Gavagai used its commercially available system for the filtering and polarity tasks in the evaluation campaign for online reputation management systems at CLEF 2013. The system is built for large scale analysis of streaming text and as part of the services Gavagai provides, it measures the public attitude visavi targets of interest. This mechanism — with no adjustment for this specific task — w...

In the context of public introductions to emerging technologies, this study examined effects of priming and Web site interactivity on adolescents’ attitude development and information processing. In a four (priming) by three (interactivity levels) experiment, participants (N = 273) were required to search for and process Web-based information about ecogenomics. Results showed that priming ecoge...

With the rapid usage rate of mobile phone and advances in healthcare technology, as well as current concerns arise over public’s health, mobile health are attracting the attention of more and more people. Although previous studies on the adoption of mobile services are quite extensive, few focus on public users’ adoption of mobile health service (MHS). In this study, we examine the determinants...

Background: Upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) are common in children. The cause of URTIs is usually viral, but mothers' knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) often contribute to inappropriate use of antibiotics, and thus promoting antibiotic resistance. Objective: To investigate maternal knowledge, attitude and practice of antibiotics use in children with acute upper respiratory infec...

BACKGROUND Despite the fact that public and private nursing schools have contributed significantly to the Thai health system, it is not clear whether and to what extent there was difference in job preferences between types of training institutions. This study aimed to examine attitudes towards rural practice, intention to work in public service after graduation, and factors affecting workplace ...

This study explores whether exposure to advertisements that focus on the negative effects of tobacco industry advertising and promotion at the point of sale (anti-POS advertising) influence: (i) attitude toward POS advertising; (ii) perceived impact of POS advertising on youth smoking; and (iii) support for a ban on tobacco promotion at the POS among adult non-smokers in New York. Data are from...

OBJECTIVE To examine impressions of public healthcare providers/professionals (PHCPs) who are working closely with family medicine specialists (FMSs) at public health clinics. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING This study is part of a larger national study on the perception of Malaysian public healthcare professionals on FMSs (PERMFAMS). PARTICIPANTS PHCPs from three categories of heal...

BACKGROUND We studied the prerequisites for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in the context of the Finnish health care system and more specifically in the field of ophthalmology. PPP can be defined as a more or less permanent cooperation between public and private actors, through which the joint products or services are developed and in which the risks, costs and profits are shared.The Finnish ...