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Paschoal Júnior, Fábio, Gabriel Vinicius Silva Ribeiro, Leandro Moniz de Aragão Daquer, Renato Campos Mauro, Eduardo Soares Ogasawara, and Nelson Francisco Favilla Ebecken. "PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL OF FACEBOOK USERS." Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte 26, no. 6 (December 2020): 517–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1517-869220202606179014.
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ABSTRACT Introduction: Interactions of Facebook users led to a study of the influence that users can exert on behavioral changes for a healthier life. Objective: To analyze the behavior of Facebook users in order to define the Users' Behavioral Patterns, by monitoring the practice of physical activities shared online, aided by a social competition among users, with the aim of combating sedentarism through the modern attraction of technology and gamification. Methods: A computational tool was developed to extract data from physical activity shared online. The tool, named FitRank, has permissions to access users' data. Tables and classifications were generated based on an analysis of the data in the database, using decision tree algorithms and descriptive statistical analysis. Results: users were classified according to sociodemographic data, and data on the creation of competitive rankings and the practice of physical activities, including the definition of the User's Behavioral Pattern. Conclusion: The study suggested the importance of technological innovations to combat sedentarism, in line with current social entertainment technologies to make them more enjoyable and motivating for the regular practice of physical activities and to provide a better quality of life. Level of Evidence II; Retrospective study.
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Archibald, Mandy, Sandra Wiebe, Kendra Rieger, Janice Linton, and Roberta Woodgate. "Protocol for a systematic review of living labs in healthcare." BMJ Open 11, no. 2 (February 2021): e039246. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039246.
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IntroductionHealthcare is increasingly challenged to meet the demands of user involvement and knowledge mobilisation required by the 21st-century patient-centred and knowledge-based economies. Innovations are needed to reduce problematic barriers to knowledge exchange and improve collaborative problem solving. Living labs, as open knowledge systems, have the potential to address these gaps but are underexplored in healthcare.Methods and analysisWe will conduct the first systematic review of living labs across healthcare contexts. We will comprehensively search the following online databases from inception to 31 December 2020: Scopus, the Cochrane Library (Wiley), Medline (OVID), Embase (OVID), Web of Science, PsycINFO (OVID) and EBSCOhost databases including Academic Search Complete, Business Source Premier, Canadian Reference Centre, CINAHL, MasterFILE Premier, SPORTDiscus, Library & Information Science Source, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, AgeLine, EconLit, Art Full Text, Women’s Studies International and Social Work Abstracts. We will search for grey literature using Google advanced techniques and books/book chapters through scholarly and bibliographical databases. We will use a dual-reviewer, two-step selection process with pre-established inclusion criteria and limit to English language publications. Empirical studies of any design examining living lab development, implementation or evaluation in health or healthcare will be included. We will use the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) for methodological quality appraisal and Covidence software for review management, and we will extract data on pre-established variables such as lab context and technological platforms. We will create evidence tables and analyse across variables such as focal aim and achievement of living lab principles, such as the use of cocreation and multimethod approaches. We will tabulate data for descriptive reporting and narrative synthesis to identify current applications, approaches and promising areas for living lab development across health contexts.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval was not required for this review. This review will inform research into living labs in health environments, including guidance for a living lab in paediatric rehabilitation. Academic publications shared through collaborative networks and social media channels will provide substantive knowledge to the growing tech-health development sector and to researchers, practitioners and organisations seeking enhanced patient/stakeholder engagement and innovations in knowledge translation and evidence-based practice.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42020175275
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Somni, Rohan, and Tarush Jain. "Evolution of Graphics-Development & Innovations." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY 10, no. 9 (September 15, 2013): 2002–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.24297/ijct.v10i9.1377.
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Graphics are now an integral part in many scientific, and entertainment fields. Radical discoveries and developments are still being made. Combinations of techniques and technology from different scientific fields are the primary reasons for these advancements. In this paper we highlight some of the key developments, and technological innovations that have taken place to enable graphical technology to progress to where it is today, covering both software for consoles as well as handheld devices and tablets. We attempt to be succinct, but technically so, in describing a few key aspects of applications and technologies which are now ubiquitous, or which will be in the near future. We describe both staples like DirectX and hardware tessellation as well as relatively new concepts like the Grid and Retina displays for smartphones.
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KOSALS, L. "Technological Innovations in Russia : The Socioeconomic Aspect." Sociological Research 43, no. 5 (September 2004): 73–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10610154.2004.11068609.
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G.*, Bhusnure O., Gholve V. S., Sugave B. K., Dongre R. C., Gore S. A., and Giram P. S. "3D Printing & Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Opportunities and Challenges." International Journal of Bioassays 5, no. 01 (January 1, 2016): 4723. http://dx.doi.org/10.21746/ijbio.2016.01.006.
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Many researchers have attempted to use computer-aided design (C.A.D) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) to realize a scaffold that provides a three-dimensional (3D) environment for regeneration of tissues and organs. As a result, several 3D printing technologies, including stereolithography, deposition modeling, inkjet-based printing and selective laser sintering have been developed. Because these 3D printing technologies use computers for design and fabrication, and they can fabricate 3D scaffolds as designed; as a consequence, they can be standardized. Growth of target tissues and organs requires the presence of appropriate growth factors, so fabrication of 3Dscaffold systems that release these biomolecules has been explored. A drug delivery system (D.D.S) that administrates a pharmaceutical compound to achieve a therapeutic effect in cells, animals and humans is a key technology that delivers biomolecules without side effects caused by excessive doses. 3D printing technologies and D. D. Ss have been assembled successfully, so new possibilities for improved tissue regeneration have been suggested. If the interaction between cells and scaffold system with biomolecules can be understood and controlled, and if an optimal 3D tissue regenerating environment is realized, 3D printing technologies will become an important aspect of tissue engineering research in the near future. 3D Printing promises to produce complex biomedical devices according to computer design using patient-specific anatomical data. Since its initial use as pre-surgical visualization models and tooling molds, 3D Printing has slowly evolved to create one-of-a-kind devices, implants, scaffolds for tissue engineering, diagnostic platforms, and drug delivery systems. Fuelled by the recent explosion in public interest and access to affordable printers, there is renewed interest to combine stem cells with custom 3D scaffolds for personalized regenerative medicine. Before 3D Printing can be used routinely for the regeneration of complex tissues (e.g. bone, cartilage, muscles, vessels, nerves in the craniomaxillofacial complex), and complex organs with intricate 3D microarchitecture (e.g. liver, lymphoid organs), several technological limitations must be addressed. Until recently, tablet designs had been restricted to the relatively small number of shapes that are easily achievable using traditional manufacturing methods. As 3D printing capabilities develop further, safety and regulatory concerns are addressed and the cost of the technology falls, contract manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies that experiment with these 3D printing innovations are likely to gain a competitive edge. This review compose the basics, types & techniques used, advantages and disadvantages of 3D printing
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Emmelkamp, Paul M. G. "Technological Innovations in Clinical Assessment and Psychotherapy." Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 74, no. 6 (2005): 336–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000087780.
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Yılmaz, Sadullah. "Challenges of Self-Management Techniques in Providing Better Classroom Settings." European Journal of Social Sciences Education and Research 4, no. 1 (August 30, 2015): 201. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejser.v4i1.p201-206.
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One of the key elements in having an effective teaching and learning atmosphere goes through classroom management that has gone through series of innovations, from animal leathers used to store data, cave walls used for talents and other purposes; to the alleged digital age, with digital tablets, touchpads, smart boards, special schools with utmost utilities serving both teachers and students spreading all over the world. Moreover, internet oriented education is widening the concept of school to anywhere, anytime. Nevertheless, different needs brought different approaches and strategies to solve the problems of classroom management. The 21st century self-management techniques require quite complex approaches. In today's world technological devices are part of everyday life as our needs brought us to overcome difficulties as well as making life easier. We started education on clay tablets, and had blackboards, then white boards, and now we are getting back to tablets, but this time multitasking digital ones. Smart boards, labs, and multimedia rooms are now serving educational purposes. Thus, in this article, together with aforementioned innovations, it is aimed to present some better ways that may help overcome today's challenges of classroom management in terms of self-management techniques. The set of 10 principles suggested by Thomas J. Zirpoli is dredged up to shed light on the issue or help instructors to develop their own techniques within the process of classroom management. The vitality of students' study skills and secure attachment are perceived in regard with redemption of overwhelming challenges of self-management techniques.
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Seymour, R., S. Hinshaw, T. Nashabishi, C. Cox, B. Coyne, P. Sangsingkeow, and W. Graves. "Technological innovations in high count-rate instrumentation." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Articles 160, no. 2 (July 1992): 363–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02037111.
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Thrall, James H. "Technological Innovations Impact All Aspects of AMCLC 2009." Journal of the American College of Radiology 6, no. 7 (July 2009): 469–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2009.05.015.
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Dixit, Mandeep, Kusum Panchal, Dharini Pandey, Nikolaos E. Labrou, and Pratyoosh Shukla. "Robotics for enzyme technology: innovations and technological perspectives." Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 105, no. 10 (May 2021): 4089–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-021-11302-1.
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Lu, Jingyan 1971. "Supporting medical decision making with collaborative tools." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=103266.
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This study examines the decision-making activities and communicative activities of two groups participating in a simulated medical emergency activity: the control group (CG) using a traditional whiteboard and the experimental group (EG) using a structured interactive whiteboard. The two groups differ in that the EG has a structured template to annotate and share their arguments with each other. Data analysis of the decision-making activities focused on planning, data collecting, managing, and interpreting patient data. Data analysis of the communicative activities focused on informative, argumentative, elicitative, responsive, and directive acts. In the early stage of decision-making the EG spent significantly more time interpreting the situation and less time managing the patient than the CG; in the later stage the EG spent significantly more time managing the patient but less time interpreting the situation. No significant results were found in communicative activities due to low cell frequencies of the utterances. Qualitative results indicated that shared visualizations can disambiguate and clarify verbal interactions and promote productive argumentation and negotiation activities. Shared cognition facilitates the construction of shared situation models and joint problem spaces which lead to better decision making and problem solving.
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Hogaboam, Liliya Stepanivna. "Assessment of Technology Adoption Potential of Medical Devices: Case of Wearable Sensor Products for Pervasive Care in Neurosurgery and Orthopedics." PDXScholar, 2018. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4205.
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Information and communication technologies hope to revolutionize the healthcare industry with innovative and affordable solutions with a focus on pervasive care. Wearable sensors products can provide monitoring in a natural environment with a constant stream of information, enriching healthcare practices and enabling better pervasive care.
Wearable sensor technologies could monitor patients' mobility, gait, tremor, daily activity and other health indicators in real time that could allow for simple, non-invasive, tracking of spine care that may lead to increased patient engagement, integration, feedback, post-surgery analysis, monitoring of patient's condition, patient's data extraction and analysis and possibly aiding in better diagnosis, intervention, adherence to treatment for the betterment of quality of care.
This research focuses on the assessment of technology adoption potential of medical devices particular to tracking the mobility of patients of neurosurgery and orthopedics.
Wearable medical devices that track the mobility of patients after spinal procedures could help surgeons in providing post-operative care, analysis of treatment outcomes and patient mobility. The assessment of those devices by physicians is a complex process associated with various perspectives and criteria.
Therefore, the objective of this research is to assess the potential for technology adoption of those wearable medical devices through development of a hierarchical decision-making model (HDM) that incorporates the relevant perspectives and criteria encompassing the needs of hospital neurological surgery and orthopedics departments.
The proposed research builds on an existing body of knowledge researched through literature review and background of the field and expands the health technology assessment field by implementation of a holistic, comprehensive and multi-perspective approach to technology assessment in wearable sensor products adoption for pervasive care in neurosurgery and orthopedics.
The Hierarchical Decision Model (HDM) approach is used to break the problem down into hierarchical levels and then calculate the alternatives using pairwise comparison scales and a judgment quantification technique. Inconsistencies, disagreement, sensitivity and scenario analysis are performed as well. HDM research software is created with Ruby and R to facilitate the computation of some of these important model parameters to higher precision than is available in current statistical analysis software packages or extensions targeted for decision making. Patient perspective dominates as the main perspective for the technology adoption potential of wearable devices for pervasive care in neurosurgery and orthopedics, followed by technical and financial perspectives. Valedo, a wearable device aimed to relieve back pain through exercises, motivation and mobility tracking, received the highest ranking for adoption potential, while other devices also received high relative scores. The framework could serve as a supplementary technology assessment tool and could be tested in other settings: private, small clinic etc. with the experts and special needs of physicians in particular healthcare departments.
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Deetjen, Ulrike. "Internet use and health : a mixed methods analysis using spatial microsimulation and interviews." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:92b1d35c-1aed-435d-8daa-18b1cd9ccaa1.
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Internet use is considered a lever for empowering patients, levelling inequalities and reducing healthcare expenditure. However, with digital inclusion, health provision quality and health system efficiency high on the UK and EU policy agendas, we need to better understand the relationship between Internet use and health outcomes to assess potential benefits and adverse effects. This research addresses the question of how Internet use influences individuals' health service use and their perceived health in the context of England. Focusing on health information-seeking, it analyses variations across different kinds of users, mechanisms between Internet use and both health outcomes, and the role of individual and contextual factors in this relationship. To answer this question, this research uses a mixed methods approach. Quantitative data from the Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS), the English census and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) was connected through spatial microsimulation based on output areas. Qualitative data was collected through semi-structured, face-to-face interviews, primarily with former OxIS participants from output areas in the quantitative strand. The quantitative data was revisited based on emerging interview themes. The results indicate that Internet use influences perceived health and health service use via various mechanisms based on the Internet's content, mediation and connection affordances. However, the boundaries between users and non-users are blurry and outcomes vary for different types of individuals, classified here as learners, pragmatists, sceptics, worriers, delegators and adigitals. Age, education, socioeconomic status, long-term health conditions, and geographic context influence Internet use and health outcomes separately, while the social context shapes their relationship too. These findings advance the theoretical understanding of Internet-based health outcomes, and provide practical implications for health professionals and policymakers with insights down to the local level. Moreover, this research demonstrates how novel insights for public wellbeing can be derived from qualitatively enriched secondary data in privacy-preserving and cost-effective ways.
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Harris, Alesha N. "Targeted and Metal-loaded Polymeric Nanoparticles As Potential Cancer Therapeutics." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500025/.
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Polymeric nanoparticles were designed, synthesized, and loaded with metal ions to explore the therapeutic potential for transition metals other than platinum found in cisplatin. Nanoparticles were synthesized to show the potential for polymer based vectors. Metal loading and release were characterized via Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP MS), Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDX), X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), and Elemental Analysis. Targeting was attempted with the expectation of observed increased particle uptake by cancer cells with flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy. Results demonstrated that a variety of metals could be loaded to the nano-sized carriers in an aqueous environment, and that the release was pH-dependent. Expected increased targeting was inconsistent. The toxicity of these particles was measured in cancer cells where significant toxicity was observed in vitro via dosing of high copper-loaded nanoparticles and slight toxicity was observed in ruthenium-loaded nanoparticles. No significant toxicity was observed in cells dosed with metal-free nanoparticles. Future research will focus on ruthenium loaded polymeric nanoparticles with different targeting ligands dosed to different cell lines for the aim of increased uptake and decreased cancer cell viability.
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Mann, Anne-Marie. "Child-centred technologies as learning tools within the primary classroom : exploring the role of tablets and the potential of digital pens in schools." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11012.
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This thesis provides insights into how technology can be and is used as child-centric learning tools within primary school classrooms. The conducted studies look closely at how tablet technology is integrated into the modern classroom, and considers how existing digital writing technologies could support handwriting-based learning exercises in future. This is achieved by conducting three in-the-wild studies, using different approaches, with a total of seventy-four children in school classrooms. In the first study, focus is placed on how tablets integrate into and with existing classroom practices, documenting when and how children use tablets in class. Relevant and complementary to this, the use of traditional writing tools is questioned and two further studies explore the potential and suitability of digital pens to support children's handwriting-based learning. One looks in detail at how children's handwriting is effected by different existing digital pen technologies. The other study, conducted through a creative, participatory design session, asks children to provide their opinions regarding desirable features for digital writing technology. The findings from this research classify and exemplify the role of tablets in the classroom, and explore potential design directions of digital writing tools which could be used by children in the future. This work may be useful and of interest to others who conduct research with children within the fields of Human Computer Interaction, Child Computer Interaction or education.
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Petratos, Anastasia. "An ICT strategy to support a patient-centred approach to diabetes care." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/14466.
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Factors such as poverty, ethnicity, socio-economic status, poor infrastructure and governance, etc., are some of the reasons that effective and proven prevention and treatment interventions for most of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in the developing world continue to fail. Chronic diseases require complex interventions that these countries simply cannot maintain. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease that is on the rise worldwide. This disease is a lifestyle disease, which means, that it is brought on by poor health habits. Statistics show that 285 million (6.4%) people aged between 20 and 79 years will be affected by Diabetes in 2010 and a staggering 439 million (7.7%) by 2030. This is a projected growth of 69% in developing countries and 20% in developed countries. The findings from studies conducted from 1993 to 2003 in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in South Africa, around the health care services for diabetes highlights many challenges. Sadly, the challenges 10 years after that study, are very similar. The conditions of people with Diabetes can be improved through regular monitoring of patients, improvement and monitoring of health care provided, education on healthy lifestyle, as well as education on the importance of adherence to treatment plans for the successful management of the condition. The diabetes endemic in South Africa is exacerbated by the manual functions that are performed in all aspects of monitoring and management of the disease. With the advancements that have been made in ICT and the many apps that already exist for healthcare, it is sensible to state that ICT can assist in the monitoring and management of diabetes. Another factor that is considered is that of patient-centred care. The huge number of people who need acute care and treatment in hospitals and clinics have forced a previously caring environment, to turn into a cold, almost production line affair. The sick wait in long queues and are ushered in and out of the consulting rooms as fast as possible without even as much as a “hallo”. This has left a void in the healthcare delivery to South Africans which should never have been removed in the first place, namely patient-centred care. This means that the patient is at the centre of the treatment and fully involved in the decisions about his/her health. Every patient deserves to be recognised as a human-being and treated with dignity and respect. Treatment plans for long term chronic care patients such as diabetics, should be thoroughly discussed with the patient and they should believe and comit themselves to the treatment plan. These plans are life-long and require dedication and as it is vital that patients are part of decision making and understand fully what they are expected to do. Bearing this in mind, this study has investigated the needs and care plans for people with diabetes. Specialist in the field of diabetes were interviewed and recognised care plans for diabetes such as those from WHO, IDF and SEMSDA were studied. This study also established, that by practising a patient-centred approach the adherence to a treatment plan is likely to be higher. The strategy developed involves the person with diabetes, the healthcare worker and the support structure in the care plan of the diabetic. The use of ICT as part of the solution must consider the patient-centred requirements for using IT so that the people using the strategy are comfortable and not intimidated by the technology. The need to incorporate e-health into governments’ healthcare plans has been growing over the last decade. The GSMA conducted research into mobile health opportunities in South Africa and found that SA now has a penetration of 98% and that this is the ideal medium to address the inaccessibility and inequality of healthcare in SA. The causes identified as playing a major role in the rise in diabetes were identified and it was determined that through the implementation of an ICT strategy for diabetes care, many of these can be addressed. These include the use of technology for, improved monitoring and management, increased diabetes awareness and education, and promotion of healthy lifestyle. The study focuses on the self-management aspect of diabetes and produces a strategy that incorporates various ICT solutions that would assist in the daily aspects of diabetes care, as well as follow a patient-centred approach to diabetes care. This strategy developed in this study does not need any intervention from government as it is driven by the people who have diabetes and their healthcare workers, with the aid of the technology that they currently have on hand.
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Haenssgen, Marco Johannes. "Mobile phone diffusion and rural heathcare access in India and China." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3f48fc8b-5414-4851-926b-07a57eed6cfe.
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Three decades of mobile phone diffusion, thousands of mobile-phone-based health projects worldwide ("mHealth"), and tens of thousands of health applications in Apple's iTunes store, but fundamental questions about the effect of phone diffusion on people's healthcare behaviour remain unanswered. Empirical, theoretical, and methodological gaps in the study of mobile phones and health reinforce each other and lead to simplifying assumptions that mobile phones are a ubiquitous and neutral platform for interventions to improve health and healthcare. This contradicts what we know from the technology adoption literature. This thesis explores the theoretical link between mobile phone diffusion and healthcare access; develops and tests a new multidimensional indicator of mobile phone adoption; and analyses the effects of phone use on people's healthcare-seeking behaviour. My mixed methods research design - implemented in rural Rajasthan (India) and Gansu (China) - involves qualitative research with 231 participants and primary survey data from 800 persons. My research yields a qualitatively grounded framework that describes the accessibility and suitability of mobile phones in healthcare-seeking processes, the heterogeneous outcomes of phone use and non-use on healthcare access, and the uneven equity consequences in this process. Quantitative analysis based on the framework finds that mobile phone use in rural India and China increases access to healthcare, but it also invites more complex and delayed health behaviours and the over-use of scarce healthcare resources. Moreover, increasing phone-aided health action threatens to marginalise socio-economically disadvantaged groups further. I present here the first quantitative evidence on how mobile phone adoption influences healthcare-seeking behaviour. This challenges the common view that mHealth interventions operate on a neutral platform and draws attention to potential targeting, user acceptance, and sustainability problems. The framework and tools developed in this thesis can support policy considerations for health systems to evaluate and address the healthcare implications of mobile phone diffusion.
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Shankar, Jay Eriah. "Providers choices in web-medical records: An analysis of trade-offs made by physicians in San Bernardino County." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2210.
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Ng, Aaron Soon Han Chemical Sciences & Engineering Faculty of Engineering UNSW. "Production of osmotic tablets using dense gas technology." 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/40727.
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The dissolution profile of orally delivered drugs can be controlled through the use of osmotically controlled drug delivery devices. The most commonly used device is the osmotic tablet, which is essentially a tablet core that is coated with a rate-limiting semipermeable membrane. The feasibility of applying a coating onto a tablet using dense gas techniques was studied. Two different coating materials, polymethymethacrylate (PMMA, Mw = 120,000 g/mol) and cellulose acetate (CA, 39.8 wt% acetyl content) were applied onto an 8 mm osmotic tablet core using the Gas Anti-solvent (GAS) process. For PMMA, the pressurisation rate, coating temperature and volumetric expansion of up to 250% had minimal effect on the coating quality. The concentration, solvent type and the use of polyethylene glycol (Mw = 200 g/mol) had a more pronounced effect on the coating. The coating process was optimised to apply a smooth and uniform coating with a 50 ??m thickness. For CA, the pressurisation rate and the coating temperature had little effect on the coating that was applied. The process was more sensitive to a change in the concentration of the solution and the volumetric expansion that was used. It was found that the concentration could not be increased too much without affecting the coating quality. A CA coating was applied onto a PMMA-coated tablet using the optimised conditions. The thickness in the tablet coating increased by 10 ??m. Dissolution tests of the uncoated and coated tablets were carried out. The CA coatings were found to be insufficient in limiting the rate of water entering the tablet and performed similarly to an uncoated tablet core. The PMMA coatings were found to limit the rate of delivery of the model drug. However, variations in the PMMA coatings resulted in an inconsistent delivery profile across batches. The tablets coated with both PMMA and CA had a delivery rate in between that of uncoated and PMMA-coated tablets, indicating that the application of the second coating had compromised the initial PMMA coating.
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Leung, Manshiu. "Tablet shapes and in vitro evaluation of coated hydrophilic matrix tablets novel mupirocin formulations non-acidic enteric coating of omeprazole and novel hot-melt coating process." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/31105.
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This dissertation is comprised of four distinct formulation sections, which
are described below:
A novel solid dosage formulation was investigated for achieving zero-order
drug release profile by combining tablet shape design and tablet membrane film
coating. Verapmail (model drug) was compressed into hydrophilic matrix tablet
cores of flat-faced and bi-convex shape, which were encapsulated with membrane
controlling film. The hydrophilic tablet core contained hydroxypropyl
methylcellulose (HPMC) 15 LV, pectin, and Avecil��. The membrane film coating
solution was comprised of deionized water, Opadry��, Surelease�� and talc. The
combination of membrane film coating and tablet shape design was found to
influence in vitro verapamil release profile towards the zero-order release
demonstrated by the commercial Covera HS�� (Pharmacia).
An alternative formulation for the commercial Bactroban�� (Smithkline
Beacham) ointment 2% was developed. Both the texture and consistency of the
new ointment were comparable to the Bactroban�� ointment. The new and the
commercial formulations were found to be equivalent in drug release by the Bauer-Kirby test. Mupirocin remained unstable in the new formulation. Mg����� was added
to help stabilize mupirocin and was shown to complex with mupirocin by nuclear
magnetic resonance (NMR). The modified formulation including Mg����� however
failed to stabilize mupirocin. The stability assay results showed an average of
67.2% mupirocin recovery along with 25.2% degradation products.
A generic omeprazole formulation was developed, which was comprised of
nonpareil core, omeprazole matrix layer, and an enteric locating layer of
ammoniated hydroxypropyl methylcellulose phthalate (HPMCP) 55S. The new
formulation was gastro-resistant in protecting against omeprazole degradation for
up to 2 h, but failed to dissolve as rapidly as the commercial Prilosec�� (Astra
Merk) in simulated intestinal fluid. The addition of expotab�� to the enteric coating
layer failed to improve omeprazole dissolution rate.
A novel hot-melt coating methodology utilizing direct blending technique
has been developed. The processing steps for the direct blending hot-melt coating
are: (a) Hot-melt system preparation; (b) Dispersion/dissolution of the active
ingredient(s) in the hot-melt system; (c) Pre-heating of the coating substrate; and
(d) Cooling and congealing of the hot-melt on substrate surface. Immunogenic
effect was observed in mice administered with enteric-coated ragweed pollen
extract (RPE) alpha fraction by the hot-melt coating encapsulation with direct
blending method. The effect was not shown to be statistically significant.Graduation date: 2003
Books on the topic "Tablets (Medicine) – Technological innovations"
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1965-, Fisher Douglas, and Gonzalez Alex, eds. Teaching with tablets: How do I integrate tablets with effective instruction? Alexandria, Virginia: ASCD, 2013.
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An, Heejung, Sandra Alon, and David Fuentes. Tablets in K-12 education: Integrated experiences and implications. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2015.
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Technology in today's music classroom: Active music making with tablets, projectors, computers and interactive whiteboards. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Hal Leonard Corporation, 2014.
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Dittmer, Lori. The future of medicine. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 2013.
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Insight and industry: On the dynamics of technological change in medicine. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1992.
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Japan. Kagaku Gijutsuchō. Kenkyū Kaihatsukyoku. Tōyō igaku no kagakuteki kaimei ni kansuru chōsa (Shōwa 63-nendo): Seika hōkokusho. [Tokyo]: Kagaku Gijutsuchō Kenkyū Kaihatsukyoku, 1989.
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Darling, David J. The health revolution: Surgery and medicine in the twenty-first century. Parsippany, N.J: Dillon Press, 1996.
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An empire of machines: The rise and consequences of technological medicine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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McFadzean, Lesley. Technology and treatments. New York: PowerKids Press, 2013.
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Zhong yi xian dai hua ke ji fa zhan zhan lüe yan jiu. Beijing Shi: Xue yuan chu ban she, 2003.
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McIntosh, Andrew S., and Declan A. Patton. "Helmets: Technological Innovations for Safety." In Extreme Sports Medicine, 407–15. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28265-7_32.
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Leung, Tiffany I., and G. G. van Merode. "Value-Based Health Care Supported by Data Science." In Fundamentals of Clinical Data Science, 193–212. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99713-1_14.
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AbstractThe value agenda involves measuring outcomes that matter and costs of care to optimize patient outcomes per dollar spent. Outcome and cost measurement in the value-based health care framework, centered around a patient condition or segment of the population, depends on data in every step towards healthcare system redesign. Technological and service delivery innovations are key components of driving transformation towards high-value health care. The learning health system and network-based thinking are complementary frameworks to the value agenda. Health care and medicine exist in a data-rich environment, and learning about how data can be used to measure and improve value of care for patients is and increasingly essential skill for current and future clinicians.
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Lakshmipathy, Muthukrishnan, and Anima Nanda. "Nanosuspensions in Nanobiomedicine." In Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies, 240–76. IGI Global, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6304-6.ch009.
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The tremendous success in developing new nanomaterials and fostering technological innovation arises from the focus on interdisciplinary research and collaboration between physical and medical scientists. The concept of nano-medicine is one of the most important and exciting ideas ever generated by the applications of nanoscience. One of the most challenging tasks in the pharmaceutical industry is the formulation of poorly soluble drugs. The implication of conventional techniques for improving the solubility has gained limited success. Nanoparticles facilitate formulation with improved solubility and efficacy mainly through nanosuspension approach. Techniques such as media milling, high-pressure homogenization, and use of microemulsion have been used for production of nanosuspensions for a novel delivery system. Moreover, they are manoeuvred to patient-acceptable dosage forms like tablets, capsules, and lyophilized powder products. Nanosuspension technology has also been studied for active and passive targeted drug delivery systems, which the chapter highlights on various formulational perspectives and applications as a biomedicine delivery system.
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Lakshmipathy, Muthukrishnan, and Anima Nanda. "Nanosuspensions in Nanobiomedicine." In Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1286–313. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1762-7.ch049.
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The tremendous success in developing new nanomaterials and fostering technological innovation arises from the focus on interdisciplinary research and collaboration between physical and medical scientists. The concept of nano-medicine is one of the most important and exciting ideas ever generated by the applications of nanoscience. One of the most challenging tasks in the pharmaceutical industry is the formulation of poorly soluble drugs. The implication of conventional techniques for improving the solubility has gained limited success. Nanoparticles facilitate formulation with improved solubility and efficacy mainly through nanosuspension approach. Techniques such as media milling, high-pressure homogenization, and use of microemulsion have been used for production of nanosuspensions for a novel delivery system. Moreover, they are manoeuvred to patient-acceptable dosage forms like tablets, capsules, and lyophilized powder products. Nanosuspension technology has also been studied for active and passive targeted drug delivery systems, which the chapter highlights on various formulational perspectives and applications as a biomedicine delivery system.
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Bosire-Ogechi, Emily. "Social Media, Social Networking, Copyright, and Digital Libraries." In Advances in Library and Information Science, 37–50. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3093-0.ch003.
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Libraries have evolved over time in tandem with the prevailing innovations. This is evidenced by the changes witnessed from the time writing was done on clay tablets to the virtual libraries of today. Technological advancement has been a key pillar of the development of libraries. Indeed, it has given rise to digital libraries that have given access and use of information resources a new focus. Technological developments such as Web 2.0, and specifically social media as well as social networking, have enabled users to access creative works in digital libraries freely. Similarly, they have enabled library users to share the same content freely on social networks. This situation has brought a conflict with copyright laws that require users of creative works to seek permission from their owners before accessing or sharing them. This chapter analyses this conflict and provides recommendations on how it can be managed.
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Bosire-Ogechi, Emily. "Social Media, Social Networking, Copyright, and Digital Libraries." In Research Anthology on Collaboration, Digital Services, and Resource Management for the Sustainability of Libraries, 235–48. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8051-6.ch013.
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Libraries have evolved over time in tandem with the prevailing innovations. This is evidenced by the changes witnessed from the time writing was done on clay tablets to the virtual libraries of today. Technological advancement has been a key pillar of the development of libraries. Indeed, it has given rise to digital libraries that have given access and use of information resources a new focus. Technological developments such as Web 2.0, and specifically social media as well as social networking, have enabled users to access creative works in digital libraries freely. Similarly, they have enabled library users to share the same content freely on social networks. This situation has brought a conflict with copyright laws that require users of creative works to seek permission from their owners before accessing or sharing them. This chapter analyses this conflict and provides recommendations on how it can be managed.
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Adiguzel, Zafer. "Examination of Effects of Competitive Strategies on the E-Commerce Companies in Terms of Achieving Sustainable Competitive Advantage." In Tools and Techniques for Implementing International E-Trading Tactics for Competitive Advantage, 287–319. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0035-4.ch014.
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E-commerce brings companies and customers together in an exchange market environment, beyond any physical, cultural, and legal boundaries, and on an unimaginable scale, which was considered to be technically impossible before. The companies' online facilities have been improved and become accessible to everyone through smart phones, tablets, etc. as the web pages and social networks started to direct individuals towards e-commerce. E-commerce not only raises economic concerns related to competition and pricing, but also reveals new social and environmental threats that can be quite widespread and viral. Several studies have been conducted to examine the transformation of traditional business models into e-businesses, the impact of e-commerce businesses on traditional business activities, or opportunities brought by technological innovations. For this reason, the effects of the competitive strategies will be explained in terms of ensuring sustainable competitive advantage within e-commerce companies.
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Adiguzel, Zafer. "Examination of Effects of Competitive Strategies on the E-Commerce Companies in Terms of Achieving Sustainable Competitive Advantage." In Research Anthology on E-Commerce Adoption, Models, and Applications for Modern Business, 1419–51. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8957-1.ch073.
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E-commerce brings companies and customers together in an exchange market environment, beyond any physical, cultural, and legal boundaries, and on an unimaginable scale, which was considered to be technically impossible before. The companies' online facilities have been improved and become accessible to everyone through smart phones, tablets, etc. as the web pages and social networks started to direct individuals towards e-commerce. E-commerce not only raises economic concerns related to competition and pricing, but also reveals new social and environmental threats that can be quite widespread and viral. Several studies have been conducted to examine the transformation of traditional business models into e-businesses, the impact of e-commerce businesses on traditional business activities, or opportunities brought by technological innovations. For this reason, the effects of the competitive strategies will be explained in terms of ensuring sustainable competitive advantage within e-commerce companies.
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Moahi, Kgomotso Hildegard, and Kelvin J. Bwalya. "Knowledge Sharing for Healthcare and Medicine in Developing Countries." In Health Information Systems and the Advancement of Medical Practice in Developing Countries, 60–77. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2262-1.ch004.
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Knowledge sharing has always been used as a platform for cross-pollination of ideas and innovations in a bid to improve and enhance performance thereby increasing competitiveness and responsiveness both in organizations and individual levels. Healthcare systems are not an exception. However, for knowledge sharing to take place there is need for certain factors to be noted and addressed such as the individual, organizational and technological. Further, knowledge sharing goes hand in hand with knowledge management and must become part of the strategic fabric of organizations. This chapter focuses on knowledge sharing by health professionals in healthcare and medicine in developing countries. The chapter covers knowledge management and its link with knowledge sharing; the various methods of knowledge sharing in healthcare; factors that make knowledge sharing an important strategic move for healthcare organizations; and factors and issues that affect or determine knowledge sharing behavior. Finally, a literature search for examples of knowledge sharing in developing or low and middle-income countries was conducted and the results are presented. The chapter shows that developing countries have recognized the value of knowledge sharing in healthcare systems and there are tangible signs that this is going to shape cross-pollination of ideas and innovations in the health systems in the foreseeable future.
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Moahi, Kgomotso Hildegard, and Kelvin J. Bwalya. "Knowledge Sharing for Healthcare and Medicine in Developing Countries." In Healthcare Policy and Reform, 1322–39. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6915-2.ch061.
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Knowledge sharing has always been used as a platform for cross-pollination of ideas and innovations in a bid to improve and enhance performance thereby increasing competitiveness and responsiveness both in organizations and individual levels. Healthcare systems are not an exception. However, for knowledge sharing to take place there is need for certain factors to be noted and addressed such as the individual, organizational and technological. Further, knowledge sharing goes hand in hand with knowledge management and must become part of the strategic fabric of organizations. This chapter focuses on knowledge sharing by health professionals in healthcare and medicine in developing countries. The chapter covers knowledge management and its link with knowledge sharing; the various methods of knowledge sharing in healthcare; factors that make knowledge sharing an important strategic move for healthcare organizations; and factors and issues that affect or determine knowledge sharing behavior. Finally, a literature search for examples of knowledge sharing in developing or low and middle-income countries was conducted and the results are presented. The chapter shows that developing countries have recognized the value of knowledge sharing in healthcare systems and there are tangible signs that this is going to shape cross-pollination of ideas and innovations in the health systems in the foreseeable future.