Use of Mobile Health Technologies for Self-tracking Purposes among Seniors: A Comparison to the General Adult Population in Canada

Based on a national survey of adults investigating digital self-tracking in Canada, this study compares seniors’ use of mHealth technologies to the general population, and explores the factors related to their use. Despite significant differences between the two groups on smart technologies and Internet use, a considerable number of seniors in the community use smart phones and digital tablets and are familiar with smart devices/wearables. Yet, only 20% reported downloading mobile applications (mApps) and 12% indicated using smart devices/wearables. The majority of mApps downloaded by seniors were health-related; interestingly, their use was sustained over a longer period of time compared to the general population. No significant differences were observed between the two groups with regard to satisfaction with mHealth technologies and intention to continue using them, which were favorable. Leveraging these technologies in partnership with health care providers, and sharing of health/wellbeing data with health professionals, family members or friends remains very limited

Dismantling the Climate Denial Machine: Theory and Methods

Many Americans do not believe in the existence of climate change, and even those who believe climate change exists often seriously underestimate its potential harms as predicted by the world\u27s best scientific organizations. Most political scholars agree that much higher consensus among American citizens is necessary to create necessary policy reform to mitigate climate change, both in the US and at large. However, there are also organizations who actively wish to deter and decrease belief in climate change among US citizens, not for the sake of scientific skepticism, but for personal benefit from preventing policy reform. This text examines what these institutions are, how they manipulate psychological variables among climate deniers to maximize the salience of their message, and how we may best reduce (and even reverse) these messages\u27 impacts

2013 - The Eighteenth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars

The full program book from the Eighteenth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, held on April 25, 2013. Includes abstracts from the presentations and posters.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/sssprograms/1012/thumbnail.jp

Central Florida Future, Vol. 08 No. 20, March 12, 1976

With 54 pct. of the vote, UFF wins bargining [bargaining] election (with photo of Dr. Richard Thompson); Askew proposes increase for university system budget; Over 65? Age is no hindrance to FTU\u27s elderly students (with photo of Mrs. Helen Camfield); FTU takes clean sweep at Stetson model senate (with photo); Gambrell: a vice-president proud of teaching, research functions (with photo of Dr. C. B. Gambrell); Four student productions: \u27A Williams quartet\u27 contrasts vague plots, dynamic acting (with photo).https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1253/thumbnail.jp

THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THIRD WAVE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

In an environment of globalization and rapid technological change, entrepreneurship and innovation have become important objectives of state, regional, and local economic development policy. Entrepreneurial focused economic development strategies target state and regional efforts towards policies -such as cluster development, business incubators, regional trade associations, and developing local entrepreneurs and small businesses. If it is imperative that states and regions pursue these strategies, researchers must begin to classify the types of programs that states and localities are using, as well as analyze and document the impact of these policies on knowledge economy variables. This research proposes to add three new and additional elements to this relatively young research stream. This dissertation will address three distinct components of entrepreneurial development policy effort. Manuscript one clarifies and defines a research agenda on business incubators. Applying the incubator concept to the economic theories of network and agglomeration economies offers new insights concerning incubators and local economic growth. From this a research agenda based on a framework of applied economic theories is developed, along with a detailed outline of important future research questions. The second manuscript explores the scope of local and regional entrepreneurial development efforts across South Carolina. This paper reviews the relevant entrepreneurial literature and discusses the entrepreneurial landscape in South Carolina. A statewide survey and appropriate statistical modeling techniques are used to better understand the factors that influence the probability of a community having/not having an entrepreneurial development program. The third paper begins with a review of the literature on the economic benefits of municipal investment in advanced ICT infrastructure investment, small business uptake of advanced ICT and e-business technology, and an overview of the legal barriers that states have enacted that restrict local and regional investments in advanced ICT infrastructure. Further, a series of panel regressions are used to estimate the impact of ICT policy restrictions on state small business growth and entrepreneurial activity. Overall, if our nation and each state are to fully embrace a \u27knowledge-economy,\u27 understanding the impact the policy environment may have on a variety of economic development indicators is important for the ongoing research agenda

The Influence of national innovation system on university-industry research collaboration

University-Industry Research Collaboration (UIRC) is one of the key factors for continuous innovation. Existing literature argue that UIRC can be shaped by National Innovation System (NIS). However, empirical evidence that looks into factors of national innovation system that influence UIRC is still lacking. The main goal of this research was to propose a new framework based on system thinking theory by investigating the influence of national innovation system on university-industry research collaboration. To achieve this aim, data were collected from research centers at Electrical and Chemical Engineering Departments of five research universities in Malaysia. Data were analyzed quantitatively using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). Whereas, some qualitative data from top management of corresponding industries of research centers were analyzed using NVivo 11. Results from the study revealed that technological infrastructure system, financing system, intellectual property right system, the culture of innovation and education and skills system have some influence on UIRC. Besides that, R&D cooperation, financial support, trustworthy culture, contractual agreement, intellectual capital, knowledge sharing and communication played significant roles as reinforcing factors in the relationship between NIS and UIRC. This study pioneered the application of system thinking theory in university-industry link research. In terms of practical contribution, findings from the study may serve as a guideline for policymakers in formulating policies and strategies to strengthen the innovative capabilities of UIRC. The limitations of this study are the non-inclusions of Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) as significant respondents other than research universities and their collaborated industries. It is recommended that future framework development could be expanded by exploring further factors that might have more effects on UIRC

The Culture of an Alternative Education Program: A Participant Observational Study

This study is participant observational research focused on the culture of one successful alternative education program. The survey of the literature showed that the problem of high school dropouts is one of numbers and persistence over time. Most research in the past attempted to list characteristics of high school dropouts or elements of successful alternative education programs. Researchers such as Wehlage (1986) and Catterall (1987) have begun to look at a different approach. Their work looks at schools as systems and suggests that educators should direct their attention to the interaction of the school environment with the characteristics of the students. This view fits into a body of work that looks at schools and classrooms as microcultures. The work presented here looks at an alternative education program as a microculture and asks What appears to be the distinguishing microculture created by the participants of Tri City Alternative Program? The researcher collected data from interviews, observations, student projects and work, staff meetings, and program materials and records. The data were analyzed and organized to find patterns of behavior and interactions and to determine the meaning the participants attached to their interactions. The elements that distinguish the microculture of the alternative education program were divided into the features of the context and the features of the interactions. The elements of the context were described by the physical setting, the daily instructional schedule, and the non-instructional daily schedule. The elements of the interaction were described by clearly stated expectations, staff and student attention to culture, sense of caring and defining competence, and sense of humor. The researcher concludes by proposing three future areas of work. One is to develop a model of synchronization between the context and interactions of educational programs. The second is to complete additional cultural studies of high school dropouts. The last recommendation is to train teachers and students to use participant observational techniques in their classrooms to build their understanding of their own microcultures