iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my labmates, advisor, and other members of the EAS faculty for providing me with direction and encouragement. Special thanks go to the wonderful people at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography the crew members of the R/V Savannah for the support and fun times.

Mismatches are incongruencies between programmatic policies and working practices that engender counter-productive dynamics or outcomes relative to aspirations. The present article addresses electronic monitoring programs for domestic violence/intimate partner violence, examining how mismatches may emerge during their implementation later. Electronic aim surveil deter defendants facing violence...

OBJECTIVE To formulate a model for translating manual infection control surveillance methods to automated, algorithmic approaches. DESIGN We propose a model for creating electronic surveillance algorithms by translating existing manual surveillance practices into automated electronic methods. Our model suggests that three dimensions of expert knowledge be consulted: clinical, surveillance, an...

the subject under investigation has been electronic learning (e-learning) or electronic education (e-education), specifically concentrating on virtual university. virtual university has been the subject of much debate in recent years. in short, the concept of virtual university denotes a learning/educational system/environment based on internet where higher education is promoted using tools and...

Syndromic surveillance systems that incorporate electronic free-text data have primarily focused on extracting concepts of interest from chief complaint text, emergency department visit notes, and nurse triage notes. Due to availability and access, there has been limited work in the area of surveilling the full text of all electronic note documents compared with more specific document sources. ...

This paper offers an introduction to ethical theory concerning new surveillance. Since research in this field has been scarce so far, the purpose of this study is to focus on the foundational work, and to articulate questions and projects for further work. Moreover, the ethical approach known as the “deontological perspective” is studied, because opponents of surveillance often find their argum...

context this literature review mostly emphasizes on the challenges and barriers for acceptance and implementation of electronic health records (ehrs) in developing countries. although the willingness of developing countries for acceptance and implementation of ehrs is rising, they will face some challenges and barriers which can slow down their progress due to the multidisciplinary and complexi...