We present a software system solution that significantly simplifies data sharing of medical data. This system, called GEM (for the GAAIN Entity Mapper), harmonizes medical data. Harmonization is the process of unifying information across multiple disparate datasets needed to share and aggregate medical data. Specifically, our system automates the task of finding corresponding elements across di...

This review article aims to provide an introduction to the methodology of health economic assessment of a health technology. Attention is paid to defining the fundamental concepts and terms that are relevant to health economic assessments. The article describes the methodology underlying a cost study (identification, measurement and valuation of resource use, calculation of costs), an economic ...

There is considerable need for accurate suicide risk assessment for clinical, screening, and research purposes. This study applied the tripartite affect-behavior-cognition theory, the suicidal barometer model, classical test theory, and item response theory (IRT), to develop a brief self-report measure of suicide risk that is theoretically-grounded, reliable and valid. An initial survey (n = 35...

We show two severe problems with the state-of-the-art in empirical computer system performance evaluation, observer effect and measurement context bias, and we outline the path toward a solution.

Purpose: To facilitate the adoption of recent developments in human language technology as part of next-generation knowledge management products. Design: The paper starts off by describing application scenarios, then provides a highlevel introduction to human language technology (more specifically information extraction), discusses how these tools are applied in practical settings, and provides...

Social robots are being increasingly developed for long-term interactions with children. However, there are few validated assessments for measuring young children’s relationships with social robots. In this paper, we discuss a variety of relational assessments that could be used in this context. We present a pilot study of two assessments, the Inclusion of Other in Self task and a Social-Relati...

The Museum of Pure Form is a virtual reality system where visitors can interact with digital models of sculptures through the sense of touch. The paper presents the results from the evaluations of the Pure Form system conducted during 2003 and 2004 at several exhibitions held in European museums.

No doubt wireless network is an amazing wireless technology which has totally changes means of communication. There is no business, industry, project which can be progressed without needs of wireless networks. Now a wireless network has become significant option of any business because of its salient features like speed, security, mobility. In this paper first we provided an overview of WiMAX t...

Wearable computing means a paradigm shift: instead of working at the computer users are supported by computing systems in their primary tasks. Currently wearable computing is still a technology of niches and in a laboratory stage. However, with wearIT@work a 4 1⁄2 years project dedicated to wearable computing applications in industrial settings was launched by the European Commission. The first...