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Citizen Participation and the Rise of Digital Media Platforms in Smart Governance and Smart Cities

International Journal of E-Planning Research, 2019
Many governments and firms do believe that technology can supplant governance and human responsibility. This belief poses the question of who will really benefit from smart cities.
Olga Gil, María E. Cortés-Cediel, Iván Cantador   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar, Denise M. Connolly, Ellen Kellington, Elyse Zelunka, Karla Kerrigan, Furqan Shaikh, Paul C. Nathan, Meredith S. Irwin, Sarah Cohen‐Gogo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Focus on Citizens: Public Engagement with Online and Face-to-Face Participation—A Case Study

Future Internet, 2012
The main objective of this paper is to focus on how an integrated system based on Information Communication Technology (ICT) and face-to-face communication can increase participation in order to have a positive effect on quality of life, plans and ...
Chiara Garau
doaj   +1 more source

Preventing cervical cancer using HPV self-sampling: direct mailing of test-kits increases screening participation more than timely opt-in procedures - a randomized controlled trial

BMC Cancer, 2018
BackgroundCervical cancer screening participation remains insufficient in most countries. Our aim was to evaluate whether offering a HPV self-sampling kit, either mailed directly to the woman’s home or using timely opt-in procedures for ordering the kit,
Mette Tranberg, B. Bech, Jan Blaakær, J. Jensen, H. Svanholm, B. Andersen   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma share a complex relationship. Although estimates vary, asthma prevalence in children with SCD is believed to be comparable to or higher than the general population. Determining whether SCD confers an increased risk for asthma remains challenging due to overlapping symptoms and the ...
Suhei C. Zuleta De Bernardis, Okeleji Olayinka, Mariam Z. Quraishi, Lakshmi V. Srivaths, Deborah L. Brown, Neethu M. Menon, Ricardo A. Mosquera, Ashwin P. Patel, James M. Stark, Aravind Yadav   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Best Practices of the Social Innovations in the Framework of the E-Government Evolution [PDF]

Amfiteatru Economic, 2020
The social innovations have been together with the advanced technology in the 21st century, taking an essential role in social structures and their informatization processes.
Vasja Roblek, Mirjana Pejić Bach, Maja Meško, Tine Bertoncel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harnessing Virtual Reality for e-Participation [PDF]

Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, 2019
The mainstream text-based e-Participation employing blogs, forums, chats and social media enables mass communication and is easy to use and content generated is machine-processable. Nevertheless, the literature points to inherent, significant lack of expressivity in text-based solutions that leads to often distorted or biased communication and ...
Ojo, Adegboyega, Lukasz, Porwol
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Pazopanib Combined With Vincristine and Irinotecan in Relapsed Wilms Tumor: Encouraging Outcomes in a Heavily Pretreated Pediatric Cohort

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background While Wilms tumor (WT) typically has a favorable prognosis, relapsed cases—especially those with high‐risk histology—remain therapeutically challenging after intensive frontline therapy. The combination of vincristine and irinotecan has demonstrated activity in pediatric solid tumors, and pazopanib, a multi‐targeted tyrosine kinase ...
Maria Debora De Pasquale, Alessandro Crocoli, Giuseppe Maria Milano, Pierluigi Di Paolo, Francesca Diomedi Camassei, Ida Russo, Annalisa Serra   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

E2 Participation: Electronically Empowering Citizens for Social Innovation through Agreement Technologies [PDF]

, 2016
Following the open government trend and based on its three principles - collaboration, transparency and participation; participation initiatives are been conducted by many governments around the world.
Chesñevar, Carlos I., Estevez, Elsa, Maguitman, Ana G., Osman, Nardine, Sierra, Carles   +4 more
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E-Participation: Social Capital and the Internet [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
Studies in the social capital literature have documented two stylised facts: first, a decline in measures of social participation has occurred in many OECD countries. Second, and more recently, the success of social networking sites (SNSs) has resulted in a steep rise in online social participation. Our study adds to this body of research by conducting
Sabatini, Fabio, Sarracino, Francesco
openaire   +4 more sources