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PubMed1999

The use of multimedia in the Childwatch International research network.

The article describes the background and the activities in the Childwatch International research network in using electronic communication. The network has a core of 30 institutions world-wide that work together to establish Childwatch International as a tool for international cooperation and for mutual support in capacity enhancing within child research. One of the main objectives of Childwatch is to develop overviews of the activities of central research institutions within child research and to facilitate the flow of information between the institutions. The information strategy of Childwatch has explicitly aimed at taking advantage of the opportunities represented by modern electronic communication technology. Childwatch launched the idea of establishing Children's House in Cyberspace. Which is an electronic meeting place for those working for and with children at the professional level, whether within research, programming, planning, advocacy, legislation or policy-making.

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PubMed1999

Virtual reality--current multimedia--the world of virtual reality for children.

Some people go as far to say that the invention of virtual technology is comparable to Columbus' discovery of the American continent. Nowadays, computers are regarded as essential tools for children to explore their new world. It will be interesting to observe and guide the growth of these children who have entered into such a world filled with many possibilities.

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PubMed2000

Utilising multimedia for training merchant mariners as paramedics.

MERMAID is a telemedicine project with global reach and a 24-hour, multilingual capability. It aspires to provide a model for the provision of health care services based on the electronic transmission of medical information, via ISDN based videoconferencing. This model is not limited to medical diagnostics but it encompasses all cases where the actual delivery of health care services involves a patient who is not located where the provider is. Its implementation requires the commissioning of an expensive telecommunications infrastructure and the exploration of a number of solutions. In fact, all categories of telemedical applications are considered while the full range of network choices is explored in terms of the cost/performance tradeoffs inherent to them and the developmental stage each of these options occupies in its life cycle. MERMAID utilises advanced land based line transmission technologies to aid the remote patient by making available the specialty care best suited to each particular case. Finally, the development of programme modules for training and education of the seafarers in the use of the MERMAID medical communications system is given top priority as such modules constitute the firmest basis for the promotion of proper practice of telemedicine at sea.

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PubMed2000

[Post-Doc (post-graduate training for medical doctors in Europe). The use of the Internet in the continuing education of general practice physicians: a European project of multimedia continuing medical education. The University of Aachen, Maastricht, Catholic University Leuven and the Central University Limburg (Diepenbeek) and EUREGIONET].

The continuing formation of the General Practitioners (GP) must stay in stride with the rapid evolution of society, technology, science and needs of the population. The Web allows on-line a rapid access to a pertinent and practical information whenever needed. PostDoc is a joint venture of the Universities of Aachen, Maastricht, Leuven and Diepenbeek. The Department of general medicine is associated with the Service of Technology of Education in this project. The interactivity of an Internet Website introduces a cooperative dimension in the work of the GP's centred on formation and discussion of problems encountered. This tool allows each GP to contribute to clinical cases and information.

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PubMed2001

Testing a multimedia compartmental model with monitoring data.

Based on its geographic similarity and nested structure, a chemical transport and transformation model developed in The Netherlands was adopted to a nine-parish, 5,400-km2 area in southern Louisiana, USA, and tested for its ability to predict concentrations in the environment. SimpleBox 2.0 represents a class of models that compartmentalize the air, water, soil, sediment, and plants into boxes while maintaining a high degree of detail for processes within and between boxes. Past use has been in the evaluative mode, primarily where qualitative predictions of chemical behavior and distribution are made. Limited testing of model-predicted versus measured concentrations have been attempted. In recent years, quality and quantity of emission and monitoring data have improved dramatically. Such information was used in calibration and validation exercises with eight chemicals in the Louisiana chemical corridor, which receives inputs from urban, industrial, and agricultural sources. Geographically, the corridor was nested within the state of Louisiana, which was in turn nested within the continental United States. Parameter sensitivity studies, including transport coefficients, temperature, and degradation half-life revealed that the latter produces the largest range of variation in predicted concentrations. Published half-life data were used with benzene, vinyl chloride, 1,1,1-trichloethane, and atrazine in a calibration phase with 1995 monitoring data at steady state; this allowed selection of the appropriate emission database. A validation exercise was performed with toluene, styrene, trichloroethylene, and metribuzin. Predictions were compared to average measured concentrations. Atrazine and metribuzin reside primarily in the water; the others reside in the air. The predicted concentrations for benzene, metribuzin, and trichloroethylene were low by a factor of less than two. Vinylchloride, toluene, and 1,1,1-trichloroethane were low by factors between 3 and 10. Styrene and atrazine were low by factors of 45 and 65, respectively.

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PubMed2002

[Evaluation of computer-aided learning illustrated by the multimedia program, "Hereditary diseases of the dog--joints, bones, musculature"].

Results are presented on the evaluation of the interactive tutorial and information system "Hereditary diseases of the dog-joints, bones, musculature" which was developed at the Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics and the Clinic for Small Animals at the School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, aiming to improve the problem consciousness for the genetic background of most diseases of the musculoskeletal system of the dog. It addresses veterinarians, students of veterinary medicine and also dog breeders and owners. The programme offers extensive basic information about all known hereditary diseases of the joints, bones and muscles of the dog and gives also information on symptoms, diagnosis, therapy, distribution and genetics of the diseases. The user can apply it as a reference book, as a tutorial to complete or control his knowledge or to gain a fast overview of the up-to-date knowledge. The tutorial was evaluated by students in the second and third academic year, veterinary surgeons and dog breeders. Computer assisted learning was judged as very positive by all test persons. The programme received from all test persons an average score of 2.11 +/- 0.77 on a scale from 1 (very good) to 5 (unsatisfactory). The results show that computer-aided learning can be an effective and stimulating substitution to traditional learning and learning materials.

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PubMed2002

Quality of life assessment software for computer-inexperienced older adults: multimedia utility elicitation for activities of daily living.

Functional status as measured by dependencies in the Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) is an important indicator of overall health for older adults. Methodologies for outcomes-based medical-decision-making for public policy, such as decision modeling and cost-effectiveness analysis, require utilities for outcome health states. Utilities have been reported for many disease states, but have not been indexed by functional status, which is a strong predictor of outcome in geriatrics. We describe here a utility elicitation program developed specifically for use with computer-inexperienced older adults: Functional Limitation And Independence Rating (FLAIR1). FLAIR1 design features address common physical problems of the aged and computer attitudes of inexperienced users that could impede computer acceptance. We interviewed 400 adults ages 65 years and older with FLAIR1. In exit interviews with 154 respondents, 118 (76%) found FLAIR1 easy to use. Design features in FLAIR1 can be applied to other software for older adults

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