.org/14837/1/PERTINENCIA%2C_FACTIBILIDAD_Y_VIABILIDAD_DE_UNA_PUBLICACION_CIENTIFICA_EN_LA_ESCUELA_DE_CIENCIAS_DE_LA_INFORMACION_%28UNC%29.pdf.
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Scientific dissemination and scientific publications serve to channel the produce and facilitate entry to the scientific field. In an academic institution, a scientific publication provides greater visibility and allows to position itself in the area of knowledge to which it belongs. Thus, it enriches by the contact with other institutions and the exchange of all types of material.
This study aimed to know the conditions of relevance, feasibility and viability of a scientific publication in the School of Information Sciences (National University of Córdoba). To do this, we attempted to establish, first, the state of the art in scientific publications, publicize the position of the National University of Cordoba and, finally, to identify concrete the possibilities which has The Sciences School Information (ECI) for a publication of this kind.
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Flores, Peralta Hernest. "Características profesionales de los docentes de educación secundaria pertenecientes a instituciones educativas seleccionadas de la UGEL Norte Arequipa 2005." Thesis, 2006. http://eprints.rclis.org/42116/1/Tesis%20Licenciatura%20en%20Educaci%C3%B3n%20-%202006.pdf.
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The present titled investigation work: PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EDUCATIONAL ones OF SECONDARY EDUCATION OF SELECTED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE NORTH UGEL AREQUIPA 2005 whose used variable was characteristic professional. The investigation is based on opinions of educational in exercise, making reference to the activities, personal situations and the indicators of the survey that pick up several options in this investigation is the following ones: Vocation, personal Features, Domain of contents, Climate group, teaching Style, Self-esteem, Trainings. The work is related with the pedagogic activity of the educational one in activity and when being concluded the investigation work, it is evident and certain that is to these educational ones to who it should return.
The objective to take into account is: To determine which the professional characteristics of the educational ones of secondary education of selected Educational Institutions of the north UGEL are Arequipa 2005. The question that is latent and we should respond it is: Which are the professional characteristics of the educational ones of secondary education that influence in the effective acting of the educational work?. is a thesis of descriptive character and, seeking to discover with the observations, do we want to determine which the characteristics of the educational ones are in these secondary education centers.
Of the sought determination the outlined hypothesis was: "Since the professional characteristics of the professors are good. It is probable that these present characteristics, once well-known, help to strengthen the professional and personal capacities."
The technique employee for the obtaining of the data that allows the achievement of the objective and the verification of the hypothesis was the technique and instrument adapted in function of the variables and indicators. That is the structured interview and like instrument the questionnaire for the professor.
The results were:
• The vocation to the teaching is condition sine qua non, it cannot be exercised the teacher freely.
• The personal features of the personal ones, mainly the character, they are decisive so that an educational one is highly effective.
• The domain of the contents of their subjects because it allows to the educational one to have a high professional commitment besides acting naturally and their students' healthy concern.
• The educational ones have conscience that the climate positive grupal in the classroom helps to a stimulation and permanent reinforcement, to a personal treatment with the student and this way to assist the interests and necessities.
• That the teaching styles have been differentiated, from the traditional pattern of teaching until the model cognoscitivism and constructivism in validity. Taking place in these changes guessed right situations, I eat for example, to assume that the educational one and the students are responsible for the process teaching-learning that professor is not mere transmitter but collaborator of the process, therefore, there is an interaction professor-student.
• That the professor's self-esteem impacts positively in the student, helps him to see the life in a cooperative and solidary way. Also, of considering, misleadingly that the family atmosphere affects in the student's yield.
• The permanent trainings, besides differentiating the intentions of these, they are usually admitted as necessary and valid for the upgrade in the exercise of the professional work.
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Vieira, Junior Nilson Carlos, and Michely Vogel. "Memória LGBT (Lésbicas, Gays, Bissexuais, Travestis e Transgêneros) no Museu da Diversidade Sexual em São Paulo: sugestões de sistemas e serviços informacionais." Thesis, 2013. http://eprints.rclis.org/23322/1/FESPSP_Monografia_memoria%20LGBT_%20NCVJ%2025%20out%202013.pdf.
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This paper discusses the memory of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) in the Museum of Diversity in São Paulo, Brazil with reference to the Schwules Museum in Berlin, Germany. Aimed to study the relationship of preservation and dissemination of information in museums with the theme of sexual diversity. Specific objectives to contextualize the creation of museums, lifting systems preservation and dissemination, and propose elements to think about planning the deployment and management of information services to the Museum of Diversity in Brazil, from the point of view of organization your information.
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Botelho, Lara Batista. "Organização e recuperação da informação em ciências da saúde: a elaboração de um microtesauro de nutrição." Thesis, 2008. http://eprints.rclis.org/12852/1/microtesauro_Nutricao_LARA_BOTELHO.pdf.
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This work presents the elaboration of a Nutrition Microthesaurus, with terms based in the basic bibliography of the discipline of the University of Brasilia Nutrition course, to help in the indexing and recovery specialised information in the respective area. It also features a literature review approaching aspects of nutrition-related documentation and representation of the knowledge, bringuing a referential theory about the documentary languages, schemes of classification, terminology in thesauruses context and so, presents histotical, definitions and functions of thesauruses, the process of collection of terms, the categorization and the formation of relationships as well as the appearance’ presentations. In the methodology, the main stages and examples adopted in the structuring and construction microthesaurus are explained, through the delimitation of subjects that covered it, sources uded, description of target public, categorization, standardization of the words, relationships, software used and way of presentation. Presents in appendix, the counter of colletion of terms. Its final considerations include the attention about the importance the work’s planning, such as the scarceness in the literature review of contents related to Nutrition. Microthesaurus is considered an important contribution to the subject in focus, though it needs to be reviewed by information and specilised professionals, for the constitution possible specialised thesaurus, as a whole.
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de, Ferrari Lorena. "De marcas & ciudades. Manifestación de la marca ciudad en el diseño de la marca gráfica." Thesis, 2015. http://eprints.rclis.org/28376/1/LORENA%20DE%20FERRARI%20-%20de%20marcas%20%26%20ciudades%20-MUDIC%202014%202015.pdf.
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Research that aims to define what city brand is, to study what has been written about it and what their theories are, from design and communication’s point of view. Also to study how the city brand is currently manifested in their graphic mark, and how this process should be, so that the outcome can endure over time and really talk about the brand city it represents.
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Angelozzi, Silvina Marcela, and Sandra Gisela Martín. "Análisis y comparación de metadatos para la descripción de recursos electrónicos en línea." Thesis, 2009. http://eprints.rclis.org/43834/1/Metadatos%202009.pdf.
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This work consists of a comparative study of metadata for the description of documents accessible on the Internet. The particularities and difficulties of online electronic resources in terms of their cataloging are analyzed. The metadata are defined and characterized, the different schemes are described and analyzed. The comparison is made taking into account characteristics such as origin and purpose, structure and content of the description, complexity, syntax, contribution to international standardization, interoperability, extensibility, flexibility, maintenance, existing documentation, updating, and results obtained to date.
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Cruz, Rodriguez Jorge J. "Herramientas de la Web 2.0 aplicadas a la Biblioteca Virtual UCV Caso: Facebook." Thesis, 2011. http://eprints.rclis.org/23921/1/tesis.pdf.
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We analyze the study of Web 2.0 tools in the specific case of the social network Facebook Virtual Library applied to UCV. The study was carried out in three phases: 1) Obtaining information on the early evolution of the Internet and the same; 2) Use of social networks and applications found for libraries; and 3) Analysis of the statistics that reflect the using this social network and x visibility has contributed to the Virtual Library UCV. To the Virtual Library of the Universidad Central de Venezuela has been a great support communication using social networks, especially Facebook, as it has been
shown to increase the visibility of the Library.
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Lenzo, N. "Tres décadas de producción científica del Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP) (1978-2007). Un estudio cuantitativo de su actividad científica." Thesis, 2011. http://eprints.rclis.org/28762/1/Tesis%20Lenzo-1.pdf.
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This study analyzes the scientific production of the researchers of the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP). The work is focused on the indicators of “productivity”, collaboration networks, publication trends in different research areas, dimension of the research activity and the dynamic process of building knowledge generated by the research community during the three decades of study, (1978-2007). It also analyzes some unidimensional indicators: Documentary Typology, Languages used, and Dispersion of the scientific literature (Bradford).
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Flamino, Adriana Nascimento. "MARC21 e XML como ferramentas para a consolidação da catalogação cooperativa automatizada: uma revisão de literatura." Thesis, 2003. http://eprints.rclis.org/16897/1/FLAMINO_Adriana_Nascimento_TCC.pdf.
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The cooperation and the sharing of information cataloguing and bibliographical in environment automated, this was only possible with the creation and adoption of interchange format MARC21. But due to the progresses of the technologies of information and communication, of the crescent use of Internet and of the databases and databanks, there were the need of the creation and development of tools that optimize the organization activities, retrieval and interchange of information. XML is one of those developments that have as purpose to facilitate the management, storage and transmission of data through Internet. Before that, it was proposed through a literature revision, to analyze Interchange Format MARC21 and Markup Language XML as tools for the consolidation of the Automated Cooperative Cataloguing, your differences of storage flexibilities, organization, retrieval and interchange of data through Internet. This research made possible the divulgation to the community librarian, through a literature revision, that has been discussed internationally on MARC21 and XML.