Form Approved OBM No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of Information. Send comments regarding this burden or any other aspect of this collection of ...

Applying Modern Information Technology to Reporting for Public Health—the Role of Standards Clement McDonald, Indiana University School of Medicine, discussed the role of standards in the application of modern information technology to public health reporting. He pointed to the rich data sources stored electronically in clinical laboratories, pathology and cytology reporting systems, pharmacies...

Several approaches for extracting semantic relations from various types of resources have been proposed during the last years. While already of great value when used separately, combining these techniques promises to lead to even broader and more reliable results. However, divergent information may occur when assembling such data. We present LexO, a framework for integrating semantic relations ...

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestio...

We address the issue of data integration over semantically-heterogeneous data sources using an ontology-based integration mechanism. The semiautomatic techniques that we explore are directed to helping experts establish mappings between ontologies using a combination of manual methods, which are needed for the accuracy of the mappings, and automatic methods, which facilitate the experts’ tasks....

We present a scientific reflection on the creation of a large illustrative personal data graphics that we create to mimic 18th–19th century style visualizations. We discuss the relationship to illustrative visualization, the story-telling aspects of the design, the used data sources and their purpose, the creation of the overall style, and the aspects of the multi-author creation process.

Farmers need up to date information on efficient use and management of labour for agricultural production. Yet, they lack adequate and needed information. Hence, this study was undertaken to explore the sources and use of labour information by farmers in southwestern Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select respondents for the study. Primary data were collected to elicit infor...

The Anesthesia Quality Institute has created the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry to automatically capture electronic data specific to anesthesia cases. Data come from billing systems, quality management systems, hospital electronic health care records, and anesthesia information management systems. Aggregation of this data will allow for calculation of national and cohort-specifi...