Falls Prevention in the Home

2011 ◽  
pp. 46-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rose A. Kenny ◽  
Cliodhna Ni Scanaill ◽  
Michael McGrath
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Aging Process ◽  
Falls Prevention ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Falls Risk ◽  
Future Research Directions

Approximately 1 in 3 people over the age of 65 fall each year; therefore it is of little surprise that falling is often accepted as a natural part of the aging process. Many falls are simply managed using alarm pendants to notify others when a falls event occurs. However, falls technology extends beyond simple notification; technology can be used to screen for falls risk, or to prevent a fall from occurring. In this chapter, we review the latest best practices for the identification of falls risk. We review the technology, if any, developed to support these practices, and discuss the challenges of using technology for in-home falls prevention, risk assessment and falls detection. Recommendations and suggestions for future research directions are discussed.

Marketing on Tumblr

2017 ◽  
pp. 59-83
Author(s):  
Kristen Smirnov
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Choice Overload ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Technical Features

Despite many demographic, behavioral, and technical features that should make it an appealing destination for social media marketers, the Tumblr platform has lagged in marketing adoption. This chapter discusses the site features that drive its potential, while also acknowledging the challenges that Tumblr presents. Contrasts are offered between the limited flexibility but easier adoption curve of other platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, with the phenomenon known as choice overload discussed as a possible explanation for non-Tumblr preferences. Three Tumblr case studies are presented in depth to illustrate best practices (Denny's diner chain and the musician Taylor Swift) and to warn against certain common pitfalls (Nordstrom). The chapter concludes with potential future research directions to pursue on this growing but underutilized platform.

Effective Brainstorming

2019 ◽  
pp. 285-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul B. Paulus ◽  
Jared B. Kenworthy
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Group Size ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Considerable Evidence ◽  
Electronic Brainstorming ◽  
Semantic Categories ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Future Research Directions

This chapter reviews the extensive literature on brainstorming to determine potential best practices. It presents the major theoretical perspectives and highlights their relationship to the various factors that influence the effectiveness of brainstorming. It examines the utility of verbal brainstorming, electronic brainstorming, and brainwriting for generation of creative ideas. It evaluates the effects of instructions, breaks, facilitators, training, tapping semantic categories, turnover, and group size. It also notes the gaps that exist in the literature and future research directions. It is clear that there is now considerable evidence to guide effective brainstorming and produce performances in groups that exceed those of comparable sets of solitary brainstormers.

Engineering Security Agreements Against External Insider Threat

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 66-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia N. L. Franqueira ◽  
André van Cleeff ◽  
Pascal van Eck ◽  
Roel J. Wieringa
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Insider Threat ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Trading Partners ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
A Company ◽  
Security Agreements

Companies are increasingly engaging in complex inter-organisational networks of business and trading partners, service and managed security providers to run their operations. Therefore, it is now common to outsource critical business processes and to completely move IT resources to the custody of third parties. Such extended enterprises create individuals who are neither completely insiders nor outsiders of a company, requiring new solutions to mitigate the security threat they cause. This paper improves the method introduced in Franqueira et al. (2012) for the analysis of such threat to support negotiation of security agreements in B2B contracts. The method, illustrated via a manufacturer-retailer example, has three main ingredients: modelling to scope the analysis and to identify external insider roles, access matrix to obtain need-to-know requirements, and reverse-engineering of security best practices to analyse both pose-threat and enforce-security perspectives of external insider roles. The paper also proposes future research directions to overcome challenges identified.

Marketing on Tumblr

2018 ◽  
pp. 266-284
Author(s):  
Kristen Smirnov
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Choice Overload ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Technical Features

Despite many demographic, behavioral, and technical features that should make it an appealing destination for social media marketers, the Tumblr platform has lagged in marketing adoption. This chapter discusses the site features that drive its potential, while also acknowledging the challenges that Tumblr presents. Contrasts are offered between the limited flexibility but easier adoption curve of other platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, with the phenomenon known as choice overload discussed as a possible explanation for non-Tumblr preferences. Three Tumblr case studies are presented in depth to illustrate best practices (Denny's diner chain and the musician Taylor Swift) and to warn against certain common pitfalls (Nordstrom). The chapter concludes with potential future research directions to pursue on this growing but underutilized platform.

Academic Curriculum Collections in North America

2012 ◽  
pp. 423-441
Author(s):  
Sara Holder
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Curriculum Materials ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Academic Curriculum ◽  
Regional Trends ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Survey Responses

Casual observance of curriculum collections in academic institutions will show many similarities, but also many unique aspects and regional trends. What is the reason for these differences? Where can a new librarian looking to establish best practices for his or her own collection find benchmarks for comparison? In order to answer these and other questions, the author collected survey responses from librarians across North America who have responsibilities for the management of a curriculum collection. This chapter will present the results of the survey and use the data to draw conclusions about the connections that exist between collecting practice and the institutional environment in which the collection is located. Challenges and issues involved in collecting curriculum materials will be explored and future research directions suggested.

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