Expertise for auditing AI systems in medical domain is only now being accumulated. Conformity assessment procedures will require systems: (1) to be transparent, (2) not rely decisions solely on algorithms, or (3) include safety assurance cases the documentation facilitate technical audit. We are interested here obtaining transparency case of machine learning (ML) applied classification retina c...

Global health networks—webs of individuals and organizations linked by a shared concern for a particular condition—have proliferated over the past quarter century. In a recent editorial in this journal, I presented evidence that their effectiveness in addressing four challenges—problem definition, positioning, coalitionbuilding and governance—shapes their ability to influence policy. The editor...

A number of individuals and organizations have considerable influence over the selection of global health priorities and strategies. For some that influence derives from control over financial resources. For others it comes from expertise and claims to moral authority—what can be termed, respectively, epistemic and normative power. In contrast to financial power, we commonly take for granted th...

In this paper, we discuss the ways that communication accommodation theory (CAT) can be a useful framework for understanding and diagnosing interactional issues in interpersonal and intergroup conflict situations. We argue that the theory’s construct of attuning strategies provides a multidimensional view of mutual adjustment, leading to insights relevant to successful versus unsuccessful confl...

A challenge for educators is to fuse the learning of information literacy to an academic education in such a way that the outcome is systematic and sustainable learning for students. This challenge can be answered through longterm commitment to information literacy education bound to organisation-wide, renewable strategic planning and driven through systemic reform. This paper explores the proc...

Dialogism provides the grounds for building a comprehensive model of discourse and it is focused on the multiplicity of perspectives (i.e., voices). Dialogism can be present in any type of text, while voices become themes or recurrent topics emerging from the discourse. In this study, we examine the extent that differences between self-explanations and thinkalouds can be detected using computat...

The social dimension of chemistry is relevant and present in numerous socio-scientific issues, for example, the use plastics. These issues can be covered at school by implementing strategies such as role-playing, which allow different perspectives to understood, thereby helping promote changes attitude. This paper presents a pilot-study about design results obtained role-playing game “Should we...

in this paper, we discuss the ways that communication accommodation theory (cat) can be a useful framework for understanding and diagnosing interactional issues in interpersonal and intergroup conflict situations. we argue that the theory’s construct of attuning strategies provides a multidimensional view of mutual adjustment, leading to insights relevant to successful versus unsuccessful confl...