Generating good evidence in orthopedics

Generating Good Design Questions

QOC is a notation we are developing to represent the Design Rationale for software systems. It represents the design space around the artifact as a network of Questions identifying key design issues, Options providing possible answers to the Questions, and Criteria for assessing and comparing the Options (hence QOC). The design space focus of our approach is aimed at assisting with early design...

Generating “Good” Musical Rhythms Algorithmically

While it is difficult to define precisely what makes a “good” rhythm good, it is not hard to specify properties that contribute to a rhythm’s goodness. One such property is that the mirrorsymmetric transformation of the rhythm about some axis of the rhythm’s cycle, represented as a circle, be the same as its complementary rhythm. Rhythms that have this property are called interlocking reflectio...

The Importance of Community Consultations for Generating Evidence for Health Reform in Ukraine

Background The paper presents the results of community consultations about the health needs and healthcare experiences of the population of Ukraine. The objective of community consultations is to engage a community in which a research project is studying, and to gauge feedback, criticism and suggestions. It is designed to seek advice or information from participants directly affected by the stu...

Raising Skill Demand: Generating Good Jobs

OrthoEvidence™: A Clinical Resource for Evidence-Based Orthopedics

The prevalence of musculoskeletal issues in clinical practice, and the limited focus placed upon musculoskeletal conditions by current electronic summary resources, highlights the need for a resource that provides access to simple and concise summaries of top-quality orthopedic literature for orthopedic surgeons and allied healthcare professionals. OrthoEvidence™ is an online clinical resource ...