Drones in Healthcare

2021 ◽  
pp. 973-994
Author(s):  
Berk Anbaroğlu
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Humanitarian Logistics ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Aerial Photographs ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Blood Products ◽  
Medical Supplies ◽  
Published Research

This chapter discusses the use of drones in healthcare with a specific focus on humanitarian logistics. Drones have already been used in healthcare in different aspects, including transfer of blood products, search and rescue missions, or collecting different types of data including aerial photographs, air quality, or radiation levels. Even though the published research evidence in the area of “drones in healthcare” is almost 1% of the broader area of “drones,” the progress in public acceptance, regulations, as well as technology is undeniable. This chapter summarizes the different aspects regarding the use of drones in healthcare, while specifically focusing on humanitarian logistics. The SWOT analysis indicate that the strengths and opportunities weigh more than the weaknesses and threats, suggesting that drones will revolutionize the way medical supplies are delivered within the coming years.

Drones in Healthcare

2019 ◽  
pp. 86-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berk Anbaroğlu
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Humanitarian Logistics ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Aerial Photographs ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Blood Products ◽  
Medical Supplies ◽  
Published Research

This chapter discusses the use of drones in healthcare with a specific focus on humanitarian logistics. Drones have already been used in healthcare in different aspects, including transfer of blood products, search and rescue missions, or collecting different types of data including aerial photographs, air quality, or radiation levels. Even though the published research evidence in the area of “drones in healthcare” is almost 1% of the broader area of “drones,” the progress in public acceptance, regulations, as well as technology is undeniable. This chapter summarizes the different aspects regarding the use of drones in healthcare, while specifically focusing on humanitarian logistics. The SWOT analysis indicate that the strengths and opportunities weigh more than the weaknesses and threats, suggesting that drones will revolutionize the way medical supplies are delivered within the coming years.

scholarly journals Guidance on how to develop complex interventions to improve health and healthcare

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. e029954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia O'Cathain ◽  
Liz Croot ◽  
Edward Duncan ◽  
Nikki Rousseau ◽  
Katie Sworn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Evidence ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Complex Interventions ◽  
Intervention Development ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Programme Theory ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Stakeholder Input ◽  
Published Research ◽  
Improve Health

ObjectiveTo provide researchers with guidance on actions to take during intervention development.Summary of key pointsBased on a consensus exercise informed by reviews and qualitative interviews, we present key principles and actions for consideration when developing interventions to improve health. These include seeing intervention development as a dynamic iterative process, involving stakeholders, reviewing published research evidence, drawing on existing theories, articulating programme theory, undertaking primary data collection, understanding context, paying attention to future implementation in the real world and designing and refining an intervention using iterative cycles of development with stakeholder input throughout.ConclusionResearchers should consider each action by addressing its relevance to a specific intervention in a specific context, both at the start and throughout the development process.

Antifungal properties of essential oils for improvement of indoor air quality: a review

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriet Whiley ◽  
Sharyn Gaskin ◽  
Tiffany Schroder ◽  
Kirstin Ross
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Essential Oils ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Indoor Environments ◽  
Tea Tree ◽  
Antifungal Potential ◽  
Published Research

AbstractConcerns regarding indoor air quality, particularly the presence of fungi and moulds, are increasing. The potential for essential oils to reduce, control or remove fungi, is gaining interest as they are seen as a “natural” alternative to synthetic chemical fungicides. This review examines published research on essential oils as a method of fungal control in indoor environments. It was difficult to compare the relative performances of essential oils due to differences in research methods and reporting languages. In addition, there are limited studies that scale up laboratory results and assess the efficacy of essential oils within building environments. However, generally, there appears to be some evidence to support the essential oils clove oil, tea tree oil, oregano, thyme and lemon as potential antifungal agents. Essential oils from heartwood, marjoram, cinnamon, lemon basil, caraway, bay tree, fir, peppermint, pine, cedar leaf and manuka were identified in at least one study as having antifungal potential. Future studies should focus on comparing the effectiveness of these essential oils against a large number of fungal isolates from indoor environments. Studies will then need to focus on translating these results into realistic application methods, in actual buildings, and assess the potential for long-term antifungal persistence.

scholarly journals Individual-Level Determinants of the Public Acceptance of Policy Measures to Improve Urban Air Quality: The Case of the Barcelona Low Emission Zone

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1168
Author(s):  
Christian Oltra ◽  
Roser Sala ◽  
Sergi López-Asensio ◽  
Silvia Germán ◽  
Àlex Boso
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
Urban Air Quality ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Urban Air ◽  
Effective Measure ◽  
The Public ◽  
Low Emission

A variety of policy instruments that impose restrictions on traffic are being put in place across European cities to improve urban air quality. These measures include various schemes such as congestion charges, low emission zones (LEZs) and other traffic calming measures. In this paper, we are interested in the public acceptance of LEZs. Recent studies show high levels of public support for LEZs across Europe. However, specific research on public attitudes towards LEZs is limited. We conducted a self-administered survey (online) among residents in Barcelona, Spain. Based on a previous analytical model, bivariate and path analysis modelling was used to examine the association between key independent variables and acceptance. The results showed that most surveyed residents had a positive attitude towards implementing the LEZ, perceiving this policy instrument as a fair and effective measure to reduce air pollution. Perceived process legitimacy, perceived global impacts and affect had a significant direct effect on acceptance. Prior attitudes and personal orientations and, to a lesser extent, personal characteristics, were indirectly associated with levels of acceptance.

Research in strategy–structure–performance construct: Review of trends, paradigms and methodologies

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 744-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manu Amitabh ◽  
Rajen K Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Research Evidence ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Methodological Review ◽  
To Come ◽  
The One ◽  
Published Research

AbstractWith rising unpredictability of the business environment, the strategy–structure–performance construct is being questioned afresh. But cutting edge research evidence is still difficult to come by. One of the possible reasons is that few researchers are adopting new and innovative methodologies. This paper carries out a paradigmatic and methodological review of research on the topic for the last 10 years after classifying published research into three broad categories of enquiry. The study finds that contrary to expectations, the logical positivistic/empiricist paradigm of enquiry into the one way linear causality in the strategy–structure–performance relationship was still the favorite among researchers and may explain the lack of breakthrough contribution of recent research. This paper makes a case for more research on the challenging two-way causality using innovative designs and archival data, and suggests some future directions for research.

Medical Support of Combat Operations and Naval Air Force Losses in the Great Patriotic War

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 127-134
Author(s):  
E. A. Luchnikov ◽  
O. G. Chernikov ◽  
E. M. Mavrenkov
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Medical Service ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Medical Support ◽  
Aeromedical Evacuation ◽  
Medical Evacuation ◽  
Medical Supplies ◽  
Management Procedures ◽  
Recreation Centers ◽  
Great Patriotic War

The paper addresses the contribution of the Naval Air Force and its medical service to the victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Organizational and staff structure, medical support of combat operations, the dynamics, level and structure of operational attrition and non-battle sanitary losses of the Naval Air Force air and ground crews are studied by categories and by the periods of the war, including the major operations, separately for each fleet. Detailed analysis of the experience of search and rescue operations and aeromedical evacuation as specific components of the medical service of the Naval Air Force is presented. The management procedures of medical supplies and recreation of the air crews to prevent their exhaustion are studied. For instance, since it was impossible to provide professional and specialized medical aid to the wounded from the fleet air force units, it had to be provided at the naval and combined-arms levels of medical evacuation. Only a small number of air base infirmaries were staffed by qualified surgeons. Difficulties in organizing the medical supplies were caused by frequent movements of air force units, often in the closest vicinity to the enemy; and also, by the lack of special unified medical packs. Based on the experience of medical support for search and rescue operations, the most effective search and rescue of flight personnel was organized using water-planes. During the war, naval aviation pilots evacuated thousands of wounded people to the rear of the country. The specifics of the fleet aviation missions characterize the structure of sanitary losses and their ratio to the irretrievable losses of flying personnel during the four years of the war. Due to a significant combat load on the pilots, the command was obliged to organize their rehabilitation in the form of short-term vacation at adapted recreation centers. Based on the information available from literature and archive sources, the successful experience and faults in the medical support of the combat missions of the Air Force as the striking component of the Navy during the Great Patriotic War are analyzed, and respective detailed conclusions are made.

Research in strategy–structure–performance construct: Review of trends, paradigms and methodologies

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 744-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manu Amitabh ◽  
Rajen K Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Research Evidence ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Methodological Review ◽  
To Come ◽  
The One ◽  
Published Research

AbstractWith rising unpredictability of the business environment, the strategy–structure–performance construct is being questioned afresh. But cutting edge research evidence is still difficult to come by. One of the possible reasons is that few researchers are adopting new and innovative methodologies. This paper carries out a paradigmatic and methodological review of research on the topic for the last 10 years after classifying published research into three broad categories of enquiry. The study finds that contrary to expectations, the logical positivistic/empiricist paradigm of enquiry into the one way linear causality in the strategy–structure–performance relationship was still the favorite among researchers and may explain the lack of breakthrough contribution of recent research. This paper makes a case for more research on the challenging two-way causality using innovative designs and archival data, and suggests some future directions for research.

The Rare Knowledge Mining Methodological Framework for the Development of Practice Guidelines and Knowledge Translation Tools for Rare Diseases

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
C. Gagnon ◽  
J. Fortin ◽  
M.E. Lamontagne ◽  
A. Plourde
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Translation ◽  
Rare Diseases ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Clinical Trial Design ◽  
Knowledge Mining ◽  
Translation Tools ◽  
Care Guidelines ◽  
Published Research ◽  
Expert Patients

Rare diseases bring on a heavy health, social and economic burden that impacts patients’ lives and puts pressure on the healthcare system. Furthermore, they are often associated with limited published studies to inform multidisciplinary clinical practice thus limiting evidence-based practice. Moreover, the development of knowledge translation products including clinical care guidelines are often very challenging based on the current available methodological frameworks relying mostly on critical appraisal of the published research evidence where randomized clinical trial design is considered as the gold standard. To overcome this barrier, we proposed the Rare Knowledge Mining Methological Framework (RKMMF). The RKMMF is one possible answer to improve the development of knowledge translation products for rare diseases. This framework includes other sources of evidence including registry information and qualitative studies and the involvement of expert patients. This article documents the RKMMF structure and its application is exemplified through knowledge translation products developed for a neuromuscular population.

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