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Orchestrating Collaborative Learning in a 1:1 Technology Classroom
Authors: Niramitranon Jitti  , Sharples Mike  , Greenhalgh Chris
Published: February 2025

One-to-one technology involves equipping each child with a computing device that provides personalized learning tools. While one-to-one learning is showing promise in classrooms, it has revealed problems, including management of the technology-enabled classroom, lack of support for collaborative and whole class working, the design of lessons that switch easily between activities, and difficulty in re-use of lesson components. In this paper we describe the SceDer system to orchestrate learning with one-to-one technologies. It provides an authoring system for teachers to design lessons, an interchange language to describe lesson sequences and resources, and a delivery system that enables the teacher to manage collaborative one-to-one learning in the classroom. The system has been tested in school classrooms and the results show that it is effective in managing a fluid movement between individual, group, and whole class learning activities.
What Students Expect May Have More Impact Than What They Know or Feel
Authors: Jackson G. Tanner  , Graesser Arthur C.  , McNamara Danielle
Published: February 2025

Researchers of educational technologies are often asked to do the impossible: make students learn and have them enjoy it. These two objectives, though not mutually exclusive, are frequently at odds with each other. Effective learning strategies require active knowledge use on the part of the student. Meanwhile, students typically seek to learn through the path of least effort. This can cause conflict during system interaction, and it is often the case that attitudes toward the learning environment suffer. The current study indicates that students' prior expectations of what technology can (or cannot) do may actually have a greater impact than their initial level of motivation, previous domain knowledge, and familiarity with technology, combined. Knowing these prior expectations may be a crucial step to help researchers perform the impossible.
Reliability of statnamic load testing of rock socketed end bearing bored piles
Authors: Thilakasiri H.S.
Published: February 2025

The pile load testing methods could be broadly classified into three categories: static, rapid and dynamic depending on the rate of loading. In this paper, the rapid load testing method referred to as the Statnamic test is discussed. The commonly used analysis method of the statnamic testing referred to as the Unloading Point (UP) method is used successfully for the floating piles but validity of some of the assumptions of the unloading point method to end bearing bored piles is questionable. Due to this problem, other analytical methods such as: Modified Unloading Point (MUP) method, Segmental Unloading Point (SUP) method and other signal matching techniques are introduced by some researches. Therefore, the validity of the unloading point method to rock socketed end bearing bored piles in Sri Lanka is investigated in this paper. This investigation is carried out using the commonly used wave number. Furthermore, the wave equation method, commonly used numerical procedure to model dynamic behavior of piles, is used by the author to investigate the validity of the assumptions associated with the unloading point method to rock socketed end bearing bored piles.
Effects of shaking histories and material properties on seismic performances of geogrid reinforced retaining walls and gravity type retaining walls
Authors: Nakajima S.  , Hong K.  , Mulmi S.  , Koseki J.
Published: February 2025

A series of shaking table model tests on gravity type and reinforced soil retaining wall models was carried out so as to investigate into seismic behavior of retaining walls. In this study, seismic behaviors obtained from the step by step shaking tests were compared with the ones from the tests in which the models were subjected to large amplitude shaking from the beginning (i.e. no effects of the shaking history on seismic behavior). The test results revealed that the shaking histories had a significant effect on the seismic performance of the gravity type retaining walls, while it was not the case for the reinforced soil retaining walls. The former behavior is possibly affected by occurrence of local bearing capacity failure beneath the retaining walls. Effect of material properties of geogrid models (i.e. pullout resistance, rapture strength and tensile rigidity) on seismic performance of the reinforced soil retaining wall were also investigated in this study by using two diffrent types of geogrid models. Even though the material properties of the geogrid models were largely different, seismic performances of the retaining walls were almost equal to each other. This behavior can be explained by considering the difference in the pullout regidity between the two geogrid models which is not taken into account in the current design procedure.
Influence of different types of measurements on the inverse modelling process of a road embankment
Authors: Hommels Anneke  , Molenkamp Frans
Published: February 2025

Geomechanical models are indispensable for reliable design of engineering structures and processes and hazard and risk evaluation. These models are however far from perfect. Errors are introduced by fluctuations in the input or by poorly known parameters in the model. To overcome these problems an inverse modelling technique can be implemented to incorporate measurements into the deterministic model to improve the model results and reduce parameter uncertainty.
Trial of geotechnical asset management for highway embankments constructed on soft clay foundations
Authors: Ohta H.  , Takeyama T.  , Okubo K.  , Yokota S.  , Ishigaki T.  , Omoto S.
Published: February 2025

This paper describes a trial of geotechnical asset management for highway embankments placed on very soft clayey grounds at Ebetsu, Hokkaido in Japan. The highway was constructed 30 years ago and is still settling year by year requiring a considerable cost of maintenance. The paper consists of (i) characterization of the ground conditions at the sites, (ii) the class B predictions of the mechanical behaviour of embankments during construction works employing a soil/water coupled finite element code, (iii) predictions of long-term settlement of the embankments based on the information obtained at the stage (ii), (iv) estimates of maintenance cost of the embankments based on the computed long-term settlement and (v) verification of the proposed method of geotechnical asset management by comparing the maintenance cost estimated based on the above stated method and the maintenance cost actually needed in the past 30 years.
Minimum effective PV drain spacing from embankment field tests in soft clay
Authors: Smith A.  , Rollins K.
Published: February 2025

The effect of soil disturbance on prefabricated vertical drain efficiency was investigated using six test areas with drain spacings ranging from 0.9 m to 2 m under an embankment on soft clay. Fill placement and settlement time histories were monitored. The computed total settlement at each measurement location was typically within ± 20%, with an average error of 14%. The rate of consolidation increased as spacing decreased until spacing decreased below 1.22 m. At this point disturbance effects cancelled benefits from closer spacing for the clay and anchor system involved. These results combined with other case histories provide evidence that drain performance will be adversely affected when the drain spacing divided by the equivalent mandrel diameter is less than about 8.
Stabilization of peat by silica based solidification
Authors: den Hamer D.A.  , Venmans A.A.M.  , van der Zon W.H.  , Olie J.J.
Published: February 2025

Construction on peat soils has proven to be a challenging task as this soil is highly compressible, has a low strength and retains neither its form nor its strength after oxidation. Peat silicification is a novel soil stabilization concept, in which soil properties are modified in situ through encapsulating the peat fibers with a layer of silicate, which increases strength and some resistance to biological and chemical oxidation. The silicification process involves the addition of three components: a cationic surfactant, a binding agent (a sodium meta silicate solution), and molasses to stimulate microbial fermentation leading to the production of organic acids that will harden the geopolymer gel formed by the surfactant and binding agent. Using this process in the laboratory, strength up to 1 MPa (UCS) was achieved. Based on the preliminary results, peat silicification seems a promising technique for cost-effective and efficient soft soil improvement with a wide range of potential applications.
Vibro compaction improvement of Tunisian liquefiable sands
Authors: El Ouni Mohamed Ridha  , Bouassida Mounir  , Das Braja M.
Published: February 2025

This paper presents the exploration of geotechnical conditions and interpretation of SPT and CPT results before and after soil densification using the vibrocompaction technique to minimize the hazard of liquefaction under the foundation of Sidi El Barrak earth dam in Tunisia. SPT control tests, confirmed by CPT data, showed significant improvement due to soil densification after vibrocompaction. Using correlations related to seismic hazard, it appears that the improved soil can prevent damages for earthquakes of magnitude at 0.15 g and 0.2 g.
General Report – Session 1A: Laboratory Testing
Authors: Newson Tim
Published: February 2025

Ninety three papers were submitted to Session 1A on ‘Laboratory Testing’. A wide number of different laboratory techniques and tests are covered by these papers. Most of the emphasis is given to stress history, large strains, consolidation, basic soil properties, triaxial testing, cyclic loading, test interpretation, soil models and non-standard soils. Each paper is briefly reviewed herein. For ease of reference, a summary table and list of papers submitted to the session is provided in the Appendix at the end of the report.
General report of technical session 5c: Training of geotechnical engineers/future of geotechnical engineering education
Authors: Budhu M.
Published: February 2025

Nine papers have been formally accepted for Session 5C. They cover a range of topics from the need for more practicing engineers to teach in class rooms to hands-on laboratory exercise on site investigation. Eight of the nine papers in this session deal with a call for more integration of practice or for teaching methods to incorporate practice or for simulated practice in geotechnical engineering education. One paper deals with distance learning. None of the papers deal directly with the future of geotechnical engineering. The author of this report reviewed and discussed these papers and offer comments intended to set the stage for discussions. It is clear that educational transformation is required in geotechnical education to confront the challenges ahead. What is required for this transformation is yet to be resolved? However, the author has suggested some prescriptive items to consider as the geotechnical community attempts to retool geotechnical engineering education.
Response of undisturbed and reconstituted low-plastic fine-grained soils
Authors: Wijewickreme D.  , Sanin M. V.
Published: February 2025

The monotonic shear response of natural low-plastic Fraser River silt was investigated using constant volume direct simple shear tests, employing specimens prepared from undisturbed field samples and by reconstitution of the same silt material at different initial confining stress levels. The specimens of undisturbed silt, despite having a looser density under identical consolidation stress conditions, exhibited extensively more dilative response and larger shear resistance in comparison to those displayed by counterpart reconstituted specimens. In addition to consolidation stress conditions and resulting void ratios, it appears that other naturally inherited parameters such as soil fabric and aging effects would critically influence the shear response of natural silt. It is possible that the shear response observed from reconstituted specimens may result in unduly conservative design parameters, in turn, demonstrating the value testing specimens from undisturbed samples to assess the expected field behaviour of natural silt.
Crack propagation velocity of granite by impact splitting tests
Authors: Tamano T.  , Kanaoka M.  , Takehara K.  , Mizutani N.
Published: February 2025

In this study, impact splitting tests were carried out by loading cylindrical granite specimens horizontally and obtaining the crack propagation velocities by an image analysis using a super-high-speed video camera, which has the fastest frame rate in the world. The relationship between the impulse and the crack propagation velocity indicates that there appears to be a critical state at which the crack propagation velocity does not exceed a certain value even if an increased impulse is applied. The critical value obtained for the granite specimens was 2.6 km/sec.
Speckle photography for measuring 3-D deformation inside a transparent soil model
Authors: Liu J.  , Iskander M.
Published: February 2025

This paper addresses the needs for non-intrusively measuring 3-D internal soil deformation for various geotechnical engineering problems. In this study transparent soils are used to model a soil profile of sand overlying soft clay. Transparent soils are made of either transparent amorphous silica gels or powders with a pore fluid having the same refractive index. Conventional geotechnical tests showed that transparent soil exhibited macro-geotechnical properties similar to those of natural soils. A comparison study also showed that transparent soils can be used to simulate natural soil in model tests. An optical system consisting of a laser light, a CCD camera, a frame grabber, and a computer was developed to optically slice the transparent soil model. A distinctive laser speckle pattern is generated by the interaction between laser light and transparent soil. Speckle photography was used to calculate the 2-D displacement field by cross-correlating two consecutive images captured during footing settlement. A 3-D displacement field under a model footing was obtained in Matlab®by combining multiple slices of 2-D displacement fields. Test results showed that the developed optical system and transparent soil are suitable for studying 3-D soil-structural interaction problems
Contribution of Human Factors for the Review of Automatically Detected ADE
Authors: Leroy Nicolas  , Luyckx Michel  , Lecocq Philippe  , Marcilly Romaric  , Beuscart-Zéphir Marie-Catherine
Published: February 2025

The European project PSIP (Patient Safety through Intelligent Procedures in Medication) aims at semi-automatically identifying and preventing ADE. Automatically detected Adverse Drug Events have to be reviewed and validated by human experts. Existing methods usually have the experts review the cases and document their rating in a structured form. One of the limitations of these methods is their poor ability to analyze and clear the disagreements between the experts and the system. This paper presents an innovative Human Factors based method to support the review by clinicians and pharmacologists of these automatically detected ADE. We use think aloud methods and portable labs to track and record the experts reasoning and their reviewing cognitive procedures. We present preliminary results obtained with this method, which allows identifying the key data and information used to characterize the ADE. This method provides useful feedbacks allowing a continuous refinement and improvement of the automated detection system.
The PSIP Approach to Account for Human Factors in Adverse Drug Events: Preliminary Field Studies
Authors: Riccioli Costanza  , Leroy Nicolas  , Pelayo Sylvia
Published: February 2025

This paper presents a preliminary contribution of a Human Factors (HF) approach to prevention of Adverse Drug Events (ADEs), developed within the European research project Patient Safety through Intelligent Procedures in medication (PSIP). Following an introduction on the role and relevance of HF in ADEs prevention, a number of systemic weaknesses encountered during the field activity analysis are presented and discussed. Semi-structured interviews and observations of medication cycle activities led to infer potential unreliability of some decision-making and drug administration procedures. In particular, the usage of current electronic support systems emerged as a crucial related element. These findings represent an initial contribution which will be further developed within PSIP, as HF have been recognised fundamental contributors to ADEs epidemiological knowledge and appropriate prevention.
Relevance and Management of Methylation Data in Electronic Health Records
Authors: Goebel Georg  , Pfeiffer Karl P.  , Schabetsberger Thomas  , Kalozy Claudius  , Fiegl Heidi  , Leitner Karin
Published: February 2025

In this paper we give an overview of challenges and chances of the integration of methylation data into Electronic Health Records. Perspectives of methylation data in terms of clinical relevance and characteristics of these data are shown. Among several standards OpenEHR, HL7 CG and LOINC are identified as starting point for the representation and communication of methylation data within the clinical context.
Software Architecture for Improving Accessibility to Medical Text-Based Information
Authors: Topac Vasile  , Stoicu-Tivadar Vasile
Published: February 2025

The paper presents a software architecture aiming to improve accessibility to information in specialized texts, with focus on medical texts. This software also addresses other problems related to text accessibility such as vision problems and language problems. It allows text input in any media format (text, image, sound) and outputs the text as digital text or sound, permitting the user to scan the medical papers and listen to the translated and adapted text.
MediCoordination: A Practical Approach to Interoperability in the Swiss Health System
Authors: Müller Henning  , Schumacher Michael  , Godel David  , Omar Abu Khaled  , Mooser Francois  , Ding Sandrine
Published: February 2025

Interoperability and data exchange between partners in the health sector is seen as one of the important domains that can improve care processes and in the long run also decrease costs of the health care system. Data exchange can assure that the data on the patient are as complete as possible avoiding potential mistreatments, and it can avoid double examinations if the data required are already available. On the other hand, health data is a sensible point for many people and strong protection needs to be implemented to protect patient data against misuse as well as tools to let the patient manage his/her own data. Many countries have eHealth initiatives in preparation or already implemented. However, health data exchange on a large scale still has a fairly long way to go as the political processes for global solutions are often complicated. In the MediCoordination project a pragmatic approach is selected trying to integrate several partners in health care on a regional scale. In parallel with the Swiss eHealth strategy that is currently being elaborated by the Swiss confederation, particularly medium-sized hospitals and external partners are targeted in MediCoordination to implement concrete added-value scenarios of information exchange between hospitals and external medical actors.
Clinical Laboratory Sciences Data Transmission: The NPU Coding System
Authors: Pontet Françoise  , Magdal Petersen Ulla  , Fuentes-Arderiu Xavier  , Nordin Gunnar  , Bruunshuus Ivan  , Ihalainen Jarkko  , Karlsson Daniel  , Forsum Urban  , Dybkaer René  , Schadow Gunther  , Kuelpmann Wolf  , Férard Georges  , Kang Dongchon  , McDonald Clement  , Hill Gilbert
Published: February 2025

In health care services, technology requires that correct information be duly available to professionals, citizens and authorities, worldwide. Thus, clinical laboratory sciences require standardized electronic exchanges for results of laboratory examinations. The NPU (Nomenclature, Properties and Units) coding system provides a terminology for identification of result values (property values). It is structured according to BIPM, ISO, IUPAC and IFCC recommendations. It uses standard terms for established concepts and structured definitions describing: which part of the universe is examined, which component of relevance in that part, which kind-of-property is relevant. Unit and specifications can be added where relevant [System(spec)—Component(spec); kind-of-property(spec) = ? unit]. The English version of this terminology is freely accessible at http://dior.imt.liu.se/cnpu/ and http://www.labterm.dk, directly or through the IFCC and IUPAC websites. It has been nationally used for more than 10 years in Denmark and Sweden and has been translated into 6 other languages. The NPU coding system provides a terminology for dedicated kinds-of-property following the international recommendations. It fits well in the health network and is freely accessible. Clinical laboratory professionals worldwide will find many advantages in using the NPU coding system, notably with regards to an accreditation process.
After Three Decades of Medical Informatics Europe Congresses
Authors: Dezelic Gjuro
Published: February 2025

European medical informatics professionals traditionally gather at congresses of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) named “Medical Informatics Europe – MIE”. After more than three decades of successive organization of these congresses, some important points of their history of are presented. As the MIE Congress in Sarajevo, organized by the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHSMI), is the third EFMI event in the western part of South-East Europe, a short review of the development of medical informatics in this part of Europe, together with important events in its history, will shortly be presented.
Entrez Neuron RDFa: A Pragmatic Semantic Web Application for Data Integration in Neuroscience Research
Authors: Samwald Matthias  , Lim Ernest  , Masiar Peter  , Marenco Luis  , Chen Huajun  , Morse Thomas  , Mutalik Pradeep  , Shepherd Gordon  , Miller Perry  , Cheung Kei-Hoi
Published: February 2025

The amount of biomedical data available in Semantic Web formats has been rapidly growing in recent years. While these formats are machine-friendly, user-friendly web interfaces allowing easy querying of these data are typically lacking. We present “Entrez Neuron”, a pilot neuron-centric interface that allows for keyword-based queries against a coherent repository of OWL ontologies. These ontologies describe neuronal structures, physiology, mathematical models and microscopy images. The returned query results are organized hierarchically according to brain architecture. Where possible, the application makes use of entities from the Open Biomedical Ontologies (OBO) and the ‘HCLS knowledgebase’ developed by the W3C Interest Group for Health Care and Life Science. It makes use of the emerging RDFa standard to embed ontology fragments and semantic annotations within its HTML-based user interface. The application and underlying ontologies demonstrate how Semantic Web technologies can be used for information integration within a curated information repository and between curated information repositories. It also demonstrates how information integration can be accomplished on the client side, through simple copying and pasting of portions of documents that contain RDFa markup.
On-Line Data Exchange in Slovenian Healthcare and Health Insurance
Authors: Marcun Tomaz
Published: February 2025

In 2009 the Slovenian healthcare and health insurance sector is implementing a national system for the secure on-line exchange of administrative and medical data. All general practitioners, hospitals, pharmacies and other healthcare providers will connect their information systems to this electronic service. Solutions have been built upon, as well as the renovation of the existing well recognized national Health Insurance Card System. Using the On-line System, health professionals directly access centrally stored patient medical data (data on prescriptions issued, on medical technical aids, pregnancy, etc), and a comprehensive set of administrative data. The on-line system is a solid infrastructure for the further development of applications for direct data exchange between the information systems of healthcare providers. It has significant benefits for patients, healthcare professionals and health administration.
Drug Information Portal in Europe: Information Retrieval with Multiple Health Terminologies
Authors: Sakji Saoussen  , Letord Catherine  , Pereira Suzanne  , Dahamna Badisse  , Joubert Michel  , Darmoni J.
Published: February 2025

The objective of this work is the creation of a bilingual (French/English) drug information portal (DIP), in a multi-terminological context. The development of the DIP was based on the CISMeF portal, which catalogues and indexes the most important and quality-controlled sources of institutional health information in French. DIP has created specific functionalities related to drug and used specific drugs terminologies and classifications: the ATC classification, the CAS numbers, the French codes CIS, and CIP, as well as trade names and the International Nonproprietary Names of the drugs. DIP is the result of collaboration between the CISMeF team and the VIDAL private Company, specialized in drug information. DIP is conceived to facilitate the user information retrieval using several health terminologies. In the framework of the drug field, using multi-terminological context, indexing drugs with the appropriate codes or/and terms revealed to be very important to have the appropriate information storage and retrieval.
A Knowledge Management Platform for Documentation of Case Reports in Pharmacovigilance
Authors: Amardeilh Florence  , Bousquet Cédric  , Guillemin-Lanne Sylvie  , Wiss-Thebault Mathilde  , Guillot Laetitia  , Delamarre Denis  , Lillo-Le Louet Agnès  , Burgun Anita
Published: February 2025

Most countries have developed information systems to report drug adverse effects. However, as in other domains where systematic reviews are needed, there is little guidance on how systematic documentation of drug adverse effects should be performed. The objective of the VigiTermes project is to develop a platform to improve documentation of pharmacovigilance case reports for the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory authorities. In order to improve systematic reviews of adverse drug reactions, we developed a prototype that first reproduces and standardizes search strategies, then extracts information from the Medline abstracts which were retrieved and annotates them. The platform aims at providing transparent access and analysis tools to pharmacovigilance experts investigating relevance of safety signals related to drugs. The platform's architecture consists in the integration of two vendor tools ITM® and Luxid® and one academic web service for knowledge extraction from medical literature. Whereas a manual search performed by a pharmacovigilance expert retrieved 578 publications, the system proposed a list of 229 publications thus decreasing time required for review by 60%. Recall was 70% and additional developments are required in order to improve exhaustivity.
Usability Evaluation of a Computerized Physician Order Entry for Medication Ordering
Authors: Khajouei Reza  , de Jongh Dennis  , Jaspers Monique W.M.
Published: February 2025

Despite CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry) systems' potential to enhance patient safety by reducing medication errors, recent studies have cast some doubts on their role in error reduction. CPOE systems with poorly designed interfaces have proven to cause users dissatisfaction and to introduce new kind of errors in the ordering process, suggesting a threat instead of an enhancement of patient safety. The main objective of this study is to identify usability problems related to a CPOE medication system's design and determining their severities. Two experts completed a cognitive walkthrough (CW) of an ordering task based on a clinical scenario for ordering the consolidation phase of chemotherapy for a leukemic patient. Fifty five usability problems were found and classified into eleven categories. CW identified cosmetic to catastrophic problems leading to inefficient use of the CPOE system and potentially resulting in users' confusion, longer ordering duration, and medication errors. The complexity of the CPOE design, its rigidness and lack of user guidance suggests the necessity to redesign the current user interface in order to match clinicians' ordering behaviors and to fully support them in the medication ordering process.
Single Source Information Systems to Connect Patient Care and Clinical Research
Authors: Dugas Martin  , Breil Bernhard  , Thiemann Volker  , Lechtenbörger Jens  , Vossen Gottfried
Published: February 2025

Currently documentation processes for routine patient care and clinical research are kept separate (dual source). Due to overlaps between routine and research documentation, a single source approach provides opportunities to improve efficiency of medical documentation given the large workload of physicians related to documentation. Organisational, technical and regulatory conditions need to be considered for the design of single source systems. We present a single source architecture for clinical studies and provide results from pilot implementations.
Empowering Clinicians by eHealth Technologies in Decision-Making Tasks
Authors: Zvárová Jana  , Heroutová Helena  , Grünfeldová Hana  , Zvára Karel  , Buchtela David
Published: February 2025

We present three types of eHealth applications that can enhance quality of clinical decision-making. Formalized electronic medical guidelines are bringing medical knowledge close to clinicians. eHealth tools for evaluation knowledge and competency in a given clinical decision-making problem are demonstrated by systems ExaMe and TECOM. The TECOM system supports training of clinical competence in a given decision-making problems using real clinical cases. The TECOM system estimates the decision-maker abilities using a coefficient of prediction or a classical error rate. Transfer of data and knowledge important for clinical decision-making without language barriers is demonstrated on features of the European Journal for Biomedical Informatics.
Securing a Web-Based Teleradiology Platform According to German Law and “Best Practices”
Authors: Spitzer Michael  , Ullrich Tobias  , Ueckert Frank
Published: February 2025

The Medical Data and Picture Exchange platform (MDPE), as a teleradiology system, facilitates the exchange of digital medical imaging data among authorized users. It features extensive support of the DICOM standard including networking functions. Since MDPE is designed as a web service, security and confidentiality of data and communication pose an outstanding challenge. To comply with demands of German laws and authorities, a generic data security concept considered as “best practice” in German health telematics was adapted to the specific demands of MDPE. The concept features strict logical and physical separation of diagnostic and identity data and thus an all-encompassing pseudonymization throughout the system. Hence, data may only be merged at authorized clients. MDPE's solution of merging data from separate sources within a web browser avoids technically questionable techniques such as deliberate cross-site scripting. Instead, data is merged dynamically by JavaScriptlets running in the user's browser. These scriptlets are provided by one server, while content and method calls are generated by another server. Additionally, MDPE uses encrypted temporary IDs for communication and merging of data.
Computer-Mediated Mobile Messaging as Collaboration Support for Nurses
Authors: Karpati Peter  , Toussaint Pieter Jelle  , Nytrø Øystein
Published: February 2025

Collaboration in hospitals is coordinated mainly by communication, which currently happens by face-to-face meetings, phone calls, pagers, notes and the electronic patient record. These habits raise problems e.g., delayed notifications and unnecessary interruptions. Dealing with these problems could save time and improve the care. Therefore we designed and prototyped a mobile messaging solution based on two specific scenarios coming from observations at a cardiology department of a Norwegian hospital. The main focus was on supporting the work of nurses. One prototype supported patient management while another one dealt with messages related to medication planning. The evaluation of the prototypes suggested that messaging-based collaboration support is worth to explore and also gave ideas for improvement.
Virtual Model of the Human Brain for Neurosurgical Simulation
Authors: De Paolis Lucio T.  , De Mauro Alessandro  , Raczkowsky Joerg  , Aloisio Giovanni
Published: February 2025

The aim of this work is to develop a realistic virtual model of the human brain that could be used in a neurosurgical simulation for both educational and preoperative planning purposes. The goal of such a system would be to enhance the practice of surgery students, avoiding the use of animals, cadavers and plastic phantoms. A surgeon, before carrying out the real procedure, will, with this system, be able to rehearse by using a surgical simulator based on detailed virtual reality models of the human brain, reconstructed with real patient's medical images. In order to obtain a realistic and useful simulation we focused our research on the physical modelling of the brain as a deformable body and on the interactions with surgical instruments. The developed prototype is based on the mass-spring-damper model and, in order to obtain deformations similar to the real ones, a three tiered structure has been built. In this way, we have obtained local and realistic deformations using an ad-hoc point distribution in the volume where the contact between the brain surface and a surgical instrument takes place.
Transferring HIS Data to Population-Based Cancer Registries – Concept and First Implementations
Authors: Breil Bernhard  , Dugas Martin
Published: February 2025

Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide and in focus of epidemiological research. In Germany the cancer registration law stipulates an electronic report to the population-based cancer registry (PBCR). In this context the Comprehensive Cancer Centre Münster (CCCM) required a new concept to support the obligation to register cancer diseases. We analysed Hospital Information System (HIS) data structures related to cancer documentation and PBCR documents. Our main idea was to export available data items from the HIS and to convert them into the import format of the PBCR. We analysed HIS data and developed an XML-based converter to support an electronic reporting procedure. Using available HIS data can avoid redundant data entry and supports information workflow within the CCCM. HIS data can provide a secondary use beyond clinical routine in form of reporting, quality assurance and clinical research.
Improvement of Knowledge and Practical Skills in Venipuncture through Web-Based Training
Authors: Bodelle Boris  , Sziegoleit Andreas
Published: February 2025

This paper reports on the implementation of web-based training in venipuncture as standardizable knowledge transfer. For this purpose, we performed an experimental study with nursing students and medical students.
Digital Pathology in Europe: Coordinating Patient Care and Research Efforts
Authors: Garcia Rojo Marcial  , Punys Vytenis  , Slodkowska Janina  , Schrader Thomas  , Daniel Christel  , Blobel Bernd
Published: February 2025

The COST Action IC0604 “Telepathology Network in Europe” (EURO-TELEPATH) is an initiative of the COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) framework, supported by the Seventh Framework Programme for research and technological development (FP7), of the European Union will be running from 2007 to 2011 and is aimed to coordinate research efforts to develop the most adequate technological framework for the management of multimedia electronic healthcare records (data and images) applied to Anatomic Pathology. Sixteen countries are participating in EURO-TELEPATH. Activities are organized in four Working Groups (WGs): WG1 – Pathology Business Modeling, WG2 – Informatics Standards in Pathology, WG3 – Images: Analysis, Processing, Retrieval and Management, and WG4 – Technology and Automation in Pathology. During the first year of work, the collaboration between software engineers, computer scientists, pathologists and other clinicians has been essential to detect three main areas of interest in digital pathology research: virtual microscopy scanning solutions, health informatics standards, and image processing and analysis. Research in these areas is essential to a correct approach to telepathology, including primary diagnosis, and secondary or teleconsultation services. Managing microscopic pathology images (virtual slides) is a challenge to existing information systems, mainly due to its large size, large number, and complex interpretation. Regarding interoperability, the integration of pathology reports and images into eHealth records is an essential objective that research groups should consider. Promoting participation in standards bodies (DICOM, IHE, HL7, IHTSDO) is an essential part of the project work. Understanding the business process of pathology departments in daily practice, including healthcare, education, research, and quality control activities, is the starting point to be sure that standardization efforts converge with user needs. Following a recent IHE proposal, coordination with public health services like national or regional tumor registries must also be supported. Virtual or digital slides are fostering the use of image processing and analysis in pathology not only for research purposes, but also in daily practice. Nowadays, further discussion is needed on the adequacy of current existing technical solutions, including for instance quality of images obtained by scanners, or the efficiency of image analysis applications.
From Data to Knowledge, the Role of Formal Ontology
Authors: Vetere Guido
Published: February 2025

The increasing availability of large amounts of data and the growing capability of accessing and processing them, gives us today unprecedented opportunities to advance in many fields, including science, commerce, social relations, government, and business, through information technologies. However, in order to have computing machines supporting this progress, data must be turned into processable knowledge. This “epistemic ascent” cannot be driven by data themselves, as some technologist suggests, but requires hypotheses, theories, and models. Formal ontology is part of the theoretical framework that technology needs in order to get computing systems working with networked data in a consistent way. Formal ontology, however, roots in still open philosophical hypotheses. Yet, only formal ontology has the key of notions such as parthood or dependence, that are relevant when discovering knowledge into data. This paper wants to argue that, regardless of philosophy, formal ontology can already provide computer science with many useful tools. On the other hand, without stepping into metaphysics, business communities are on the way of using commonsense notions with more formal consciousness. Making more clear the role of formal ontology can help this process and boost progress towards new frontiers in information management.
Designing the Future of Healthcare
Authors: Fidsa Gianfranco Zaccai
Published: February 2025

This paper describes the application of a holistic design process to a variety of problems plaguing current healthcare systems. A design process for addressing complex, multifaceted problems is contrasted with the piecemeal application of technological solutions to specific medical or administrative problems. The goal of this design process is the ideal customer experience, specifically the ideal experience for patients, healthcare providers, and caregivers within a healthcare system. Holistic design is shown to be less expensive and wasteful in the long run because it avoids solving one problem within a complex system at the cost of creating other problems within that system. The article applies this approach to the maintenance of good health throughout life; to the creation of an ideal experience when a person does need medical care; to the maintenance of personal independence as one ages; and to the enjoyment of a comfortable and dignified death. Virginia Mason Medical Center is discussed as an example of a healthcare institution attempting to create ideal patient and caregiver experiences, in this case by applying the principles of the Toyota Production System (“lean manufacturing”) to healthcare. The article concludes that healthcare is inherently dedicated to an ideal, that science and technology have brought it closer to that ideal, and that design can bring it closer still.
A Comparison of Binding Technologies for Multi-Channel Access
Authors: Jefferies Clive  , Brereton Pearl  , Turner Mark
Published: February 2025

Organisations have more reasons than ever to consider reengineering their existing systems so that they can be accessed by heterogeneous devices, such as mobile devices or desktops. One way to accomplish this is to use a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Native language calls can be used instead of protocol based messaging to improve the performance of an SOA business process but this may affect the agility of the system. This paper introduces a study to investigate the agility/performance trade-off of using native language calls in a business process by comparing them against protocol based messaging in a system reengineering scenario.
Transaction Management in Mobile Computing (PhD Symposium)
Authors: Lessner Tim
Published: February 2025

The present paper briefly summarises my past and future research in the field of transaction processing in mobile computing. One issue of my future research deals with the peformance of our Escrow Transaction Model which represents my previous work. The applicability of the model depends on a known transaction's semantics. The possibilities to obtain the transaction's properties automatically as well as the flexible adaption of transaction management are also introduced as open issues for future research.
J-MADeM, an open-source library for social decision-making
Authors: Grimaldo Francisco  , Lozano Miguel  , Barber Fernando
Published: February 2025

This paper presents J-MADeM, a new market-based multi-agent approach devoted to perform social simulations with BDI agents. J-MADeM is available as an open-source library integrated into Jason [2], the successful interpreter for the AgentSpeak programming language [16]. The aim of this work is to improve Jason by incorporating the main features of MADeM [10], a market-based mechanism for social decision making. Thus, J-MADeM agents can easily define the utility functions expressing their preferences and find socially acceptable decisions for specific decision problems. This paper fully explains the three main features offered by J-MADeM to AgentSpeak programmers: (i) an agent architecture that Jason agents can use to carry out their own MADeM decisions, (ii) an interface to develop utility functions that can be used along with the MADeM model and (iii) a set of internal actions to manage the parameters of these kinds of decisions.
Customization of an agent-based medical system
Authors: Batet Montserrat  , Martínez Sergio  , Valls Aïda  , Gibert Karina
Published: February 2025

In this paper, the automatic customization of an agent-based medical system is approached by means of ontologies. The particular case of Home Care studied and developed in the EU K4Care project, is presented. The customization is achieved by means of generating individual versions of a reference ontology, called Actor Profile Ontology, which defines the behaviour of the actors in the multi-agent system. The paper, analyses the usability and advantages of this customization in order to add flexibility and adaptability to the system. It also shows how the personalized ontology is able to represent the liabilities and permissions of a particular user, providing the base for automatically generating the behaviour of the corresponding personal agent. A tool, called ATAPO, is also presented. It has been designed to assist the user in the personalization process. The way how this tool interacts with the system to permit the online modification of the behaviour of the agents is also discussed.
Engaging Clinicians in Health Informatics Projects
Authors: Caballero Muñoz Erika  , Hullin Lucay Cossio Carola M.
Published: February 2025

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Primary Care Informatics and Integrated Care
Authors: Liaw Siaw-Teng  , Boyle Douglas I.R.
Published: February 2025

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Change Management – An overview
Authors: Garde Sebastian
Published: February 2025

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Important Health Information Concepts
Authors: Grain Heather
Published: February 2025

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A New Partial Information Extraction Method for Personal Mashup Construction
Authors: Guo Junxia  , Han Hao  , Tokuda Takehiro
Published: February 2025

Nowadays more and more Web sites generate Web pages containing client-side scripts such as JavaScript and Flash instead of ordinary static HTML pages. These scripts create dynamic HTML pages and provide modern interfaces to Web applications such as AJAX applications. Unfortunately, for partial information extraction of Web pages, existing methods cannot extract dynamic Web contents.
Connecting Chosen Music and Artworks
Authors: Črčinovič Rozman Janja  , Duh Matjaž
Published: February 2025

Music and visual art works have an impact on the same elements, such as rhythm, patterns, colour, and texture. These elements influence the whole work as well as the personal reactions and connections to this art form. Our research focused on music appreciation and visual art to find out how pupils experience and react to both artistic fields. For our investigation we used descriptive and causal methods. The study was conducted at four elementary schools: three from urban schools, and one from a rural location in southwest Slovenia. 186 pupils participated in the study. 92 of them were 6-year-olds, and 94 were 11-year-olds. The pupils were randomly grouped according to age, younger children and older children. For the study, the pupils first listened to the four music excerpts, after that they examined four selected artworks, and at the end they simultaneously listened to each piece of music while examining all the paintings. They were then asked to link each piece of music that was heard to one of the selected paintings. The data received from the questionnaire was analyzed quantitatively. The Chi-Square test was used to check relations between the answers given by pupils from the different age groups. By analyzing the results we discovered that for most of the chosen examples, there were statistically important differences between how younger and older pupils experience art. The children had the least trouble with accordant apperception when dealing with the cleanest and the most traditional artworks and the most avant-garde works. This study demonstrates that appreciation is an ability that can be developed.