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Building community networks and engagement for effective TB case management [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global public health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Effective TB case management requires comprehensive strategies that extend beyond clinical treatment and involve community ...
Augustine Kumah, Augustine Kumah
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Tramas solidarias para sostener la vida frente a la COVID-19. Ollas y merenderos populares en Uruguay

Revista de Estudios Sociales, 2021
As a solidarity response to the food crisis, 700 soup kitchens and picnic areas were created by various community networks in different parts of Uruguay in 2020.
Anabel Rieiro, Diego Castro, Daniel Pena, Rocío Veas, Camilo Zino   +4 more
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OPEN ACCESS, RESEARCH COMMUNITIES, AND A DEFENSE AGAINST PREDATORY JOURNALS

Central Asian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ethics, 2021
In this opinion article, the author describes his experiences of naming, listing, and analyzing predatory journals. The gold open-access model has led to the creation of many predatory journals that exist only to exploit researchers.
Jeffrey Beall
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Fairness-Aware Link Optimization for Space-Terrestrial Integrated Networks: A Reinforcement Learning Framework

IEEE Access, 2021
The integration of space and air components considering satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into terrestrial networks in a space-terrestrial integrated network (STIN) has been envisioned as a promising solution to enhancing the terrestrial ...
Atefeh Hajijamali Arani, Peng Hu, Yeying Zhu   +2 more
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Community Internet of Things as Mobile Infrastructure: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities

Media and Communication, 2022
From smart devices to homes to cities, Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have become embedded within everyday objects on a global scale. We understand IoT technologies as a form of infrastructure that bridges the gaps between offline spaces and ...
Chelsea P. Butkowski, Ngai Keung Chan, Lee Humphreys   +2 more
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A system of networks and continuing education for physical therapists in rheumatology: a feasibility study

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2004
Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of regional physical therapy networks including continuing education in rheumatology. The aim of these networks was to improve care provided by primary care physical therapists by improving specific knowledge ...
J. Verhoef, F.G.J. Oosterveld, R. Hoekman, M. Munneke, D.C.G. Boonman, M. Bakker, W. Otten, J.J. Rasker, H.M. de Vries-vander Zwan, T.P.M. Vliet Vlieland   +9 more
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Clinical supervision of the nurse in the community to promote quality of care provided by the caregiver

Millenium, 2022
Introduction: Caregivers do not usually have the knowledge and skills to provide care. Nurses have a decisive role in the quality of care and people's health outcomes.
Márcia Coelho, Inês Esteves, Mauro Mota, Márcia Pestana-Santos, Margarida Reis Santos, Regina Pires   +5 more
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Delivery and Prioritization of Surgical Care in Canada During COVID-19: An Environmental Scan [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2023
Background  During COVID-19 healthcare systems had to make concessions to make room for the surge of COVID-19 patients requiring hospital and intensive care.
Seremi Ibadin, Mary Brindle, Tracy Wasylak, Jill Robert, Stacey Litvinchuk, Khara M. Sauro   +5 more
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A Smart Cities LoRaWAN Network Based on Autonomous Base Stations (BS) for Some Countries with Limited Internet Access

Future Internet, 2019
An increasing number of implementations of IoT for development use the LoRaWAN protocol as many of them leverage the free network and application servers provided by The Things Networks (TTN) to fulfill their needs.
Pape Abdoulaye Barro, Marco Zennaro, Jules Degila, Ermanno Pietrosemoli   +3 more
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A Community Network Ontology for Participatory Collaboration Mapping: Towards Collective Impact

Information, 2018
Addressing societal wicked problems requires collaboration across many different community networks. In order for community networks to scale up their collaboration and increase their collective impact, they require a process of inter-communal ...
Aldo de Moor
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