scholarly journals Cultural Health Moments: A Search Analysis During Times of Heightened Awareness to Identify Potential Interception Points with Digital Health Consumers

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. p35
Author(s):  
Gulhan Bizel ◽  
Cecil Parmar ◽  
Kusum Singh ◽  
Supriya Teegala ◽  
Vijay Kumar Reddy Voddi
Keyword(s):  
Digital Health ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Specific Topic ◽  
Search Queries ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Health Consumers ◽  
Over Time

Year after year whenever someone who is considered “high profile” discovers that they have some sort of sickness or if they pass away due to a sickness, there seems to be a heightened interest in that person. At the same time however, there is a heightened awareness of the type of sickness that the person had. Finding the moments in which there is a heightened sense of awareness towards a specific topic can be something of high value to various agencies and organizations. The objective of this study was to explore the moments in which people start to do some initial search queries when there is a high-profile health moment. Once it is understood when this moment occurs, further research can be done to understand where the search behavior shifts to searches of awareness, signs, symptoms, and introspection over time.

Developing a sustainable Digital Health Innovation Ecosystem in a rural and resource-poor region: A monitored networking approach (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arunangsu Chatterjee ◽  
Sebastian Stevens ◽  
Sheena Asthana ◽  
Ray B Jones
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Resource Poor Setting ◽  
Quadruple Helix ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Resource Poor ◽  
Quadruple Helix Model ◽  
Over Time

BACKGROUND Digital health (DH) innovation ecosystems (IE) are key to the development of new e-health products and services. Within an IE, third parties can help promote innovation by acting as knowledge brokers and the conduits for developing inter-organisational and interpersonal relations, particularly for smaller organisations. Kolehmainen’s quadruple helix model suggests who the critical IE actors are, and their roles. Within an affluent and largely urban setting, such ecosystems evolve and thrive organically with minimal intervention due to favourable economic and geographical conditions. Facilitating and sustaining a thriving DH IE within a resource-poor setting can be far more challenging even though far more important for such peripheral economics and the health and well-being of those communities. OBJECTIVE Taking a rural and remote region in the UK, as an instance of an IE in a peripheral economy, we adapt the quadruple helix model of innovation, apply a monitored social networking approach using McKinsey’s Three Horizons of growth to explore: • What patterns of connectivity between stakeholders develop within an emerging digital health IE? • How do networks develop over time in the DH IE? • In what ways could such networks be nurtured in order to build the capacity, capability and sustainability of the DH IE? METHODS Using an exploratory single case study design for a developing digital health IE, this study adopts a longitudinal social network analysis approach, enabling the authors to observe the development of the innovation ecosystem over time and evaluate the impact of targeted networking interventions on connectivity between stakeholders. Data collection was by an online survey and by a novel method, connection cards. RESULTS Self-reported connections between IE organisations increased between the two waves of data collection, with Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and academic institutions the most connected stakeholder groups. Patients involvement improved over time but still remains rather peripheral to the DH IE network. Connection cards as a monitoring tool worked really well during large events but required significant administrative overheads. Monitored networking information categorised using McKinsey’s Three Horizons proved to be an effective way to organise networking interventions ensuring sustained engagement. CONCLUSIONS The study reinforces the difficulty of developing and sustaining a DH IE in a resource-poor setting. It demonstrates the effective monitored networking approach supported by Social Network Analysis allows to map the networks and provide valuable information to plan future networking interventions (e.g. involving patients or service users). McKinsey’s Three Horizons of growth-based categorisation of the networking assets help ensure continued engagement in the DH IE contributing towards its long-term sustainability. Collecting ongoing data using survey or connection card method will become more labour intensive and ubiquitous ethically driven data collection methods can be used in future to make the process more agile and responsive.

scholarly journals The Twilight of the Polls? A Review of Trends in Polling Accuracy and the Causes of Polling Misses

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 757-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Prosser ◽  
Jonathan Mellon
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
High Profile ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
The Us ◽  
Vote Intention ◽  
Representative Samples ◽  
Over Time

Polls have had a number of high-profile misses in recent elections. We review the current polling environment, the performance of polls in a historical context, the mechanisms of polling error, and the causes of several recent misses in Britain and the US. Contrary to conventional wisdom, polling errors have been constant over time, although the level of error has always been substantially beyond that implied by stated margins of error. Generally, there is little evidence that voters lying about their vote intention (so-called ‘shy’ voters) is a substantial cause of polling error. Instead, polling errors have most commonly resulted from problems with representative samples and weighting, undecided voters breaking in one direction, and to a lesser extent late swings and turnout models. We conclude with a discussion of future directions for polling both in terms of fixing the problems identified and new approaches to understanding public opinion.

What is popular on Wikipedia and why?

First Monday ◽  
2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anselm Spoerri
Keyword(s):  
Search Engines ◽  
Web Search ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Search Queries ◽  
Search Results ◽  
The Web

This paper analyzes which pages and topics are the most popular on Wikipedia and why. For the period of September 2006 to January 2007, the 100 most visited Wikipedia pages in a month are identified and categorized in terms of the major topics of interest. The observed topics are compared with search behavior on the Web. Search queries, which are identical to the titles of the most popular Wikipedia pages, are submitted to major search engines and the positions of popular Wikipedia pages in the top 10 search results are determined. The presented data helps to explain how search engines, and Google in particular, fuel the growth and shape what is popular on Wikipedia.

Biotechnology and biodiversity — the interrelationships

1992 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-461
Author(s):  
Stanley L. Krugman
Keyword(s):  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Genetically Engineered ◽  
Forest Biotechnology ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Genetically Engineered Organisms ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Scientific Fields ◽  
Over Time

Although the two current high profile scientific fields of biotechnology and biodiversity have extremely different scientific foundations and philosophies, they are still closely interrelated. Useful forest biotechnology is dependent on the availability and maintenance of a broad genetic foundation. Such a foundation is best achieved over time by maintaining the biological diversity of natural systems. In contrast, it is conceivable that with the release of genetically engineered organisms, natural biological diversity could be negatively impacted. The possibility of such an influence will be discussed. Finally, the politics of the relationship between these two emerging scientific fields will be briefly reviewed.

scholarly journals How Users Search the Library from a Single Search Box

2013 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cory Lown ◽  
Tito Sierra ◽  
Josh Boyer
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Public University ◽  
Real World Data ◽  
Library Search ◽  
Search Queries ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
User Search Behavior ◽  
Ongoing Evaluation ◽  
Library User

Academic libraries are turning increasingly to unified search solutions to simplify search and discovery of library resources. Unfortunately, very little research has been published on library user search behavior in single search box environments. This study examines how users search a large public university library using a prominent, single search box on the library website. The article examines two semesters of real-world data, totaling nearly 1.4 million transactions. Findings include that unified library search is about more than the catalog and articles, though these predominate. Additionally, a small number of the most popular search queries accounts for a disproportionate amount of the overall queries. Also discussed are the merits of ongoing evaluation of library user search behavior.

scholarly journals Influence of Climate on Google Internet Searches for Pruritus Across 16 German Cities: Retrospective Analysis (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Tizek ◽  
Maximilian Schielein ◽  
Melvin Rüth ◽  
Sonja Ständer ◽  
Manuel Pedro Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sunshine Duration ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Relative Number ◽  
Weather Data ◽  
Weather Factors ◽  
Search Queries ◽  
Medical Needs ◽  
Search Volume ◽  
Study Results ◽  
German Cities

BACKGROUND The burden of pruritus is high, especially among patients with dermatologic diseases. Identifying trends in pruritus burden and people’s medical needs is challenging, since not all affected people consult a physician. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate pruritus search behavior trends in Germany and identify associations with weather factors. METHODS Google AdWords Keyword Planner was used to quantify pruritus-related search queries in 16 German cities from August 2014 to July 2018. All identified keywords were qualitatively categorized and pruritus-related terms were descriptively analyzed. The number of search queries per 100,000 inhabitants of each city was compared to environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, particulate matter 10 micrometers or less in diameter (PM10), and sunshine duration to investigate potential correlations. RESULTS We included 1150 pruritus-related keywords, which resulted in 2,851,290 queries. “Pruritus” (n=115,680) and “anal pruritus” (n=102,390) were the most-searched-for keywords. Nearly half of all queries were related to the category localization, with Berlin and Munich having a comparatively high proportion of people that searched for pruritus in the genital and anal areas. People searched more frequently for information on chronic compared to acute pruritus. The most populated cities had the lowest number of queries per 100,000 inhabitants (Berlin, n=13,641; Hamburg, n=18,303; and Munich, n=21,363), while smaller cities (Kiel, n=35,027; and Freiburg, n=39,501) had the highest. Temperature had a greater effect on search query number (beta -7.94, 95% CI -10.74 to -5.15) than did PM10 (beta -5.13, 95% CI -7.04 to -3.22), humidity (beta 4.73, 95% CI 2.70 to 6.75), or sunshine duration (beta 0.66, 95% CI 0.36 to 0.97). The highest relative number of search queries occurred during the winter (ie, December to February). CONCLUSIONS By taking into account the study results, Google data analysis helps to examine people’s search frequency, behavior, and interest across cities and regions. The results indicated a general increase in search queries during the winter as well as differences across cities located in the same region; for example, there was a decline in search volume in Saarbrucken, while there were increases in Cologne, Frankfurt, and Dortmund. In addition, the detected correlation between search volume and weather data seems to be valuable in predicting an increase in pruritus burden, since a significant association with rising humidity and sunshine duration, as well as declining temperature and PM10, was found. Accordingly, this is an unconventional and inexpensive method to identify search behavior trends and respective inhabitants’ needs.

scholarly journals A Text Mining Based Map of Engineering Design: Topics and their Trajectories Over Time

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 2765-2774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filippo Chiarello ◽  
Nicola Melluso ◽  
Andrea Bonaccorsi ◽  
Gualtiero Fantoni
Keyword(s):  
Text Mining ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Topic Modelling ◽  
Specific Topic ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
New Research ◽  
Large Corpus ◽  
Over Time

AbstractThe Engineering Design field is growing fast and so is growing the number of sub-fields that are bringing value to researchers that are working in this context. From psychology to neurosciences, from mathematics to machine learning, everyday scholars and practitioners produce new knowledge of potential interest for designers.This leads to complications in the researchers’ aims who want to quickly and easily find literature on a specific topic among a large number of scientific publications or want to effectively position a new research.In the present paper, we address this problem by using state of the art text mining techniques on a large corpus of Engineering Design related documents. In particular, a topic modelling technique is applied to all the papers published in the ICED proceedings from 2003 to 2017 (3,129 documents) in order to find the main subtopics of Engineering Design. Finally, we analyzed the trends of these topics over time, to give a bird-eye view of how the Engineering Design field is evolving.The results offer a clear and bottom-up picture of what Engineering design is and how the interest of researchers in different topics has changed over time.

Navigating the Biblical Mandate: Discursive Change and Adaptation in the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem

Exchange ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 297-315
Author(s):  
Aron Engberg
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Israeli Society ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Christian Zionism ◽  
State Of Israel ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Since its inception in 1980, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) has developed into a central player in the formation of Christian Zionism globally. It is known through its high profile in Israeli society, its financial, moral and political support for the State of Israel and its controversial mix of theology and politics. This article focuses on ICEJ’s ideological and theological negotiation in relation to Israeli society. It argues that even though ICEJ’s self-understanding is based on what it claims to be “eternal, biblical mandates” and its political positions have been largely consistent over time, ICEJ’s theology, rhetoric and social positions have changed quite significantly. The article interprets this duality as a case of “flexible absolutism”, a capacity to ideologically frame diverse positions as eternal absolutes. Recognizing this tension is important in order to successfully disentangle the organization’s rhetoric from its broader ideological aims.

scholarly journals User search terms and controlled subject vocabularies in an institutional repository

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-367
Author(s):  
Scott Hanrath ◽  
Erik Radio
Keyword(s):  
Web Search ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Search Queries ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Content Search ◽  
Comprehensive Search ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
User Search Behavior

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the search behavior of institutional repository (IR) users in regard to subjects as a means of estimating the potential impact of applying a controlled subject vocabulary to an IR. Design/methodology/approach Google Analytics data were used to record cases where users arrived at an IR item page from an external web search and subsequently downloaded content. Search queries were compared against the Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST) schema to determine the topical nature of the queries. Queries were also compared against the item’s metadata values for title and subject using approximate string matching to determine the alignment of the queries with current metadata values. Findings A substantial portion of successful user search queries to an IR appear to be topical in nature. User search queries matched values from FAST at a higher rate than existing subject metadata. Increased attention to subject description in IR records may provide an opportunity to improve the search visibility of the content. Research limitations/implications The study is limited to a particular IR. Data from Google Analytics does not provide comprehensive search query data. Originality/value The study presents a novel method for analyzing user search behavior to assist IR managers in determining whether to invest in applying controlled subject vocabularies to IR content.

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