This paper explores the application of crowdsourcing to cities and regions – what I call “geocentric crowdsourcing.” My basic interest is in how crowdsourcing can be used to enable cities and regions to more effectively address issues ranging from infrastructure to governance. I have two entwined aims in this position paper. One is to discuss the notion of smarter cities, and the ways in which ...

We investigate the entwined roles of information and quantum algorithms in reducing the complexity of the global optimization problem (GOP). We show that: (i) a modest amount of additional information is su±cient to map the general continuous GOP into the (discrete) Grover problem; (ii) while this additional information is actually available in some classes of GOPs, it cannot be taken advantage...

Bulimia is a serious, potentially life-threatening condition. There are multiple dangerous health consequences that result from being bulimic, both physical and psychological. Because it's so intimately entwined with self-image ? it's not just about food ? bulimia can be difficult to overcome. Bulimia can take a huge toll on a person's health, and rob her or him of the ability to enjoy life to ...

Sleep disturbance is intricately entwined with our sense of well-being, health, emotion regulation, performance and productivity, memory and cognitive functioning, and social interaction. A longitudinal perspective underscores the conclusion that persistent sleep disturbance, insomnia, at any time during the life span from infancy to old age has a lasting impact. We examine how insomnia develop...

BACKGROUND Since 2001, state and local health departments in the United States (US) have accelerated efforts to prepare for high-impact public health emergencies. One component of these activities has been the development and conduct of exercise programs to assess capabilities, train staff and build relationships. This paper summarizes lessons learned from tabletop exercises about public health...

THE TITLE COMPOUND [SYSTEMATIC NAME: (E)-2-hy-droxy-5-(phenyl-diazen-yl)cyclo-hepta-2,4,6-trien-1-one], C(13)H(10)N(2)O(2), is essentially planar with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.036 (2) Å and a dihedral angle of 1.57 (8)° between the phenyl and tropolone rings. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by pairs of O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into inversion dimers. The dimers are further connected by C-H⋯O h...

Agrarian industries in rural areas are increasingly relying on seasonal migrant workers, who arrive transnationally organised settings. This paper focuses the concept of transnational simultaneity order to further analyse dynamics that sustaining low-wage, labour migration social fields. It is suggested concepts livelihood diversification and biographical contribute explain this process, which ...

conclusion generally, the studied hospitals were faced with a lack of nursing manpower and distribution of manpower was not appropriate. proper planning and management of manpower in accordance with the lack of personnel, compensates and achieves the standards required for hospital’s nursing manpower and this would lead to an increase in the efficiency of hospitals activities and can provide sa...

Tumour board contributes to providing better patient care by using a multidisciplinary team approach. In the efforts of evaluating the performance of the gastrointestinal tumour board at our institution, it was difficult to assess past performance due to lack of proper use of standardised documentation tool. This project aimed at improving adherence to the documentation tool and its recommendat...