613 research outputs found
Global health delivery 2.0: using open-access technologies for transparency and operations research.
No full textDuncan Maru and colleagues at Nyaya Health describe several simple Web 2.0 strategies they have implemented during the course of delivering medical and public health services in rural Nepal
ADAM SMITH'S OPTIMISTIC TELEOLOGICAL VIEW OF HISTORY
No full textAdam Smith's four-stage theory provides the framework for his writings on history. The fourth stage is the commercial epoch; the culmination of history in this stage is a key component in the conventional interpretation of Adam Smith as a prophet of commercialism. In two historical case studies Smith shows the capacity of commercial society to regenerate itself. This potent capacity suggests that commercial society is inevitable. At a certain point in time it also overcomes the major obstacles to its permanence. Smith's philosophy of history anticipates the end of history views of Kant and Hegel.Political Economy,
PLoS Med
No full textR36 CI000607/CI/NCPDCID CDC HHS/United StatesT32 GM07205/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States19956665PMC277735
Youthhood
No full textTESTING-GROUND issue 03, Youthhood, examines worlds through youthful eyes, makes evident young ambitions, and questions how we can better empower young people to design cities, landscapes, and a planet that works for them. The issue includes contributions from: Carmel Keren, Jude Daniel Smith, Claire Edwards, Kazeem Kuteyi, Emmanuel Adarkwah, Reza Nik, Dan Cui, Kristofer Cullum-Fernandez, Fida Sassi, Simeon Shtebunaev, Daze Aghaji, Averill Dimabuyu, Sarri Elfaitouri, Rebecca McDonald-Balfour, and Ed Wall.
Rebecca McDonald-Balfour (Author), Jude Daniel Smith (Author), Daze Aghaji (Author), Carmel Keran (Author), Alexis Liu (Author), Dan Cui (Author), Kristofer Cullum-Fernandez (Author), Fida Sassi (Author), Averill Dimabuyu (Author), Ed
Semiometrics: producing a compositional view of influence
No full textHigh-impact academic papers are not necessarily the most cited. For example, Einstein's 'Special Relativity' paper from 1905 received (and continues to receive) fewer citations from other papers than his 'Brownian Motion" paper of the same year, despite the former radically changing the course of an entire scientific discipline to a much greater extent. Similarly, 'impact' metrics using citation count alone are, it is argued, not adequate for determining the scientific influence of papers, authors or small groups of authors. Although valid, they remain controversial when used to determine influence of larger groups or journals. While the term 'impact' has become closely linked to a journal's citation-based Journal Impact Factor score, this thesis uses the term 'influence' to describe the wider effectiveness of research, combining citation and metadata analysis to allow richer calculations to be performed over large-scale document networks. As a result, more qualitative influence ratings can be determined and a broader outlook on scientific disciplines can be produced. These ratings are best applied using an ontology-based data source, allowing more efficient inference than under a traditional RDBMS system, and allowing easier integration between heterogeneous data sources. These metrics, termed 'Semantic Bibliometrics' or 'Semiometrics', can be applied at a variety of levels of granularity, allowing a compositional framework for impact and influence analysis. This thesis describes the process of data preparation, systems architecture, metric value and data integration for such a system, introducing novel approaches at all four stages, thereby creating a working semiometrics system for determining influence at different semantic levels of granularity
A prospective controlled trial of routine opt-out HIV testing in a men's jail.
No full textApproximately 10 million Americans enter jails annually. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends routine opt-out HIV testing in these settings. The logistics for performing routine opt-out HIV testing within jails, however, remain controversial. The objective of this study was to evaluate the optimal time to routinely HIV test newly incarcerated jail detainees using an opt-out strategy.This prospective, controlled trial of routine opt-out HIV testing was conducted among 298 newly incarcerated male inmates in an urban men's jail in New Haven, Connecticut. 298 sequential entrants to the men's jail over a three week period in March and April 2008 were assigned to be offered routine opt-out HIV testing at one of three points after incarceration: immediate (same day, n = 103), early (next day, n = 98), or delayed (7 days, n = 97). The primary outcome was the proportion of men in each group consenting to testing.Routine opt-out HIV testing was significantly higher for the early (53%: AOR = 2.6; 95% CI = 1.5 to 4.7) and immediate (45%: AOR = 2.3; 95% CI = 1.3 to 4.0) testing groups compared to the delayed (33%) testing group. The immediate and early testing groups, however, did not significantly differ (p = 0.67). In multivariate analyses, factors significantly associated with routine opt-out HIV testing were assignment to the 'early' testing group (p = 0.0003) and low (bond > or = $5,000, immigration or federal charges or pre-sentencing > 30 days) likelihood of early release (p = 0.04). Two subjects received preliminary positive results and one of them was subsequently confirmed HIV seropositive.In this men's jail where attrition was high, routine opt-out HIV testing was not only feasible, but resulted in the highest rates of HIV testing when performed within 24 hours of incarceration.ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00624247
Journeys: Camosun Stories of Indigenization (2018)
No full text"Journeys: Camosun Stories of Indigenization" features stories of Indigenization from the diverse and multiple perspectives
of Camosun staff.Contributors include: John Borass, Vice President, Education; Sybil Harrison, Director, Learning Services; Suzanne Thiessen, School of Business; Shane Johnson, Facilities; Chivonne Graff, Child Care Services and Early Learning & Care; Andrew Brice, Digital Communication; Kelly Pitman, English Department; Nicole Kilburn, Anthropology Department; Brenda Petays, Visual Arts Department; Steve Walker-Duncan, Culinary Arts Department; Joan Humphries, Nursing Department; Anita Ferriss, Human Resources; Daryl Thomson, Human Resources; Merry Watts, Human Resources; Dianne Biin, Centre for Indigenous Education & Community Connections. Messages from Camosun President, Sherri Bell and Dawn Smith, Education Developer, Indigenization & Sustainability are also featured.
Art work of, and information about, Nuu-chah-nulth artist Art Thompson (Tsa Qwa Supp) is included. Additional information about Art Thompson's work in the Camosun Art Collection can be found at: https://cc.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/cc%3Apubar
Kekuatan Komik; Sejarah, Bentuk dan Kebudayaan
No full textPerkembangan komik Indonesia yang terbaru adalah maraknya penerbitan
buku komik dalam bentuk majalah yang berisi kumpulan komik-komik pendek.
Komik-komik pendek yang bersambung ini, jika dirasa mendapat pembaca yang
sesuai harapan penerbit, kemudian akan dirangkai dan dicetak sebagai buku
tunggal. Pola kompilasi atau majalah memang marak juga pada era komik Indie
pertengahan tahun 1990-an, namun paska tahun 2015, kompilasi komik dapat
dilihat sebagai upaya untuk menguji pasar pembaca. Pola ini sangat dekat dengan
pola penerbitan komik di Jepang, salah satu kiblat komikus Indonesia. Pola
kompilasi ini juga dapat ditemukan pada penerbitan komik di Amerika tahun
1940-an yang dikenal awalnya sebagai pulp magazine atau majalah berharga
murah yang isinya didominasi oleh komik strip.
Komik strip yang dikumpulkan dan dicetak ulang menjadi buku, kemudian
menginspirasi penerbit untuk berkesperimen membuat satu buku baru yang berisi komik-komik baru. Pasar dan pembaca mau tidak mau menjadi pemicu untuk
hadirnya eksperimentasi tersebut, selain dorongan ekspresi dari pengarang komik.
Perjalanan format komik seperti ini, sejarah dan bentuknya, tidak akan
diketahui banyak orang, bahkan penggemar komik sekalipun, jika tidak ada
kajian atau laporan tertulis yang lengkap mengenai hal tersebut. Belum lagi
menyangkut budaya penggemar, hingga potensi yang dipunyai komik dalam
menyampaikan beragam kisah, alih-alih hanya menceritakan tentang superhero
atau kisah-kisah lucu.
Buku karya Randy Duncan dan Matthew J. Smith berjudul The Power Of
Comics; History, Form, and Culture yang terbit tahun 2009, dirasa cukup lengkap
dalam merangkum perjalanan sejarah, perkembangan bentuk, dan keterkaitan
komik dalam lingkungan sosial. Meskipun berfokus pada komik Amerika pada
pembahasan sejarah, lebih jauh buku ini juga menampilkan fenomena global
komik, mulai Eropa hingga Asia. Termasuk pula isu-isu sosial dan yang lebih
penting adalah mengenai kekuatan komik; kemampuan campuran unsur piktorial
dan linguistik dalam mendongeng.
Alasan itulah yang menggerakkan hati penerjemah untuk menerjemahkan
buku ini ke dalam Bahasa Indonesia, sehingga bisa dipahami dengan lebih baik
oleh lebih banyak lagi pembaca komik Indonesia, khususnya mahasiswa dan
akademisi yang berminat melakukan apresiasi dan kajian media komik, dan lebih
luas lagi bagi semua pemerhati seni gambar sekuensial
Medication Persistence of HIV-infected Drug Users on Directly Administered Antiretroviral Therapy
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