“Connections above and beyond”: Information, translation, and community boundaries in LibraryThing and Goodreads

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (7) ◽  
pp. 742-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Worrall
Keyword(s):  
Community Boundaries ◽  
Information Translation

scholarly journals Gauss’s law for networks directly reveals community boundaries

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayan Sinha ◽  
David F. Gleich ◽  
Karthik Ramani
Keyword(s):  
Community Boundaries

Abstract 29: A Neighborhood Local Volunteer Response Network Improves Response Time for Cardiac Arrest

Circulation ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 138 (Suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl B Kern ◽  
Carter Newton ◽  
Charles " Wunder ◽  
Thomas P Colberg ◽  
Marvin J Slepian
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Retirement Community ◽  
Time Of Arrival ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Response Network ◽  
Community Boundaries ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Mean Time ◽  
Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Background: Minutes are crucial in the treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (CA). Immediate chest compressions and early defibrillation are keys to good outcomes. Local neighborhood volunteer (vol) response programs may decrease delays to early CPR and AED use. We hypothesized that a coordinated effort of alerting trained neighborhood vols simultaneously with 911 activation of professional EMS providers would provide earlier CPR and defibrillation in such communities. Methods: We developed a program of simultaneously alerting CPR and AED trained neighborhood vols and the local EMS system for cardiac arrest events in a retirement community in Southern Arizona, encompassing approximately 17,300 homes and 21,500 residents. EMS services are provided by 5 stations within the community boundaries. Within a single housing development neighborhood, 9 vols and the closest EMS station were involved in 3 days of mock CA notifications (total of 12 different alerts at various times during daytime hours were sent). This provided a total of 120 response opportunities, 12 for EMS and 108 for vols. The distance to the mock event and the time from alert to arrival were recorded and compared. Results: In the selected 55+ neighborhood, the two groups differed significantly in both distance to the mock cardiac arrest event and in response times. The volunteers average 0.33±0.19 miles from the mock CA incidences while the closest EMS station was 3.3 miles from the tested neighborhood (p<0.0001). Response times (time from call to arrival) were also different. The earliest Vol arrived at 1min 30sec±48sec*, 2 Vols & AED at 1min 38 sec±53sec*, all arriving Vols at 3min 23 sec*, and EMS at 7min 20 sec±1min 13sec (*p<0.0001 vs EMS). Conclusion: When the neighborhood volunteers in this testing period were geographically closer to the mock CA event, they arrived significantly sooner to the scene than did the EMS service. The mean time of arrival for at least 2 vols with an AED was 5 min 42 sec faster than the professional rescuers. The implications for such a time saving could be as much as a 240% increase (25% to 85%) in survival for those with shockable rhythms.

Automatic Semantic Annotation Using Machine Learning

2012 ◽  
pp. 535-578
Author(s):  
Jie Tang ◽  
Duo Zhang ◽  
Limin Yao ◽  
Yi Li
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Semantic Web ◽  
Semantic Annotation ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Semantic Data ◽  
Community Boundaries ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Common Framework ◽  
Automated Discovery ◽  
The Web

This chapter aims to give a thorough investigation of the techniques for automatic semantic annotation. The Semantic Web provides a common framework that allows data to be shared and reused across applications, enterprises, and community boundaries. However, lack of annotated semantic data is a bottleneck to make the Semantic Web vision a reality. Therefore, it is indeed necessary to automate the process of semantic annotation. In the past few years, there was a rapid expansion of activities in the semantic annotation area. Many methods have been proposed for automating the annotation process. However, due to the heterogeneity and the lack of structure of the Web data, automated discovery of the targeted or unexpected knowledge information still present many challenging research problems. In this chapter, we study the problems of semantic annotation and introduce the state-of-the-art methods for dealing with the problems. We will also give a brief survey of the developed systems based on the methods. Several real-world applications of semantic annotation will be introduced as well. Finally, some emerging challenges in semantic annotation will be discussed.

A Research Agenda for Identity Work and E-Collaboration

2009 ◽  
pp. 1218-1224
Author(s):  
Niall Hayes ◽  
Mike Chiasson
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Occupational Groups ◽  
Organizational Boundaries ◽  
Workflow Systems ◽  
Community Boundaries ◽  
Collaboration Technologies

Many recent management programmes have sought to establish organisation-wide collaborations that connect people in different functional and occupation groups (Blackler, Crump, & McDonald, 2000). Typically, these programmes are made possible through the deployment and use of e-collaboration technologies such as groupware, workflow systems, intranets, extranets, and the internet (Ciborra, 1996; Hayes, 2001). Examples of these technologies include the use of shared folders for reports, coauthored documents, completed electronic forms, and discussion forums. Through the use of such technologies, work and views are made accessible to staff working within and between functional and occupational groups. Such management programmes are reported to have brought about significant changes in the nature of work within and between intra organizational boundaries, including the erosion of functional and community boundaries (Blackler et al., 2000; Easterby-Smith, Crossan, & Nicolini, 2000; Knights & Willmott, 1999).

Sa’adyah the Philosopher

Sa'adyah Gaon ◽  
2013 ◽  
pp. 40-57
Author(s):  
Robert Brody
Keyword(s):  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Greek Philosophy ◽  
Concerted Effort ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Rabbinic Judaism ◽  
Community Boundaries ◽  
First Time

This chapter cites classical Rabbinic Judaism, which is grounded in a comprehensive system of halakhah that determines behavioural norms in every aspect of life and sets community boundaries. It outlines few basic principles of faith that were presumably shared by all the tana'im and amora'im, such as the belief in a God who revealed himself to the children of Israel and charged them to keep the Torah's commandments. It also discusses the impetus to theological speculation that came from a time when both Christians and Muslims were making a concerted effort to systematize their religious principles. The chapter recounts the proliferation of cults within Christianity and Islam and the controversies that raged among adherents about the tenets of their faith. It mentions how Muslims were exposed to Greek philosophy for the first time during the eighth and ninth centuries, when many Greek works were translated into Arabic.

Adoption of ICT in Implementing Primary Health Care

2020 ◽  
pp. 437-447
Author(s):  
Quazi Omar Faruq ◽  
Arthur Tatnall
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Healthcare Technologies ◽  
Information Translation

For a new technology to be put into use, a decision must be made to adopt it or at least some aspects of it. This article discusses the introduction and use of information and communication technologies in primary healthcare and investigates reasons for adoption, or non-adoption, or these technologies. In particular, the article looks at use of ICT by medical general practitioners, eHealth and the Virtual Doctor Program. The context is adoption of healthcare technologies in the Australian environment, and Information Translation is used as a lens to investigate this.

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