scholarly journals SPRECware: Software Tools for Standard PREanalytical Code (SPREC) Labeling – Effective Exchange and Search of Stored Biospecimens

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 272-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umberto Nanni ◽  
Fotini Betsou ◽  
Silvia Riondino ◽  
Luisa Rossetti ◽  
Antonella Spila ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Biological Resource ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Effective Exchange ◽  
Laboratory Information Systems ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Science Working ◽  
Biological Resource Centers

Biobanks provide stored material to basic, translational, and epidemiological research and this material should be transferred without institute-dependent intrinsic bias. The ISBER Biospecimen Science Working Group has released a “Standard PREanalytical Code” (SPREC), which is a proposal for a standard coding of the preanalytical options that have been adopted in order to track and make explicit the preanalytical variations in the collection, preparation, and storage of specimens. In this paper we address 2 issues arising in any biobank or biolaboratory aiming at adopting SPREC: (i) reducing the burden required to adopt this standard coding, and (ii) maximize the immediate benefits of this adoption by providing a free, dedicated software tool. We propose SPRECware, a vision encompassing tools and solutions for the best exploitation of SPREC based on information technology ( www.sprecware.org ). As a first step, we make available SPRECbase, a software tool useful for generating, storing, managing, and exchanging SPREC-related information associated to specimens. Adopting SPREC is useful both for internal purposes (such as finding the samples having some given preanalytical features), and for exchanging the preanalytical information associated to biological samples between Laboratory Information Systems. In case of a common adoption of this coding, it would be easy to find out whether and where, among the participating Biological Resource Centers, the specimens for a given study are available in order to carry out a planned experiment.

16th and 17th Workshops of the International Association of Vegetation Science Working Group for the European Vegetation Survey (Rome, Italy, 22-26 March 2007; Brno, Czech Republic, 1-5 May 2008)

2008 ◽  
pp. 131-133
Author(s):  
T. M. Lysenko ◽  
Yu. A. Semenishchenkov
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Working Group ◽  
International Association ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Vegetation Survey ◽  
Vegetation Science ◽  
The University ◽  
Science Working

22-26 March 2007 in Rome (Italy), in the Botanical garden of the University «La Sapienza» hosted the 16th meeting of the Working group «Review of the Vegetation of Europe» of the International Association of Vegetation Science (IAVS). These meetings are held every spring in one of the European countries and dedicated to various topics.

scholarly journals Information Technology, Privacy, and Power within Organizations: a view from Boundary Theory and Social Exchange perspectives

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey M. Stanton ◽  
Kathryn R. Stam
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Boundary Theory ◽  
Information Technology Professionals ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Monitoring And Surveillance

Over recent years, information technology has played an increasingly important role in the monitoring and surveillance of worker behavior in organizations. In this article, we take the position that managers, workers, and information technology professionals alike see worker-related information as a valuable organizational resource and that processes of social exchange influence how this information resource is controlled. These suppositions are woven together by joining two theories, information boundary theory, a motivational framework for examining privacy at work, and social exchange theory, which provides a perspective on social networks and social power. After discussing these two frameworks and how they might be interlaced, we analyze a corpus of semi-structured interviews with 119 managers, employees, and IT professionals that explored questions of privacy, motivation, and power in six not-for-profit organizations that were undergoing technology-driven change with potential for increased monitoring and surveillance.

scholarly journals KECERDASAN BUATAN MANUSIA (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE); TEKNOLOGI IMPIAN MASA DEPAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-274
Author(s):  
Ririen Kusumawati
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Human Brain ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Human Form ◽  
Natural Approach ◽  
Collaborative Art ◽  
Software And Hardware

The computer technology has incredibly increased. Computer software and hardware compete to meet the customer's needs. The research intends to spread the knowledge of information technology, specifically, on the artificial intelligence. The concept of artificial intelligence is adopting and imitating human form, character, and habit which to be implemented on the computer. Using natural approach, the research aims to investigate whether artificial intelligence (AI) will produce the duplication of God's creation. Another important reason of other reseaches on AI is to create a computer which is smart and able to understand human brain working system. Hence, AI has been designed into more practical with faster CPU, cheaper mass memory, and sophisticated software tool. The concept of integrating AI science or collaborative art among sub-fields of technology will stimulate and lead to further AI researches, and it will be an interesting topic for AI researchers for developing AI technology in the future.

scholarly journals Cystic fibrosis: Beyond the airways. Report on the meeting of the basic science working group in Loutraki, Greece

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-443
Author(s):  
Margarida D. Amaral ◽  
Sylvia F. Boj ◽  
James Shaw ◽  
Jens Leipziger ◽  
Jeffrey M. Beekman
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Basic Science ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Science Working
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