120 research outputs found
Personal Knowledge Models with Semantic Technologies
Conceptual Data Structures (CDS) is a unified meta-model for representing knowledge cues in varying degrees of granularity, structuredness, and formality.
CDS consists of: (1) A simple, expressive data-model; (2) A relation ontology which unifies the relations found in cognitive models of personal knowledge management tools, e. g., documents, mind-maps, hypertext, or semantic wikis. (3) An interchange format for structured text. Implemented prototypes have been evaluated
Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 18th Annual Conference GISRUK 2010
This volume holds the papers from the 18th annual GIS Research UK (GISRUK). This year the conference, hosted at University College London (UCL), from Wednesday 14 to Friday 16 April 2010. The conference covered the areas of core geographic information science research as well as applications domains such as crime and health and technological developments in LBS and the geoweb.
UCL’s research mission as a global university is based around a series of Grand Challenges that affect us all, and these were accommodated in GISRUK 2010.
The overarching theme this year was “Global Challenges”, with specific focus on the following themes:
* Crime and Place
* Environmental Change
* Intelligent Transport
* Public Health and Epidemiology
* Simulation and Modelling
* London as a global city
* The geoweb and neo-geography
* Open GIS and Volunteered Geographic Information
* Human-Computer Interaction and GIS
Traditionally, GISRUK has provided a platform for early career researchers as well as those with a significant track record of achievement in the area. As such, the conference provides a welcome blend of innovative thinking and mature reflection. GISRUK is the premier academic GIS conference in the UK and we are keen to maintain its outstanding record of achievement in developing GIS in the UK and beyond
The use of TRAO to manage evolution risks in e-government
The need to develop and provide more efficient ways of providing Electronic Government Services to key stakeholders in government has brought about varying degrees of evolution in government. This evolution is seen in different ways like the merging of government departments, the merging of assets or its components with legacy assets etc. This has involved the incorporation of several practices that are geared towards the elimination of processes that are repetitive and manual while attempting to progressively encourage the interaction that exists between the different stakeholders. However, some of these practices have further complicated processes in government thus creating avenues for vulnerabilities which if exploited expose government and government assets to risks and threats.
Focusing on ways to manage the issues accompanied with evolution can better prepare governments for manging the associated vulnerabilities, risks and threats. The basis of a conceptual framework is provided to establish the relationships that exist between the E-Government, asset and security domains. Thus, this thesis presents a design research project used in the management of evolution-related risks. The first part of the project focusses on the development of a generic ontology known as TRAO and a scenario ontology TRAOSc made up of different hypothetical scenarios. The resulting efficiency of the development of these ontologies have facilitated the development of an intelligent tool TRAOSearch that supports high-level semantically enriched queries.
Results from the use of a case study prove that there are existing evolution-related issues which governments may not be fully prepared for. Furthermore, an ontological approach in the management of evolution-related risks showed that government stakeholders were interested in the use of intelligent processes that could improve government effectiveness while analysing the risks associated with doing this. Of more importance to this research was the ability to make inferences from the ontology on existing complex relationships that exist in the form of dependencies and interdependencies between Stakeholders and Assets.
Thus, this thesis presents contributions in the aspect of advancing stakeholders understanding on the types of relationships that exist in government and the effect these relationships may have on service provisioning. Another novel contribution can be seen in the correction of the ambiguity associated with the terms Service, IT Service and E-Government. Furthermore, the feedback obtained from the use of an ontology-based tool during the evaluation phase of the project provides insights on whether governments must always be at par with technological evolution
In Search of a Common Thread: Enhancing the LBD Workflow with a view to its Widespread Applicability
Literature-Based Discovery (LBD) research focuses on discovering implicit knowledge
linkages in existing scientific literature to provide impetus to innovation and research
productivity. Despite significant advancements in LBD research, previous studies contain
several open problems and shortcomings that are hindering its progress. The overarching
goal of this thesis is to address these issues, not only to enhance the discovery
component of LBD, but also to shed light on new directions that can further strengthen
the existing understanding of the LBD work
ow. In accordance with this goal, the thesis
aims to enhance the LBD work
ow with a view to ensuring its widespread applicability.
The goal of widespread applicability is twofold. Firstly, it relates to the adaptability of
the proposed solutions to a diverse range of problem settings. These problem settings
are not necessarily application areas that are closely related to the LBD context, but
could include a wide range of problems beyond the typical scope of LBD, which has traditionally
been applied to scientific literature. Adapting the LBD work
ow to problems
outside the typical scope of LBD is a worthwhile goal, since the intrinsic objective of
LBD research, which is discovering novel linkages in text corpora is valid across a vast
range of problem settings.
Secondly, the idea of widespread applicability also denotes the capability of the proposed
solutions to be executed in new environments. These `new environments' are various
academic disciplines (i.e., cross-domain knowledge discovery) and publication languages
(i.e., cross-lingual knowledge discovery). The application of LBD models to new environments
is timely, since the massive growth of the scientific literature has engendered
huge challenges to academics, irrespective of their domain.
This thesis is divided into five main research objectives that address the following topics:
literature synthesis, the input component, the discovery component, reusability, and
portability. The objective of the literature synthesis is to address the gaps in existing
LBD reviews by conducting the rst systematic literature review. The input component
section aims to provide generalised insights on the suitability of various input types in the
LBD work
ow, focusing on their role and potential impact on the information retrieval
cycle of LBD.
The discovery component section aims to intermingle two research directions that have
been under-investigated in the LBD literature, `modern word embedding techniques'
and `temporal dimension' by proposing diachronic semantic inferences. Their potential
positive in
uence in knowledge discovery is veri ed through both direct and indirect
uses. The reusability section aims to present a new, distinct viewpoint on these LBD
models by verifying their reusability in a timely application area using a methodical reuse
plan. The last section, portability, proposes an interdisciplinary LBD framework that
can be applied to new environments. While highly cost-e cient and easily pluggable, this framework also gives rise to a new perspective on knowledge discovery through its
generalisable capabilities.
Succinctly, this thesis presents novel and distinct viewpoints to accomplish five main
research objectives, enhancing the existing understanding of the LBD work
ow. The
thesis offers new insights which future LBD research could further explore and expand
to create more eficient, widely applicable LBD models to enable broader community
benefits.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Computer Science, 202
The Second International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Message from the Conference Co-Chairs
B. Han and S. Falan …………………………....….……………. 5
II. Message from the Transactions Editor
H. Lee …...………..………….......………….……….………….... 7
III. Referred Papers
A. Emerging Health Information Technology and Applications
The Role of Mobile Technology in Enhancing the Use of Personal Health Records
Mohamed Abouzahra and Joseph Tan………………….……………. 9
Mobile Health Information Technology and Patient Care: Methods, Themes, and Research Gaps
Bahae Samhan, Majid Dadgar, and K. D. Joshi…………..…. 18
A Balanced Perspective to Perioperative Process Management
Jim Ryan, Barbara Doster, Sandra Daily, and Carmen Lewis…..….…………… 30
The Impact of Big Data on the Healthcare Information Systems
Kuo Lane Chen and Huei Lee………….…………… 43
B. Health Care Communication, Literacy, and Patient Care Quality
Digital Illness Narratives: A New Form of Health Communication
Jofen Han and Jo Wiley…..….……..…. 47
Relationships, Caring, and Near Misses: Michael’s Story
Sharie Falan and Bernard Han……………….…..…. 53
What is Your Informatics Skills Level? -- The Reliability of an Informatics Competency Measurement Tool
Xiaomeng Sun and Sharie Falan.….….….….….….…. 61
C. Health Information Standardization and Interoperability
Standardization Needs for Effective Interoperability
Marilyn Skrocki…………………….…….………….… 76
Data Interoperability and Information Security in Healthcare
Reid Berryman, Nathan Yost, Nicholas Dunn, and Christopher Edwards.…. 84
Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN) Shared Services vs. the HIE Shared Services in Other States
Devon O’Toole, Sean O’Toole, and Logan Steely…..……….…… 94
D. Health information Security and Regulation
A Threat Table Based Approach to Telemedicine Security
John C. Pendergrass, Karen Heart, C. Ranganathan, and V.N. Venkatakrishnan
…. 104
Managing Government Regulatory Requirements for Security and Privacy Using Existing Standard Models
Gregory Schymik and Dan Shoemaker…….…….….….… 112
Challenges of Mobile Healthcare Application Security
Alan Rea………………………….……………. 118
E. Healthcare Management and Administration
Analytical Methods for Planning and Scheduling Daily Work in Inpatient Care Settings:
Opportunities for Research and Practice
Laila Cure….….……………..….….….….… 121
Predictive Modeling in Post-reform Marketplace
Wu-Chyuan Gau, Andrew France, Maria E. Moutinho, Carl D. Smith, and Morgan C. Wang…………...…. 131
A Study on Generic Prescription Substitution Policy as a Cost Containment Approach for Michigan’s Medicaid System
Khandaker Nayeemul Islam…….…...……...………………….… 140
F. Health Information Technology Quality Assessment and Medical Service Delivery
Theoretical, Methodological and Practical Challenges in Designing Formative Evaluations of Personal eHealth Tools
Michael S. Dohan and Joseph Tan……………….……. 150
The Principles of Good Health Care in the U.S. in the 2010s
Andrew Targowski…………………….……. 161
Health Information Technology in American Medicine: A Historical Perspective
Kenneth A. Fisher………………….……. 171
G. Health Information Technology and Medical Practice
Monitoring and Assisting Maternity-Infant Care in Rural Areas (MAMICare)
Juan C. Lavariega, Gustavo Córdova, Lorena G Gómez, Alfonso Avila….… 175
An Empirical Study of Home Healthcare Robots Adoption Using the UTUAT Model
Ahmad Alaiad, Lina Zhou, and Gunes Koru.…………………….….………. 185
HDQM2: Healthcare Data Quality Maturity Model
Javier Mauricio Pinto-Valverde, Miguel Ángel Pérez-Guardado, Lorena Gomez-Martinez, Martha Corrales-Estrada, and Juan Carlos Lavariega-Jarquín.… 199
IV. A List of Reviewers …………………………..…….………………………208
V. WMU – IT Forum 2014 Call for Papers …..…….…………………20
Process Mining Handbook
This is an open access book. This book comprises all the single courses given as part of the First Summer School on Process Mining, PMSS 2022, which was held in Aachen, Germany, during July 4-8, 2022. This volume contains 17 chapters organized into the following topical sections: Introduction; process discovery; conformance checking; data preprocessing; process enhancement and monitoring; assorted process mining topics; industrial perspective and applications; and closing
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