Visualization and analysis of very large datasets remains a significant challenge to the visualization community. Scientists have tried various techniques to deal with large data. Multiresolution data models reduce the size of the data using techniques such as mesh decimation, wavelet transformation, or data compression. The low resolution representation raises issues concerning the authenticit...

Acknowledgement: The authors would like to thank Jean Anderson from Development Communications Consultants, Inc., Oyster Bay, New York, for her help in media production and comments, and Jeshda Kittikool and the staff at the Department of Biostatistics and Computer Services, the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, for their help in data processing. This work was carried out with support...

21 Derek Woo is managing director of revenue cycle and reimbursement services at Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting, a leading health care management consulting fi rm that works with organizations of all sizes on operations improvement strategies, including health care information technology solutions and architecture. He can be reached at derek.woo@ sinaiko.com. For more information about the fi rm...

This paper explores Community Child Health (CCH) nurses' experience of home visits for new mothers in a health service region of Western Australia. Reported benefits of home visits include improvement in maternal and child health and better parenting skills leading to positive maternal-child interaction. Despite CCH nurses' support for home visits factors such as costs, lack of resources and st...

People visit museums with differing motivations. We use Falk’s visitor identity model to examine visitors’ motivations an art museum. assess (1) the prevalence of different motivation types; (2) how and outcomes relate satisfaction length; (3) relation between fulfillment expectations. found that visitors most strongly endorsed related exploration least facilitating another’s visit; predicted l...