Browsing by Subject "Ontology"
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Integrating Protocol-driven Decision Support within E-Referral System: Supporting Primary Care Practitioners for Spinal Care Consultation and Triaging
(2014-04-29)Referrals to the Halifax Infirmary Neurosurgery Department are submitted with regards to spinal conditions with different degrees of complications. Although there exists a Spinal Condition Consultation Protocol to standardize ... -
Musical Works Without Musical Works: An Essay in Ontology
(2013-08-26)This thesis provides an answer to the question, “what is a musical work?” I begin by canvasing four of the leading accounts in the literature, two Platonist theories and two Nominalist theories. Nominalism is, I suggest, ... -
ONTOLOGY MERGING USING SEMANTICALLY-DEFINED MERGE CRITERIA AND OWL REASONING SERVICES: TOWARDS EXECUTION-TIME MERGING OF MULTIPLE CLINICAL WORKFLOWS TO HANDLE COMORBIDITIES
(2014-01-22)Semantic web based decision support systems represent domain knowledge using ontologies that capture the domain concepts, their relationships and instances. Typically, decision support systems use a single knowledge ... -
An Ontology-Based Electronic Medical Record for Chronic Disease Management
(2011-03-11)Effective chronic disease management ensures better treatment and reduces medical costs. Representing knowledge through building an ontology for Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) is important to achieve semantic interoperability ... -
The Root of All Dimensions
(2014-08-21)This thesis aims to resolve the disjunction of ontology and epistemology in Platonist mathematical philosophy. This disharmony results from the assumption of the non-spatiotemporal existence of abstract mathematical entities, ... -
The Unity of Substance in Aristotle's Metaphysics ?
(2011-12-16)This thesis investigates whether Aristotle is actually presenting substance as the subject of a single science in Metaphysics ?. It proposes that he is, and that the common principles of all substances, which are required ...