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- ItemOpen AccessApplying human-like intelligence to future generation network to improve communication efficiency(2007) Li, Yang; Chan, H AnthonyIn recent decades, communications network has evolved at drastic speed to provide advanced and intelligent services. This strengthening service provision owes to the successful establishment of various intelligent networks and the use of artificial intelligence, pervasive computing, and social networking in communications. It has consequently endowed network users with abundant choices of communication services. While these communications services are bringing convenience to human lives, people in turn are performing more tasks. The current network with its large number of available communications services is then often burdening network users with the complexity and inflexibility in using these services. In particular, the network lacks the initiative and the ability to investigate a user’s most recent communication needs and subsequently adjust the manner of service provision according to these needs and user connecting possibilities. The network needs to be more intelligent to handle these problems. We therefore propose importing human-like intelligence into the network to facilitate communication-session processing according to user needs.
- ItemOpen AccessScreening for Tuberculosis in Migrants: A Survey by the Global Tuberculosis Network(2021-11-05) D’Ambrosio, Lia; Centis, Rosella; Dobler, Claudia C; Tiberi, Simon; Matteelli, Alberto; Denholm, Justin; Zenner, Dominik; Al-Abri, Seif; Alyaquobi, Fatma; Arbex, Marcos Abdo; Belilovskiy, Evgeny; Blanc, François-Xavier; Borisov, Sergey; Carvalho, Anna Cristina C; Chakaya, Jeremiah Muhwa; Cocco, Nicola; Codecasa, Luigi Ruffo; Dalcolmo, Margareth Pretti; Dheda, Keertan; Dinh-Xuan, Anh Tuan; Esposito, Susanna R; García-García, José-María; Li, Yang; Manga, Selene; Marchese, Valentina; Muñoz Torrico, Marcela; Pontali, Emanuele; Rendon, Adrián; Rossato Silva, Denise; Singla, Rupak; Solovic, Ivan; Sotgiu, Giovanni; van den Boom, Martin; Nhung, Nguyen Viet; Zellweger, Jean-Pierre; Migliori, Giovanni BattistaTuberculosis (TB) does not respect borders, and migration confounds global TB control and elimination. Systematic screening of immigrants from TB high burden settings and—to a lesser degree TB infection (TBI)—is recommended in most countries with a low incidence of TB. The aim of the study was to evaluate the views of a diverse group of international health professionals on TB management among migrants. Participants expressed their level of agreement using a six-point Likert scale with different statements in an online survey available in English, French, Mandarin, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian. The survey consisted of eight sections, covering TB and TBI screening and treatment in migrants. A total of 1055 respondents from 80 countries and territories participated between November 2019 and April 2020. The largest professional groups were pulmonologists (16.8%), other clinicians (30.4%), and nurses (11.8%). Participants generally supported infection control and TB surveillance established practices (administrative interventions, personal protection, etc.), while they disagreed on how to diagnose and manage both TB and TBI, particularly on which TBI regimens to use and when patients should be hospitalised. The results of this first knowledge, attitude and practice study on TB screening and treatment in migrants will inform public health policy and educational resources.