The document discusses acceptable internet use policies (AUPs) in schools. It notes that while the internet provides educational resources, it also presents dangers like inappropriate content and online predators. As a result, schools implement AUPs to outline rules for internet access and consequences for violations. Proper AUPs respect student rights while protecting them, and emphasize education over censorship or banning websites. The document provides guidelines for elements that should be included in effective AUPs.
This document provides a list of resources for kids to use the internet for research and making PowerPoint presentations, including search engines designed for kids like KidsClick!, Kids Web, and Quintura Kids as well as general search engines. It also lists PowerPoint tutorial websites for kids to learn how to make presentations.
This article discusses the importance of evaluating technology programs in schools. It notes that technology specialists should be regularly assessing how the technology program is impacting teaching and learning. The article provides a checklist of items that should be considered when evaluating a technology program, including how technology is being integrated into the curriculum, how it supports research and problem-solving skills, and how well teachers are being trained on educational technology. It stresses that ongoing evaluation is key to ensuring the technology program is effective and having a positive influence on students.
This document summarizes and analyzes an excerpt from Homer's Odyssey. It notes that the excerpt establishes the framework of the story by introducing Odysseus's travels and sufferings. It describes how Athena convinces Zeus that Odysseus has endured enough and needs to return home to his wife and son. The document argues that the opening format of media res is still commonly used today in books and films. It suggests this format must have resonated during the time of the Odyssey to have endured into the modern era. Finally, it asserts that the themes of loyalty, perseverance, and overcoming treachery in the face of oppression in the Odyssey still relate to the human experience today, contributing to its lasting influence and inspiration of
This document provides a template for critiquing different types of writing. It lists questions to consider when evaluating informative, persuasive, and entertaining writing. For informative writing, it prompts the reader to check the accuracy and significance of the information, and whether it is presented fairly. For persuasive writing, it suggests evaluating the definition of terms, use of evidence, logical reasoning, and potential biases. For entertaining writing, it prompts considering interesting characters, believability, communication of ideas, language use, and fulfillment of purpose. It also includes questions for agreeing or disagreeing with the author's position and examining their underlying assumptions.
This document contains summaries of 9 articles related to technology integration in education. The summaries are brief, ranging from 1 to 4 sentences and highlight the main topics and conclusions of each article. Critiques of each article are also provided, noting positive aspects as well as potential areas of improvement.
This document provides a framework for critiquing literature by assessing coherence, substance, and logical consistency. It evaluates if authors sensibly approached research, if arguments followed coherent reasoning, and if the literature contributed new knowledge, insights, and was relevant. It also considers if information will guide future thinking on issues, is useful to researchers/managers, and builds upon existing theories in a logically consistent manner without contradictions.
The document discusses acceptable internet use policies (AUPs) in schools. It notes that while the internet provides educational resources, it also presents dangers like inappropriate content and online predators. As a result, schools implement AUPs to outline rules for internet access and consequences for violations. Proper AUPs respect student rights while protecting them, and emphasize education over censorship or banning websites. The document provides guidelines for elements that should be included in effective AUPs.
This document provides a list of resources for kids to use the internet for research and making PowerPoint presentations, including search engines designed for kids like KidsClick!, Kids Web, and Quintura Kids as well as general search engines. It also lists PowerPoint tutorial websites for kids to learn how to make presentations.
This article discusses the importance of evaluating technology programs in schools. It notes that technology specialists should be regularly assessing how the technology program is impacting teaching and learning. The article provides a checklist of items that should be considered when evaluating a technology program, including how technology is being integrated into the curriculum, how it supports research and problem-solving skills, and how well teachers are being trained on educational technology. It stresses that ongoing evaluation is key to ensuring the technology program is effective and having a positive influence on students.
This document summarizes and analyzes an excerpt from Homer's Odyssey. It notes that the excerpt establishes the framework of the story by introducing Odysseus's travels and sufferings. It describes how Athena convinces Zeus that Odysseus has endured enough and needs to return home to his wife and son. The document argues that the opening format of media res is still commonly used today in books and films. It suggests this format must have resonated during the time of the Odyssey to have endured into the modern era. Finally, it asserts that the themes of loyalty, perseverance, and overcoming treachery in the face of oppression in the Odyssey still relate to the human experience today, contributing to its lasting influence and inspiration of
This document provides a template for critiquing different types of writing. It lists questions to consider when evaluating informative, persuasive, and entertaining writing. For informative writing, it prompts the reader to check the accuracy and significance of the information, and whether it is presented fairly. For persuasive writing, it suggests evaluating the definition of terms, use of evidence, logical reasoning, and potential biases. For entertaining writing, it prompts considering interesting characters, believability, communication of ideas, language use, and fulfillment of purpose. It also includes questions for agreeing or disagreeing with the author's position and examining their underlying assumptions.
This document contains summaries of 9 articles related to technology integration in education. The summaries are brief, ranging from 1 to 4 sentences and highlight the main topics and conclusions of each article. Critiques of each article are also provided, noting positive aspects as well as potential areas of improvement.
This document provides a framework for critiquing literature by assessing coherence, substance, and logical consistency. It evaluates if authors sensibly approached research, if arguments followed coherent reasoning, and if the literature contributed new knowledge, insights, and was relevant. It also considers if information will guide future thinking on issues, is useful to researchers/managers, and builds upon existing theories in a logically consistent manner without contradictions.
This summary provides the key details from the document in 3 sentences:
This document summarizes several research articles on integrating technology into instruction. It discusses studies on using technology like laptops, digital books, and online collaboration to increase student engagement and achievement in middle school classrooms. The critiques for each article are also summarized and provide additional context for how the studies could be improved or built upon.
The document provides a critique of the ANSI SQL isolation levels and proposes new definitions. It identifies ambiguities in how ANSI SQL defines isolation levels in terms of phenomena like "dirty reads" and "non-repeatable reads". The authors redefine the phenomena, introduce new phenomena like "dirty writes", and define new isolation types like Snapshot Isolation that provide better concurrency without compromising consistency. They characterize different isolation levels by the phenomena and anomalies they allow. The critique aims to establish a clearer hierarchy of isolation levels and their properties.
The document discusses various topics related to technology use in classrooms. It describes how clickers are being used to engage all students in polling questions during lessons, but that overuse of clickers could shift the focus from learning material. iPads are also discussed as beneficial for presenting clear material on a large screen, though they may not be best for long writing assignments. The document addresses debates around filtering the internet in schools to block inappropriate content versus limiting access to educational resources, as well as issues of internet piracy and illegal music/movie downloading.
The document summarizes a study that examined how career orientation shapes the relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intention. The study found that career orientation moderated these relationships such that the negative relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intention was stronger for independent employees compared to loyalty-focused employees. Additionally, changes in job satisfaction more strongly predicted changes in turnover intention for independent employees than loyalty-focused employees. The study contributed to understanding job satisfaction and turnover intention by showing how these factors are influenced by career orientation and employee type.
The Station nightclub fire occurred on February 20, 2003 in West Warwick, Rhode Island. During a band's pyrotechnic performance, flames ignited polyurethane foam insulation lining the walls and ceiling of the nightclub. The fire spread quickly, with smoke visible in exit doorways within a minute and flames breaking through the roof in less than five minutes. One hundred people lost their lives. Major issues included the fire inspector's failure to properly evaluate the unsafe foam insulation and allow pyrotechnics without testing. The building may have been overcrowded and fire inspections did not ensure code violations were corrected, like blocked exits and no exit lighting. Recommendations are that inspectors should ensure compliance with fire codes
The third grade teachers have struggled with teaching information literacy standards to their students. The teachers lack classroom resources to effectively teach these skills. The document outlines a multi-week lesson plan for a unit focused on using internet research skills to create PowerPoint presentations on assigned animal topics. Over several weeks, students will research their topics online, take notes, and present their findings in a PowerPoint, with the goal of enhancing their understanding of how to conduct research using online resources.
Two firefighters riding on top of a ladder truck had to duck to avoid a railroad bridge as they were en route to a call. Witnessing crews failed to correct this unsafe behavior, which violated the fire department's policy requiring all personnel to ride inside vehicles and wear seat belts. An off-duty firefighter reported the incident to the fire chief. This scenario highlighted failures in safety compliance and leadership that could have seriously injured or killed crew members.
The document discusses issues with Pakistan's education system. It argues that neither schools nor madrassas properly educate students about knowing Allah, and instead schools focus only on preparing students for money. It also says madrassa students have difficulty adjusting to modern society. The system needs reform to bridge the gap between schools and madrassas and give students space to develop their talents. However, spending on education needs to increase as literacy rates are rising despite policies that only benefit political aims rather than educating Pakistan.
This document provides a lesson plan for a 2nd grade class to teach the difference between fiction and nonfiction. Students will research an animal using online and print resources and create an informative PowerPoint presentation and fictional story. The plan outlines standards, vocabulary, activities, and assessment. Activities include introducing fiction vs nonfiction concepts, modeling research skills, guided practice finding sources, independent research and creation of final products which will be evaluated using a rubric.
The document is a summary of an artifact written by Alex Boswell critiquing a New York Times article about special education. The artifact critiques an article discussing how special needs children often have to travel long distances for their education and the benefits of residential in-state schools. Boswell's critique notes the importance of listening to diverse needs and hopes more affordable residential schools will be built so lower income families can access special education services. The artifact demonstrates Boswell's advocacy for special education students and ability to support institutional changes that improve education quality and quality of life.
This document is a student assignment submitted by Mertcan Karabuk to Dr. Donovan McFarlane for a course on delivering superior customer value. The assignment provides a review and critique of an article titled "Social Media and eCRM as a Prerequisite for Hotel Success." The summary highlights that the article discusses how hotels can use eCRM systems and social media to increase customer satisfaction and revenue. It also notes that customers now research hotels online through reviews and promotions, so an optimized website is important for hotels. The student provides recommendations for hotel managers to actively engage on social media and optimize their online presence to attract more customers.
Discussing Design: The Art of Critique - Web 2.0 Expo NY 2011Aaron Irizarry
In this presentation we’ll discuss the importance of critique and a language for discussing design. It can be easy to complain about the way things are and theorize on the way things should be. Progress comes from understanding why something is the way it is and then examining how it meets or does not meet it’s desired goals. This is critique. Critique is not about describing how bad something is, or proposing the ultimate solution. Critique is a dialogue, a conversation that takes place to better understand how we got to where we are, how close we are to getting where we want to go and what we have left to do to get there.
The contents of this presentation will focus on:
understanding critique
best practices for incorporating critiques into a design practice
identifying common challenges to critique and ways to improve our ability to deliver, collect and receive critique
Advantage Technology - Ransomware and the NIST Cybersecurity FrameworkJack Shaffer
The document discusses how organizations can use the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) to help manage the risk of ransomware attacks, covering the five core functions of Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover and providing examples of how each function can be applied to counter ransomware threats through practices like asset management, access control, training, monitoring and response planning.
Advantage wvde containerization - june 2018Jack Shaffer
This presentation discusses the evolution of server virtualization technologies from virtual machines to containers. It provides a brief history of virtualization and its limitations before introducing containers as a more efficient method of application isolation using shared operating system resources. Containers offer benefits like increased server density, more efficient resource utilization, and improved application portability. Docker is highlighted as the most popular container platform, and its growing support for Windows Server 2016 is discussed.
Cybersecurity Presentation at WVONGA spring meeting 2018Jack Shaffer
The document discusses cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the oil and gas industry and frameworks to address them. It notes recent cyber attacks on energy infrastructure and outlines factors that make the industry vulnerable, such as lack of training, remote work practices, outdated systems, and insufficient network separation. It then introduces several cybersecurity standards and frameworks that can help organizations in the industry implement effective security practices, including ISO 27001, NIST Framework, CIS Controls, and IEC 62443. The presentation emphasizes that information security requires an ongoing process rather than just technology solutions.
The obligatory EHR Implementation Lessons Learned presentationJack Shaffer
The document discusses lessons learned from implementing electronic health record (EHR) systems. It emphasizes that EHR implementations require adequate technology infrastructure, including reliable hardware, software, networking, and disaster recovery plans. The infrastructure must be treated as critically important, as technological problems can cripple an EHR rollout. Specifically, the presentation warns that inadequate infrastructure can lead to EHR systems that are slow, unreliable, and fail to deliver expected benefits. It stresses that the infrastructure should be viewed as a utility and treated with the same importance as other patient care assets when using an EHR.
HealtheMountaineer PHR presentation to WorldVistAJack Shaffer
The document summarizes West Virginia's HealtheMountaineer personal health record (PHR) project. It was established in 2007 under a Medicaid transformation grant to pilot a PHR, evaluate electronic medical records statewide, and demonstrate data exchange between EMRs and PHRs. The PHR provides patients a web-based portal to access and contribute medical information. It is currently being piloted with 700 patients in Clay County and could be expanded statewide. The PHR aims to empower patients, reduce costs, and satisfy meaningful use requirements through interoperability.
Personal health record launched in Clay County, West VirginiaJack Shaffer
An innovative personal health record system called HealtheMountaineer has been launched for patients of Primary Care, a rural clinic in Clay County, West Virginia. The system allows over 1,000 patients to access their medical records, lab results, and other health information online. It is integrated with the clinic's existing electronic medical record system. The goal is to improve patient health and care quality while benefiting from the cost savings of open-source technologies. The system was modeled after the VA's MyHealtheVet program and uses national health data sharing standards to enable interoperability.
WV Telehealth Alliance presentation to USACJack Shaffer
The document summarizes West Virginia's plan to use $8.4 million in FCC Rural Health Care Pilot Program funds to build a statewide telehealth network. It will connect rural health centers, hospitals, and clinics to enable telehealth, electronic health records, and data sharing. The network will aggregate existing infrastructure and providers, prioritizing underserved southern areas. It aims to connect 290 health locations over 3 years through competitive bidding of telecom services.
This summary provides the key details from the document in 3 sentences:
This document summarizes several research articles on integrating technology into instruction. It discusses studies on using technology like laptops, digital books, and online collaboration to increase student engagement and achievement in middle school classrooms. The critiques for each article are also summarized and provide additional context for how the studies could be improved or built upon.
The document provides a critique of the ANSI SQL isolation levels and proposes new definitions. It identifies ambiguities in how ANSI SQL defines isolation levels in terms of phenomena like "dirty reads" and "non-repeatable reads". The authors redefine the phenomena, introduce new phenomena like "dirty writes", and define new isolation types like Snapshot Isolation that provide better concurrency without compromising consistency. They characterize different isolation levels by the phenomena and anomalies they allow. The critique aims to establish a clearer hierarchy of isolation levels and their properties.
The document discusses various topics related to technology use in classrooms. It describes how clickers are being used to engage all students in polling questions during lessons, but that overuse of clickers could shift the focus from learning material. iPads are also discussed as beneficial for presenting clear material on a large screen, though they may not be best for long writing assignments. The document addresses debates around filtering the internet in schools to block inappropriate content versus limiting access to educational resources, as well as issues of internet piracy and illegal music/movie downloading.
The document summarizes a study that examined how career orientation shapes the relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intention. The study found that career orientation moderated these relationships such that the negative relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intention was stronger for independent employees compared to loyalty-focused employees. Additionally, changes in job satisfaction more strongly predicted changes in turnover intention for independent employees than loyalty-focused employees. The study contributed to understanding job satisfaction and turnover intention by showing how these factors are influenced by career orientation and employee type.
The Station nightclub fire occurred on February 20, 2003 in West Warwick, Rhode Island. During a band's pyrotechnic performance, flames ignited polyurethane foam insulation lining the walls and ceiling of the nightclub. The fire spread quickly, with smoke visible in exit doorways within a minute and flames breaking through the roof in less than five minutes. One hundred people lost their lives. Major issues included the fire inspector's failure to properly evaluate the unsafe foam insulation and allow pyrotechnics without testing. The building may have been overcrowded and fire inspections did not ensure code violations were corrected, like blocked exits and no exit lighting. Recommendations are that inspectors should ensure compliance with fire codes
The third grade teachers have struggled with teaching information literacy standards to their students. The teachers lack classroom resources to effectively teach these skills. The document outlines a multi-week lesson plan for a unit focused on using internet research skills to create PowerPoint presentations on assigned animal topics. Over several weeks, students will research their topics online, take notes, and present their findings in a PowerPoint, with the goal of enhancing their understanding of how to conduct research using online resources.
Two firefighters riding on top of a ladder truck had to duck to avoid a railroad bridge as they were en route to a call. Witnessing crews failed to correct this unsafe behavior, which violated the fire department's policy requiring all personnel to ride inside vehicles and wear seat belts. An off-duty firefighter reported the incident to the fire chief. This scenario highlighted failures in safety compliance and leadership that could have seriously injured or killed crew members.
The document discusses issues with Pakistan's education system. It argues that neither schools nor madrassas properly educate students about knowing Allah, and instead schools focus only on preparing students for money. It also says madrassa students have difficulty adjusting to modern society. The system needs reform to bridge the gap between schools and madrassas and give students space to develop their talents. However, spending on education needs to increase as literacy rates are rising despite policies that only benefit political aims rather than educating Pakistan.
This document provides a lesson plan for a 2nd grade class to teach the difference between fiction and nonfiction. Students will research an animal using online and print resources and create an informative PowerPoint presentation and fictional story. The plan outlines standards, vocabulary, activities, and assessment. Activities include introducing fiction vs nonfiction concepts, modeling research skills, guided practice finding sources, independent research and creation of final products which will be evaluated using a rubric.
The document is a summary of an artifact written by Alex Boswell critiquing a New York Times article about special education. The artifact critiques an article discussing how special needs children often have to travel long distances for their education and the benefits of residential in-state schools. Boswell's critique notes the importance of listening to diverse needs and hopes more affordable residential schools will be built so lower income families can access special education services. The artifact demonstrates Boswell's advocacy for special education students and ability to support institutional changes that improve education quality and quality of life.
This document is a student assignment submitted by Mertcan Karabuk to Dr. Donovan McFarlane for a course on delivering superior customer value. The assignment provides a review and critique of an article titled "Social Media and eCRM as a Prerequisite for Hotel Success." The summary highlights that the article discusses how hotels can use eCRM systems and social media to increase customer satisfaction and revenue. It also notes that customers now research hotels online through reviews and promotions, so an optimized website is important for hotels. The student provides recommendations for hotel managers to actively engage on social media and optimize their online presence to attract more customers.
Discussing Design: The Art of Critique - Web 2.0 Expo NY 2011Aaron Irizarry
In this presentation we’ll discuss the importance of critique and a language for discussing design. It can be easy to complain about the way things are and theorize on the way things should be. Progress comes from understanding why something is the way it is and then examining how it meets or does not meet it’s desired goals. This is critique. Critique is not about describing how bad something is, or proposing the ultimate solution. Critique is a dialogue, a conversation that takes place to better understand how we got to where we are, how close we are to getting where we want to go and what we have left to do to get there.
The contents of this presentation will focus on:
understanding critique
best practices for incorporating critiques into a design practice
identifying common challenges to critique and ways to improve our ability to deliver, collect and receive critique
Advantage Technology - Ransomware and the NIST Cybersecurity FrameworkJack Shaffer
The document discusses how organizations can use the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) to help manage the risk of ransomware attacks, covering the five core functions of Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover and providing examples of how each function can be applied to counter ransomware threats through practices like asset management, access control, training, monitoring and response planning.
Advantage wvde containerization - june 2018Jack Shaffer
This presentation discusses the evolution of server virtualization technologies from virtual machines to containers. It provides a brief history of virtualization and its limitations before introducing containers as a more efficient method of application isolation using shared operating system resources. Containers offer benefits like increased server density, more efficient resource utilization, and improved application portability. Docker is highlighted as the most popular container platform, and its growing support for Windows Server 2016 is discussed.
Cybersecurity Presentation at WVONGA spring meeting 2018Jack Shaffer
The document discusses cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the oil and gas industry and frameworks to address them. It notes recent cyber attacks on energy infrastructure and outlines factors that make the industry vulnerable, such as lack of training, remote work practices, outdated systems, and insufficient network separation. It then introduces several cybersecurity standards and frameworks that can help organizations in the industry implement effective security practices, including ISO 27001, NIST Framework, CIS Controls, and IEC 62443. The presentation emphasizes that information security requires an ongoing process rather than just technology solutions.
The obligatory EHR Implementation Lessons Learned presentationJack Shaffer
The document discusses lessons learned from implementing electronic health record (EHR) systems. It emphasizes that EHR implementations require adequate technology infrastructure, including reliable hardware, software, networking, and disaster recovery plans. The infrastructure must be treated as critically important, as technological problems can cripple an EHR rollout. Specifically, the presentation warns that inadequate infrastructure can lead to EHR systems that are slow, unreliable, and fail to deliver expected benefits. It stresses that the infrastructure should be viewed as a utility and treated with the same importance as other patient care assets when using an EHR.
HealtheMountaineer PHR presentation to WorldVistAJack Shaffer
The document summarizes West Virginia's HealtheMountaineer personal health record (PHR) project. It was established in 2007 under a Medicaid transformation grant to pilot a PHR, evaluate electronic medical records statewide, and demonstrate data exchange between EMRs and PHRs. The PHR provides patients a web-based portal to access and contribute medical information. It is currently being piloted with 700 patients in Clay County and could be expanded statewide. The PHR aims to empower patients, reduce costs, and satisfy meaningful use requirements through interoperability.
Personal health record launched in Clay County, West VirginiaJack Shaffer
An innovative personal health record system called HealtheMountaineer has been launched for patients of Primary Care, a rural clinic in Clay County, West Virginia. The system allows over 1,000 patients to access their medical records, lab results, and other health information online. It is integrated with the clinic's existing electronic medical record system. The goal is to improve patient health and care quality while benefiting from the cost savings of open-source technologies. The system was modeled after the VA's MyHealtheVet program and uses national health data sharing standards to enable interoperability.
WV Telehealth Alliance presentation to USACJack Shaffer
The document summarizes West Virginia's plan to use $8.4 million in FCC Rural Health Care Pilot Program funds to build a statewide telehealth network. It will connect rural health centers, hospitals, and clinics to enable telehealth, electronic health records, and data sharing. The network will aggregate existing infrastructure and providers, prioritizing underserved southern areas. It aims to connect 290 health locations over 3 years through competitive bidding of telecom services.
The VA's electronic health record system, VistA, is cited as a potential model for a national health information network. VistA uses open-source software that allows easy sharing of medical data and applications between hospitals and providers. Some groups have already implemented lower-cost versions of VistA successfully. Experts argue that VistA or its offspring RPMS could be adapted for broader use as an affordable national platform.
WV transformation slide show may conference2Jack Shaffer
The document discusses West Virginia's vision for transforming its Medicaid program and healthcare system through the use of health information technology and electronic health records by 2020. It outlines strategies around collaboration, open solutions, and innovation to achieve an integrated system with interconnected EHRs, personal health records, telehealth, and mobile access to patient information. Key goals include widespread adoption of EHRs, health information exchange networks, and use of open-source software by 2020.
Legislative presentation oct 16, 2006 final2Jack Shaffer
The Community Health Network of West Virginia uses telehealth and broadband access to improve healthcare access in rural areas. Many rural communities in West Virginia lack adequate broadband access and face health provider shortages. Telehealth has benefits like increased access to specialists, lower costs, and improved quality of life. However, barriers like limited broadband access, regulatory issues, and lack of insurance reimbursement have slowed the growth of telehealth. Expanding broadband access is critical to overcoming these barriers and transforming healthcare delivery in rural West Virginia.
Technologies and procedures for HIPAA complianceJack Shaffer
The document discusses technologies and procedures for achieving HIPAA compliance, including implementing acceptable use policies, enforcing those policies through technology controls, and auditing systems to monitor compliance. Specific policies and technologies are proposed for securing devices, workstations, email, and network access to protect protected health information. Recent data breaches are also cited as examples of why compliance is important.
The document discusses how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provided major funding to promote health information technology adoption and health information exchange through programs like regional health IT extension centers. It specifically discusses West Virginia's application for over $9 million over 4 years to create a regional extension center consortium to help over 1,800 healthcare providers adopt and meaningfully use health IT. The extension centers will provide various services to help providers implement systems, achieve meaningful use criteria to qualify for incentive payments, and improve healthcare through use of health IT.
This document discusses the transformation of healthcare through mobile devices and wireless technology. It notes that wireless broadband is becoming more cost effective and easier to use than wired options. It also summarizes several provider and patient-centric mobile applications, and discusses trends in mobile health including the use of wireless communications to engage patients and improve care coordination. Security and privacy considerations for wireless healthcare applications are also covered.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Building Production Ready Search Pipelines with Spark and MilvusZilliz
Spark is the widely used ETL tool for processing, indexing and ingesting data to serving stack for search. Milvus is the production-ready open-source vector database. In this talk we will show how to use Spark to process unstructured data to extract vector representations, and push the vectors to Milvus vector database for search serving.
Infrastructure Challenges in Scaling RAG with Custom AI modelsZilliz
Building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems with open-source and custom AI models is a complex task. This talk explores the challenges in productionizing RAG systems, including retrieval performance, response synthesis, and evaluation. We’ll discuss how to leverage open-source models like text embeddings, language models, and custom fine-tuned models to enhance RAG performance. Additionally, we’ll cover how BentoML can help orchestrate and scale these AI components efficiently, ensuring seamless deployment and management of RAG systems in the cloud.
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift.pdfTosin Akinosho
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
“An Outlook of the Ongoing and Future Relationship between Blockchain Technologies and Process-aware Information Systems.” Invited talk at the joint workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems (BC4IS) and Blockchain for Trusted Data Sharing (B4TDS), co-located with with the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE), 3 June 2024, Limassol, Cyprus.
Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing.pdfssuserfac0301
Read Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing to gain insights on AI adoption in the manufacturing industry, such as:
1. How quickly AI is being implemented in manufacturing.
2. Which barriers stand in the way of AI adoption.
3. How data quality and governance form the backbone of AI.
4. Organizational processes and structures that may inhibit effective AI adoption.
6. Ideas and approaches to help build your organization's AI strategy.
Ocean lotus Threat actors project by John Sitima 2024 (1).pptxSitimaJohn
Ocean Lotus cyber threat actors represent a sophisticated, persistent, and politically motivated group that poses a significant risk to organizations and individuals in the Southeast Asian region. Their continuous evolution and adaptability underscore the need for robust cybersecurity measures and international cooperation to identify and mitigate the threats posed by such advanced persistent threat groups.
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
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2. RHCPP Objectives
– Interconnect state and region-wide broadband health care
networks
– Aid greater use of telehealth applications and learning
– Facilitate electronic health information exchange and EHRs
– Provide Internet2 connectivity
= Improved rural health care and outcomes
3. Eligible Entities
- Rural health care centers
- Critical access hospitals (non-profit)
- Mental health clinics (non-profit)
- Medical teaching institutions (Marshall, CAMC,
WVU and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic
Medicine)
- County health departments
- School-based clinics
- Free clinics
- ERs in for-profit hospitals that provide Medicare
5. Accomplishments
• Organized a statewide coalition focused on telehealth and health IT
• Formed a non-profit organization and dedicated board of directors
• Secured multi-million-dollar FCC grant to improve telehealth and
broadband infrastructure
• Secured $600,000 Benedum grants
• Secured $800,000 in additional funding from state (HCA and DHHR)
• Developed a first-rate technical implementation plan – nearly $10
million project
• Aggregated need/demand from health care locations across the state
– Group purchasing power
– Enhanced service agreements and quality
– Improvements in rural connectivity
• Completed projects –
– Metro Fiber Build
– Advanced broadband connections to 90+ locations
• Telehealth outreach project
• Participating in state’s HIT coordination council/strategic HIT plan
6. RHCPP Project #1
Metro Fiber Project
• Marshall University (for its health education programs, courses)
• Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
• St. Mary’s Medical Center
• Cabell-Huntington Hospital
Benefits:
• Provide advanced broadband interconnection among these
institutions for the exchange of health information and health
education purposes
• Will allow rural health centers added remote access
capabilities (via telehealth) to the physicians and specialists at
these interconnected organizations
• Will provide a fiber connection point to bring Internet2 service
into the state, particularly into southern and central West
Virginia
7. Huntington Metro
Fiber Build Project
Fiber Routes
– New Fiber – Existing MU –
Fiber OARnet/Internet2
8. Huntington Metro
Fiber Build Project
Fiber Routes
1 Gig Connection to Internet2
Rural
Health
Clinics 10 Gig Fiber Connections
– New Fiber – Existing MU Fiber – OARnet/Internet2
10. RHCPP Project #2
Telco Services/WAN Procurement
90+ locations opted to participate and sign contracts
Purchasing Groups:
Partners In Health/CAMC
Community Health Network of WV
Valley Health
WV United Health System/ University Health Associates
Wheeling Hospital
Minnie Hamilton
Winning Vendors:
– Comcast
– Frontier
– Lumos/nTelos
– Verizon
11. W.Va. RHCPP Participants
Provided are the entities that signed RHCPP contracts:
Beckley Health Right Primary Care Systems, Inc.
Belington Community Medical Services Roane General Hospital
Cabell Huntington Hospital Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital
CAMC Tri-County Health Clinic, Inc.
Community Health Network of WV Tug River Health Association
Family Care University Health Associates
Highland Hospital Assoc. Valley Health System
Lincoln Primary Care Center Webster County Memorial Hospital
Minnie Hamilton Health System West Virginia Health Right, Inc.
Monroe Health Center West Virginia United Health System
Pendleton Community Care Wheeling Hospital, Inc.
Preston Health Care Corporation
12. RHCPP Benefits
WVTA has met and exceeded its goal of providing at least T-1 service to
all healthcare sites, with 40 % of participating locations signing up for T-1s.
Moreover, 54 % of participating locations are purchasing service that is at
least six times better than T-1 service. Some locations (15 %) are even
purchasing 100 Mbps or 1,000 Mbps service.
WAN Bandwidth # Sites
Internet Only 3
1.5 Mbps WAN 40
3 Mbps WAN 3
10 Mbps WAN 37
100 Mbps WAN 13
1,000 Mbps WAN 3
13. RHCPP Benefits
Improved broadband connectivity will provide a number of benefits:
• Enable greater use of telehealth services and connections that will
enable improved diagnostic capabilities and specialty treatment
options:
• Peri-natal project
• Tele-stroke
• Tele-psychiatry/therapy
• Transmission of medical data for diagnosis, treatment or follow-ups;
• Enable better group purchasing power and enhanced reliability and
quality of service
• Foster tele-training and educational opportunities; and
• Dedicated virtual private networks to ensure security, reliability and
connectivity
14. Major RHCPP Beneficiaries
• CAMC
• WVU Hospital System
• Wheeling Hospital
• Metro Fiber
– St. Marys
– Cabell-Huntington
– Marshall School of Medicine
• Community Health Network
15. Telehealth In Action
• St. Mary's Medical Center Remote Presence Telestroke Care
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7c7LIxnX-A
• West Virginia Perinatal Project
– Perinatal consults
– Consults in pediatric cardiology, neurology, and neuro surgery
• WVU Telepsychiatry Program
http://www.mnn.com/money/green-workplace/blogs/wvu-expands-
telepsychiatry-program
• Valley Health
– Remote site behavioral health telemedicine
16. RHCPP Project #3
Intercarrier Metro/MPLS Hub Project
Hub will serve as the backbone for the entire
WVTA’s network of networks:
1) allow health care providers to connect to the West
Virginia Telehealth Alliance network regardless of
broadband vendor
2) allow for other hospitals and health care education
facilities to connect seamlessly to the larger telehealth
network