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Diverse sociocultural influences in rapidly growing dense urban areas may induce strain on civil services and reduce the resilience of those areas to exogenous and endogenous shocks. We present a novel approach with foundations in computer and social sciences, to estimate the resilience of dense urban areas at finer spatiotemporal scales compared to the state-of-the-art. We fuse multi-modal data sources to estimate resilience indicators from social science theory and leverage a structured ontology for factor combinations to enhance explainability. Estimates of destabilizing areas can improve the decision-making capabilities of civil governments by identifying critical areas needing increased social services.

In this article we introduce policy informatics as an emerging research space. Policy informatics is the study of how information systems are leveraged toward solving complex public policy problems. When used to increase participation, leveraging information systems includes: (1) platforms for the public to participate and engage in policy processes and with public agencies; (2) public agencies to utilize technologies to take advantage of information reservoirs for evidence-driven policy design; and (3) public agencies to be more transparent, participatory, and collaborative. Presented in this article is one illustrative application of policy informatics—human-centered participatory platforms. When individuals and groups seek to collaborate to resolve policy issues, competing interests and adversarial positions on issues as well as an unawareness of the others' perspectives often result in poor outcomes. Generating and disseminating feelings of empathy among members in these networks is crucial for mitigating conflicts. However, empathy generation and transfer is a complex challenge that requires systematic research within the design of participatory platforms. A thoughtful application of information systems (IS) can help bring diverse stakeholders together and promote cooperation by facilitating richer communication channels and timely feedback to generate a sense of shared community to pursue shared goals.

There is sound evidence to support the notion that the provision of effective psychosocial care improves the outcomes of patients with cancer. Central to the implementation of this care is that health professionals have the necessary communication and assessment skills. This study aimed to identify key issues related to providing effective psychosocial care for adult patients admitted with hematological cancer, as perceived by registered nurses with 3 or more years of clinical experience. An exploratory qualitative design was used for this study. Two focus group interviews were conducted with 15 experienced cancer nurses. The provision of psychosocial care for patients with cancer is a dynamic process that has a professional and personal impact on the nurse. The 5 analytic themes to emerge from the data were as follows: When is it a good time to talk? Building relationships; Being drawn into the emotional world; Providing support throughout the patient's journey; and Breakdown in communication processes. The findings from this study indicate an urgent need to develop a framework to provide nurses with both skill development and ongoing support in order to improve nurses' ability to integrate psychosocial aspects of care and optimize patient outcomes.

Recent dissent research indicates that employees report using several different strategies for expressing their dissent to management and supervisors (i.e., upward dissent). The purpose of this study was to compare previously recognized upward dissent strategies in terms of perceived competence. Employees completed a survey instrument that asked them to assess the competence of different upward dissent strategies. Results indicate that employees perceived solution presentation to be the most competent upward dissent strategy, followed by direct-factual appeal, repetition, and circumvention. Threatening resignation was perceived as the least competent upward dissent strategy.

The study examines children's stage of cognitive development in relation to their patterns of health decision-making, including their cognitive capabilities in integrating the sequential stages of the decision-making process. A sample of 81 male (N=33) and female (N=48) students were drawn from two urban public schools in West Tennessee. All participants in the study were of African-American descent. The Centers for Disease Control Decision-Making Instrument was used to assess students' decision-making as well as their understanding of the decision-making process. The children's cognitive level was determined by their performance on three Piagetian conservation tasks. Findings revealed that both the preoperational and concrete operational children performed significantly below the formal operational children in terms of total correct responses to the decision-making scenarios. Error type analyses indicated that the preoperational children made more errors involving "skipped step" than did either the concrete or formal operational children. There were no significant differences between children's level of cognitive development and any other error type. Implications for health promotion and disease prevention programs among prevention practitioners who work regularly with children are discussed.

HomeCirculationVol. 60, No. 4Quantification of myocardial infarction: template model for serial creatine kinase analysis. Free AccessAbstractPDF/EPUBAboutView PDFSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyRedditDiggEmail Jump toFree AccessAbstractPDF/EPUBQuantification of myocardial infarction: template model for serial creatine kinase analysis. P W Armstrong, D G Watts, D C Hamilton, M A Chiong and J O Parker P W ArmstrongP W Armstrong Search for more papers by this author , D G WattsD G Watts Search for more papers by this author , D C HamiltonD C Hamilton Search for more papers by this author , M A ChiongM A Chiong Search for more papers by this author and J O ParkerJ O Parker Search for more papers by this author Originally published1 Oct 1979https://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.60.4.856Circulation. 1979;60:856–865 Previous Back to top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails October 1, 1979Vol 60, Issue 4Article InformationMetrics Download: 86 Copyright © 1979 by American Heart Associationhttps://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.60.4.856 Originally publishedOctober 1, 1979 PDF download

Journal Article The Separation from Blood Glucose of two Non-Glucose Reducing Substances Get access Rawson J. Pickard Rawson J. Pickard Watts Building, San Diego, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Volume 2, Issue 3, 1 May 1932, Pages 255–264, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/2.3.255 Published: 01 May 1932