Placing wireless tablets in clinical settings for patient education

Objective

The authors explored the feasibility and possible benefit of tablet-based educational materials for patients in clinic waiting areas.

Methods

We distributed eight tablets preloaded with diagnosis-relevant information in two clinic waiting areas. Patients were surveyed about satisfaction, usability, and effects on learning. Technical issues were resolved.

Results

Thirty-seven of forty patients completed the survey. On average, the patients were satisfied in all categories.

Conclusions

Placing tablet-based educational materials in clinic waiting areas is relatively easy to implement. Patients using tablets reported satisfaction across three domains: usability, education, and satisfaction.     

数据库安全与保密技术

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数据交叉表在实际生活中的应用与理论分析

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C语言和PASCAL语言的对比学习

掌握了一门程序设计语言后学习其它的语言课程，应有意识地进行对比。文中重点从数据结构、语言工具两个方面比较了C语言和PASCAL语言的异同并进一步指出：在学习进程中贯穿对比思维，可达到事半功倍、温故知新的效果。     

A framework of region-based dynamic image fusion

INTRODUCTION Image fusion is a sub-area of more general topics of Information Fusion and Data Fusion and deals with static images and dynamic images (image sequences or video data) (Maitre and Bloch, 1997). By com-bining the information from a range of image data obtained by different sensors or the same sensor with different imaging schemes, the composite image al-ways presents the complementary information of different input images at the same time and provides us the integrated descr…     

QuickBird遥感影像的融合及在土地利用调查中的应用研究

应用比值变换、IHS变换、主成分变换3种影像融合方法对QuickBird多光谱和全色遥感影像融合，并对融合结果进行评价．以增强处理的QuickBird影像为基础建立解译标志，进行人机交互式解译分类——土地利用类型的专题信息提取．并利用地理信息系统软件制作土地利用类型现状图．     

建筑设计中PDM系统开发的关键问题及其实现技术

根据PDM系统建设的实际,提出了开发PDM系统中的几个关键问题,主要包括角色管理、工作流管理、片本控制以及应用软件集成等,对于每一种问题均给出了相应的解决方案。     

Cloning, expression, purification, and characterization of LC-1 ScFv with GFP tag

INTRODUCTION Because of its low molecular weight and ability to fluoresce independently (George, 1997), the new molecular tag, green fluorescent protein (GFP), has become more and more popular after Prasher et al.(1992) cloned its cDNA in 1992. There are many reports describing the co-expression of GFP and a specific antibody or cytokine gene, with the fusion protein expressing the fluorescent activity and bio-logical activity of the complement protein (Haraguchi et al., 1999; Mclean…     

Making sense of learner and learning Big Data: reviewing five years of Data Wrangling at the Open University UK

Most distance learning institutions collect vast amounts of learning data. Making sense of this ‘Big Data’ can be a challenge, in particular when data are stored at different data warehouses and require advanced statistical skills to interpret complex patterns of data. As a leading institute on learning analytics, the Open University UK instigated in 2012 a Data Wrangling initiative. This provided every Faculty with a dedicated academic with expertise data analysis and whose task is to provide strategic, pedagogical and sense-making advice to staff and senior management. Given substantial changes within the OU (e.g. new Faculty structure, real-time dashboards, two large-scale adoptions of predictive analytics approaches, increased reliance on analytics), this embedded case study provides an in-depth review of lessons learned of five years of data wrangling. We will elaborate on the design of the new structure, its strengths and potential weaknesses, and affordances to be adopted by other institutions.