145 research outputs found
Analisis Visual Kampanye Kesehatan Bone Marrow Donor Programme X Blak Labs
No full textVisual analysis of the social campaign design "Bone Marrow Donor Program x Blak Labs" reveals a creative approach in promoting awareness of the importance of being a bone marrow donor. This research explores the visual design strategies used in this social campaign, with a focus on message imagery, use of graphic elements, and color selection. Qualitative analysis methods were used to examine the design elements of this social campaign with interview activities and their impact on the target audience. The results show that strong and relevant designs can strengthen social messages, motivate real action, and increase public awareness about the importance of becoming a bone marrow donor. The implications of these findings for the practice of social campaign design and efforts to increase participation in bone marrow donor programs are discussed in the context of this study. This analysis aims for other researchers to provide suggestions or conduct further research, and also improve the writer\u27s ability to create a good campaign design, because campaign designs like this are very helpful in increasing public awareness of a problem.Analisa visual desain kampanye sosial "Bone Marrow Donor Program x Blak Labs" mengungkapkan pendekatan kreatif dalam mempromosikan kesadaran akan pentingnya menjadi donor sumsum tulang. Penelitian ini mengeksplorasi strategi desain visual yang digunakan dalam kampanye sosial ini, dengan fokus pada pencitraan pesan, penggunaan elemen grafis, dan pemilihan warna. Metode analisis kualitatif digunakan untuk memeriksa elemen-elemen desain kampanye sosial ini dengan kegiatan wawancara dan dampaknya terhadap audiens target. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa desain yang kuat dan relevan dapat memperkuat pesan sosial, memotivasi aksi nyata, dan meningkatkan kesadaran masyarakat tentang pentingnya menjadi donor sumsum tulang. Implikasi temuan ini untuk praktek desain kampanye sosial dan upaya meningkatkan partisipasi dalam program donor sumsum tulang dibahas dalam konteks penelitian ini. Analisa ini bertujuan untuk para peneliti lain untuk memberi saran ataupun melakukan penelitian yang lebih lanjut, dan juga meningkatkan kemampuan penulis dalam membuat sebuah desain kampanye yang baik, karena desain kampanye seperti ini sangat membantu dalam meningkatkan kesadaran masyarakat atas sebuah permasalahan
The Implied Author in the literary works of Muhammad Naffa’
No full textتخوض المقالة مغامرة البحث في معنى المصطلح "كاتب ضمنيّ (Implied Author)، مفهومه وتجلّيه في أدب الكاتب الفلسطينيّ المحليّ محمّد نفّاع (1939). فرغم ما حظي به أدبه من مقالات نقديّة، إلّا أنّ أحدًا لم يتناول هذا الجانب ويبحثه بحثًا جادًّا متعمّقًا. وهي مقالة مُلخّصة لثمرة جهد دام ثلاث سنوات، قمنا خلالها ببحث طوليّ شموليّ تناول كلّ مجموعات نفّاع القصصيّة وعددها ست، ورواية فاطمة الصادرة عن دار راية للنشر عام 2015، والتي نُشرت في حلقات متفرّقة على موقع الجبهة، بالإضافة إلى كلّ ما نُشر من قصص متفرّقة في هذا الموقع الأخير[1] حتى شهر حزيران 2014.
تأتي هذه الدراسة لتؤكّد فكرة التّعالق الجماليّ والفكريّ في أدب نفّاع. فالقاصّ لا يلتقط معلومات عابرة ويُحوّلها إلى نصّ أدبيّ، إنّما نراه يخضع لعوامل تاريخيّة، فكريّة، أيديولوجيّة، فيفارق خلالها سطوح الأشياء ليصل إلى أعماقها، وبهذا يكون مطالبًا بإعادة صياغة المفاهيم والمعلومات ونسجها من جديد. الكاتب الضمنيّ، وهو وليد الكاتب الحقيقيّ وممثّله، بوصفه الأنا الثانية له، هو المرآة التي ستعكس لنا هذا التّعالق الجماليّ مع الفكريّ على وجه التحديد والتخصيص. وحتى يتحقق ذلك يتوجب علينا اقتفاء أثر الكاتب في النّص من خلال متابعتنا لمجالات خمسة: الكاتب وعلاقته بالزّمان، الكاتب وعلاقته بالمكان، الكاتب وعلاقته بالشخصيّات، الكاتب وعلاقته بالحدث، الكاتب وعلاقته بالراوي. فماذا نعني بالكاتب الضمنيّ والكاتب الحقيقيّ (The real author) ما العلاقة بينهما؟ متى ينوب الراوي عن الكاتب الحقيقيّ؟ وكيف يتجلى ذلك في نصوص نفّاع؟ كم من المؤلّف الحقيقيّ في المؤلّف الضمنيّ؟ على هذه الأسئلة البحثيّة ستتم الإجابة من خلال توضيح العلاقة بين الكاتب والمجالات الخمسة الآنف ذكرها، وتفسير كيفيّة انعكاس هذه العلاقة على الوظيفة التي يؤدّيها الكاتب الضمنيّ/ المُضمر في النّص الأدبيّ عند نفّاع.
*This article aims to examine the meaning and the context of the term "Implied Author" and how it is revealed in the literature of the local Palestinian writer Mohammad Naffa' (1939). Despite the vast amount of critical writing on Nafaa's literature, however, none has dealt or looked in depth into this aspect. The present article is accumulative work of a 3- year project in which we carried out a longitudinal holistic research studying all Naffa's story collections, 6 in number, and his novel "Fatima", published by Al-Raya Publishing in 2015, which had been earlier published as a series in Hadash website (Al-Ittihad literature section), in addition to all the randomly published stories in this website up till June 2014.
This study considers the idea of aesthetic and thematic interconnectivity in Nafaa's works, i.e., for the narrator does not simply pick his information randomly; he bides himself to historical and ideological factors where he departs the surface to dive into the depth of things, thus becoming self-demanding. He is obliged to re-construct and re-frame and re-shape the concepts and the information all a new.
The Implied Author is the author's construct and his representative by being his second Ego. He is the mirror that will reflect to us this aesthetic interconnectivity with the thematic one, in particular. In order for that to happen, we, readers, need to follow the traces of the writer in the text examining the following five domains: the writer and his relationship to Time, the writer and Place, the writer and the Characters and finally the writer and the Narrator. What do we then mean by Implied Author and Real Author? What is the relation between the two? When does the narrator represent the real writer? How is this revealed in Naffa's literature? To what extent does the real author exist in the implied author? All these research questions are discussed and answered putting the relationship between the writer and the five previously mentioned domains. Furthermore, the reflection of this relationship on the role done by the Implied Author in Naffa's literary text will be elaborated
Reliability Benchmarking of Eurocode 7 Design Examples: CIE5050-09: Additional Thesis Project 2021
No full textThe application of reliability analysis in geotechnical engineering is relatively new compared to the other sections of civil engineering such as structural engineering and hydraulic engineering. However, due to its increases use in recent years, reliability analysis is planned to be included extensively in the upcoming Eurocode 7 (EN 1997). This research aims to compare the accuracy and efficiency between the applications of 22 selected reliability methods in 9 selected geotechnical engineering problems with various number of independent variables and modes of failure. The accuracy of the reliability methods are determined based on the Probability of Failure (Pf) errors, while the efficiency is based on the number of realizations (N) each method needs. The Monte Carlo Simulation is found to be the most accurate method despite its shortcomings in efficiency (ranked as the least efficient). Moreover, the FOSM method is found to be the most efficient despite its serious shortcoming in accuracy where it is also ranked as the most inaccurate. However, putting both accuracy and efficiency into account, the AK-MCS 0 order is proven to be the best method when applied to the discussed geotechnical engineering problems. The research also points out the necessity to perform multiple reliability methods for each geotechnical engineering problem.Geo-Engineerin
A Reliability-Based Design Optimization Method for Geotechnical Engineering Problem Based On Active-Learning Kriging Metamodeling
No full textUsing an expensive-to-evaluate numerical model, such as a finite element method (FEM) model, is deemed unavoidable in solving modern geotechnical engineering problems. At the same time, the application of reliability analysis in dealing with uncertainties (e.g. soil properties) is increasing rapidly. This could pose a time-wise problem for an FEM model since reliability analysis normally takes much more than only one realization (function call) of the model. It becomes a bigger problem when a design optimization process is taking place. More often than not, design optimization is performed by a ”trial-and-error” method in practice, which the process itself would even take longer just to give engineers the ”sense” of achieving an optimal design (in terms of safety and economy). Therefore, the actual optimality of the design is not systematically proven and quantified. This research proposes a novel reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) method by combining existing theories regarding active-learning Kriging-based Monte Carlo Simulation (AK-MCS) and (1+1)-Covariance Matrix Adaptation evolution scheme ((1+1)-CMA-ES). To achieve accuracy and efficiency, the method consists of four enrichment stages. These enrichment stages ensure the method accurately and efficiently predicts the optimal design combination by considering the reliability constraint. The chosen case study is the reinforcement design of the Starnmeer polder dyke in the Netherlands, which is simulated as an FEM model. Within a limited number of function calls, the proposed RBDO method could accurately predict the optimal dimensions of the dyke that delivers the targeted reliability index. The reliable performance of the proposed method is further demonstrated by solving three analytical optimization problems.Geo-Engineerin
The impact of the activities of non-profit data intermediaries (NPDIs): A qualitative study on the impact of NPDIs in reducing barriers to using Open Government Data (OGD) in Europe
No full textThe use and value of Open Government Data (OGD) are gaining increasing attention from governments, corporations, and individuals. Governments have developed portals and started initiatives to share, promote and facilitate OGD interactions. The key objectives of the release of OGD by public entities are public responsibility, economic expansion, and operational and technical values. However, the potential of OGD is limited by the ability to reuse public data. Although OGD is becoming more available, the value realisation of OGD is hindered by its limited use. Within the OGD ecosystem, data intermediaries, especially Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs), have been playing a role within the OGD ecosystem, perhaps making OGD more usable for users. We assume that the barriers that are most likely to hinder the potential of OGD are more linked to the barriers to using OGD other than structural or provisioning barriers. Furthermore, the barriers to using OGD might be more influenced by the activities provided by the non-profit data intermediaries (NPDIs). Given the anticipated transformation potential of OGD and the current barriers to reusing OGD, it is necessary to investigate how the existence and activities of the NPDIs affected the barriers to using OGD. This study explores the impact of the NPDIs’ activities, particularly their impact on barriers to OGD use. We introduced the following research question:How do European non-profit data intermediaries reduce the barriers to using OGD?Adopting an explorative case study approach, we first identified the barriers to using OGD through the use of a literate review method. We introduced three categories of barriers in which these barriers originated. These categories are OGD portals, OGD datasets and OGD users’ abilities. Furthermore, we conducted a narrative literature review to analyse and identify the roles and activities of the open data intermediates. We identified seven roles that summarise the set of functions of responsibility that open data intermediaries assume and fourteen activities by specifying certain actions or tasks that open data intermediaries fulfil. Based on the literature review, we could not link the activities to the barriers. However, we conceptualised the barriers to using OGD and the activities of the open data intermediaries separately.Following this, we conducted desk research by analysing NPDIs’ websites, complemented by interviews with the selected NPDIs to analyse their activities and roles in the OGD ecosystem toward reducing the barriers to using OGD. Our findings of the activities of the NPDIs showed that NPDIs have a different scope and objectives, often a social goal, compared to open data intermediaries who might be, for instance, interested in profit. However, the roles and activities of NPDIs, are similar to open data intermediaries in terms of their operations. NPDIs do not necessarily focus on specific roles or activities but rather provide a wide range of services and conduct various activities. This may be driven by the overarching social goal where they try to offer a complete solution that does not lack in some areas. However, some of the activities we identified might be specific to NPDIs, such as promoting the use of OGD, allowing OGD users to disseminate their OGD-driven insights and improving and facilitating the process of using OGD.We conducted nine semi-structured interviews with individuals from NPDIs and their users to learn how they perceive NPDIs are reducing the barriers to using OGD. Through coding the interview transcripts, we applied a thematic analysis approach to the data obtained from the interview. We have identified six themes that represent how NPDIs reduce the barriers to using OGD. These themes are; building OGD capacity and expertise, improving OGD accessibility quality and usability, empowering OGD users, OGD process optimisation, promoting and advocating OGD-related activities and policies, and facilitating and improving stakeholders’ collaboration and engagement. The findings showed that NPDIs mainly emphasised improving OGD capacity, accessibility, availability, and findability. Then, we conducted a focus group session to triangulate our case study data. Three participants participated in our session, two represented the NPDIs perspective, and one represented the user perspective. We concluded that NPDIs’ activities reduce the barriers to using OGD, such as OGD users’ ability, OGD accessibility, and quality of OGD datasets and portals. However, quantifying their impact or linking their activities to some of the barriers they reduce is challenging due to the multiple impacts of the NPDIs’ activities.Our study attempted to address the gap in the literature regarding the NPDIs’ impact in reducing the barriers to using OGD. Also, our study provided insight into how NPDIs reduce the barriers to using OGD; we identified their characteristics and strategies, which contribute to setting the groundwork for future research exploring the link between NPDIs activities and barriers to using OGD. Our results underline the value of NPDIs to the OGD ecosystem. Policymakers or key NPDIs persons can leverage the results of this study to capitalise on the identified opportunities, such as trying to make NPDIs efforts more proactive in anticipating the barriers of OGD to contribute to better use of OGD ultimately.Complex Systems Engineering and Management (CoSEM
How Do You Properly Take Medication if You Can't Read the Label?
No full textabstract: How would you feel if you went to a pharmacy and the pharmacist gave you a medication with a prescription label that was written in a different language? How would you know how to properly take the medication, or what the dosage information was? Limited-English proficient patients often experience this confusion when they have to take medication with a prescription label written in English. As the United States becomes increasingly more culturally and linguistically diverse, certain populations face a higher risk of adverse medical incidents occurring because of communication barriers associated with their language ability (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2012). In order to minimize these medical incidents and ensure a high quality of care for limited-English proficient patients, healthcare providers must educate the public on useful approaches
Technical considerations in the Verasonics research ultrasound platform for developing a photoacoustic imaging system
No full textPhotoacoustic imaging (PAI) is an emerging functional and molecular imaging technology that has attracted much attention in the past decade. Recently, many researchers have used the vantage system from Verasonics for simultaneous ultrasound (US) and photoacoustic (PA) imaging. This was the motivation to write on the details of US/PA imaging system implementation and characterization using Verasonics platform. We have discussed the experimental considerations for linear array based PAI due to its popularity, simple setup, and high potential for clinical translatability. Specifically, we describe the strategies of US/PA imaging system setup, signal generation, amplification, data processing and study the system performance.ImPhys/Medical Imagin
Health System Response to the Prevention and Treatment of Breast Cancer among Nigerian Women- A Narrative Review
No full textBackground: Breast cancer remains a significant global health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as Nigeria. In the last four decades, the incidence and mortality of breast cancer has been on the rise in Nigeria. However, adequate prevention and management method it yet to be appropriately implemented. This narrative review aims to critically examine the health system response to the prevention and treatment of breast cancer in Nigeria, providing a comprehensive overview of existing literature and highlighting key gaps and areas for improvement.
Methods: This study is a narrative review of the literature. Literature databases such as PUBMED, LIVIVO, MEDLINE, WHO African Index Medicus identify eligible literature. The articles were screened using Rayyan software, taking into consideration the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The quality of articles was assessed using the CASP tool, while only articles published from 2018 were selected.
Result: Result from the 19 articles assess from this the review still shows the challenges have been face by the Nigerian health system. The findings show individual barriers from the people, inadequate health infrastructure, shortage and unskilled health workers and catastrophic financial burden faced by breast cancer patients.
Conclusion: Addressing the prevention and treatment of breast cancer among Nigerian women requires a comprehensive approach that focuses on accessibility, financial burden, quality of care, and prevention strategies. By implementing these health system responses, Nigeria can make significant progress in reducing breast cancer-related morbidity and mortality, improving outcomes, and ensuring better overall health for women across the country
“IT IS BETTER TO PREVENT IT WITH THIS VACCINE”: HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINATION IN NIGERIA- AWARENESS, WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT, AND LESSONS FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) AFRICAN REGION: A NARRATIVE REVIEW
No full textBACKGROUND: Human Papillomavirus vaccination (HPV) is an effective means of controlling cervical cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in Nigeria. The past decade has seen the implementation of national HPV vaccination programmes across sub-Saharan African countries. This review aims to explore the deterring and driving factors of awareness and acceptance of HPV vaccination in Nigeria, and the lessons and challenges from implementation of HPV vaccination programmes in the WHO African region.
METHODS: This narrative review employed and adapted two search strategies to each selected electronic database: African Index Medicus, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) Plus, Medline, Livivo, PubMed, ProQuest, and Scopus. They were geared towards capturing the various expressions of driving and deterring factors of HPV vaccination awareness, acceptance, and lessons of pilot and national HPV implementation programmes in the WHO African Region. Zotero and Rayyan Software applications were used for the management of data.
RESULTS: 40 articles were included in this review. Awareness of HPV vaccination was generally poor but willingness to accept HPV vaccination was high. Deterring factors were lack of information, fear of adverse effects, concerns about promiscuity, cultural and religious beliefs, and cost of the vaccine. Driving factors included: health education, and recommendation by health professionals, family, and friends. Massive awareness campaigns, integrated service delivery, community advocacy were success stories. Challenges included insufficient and inadequately trained healthcare workers, improper planning, and media/religious propaganda.
CONCLUSION: It is necessary to address the barriers to HPV vaccine awareness and adopt the lessons from the WHO African Region
Data of Article "Patient and staff experience evaluation in Remote Patient Monitoring; what to measure and how? A systematic review"
No full text*** Data of article “Patient and staff experience evaluation in Remote Patient Monitoring; what to measure and how? A systematic review” ***
Authors: V. Pannunzio, H.C. Morales Ornelas
Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology
Corresponding author: V. Pannunzio
Contact Information:
[email protected]
Delft University of Technology - Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering
Landbergstraat 15
2628 CE Delft
The Netherlands
***General Introduction***
This dataset contains data collected during a systematic review study conducted at the Delft
University of Technology as part of Valeria Pannunzio’s PhD project. It is being made public both to
act as supplementary data for publications and the PhD thesis of Valeria Pannunzio and in order for
other researchers to use this data in their own work.
***Purpose of the review***
The purpose of the review was to provide a structured overview of patient and staff experience
constructs and instruments used in published contributions focusing on evaluating RPM
interventions.
***Description of the data in this data set***
The available files include:
Rayyan export: data exported from the Rayyan environment in which the review selection process was executed independently by the two authors.
Extracted data: an excel file including the raw data extracted from the included contributions and each step of the analysis process (in each excel sheet), including the results of the correspondence analysis included as part of the systematic review.
CA data output: The output of the correspondence analysis performed in SPSS.
We hope the dataset will be useful for other researchers and stay available for any questions or remarks.</p
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