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Social networks : the future for health care delivery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
With the rapid growth of online social networking for health, health care systems are experiencing an inescapable increase in complexity. This is not necessarily a drawback; self-organising, adaptive networks could become central to future health care ...
Boardman, Felicity K.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Opportunistic Social Networks for Academia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper begins by describing the behavioural shift in online interactivity and how it has empowered the growth of online social networks and emergent forms of social awareness.
Tiropanis, Thanassis   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Looking For The Identity Of Information Science In The Age Of Big Data, Computing Clouds And Social Networks

open access: yes, 2015
In this paper we discuss, under a critical point of view, the current Information Science landscape and some future prospects regarding contemporary information phenomena. We present thoughts about the process of thematic deflation of Information Science, through the analysis of the research objects currently under development in this field.
Mauricio Barcellos Almeida   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Big and broad social data and the sociological imagination : A collaborative response [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
We wish to thank the UK Economic and Social Research Council (grant numbers ES/K008013/1 and ES/J009903/1), the National Centre for Research Methods, the Digital Social Research programme and the UK Joint Information Systems Committee (Digital ...
Luke Sloan   +26 more
core   +1 more source

Reliable online social network data collection

open access: yes, 2012
Large quantities of information are shared through online social networks, making them attractive sources of data for social network research. When studying the usage of online social networks, these data may not describe properly users’ behaviours.
Parris, Iain   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Diffusion of Latent Semantic Analysis as a Research Tool: A Social Network Analysis Approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) is a relatively new research tool with a wide range of applications in different fields ranging from discourse analysis to cognitive science, from information retrieval to machine learning and so on. In this paper, we chart
Darvish, Hamid   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The role of social networks in students’ learning experiences

open access: yes, 2007
The aim of this research is to investigate the role of social networks in computer science education. The Internet shows great potential for enhancing collaboration between people and the role of social software has become increasingly relevant in recent
Liccardi, Ilaria   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Privacy-enhanced social network routing in opportunistic networks

open access: yes, 2010
Opportunistic networking-forwarding messages in a disconnected mobile ad hoc network via any encountered nodes-offers a new mechanism for exploiting the mobile devices that many users already carry.
Bigwood, Gregory John   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Bootstrapping opportunistic networks using social roles

open access: yes, 2011
Opportunistic routing protocols can enable message delivery in disconnected networks of mobile devices. To conserve energy in mobile environments, such routing protocols must minimise unnecessary message-forwarding.
Greg Bigwood   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Carcinomas and Carcinoid Tumors of the Lungs and Bronchi in Children and Adolescents: The EXPeRT Recommendations

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary lung carcinomas and bronchial carcinoid tumors (BC) are very rare malignancies in childhood. While typical BC and mucoepidermoid carcinomas are mostly low‐grade, localized tumors with a more favorable prognosis than in adults, necessitating avoidance of overtreatment, adenocarcinomas of the lung are often diagnosed at advanced disease ...
Michael Abele   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

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