Regional networks to support trade

2017 ◽  
pp. 62-75
Keyword(s):  
Regional Networks

Announcing Waiting Time in Emergency Departments

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Martin Lariviere ◽  
Sarang Deo
Keyword(s):  
Waiting Time ◽  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Waiting Times ◽  
Large Network ◽  
Regional Networks ◽  
Marketing Campaign ◽  
National Healthcare ◽  
Time Estimates ◽  
Patient Waiting Time ◽  
Patient Waiting

First National Healthcare (FNH) runs a large network of hospitals and has worked to systematically reduce waiting times in its emergency departments. One of FNH's regional networks has run a successful marketing campaign promoting its low ED waiting times that other regions want to emulate. The corporate quality manager must now determine whether to allow these campaigns to be rolled out and, if so, which waiting time estimates to use. Are the numbers currently being reported accurate? Is there a more accurate way of estimating patient waiting time that can be easily understood by consumers?

An OSI compatible architecture for integrated multichannel metropolitan and regional networks

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Carrieri ◽  
C.A. Rocchini ◽  
A. Fioretti ◽  
A.J. Haylett
Keyword(s):  
Regional Networks

scholarly journals Global fluctuations of cerebral blood flow indicate a global brain network independent of systemic factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 302-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Zhao ◽  
David C Alsop ◽  
John A Detre ◽  
Weiying Dai
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Cerebral Blood Flow ◽  
Brain Networks ◽  
Blood Oxygenation ◽  
Regional Network ◽  
Electrical Measurements ◽  
Regional Networks ◽  
Systemic Factors ◽  
Band Limited ◽  
Global Fluctuations

Global synchronization across specialized brain networks is a common feature of network models and in-vivo electrical measurements. Although the imaging of specialized brain networks with blood oxygenation sensitive resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) has enabled detailed study of regional networks, the study of globally correlated fluctuations with rsfMRI is confounded by spurious contributions to the global signal from systemic physiologic factors and other noise sources. Here we use an alternative rsfMRI method, arterial spin labeled perfusion MRI, to characterize global correlations and their relationship to correlations and anti-correlations between regional networks. Global fluctuations that cannot be explained by systemic factors dominate the fluctuations in cerebral blood flow. Power spectra of these fluctuations are band limited to below 0.05 Hz, similar to prior measurements of regional network fluctuations in the brain. Removal of these global fluctuations prior to measurement of regional networks reduces all regional network fluctuation amplitudes to below the global fluctuation amplitude and changes the strength and sign of inter network correlations. Our findings support large amplitude, globally synchronized activity across networks that require a reassessment of regional network amplitude and correlation measures.

scholarly journals Viewpoint: effective stakeholder communication in agriculture: together we stand, divided we fall!

2014 ◽  
Vol 152 (S1) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. F. M. AARTS ◽  
J. HUMPHREYS ◽  
A. LE GALL
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Agricultural Systems ◽  
Regional Networks ◽  
Effective Application ◽  
Agricultural Knowledge ◽  
On Farm ◽  
Stakeholder Communication

SUMMARYSubstantial improvements of agricultural systems are necessary to meet the future requirements of humanity. However, current agricultural knowledge and information systems are generally not well suited to meet the necessary improvements in productivity and sustainability. For more effective application of research output, research producers and research consumers should not be considered as separate individuals in the knowledge chain but as collaborating partners creating synergy. The current paper investigates the relationships between scientists and stakeholders and identifies approaches to increase the effectiveness of their communication. On-farm research has proven to be an effective means of improving exploitation of research output at farm level because it connects all relevant partners in the process. Furthermore, pilot farms can act as an effective platform for communication and dissemination. Regional networks of pilot farms should be established and connected across regions.

scholarly journals Differentiated outlook to portray secondary cities in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-477
Author(s):  
Andre DW Brand ◽  
◽  
Johannes E Drewes ◽  
Maléne Campbell ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Regional Networks ◽  
Extended Phase ◽  
Common Assumption ◽  
African Context ◽  
The Common

<abstract> <p>Cities are playing an increasingly important role in the development and growth of countries. A country's growth and prosperity is largely dependent on the efficient functioning of its cities. The reliance of countries on the ability of their cities to perform crucial central functions, for national growth, continues to rise. South Africa has a long-standing network of cities, towns and localities. These have developed and become hierarchised over the course of history during which population settlements and their distribution have been influenced by colonisation, segregation, industrialisation and globalisation. Since 1911, South Africa has undergone an extended phase of intense urban growth, with areas such as Johannesburg, Cape Town and eThekwini (Durban) agglomerating into dominating economic spaces. There are, however, no universally accepted, distinct criteria that constitute the general characteristics of secondary cities. The common assumption is that secondary cities are those cities that find themselves below the apex of what are considered primary cities. Furthermore, internationally, secondary cities appear to be considered as important catalysts for balanced and dispersed economic growth. In the South African context, the notion of what constitutes secondary cities is to a large extent underdeveloped. The aim of the paper is to appraise interconnected regional networks as a differentiated and novel outlook when determining secondary cities in South Africa. What is evident from the paper is that there are different potential alternatives with which to portray secondary cities.</p> </abstract>

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