Effects of therapeutic approach on the neonatal evolution of very low birth weight infants with patent ductus arteriosus

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PDA, Circulation, and Over-Budget Requests: Harnessing Data to Inform Library Strategies

This article presents the data-rich findings of an experiment with enlisting patron-driven/demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) of ebooks in two ways. The first experiment entailed comparison of DDA eBook usage against newly ordered hardcopy materials’ circulation, both overall and ebook vs. print usage within the same subject areas. Secondly, this study experimented with DDA ebooks as a backup plan for unfunded requests left over at the end of the fiscal year.

PDA, Ebooks, Print Books Usage and Expenditures: Knowledge Ecosystem Remix

This article presents data-rich findings of a comprehensive follow-up study on the patron-driven/demand-driven ebook acquisitions (DDA) plan chronicled in two prior articles from the DDA ebook plan's October 2011 inception. Into the third fiscal year, print vs. ebook usage preferences have begun to emerge, and the results broken out by discipline are presented.

PDA, Circulation, and Over-Budget Requests: Harnessing Data to Inform Library Strategies

This article presents the data-rich findings of an experiment with enlisting patron-driven/demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) of ebooks in two ways. The first experiment entailed comparison of DDA eBook usage against newly ordered hardcopy materials’ circulation, both overall and ebook vs. print usage within the same subject areas. Secondly, this study experimented with DDA ebooks as a backup plan for unfunded requests left over at the end of the fiscal year.

Self-management di malattie croniche in sistemi di mobile Health: sviluppo di un modello agent-based per casi di diabete

L'obiettivo della tesi è proporre e motivare l'adozione di un modello computazionale Agent-Based nell'ambito del Self-Management di malattie croniche in un sistema di mobile Health. Viene quindi affrontata in maniera approfondita la tematica del mobile Health, settore in grande espansione che vede l'introduzione massiccia dei dispositivi mobili (smartphone, tablet, PDA) in ambito sanitario, e quella del Self-Managment di malattie croniche, un processo di cura caratterizzato dalla partecipazione autonoma del paziente stesso, fornendo una panoramica dei vari approcci computazionali sviluppati. Successivamente vengono presentate le peculiarità dei modelli computazionali risultati dalle ricerche in letteratura strumenti innovati nell'ambito. Nel caso di studio viene adottata la tecnica di modellazione Agent-Based per sviluppare un modello a supporto di malati cronici affetti da diabete mellito di tipo 1. Con la successiva implementazione sulla piattaforma di simulazione MASON, vengono eseguiti diversi esperimenti per dimostrare la fattibilità dell’approccio adottato nell'ambito del Self-Management di malattie croniche.

A communication and information technology infrastructure for real time monitoring and management of type 1 diabetes patients

This paper is focused on the integration of state-of-the-art technologies in the fields of telecommunications, simulation algorithms, and data mining in order to develop a Type 1 diabetes patient's semi to fully-automated monitoring and management system. The main components of the system are a glucose measurement device, an insulin delivery system (insulin injection or insulin pumps), a mobile phone for the GPRS network, and a PDA or laptop for the Internet. In the medical environment, appropriate infrastructure for storage, analysis and visualizing of patients' data has been implemented to facilitate treatment design by health care experts.

Health information management : What business are we in?

Developments in information technology will drive the change in records management; however, it should be the health information managers who drive the information management change. The role of health information management will be challenged to use information technology to broker a range of requests for information from a variety of users, including he alth consumers. The purposes of this paper are to conceptualise the role of health information management in the context of a technologically driven and managed health care environment, and to demonstrat e how this framework has been used to review and develop the undergraduate program in health information management at the Queensland University of Technology.