In today’s dynamic ICT environments, the ability to control users’ access to information resources and services becomes ever important. On the one hand, it should adapt to the users’ changing needs; on the other hand, it should not be compromised. Therefore, it is essential to have a flexible specification of access control polices, incorporating dynamically changing context information. The ba...

We consider the problem of designing optimal linear codes (in terms of having the largest minimum distance) subject to a support constraint on the generator matrix. We show that the largest minimum distance can be achieved by a subcode of a Reed-Solomon code of small field size. As a by-product of this result, we settle the GM-MDS conjecture of Dau et. al. in the affirmative.

Searching health information on web has become an integral part of today's world, and many people turn to the Web for healthcare information and healthcare assessment. Our pilot study investigates users' preferences for the type of search results (image, news, video, etc.), and investigates users' ability to accurately interpret online health information for the purpose of self­diagnosis. The p...

Recent research efforts have created rapid advances in the field of Internet Things (IoT) terms communication protocols, sensing technologies, computing capabilities, next-generation wireless big data and AI techniques, on-device, edge, cloud processing. These a paradigm shift generated wide range potential opportunities for new major known as Medical (IoMT), well subfields like mobile Health (...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the concept understood by Family Healthcare Strategy (ESF) professionals of knowledge, education and subjects participating in learning activities. METHOD Qualitative study carried out with the ESF professionals with university degree, members of the healthcare staff who undertook educational health group activities at Basic Healthcare Units (UBS) in Belo Horizonte. T...

generally has gathered momentum over the past few years, so this book is timely. It covers the many different features of mental health service user involvement, from joint decision-making on personal treatment plans to service user-led research projects. About half of the chapters are about the history and policy of aspects of service user involvement, with contributions from user groups; the ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires full and equal access to healthcare services and facilities, yet studies indicate individuals with mobility disabilities receive less than thorough care as a result of ADA noncompliance. The objective of our pilot study was to assess ADA compliance within a convenience sample of healthcare clinics affiliated with a statewide healthcare network....

This descriptive study was aimed at: 1.) investigating the users’ opinions about an instrument for patient classification; 2.) analyzing the healthcare indicators that most contribute to classify patients in the healthcare categories. A questionnaire was used to collect the opinions of 24 users. The classification instrument was applied on 796 patients in a medical school hospital in the state ...