HAPI stands for Health and Psychosocial Instruments. The resource provides information on questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/manuals, projection techniques,various scenarios/tests, etc. in the broad fields of health and the social sciences.

HAPI helps to reduce the “reinvention of the wheel” by providing users with the information from past investigators on specific tools and instruments that have already proven useful. This does not mean that users can simply use/adapt a survey or questionnaire without first seeking permission from the owner/creator, however.

HAPI simply offers a means for investigators to see what’s out there in regard to surveys or instrumentation similar to their research. They can then take the necessary steps to either seek permission of use or develop their own tool if they can’t find one to suit their specific needs.

Along with a new look in January 2014, Web of Science has better functionality as well. With a different color palette and search box, the database has improved its retrieval model as well as filter and display settings.

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The Globocan Project is updated annually with cancer estimates and statistics from the previous year in the following areas: incidence, mortality, and prevalence. Information from 2012 is currently available.

Information is separated by sex and cancer type, with prevalence figures spanning either 1-, 3-, or 5-years. One strength of The Globocan Project is its’ worldwide scope with stats from 184 countries in the world. The resource comes from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer, so it’s no surprise that the data sources and methods are readily available for users. This transparency makes it easy to understand how and where the data is gathered.

Content-wise, The Globocan Project contains fact sheets broken down by cancer type and population, maps and atlases, cancer predictions, and a section for further analysis of data online. The output generated from the analysis section ranges from simple lists of information to charts, figures, and graphs. 

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