PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN FRAILTY NETWORK WORKSHOP: IDENTIFYING BIOMARKERS OF FRAILTY TO SUPPORT FRAILTY RISK ASSESSMENT, DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS. TORONTO, JANUARY 15, 2018

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
J. Muscedere ◽  
P.M. Kim ◽  
J. Afilalo ◽  
C. Balion ◽  
V.E. Baracos5 ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Samples ◽  
Data Access ◽  
The United States ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Afternoon Session ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Diagnosis And Prognosis ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada ◽  
Biomarker Research

The Canadian Frailty Network (CFN), a pan-Canadian not-for-profit organization funded by the Government of Canada through the Networks of Centres of Excellence Program, is dedicated to improving the care of older Canadians living with frailty. The CFN has partnered with the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) to measure potential frailty biomarkers in biological samples (whole blood, plasma, urine) collected in over 30,000 CLSA participants. CFN hosted a workshop in Toronto on January 15 2018, bringing together experts in the field of biomarkers, aging and frailty. The overall objectives of the workshop were to start building a consensus on potential frailty biomarker domains and identify specific frailty biomarkers to be measured in the CLSA biological samples. The workshop was structured with presentations in the morning to frame the discussions for the afternoon session, which was organized as a free-flowing discussion to benefit from the expertise of the participants. Participants and speakers were from Canada, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States. Herein we provide pertinent background information, a summary of all the presentations with key figures and tables, and the distillation of the discussions. In addition, moving forward, the principles CFN will use to approach frailty biomarker research and development are outlined. Findings from the workshop are helping CFN and CLSA plan and conduct the analysis of biomarkers in the CLSA samples and which will inform a follow-up data access competition.

A Secure Wireless Data Access Service for the Government of Canada

2007 ◽  
pp. 318-338
Author(s):  
Howie Macumber ◽  
Bing Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Data Access ◽  
Spectrum Management ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Wireless Data ◽  
Ieee 802.11B ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Access Service ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada ◽  
Technological Perspective

This chapter examines work conducted by Public Works and Government Services Canada, a department of the Government of Canada (GoC), to assess the potential for a Secure Wireless Data Access Service (SWDAS) that is envisaged to be provided as a common service to departments and agencies of the GoC. The main focus of the work has been on Wi-Fi, especially the IEEE 802.11b standard, and its application. Areas examined include technology, security, spectrum management, user surveys, applications, business, ?nance, service trial, future trends, and recommendations for the implementation of Wi-Fi in government. It is demonstrated that the application of Wi-Fi technology in the GoC would be bene?cial for the government workforce from both a ?nancial and a technological perspective.

Music and the American Radio

Tempo ◽  
1947 ◽  
pp. 10-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. W. Heinsheimer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal Communications Commission ◽  
The State ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
For Profit ◽  
The Government ◽  
Privately Owned

Broadcasting in the United States is a business—and a very big one. Radio stations are privately owned and are operated for profit. Broadcasting is just as much a business as is running a theatre on Br adway or making a picture in Hollywood. The state and the government have nothing to do with it. To be sure, the Federal Communications Commission in Washington lays down certain rules of operations, and controls and allots wavelengths to the various networks and stations. But after the F.C.C. has given you a licence and a wavelength, and as long as you comply with their rules and conduct yourself accordingly, you can buy a piece of ground to-morrow, build a station and go into the radio business. And it is a good business to be in.

Homeland Security Preparedness

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-44
Author(s):  
Christopher G. Reddick
Keyword(s):  
Homeland Security ◽  
The United States ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Background Information ◽  
War On Terrorism ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
City Governments ◽  
Security Information ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Behavior

September 11, 2001 or 9/11 has put extra pressures on public officials and their agencies in the United States to prepare for new terrorist threats (Rosenthal, 2003). After 9/11 the idea of homeland security became a part of American thinking and behavior (Beresford, 2004). In this relatively new environment that governments must contend with, it is important to be aware of some issues associated with homeland security preparedness. The traditional distinction among the major sectors of the government has blurred, since the war on terrorism is no longer just the purview of military agencies (Wise and Nader, 2002). In this new environment both civilian and military agencies share the responsibility in protecting the homeland. This chapter attempts to address homeland security preparedness by focusing on city governments examining organizational, collaboration, and management elements of homeland security. The main purpose of this chapter is to set the context of homeland security preparedness. It is vital to know some of the issues that governments face in homeland security in order to understand how Homeland Security Information Systems (HSIS) might be used to address these issues. In order to accomplish this task this chapter first provides background information and an overview of some of the existing homeland security literature in public administration. There is a discussion of the research methods of this article and the results of a homeland security preparedness survey are presented. A conclusion demonstrates the significance of the key findings found in this chapter.

A Secure Wireless Data Access Service for the Government of Canada

2011 ◽  
pp. 1991-2006
Author(s):  
Howie Macumber ◽  
Bing Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Data Access ◽  
Spectrum Management ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Wireless Data ◽  
Ieee 802.11B ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Access Service ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada ◽  
Technological Perspective

This chapter examines work conducted by Public Works and Government Services Canada, a department of the Government of Canada (GoC), to assess the potential for a Secure Wireless Data Access Service (SWDAS) that is envisaged to be provided as a common service to departments and agencies of the GoC. The main focus of the work has been on Wi-Fi, especially the IEEE 802.11b standard, and its application. Areas examined include technology, security, spectrum management, user surveys, applications, business, ?nance, service trial, future trends, and recommendations for the implementation of Wi-Fi in government. It is demonstrated that the application of Wi-Fi technology in the GoC would be bene?cial for the government workforce from both a ?nancial and a technological perspective.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Martha Minow
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
News Media ◽  
The United States ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
For Profit ◽  
The Press ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Government Involvement ◽  
The Government ◽  
Historical Developments

As traditional for-profit news media in the United States decline in economic viability and sheer numbers of outlets and staff, what does and what should the constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press mean? The book examines the current news ecosystem in the United States and chronicles historical developments in government involvement in shaping the industry. It argues that initiatives by the government and by private sector actors are not only permitted but called for as transformations in technology, economics, and communications jeopardize the production and distribution of and trust in news and the very existence of local news reporting. It presents twelve proposals for change to help preserve the free press essential to our democratic society.

A Prologue to Structural Reform of the Government of Canada

1986 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 667-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick C. Engelmann
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Structural Change ◽  
Majority Rule ◽  
The United States ◽  
Structural Reform ◽  
Parliamentary Government ◽  
Majority Principle ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada ◽  
Constitutional Changes

AbstractDespite a rash of proposals for structural change in the government of Canada, the constitutional changes of 1982 did not bring it about. There continues to be pressure for change, especially on the part of those desiring regional representation in a strengthened second chamber. The argument of the article is that only some changes, at the limit a Bundesrat-type chamber, are compatible with the majority principle on which parliamentary government is based. An elective Senate creates problems for parliamentary government in Australia and is basically incompatible with majority rule; the introduction of such a chamber may well require the adoption of something like the United States or Swiss model. A constitutional mini-convention is proposed to negotiate such a chamber, if desired, with the first ministers prior to the employment of the new amending process.

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