Patient Roles in Engagement-Capable Environments: Multiple Perspectives

Aggregation from Multiple Perspectives by Roles

Lars Kirkegaard B kdal Bent Bruun Kristensen The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute for Production Technology University of Southern Denmark/Odense University, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark e-mail: flkb, [email protected] Abstract A whole is aggregated from parts, where a part can be aggregated itself or be atomic. The structure forms an aggregation (or part-whole) hierarchy. The whole can be...

P140: The Roles of Micro RNA in Multiple Sclerosis Disease

As one of the most common neurological disabilities in young adults, Multiple sclerosis (MS) has characteristics of inflammation, demyelination, neuro-axonal damage, and progressive prolonged disability. The disease is clinically divided into three general categories according to response to treatment: Relapsing-Remitting MS (RRMS), Primary Progressive MS (PPMS) and Secondary Progressive MS (SP...

Listening Engagement: Intersecting Theoretical Perspectives

In this chapter Wolvin reviews some of the principal research and theory in listening in order to provide a foundation for building listening theory. Recognizing that a great deal of work has been done in the study of listening, he proposes that this work can be characterized from physiological, psychological, sociological, and communicative perspectives which frame an engagement theory of list...

Managerial perspectives on employee engagement

Background Senior management and leadership are believed to be responsible for the employment of such initiatives and their own level of engagement appears to have a strong impact on the levels of employees’ engagement, theory suggests. This qualitative research explores the perceived levels, drivers and benefits, as well as the levels of managerial engagement at Organisation A, a leading suppo...

Editorial: Consumer Engagement in Health and Well-being: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives in Patient Centered Medicine