Explanipedia

Generative AI Policy and Governance Considerations for Health Security in Southeast Asia Open

Tom Burns · 2024

Southeast Asia is a geopolitically and socio-economically significant region with unique challenges and opportunities. Intensifying progress in generative AI against a backdrop of existing health security threats makes applications of AI t…

Evolution of the Web Audio Modules Ecosystem Open

Michel Buffa, Shihong Ren, Tom Burns, Antoine Vidal-Mazuy, Stéphane Letz · 2024

Computer science Biology

The Web Audio Modules (WAM) is a mature proposal for Web Audio Plugins. Started in 2015 this open source proposal evolved and reached version 2.0 in 2021 . This resource paper provides an overview of the evolution of the ecosystem surround…

FIG Publication No. 68, The FIG Christchurch Declaration: Responding to Climate Change and Tenure Insecurity in Small Island Developing States - The Role of Land Professionals Open

Duncan Mitchell, Stig Enemark, Tom Burns · 2024

Political science Geography Economics

This publication is the result of the workshop on "Responding to Climate Change and Tenure Insecurity in Small Island Developing States - The Role of Land Professionals" held in Christchurch, New Zealand 30 April - 1 May 2016 in connection…

Sociological game theory: agency, social structures and interaction processes Open

Tom Burns, Ewa Roszkowska, Nora Machado, Ugo Corte · 2021

Sociology Computer science Mathematics

This article presents two sociological theories, alternatives to classical game theory. These social science-based game theories discussed here present reformulations of classical game theory in applied mathematics (CGT). These theories of…

Community-Based Mental Health Care in Britain Open

Tom Burns · 2020

Medicine Psychology Political science

Community mental health care in the UK was established by two influential mental health acts (MHAs). The 1930 MHA legislated for voluntary admissions and outpatient clinics. The 1959 MHA required hospitals to provide local follow- up after…

From Theory to Practice: Forging a Collaborative Evaluation Strategy for a Culturally-Informed Domestic Violence Initiative Open

Melitón Arce, Daniel W. Snook, Hannah Joseph, Miklós B. Halmos, Rebecca Rodriguez , et al. · 2020

Psychology Sociology Engineering

Community programs for domestic violence (DV) in the U.S. have historically focused on White populations. Few programs exist to meet the needs of racial/ethnic minority populations, including Latinx women, who encounter greater barriers to…

Revisiting World War I in contemporaneity: The Myth of the War and the game Battlefield 1 Open

Tom Burns, Marcela de Oliveira e Silva Lemos · 2019

History Sociology Art

What is left of World War I a hundred years after the Armistice? Besides monuments and national holidays, texts are, in their various forms, among the remains of WWI. Together, they write what Samuel Hynes calls “the Myth of the War,” a na…

Municipal Entrepreneurship and Energy Policy: A Five Nation Study of Politics, Innovation and Social Change Open

Alison Woodward, Jerome Ellig, Tom Burns · 2019

Political science Geography Economics

Municipal Entrepreneurship and Energy Policy : A Five Nation Study of Politics, Innovation, and Social Change

Applying the triple bottom line of sustainability to healthcare research—a feasibility study Open

Francis Vergunst, Helen Berry, Jorun Rugkåsa, Tom Burns, Andrew Molodynski , et al. · 2019

Medicine Psychology Business

Objective The triple bottom line (TBL) of sustainability is an important emerging conceptual framework which considers the combined economic, environmental and social impacts of an activity. Despite its clear relevance to the healthcare co…

Psychiatry does need more randomised controlled trials Open

Tom Burns · 2018

Psychology Medicine Mathematics

An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

Paradigm Shift in Game Theory: Sociological Re-Conceptualization of Human Agency, Social Structure, and Agents’ Cognitive-Normative Frameworks and Action Determination Modalities Open

Tom Burns, Ewa Roszkowska, Nora Machado des Johansson, Ugo Corte · 2018

Sociology Psychology Computer science

This article aims to present some of the initial work of developing a social science grounded game theory—as a clear alternative to classical game theory. Two distinct independent initiatives in Sociology are presented: One, a systems appr…

Community treatment orders should be introduced in the Republic of Ireland Open

Colm McDonald, Richard O’Reilly, Brendan D. Kelly, Tom Burns · 2017

Computer science Mathematics Physics

An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the 'Save PDF' action button.

Linking Group Theory to Social Science Game Theory: Interaction Grammars, Group Subcultures and Games for Comparative Analysis Open

Tom Burns, Ewa Roszkowska, Ugo Corte, Nora Machado des Johansson · 2017

Psychology Sociology Computer science

This article draws on earlier work in social system theorizing and analysis—in particular, the theory of social rule systems. On the basis of this foundational work, its aim is to systematically link theories of social groups and organizat…

Community treatment orders: Are they useful? Open

Jorun Rugkåsa, Tom Burns · 2017

Medicine Psychology Political science

Summary In the wake of the deinstitutionalisation of mental health services, community treatment orders (CTOs) have been introduced in around 75 jurisdictions worldwide. They make it a legal requirement for patients to adhere to treatment …

Socio-economics: the Approach of Social Systems Theory in a Forty Year Perspective Open

Tom Burns, Philippe DeVillé · 2017

Sociology Economics Mathematics

This article presents a social systems theoretical approach to the field of socio-economics. Drawing on actor-system dynamics, a social systems theory, developed in the 1970s, we report on how it has been applied to socio-economic question…

Author's reply Open

Tom Burns · 2017

Psychology Computer science Mathematics

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation—A Sustainable Development Systems Perspective Open

Tom Burns, Nora Machado des Johansson · 2017

Political science Business Sociology

This article considers the concepts of sustainability and sustainable development in relation to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. We conceptualize sustainability from a social systemic perspective, that is, from a per…

Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation—A Sustainable Development Systems Perspective Open

Tom Burns, Nora Machado · 2017

Political science Business Sociology

This article considers the concepts of sustainability and sustainable development in relation to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. We conceptualize sustainability from a social systemic perspective, that is, from a per…

Boom and Bust Cycles in Financial Markets—Causes and Cures: Multiple Contradictory Functions of Money and Collective Action Problems Open

Tom Burns · 2017

Economics Political science Computer science

The aim of this conceptualization article is to formulate propositions about: (1) systemic faults in established money and financial systems, in particular the mechanisms that make for boom-and-bust cycles; and (2) the cognitive and action…

Tom Burns YOU? Author Swipe