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Item Food Donation Mobile Apps –What Has Been Done and How It Can Be Improved(Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2016-04-08) Capulong, JivaFood insecurity, a lack of access to healthy and affordable food, is a major issue within the US and many nonprofit organizations, like food banks and food pantries are unable to keep up with increased demand for food support . With smartphones progressively increasing their capability in their application to everyday life, how can they play a role in the supporting of people living with food insecurity? In this study, we reviewed multiple mobile applications available free on the iOS app store, including Food Bank, AmpleHarvest, St.Mary’s Food Bank, RoadrunnerFood Bank, and Wood Buffalo Food Bank, taking note of what features they possess, and how well they functioned. Our findings have shown that the most common features consisted of a map for locating food banks, and a contribution function for donating money and giving suggestions and information for donating food and volunteering. Further notable features found that were not as common include are sources page referring to other food support programs, a page for upcoming events, and social media integration. Notable issues included some apps being comparatively lacking in features, leading to gaps in opportunity. Furthermore, issues of long-term application and project sustainability were noticeable, where a lack of regular updates in some apps are suspected to be the cause of dated appearances , functions not loading, and crashes . It was important to note that the apps with more features and better functionality are more state specific, run by local organizations . This analysis suggests that the cost, production, and maintenance of free apps may b e a productive are a to explore. Over all, our initial research helps us understand the current landscape of donation technology among mobile applications. In further research, studies with core stakeholders, including donors and donation recipients, would help gain understanding and assessment in new donation methods and platformsItem Implications for Training on Smartphone Medication Reminder App Use by Adults With Chronic Conditions: Pilot Study Applying the Technology Acceptance Model(JMIR, 2017) Park, Daniel Y.; Goering, Elizabeth M.; Head, Katharine J.; Bartlett Ellis, Rebecca J.; School of NursingBackground: The majority of middle-aged to older patients with chronic conditions report forgetting to take medications as prescribed. The promotion of patients’ smartphone medication reminder app (SMRA) use shows promise as a feasible and cost-effective way to support their medication adherence. Providing training on SMRA use, guided by the technology acceptance model (TAM), could be a promising intervention to promote patients’ app use. Objective: The aim of this pilot study was to (1) assess the feasibility of an SMRA training session designed to increase patients’ intention to use the app through targeting perceived usefulness of app, perceived ease of app use, and positive subjective norm regarding app use and (2) understand the ways to improve the design and implementation of the training session in a hospital setting. Methods: A two-group design was employed. A total of 11 patients older than 40 years (median=58, SD=9.55) and taking 3 or more prescribed medications took part in the study on one of two different dates as participants in either the training group (n=5) or nontraining group (n=6). The training group received an approximately 2-hour intervention training session designed to target TAM variables regarding one popular SMRA, the Medisafe app. The nontraining group received an approximately 2-hour control training session where the participants individually explored Medisafe app features. Each training session was concluded with a one-time survey and a one-time focus group. Results: Mann-Whitney U tests revealed that the level of perceived ease of use (P=.13) and the level of intention to use an SMRA (P=.33) were higher in the training group (median=7.00, median=6.67, respectively) than in the nontraining group (median=6.25, median=5.83). However, the level of perceived usefulness (U=4.50, Z=−1.99, P=.05) and the level of positive subjective norm (P=.25) were lower in the training group (median=6.50, median=4.29) than in the nontraining group (median=6.92, median=4.50). Focus groups revealed the following participants’ perceptions of SMRA use in the real-world setting that the intervention training session would need to emphasize in targeting perceived usefulness and positive subjective norm: (1) the participants would find an SMRA to be useful if they thought the app could help address specific struggles in medication adherence in their lives and (2) the participants think that their family members (or health care providers) might view positively the participants’ SMRA use in primary care settings (or during routine medical checkups). Conclusions: Intervention training session, guided by TAM, appeared feasible in targeting patients’ perceived ease of use and, thereby, increasing intention to use an SMRA. Emphasizing the real-world utility of SMRA, the training session could better target patients’ perceived usefulness and positive subjective norm that are also important in increasing their intention to use the app. [JMIR Formativ Res 2017;1(1):e5]Item The State of E-Discovery as Social Media Goes Mobile(2015-07-13) Faklaris, Cori; Hook, Sara AnneWith the series of decisions in Zubulake v. UBS Warburg1-4 and the revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure5, a new field within legal practice appeared, the law regarding electronic discovery (e-discovery). Although the phase of litigation known as discovery has existed for many years, with opposing parties and their lawyers making requests and exchanging documents that are relevant to a case, e-discovery transformed this process from the paper-based, pre-Internet world of discovery to a whole series of rules and decisions related to how to identify, collect, preserve, analyze, review, produce and present electronically-stored information (ESI). Not only is this evidence in digital form, but it also exists a wide range of media and formats, from word processing and spreadsheet files to photographs, blog postings, videos, emails and websites. Recent debates and court decisions have focused on electronically-stored information posted on social media sites such as Facebook as well as more informal and transient communications involving text messages and new services for mobile devices, such as WhatsApp and Snapchat. As the co-authors will demonstrate through current cases, each new technology that generates electronically-stored information is an opportunity to trace its path through the phases of the e-discovery process, to note the legal, technological, logistical and ethical issues at each phase and to consider any special challenges that lawyers and their support teams might face. This research is particularly timely, given that the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are being significantly revised again.6 Among the revised rules that will become effective on December 1, 2015, if approved by the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress, are several that directly impact electronically-stored information, including Rules 16, 26, 34 and 37, with the goal of making the e-discovery process more efficient and less burdensome and costly. 1. Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, 217 F.R.D. 309 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). 2. Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, 216 F.R.D. 280 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). 3. Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, 220 F.R.D. 212 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). 4. Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, 229 F.R.D. 422 (S.D.N.Y. 2004). 5. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School, As Amended to December 1, 2014, https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp, (last visited 5/13/15). 6. Jordan D. Maglich, Major Changes Coming to the Rules of Civil Procedure. 62 The Fed. Law. 37-45 (March 2015).