The term Big Data is in the centre of many recent discussions in academia and practice. To date, the discussion is, to a large extent, driven by technological concepts and capabilities; however, a holistic understanding of the term is still missing. This panel intends to investigate the consequences and enabling prerequisites of Big Data. Next to economic and social impacts, the panel addresses...

"""THE month of September this year has for panel doctors a peculiar interest. Before the month has run its course the Minister of Health will, it is anticipated, have made up his mind as to the amount of the capitation fee which will be proposed as the rate of the panel doctor's remuneration after the end of the present year. Doctors are refraining from any public discussions on the subject un...

Four representatives of the pacemaker industry served as panel members for a presentation and open discussion of the present state of industrial development of devices. Each panel member made a brief presentation describing his or her own company's approach to antitachycardia pacing. The panelists had been encouraged to provide as much detail about novel features as proprietary considerations w...

A two-day technical workshop was convened November 10-11, 1986, to discuss analytical approaches for determining trace amounts of cotinine in human body fluids resulting from passive exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). The workshop, jointly sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Centers for Disease Control, was attended by scientists with expertise in cotinine anal...

It was our pleasure to review and respond to the Recommendations for Future Efforts in Community Health Promotion: Report of the National Expert Panel on Community Health Promotion (1). Although we cannot speak for all the divisions and programs within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), we both ...

The Panel on Future Directions in Control, Dynamics, and Systems was formed in April 2000 to provide a renewed vision of future challenges and opportunities in the field, along with recommendations to government agencies, universities, and research organizations to ensure continued progress in areas of importance to the industrial and defense base. Its report was released in April 2002 and will...

Background.  Expert panel of physicians and nonphysicians, all expert in intrathecal (IT) therapies, convened in the years 2000 and 2003 to make recommendations for the rational use of IT analgesics based on the preclinical and clinical literature known up to those times, presentations of the expert panel, discussions on current practice and standards, and the result of surveys of physicians us...

ACADEMIC ABSTRACT This research examines the development of consensus when evaluating small business applicant presentations during a second round screening process for Department of Defense related funding. Drawing on literature from decision dilemma research, we examined whether a second round screening process resulted in greater consensus among panel members and to what extent those panel m...

given the unmet needs in cancer treatment, extensive research and development has evolved to offer therapies for cancers to extend survival and minimize side effects. immunotherapy, an approach to harness normal immune cells against cancers not only today’s breakthrough but in fact the future of oncology therapeutics. taking into consideration the recent approvals for new lines of therapy inclu...

We report on the application to the BFG Health Services Market Testing (MT) study of the response to a users' questionnaire and panel discussions to determine in which priority and how services should be provided. The questionnaire served to inform lay and health care panel members on users' views on the relative importance of future health services and the way they will be provided. Based on t...