Over the last forty years,many methodologies have been initiated within the framework of the participatory approach,the objective of which is to encourage the involvement of citizens in the definition and implementati...Over the last forty years,many methodologies have been initiated within the framework of the participatory approach,the objective of which is to encourage the involvement of citizens in the definition and implementation of projects and policies concerning them.The implementation of these participatory approaches in the field of interventional research in population health reveals several scientific,organizational,inter-individual,and ethical issues that must be discussed.Thus,we propose to present here the fruit of a collective reflection of the members of a research group,composed of patient-researchers and researchers in social psychology,on the implementation of the IMPAQT research project,which aimed to promote a community-based research approach in oncology.The discussion will be structured around three topics:the implementation of the participatory research mechanism,the sustainability of the commitment involved in participating in research,and the valorization of the participation of the patient-researchers.These issues are particularly important to consider in guiding the implementation of a solid and balanced partnership with those concerned in the co-construction of interventional research devices in cancerology.展开更多
The multiple cause of death (MCOD) analysis is used to account for the full contribution of TB as a cause of death to South African mortality in 2008 that were coded using ICD10. Following a review of MCOD methods, a ...The multiple cause of death (MCOD) analysis is used to account for the full contribution of TB as a cause of death to South African mortality in 2008 that were coded using ICD10. Following a review of MCOD methods, a sufficient set of variables for use in MCOD and a new method of quantifying the severity of each cause of death are proposed. The results show that a total of 86,818 (14.3% of all deaths) were TB related, and within all deaths due to natural underlying causes, 86,373 (16.1%) were TB related. Furthermore, 42,581 (7.9%) were due to TB only, 6.0% had TB as an underlying cause along with other contributory causes and 2.0% had TB as a contributory cause. TB was mentioned as the underlying cause of death in 74,863 certificates or 13.9% of deaths due to natural underlying causes. Further analysis using multinomial baseline logit models, reveals that the relative odds of death in any demographic group compared with death in the baseline categories depend on the severity level of TB considered. It is proposed that the severity measure should be adopted when studying the contribution of all main causes of death to total mortality.展开更多
Time efficiency of key establishment and update is one of the major problems contributory key managements strive to address.To achieve better time efficiency in key establishment,we propose a Location-based Huffman(L-...Time efficiency of key establishment and update is one of the major problems contributory key managements strive to address.To achieve better time efficiency in key establishment,we propose a Location-based Huffman(L-Huffman) scheme.First,users are separated into several small groups to minimize communication cost when they are distributed over large networks.Second,both user's computation difference and message transmission delay are taken into consideration when Huffman coding is employed to forming the optimal key tree.Third,the combined weights in Huffman tree are located in a higher place of the key tree to reduce the variance of the average key generation time and minimize the longest key generation time.Simulations demonstrate that L-Huffman has much better performance in wide area networks and is a little better in local area network than Huffman scheme.展开更多
Many medication errors could be avoided if administration was more closely linked with structured monitoring. The contributory factors to administration errors occurred in one recent year were reviewed and identified ...Many medication errors could be avoided if administration was more closely linked with structured monitoring. The contributory factors to administration errors occurred in one recent year were reviewed and identified contributory factors to errors as six domains of administration principles according to the report from the Quality and Safety website. The current measures including guidelines, policy, and practices to prevent the administration errors identified in the previous step were searched from the United Christian Hospital (UCH) homepage. Meanwhile, the international measures suggested in literature were identified to address the administration errors identified. 41 cases were identified as medication errors related to administration error events, with total twenty contributory factors identified according to the incident report which identified five contributory factors as common causes. Measures to prevent interruption of medication round and measures to improve individual knowledge and skills, and personal responsebility were suggested to fill the gaps. The medication administration errors should be avoided through both education reinforcing programme and preventive interventions of distraction or interruption to the procedure after comparing the existing measures to the suggested measures from literature. This study was so important to improve the current measures to prevent medication administration errors.展开更多
This work focuses on the optimization of investment contributions of pension asset with a view to improving contributors’ participation in achieving better return on investment (RoI) of their funds. We viewed some ne...This work focuses on the optimization of investment contributions of pension asset with a view to improving contributors’ participation in achieving better return on investment (RoI) of their funds. We viewed some new regulations on Nigeria’s Contributory Pension Scheme” (CPS) from amended legislation of 2014, some of which are yet to be implemented when their regulations are approved. A mathematical model involving 5 variables, 5 inequality constraints covering regulatory limitations and limitation on scarce resource known as Asset Under Management (AUM), suggested and mathematically shown to be possible through “maximization of return irrespective of risk” while obeying all regulatory controls as our constraints optimized. Optimized portfolio using MatLab shows that the portfolio representing AES 2013 portfolio with a deficit growth of 15.75 m representing 3.27% less than the portfolio’s full growth potential within defined assumptions would have been averted if contributors actually set their targets and investment managers optimize from forecasts of future prices using trend analysis.展开更多
文摘Over the last forty years,many methodologies have been initiated within the framework of the participatory approach,the objective of which is to encourage the involvement of citizens in the definition and implementation of projects and policies concerning them.The implementation of these participatory approaches in the field of interventional research in population health reveals several scientific,organizational,inter-individual,and ethical issues that must be discussed.Thus,we propose to present here the fruit of a collective reflection of the members of a research group,composed of patient-researchers and researchers in social psychology,on the implementation of the IMPAQT research project,which aimed to promote a community-based research approach in oncology.The discussion will be structured around three topics:the implementation of the participatory research mechanism,the sustainability of the commitment involved in participating in research,and the valorization of the participation of the patient-researchers.These issues are particularly important to consider in guiding the implementation of a solid and balanced partnership with those concerned in the co-construction of interventional research devices in cancerology.
文摘The multiple cause of death (MCOD) analysis is used to account for the full contribution of TB as a cause of death to South African mortality in 2008 that were coded using ICD10. Following a review of MCOD methods, a sufficient set of variables for use in MCOD and a new method of quantifying the severity of each cause of death are proposed. The results show that a total of 86,818 (14.3% of all deaths) were TB related, and within all deaths due to natural underlying causes, 86,373 (16.1%) were TB related. Furthermore, 42,581 (7.9%) were due to TB only, 6.0% had TB as an underlying cause along with other contributory causes and 2.0% had TB as a contributory cause. TB was mentioned as the underlying cause of death in 74,863 certificates or 13.9% of deaths due to natural underlying causes. Further analysis using multinomial baseline logit models, reveals that the relative odds of death in any demographic group compared with death in the baseline categories depend on the severity level of TB considered. It is proposed that the severity measure should be adopted when studying the contribution of all main causes of death to total mortality.
基金Supported by National Basic Research and Development Program of China (2007CB307102)
文摘Time efficiency of key establishment and update is one of the major problems contributory key managements strive to address.To achieve better time efficiency in key establishment,we propose a Location-based Huffman(L-Huffman) scheme.First,users are separated into several small groups to minimize communication cost when they are distributed over large networks.Second,both user's computation difference and message transmission delay are taken into consideration when Huffman coding is employed to forming the optimal key tree.Third,the combined weights in Huffman tree are located in a higher place of the key tree to reduce the variance of the average key generation time and minimize the longest key generation time.Simulations demonstrate that L-Huffman has much better performance in wide area networks and is a little better in local area network than Huffman scheme.
文摘Many medication errors could be avoided if administration was more closely linked with structured monitoring. The contributory factors to administration errors occurred in one recent year were reviewed and identified contributory factors to errors as six domains of administration principles according to the report from the Quality and Safety website. The current measures including guidelines, policy, and practices to prevent the administration errors identified in the previous step were searched from the United Christian Hospital (UCH) homepage. Meanwhile, the international measures suggested in literature were identified to address the administration errors identified. 41 cases were identified as medication errors related to administration error events, with total twenty contributory factors identified according to the incident report which identified five contributory factors as common causes. Measures to prevent interruption of medication round and measures to improve individual knowledge and skills, and personal responsebility were suggested to fill the gaps. The medication administration errors should be avoided through both education reinforcing programme and preventive interventions of distraction or interruption to the procedure after comparing the existing measures to the suggested measures from literature. This study was so important to improve the current measures to prevent medication administration errors.
文摘This work focuses on the optimization of investment contributions of pension asset with a view to improving contributors’ participation in achieving better return on investment (RoI) of their funds. We viewed some new regulations on Nigeria’s Contributory Pension Scheme” (CPS) from amended legislation of 2014, some of which are yet to be implemented when their regulations are approved. A mathematical model involving 5 variables, 5 inequality constraints covering regulatory limitations and limitation on scarce resource known as Asset Under Management (AUM), suggested and mathematically shown to be possible through “maximization of return irrespective of risk” while obeying all regulatory controls as our constraints optimized. Optimized portfolio using MatLab shows that the portfolio representing AES 2013 portfolio with a deficit growth of 15.75 m representing 3.27% less than the portfolio’s full growth potential within defined assumptions would have been averted if contributors actually set their targets and investment managers optimize from forecasts of future prices using trend analysis.
