title: Research using electronic health records: not all de-identified datasets are created equal

authors: Yogarajan, Vithya

subjects: computer science

abstract: We read the article Research using electronic health records: balancing confidentiality and public good by Wallis et al. with great interest. The authors note general practices need to trust de-identification processes when releasing patient records.¹ Patients have also expressed concerns about de-identification practices.² De-identification encompasses a wide range of practices, and there are no universally accepted standards.²,³ We propose here a three-step scheme for judging de-identified health records: (1) the de-identification standards used (2) the performance of the de-identification system and (3) additional security measures taken to prevent re-identification. Such a scheme may be useful to ethics committees, researchers planning a project and health providers deciding whether to participate.

text: Research using electronic health records: not all de-identified datasets are created equal We read the article Research using electronic health records: balancing confidentiality and public good by Wallis et al. with great interest. The authors note general practices need to trust de-identification processes when releasing patient records.¹ Patients have also expressed concerns about de-identification practices.² De-identification encompasses a wide range of practices, and there are no universally accepted standards.²,³ We propose here a three-step scheme for judging de-identified health records: (1) the de-identification standards used (2) the performance of the de-identification system and (3) additional security measures taken to prevent re-identification. Such a scheme may be useful to ethics committees, researchers planning a project and health providers deciding whether to participate.

year: 2019

title: Defamiliarizing heavy-contact sports: A critical examination of rugby, discipline, and pleasure

authors: Pringle, Richard

subjects: sports

abstract: Pleasure can be regarded as a productive force in the constitution of the social sig-nificance of sport and desiring sport subjects. The organization and use of sport plea-sure has been a relatively marginalized topic of examination. To promote and examine sport pleasure, I conducted semistructured interviews with seven passionate rugby players. Transcripts were analyzed via Foucauldian theorizing and revealed the inter-twined workings of technologies of dominance and self in the constitution of rugby pleasures. As a strategy to defamiliarize and disrupt habitual and uncritical accep-tance of rugby aggression, I argued that rugby pleasures were akin to sadomasochism. Rugby can be understood as a taboo-breaking game associated with transparent rela-tions of power connected with the pleasure induced from physical domination and the fear of pain.

text: Defamiliarizing heavy-contact sports: A critical examination of rugby, discipline, and pleasure Pleasure can be regarded as a productive force in the constitution of the social sig-nificance of sport and desiring sport subjects. The organization and use of sport plea-sure has been a relatively marginalized topic of examination. To promote and examine sport pleasure, I conducted semistructured interviews with seven passionate rugby players. Transcripts were analyzed via Foucauldian theorizing and revealed the inter-twined workings of technologies of dominance and self in the constitution of rugby pleasures. As a strategy to defamiliarize and disrupt habitual and uncritical accep-tance of rugby aggression, I argued that rugby pleasures were akin to sadomasochism. Rugby can be understood as a taboo-breaking game associated with transparent rela-tions of power connected with the pleasure induced from physical domination and the fear of pain.

year: 2009

title: What a difference a default setting makes

authors: Keegan, Te Taka Adrian Gregory

subjects: computer science

abstract: This paper examines the effect of the default interface language on the usage of a bilingual digital library. In 2005 the default interface language of a bilingual digital library was alternated on a monthly basis between Māori and English. A comprehensive transaction log analysis over this period reveals that not only did usage in a particular language increase when the default interface language was set to that language but that the way the interface was used, in both languages, was quite different depending on the default language.

text: What a difference a default setting makes This paper examines the effect of the default interface language on the usage of a bilingual digital library. In 2005 the default interface language of a bilingual digital library was alternated on a monthly basis between Māori and English. A comprehensive transaction log analysis over this period reveals that not only did usage in a particular language increase when the default interface language was set to that language but that the way the interface was used, in both languages, was quite different depending on the default language.

year: 2008