This document discusses how mobile phones can help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by reaching remote, "last mile" communities. It notes that 50 countries are not on track to meet the MDGs, especially in Africa. The author believes current strategies have limitations and that rethinking assumptions is needed. Mobile phones can play several roles, including substituting for transportation, providing on-demand advice and education, cutting delays in information sharing, and enabling citizen monitoring and accountability. The author outlines a birth registration partnership in Uganda between the government and a mobile carrier that leverages phones to scale up registration at low cost. He poses questions for private sector actors on how they can further support development goals through technology and partnerships
Technologies for Community Empowerment - Aaditeshwar SethCSFCommunications
Aaditeshwar Seth of GramVaani discusses technologies that can improve the effectiveness of School Management Committees at CSF's Workshop on Capacity Building of School Management Committees
Technologies for Community Empowerment - Aaditeshwar SethCSFCommunications
Aaditeshwar Seth of GramVaani discusses technologies that can improve the effectiveness of School Management Committees at CSF's Workshop on Capacity Building of School Management Committees
OCASI - social media and technology use in settlement servicesMarco Campana
Our clients, volunteers and leaders are often among the most sophisticated users of technology. They have expectations about being able to communicate with us quickly and easily. How do we reach out to them with information in ways they can use? Your use of the internet should be connected to the work you do every day. What does this actually look like?
This interactive session will look at emerging trends and demonstrating best practices for online information & service provision.
Mobile Money for Health Case Study: D-Tree TanzaniaHFG Project
Resource Type: Case Studies
Authors: Health Finance and Governance (HFG)
Published: 10/31/2015
Resource Description:dtree
This case study is one of 14 case studies profiled in the Mobile Money for Health Case Study Compendium.
D-tree International is a non-profit organization committed to improving the quality of healthcare with the use of innovative technology. D-tree established a program in Zanzibar, Tanzania to help frontline community health workers provide high quality maternal health care and adequately refer women with high-risk conditions and obstetric emergencies to health facilities. The program currently has 208 trained traditional birth attendants (TBAs) and community health workers (CHWs) who serve a network of 4,500 women who have enrolled in the program. In November 2011, D-tree was awarded a grant through Grand Challenges Round 1 and launched a program in Zanzibar that offers mobile-enabled clinical guides to TBAs to help them treat women and identify women who should be referred to health facilities. D-tree also forged a partnership with Zantel, the largest mobile phone operator in Zanzibar, and Etisalat to incorporate an SMS-mobile money payment system into the program. Phase II started with a Round II grant in late 2012. The mobile money payment system used by D-tree incentivizes timely and appropriate referrals.
AIDS.gov, a program of the Office of HIV/AIDS Policy in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides access to Federal HIV programs, policies, and resources through its website (www.AIDS.gov) and new media channels (e.g. blog, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr). AIDS.gov also plans, implements, and evaluates domestic World AIDS Day and National HIV Testing Day initiatives. In this session, the AIDS.gov team will provide an overview of the tools and strategies that AIDS.gov uses to best reach their diverse audiences. The presentation will also provide a case study of Facing AIDS for World AIDS Day (December 1), an online photo initiative in which diverse audiences across the country shared photos of themselves holding signs stating why they were “Facing AIDS” for World AIDS Day. The initiative’s goals were to help reduce HIV stigma and promote HIV testing.
NYCH lunch and learn - Enhancing Communications with Immigrants - an Explorat...Marco Campana
How do immigrants access information?
An overview of immigrants’ use of the internet – pre and post arrival
Major trends – summary of TRIEC’s previous IGR research
How can we engage them better in current employment programs and in future program development?
The importance of trust & credibility in information provision
Look at information problems & overload from their perspective
Go to the source, know your audience, importance of personalized information provision
Some promising practices in the sector
FrontlineSMS:Medic for Scotland Malawi Partnership 2009Isaac Holeman
Isaac Holeman prepared this innovation talk about FrontlineSMS:Medic for the 2009 meeting of the Scotland Malawi Partnership in Edinburgh.
About Isaac:
Isaac Holeman recently graduated from Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon, where he researched ribosome biogenesis in the laboratory yeast S. cerevisiae. His passions include medicine, informatics, anthropology, global health, blogging at isaacholeman.org, and practicing the Christian faith. Eventually he hopes to attend medical school. Isaac co-founded FrontlineSMS:Medic and is currently their Director of Clinical Programs. He will be working throughout East Africa next year, based primarily at St. Gabriel's hospital in Namitete, Malawi.
About the Scotland Malawi Partnership:
> UPCOMING SMP EVENTS
Educational Challenges and Successes in Malawi (30th May, 10.00 – 14.30, Stenhouse Primary School, Edinburgh) An event involving 8 Malawian Primary Ed...
read on >
> Funding update from the Scottish Government
As we move forward within the new financial year, the Scottish Government has outlined its funding position for 2009-10.
The International Developm...
read on >
Welcome to Scotland Malawi Partnership
The Scotland Malawi Partnership, exists to inspire people and organisations of Scotland to be involved with Malawi in an informed, coordinated and effective way so that both nations benefit.
Working Online Effectively and Securely - CIN workshop 2015Marco Campana
Online tools have an incredible impact on society and how we get and use information. But what do they really do? How can we use them? Should we be using them? Our clients, volunteers and leaders are often among the most sophisticated users of technology. They have expectations about being able to communicate with us quickly and easily. How do we reach out to them with information in ways they can use? Your use of the internet should be connected to the work you do every day. What does this actually look like?
This interactive session looked at emerging trends and demonstrating best practices for online information & service provision. Marco will demystify online communication and e-service delivery and help you take the next steps in making practical, daily use of the web in your community engagement, client service and public campaigns.
The event will feature Senior ICT expert of DAI, Jessica Heinzelman, to do a talk on practical examples of mobile technologies in development. Come learn about Jessica and DAI’s work helping development projects and CSOs utilize ICT to improve the impact and scale of their work. She will share the process she takes to design effective projects through practical examples including providing legal information to 700,000 women and girls in Sierra Leone, using SMS to provide civic education and prevent conflict in Kenya, designing a biosecurity in Indonesia, and using mobiles to collect data with greater accuracy and efficiency.
Speaker Bio: Jessica Heinzelman is a Senior ICT Specialist with DAI. Jessica leverages her expertise in information communication technologies (ICTs), strategic design, partnerships and project management to advance international development objectives through contextually appropriate strategies and technology innovations. She has worked in Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, Burundi, South Africa, Jordan, Zambia, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Cambodia, Sierra Leone and Pakistan and traveled to over 33 countries globally. Ms. Heinzelman holds a Master of Arts in Law & Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
Paper presented at the International Conference on Using ICT, Social Media and Mobile Technologies to Foster Self-Organisation in Urban and Neighbourhood Governance. Delft, Netherlands. 16 May 2013
OCASI - social media and technology use in settlement servicesMarco Campana
Our clients, volunteers and leaders are often among the most sophisticated users of technology. They have expectations about being able to communicate with us quickly and easily. How do we reach out to them with information in ways they can use? Your use of the internet should be connected to the work you do every day. What does this actually look like?
This interactive session will look at emerging trends and demonstrating best practices for online information & service provision.
Mobile Money for Health Case Study: D-Tree TanzaniaHFG Project
Resource Type: Case Studies
Authors: Health Finance and Governance (HFG)
Published: 10/31/2015
Resource Description:dtree
This case study is one of 14 case studies profiled in the Mobile Money for Health Case Study Compendium.
D-tree International is a non-profit organization committed to improving the quality of healthcare with the use of innovative technology. D-tree established a program in Zanzibar, Tanzania to help frontline community health workers provide high quality maternal health care and adequately refer women with high-risk conditions and obstetric emergencies to health facilities. The program currently has 208 trained traditional birth attendants (TBAs) and community health workers (CHWs) who serve a network of 4,500 women who have enrolled in the program. In November 2011, D-tree was awarded a grant through Grand Challenges Round 1 and launched a program in Zanzibar that offers mobile-enabled clinical guides to TBAs to help them treat women and identify women who should be referred to health facilities. D-tree also forged a partnership with Zantel, the largest mobile phone operator in Zanzibar, and Etisalat to incorporate an SMS-mobile money payment system into the program. Phase II started with a Round II grant in late 2012. The mobile money payment system used by D-tree incentivizes timely and appropriate referrals.
AIDS.gov, a program of the Office of HIV/AIDS Policy in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides access to Federal HIV programs, policies, and resources through its website (www.AIDS.gov) and new media channels (e.g. blog, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr). AIDS.gov also plans, implements, and evaluates domestic World AIDS Day and National HIV Testing Day initiatives. In this session, the AIDS.gov team will provide an overview of the tools and strategies that AIDS.gov uses to best reach their diverse audiences. The presentation will also provide a case study of Facing AIDS for World AIDS Day (December 1), an online photo initiative in which diverse audiences across the country shared photos of themselves holding signs stating why they were “Facing AIDS” for World AIDS Day. The initiative’s goals were to help reduce HIV stigma and promote HIV testing.
NYCH lunch and learn - Enhancing Communications with Immigrants - an Explorat...Marco Campana
How do immigrants access information?
An overview of immigrants’ use of the internet – pre and post arrival
Major trends – summary of TRIEC’s previous IGR research
How can we engage them better in current employment programs and in future program development?
The importance of trust & credibility in information provision
Look at information problems & overload from their perspective
Go to the source, know your audience, importance of personalized information provision
Some promising practices in the sector
FrontlineSMS:Medic for Scotland Malawi Partnership 2009Isaac Holeman
Isaac Holeman prepared this innovation talk about FrontlineSMS:Medic for the 2009 meeting of the Scotland Malawi Partnership in Edinburgh.
About Isaac:
Isaac Holeman recently graduated from Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon, where he researched ribosome biogenesis in the laboratory yeast S. cerevisiae. His passions include medicine, informatics, anthropology, global health, blogging at isaacholeman.org, and practicing the Christian faith. Eventually he hopes to attend medical school. Isaac co-founded FrontlineSMS:Medic and is currently their Director of Clinical Programs. He will be working throughout East Africa next year, based primarily at St. Gabriel's hospital in Namitete, Malawi.
About the Scotland Malawi Partnership:
> UPCOMING SMP EVENTS
Educational Challenges and Successes in Malawi (30th May, 10.00 – 14.30, Stenhouse Primary School, Edinburgh) An event involving 8 Malawian Primary Ed...
read on >
> Funding update from the Scottish Government
As we move forward within the new financial year, the Scottish Government has outlined its funding position for 2009-10.
The International Developm...
read on >
Welcome to Scotland Malawi Partnership
The Scotland Malawi Partnership, exists to inspire people and organisations of Scotland to be involved with Malawi in an informed, coordinated and effective way so that both nations benefit.
Working Online Effectively and Securely - CIN workshop 2015Marco Campana
Online tools have an incredible impact on society and how we get and use information. But what do they really do? How can we use them? Should we be using them? Our clients, volunteers and leaders are often among the most sophisticated users of technology. They have expectations about being able to communicate with us quickly and easily. How do we reach out to them with information in ways they can use? Your use of the internet should be connected to the work you do every day. What does this actually look like?
This interactive session looked at emerging trends and demonstrating best practices for online information & service provision. Marco will demystify online communication and e-service delivery and help you take the next steps in making practical, daily use of the web in your community engagement, client service and public campaigns.
The event will feature Senior ICT expert of DAI, Jessica Heinzelman, to do a talk on practical examples of mobile technologies in development. Come learn about Jessica and DAI’s work helping development projects and CSOs utilize ICT to improve the impact and scale of their work. She will share the process she takes to design effective projects through practical examples including providing legal information to 700,000 women and girls in Sierra Leone, using SMS to provide civic education and prevent conflict in Kenya, designing a biosecurity in Indonesia, and using mobiles to collect data with greater accuracy and efficiency.
Speaker Bio: Jessica Heinzelman is a Senior ICT Specialist with DAI. Jessica leverages her expertise in information communication technologies (ICTs), strategic design, partnerships and project management to advance international development objectives through contextually appropriate strategies and technology innovations. She has worked in Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, Burundi, South Africa, Jordan, Zambia, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Cambodia, Sierra Leone and Pakistan and traveled to over 33 countries globally. Ms. Heinzelman holds a Master of Arts in Law & Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
Paper presented at the International Conference on Using ICT, Social Media and Mobile Technologies to Foster Self-Organisation in Urban and Neighbourhood Governance. Delft, Netherlands. 16 May 2013
Comment imaginer l'avenir en partant d'un produit existant et créer une nouvelle expérience client ? C'était l'un de nos projets à Sup de Pub San Francisco en Design Thninking.
5 Proven Ways to Leverage Net Promoter Score SatisMeter
Net Promoter Score is a powerful customer feedback system that determines how customers feel about the product. This presentation will teach you how to increase your NPS and turn detractors into promoters. Check it out!
Micro Plasma welding is used for precision welding of small components . It is a advanced welding process and can be easily automated . It can maintain a arc at a current as low as 0.1 amp and can weld sheets as this as 100 microns .
Norys GilSouth University NSG4076 Capstone Weetangelae6x
Norys Gil
South University
NSG4076 Capstone
Week 1 Midweek Assignment
Introduction
The purposes of this capstone project is to gather information regarding facility procedures and gather understanding of how specific dynamics that may be controlled within a private child care, can help minimize the potential of introduction/possible spread of COVID-19 during the current pandemic. The specific community chosen is the population of a residential / commercial childcare recipients and their families, as well as the staff of the institution.. Sunshine Childcare operates 24 hours a day and is located in a residential home, in a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood, adequately enabled to serve 25 kids, with a the range of ages between 7 months and 14 years old, 92% Hispanic, 4% Afro-Americans and 4% Native Americans.
The working staff is constituted by two direct care providers and occasional maintenance workers, who are overseen by the director, which is the owner.
Under the current COVID-19 pandemic circumstances, Sunshine Childcare has implemented the following infection control measures: hand washing and use of hand sanitizer during the day, use of a facial mask for kids above 3 years old, prohibiting outside visitors and parents dropping off their kids from entering into the facility. The only exception applies to authorities from Children Youth and Family Division, essential medical personal needed for the kids and emergency maintenance personnel..
“Based on available evidence, children do not appear to be at higher risk for COVID-19 than adults” (CDC, 2020).However, it is important to note that implementation of infection control measures within the chosen community constitute of great significance because since is a new disease we are learning about it every day.
The project aims to analyze the needs of education to staff and families in the implementation of measures to prevent the introduction and/or break the chain of transmission within their homes, the community and inside the facility. Each family must implement a closed environment and follows the mandatory statute of social distance.
Outcomes from this study will serve to reveal which additional measures can be implemented in Sunshine Childcare, as well as aspects of the education needed from the staff and families to prevent the transmission.
Problem Statement
Sunshine Childcare has implemented restriction guidelines regarding outside visitors and parent’s ability to access the actual building when they drop their children off and pick them up. In addition, they enforce the use of the facial mask for staff, parents and children over 3 years old, as well as hand washing and hand sanitizer. The problem lies when we try to prevent contagion not only to/from children, but also from their families and staff even outside the facility, as well as to identify what aspects of the education are needed and what additional procedures and resources may be suitable to implement ...
you have seen that oftentimes the costs and benefits of solutions arwalthamcoretta
you have seen that oftentimes the costs and benefits of solutions are hidden or revealed only when viewed from different perspectives. Consider those perspectives here and respond to two of your peers by discussing the benefits of the technological trend chosen by your peers. Debate who should pay for technological infrastructure in the healthcare system. Response posts should be 100 to 150 words, with a minimum of one supporting reference included.
Response 1
The purpose of this discussion is to explore technology and trends to help improve the healthcare of the aging adult community. I have always seen the benefit of service animals for the disabled and elderly. They provide support, comradery, and a sense of purpose. If someone that would normally not see a reason to get out of bed has an animal that needs them for food and support, they will see a reason to participate in the day. I chose to delve into the idea of having robots assist those in the elderly community that needs aid. There is a discussion if the addition of aid from a robot would contribute to the isolation of this population. (Hersh, 2015) I will add that without the assistance the population may already be isolated due to the potential of immobility. Their only contact may be the isolated caregiver that comes to assist on occasion. With the addition of a live-in robot, the elderly patient may be more willing to communicate with others and even venture out of the house. Robotic limbs have been around for some years now and have improved the lives of amputees. Then there are the robotic teddy bears used in nursing homes to gauge responses and timing for their residents. One introduces an autonomy portion while the other does not.
The addition of technology to aid in the everyday and healthcare needs of the aging adult can be invaluable. The issue is when the cost out ways the benefits, who is going to pick up the bill for assisting a population that may have difficulty even paying for their housing? Little is known about individual end users’ willingness to pay for technology that has the potential to improve QoL and enhance functional independence in everyday life. (Hersh, 2015) I believe that technology is the way of the future in healthcare. Telemedicine allows individuals to stay in their homes longer and seek advice or treatment over the phone for video conferences. Remote monitoring and medication delivery are allowing rural communities to stay healthier when they cannot come into the city for aid. This technology is vital to keep the aging community healthy and safe at home as well. I feel this needs to be incorporated into the tax reform and/or Medicare/Medicaid contributions. Technology will help keep the vulnerable populations out of the hospital by providing preventive care and monitoring.
Response 2
The most beneficial up and coming trend worth investing in to improve healthcare for aging individuals and their families in the United Sta ...
Future of Healthcare Provision Jan 2017Future Agenda
Building on insights from our 2015 future of health discussions, this is a new initial view on how healthcare provision may change, especially given emerging opportunities for improved patient engagement. As well as insights from discussions in India, UK, Canada, Singapore and the US it also includes other additional perspectives shared in interviews and workshops over the past 12 months.
We recognise that given the multi-factored nature of this topic and the rapid emergence of new options, what we have summarised in this document is itself in flux. As such, over the next few months we will be sharing this more widely for additional feedback ahead of publication of an updated paper over the summer. So, if you have any comments on changes and additions or issues that you think need more detail, please let us know and we will include.
As with all Future Agenda output, this is being published under creative commons (share alike non commercial) so you are free to share and quote as suits.
The report discusses what the LMI segments know and feel about the COVID-19 outbreak and examines its effect on them. The report also highlights actionable recommendations for policymakers to design suitable interventions that can help the LMI segment cope better in this difficult situation.
Presentation at LSE event (European Knowledge Tree Group) on 8 April 2013 on Learning from Whole System Demonstrator programme - future of telehealth in England
HorseTech Conference Cheltenham 15/16 March 20223GDR
Speakers who will present on 15-16th March 2022 at the HorseTech Conference Cheltenham (and can be watched via the completely FREE livestream). For full details and to register:
https://horsetechconference.com/cheltenham/
DOCTORS AND SOCIAL MEDIA webinar (delivered by Liz Price, MDDUS senior risk a...3GDR
These slides were used for a MDDUS webinar that aimed to explore the legislative and regulatory risks involved in doctors personal and professional use of social media, and in relation to responding to and engaging with patients via this media.
The objectives were to raise awareness of the common medicolegal risks associated with doctors personal use of social media.
To raise awareness of the common medicolegal risks associated with doctors professional use of social media. To explore ways in which doctors can most appropriately respond to patient feedback and contacts via online platforms.
Participants are equipped to apply the knowledge gained in the webinar to risk assess and safely manage their online activities.
Provides guidance to enable improvement of personal practice in this area:
Royal Pharmaceutical Society UCL School of Pharmacy New Year Lecture 20193GDR
Diabetes and the Pharmacy Army
Philip Newland-Jones
Consultant Pharmacist Diabetes & Endocrinology
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Mobile Health: the enable of Empowered Patients3GDR
Draft of slides for talk by David Doherty (coFounder, 3GDoctor) at the "Transforming Community Pharmacies in to High Street Clinics" Conference in London on the 15th November 2018.
For more information please visit:
https://mhealthinsight.com/2018/10/28/join-us-at-transforming-community-pharmacies-in-to-high-street-clinics/
Mobile Health: the enable of Empowered Patients3GDR
Draft of slides for talk by David Doherty (coFounder, 3GDoctor) at the "Transforming Community Pharmacies in to High Street Clinics" Conference in London on the 15th November 2018.
Slides for lecture by David Doherty (about.me/mHealth) to the Medical Students at University College Dublin on Thursday 29th March 2018.
Full details and Video:
https://mhealthinsight.com/2018/03/22/how-would-the-bornmobile-generation-redesign-medicine-and-whats-the-future-role-of-the-doctor/
Slides for lecture by David Doherty (about.me/mHealth) to the Medical Students at University College Dublin on Thursday 22 March 2018.
Full details and Video:
https://mhealthinsight.com/2018/03/22/how-would-the-bornmobile-generation-redesign-medicine-and-whats-the-future-role-of-the-doctor/
eHealth Ireland & Northern Ireland Connected Health Ecosystem
members of the ECHAlliance International Ecosystem Network
Cross Border Collaboration Projects in Action Alan Connor, mPower Programme Manager, NHS24
Notes on a talk on “Pricing and evaluating Orphan Drugs – present and future”...3GDR
The following slides are notes made by David Doherty following a very interesting presentation on “Pricing and evaluating Orphan Drugs – present and future” provided by Goran Medic, Market Access Manager Europe at Horizon Pharma Plc at the Pharma Pricing & Market Access Europe Conference in London (the world’s largest gathering of pharmaceutical pricing, market access and reimbursement professionals) on the 23rd February 2017.
Deriving more value from real world evidence to ensure timely access of medic...3GDR
Dr Sarah Wamala Andersson, Consultant, Real world evidence and value-based medicines
Pharma Pricing & Market Access Congress 2017 22 February 2017 London
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object Calisthenics
Final keeping the promise
1. Keeping the Promise of Achieving MDGs– Reaching the Last Mile
Dr Sharad Sapra, Unicef, June 6th 2011
Based on current progress, it is estimated that almost 50 countries of the world will not achieve the
MDGs by 2015. Most of them are in the area of child and maternal mortality; and most of them are
in Africa. Sadly it could be another target left unachieved and another promise broken. But that
need not be so.
The science available to us today is sufficient to help us achieve the targets. The political will is
expressed repeatedly. Delivery systems have been put in place and yet after the initial rapid pace of
progress, movement towards the last mile is slow. I believe that the strategies that have been put in
place have brought us to the point where we are today – very close to being successful but not yet
all the way there.. However, I also believe that these strategies have delivered the results that they
could and doing more of the same will not take us towards achieving the targets.
I believe some of the basic assumptions on which we based our programme strategies have changed
and therefore need to be revisited. For example – in the water sector, we worked on the assumption
that safe water is not available. We invested in drilling bore holes, putting in place piped water
schemes as close to the population as possible. While in Urban and peri urban areas in many cases
we were able to put the water point right into the house, in many areas people still have to walk
some distance to collect water. Even when 95% of water sources provide clean drinking water, over
90% of the water at the consumption point (household) is contaminated. As a result, the simplest of
all diseases – diarrhoea, is still rampant and diarrhoeal deaths are still one of the top 3 or 4 killers of
children in Africa. The question then is should the focus not also be to put at water transportation
and storage and purification at the point of consumption, regardless of the source.
I also believe that the last mile challenges we face today are not the challenges that can be
addressed by the sectors that face the challenges. The answers lie in other sectors. For instance, in
the case of immunization, the challenge is not really the vaccine or the technique of injecting or
administering the dose of the vaccine or effectiveness of the vaccine per se. The challenge is usually
that of getting the vaccine to the right place at the right time – a logistics issue. The medical
profession as we all know are trained in medical sciences, logistics not being one of the subjects. But
private sector companies, courier companies, transport companies, Coke and Pepsi, the Walmarts,
game, pick and pay and Woolworths of this world are experts in logistics and distribution systems.
Unfortunately they are not a part of or linked to the Health Ministry.
Many efficiency gains within the current system can be achieved that can bring us much closer to
achieving the MDGs by just focussing on removing the bottlenecks and delays in the delivery
systems.
That brings me to this wonderful industry sector of communication – the Mobile Phones and the role
that they can play in helping Africa reach its development objectives.
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2. With over 500 million cell phone subscribers by September 2010 and a possible 850 million
subscribers by 2015, Africa is the fastest growing cell phone market in the world. In fact Africa today
has more cell phone subscriptions than US and Canada put together. In Uganda, 70-90% of volunteer
community health care workers already own basic mobile phones. Powerful tools are already in the
hands of those best suited to address last mile challenges.
People often see a cell phone as a talking device. I see it in many different ways –
1. As a substitute for transport – many things can be done over the phone that earlier required
the use of transport e.g. cash transfers
2. As a personal advisor/ educator – with appropriate services, a cell phone can become a tool
where people can get advice, information and guidance in total privacy and on demand –
already people are getting reminders for their next medical check up or taking their next
dose of medicine and even getting private on demand English language courses. Also
imagine a health worker in a remote area entering signs and symptom information about
cases and immediately getting feedback on possible diagnosis, treatment and referral.
3. As a digital bridge between those who have fibre optic and other cable based internet
connections and those who don’t – so we do not wait for the cables to reach before people
have access to information and who know maybe the technology will advance in a way that
no cables would be needed in the future in many of our African countries;
4. As key tools that can cut down delays between the time the information is acquired and
acted upon. Significant investments have been made by countries in designing management
information systems. To me these systems focus too much on managing information. Often
they are data heavy and replicate the sequential process of moving data as was done with
paper from one level to the next. As a result breakdowns are common and the system is only
as strong as the weakest link. With cell phones, I believe we can work in developing systems
that are not designed around Managing Information but systems that provide Information
for Management. With cell phones the 4 or 5 bits of actionable and critical information can
be sent to the server from where all the processing is done and feedback and aggregated
data for action sent via sms or ussd to all levels almost instantly. Drug stock outs, teacher
and student absenteeism are some examples. Birth registration, registration of vulnerable
children and households and direct cash transfers are some of the examples that illustrate
the point.
5. I also see the power of the cell phones in accountability, transparency and citizenship.
Imagine an SMS being sent to hundreds and thousands of pre-enrolled subscribers asking if
the water point in their village is working or not, or if the teacher is there in the classroom or
not, or if the health center has a particular marker drug or not and getting instant feedback
that gives the picture of the whole country in a very short time and at a very low cost. By
doing this you are making the community aware of their entitlement, engaging them in
monitoring their entitlements and giving them feedback as to what action can they take to
address the problem. The aggregated information can also be shared with local leadership at
various levels and a national public discourse can be undertaken to act on the problem.
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3. Suddenly, with minor investments, the voice of the people is influencing national action and
policy letting people know that their participation and their VOICE Matters.
6. As a major nano enterprise where hundreds of unemployed young people can be engaged in
reporting, data entry, charging cell phones, working in small groups as cash transfer centres
etc.
I can go on and on and these are not dreams or just flights of imagination but are currently being
rolled out in many countries in the region.
In Uganda, we are working with the Government, and partners like WHO, Find Diagnostics, and
MVP, to roll out a complete mHealth package that spans the continuum of care. For UNICEF, the
focus is not on the technology or the hardware – which is the easiest part to address - but on
building the capacity and skills of the people who will be asked to use these new tools and respond
to new types of information.
The health package being developed in Uganda covers everything from creating demand for services
and providing people with information so they can make informed choices, empowering community
health workers with tools that allow them to send reports – such as disease outbreaks at point of
contact, and providing District Health Teams and Health Facilities - with information to better
manage their resources. Separately, we only get a small part of the picture – for example we might
know we have an increase in community outbreaks of malaria, but have no idea if they can access
drugs at their local community. But when the entire continuum of care is addressed, we can pinpoint
exactly where in the chain the breakdowns are occurring and immediately address them.
However, one of the challenges we are seeing is a growing fragmentation of the health sector as
more and more development actors pilot ICT initiatives. In Uganda, there are over 60+ separate
projects by last count. Many of them duplicate existing efforts, some of them do not follow general
best practices or rely on expensive, unscalable hardware, and a large number of them fail to ensure
their data is actually integrated into the existing government health information systems. Most of
these initiatives operate outside the knowledge of the Ministry of Health. This is posing a serious
challenge to designing national systems meant to scale. There is a desperate need for national
standards, consensus on platforms and technology, and collaboration between agencies and
development actors.
That brings me to the final point of this conversation – the role of Private Sector and the cell phone
service and hardware providers. Many of you are involved in Philanthropy, and that is good.
However, I am more interested in seeing how business models can be worked out where corporate
social responsibility and core business models of the cell phone industry can come together. Because
that is what is needed to have a strong and long-term sustainable relationship between national
development objectives and the core business objectives. Also investing in poor makes good
business sense as they are the largest proportion of the population and their well being is good for
your business.
I want to mention an exciting birth registration initiative in Uganda that has paired Uganda
Telecoms, one of the biggest mobile phone operators in the country, with the Ugandan Registration
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4. Services Bureau. Early on in the process, UNICEF gathered all the key stakeholders – including
government, NGO and academia, working on similar initiatives – to get broad consensus and buy-in,
and avoid duplication.
Uganda Telecoms then developed, at an estimated cost of $50,000 in programming time, a simple
USSD and online / off-line application to enable duty bearers to register new births. Certificates are
printed and available in real-time, and the national offices can access up-to-the-second records from
anywhere in the country.
Now, what is important here is understanding why Uganda Telecom is engaging in this initiative.
From the beginning, UNICEF was not interested in a Corporate Social Responsibility project. We
wanted this system to make good business sense for the Uganda Telecom.
Recent market surveys show that the telecoms are no longer looking at voice as their primary source
of revenue. They are instead using voice to direct consumers to their main money making areas:
SMS and Value Added Services. The most strategic objective for operators currently is on network
expansion, improving market share and driving customer loyalty.
Knowing this, we were able to make a good case for Uganda Telecom to work with UNICEF and
government counterparts on this initiative. Uganda Telecom significantly subsidizes the hosting and
data transfer costs for the birth registration system, making it possible to conduct an entire birth
“transaction” for less than 1 cent. With costs this low, we have a scalable solution that the
Government of Uganda can afford.
In return, Uganda Telecom sees an opportunity to expand their network of users to at least one
“birth registration focal point” in every village. Uganda Telecom envisions this person, who will be
actively engaging with countless households as part of the birth registration work, also acting as
their mobile money operator. Additionally, while the core service of birth registration is offered at
nearly no cost, Uganda Telecom will be providing premium value added services such as an easy way
to notify your family and friends of the birth.
In light of this, I would pose the following questions to those engaged in this field:
1. Can the private sector assign a proportion of their programmer’s time to work with
various Government Ministries pro bono to understand their major communication,
logistics and data movement constraints and design solutions that are not tied to one
specific service provider and that can work for them;
2. Can the private sector assign some time of their technical staff to build capacity of the
young in various universities and vocational schools to build national capacity in this
area;
3. You already offer many free services on your carriers, can some of these be for public
good and crowd sourcing vital development information;
4. Can each of your retail outlets act as data and voice gathering centres so that the
observations and voices of the ordinary and the marginalized can be heard in the highest
levels of the government;
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5. 5. Can each of your retail outlets be a learning point for the young with a combination of
free and chargeable services for public good;
6. Can you all work together on certain public good initiatives so that the programmes of
one can work on the platforms of others as well
7. Can we all have a common portal where we share within the country and in the region,
perhaps even globally what we are working on so that we can harvest the energies and
resources already invested by others in addressing the same challenge and not duplicate
each other’s efforts but benefit from them. Can we all also agree on certain standards
which all of will abide by so the solutions are robust, scalable, easily shared and
replicated.
I know that many of you are already doing a lot of this but there is room for more and this critical
juncture where we have only few years left to achieve MDGs, you all can be a critical player.
Thank You
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