BACKGROUND Entering data onto paper-based forms, then digitizing them, is a traditional data-management method that might result in poor data quality, especially when the secondary data are incomplete, illegible, or missing. Transcription errors from source documents to case report forms (CRFs) are common, and subsequently the errors pass from the CRFs to the electronic database. OBJECTIVE Th...

................................................................................................................................... 1 A. BACKGROUND: HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM SUCCESS AND FAILURE .............................. 2 A1. Understanding HCIS Success and Failure .......................................................................... 3 B. DIMENSIONS OF CHANGE: CONCEPTION—REALITY ...

The implementation of voice dialogs enables the realization of some of the aims of modern Human Computer Interaction (HCI) services more successfully and efficiently. Sadly the multimodal Lithuanian HCIs carried by the most natural form of communication-speech are still in the prototype stage and no services are provided to end user at the time of writing. This paper describes an experimental e...

This article points out that while quality objectives such as testability and reusability have been widely investigated and disseminated for modeling and simulation (M&S) software, there are few systematic studies on the assessment of the ergonomics of the Human-Computer Interfaces (HCIs) for M&S software and environments. This article presents 21 quality principles for the HCIs for M&S softwar...

................................................................................................................................... 1 A. BACKGROUND: HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM SUCCESS AND FAILURE .............................. 2 A1. Understanding HCIS Success and Failure .......................................................................... 3 B. DIMENSIONS OF CHANGE: CONCEPTION—REALITY ...

We present an approach to collaborative Web based modeling using functionally defined shapes specified in the high level language HyperFun. The EmpiricalHyperFun shape modeling system based on Empirical Modeling principles provides users with an unusual degree of mutual interaction through the Web. 2 INTRODUCTION The growing number of applications facilitates the importance of methods and softw...

In-trap preparation of highly charged ions (HCIs) for precision mass measurements by cooling in a strongly coupled plasma of laser-cooled 24Mg+ ions is investigated by molecular dynamics simulations. For HCIs electrostatically decelerated below 1 eV the simulation suggests stopping times of a few 10 s for high charge states (QHCI = 40, AHCI = 100). The deposited energy is found to be distribute...

In this chapter, alternative communication and device control channels, which are helpful for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, are introduced. In this context, human computer interactions (HCIs) will be discussed in three respects; electrical brain activities, eye movements and hemoglobin level in the blood. With technological advances, fighting or minimization side effects of the ...

We apply the classical over-the-barrier (COB) model to charge transfer between highly charged ions (HCIs) and targets consisting of thin dielectric films on metals. Distances for the onset of classically allowed above-surface electron capture are obtained as a function of HCI charge state, film thickness, film permittivity, and film-metal electron binding energies. The model describes the cross...