Biological tests provide information on the medical analysis requested by both the patient and the prescriber. It is a communication link between the prescriber and the laboratory staff. The lack of some information o...Biological tests provide information on the medical analysis requested by both the patient and the prescriber. It is a communication link between the prescriber and the laboratory staff. The lack of some information on request forms not only affects the drafting quality of the test and patient care, but could also make thousands of data produced by healthcare centers unusable. The aim of this study was to assess the drafting quality of request forms submitted to the Malaria and Parasitology Units at the Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire. Methods: It was a descriptive cross-sectional study to assess the drafting quality of request forms of various prescribers received at the Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire. This study was conducted at the Malaria and Parasitology Units, department of Parasitology and Mycology (Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire), from 6<sup>th</sup> December 2020 to 6<sup>th</sup> December 2021. The information on each request forms was recorded on a data collection form designed for this purpose. Each data collection form corresponds to a request forms and each test to a patient. Results: Out of a total of 1990 request forms received, the patient’s age and sex were missing on 18% and 26.8% of the tests respectively. More than half (51.80%) of request forms did not indicate the patient’s place of residence. Clinical information was not provided on 45.90% of the tests. Prescribers omitting their signatures were 51%, stamps were 50.3% and contacts were 71.2%. Only 5.4% of request forms were of good drafting quality. Providing all the required information on the forms could facilitate the use and analysis of data and samples.展开更多
In this paper, we present a novel approach to model user request patterns in the World Wide Web. Instead of focusing on the user traffic for web pages, we capture the user interaction at the object level of the web pa...In this paper, we present a novel approach to model user request patterns in the World Wide Web. Instead of focusing on the user traffic for web pages, we capture the user interaction at the object level of the web pages. Our framework model consists of three sub-models: one for user file access, one for web pages, and one for storage servers. Web pages are assumed to consist of different types and sizes of objects, which are characterized using several categories: articles, media, and mosaics. The model is implemented with a discrete event simulation and then used to investigate the performance of our system over a variety of parameters in our model. Our performance measure of choice is mean response time and by varying the composition of web pages through our categories, we find that our framework model is able to capture a wide range of conditions that serve as a basis for generating a variety of user request patterns. In addition, we are able to establish a set of parameters that can be used as base cases. One of the goals of this research is for the framework model to be general enough that the parameters can be varied such that it can serve as input for investigating other distributed applications that require the generation of user request access patterns.展开更多
为确保数字经济高质量发展,加强移动应用的个人隐私保护至关重要。隐私设置和权限请求设置作为当前移动服务商向用户提供的主要隐私保护技术措施,其有效性受到争议,并未得到用户广泛的使用或采纳,这可能是因为用户无法通过隐私设置选择...为确保数字经济高质量发展,加强移动应用的个人隐私保护至关重要。隐私设置和权限请求设置作为当前移动服务商向用户提供的主要隐私保护技术措施,其有效性受到争议,并未得到用户广泛的使用或采纳,这可能是因为用户无法通过隐私设置选择和控制移动应用收集的个人信息种类、使用目的与共享对象,且权限请求设置操作流程较为复杂。要想切实发挥隐私保护技术的积极效果,其应具备的技术特征不容小觑。本研究从给予用户对个人信息披露的细粒度控制的视角,针对现有隐私设置和权限请求设置提出两种技术特征,即隐私设置可操作性与权限请求设置有效性,并基于信号传递理论,探究这两种技术特征对用户拒绝提供个人信息和提供虚假个人信息意愿(简称“隐私保护行为意愿”)的影响机理。本研究采用基于情景的实验方法,共收集334份有效数据,应用PLS-SEM(partial least squares-structural equation modeling)方法进行实证分析。研究结果发现,本研究提出的两种技术特征对用户的隐私保护行为意愿具有显著的直接负向影响,并通过隐私担忧间接负向影响用户的隐私保护行为意愿;这两种技术特征对用户隐私保护行为意愿具有显著的正向交互作用。本研究丰富和拓展了隐私保护技术设计与用户信息行为研究,并为移动服务商设计有效的隐私保护技术以提升竞争优势提供了启示,从而促进数字经济高质量发展。展开更多
The publisher would like to draw the reader's attention to the following errors.Ethics approval statements were not included in the published version of the following articles that appeared in previous issues of G...The publisher would like to draw the reader's attention to the following errors.Ethics approval statements were not included in the published version of the following articles that appeared in previous issues of Grain&Oil Science and Technology.The authors were contacted after publication to request ethical approval statements for the following articles.展开更多
Amid the landscape of Cloud Computing(CC),the Cloud Datacenter(DC)stands as a conglomerate of physical servers,whose performance can be hindered by bottlenecks within the realm of proliferating CC services.A linchpin ...Amid the landscape of Cloud Computing(CC),the Cloud Datacenter(DC)stands as a conglomerate of physical servers,whose performance can be hindered by bottlenecks within the realm of proliferating CC services.A linchpin in CC’s performance,the Cloud Service Broker(CSB),orchestrates DC selection.Failure to adroitly route user requests with suitable DCs transforms the CSB into a bottleneck,endangering service quality.To tackle this,deploying an efficient CSB policy becomes imperative,optimizing DC selection to meet stringent Qualityof-Service(QoS)demands.Amidst numerous CSB policies,their implementation grapples with challenges like costs and availability.This article undertakes a holistic review of diverse CSB policies,concurrently surveying the predicaments confronted by current policies.The foremost objective is to pinpoint research gaps and remedies to invigorate future policy development.Additionally,it extensively clarifies various DC selection methodologies employed in CC,enriching practitioners and researchers alike.Employing synthetic analysis,the article systematically assesses and compares myriad DC selection techniques.These analytical insights equip decision-makers with a pragmatic framework to discern the apt technique for their needs.In summation,this discourse resoundingly underscores the paramount importance of adept CSB policies in DC selection,highlighting the imperative role of efficient CSB policies in optimizing CC performance.By emphasizing the significance of these policies and their modeling implications,the article contributes to both the general modeling discourse and its practical applications in the CC domain.展开更多
文摘Biological tests provide information on the medical analysis requested by both the patient and the prescriber. It is a communication link between the prescriber and the laboratory staff. The lack of some information on request forms not only affects the drafting quality of the test and patient care, but could also make thousands of data produced by healthcare centers unusable. The aim of this study was to assess the drafting quality of request forms submitted to the Malaria and Parasitology Units at the Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire. Methods: It was a descriptive cross-sectional study to assess the drafting quality of request forms of various prescribers received at the Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire. This study was conducted at the Malaria and Parasitology Units, department of Parasitology and Mycology (Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire), from 6<sup>th</sup> December 2020 to 6<sup>th</sup> December 2021. The information on each request forms was recorded on a data collection form designed for this purpose. Each data collection form corresponds to a request forms and each test to a patient. Results: Out of a total of 1990 request forms received, the patient’s age and sex were missing on 18% and 26.8% of the tests respectively. More than half (51.80%) of request forms did not indicate the patient’s place of residence. Clinical information was not provided on 45.90% of the tests. Prescribers omitting their signatures were 51%, stamps were 50.3% and contacts were 71.2%. Only 5.4% of request forms were of good drafting quality. Providing all the required information on the forms could facilitate the use and analysis of data and samples.
文摘In this paper, we present a novel approach to model user request patterns in the World Wide Web. Instead of focusing on the user traffic for web pages, we capture the user interaction at the object level of the web pages. Our framework model consists of three sub-models: one for user file access, one for web pages, and one for storage servers. Web pages are assumed to consist of different types and sizes of objects, which are characterized using several categories: articles, media, and mosaics. The model is implemented with a discrete event simulation and then used to investigate the performance of our system over a variety of parameters in our model. Our performance measure of choice is mean response time and by varying the composition of web pages through our categories, we find that our framework model is able to capture a wide range of conditions that serve as a basis for generating a variety of user request patterns. In addition, we are able to establish a set of parameters that can be used as base cases. One of the goals of this research is for the framework model to be general enough that the parameters can be varied such that it can serve as input for investigating other distributed applications that require the generation of user request access patterns.
文摘为确保数字经济高质量发展,加强移动应用的个人隐私保护至关重要。隐私设置和权限请求设置作为当前移动服务商向用户提供的主要隐私保护技术措施,其有效性受到争议,并未得到用户广泛的使用或采纳,这可能是因为用户无法通过隐私设置选择和控制移动应用收集的个人信息种类、使用目的与共享对象,且权限请求设置操作流程较为复杂。要想切实发挥隐私保护技术的积极效果,其应具备的技术特征不容小觑。本研究从给予用户对个人信息披露的细粒度控制的视角,针对现有隐私设置和权限请求设置提出两种技术特征,即隐私设置可操作性与权限请求设置有效性,并基于信号传递理论,探究这两种技术特征对用户拒绝提供个人信息和提供虚假个人信息意愿(简称“隐私保护行为意愿”)的影响机理。本研究采用基于情景的实验方法,共收集334份有效数据,应用PLS-SEM(partial least squares-structural equation modeling)方法进行实证分析。研究结果发现,本研究提出的两种技术特征对用户的隐私保护行为意愿具有显著的直接负向影响,并通过隐私担忧间接负向影响用户的隐私保护行为意愿;这两种技术特征对用户隐私保护行为意愿具有显著的正向交互作用。本研究丰富和拓展了隐私保护技术设计与用户信息行为研究,并为移动服务商设计有效的隐私保护技术以提升竞争优势提供了启示,从而促进数字经济高质量发展。
文摘The publisher would like to draw the reader's attention to the following errors.Ethics approval statements were not included in the published version of the following articles that appeared in previous issues of Grain&Oil Science and Technology.The authors were contacted after publication to request ethical approval statements for the following articles.
文摘Amid the landscape of Cloud Computing(CC),the Cloud Datacenter(DC)stands as a conglomerate of physical servers,whose performance can be hindered by bottlenecks within the realm of proliferating CC services.A linchpin in CC’s performance,the Cloud Service Broker(CSB),orchestrates DC selection.Failure to adroitly route user requests with suitable DCs transforms the CSB into a bottleneck,endangering service quality.To tackle this,deploying an efficient CSB policy becomes imperative,optimizing DC selection to meet stringent Qualityof-Service(QoS)demands.Amidst numerous CSB policies,their implementation grapples with challenges like costs and availability.This article undertakes a holistic review of diverse CSB policies,concurrently surveying the predicaments confronted by current policies.The foremost objective is to pinpoint research gaps and remedies to invigorate future policy development.Additionally,it extensively clarifies various DC selection methodologies employed in CC,enriching practitioners and researchers alike.Employing synthetic analysis,the article systematically assesses and compares myriad DC selection techniques.These analytical insights equip decision-makers with a pragmatic framework to discern the apt technique for their needs.In summation,this discourse resoundingly underscores the paramount importance of adept CSB policies in DC selection,highlighting the imperative role of efficient CSB policies in optimizing CC performance.By emphasizing the significance of these policies and their modeling implications,the article contributes to both the general modeling discourse and its practical applications in the CC domain.
