Model Data Interoperability for the United States Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard P. Signell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Model Data ◽  
Data Interoperability ◽  
Ocean Observing

Establishing an Integrated Ocean Observing System for the United States

2003 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric J. Lindstrom
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Operations Planning ◽  
System A ◽  
Comprehensive Data ◽  
Multiple Uses ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Ocean Observing

The Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) is a developing concept to provide the United States with a comprehensive ocean observing capability for multiple uses. Notable features of the IOOS are its basis in sound science, global and coastal components for the observing system, a priority on a comprehensive data and information management strategy, and commitment to the process of transitioning new capabilities from research to operations. Planning for the system is being coordinated by the Ocean. US Office (http://www.ocean.us).

scholarly journals HIPAA, HIPAA, Hooray?: Current Challenges and Initiatives in Health Informatics in the United States

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. BII.S2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjaya Joshi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Health Information Technology ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Complex Data ◽  
Data Interoperability

A review of the current challenges, trends and initiatives around the various regulations as related to Health Informatics in the United States is presented. A summary of the functions in a workflow-based approach organized into the process and compliance for HIPAA, secure email and fax communications interfaces, e-prescriptions and patient safety and the health information technology savings claims versus costs follows: • HIPAA compliance is complex; data interoperability and integration remains difficult. • Email and faxing is possible with current over-the-shelf technologies within the purview of the HIPAA Security and Privacy rule. • Integration of e-prescribing and NPI data is an area where health informatics can make a real difference. • Medical errors remain high. • There are no real savings yet from the usage of health information technologies; the costs for implementation remain high, and the business model has not evolved to meet the needs. • Health Information Technology (Health IT) projects continue to have a significant failure rate; Open Source technologies are a viable alternative both for cost reduction and scalability. A discussion on the macro view of health informatics is also presented within the context of healthcare models and a comparison of the U.S. system against other countries.

Contributions of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System to National and Regional Coastal Hazards and Resources Information, Tools, and Services

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
Chris E. Ostrander ◽  
Harvey Seim ◽  
Elizabeth Smith ◽  
Ben Studer ◽  
Audra Luscher-Aissauoi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Coastal Zone ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The United States ◽  
Coastal Hazards ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
Ocean Observing ◽  
The U.S

AbstractA changing climate, coupled with increasing development and population growth within the coastal margins of the United States, presents a growing threat to coastal populations, ecosystems, and infrastructure associated with chronic and catastrophic coastal hazards and a growing reliance on coastal resources. The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) provides a unique capability to observe the coastal and open ocean waters of the United States and provide value-added, customized data tools, products, and services to inform decision making related to coastal hazards and resources management, assessment, and risk by individuals, resource managers, policy makers, and local agencies. Increasingly, the partnership of IOOS Regional Associations with the U.S. IOOS Program Office has the capacity to provide critical observational and scientific information needed to inform coastal planning and management efforts related to some of the most pressing problems facing our coastal zone: namely, impacts of a changing climate on coastal communities and ecosystems, sea level rise, and the competing and oftentimes conflicting uses of our coastal zone that necessitate integrated Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning. Discussed herein are three examples of regional IOOS capacity to provide information related to beach safety, coastal inundation, and marine spatial planning.

Correlative microscopy in distrubuted (client/server) computing environments: tools for catalyzing the rapid dissemination of information about the cell biology of the human prostate

1995 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 682-683
Author(s):  
A. Hakam ◽  
J.T. Gau ◽  
M.L. Grove ◽  
B.A. Evans ◽  
M. Shuman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
Tissue Bank ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prostate Adenocarcinoma ◽  
Correlative Microscopy ◽  
Client Server ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Transplant Organ

Prostate adenocarcinoma is the most common malignant tumor of men in the United States and is the third leading cause of death in men. Despite attempts at early detection, there will be 244,000 new cases and 44,000 deaths from the disease in the United States in 1995. Therapeutic progress against this disease is hindered by an incomplete understanding of prostate epithelial cell biology, the availability of human tissues for in vitro experimentation, slow dissemination of information between prostate cancer research teams and the increasing pressure to “ stretch” research dollars at the same time staff reductions are occurring.To meet these challenges, we have used the correlative microscopy (CM) and client/server (C/S) computing to increase productivity while decreasing costs. Critical elements of our program are as follows:1) Establishing the Western Pennsylvania Genitourinary (GU) Tissue Bank which includes >100 prostates from patients with prostate adenocarcinoma as well as >20 normal prostates from transplant organ donors.

Digital image acquisition, processing, and analysis in a polymer microscopy laboratory

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 454-455
Author(s):  
Vinod K. Berry ◽  
Xiao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Image Analysis ◽  
Digital Image ◽  
Image Acquisition ◽  
Image Transmission ◽  
The United States ◽  
Quantitative Image Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Image

In recent years it became apparent that we needed to improve productivity and efficiency in the Microscopy Laboratories in GE Plastics. It was realized that digital image acquisition, archiving, processing, analysis, and transmission over a network would be the best way to achieve this goal. Also, the capabilities of quantitative image analysis, image transmission etc. available with this approach would help us to increase our efficiency. Although the advantages of digital image acquisition, processing, archiving, etc. have been described and are being practiced in many SEM, laboratories, they have not been generally applied in microscopy laboratories (TEM, Optical, SEM and others) and impact on increased productivity has not been yet exploited as well.In order to attain our objective we have acquired a SEMICAPS imaging workstation for each of the GE Plastic sites in the United States. We have integrated the workstation with the microscopes and their peripherals as shown in Figure 1.

Silence of the Land: On the Historical Irrelevance of Territory to Congressional Districting and Political Representation in the United States

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 53-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Rehfeld
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Representative Government ◽  
Congressional District ◽  
Congressional Districts ◽  
Communities Of Interest

Every ten years, the United States “constructs” itself politically. On a decennial basis, U.S. Congressional districts are quite literally drawn, physically constructing political representation in the House of Representatives on the basis of where one lives. Why does the United States do it this way? What justifies domicile as the sole criteria of constituency construction? These are the questions raised in this article. Contrary to many contemporary understandings of representation at the founding, I argue that there were no principled reasons for using domicile as the method of organizing for political representation. Even in 1787, the Congressional district was expected to be far too large to map onto existing communities of interest. Instead, territory should be understood as forming a habit of mind for the founders, even while it was necessary to achieve other democratic aims of representative government.

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