Cloud designs and deployment models: a systematic mapping study.

BACKGROUND: Cloud computing is a unique paradigm that is aggregating resources available from cloud service providers for use by customers on demand and pay per use basis. There is a Cloud federation that integrates the four primary Cloud models and the Cloud aggregator that integrates multiple computing services. A systematic mapping study provides an overview of work done in a particular field of interest and identifies gaps for further research. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this paper was to conduct a study of deployment and designs models for Cloud using a systematic mapping process. The methodology involves examining core aspect of the field of study using the research, contribution and topic facets. RESULTS: The results obtained indicated that there were more publications on solution proposals, which constituted 41.98% of papers relating to design and deployment models on the Cloud. Out of this, 5.34% was on security, 1.5% on privacy, 6.11% on configuration, 7.63% on implementation, 11.45% on service deployment, and 9.92% of the solution proposal was on design. The results obtained will be useful for further studies by the academia and industry in this broad topic that was examined.

Specialized Smartphone Intervention Apps: Review of 2014 to 2018 NIH Funded Grants.

BACKGROUND: The widespread adoption of smartphones provides researchers with expanded opportunities for developing, testing and implementing interventions. National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds competitive, investigator-initiated grant applications. Funded grants represent the state of the science and therefore are expected to anticipate the progression of research in the near future. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this paper is to provide an analysis of the kinds of smartphone-based intervention apps funded in NIH research grants during the five-year period between 2014 and 2018. METHODS: We queried NIH Reporter to identify candidate funded grants that addressed mHealth and the use of smartphones. From 1524 potential grants, we identified 397 that met the requisites of including an intervention app. Each grant's abstract was analyzed to understand the focus of intervention. The year of funding, type of activity (eg, R01, R34, and so on) and funding were noted. RESULTS: We identified 13 categories of strategies employed in funded smartphone intervention apps. Most grants included either one (35.0%) or two (39.0%) intervention approaches. These included artificial intelligence (57 apps), bionic adaptation (33 apps), cognitive and behavioral therapies (68 apps), contingency management (24 apps), education and information (85 apps), enhanced motivation (50 apps), facilitating, reminding and referring (60 apps), gaming and gamification (52 apps), mindfulness training (18 apps), monitoring and feedback (192 apps), norm setting (7 apps), skills training (85 apps) and social support and social networking (59 apps). The most frequently observed grant types included Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants (40.8%) and Research Project Grants (R01s) (26.2%). The number of grants funded increased through the five-year period from 60 in 2014 to 112 in 2018. CONCLUSIONS: Smartphone intervention apps are increasingly competitive for NIH funding. They reflect a wide diversity of approaches that have significant potential for use in applied settings.

Data Integation Process: an information management model for multiple databases on traffic accidents in Brazil. / Processo de integração de dados - um modelo de gestão da informação para múltiplas bases de dados de acidentes de trânsito no Brasil.

OBJECTIVE: to describe the management process for multiple traffic accident database integration applied in five state capital cities piloting the Life in the Traffic. METHODS: This is a descriptive study presenting the integration of traffic accident data for the year 2012 provided by multiple institutions and linked with data from the Mortality Information System Information and the Hospital Information System. RESULTS: integration of data from multiple institutions, creation of a single list of traffic accident victims and reclassification of accidents as serious or fatal. There was also an average increase of 87% in relation to the total number of victims counted before the use of the integration process. CONCLUSION: the results suggest that the Data Integration Process provides good results and can be adopted by other cities that need reliable information about traffic accidents to inform the planning, monitoring and evaluation of road safety actions.

Identificación de patrones de comportamiento informativo en los textos mediante el Análisis de Redes Sociales / Identification of patterns of informative behavior in the texts with the Social Networks Analysis

Resumen Se presentan los resultados de una investigación, cuyo objetivo es identificar patrones de conocimiento significativo en el contenido de la documentación presentada para la evaluación del Ambiente Organizacional de 13 empresas mexicanas, que integran el ranking de Súper Empresas ® elaborado por la Consultora Top Companies ® . Por medio del procesamiento cuantitativo de seis variables, seis indicadores y el Análisis de Redes Sociales, se visualizan mapas de relaciones entre las empresas y los atributos de las variables seleccionadas. Con el uso de la fuente y la metodología empleadas se revelan patrones de comportamiento informativo presentes en la documentación objeto de estudio que aportan nuevo conocimiento para la toma de decisiones sobre la evaluación y la elaboración de los rankings empresariales que generan las consultoras especializadas sobre la referida temática.

Abstract This paper reports the results of research aimed at identifying patterns of significant knowledge contained in the documentation of thirteen Mexican companies submitted for the purpose of the Organizational Environment evaluation of "Super Companies", a ranking issued exclusively by the consulting firm Top Companies®. Maps of company relationships and the attributes of the selected variables are developed on the basis of the quantitative processing of six variables and indicators, and an analysis of social networks. The sources and the methodology employed reveal patterns of informational behavior in the specialized documentation that can serve to support decision making with regard to the evaluation and preparation of the rankings issued by the specialized consultants.

A laboratory information management system for the analysis of tritium (3H) in environmental waters.

Accurate and precise measurements of low levels of tritium (3H) in environmental waters are difficult to attain due to complex steps of sample preparation, electrolytic enrichment, liquid scintillation decay counting, and extensive data processing. We present a Microsoft Access™ relational database application, TRIMS (Tritium Information Management System) to assist with sample and data processing of tritium analysis by managing the processes from sample registration and analysis to reporting and archiving. A complete uncertainty propagation algorithm ensures tritium results are reported with robust uncertainty metrics. TRIMS will help to increase laboratory productivity and improve the accuracy and precision of 3H assays. The software supports several enrichment protocols and LSC counter types. TRIMS is available for download at no cost from the IAEA at www.iaea.org/water.

Promoting Recruitment using Information Management Efficiently (PRIME): statistical analysis plan for a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial within the REstart or STop Antithrombotics Randomised Trial (RESTART).

BACKGROUND: Promoting Recruitment using Information Management Efficiently (PRIME) is a stepped wedge, cluster randomised trial-within-a-trial of a complex intervention to help sites in the United Kingdom to attain their own target number of participants to recruit to the REstart or STop Antithrombotics Randomised Trial (RESTART, ISRCTN71907627). METHODS: Seventy-two hospital sites had opted into PRIME and were randomly allocated (using a computer-generated block randomisation algorithm, stratified by hospital location) to one of 12 months in which a complex intervention would be delivered. All sites began in the control state. The primary outcome is the total number of patients randomised into RESTART per month per site, which will be analysed in a negative binomial generalised linear mixed model. Secondary outcomes include the proportion of sites using stroke databases to identify potentially eligible patients before PRIME, frequency of using bespoke stroke audit data exports during PRIME, barriers to recruitment in PRIME, barriers to using the bespoke stroke audit data exports, and disadvantages of the bespoke stroke audit exports identified by PRIME sites. PRIME began in September 2015. The last intervention will be delivered in August 2016. Six-month follow-up will be complete in February 2017. This statistical analysis plan was written and submitted for publication before all sites received the PRIME intervention and before outcome data were known. DISCUSSION: Final results of PRIME will be analysed and disseminated in 2017. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Northern Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research SWAT repository (SWAT22).

Real-time GIS data model and sensor web service platform for environmental data management.

BACKGROUND: Effective environmental data management is meaningful for human health. In the past, environmental data management involved developing a specific environmental data management system, but this method often lacks real-time data retrieving and sharing/interoperating capability. With the development of information technology, a Geospatial Service Web method is proposed that can be employed for environmental data management. The purpose of this study is to determine a method to realize environmental data management under the Geospatial Service Web framework. METHODS: A real-time GIS (Geographic Information System) data model and a Sensor Web service platform to realize environmental data management under the Geospatial Service Web framework are proposed in this study. The real-time GIS data model manages real-time data. The Sensor Web service platform is applied to support the realization of the real-time GIS data model based on the Sensor Web technologies. RESULTS: To support the realization of the proposed real-time GIS data model, a Sensor Web service platform is implemented. Real-time environmental data, such as meteorological data, air quality data, soil moisture data, soil temperature data, and landslide data, are managed in the Sensor Web service platform. In addition, two use cases of real-time air quality monitoring and real-time soil moisture monitoring based on the real-time GIS data model in the Sensor Web service platform are realized and demonstrated. The total time efficiency of the two experiments is 3.7 s and 9.2 s. CONCLUSIONS: The experimental results show that the method integrating real-time GIS data model and Sensor Web Service Platform is an effective way to manage environmental data under the Geospatial Service Web framework.

Association between success rate and citation count of studies of radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: possible evidence of citation bias.

BACKGROUND: The preferential citation of studies with the highest success rates could exaggerate perceived effectiveness, particularly for treatments with widely varying published success rates such as radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. METHODS AND RESULTS: We systematically identified observational studies and clinical trials of radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation between 1990 and 2012. Generalized Poisson regression was used to estimate association between study success rate and total citation count, adjusting for sample size, journal impact factor, time since publication, study design, and whether first or last author was a consensus-defined pre-eminent expert. We identified 174 articles meeting our inclusion criteria (36 289 subjects). After adjustment only for time since publication, a 10-point increase above the mean in pooled reported success rates was associated with a 17.8% increase in citation count at 5 years postpublication (95% confidence interval, 7.1-28.4%; P<0.001). After additional adjustment for impact factor, sample size, randomized trial design, and pre-eminent expert authorship, the association remained significant (18.6% increase in citation count; 95% confidence interval, 7.6-29.6%; P<0.0001). In this full model, time since publication, impact factor, and pre-eminent expert authorship were significant covariates, whereas randomized control trial design and study sample size were not. CONCLUSIONS: Among studies of radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation, high success rate was independently associated with citation count, which may indicate citation bias. To readers of the literature, radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation could be perceived to be more effective than the data supports. These findings may have implications for a wide variety of novel cardiovascular therapies.

Development of a prediction model on the acceptance of electronic laboratory notebooks in academic environments.

Documentation of research data plays a key role in the biomedical engineering innovation processes. It makes an important contribution to the protection of intellectual property, the traceability of results and fulfilling the regulatory requirement. Because of the increasing digitalization in laboratories, an electronic alternative to the commonly-used paper-bound notebooks could contribute to the production of sophisticated documentation. However, compared to in an industrial environment, the use of electronic laboratory notebooks is not widespread in academic laboratories. Little is known about the acceptance of an electronic documentation system and the underlying reasons for this. Thus, this paper aims to establish a prediction model on the potential preference and acceptance of scientists either for paper-based or electronic documentation. The underlying data for the analysis originate from an online survey of 101 scientists in industrial, academic and clinical environments. Various parameters were analyzed to identify crucial factors for the system preference using binary logistic regression. The analysis showed significant dependency between the documentation system preference and the supposed workload associated with the documentation system (p<0.006; odds ratio=58.543) and an additional personal component. Because of the dependency of system choice on specific parameters it is possible to predict the acceptance of an electronic laboratory notebook before implementation.

Fuentes de información bibliográfica (XIII). Gestores de referencias bibliográficas: particularidades sobre RefWorks y Zotero / Sources of bibliographic information (XIII). Bibliographic reference managers: particularities about RefWorks y Zotero

En el anterior trabajo de la serie Fuentes de información en Pediatría, se presentaron las características básicas y funcionalidades generales de los gestores de referencias bibliográficas. En el presente artículo se pretende ahondar en dos de los gestores más demandados en la actualidad en nuestro país, RefWorks y Zotero, presentando sus capacidades y potencialidades y destacando sus puntos fuertes. Con este trabajo se intentará ofrecer una visión al lector para que adquiera los conocimientos básicos y le sirva de puente para comenzar su andadura en este universo de los gestores bibliográficos(AU)

In the last paper from the series Information Sources in Pediatrics, basic features and general functions of bibliographic reference managers were shown. This paper aims to examine two of the most demanded reference managers at the present in our country, RefWorks and Zotero, showing their abilities, potential, and highlighting their strengths. This work will try to introduce the basic knowledge to the reader in order to star this/her activity in this universe of reference managers(AU)

Data integrity module for data quality assurance within an e-health system in sub-Saharan Africa.

OBJECTIVE: Ensuring good data quality within telemedicine and e-health systems in developing countries is resource intensive. We set out to evaluate an approach where in-built functionality within an electronic record system could identify data quality and integrity problems with little human input. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We developed a robust data integrity module to identify, enumerate, and facilitate correction of errors within an e-health system that is in wide use in sub-Saharan Africa. RESULTS: The data integrity module was successfully implemented within an electronic medical record system in Western Kenya. Queries were set to fail if one of more records did not meet defined criteria for data integrity. Only one of 14 data integrity checks implemented uncovered no errors. The other queries had errors or questionable results ranging from 51 records to 30,301 records. However, as a proportion of all patients and all observation, the identified records with likely data integrity problems only constituted a small percentage of all records (mean 0.96%, range 0-4.1%). Twelve of the 14 queries (86%) were executed in<15 s, with the longest query lasting 2 min and 18 s. CONCLUSION: A tool that allows for automatic data integrity and quality checks was successfully implemented within an e-health system in sub-Saharan Africa. The tool potentially reduces the burden of maintaining data quality by limiting the scale of manual reviews needed to identify electronic records with errors.

[Using information resources management to set up the area of health information: a case analysis]. / Estruturação da área de informação em saúde a partir da gerência de recursos informacionais: análise de experiência.

OBJECTIVE: To report the experience of the City Department of Health in Belo Horizonte (SMSA/BH), state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with the use of information resources management (IRM) to develop a health information system. METHODS: In this case study we reviewed documents describing initiatives in the area of information, the mechanisms used to enable these initiatives, and the results achieved with a management system focused on the implementation of an electronic medical records system in the period from 2003 to 2008. This process is described and analyzed from the perspective of IRM. RESULTS: The system contributed to a change in the health care model, resulting from the electronic integration of 103 basic health units, 9 specialized units, and 503 family health teams, with emphasis on information that was relevant for the family health program. CONCLUSIONS: The following IRM components were effectively implemented as part of the electronic system: creation of a single locus for the areas of information technology and information, potential leveraging of information technology, and establishment of a strategic forum for information-related decision-making. One limitation refers to the use of strategic information for long-term decision-making.

Estruturação da área de informação em saúde a partir da gerência de recursos informacionais: análise de experiência / Using information resources management to set up the area of health information: a case analysis

OBJETIVO: Relatar a experiência da Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Belo Horizonte (SMSA/BH), no Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil, na aplicação dos conceitos da gerência de recursos informacionais (GRI) para o desenvolvimento de um sistema de informação em saúde. MÉTODOS: Neste estudo de caso foram analisados documentos que descrevem as iniciativas na área de informação, seus mecanismos de estruturação e resultados alcançados com um sistema de gestão focado no prontuário eletrônico, no período de 2003 a 2008. Esse processo é descrito e analisado a partir do conceito de GRI. RESULTADOS: O sistema contribuiu para a mudança do modelo assistencial a partir da informatização integrada de 103 unidades básicas de saúde, nove unidades especializadas e 503 equipes de saúde da família, com ênfase nas informações relevantes para o programa saúde da família. CONCLUSÕES: Os seguintes componentes da GRI foram aplicados: estruturação de um locus único para as tecnologias de informação e a área de informação, potencial de alavancagem das tecnologias de informação e fórum estratégico de decisão quanto à informação. A limitação encontrada refere-se à utilização de informação estratégica para a tomada de decisão de longo prazo.

OBJECTIVE: To report the experience of the City Department of Health in Belo Horizonte (SMSA/BH), state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with the use of information resources management (IRM) to develop a health information system. METHODS: In this case study we reviewed documents describing initiatives in the area of information, the mechanisms used to enable these initiatives, and the results achieved with a management system focused on the implementation of an electronic medical records system in the period from 2003 to 2008. This process is described and analyzed from the perspective of IRM. RESULTS: The system contributed to a change in the health care model, resulting from the electronic integration of 103 basic health units, 9 specialized units, and 503 family health teams, with emphasis on information that was relevant for the family health program. CONCLUSIONS: The following IRM components were effectively implemented as part of the electronic system: creation of a single locus for the areas of information technology and information, potential leveraging of information technology, and establishment of a strategic forum for information-related decision-making. One limitation refers to the use of strategic information for long-term decision-making.

Análisis bibliométrico de los proyectos de investigación sobre salud de la provincia Ciego de Ávila en los años 2004 a 2009 / Bibliometric analysis of health research projects in Ciego de Avila province between years 2004 and 2009

En las Universidades, tanto las publicaciones, como las tesis y los proyectos de investigación constituyen la principal fuente de conocimiento explícito que estas proporcionan. En este trabajo se presentan los datos obtenidos del análisis bibliométrico de 53 proyectos correspondientes a los programas ramales del MINSAP y 12 proyectos de los programas territoriales del CITMA aprobados en las convocatorias entre los años 2004 a 2010 con el objetivo de identificar tendencias, brechas y las principales características de los mismos. Se demostró que fue muy inestable la creación de proyectos de investigación tanto en los programas ramales como en el territorial de salud. El mayor número de proyectos para ambos programas se correspondió a la temática de investigaciones en sistemas y servicios de salud, se clasificaron como proyectos de investigación y desarrollo y el principal tipo de diseño de investigación encontrado fue analítico. En ambos tipos de proyectos la categoría docente de los investigadores se corresponde con la pirámide de la Universidad Médica de Ciego de Ávila y la categoría científica de los tutores está de acuerdo al estado de este indicador en la provincia. La mayoría de los proyectos pertenecen a instituciones provinciales del nivel de Atención Secundaria de Salud(AU)

In universities, both publications such as thesis and research projects are the main source of explicit knowledge that they provide. In this paper, it is presented data from the bibliometric analysis of 53 projects corresponding to health public branches program and 12 projects of territorial programs from research centre and environmental technologies approved in calls between years 2004 and 2010 with the aim of identifying trends, gaps and their main characteristics. It showed that it was very unstable building research projects in both Branches program and Territorial health. The largest projects number for both programs corresponded to the theme of research in health systems and services, were classified as research and development projects (R & D) and the main type of research design was found analytically. Publication was not always represented as an output in projects branch programs, but were not in the case of the most territorial programs projects. In both projectseducational category of researchers corresponds to the educational pyramid categories of Ciego de Ávila Medical University and the scientific level of the tutors is according to the status of this indicator in the province. Most of the projects belong to provincial institutions of Secondary Level Care of Health(AU)

Análisis bibliométrico de los proyectos de investigación sobre salud de la provincia Ciego de Ávila en los años 2004 a 2009 / Bibliometric analysis of health research projects in Ciego de Avila province between years 2004 and 2009

En las Universidades, tanto las publicaciones, como las tesis y los proyectos de investigación constituyen la principal fuente de conocimiento explícito que estas proporcionan. En este trabajo se presentan los datos obtenidos del análisis bibliométrico de 53 proyectos correspondientes a los programas ramales del MINSAP y 12 proyectos de los programas territoriales del CITMA aprobados en las convocatorias entre los años 2004 a 2010 con el objetivo de identificar tendencias, brechas y las principales características de los mismos. Se demostró que fue muy inestable la creación de proyectos de investigación tanto en los programas ramales como en el territorial de salud. El mayor número de proyectos para ambos programas se correspondió a la temática de investigaciones en sistemas y servicios de salud, se clasificaron como proyectos de investigación y desarrollo y el principal tipo de diseño de investigación encontrado fue analítico. En ambos tipos de proyectos la categoría docente de los investigadores se corresponde con la pirámide de la Universidad Médica de Ciego de Ávila y la categoría científica de los tutores está de acuerdo al estado de este indicador en la provincia. La mayoría de los proyectos pertenecen a instituciones provinciales del nivel de Atención Secundaria de Salud.

In universities, both publications such as thesis and research projects are the main source of explicit knowledge that they provide. In this paper, it is presented data from the bibliometric analysis of 53 projects corresponding to health public branches program and 12 projects of territorial programs from research centre and environmental technologies approved in calls between years 2004 and 2010 with the aim of identifying trends, gaps and their main characteristics. It showed that it was very unstable building research projects in both Branches program and Territorial health. The largest projects number for both programs corresponded to the theme of research in health systems and services, were classified as research and development projects (R & D) and the main type of research design was found analytically. Publication was not always represented as an output in projects branch programs, but were not in the case of the most territorial programs projects. In both projectseducational category of researchers corresponds to the educational pyramid categories of Ciego de Ávila Medical University and the scientific level of the tutors is according to the status of this indicator in the province. Most of the projects belong to provincial institutions of Secondary Level Care of Health.

Actividades para promover la gestión crítica de la información de Internet aplicadas a estudiantes de farmacia / Activities to promote critical information management over Internet in pharmacy students

Con el fin de promover la adquisición de habilidades y destrezas que permitan al estudiante de Farmaciadesarrollar una actitud activa y crítica frente a la información disponible en Internet, así como saberseleccionar las fuentes de información de Internet adecuadas para su formación, se ha llevado a cabo unproyecto de innovación docente (2008PID-UB/115) cuyo objetivo final es fomentar la gestión crítica de lainformación. Para ello se han diseñado una serie de ejercicios integrados en una actividad basada en casosclínicos, que forma parte de la evaluación continuada de la asignatura de Fisiopatología de la Licenciaturade Farmacia (UB). Se ha evaluado el proyecto a través de las calificaciones obtenidas en las actividades ylas encuestas de opinión de un total de 379 estudiantes. Los resultados evidencian que la mayoría deestudiantes (90%) valoran muy positivamente las actividades planteadas, considerando que favorecen suaprendizaje y formación personal, y les aportan criterios útiles y provechosos para el análisis y selecciónde información biomédica a través de Internet. Por último, cabe destacar que el proyecto planteado hademostrado ser aplicable a un grupo numeroso de estudiantes de Grado y constituye una estrategia válidapara fomentar competencias transversales relacionadas con la gestión de la información, de granrelevancia para el futuro profesional farmacéutico(AU)

It has been carried out an educational innovation project (2008PID-UB/115) whose ultimate goal was topromote critical management information. Its specific objectives were to promote the acquisition of skillsand abilities to allow the student of Pharmacy, on the one hand, to develop active and critical attitudetowards the information available on Internet and, on the other hand, to select the Internet informationsources suitable for their formation. For these purposes, we set up some activities based on a clinical caseas a part of the continuous assessment of the subject of Pathophysiology of the Bachelor of Pharmacy(UB). The project was assessed by the scores on the activities and the opinion surveys of a total of 379students. The results show that most students (90%) highly value the activities planned and they considerthat these kinds of activities promoted their learning and their professional training. The students also statethat the exercises provided them useful and helpful criteria for the analysis and selection of biomedicalinformation over Internet. Finally, it is noteworthy that the proposed project has proved to be applicable toa large group of undergraduate students. Moreover, it is a valid strategy to promote cross-curricularcompetencies related to management of information, which is of great relevance for the future pharmacist(AU)

Information technology resource management in radiation oncology.

The ever-increasing data demands in a radiation oncology (RO) clinic require medical physicists to have a clearer understanding of the information technology (IT) resource management issues. Clear lines of collaboration and communication among administrators, medical physicists, IT staff, equipment service engineers and vendors need to be established. In order to develop a better understanding of the clinical needs and responsibilities of these various groups, an overview of the role of IT in RO is provided. This is followed by a list of IT related tasks and a resource map. The skill set and knowledge required to implement these tasks are described for the various RO professionals. Finally, various models for assessing one's IT resource needs are described. The exposition of ideas in this white paper is intended to be broad, in order to raise the level of awareness of the RO community; the details behind these concepts will not be given here and are best left to future task group reports.