The risk assessment methodologies that are portrayed in traditional information security management literature often do not scale into the multi-level stakeholder environment of corporate governance. This is because they focus on one type of stakeholder, the IT infrastructure. A risk assessment methodology that is to successfully operate in such an environment must have effective mechanisms of ...

Since infectious diseases heed no national borders, international research collaboration across borders must be enhanced. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan launched the J-GRID program in the fiscal year (FY) 2005, which consists of the two elements; (1) the construction of collaboration centers in Asian and African countries on a reciprocal basis...

The Canada Health Act requires that provincial insurance plans provide universal coverage without co-payments for all "medically necessary" services delivered by hospitals and doctors, but allows care delivered by other providers in other locations to fall outside of the boundaries of Medicare. Discussion about the sustainability of medicare at both the national and provincial levels has called...

This paper discusses the attitudes of three groups of stakeholders in the world of assisted reproduction gamete donors, parents who use donated gamete, and offspring conceived with donated gametes with respect to the two issues of donor anonymity and limits on the number of offspring a single donor can produce. The data are drawn from on-line surveys which were made available between May 12, 21...

BACKGROUND In Australia, government-subsidised access to high-cost medicines is "targeted" to particular sub-sets of patients under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to achieve cost-effective use. In order to determine how this access system could be improved, the opinions of key stakeholders on access to biological agents for rheumatoid arthritis were explored. METHODS Thirty-six semi-struc...

Age structure data is essential for single species stock assessments but length-frequency data can provide complementary information. In south-western Australia, the majority of these data for exploited species are derived from line caught fish. However, baited remote underwater stereo-video systems (stereo-BRUVS) surveys have also been found to provide accurate length measurements. Given that ...

This article presents an analysis of Brazilian research on High Energy Physics (HEP) indexed by Web of Science (WoS) from 1983 to 2013. Scientometric indicators for output, collaboration and impact were used to characterize the field under study. The results show that the Brazilian articles account for 3% of total HEP research worldwide and that the sharp rise in the scientific activity between...

OBJECTIVES To explore stakeholders' perceptions of learners teaching (near-peer teaching) in general practice in order to inform training policy. DESIGN Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with 29 general practice stakeholders. Interviews continued until data saturation was reached. Transcribed interviews underwent thematic analysis. SETTING Nine general practices in NSW, ...

BACKGROUND Family Medicine training commenced in Botswana in 2011, and Maun was one of the two sites chosen as a training complex. If it is to be successful there has to be investment in the training programme by all stakeholders in healthcare delivery in the district. AIM The aim of the study was to explore the attitudes of stakeholders to initiation of Family Medicine training and their per...

Digital technologies are being used as part of international efforts to revolutionize healthcare in order to meet increasing demands such as the rising burden of chronic disease and ageing populations. In Scotland there is a government push towards a national service (Living It Up) as a single point of reference where citizens can access information, products and services to support their healt...