... effective ICT-supported democracy 117 4.1 Adaptation of e-business model 118 4.2 Guiding principle for a new model 121 4.3 Creating a new modelfor effective ICT-supported democracy 122 4.4 Information ... In their model, business strategy sets the overall direction for business; information systems strategy defines what information, information systems and IT architecture are required to support ... downloadable forms for government services and applications The sites have audio and video capabilities and are multilingual Some limited e-services enable citizens to submit requests for nonelectronic forms...
... (National Center forHealth Statistics, 1994a) In 1992 the hospitalization rate for African Americans was more than 400 percent higher than the rate for whites (National Center forHealth Statistics, ... Clark, Ph.D., Professor of Health Education and Health Behavior, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Lucille Rosenbluth, M.P.A., President, Medical and Health Research Association ... appear to be well Education forHealth Professionals s Input should be sought from health professionals targeted for education s Convenient, user-friendly approaches enhance health professional education...
... (1996), “Marketing and PublicHealth Applying Tested Techniques to Promote PublicHealth Activities,” paper presented to Promoting PublicHealth in an Era of Change; Agency forHealth Care Policy ... easier it will be for the individual to behave For example, parents generally will support a bond drive to pay for a swimming pool for the local school; others in the community will support the pool ... “bad” ones The difference is that the publichealth manager often asks for behavior that is not perceived by the individual to be of self-interest Publichealth issues benefit society and often...
... science as a basis fordecision making and publichealth action, expand the quest for social equity through publichealth action, perform effectively as a service agency, make efforts outcome-oriented, ... following provides an overview of publichealth and existing infrastructure that can be used to initiate efforts for cancer survivors What is public health? Publichealth practice is the science ... Ten Essential PublicHealth Services • Monitor health status to identify community health problems • Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community • Inform, educate,...
... Materials and Health: Research Priorities for Earth Science and PublicHealth http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11809.html EARTH MATERIALS AND HEALTH RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND PUBLICHEALTH ... Earth Materials and Health: Research Priorities for Earth Science and PublicHealth http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11809.html 14 EARTH MATERIALS AND HEALTH presented for the publichealth community ... Materials and Health: Research Priorities for Earth Science and PublicHealth http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11809.html COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND PUBLICHEALTH H CATHERINE...
... simple version of the model, a life span of 120 days is assumed I also take the lower level for normal of Hb as 110 g/l (the World Health Organisation's lower limit for normal Hb for adult women) ... and Medical Modelling 2006, 3:34 describe a computer simulation model that follows the formation and destruction of red blood cells (RBC) When standard assumptions about red cell formation and ... haemopoiesis switches from one form to another, e.g normal to iron-deficient, within one day, but this is not critical for the working of the model This simple version of the model also assumes that...
... Institute Information Project Name Improving capability of provincial extensionists for assessing soil constraints to sustainable production through the use of the SCAMP decisionsupport system ... 150 cm depth to examine the different horizons formed during a long weathering process to form a typical Haplic Acrisol Soil compaction and plinthite formation are two major processes occurring ... as a source of information and advice However, agricultural extensionists often lack a basic background in soil science making it difficult for farmers to obtain information on sustainable soil...
... to improve soil quality? Training courses Introduce successful decisionsupport tools Introduce SCAMP's usefulness as a decisionsupport tool Analysis of local soil constraints to interest farmers ... requirements to support training Transfer SCAMP to local farmers Organize training courses for farmers Need soil analysis to determine soil fertility Need to identify suitable technology for effective ... inappropriate land use Unsustainable management practices No soil maps of quality assessment Local policy Urbanization leads to decrease in cultivated area Gley soil is difficult for cropping Participants...
... of decisionsupportfor patients facing health decisions: an implementation case study in nursing Implement Sci 2006, 1:17 Wills CE, Holmes-Rovner M: Integrating Decision- making and Mental Health ... proliferating number of names including: 'patient decision aids' and 'decisionsupport tools' among others In this paper, we use the term decisionsupport technologies (DSTs) to provide a generic ... responsibility for the conduct of shared decision- making; policies for allocating intellectual and capital resources to participants; and mechanisms for linking participation to organizational...
... sections 22 Decision- SupportModelfor Product End-of-Life Planning Table 2-2: Criteria for product end-of-life planning 2.4.1.1 Multiscale System Model The criteria for a multiscale system model relate ... production systems Decision- SupportModelfor Product End-of-Life Planning As closed-loop production becomes an increasingly viable strategy forsustainable production, decision- support models and tools ... aspects in the work here entirely 20 Decision- SupportModelfor Product End-of-Life Planning 2.3.4 Composite Indicators Sometimes decisions are made based on multiple criteria and using a single...
... generated by every biometric decision module as its inputs These decisions form a binary vector (‘1’ for genuine user, ‘0’ for impostor, vice versa) for combined decision This research focusses ... good performance which is suitable for multimodal biometrics decision fusion was selected An adaptive updating scheme for multi- modal biometric verification was proposed • A recursive formulation ... public view on privacy and security Before the incident, privacy was preferred However, after the incident, the requirement for tighter security than before has desperately raised the needs for...
... normal controls Peaks labeled by * were selected as biomarkers for CRC diagnostic model Figure The decision trees of diagnostic modelfor CRC Each node was represented with different m/z value and ... differentially expressed proteins was advocated for biomarkers of diagnosis for colorectal cancer Materials and methods Patients Experiment was performed in Taizhou Municipal Hospital, Zhejiang, ... and allowed to clot at room temperature for up to hr; the samples were then centrifuged at 4℃ for at 10000 rpm The sera were frozen and stored at -80℃ for future analysis Table Clinical Tumor-Node-Metastasis...
... field: for given needs the model helps the management of different sluices The main potential input of multi- agent modelling is the representation of decisionmaking process The bio-physical model ... This iterative modeling is done in close interaction with stakeholders, who, along with the modelers, use the models for scenario planning.” This is how we would like to use the models: we try ... objective of the model Some are related to the knowledge we introduced in the model Some questions are related to the purpose and the use of the modelFor instance, the farmers’ decision- making...
... clinician or expert’s decision The decisionsupport system is currently implemented as a prototype in Java so it is platform independent An evaluation of the system performance compared to a ... Distance Function New problem case Retrieve solved case for matching New problem case FIGURE System overview of a decisionsupport system for stress diagnosis A clinician thereafter revises the ... Additional values from observation and final revision Doctor/Clinician DecisionSupport System for StressDiagnosis Retain new case for further use Case-base Proposed solution Similarity Matching Algorithms...
... is an agentbased simulator for building evacuation The actors that take part in the simulation are modeled as agents Each one has its own healthmodel and movement model that depend on the individual ... homogeneity was beneficial to the integration of the decisionsupport system with the BES We were able to develop the decisionmodel without the need for major modifications in the organisation of the ... agent-based structure of the BES allowed for a relatively straightforward addition of the entities that are part of the decisionsupport system, such as Decision Nodes and sensors This contributed...
... AHP-based decision analysis process The AHP is one of the extensively used multi- criteria decision- making methods One of the main advantages of this method is the relative ease with which it handles multiple ... story for industrial age companies for which investments in long-term capabilities and customer relationships were not critical for success These financial measures are inadequate, however, for ... comprehensive set of performance measures and provides the framework for strategic measurement and management” The balanced scorecard concept measures organizational performance across four balanced...
... C.A., 2001 The use of multi- criteria decision analysis to support the search for less conflicting policy options in a multi- actor context: Case study Journal of MultiCriteria Decision Analysis, ... software for multicriteria portfolio analysis based on additive aggregation of multiple benefit criteria: Equity (Catalyze 2008), HiPriority (Krysalis 2007), Logical Decisions Portfolio (Logical Decisions ... optimization approach, and Logical Decisions Portfolio implements the two approaches Section introduces PROBE Portfolio Robustness Evaluation, a new decisionsupport system for multicriteria portfolio analysis...
... MCHB identified a need for a straightforward document that could provide guidance and elected to develop a decisionsupport matrix that could inform programs when making decisions about a range ... simplified decisionmaking tool for use in group settings that is straightforward, believing that the ease of use would facilitate oral health interventions As such, the target audience for the decision ... that preventive efforts should be maximized for those at greatest risk The decisionsupport matrix is intended for use by individuals working with groups of high-risk children to support the implementation...
... appropriate information and models for informed decision making is to use decisionsupport systems (DSS) Decisionsupport systems are computer-based systems that bring together information from ... appropriate information and decision aids, decision makers will still develop a model of the choice context and make decisions based on that model With reasonable support and information, decision ... basis for answering questions about how to identify specific data and specific models for a given DSS APPROPRIATE DATA SUPPORT Information Processing Models Information processing requires the decision...
... hierarchical model and regression model to score sentences in new documents, eliminating the need for building a generative modelfor new document clusters characterize their candidacy for inclusion ... fq f-input features f1 f2 f3 fq h(f,y) : regression modelfor sentence ranking Figure 3: Flow diagram for Hybrid Learning Algorithm for Multi- Document Summarization Conclusion parametric inference ... Later, we build a regression model with the same features as our HybHSum to create a summary We train models with DUC2005 and evaluate performance on DUC2006 documents for different parameter values...