The growth and popularity of e-commerce has both challenged and enabled public sector organizations to redefine their levels of service. In the late 1990’s E-government provided unparalleled opportunities for governments to streamline processes and improve customer service. As a result, achieving successful citizen centric e-government has become a key concern for many governments. Given the un...

This article aims to encourage NEMA (or newly named as MPSS) to combine its supply-centered paradigm with a newly proposed "demand-centered paradigm" in the Korean field of emergency management training (EMT). Based on qualitative content analysis, this paper defined the current field of EMT to be a supply-centered paradigm via three components: locations, courses, and participants. This paradi...

In this study, the role of collaboration in design is discussed, placing emphasis on how to include end-users in the development process. The study is based on a literature review focusing on aspects of collaboration in design, usability and human factors. Thereby, it introduces, compares and contrasts the characteristics of both collaborative and user-centered design perspectives, leading to t...

It finally happened to me: I was sued for malpractice by the family of a patient who had died suddenly. My inner turmoil in the aftermath of this traumatic event affected me deeply. While I was an experienced family doctor dedicated to patient-centered medicine, the event challenged my customary approach to my patients. I share three vignettes from my practice that describe my inner dialogue bo...

117 Standards I n February 1997, I wrote a Computer column titled " Linking Computers and Consumer Electronics, " which described the IEEE 1394 networking standard, otherwise known as FireWire. FireWire was designed to link personal computers, digital cameras , televisions, DVD players, printers, and other home electronics equipment. In one sense, FireWire represented the technology behind all ...

M any health care organizations, including government and private agencies, have em braced the goal of providing patientand family-centered care. The thrust of this model of care is to involve patients and families in their own health care decisions and treatments. The Institute of Medicine (2001) recognized the value of this model in identifying patient-centered care as one of six points for h...

BACKGROUND Shared decision making (SDM) is fundamental to informed consent and client-centered care. So far, SDM frameworks have been limited to the client-physician dyad, even though care is increasingly delivered by interprofessional (IP) teams. IP collaboration is especially essential in home care, one of health care's most rapidly growing areas. This study will assess whether it is possible...

Autonomous driving is a promising technology to improve transportation in our society. In this project we propose an end-to-end approach to learn how to steer a car autonomously from images. We trained Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to output steering wheel angle commands from front camera images centered on the road. Finally, we explored some smoothing of the predictions by exploiting th...