BIBSYS is a cooperation between 90 academic and research libraries in Norway. In 2001 BIBSYS made a report for the Norwegian university libraries concerning the possibility of a radical move from paper based to electronic information resources. In broader terms the question was: what should a digital research library (based on web-access to library services and information resources) contain? A...

Scholars have identified that learning in an authentic environment with quality contextual and procedural supports can engage students in thorough observations and knowledge construction. Moreover, the target is that students are able to experience and make sense of all of the learning activities in the real-world environment with meaningful supports, such that their learning motivation can be ...

Over the past two decades, numerous proposals have been advanced for the establishment of a premium support system for Medicare. Under such a program, beneficiaries would purchase health insurance from one of a number of competing plans, and the federal government would pay part of the cost of the coverage. The various proposals have differed in many respects, including the way in which the fed...

develops web-based decision support for radiology test ordering. He serves on the board for SEAMedical Systems, whichmakes intravenous pump technology. He serves as an advisor to Calgary Scientific, whichmakes technologies that enable mobility within EHRs. He is on the clinical advisory board for Zynx Inc, which develops evidence-based algorithms, and Patient Safety Systems, which provides a se...

Structured Abstract: Purpose – Scalable decision support and business intelligence capabilities are required to effectively secure content over time. This article evaluates a new architecture for scalable decision making and control in preservation environments for its ability to address five key goals: (1) Scalable content profiling, (2) Monitoring of compliance, risks and opportunities, (3) E...

Despite widespread enthusiasm about the potential impact of new investments in comparative effectiveness research, recent history suggests that scientific evidence may be slow to change clinical practice. Reflecting on studies conducted over the past decade, we identify five causes that underlie the failure of many comparative effectiveness studies to alter patient care. These are financial inc...

Given the importance of women's participation and taking advantage of their ability, it is essential that a systematic and strategic plan should be organized in this area. Undoubtedly, planning for the development of the specific associations of rural women can be an effective step to increase their participation in various scenes, and it can also help improve the status and rights of women. Th...

The need to improve the quality of health care has led to a strong demand for clinical protocols and computer systems supporting both their creation and execution. Current approaches in the planning community concentrate on algorithmic improvements, but mostly fail in medical applications. Planning approaches are based on assumptions like deterministic behavior, which do not hold in medical dom...

A brief review of the current research on VINLEN multitask inductive database and decision support system is presented. VINLEN integrates a wide range of knowledge generation operators that given input data and/or knowledge create new knowledge. The central operator of VINLEN is a natural induction module that generates hypotheses from data in the form of attributional rules. Such rules are eas...