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Towards Open Source Medical Devices - Current Situation, Inspiring Advances and Challenges
Open Source Medical Devices may be part of the solution towards the democratization of medical technologies pursuing Universal Health Coverage as part of the Sustainable Development Goals for United Nations. Recent technological advances, especially in information and communication technologies, combined with innovative collaborative design methodologies and manufacturing techniques allow for the mass-personalization of biodevices and help to optimize the related development times and costs, while keeping safety in the foreground through the whole life cycle of medical products. These advantages can be further promoted by adequately fostering collaboration, communication, high value information exchange, and sustainable partnerships and by extending the employment of open source strategies. To this end, within the UBORA project, we are developing a framework for training the biomedical engineers of the future in open-source collaborative design strategies and for supporting the sharing of information and the assessment of safety and efficacy in novel biodevices. An essential part of this open-source collaborative framework is the UBORA e-infrastructure, which is presented in this study, together with some initial success cases. Main future challenges, connected with regulatory harmonization, with educational issues and with accessible and open design and manufacturing resources, among others, are also presented and discussed
Global Innovations in Measurement and Evaluation
We researched the latest developments in theory and practice in measurement and evaluation. And we found that new thinking, techniques, and technology are influencing and improving practice. This report highlights 8 developments that we think have the greatest potential to improve evaluation and programme design, and the careful collection and use of data. In it, we seek to inform and inspireâto celebrate what is possible, and encourage wider application of these ideas
The future of work: Towards a progressive agenda for all. EPC Issue Paper 9 DECEMBER 2019
Europeâs labour markets and the world of work in general are being transformed by the megatrends of globalisation, the fragmentation of the production and value chain, demographic ageing, new societal aspirations and the digitalisation of the economy. This Issue Paper presents the findings and policy recommendations of âThe future of work â Towards a progressive agenda for allâ, a European Policy Centre research project. Its main objectives were to expand public knowledge about these profound changes and to reverse the negative narrative often associated with this topic. It aimed to show how human decisions and the right policies can mitigate upcoming disruptions and provide European and national policymakers with a comprehensive toolkit for a progressive agenda for the new world of work
CHORUS Deliverable 3.3: Vision Document - Intermediate version
The goal of the CHORUS vision document is to create a high level vision on audio-visual search engines in order to give guidance to the future R&D work in this area (in line with the mandate of CHORUS as a Coordination Action).
This current intermediate draft of the CHORUS vision document (D3.3) is based on the previous CHORUS vision documents D3.1 to D3.2 and on the results of the six CHORUS Think-Tank meetings held in March, September and November 2007 as well as in April, July and October 2008, and on the feedback from other CHORUS events.
The outcome of the six Think-Thank meetings will not just be to the benefit of the participants which are stakeholders and experts from academia and industry â CHORUS, as a coordination action of the EC, will feed back the findings (see Summary) to the projects under its purview and, via its website, to the whole community working in the domain of AV content search.
A few subjections of this deliverable are to be completed after the eights (and presumably last) Think-Tank meeting in spring 2009
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What We Can\u27t Understand: The Non-Verbal Communication Among Autistic Children
This project is about children on the Autism Spectrum Disorder and the tools they use to communicate with others. I touch on the ways parents can help their children at home and how they can assist their child to talk even if they are told they will never do so. Discussed in the paper are the various methods of communication including PECS, the QWERTY keyboard, and mobile applications. These can be used on an iPad, iPhone, smartphone etc. The nutritional benefit of some foods for children with autism is also a contributing factor of how they act. Eating foods such as gluten, casein, and dairy have shown to bring about an increase in outbursts for a child with autism. I review some of the methods to boost a childâs communication skill at a young age and go over methods of communication that you can do at home without purchasing an app or using a keyboard, or picture exchange communication system. Some parents decide to go a different route altogether and decide to use homeopathic methods of helping their child succeed. It is essentially the familyâs decision of what works best for their child. I have found it to be a lot of trial and error deciding what method to use with an autistic child. It really is what is best for your family and most importantly what is best for their child
Neurocognitive Informatics Manifesto.
Informatics studies all aspects of the structure of natural and artificial information systems. Theoretical and abstract approaches to information have made great advances, but human information processing is still unmatched in many areas, including information management, representation and understanding. Neurocognitive informatics is a new, emerging field that should help to improve the matching of artificial and natural systems, and inspire better computational algorithms to solve problems that are still beyond the reach of machines. In this position paper examples of neurocognitive inspirations and promising directions in this area are given
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Copyright @ 2009 Engineering Integrity SocietyThis work is supported by Shell Global Solutions UK for their sponsorship of this research as part of the activities of the EFII3 project
âItâs not just hacking for the sake of itâ: a qualitative study of health innovatorsâ views on patient-driven open innovations, quality and safety
Background Open do-it-yourself (DIY) health
innovations raise new dilemmas for patient-oriented
and service-oriented scholars and healthcare providers.
Our study aimed to generate practical insights into
quality and safety issues to patient care raised by two
volunteer-run, open DIY solutions: Nightscout Project
(patient-driven, open-source software for type 1 diabetes
management) and e-NABLE (volunteers who design and
three-dimensionally print upper-limb assistive devices).
To this end, we examined the views of health innovators
who are knowledgeable about medical devices standards
and regulations.
Methods We applied a multimedia-based, dataelicitation technique to conduct indepth interviews with
a diversified sample of 31 health innovators practising
in two Canadian provinces (Quebec and Ontario). An
exploratory thematic analysis approach was used to
identify respondentsâ reasoning processes and compare
their overall judgements of Nightscout and e-NABLE.
Results Respondents pondered the following quality
and safety issues: importance of the need addressed;
accessibility; volunteersâ ability to develop and maintain
a safe solution of good quality; risks involved for users;
consequences of not using the solution; and liability.
Overall, innovators see Nightscout as a high-risk DIY
solution that requires expert involvement and e-NABLE
as a low-risk one that fills a hard-to-meet gap.
Conclusion Health innovators generally support
patient-driven initiatives but also call for the involvement
of professionals who possess complementary skills
and knowledge. Our findings provide a list of issues
healthcare providers may discuss with patients during
clinical consultations to document potential risks and
benefits of open DIY solutions. To inform new policy
approaches, we propose the development of publicly
funded umbrella organisations to act as intermediaries
between open DIY solutions and regulatory bodies to
help them meet quality and safety standard
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