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U ovom radu, fokus je bio na stvaranju Android mobilne aplikacije za darivanje poklona korištenjem programskog jezika Kotlin, Android Studija te baze podataka SQLite. Prije samog početka implementacije, obavljeno je detaljno istraživanje tržišta, uključujući analizu direktnih i indirektnih konkurenata na tržištu. Tijekom procesa implementacije, definirani su zahtjevi vezani za karakteristike i funkcionalnosti aplikacije, uključujući funkcije poput jednostavne navigacije do fizičkog prodajnog mjesta određenog poklona, kategoriziranog prikaza te unosa liste želja u obliku poklona, anonimnog chata i slično. Kako bi se osigurala funkcionalnost i kvaliteta aplikacije, ključni dijelovi implementacije prikazani su uz detaljni prikaz koda. Aplikacija omogućuje korištenje jednostavnog sučelja za brzi i efikasan odabir poklona, čime se uvelike pojednostavljuje proces darivanja. Cilj ovog rada bio je stvoriti jednostavnu i efikasnu aplikaciju za darivanje poklona, koja će korištenjem inovativnih funkcionalnosti olakšati proces odabira i pružiti korisnicima kvalitetno iskustvo. In this final thesis, the focus was on creating an Android mobile application for gift giving using Kotlin programming language, Android Studio, and SQLite database. Before the very beginning of the implementation, detailed market research was carried out, including an analysis of direct and indirect competitors in the market. During the implementation process, requirements related to the characteristics and functionality of the application were defined, including functions such as simple navigation to the physical selling spot of a certain gift, categorized display, and entry of a wish list in the form of a gift, anonymous chat and the rest. In order to ensure the functionality and quality of the application, the key parts of the implementation were shown with a detailed view of the code. The use of a simple interface enabled quick and efficient gift selection, which greatly simplified the gift-giving process. The goal of this thesis was to create a simple and efficient application for gift giving, which will facilitate the selection process and provide users with a quality experience by using innovative functionalities.

Many online retailers enable consumers to postpone a purchase decision by placing a desired item onto an intermediate choice list, such as a wish list or saved-for-later list. This research demonstrates that using a list in this way decreases purchase intent for the wait-listed products, relative to the same choice made without the option to delay the decision. The findings of five experiments show that purchase likelihood is affected by a shift in the importance, or weight, of product attributes. Specifically, the attributes that are weighted more heavily in the decision to place an item on an intermediate choice list are then weighted less heavily in the decision to purchase an item from that list. This shift in attribute weighting suggests that consumers may switch from more noncompensatory to more compensatory decision-making between the initial decision to use an intermediate choice list, and the later decision of whether to purchase the item from the list. This process tends to diminish the importance of the attractive attributes that encouraged consumers to put these items on lists in the first place. These findings have implications for retailers who wish to understand the risks and benefits of wish lists and related tools, and for consumers who desire to reduce impulsive purchases.

Background While institution-sponsored wellness programs may be effective, little is known about their availability and utilization in pediatric subspecialists, and about programs physicians wish were available. Methods A survey of perceptions about, and availability and utilization of institutional wellness activities, was distributed electronically to pediatric subspecialists nationally. Bivariate analyses were performed using χ2 tests or independent t tests. Multivariable logistic regression models for categories of institution-sponsored programming as a function of potential predictors of program utilization were performed. Qualitative content analysis was performed for free-text survey answers. Results Approximately 60% of respondents participated in institution-sponsored wellness opportunities. Debriefs, Schwartz Center Rounds, mental health services, and team building events were the most available institution-sponsored wellness activities, whereas debriefs, team building, Schwartz Center Rounds, and pet therapy were most frequently utilized. Respondents desired greater social/emotional support, improved leadership, enhanced organizational support, and modifications to the physical work environment, with no significant differences across subspecialties for "wish list" items. Conclusions Physician wellness requires more than a "one-size-fits-all" initiative. Our data highlight the importance of encouraging and normalizing self-care practices, and of listening to what physicians articulate about their needs. Pre-implementation needs assessment allows a "bottom-up" approach where physician voices can be heard.

This book has been on the wish list of researchers and students of Chinese education alike. For some decades, we have been missing a comprehensive monograph that critically presents and analyzes mo...

Few health care professionals receive comprehensive training in how to effectively help their patients with obesity. Yet patients are often wanting, needing, and looking for help when they go to the doctor. We, as a group of patients with obesity, share our common experiences and needs when going to the doctor from a place of honesty and hope, with the assumption that clinicians want to know what their patients really think and feel. Our “wish list” for a treatment plan may represent an ideal, but our hope is that our language will speak to clinicians about how they can help their patients manage their obesity.

I was not terribly sure how many people I could reasonably expect for this lecture, especially since the former Prime Minister, the Hon. Tony Abbott, has said that Australians are ‘sick of being le...

Their wish list: Support creativity and theoretical disciplines, maintain links with UK colleagues amid the uncertainty of Brexit, and continue the strong ties with industry that helped the country recover from deep recession.

“Science and technology diplomats” act as brokers as part of China’s broader strategy to acquire foreign technology. Each year, they file hundreds of official reports on their activities. This issue brief illuminates trends in the 642 reports filed by the S&T directorates of Chinese embassies and consulates from 2015 to 2020, quantifying which types of technologies the Chinese government is most focused on acquiring, and from where.

Decadal survey says NASA should be frugal and build a series of optical, x-ray, and far-infrared observatories

Trapped in a holding pattern, and nostalgic for lab lunches and field trips, researchers share their hopes for a lockdown-free future. Trapped in a holding pattern, and nostalgic for lab lunches and field trips, researchers share their hopes for a lockdown-free future.

When searching for which products to buy, consumers are typically bombarded with options. Some suppliers try and simplify the issue of decision-making for their potential buyers in some way. One typical procedure used to ease the decision-making process for potential customers is to present the products in sequential pages and request shoppers to select an item from each page, entering them into a wish list from which the final choice will be made. This study experimentally investigates how the final decision is affected by the number of items on each page and, hence, by the number of items in a wish list. The parameters of a stochastic model are estimated to ‘explain’ the data, in particular, examining the noisiness of the choices at each stage. The results show that procedure matters and that the trade-off between an increased number of options per page and an increased number of pages is indeed influential.

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is now well‐known to reduce patients' health‐related quality of life. However, data describing which signs and symptoms patients and physicians perceive as having the greatest impact are limited, as is understanding the full effects of ITP treatments. I‐WISh (ITP World Impact Survey) was an exploratory, cross‐sectional survey designed to establish the multifaceted impact of ITP, and its treatments, on patients' lives. It focused on perceptions of 1507 patients and 472 physicians from 13 countries regarding diagnostic pathway, frequency and severity of signs and symptoms, and treatment use. Twenty‐two percent of patients experienced delayed diagnosis (caused by several factors), 73% of whom felt anxious as a result. Patients rated fatigue among the most frequent, severe symptom associated with ITP at diagnosis (58% most frequent; 73% most severe), although physicians assigned it lower priority (30%). Fatigue was one of the few symptoms persisting at survey completion (50% and 65%, respectively) and was the top symptom patients wanted resolved (46%). Participating physicians were experienced at treating ITP, thereby recognizing the need to limit corticosteroid use to newly‐diagnosed or first‐relapse patients and espoused increased use of thrombopoietin receptor agonists and anti‐CD20 after relapse in patients with persistent/chronic disease. Patient and physicians were largely aligned on diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment use. I‐WISh demonstrated that patients and physicians largely align on overall ITP symptom burden, with certain differences, for example, fatigue. Understanding the emotional and clinical toll of ITP on the patient will facilitate shared decision‐management, setting and establishment of treatment goals and disease stage‐appropriate treatment selection.

It’s hard to argue against the sentiments of continuity of care, longer consultations, and empathy in general practice put forward by Gray and colleagues,1 but it’s also hard to reconcile this wish list with the trend for flexible working, early retirement, …

OBJECTIVE. Most peer review programs focus on error detection, numeric scoring, and radiologist-specific error rates. The effectiveness of this method on learning and systematic improvement is uncertain at best. Radiologists have been pushing for a transition from an individually punitive peer review system to a peer-learning model. This national questionnaire of U.S. radiologists aims to assess the current status of peer review and opportunities for improvement. MATERIALS AND METHODS. A 21-question multiple-choice questionnaire was developed and face validity assessed by the ARRS Performance Quality Improvement subcommittee. The questionnaire was e-mailed to 17,695 ARRS members and open for 4 weeks; two e-mail reminders were sent. Response collection was anonymous. Only responses from board-certified, practicing radiologists participating in peer review were analyzed. RESULTS. The response rate was 4.2% (742/17,695), and 73.7% (547/742) met inclusion criteria. Most responders were in private practice (51.7%, 283/547) with a group size of 11-50 radiologists (50.5%) and in an urban setting (61.6%). Significant diversity was noted in peer review systems, with RADPEER used by less than half (45.0%) and cases selected most commonly by commercial software (36.2%) or manually (31.2%). There was no consensus on the number of required peer reviews per month (10-20 cases, 32.1%; > 20 cases, 29.1%; < 10 cases, 21.7%). Less than half (43.7%) did not use peer review for group education. Whereas most (67.7%) were notified of their peer review results individually, 21.5% were not notified at all. Around half were dissatisfied (44.5%) because of insufficient learning (94.0%) and inaccurate representation of their performance improvement (75.5%). Overall, the group discrepancy rates were unknown to most radiologists who participate in peer review (54.3%). Submission bias was the main reason for underreporting of serious discrepancies (49.0%). Most found four peer-learning methods feasible in daily practice: incidental observation, 65.1%; focused practice review, 52.9%; professional auditing, 45.8%; and blinded double reading, 35.4%. CONCLUSION. More than half of participants reported that peer review data are used for educational purposes. However, significant diversity remains in current peer review practice with no agreement on number of required reviews, method of case selection, and oversight of results. Nearly half of the radiologists reported insufficient learning, although most feel a better system would be feasible in daily practice.

This chapter shows that the phenomenon of luxury is also subject to a life cycle. In highly developed economies, luxury has reached the seniority phase in which less is often more and in which time, space, leisure, and the ability to experience, decode, and enjoy the essential is becoming more significant. This chapter also includes a detailed description of the size and functionality of different luxury markets. Tourism and the cars/yachts segment are by far the largest luxury market segments, with sales of around 400 billion € each. In the future, however, the emphasis will shift in the direction of tourism: travel is dominating the wish list of luxury.

It is in the backdrop of recent COVID- 19 epidemic which is currently stirring the world; a debate erupted regarding the possible utility of traditional health care wisdom in prevention and care of diseases where modern medicine apparently lacks a real cure. Undoubtedly, viral diseases for the mesmerizing dynamism of their causative organisms, top this wish list. Eventually the world seems to be eager to listen about traditional health care approaches to curb viral epidemics if these are found worthy in handling such situations.

Research has demonstrated that adequate parenting is an important determinant of a healthy social-emotional development in children. There is a need for valid assessment tools for measuring parenting quality, particularly in clinical settings. The Caregiver Wish List (CWL) is a new 53-item interview-based scale for assessing parenting practices. We examined the CWL’s factor structure in a sample of 348 parents of children (4-11 years), 220 were drawn from the general population and 128 from a clinical setting. Exploratory factor analysis revealed five factors, which did not fully correspond with the hypothesized, original factor structure. Nonetheless, the extracted factors were meaningful and could be labeled as follows: adequate discipline, controlled responding, focus on positive behavior, consistency , and monitoring . All factors demonstrated adequate internal consistency. The factor structures in community and clinical samples were comparable, supporting the generalizability of the factor structure. Furthermore, the factors differentiated between community and clinical samples, with better parenting skills observed in the community sample. Finally, all factors were significantly and negatively related to child psychopathology, with stronger correlations for externalizing than for internalizing problems. Only 23 of the 53 original CWL items loaded on at least one of the five factors, indicating that the original CWL can probably be reduced in length without losing important content. Future research needs to examine if the extracted CWL factors are sensitive to change. The CWL’s interview format provides opportunities for rapport building between parent and interviewer, and for reflection on parenting skills in terms of strengths and vulnerabilities.

When the first human genome was sequenced, researchers finally got a glimpse of the true dimensions of our proteome—the tens of thousands of proteins responsible for sickness and health. Ever since, scientists have explored the morass for drivers of diseases, generating a long wish list of proteins they’d like to control. But even as they add to the list, drug hunters live with a maddening reality: So many of its entries are out of reach. Conventional small-molecule and antibody drugs can access only about 20% of the proteins we make. So when a new technology comes along promising to tap into the other roughly 80%, everyone pays attention. Over the years, approaches such as RNA-based silencing and gene editing have raked in billions of dollars in financing for their potential to turn off the activity of previously unreachable proteins. But new modalities like these come with growing pains—delivery problems, potency

Delays in commencing school attendance are frequent in the Czech Republic, compared to the surrounding countries. According to Czech legislation, parents can opt for such a postponement and they can also decide which school the child enters. The purpose of this paper is to answer the question of how parents think about delaying the commencement of their children’s schooling in the context of primary school choice. In this study, I present the results of research in which I analyzed data obtained through ten in-depth interviews with parents of preschool children whose children attend a nursery school in the centre of a large city or parents planning to enrol their child in the first grade of primary school. These interviews focused on the topic of school choice and the subject of delayed commencement of school attendance emerged. The analysis of the interviews shows that parents choose a school in two ways. One is a strategy of an acceptable option by choosing the first acceptable primary school, while parents with a wish list strategy choose the best school from those that are available according to their own criteria. I show that these strategies can be preceded by the exclusion method, which means declining a local school, but this is only a zero step followed by one of the two school choice strategies. In conclusion, I state that the parents using the strategy of an acceptable option express greater confidence in the expertise of the institutions, and in their decisions about delayed commencement of school attendance they tend more to their own opinion than do parents with a wish list strategy. Parents with a wish list strategy are more independent in their decision making.

I added Another Way to my book wish list after listening to a conversation between Dr. Nancy Lynne Westfield, Director of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, and t...

An ambitious project to detect gravitational waves underground is one of 11 proposals in an updated European wish list of future facilities.

An online exchange system is a web service that allows communities to trade items without the burden of manually selecting them, which saves users' time and effort. Even though online book-exchange systems have been developed, their services can further be improved by reducing the workload imposed on their users. To accomplish this task, we propose a recommendation-based book exchange system, called EasyEx, which identifies potential exchanges for a user solely based on a list of items the user is willing to part with. EasyEx is a novel and unique book-exchange system because unlike existing online exchange systems, it does not require a user to create and maintain a wish list, which is a list of items the user would like to receive as part of the exchange. Instead, EasyEx directly suggests items to users to increase serendipity and as a result expose them to items which may be unfamiliar, but appealing, to them. In identifying books to be exchanged, EasyEx employs known recommendation strategies, that is, personalized mean and matrix factorization, to predict book ratings, which are treated as the degrees of appeal to a user on recommended books. Furthermore, EasyEx incorporates OptaPlanner, which solves constraint satisfaction problems efficiently, as part of the recommendation-based exchange process to create exchange cycles. Experimental results have verified that EasyEx offers users recommended books that satisfy the users' interests and contributes to the item-exchange mechanism with a new design methodology.

Loss of muscle mass and function in advanced liver disease has become a topic of rapidly growing interest since reports relating frailty and sarcopenia to risk of adverse liver transplant outcomes began to appear 7 years ago. Our current rapid growth in understanding of the problem has allowed the emergence of robust new opportunities for basic and clinical research that promise to improve the outcomes and quality of life of patients with cirrhosis.

In 2012, Kuala Lumpur (KL) was the world’s 6th most gone by city by universal visitors. In 2011, KL was granted ”Asia’s Driving City Break Goal” by the World Travel Grants. In line with this, the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (KLCH) has started a few programs to encourage goad its development within the worldwide tourism segment. However, there is no any specific application that focuses on Kuala Lumpur for tourists in order to contributes economically. GOKL has been chosen because tourism is the sector that contributes most to national development. Every day the tourism industry in Malaysia is growing and more tourists visit our country especially in the capital, Kuala Lumpur. The project focuses on the proposal of an android system for the use of travelers who travel Kuala Lumpur city. The proposal system makes it easy for tourists to search for tourist spots located in the city of Kuala Lumpur and allow tourists to make a proper visiting schedule. In addition, tourists can able to add the places in saved or wish list folder for future engagement as proposal system requirement.

The majority of our purchasing decisions are being influenced by the opinion of the Web. Recommendation systems use algorithms to suggest items for us to buy, and we are often better off if we follow their advice. Nobody can force us to use Amazon, TripAdvisor, or Netflix, but we do if we trust them. While any such system can be gamed, and some illustrative examples of gaming are given, fake reviews and other tricks can be filtered, and recommendation systems can help us make better choices. Some examples are given to help readers understand the scope and limits of adopting recommendation systems.

This commentary illustrates and summarizes some of the many issues with dosage forms and drug delivery that arise in everyday practice for clinicians caring for pediatric patients. While advances in drug development for children and expansion of labeling information in this age group have made great strides in improving care, there is much to be desired in the area of dosage forms. From liquids that are unpalatable to the need for extemporaneous compounding of parenteral doses in syringes that are meant for immediate use but used to store medications for hours to weeks, the list of challenges is long. Many of these problems exist for drugs which have long been generic, but some problems have arisen from new drugs as well. Pediatric clinicians and dosage form developers should work together to create solutions.

Shopping is an activity that must be done by everyone, starting from shopping for primary, secondary, and tertiary needs. In shopping, it is better to get the cheapest price if possible. Sometimes this can be happened by buying in a large quantity, and then the price will be count as wholesale price. With the development of technology nowadays, shopping can be done online, no need to come to the store. However, by buying things online it is hard to find seller that gives wholesale price.Because of that, an application for helping user to find wholesale price is needed then, a Mobile-based Group Buying application was designed with Naive Bayes Methods. This application has features such as notifications, reviews and discussions, wish list, search, and join group buying to get wholesale prices for the user. The result of this application indicated that 82,5% of users considered that the application has a complete feature, 89,8% of users considered that the application has a very good design, and users considered that the application very easy to use.

This paper outlines the development of an RF Vector Network Analyser (VNA) laboratory for undergraduate electronic engineering students. Because of the expense of high-quality high-frequency vector network analyser systems, these are usually only encountered by a small number of students who undertake a senior-year project in the RF/microwave area. This paper describes a VNA-based laboratory which is intended to be used by all undergraduate Electrical and Electronic Engineering students in the 4th year of the programme, thus giving all students an insight into this sometimes “mysterious” area of the undergraduate curriculum. The paper moves from the initial “wish list” for what the laboratory might incorporate to the final roll-out to a cohort of 23 students. Feedback from the students indicate that the laboratory session was well received while also indicating that there is potential for improvement in some areas.

There are many ways to create an inclusive workplace, say Julia Leventon, Katy Roelich and Lucie Middlemiss. There are many ways to create an inclusive workplace, say Julia Leventon, Katy Roelich and Lucie Middlemiss.

Research in combinatorial optimization successfully combines diverse ideas drawn from computer science, mathematics, and operations research. We give a tour of this work, focusing on the early development of the subject and the central role played by linear programming. The paper concludes with a short wish list of future research directions.

What was once broadly viewed as an impossibility – learning from experimental data in economics – has now become commonplace. Governmental bodies, think tanks, and corporations around the world employ teams of experimental researchers to answer their most pressing questions. For their part, in the past two decades academics have begun to more actively partner with organizations to generate data via field experimentation. While this revolution in evidence-based approaches has served to deepen the economic science, recently a credibility crisis has caused even the most ardent experimental proponents to pause. This study takes a step back from the burgeoning experimental literature and introduces 12 actions that might help to alleviate this credibility crisis and raise experimental economics to an even higher level. In this way, we view our “12 action wish list” as discussion points to enrich the field.

Ryan explores how male sex workers use netporn to convert their social media profiles into economic capital. There is a focus on the use of Amazon’s gift registry site, Wish List and how it has enabled sex workers to receive gifts for online content on Instagram. Ryan explores how OnlyFans, a subscription based digital platform allows followers to view uploaded content from broadcasters. This has streamlined the manner in which sex workers communicate with their followers, allowing access to further monetised content that promises greater levels of intimacy. Ryan concludes by discussing how this site, which currently benefits those with large social media profiles, affects their relationships with face-to-face clients.

Although it may be easier to work as we go, having the requirements defined in advance (as many as possible) will help us create the required platform fabric faster and more efficiently.

What was once broadly viewed as an impossibility—learning from experimental data in economics—has now become commonplace. Governmental bodies, think tanks, and corporations around the world employ teams of experimental researchers to answer their most pressing questions. For their part, in the past two decades academics have begun to more actively partner with organizations to generate data via field experimentation. Although this revolution in evidence‐based approaches has served to deepen the economic science, recently a credibility crisis has caused even the most ardent experimental proponents to pause. This study takes a step back from the burgeoning experimental literature and introduces 12 actions that might help to alleviate this credibility crisis and raise experimental economics to an even higher level. In this way, we view our “12 action wish list” as discussion points to enrich the field.