Kinship care: an evolving service delivery option

Homophyly/Kinship Model: Naturally Evolving Networks

It has been a challenge to understand the formation and roles of social groups or natural communities in the evolution of species, societies and real world networks. Here, we propose the hypothesis that homophyly/kinship is the intrinsic mechanism of natural communities, introduce the notion of the affinity exponent and propose the homophyly/kinship model of networks. We demonstrate that the ne...

An Evolving Service Managing Change

Evolving Taxonomy of Business Models for Mobile Service Delivery Platform

The state of mobile technology and its widespread use has evolved drastically within the past several years. Cell phones with small monochrome displays – designed solely for phone calls and text messaging – have turned into miniaturized computers with dual-core processors. Combined with 3G standards such as UMTS, mobile devices nowadays offer almost the same freedom in exploring the Internet as...

Evolving Government-Citizen Ties in Public Service Design and Delivery

This paper discusses ongoing research on how to enforce governmentcitizen ties in collaborative public services design and delivery among citizens and public service providers. It is discussed how fine-tuned collaboration support and public service information transparency and understandability can be designed to enhance government-citizen interactions. The research is contextualised into the C...

Laparoscopic Reduction of Intussusception: an Evolving Therapeutic Option

INTRODUCTION Intussusception (IS) is a common cause of bowel obstruction in the pediatric population. Traditionally, unsuccessful hydrostatic reduction has been followed by laparotomy. With the advent of minimally invasive surgery, centers have adopted laparoscopic reduction as a surgical option. We reviewed our experience with IS and investigated whether there were any advantages to performing...