title: Mobile support for diagnosis of communicable diseases in remote locations

authors: Cesario, Manuel

subjects: Communicable disease

abstract: Surveillance and diagnosis of new and emerging communicable diseases in remote regions, such as the Amazon, is a challenging task. These regions can be difficult to reach, are sparsely populated, and have limited medical and ICT infrastructure. Medical practitioners and community health agents who work in such regions often have very basic qualifications, and therefore have limited knowledge of new and emerging diseases. The increasing capabilities of mobile devices, such as tablets and smart phones, have made them a useful platform for delivery of medical services in remote locations. In this paper we introduce a system that could potentially support diagnosis of vector-borne diseases such as Bartonellosis and Leishmaniasis in areas where specialist healthcare is scarce. In particular, we focus on the image analysis and classification component of this system, which aims to reduce the chance of misdiagnosing these less common diseases as malaria.

text: Mobile support for diagnosis of communicable diseases in remote locations Surveillance and diagnosis of new and emerging communicable diseases in remote regions, such as the Amazon, is a challenging task. These regions can be difficult to reach, are sparsely populated, and have limited medical and ICT infrastructure. Medical practitioners and community health agents who work in such regions often have very basic qualifications, and therefore have limited knowledge of new and emerging diseases. The increasing capabilities of mobile devices, such as tablets and smart phones, have made them a useful platform for delivery of medical services in remote locations. In this paper we introduce a system that could potentially support diagnosis of vector-borne diseases such as Bartonellosis and Leishmaniasis in areas where specialist healthcare is scarce. In particular, we focus on the image analysis and classification component of this system, which aims to reduce the chance of misdiagnosing these less common diseases as malaria.

year: 2012

title: The role of statistical learning in the acquisition of motion event construal in a second language

authors: Treffers-Daller, Jeanine

subjects: Social Sciences

abstract: Learning to talk about motion in a second language is very difficult because it involves restructuring deeply entrenched patterns from the first language. In this paper we argue that statistical learning can explain why L2 learners are only partially successful in restructuring their second language grammars. We explore to what extent L2 learners make use of two mechanisms of statistical learning, entrenchment and pre-emption to acquire target-like expressions of motion and retreat from overgeneralisation in this domain. Paying attention to the frequency of existing patterns in the input can help learners to adjust the frequency with which they use path and manner verbs in French but is insufficient to acquire the boundary crossing constraint and learn what not to say. We also look at the role of language proficiency and exposure to French in explaining the findings.

text: The role of statistical learning in the acquisition of motion event construal in a second language Learning to talk about motion in a second language is very difficult because it involves restructuring deeply entrenched patterns from the first language. In this paper we argue that statistical learning can explain why L2 learners are only partially successful in restructuring their second language grammars. We explore to what extent L2 learners make use of two mechanisms of statistical learning, entrenchment and pre-emption to acquire target-like expressions of motion and retreat from overgeneralisation in this domain. Paying attention to the frequency of existing patterns in the input can help learners to adjust the frequency with which they use path and manner verbs in French but is insufficient to acquire the boundary crossing constraint and learn what not to say. We also look at the role of language proficiency and exposure to French in explaining the findings.

year: 2015

title: Final report of the 2018 Census External Data Quality Panel

authors: Bedford, Richard

abstract: At the time this report was submitted for publication in January 2020, Stats NZ was finalizing its release schedule for census products that allow users to produce their own tabulations and statistical analyses using census data (see Appendix 2 for a summary of release dates for 2018 Census products).
In early 2020, Stats NZ will release 2018 Census data for use in the Data Lab, a distributed set of secure computer sites where users can access, with approval, microdata for research purposes. By March 2020, 2018 Census data will be in the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) and available for use by approved researchers and policy analysts who wish to negotiate access to the IDI.

text: Final report of the 2018 Census External Data Quality Panel At the time this report was submitted for publication in January 2020, Stats NZ was finalizing its release schedule for census products that allow users to produce their own tabulations and statistical analyses using census data (see Appendix 2 for a summary of release dates for 2018 Census products).
In early 2020, Stats NZ will release 2018 Census data for use in the Data Lab, a distributed set of secure computer sites where users can access, with approval, microdata for research purposes. By March 2020, 2018 Census data will be in the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) and available for use by approved researchers and policy analysts who wish to negotiate access to the IDI.

year: 2020