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How Can Stories Get Translated Into Future Artefacts?, Bo Westerlund Nov 2006

How Can Stories Get Translated Into Future Artefacts?, Bo Westerlund

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper discusses a workshop method suitable for use in projects with a participatory design approach. Participatory design is sometimes criticised for focussing too much on what users say. The method described here takes that into account by having users not only talk, but also do acting and make lo-fi prototypes. The method has been used in several different projects. The structure of the workshops is designed to enable the participants to express themselves by saying, doing and making. People express different aspects through different channels and by enabling people to express themselves not only by talking but also by …

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Referencing The Sociocultural During Designing, Mk Strickfaden, P Rodgers, P Langdon Nov 2006

Referencing The Sociocultural During Designing, Mk Strickfaden, P Rodgers, P Langdon

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The development of an artefact is inherently bound up with meanings, relationships, and value systems relative to the individuals creating them, and to the context of their immediate and external environments. This paper begins to explore the sociocultural affects on the design process through two field studies within two industrial design education studios. Two separate design groups and projects are followed for extended periods of time in order to collect naturally occurring ‘references’. These are analyzed revealing central themes and categories that are presented here as indicators of the varying context of artefact design. In doing so, a model called …

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Both Generic Design And Different Forms Of Designing, W. J. Visser Nov 2006

Both Generic Design And Different Forms Of Designing, W. J. Visser

DRS Biennial Conference Series

We combine the hypothesis of "generic design" with that of different "forms" of designing. From a cognitive viewpoint, we adhere to the generic-design hypothesis: there are both significant similarities between the design activities implemented in different application domains and crucial differences between these and other cognitive activities. Yet, we suppose that the nature of the artifact under design introduces specificities in the corresponding design activities. This paper is concerned with the dimensions underlying such different forms of designing. We propose a series of candidates for dimensions. The material presented sketches a number of possible directions that need further elaboration.

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The Evolution Of The Mars Daisy, A Woodcock, J Burns, E Gaura, R.M. Newman, S Mount Nov 2006

The Evolution Of The Mars Daisy, A Woodcock, J Burns, E Gaura, R.M. Newman, S Mount

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The paper traces the evolution of the Mars Daisy animation; a visualisation developed to initiate collaboration between two groups within the university, enhance communication and understanding within the Cogent Computing Group, publicise an expanding, difficult area of research and enrich the learning experiences of students.

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A New Look At Design Thinking: Research In Progress, Rob Cowdroy, Michael Ostwald, Anthony Williams Nov 2006

A New Look At Design Thinking: Research In Progress, Rob Cowdroy, Michael Ostwald, Anthony Williams

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper reports on work in progress in a programme of highly innovative cross-disciplinary collaborative research into design thinking. This research programme departs from current reductivist theoretical approaches to design including computational and neuroscience models; instead the programme uses empirical methods from behavioural and cognitive psychology, social anthropology and neuropsychology to study elite designers at work. Designers are usually characterised as creative individuals who work alone and autonomously, and design education is almost universally oriented accordingly. In practice, however, designers also typically work in two other key environments: in design teams and in interaction with computers in CAD environments. Pilot …

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Critical Reflections On Design And Emotion, Artemis Yagou Nov 2006

Critical Reflections On Design And Emotion, Artemis Yagou

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Design communities have recently witnessed a growing interest in the role of emotions. This interest has produced, among other things, a series of emotion-related events and publications which have brought to the foreground a considerable amount of relevant projects. This paper looks with a critical eye at this dynamically developing domain, questions its originality, discusses the conditions of its emergence and comments on its substance. As historical aspects of design suggest, emotion in design is as old an approach as industrial design itself. The renewed preoccupation with emotion has been favoured by the dominance of pleasure-oriented branding and marketing which …

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Framing A Learning-Based Approach To Interactive System Design, J. Choi, K. Sato Nov 2006

Framing A Learning-Based Approach To Interactive System Design, J. Choi, K. Sato

DRS Biennial Conference Series

When users interact with an interactive system to achieve goals, their knowledge is utilized, accumulated and generated, formulating and continuously modifying their mental models of the system. This process can be considered the users’ learning process of the system. The goal of this research is to identify users’ learning process through interaction, as well as to provide system designers with the knowledge on this process, so that they can employ such knowledge into the design process. This paper, in particular, investigates the relevant literature to form the standpoint of the overall research. The survey encompasses theories and methodologies from three …

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What We Don't Know Can Help Us: Eliciting Out-Of-Discipline Knowledge For Work With Intractable Conflicts, Jennifer Goldman, Peter T. Coleman Nov 2006

What We Don't Know Can Help Us: Eliciting Out-Of-Discipline Knowledge For Work With Intractable Conflicts, Jennifer Goldman, Peter T. Coleman

Peace and Conflict Studies

In this article, the authors present the results of a study in which a diverse variety of experts in fields outside the traditional conflict domain were interviewed about their ideas regarding intractable conflicts. The purpose of this study was to gather frame-breaking insights and practical approaches that could shed new light on complex, persistent conflict that has been particularly resistant to resolution. The authors argue that outsiders to the field are more likely to provide fresh perspective and radical approaches to the conflict field’s most intransigent problems because they are not constrained by the field’s pre-existing normative frames. This article …

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Child Physical Abuse And Neglect, David K. Dilillo, Andrea R. Perry, Michelle Fortier Nov 2006

Child Physical Abuse And Neglect, David K. Dilillo, Andrea R. Perry, Michelle Fortier

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Although poor and inhumane treatment of children is not a new phenomenon (Doerner & Lab, 1998; Wolfe, 1999), child physical abuse and neglect were not identified as serious social problems until the 1960s, with the publication of Kempe and colleagues’ description of battered-child syndrome (Kempe, Silverman, Steele, Droegemueller, & Silver, 1962). In this influential study, Kempe and colleagues described the clinical manifestation of this syndrome in terms of the deleterious physical consequences maltreated children experienced, ranging from undetected outcomes to those that cause significant physical impairments. Rather than exploring the potential psychological sequelae of maltreated children, Kempe focused on detailing …

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Criminal Law And Procedure, Marla G. Decker, Stephen R. Mccullough Nov 2006

Criminal Law And Procedure, Marla G. Decker, Stephen R. Mccullough

University of Richmond Law Review

The authors have endeavored to select from the many appellate cases those that have the most significant precedential value. The article also outlines some of the most consequential changes enacted by the General Assembly in the areas of criminal law and procedure.

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Storming The Ivory Tower: The Military’S Return To American Campuses, Marc Lindemann Nov 2006

Storming The Ivory Tower: The Military’S Return To American Campuses, Marc Lindemann

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Review Essays: The Quranic Concept Of War, Joseph C. Myers Nov 2006

Review Essays: The Quranic Concept Of War, Joseph C. Myers

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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The Limits Of Training In Iraqi Force Development, Gary Felicetti Nov 2006

The Limits Of Training In Iraqi Force Development, Gary Felicetti

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Book Reviews, Parameters Editors Nov 2006

Book Reviews, Parameters Editors

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Defining Health And Health-Related Behaviors Following A Near-Death Experience, Suzanne C. Robertson Phd Nov 2006

Defining Health And Health-Related Behaviors Following A Near-Death Experience, Suzanne C. Robertson Phd

Dissertations

While broad categories of health and influences on definitions of health have been identified, the process through which adults define and re-define health has not been researched. The purpose of this study was to investigate the process of defining health and appropriate health-related behaviors following a near-death experience (NDE) as an adult and to articulate a grounded theory of decision-making. Five men and 15 women from the United States and United Kingdom were interviewed and the data were analyzed using the constant comparative method. The basic social process was I Still Had to Go Through the Process of Understanding. Understanding …

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Taking The Sting Out Of Reporting Requirements: Reproductive Health Clinics And The Constitutional Right To Informational Privacy, Jessica Ansley Bodger Nov 2006

Taking The Sting Out Of Reporting Requirements: Reproductive Health Clinics And The Constitutional Right To Informational Privacy, Jessica Ansley Bodger

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Student Life, November 01, 2006 Nov 2006

Student Life, November 01, 2006

Student Life Newspapers

November 01, 2006 issue of Student Life, the independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since 1878. 2006-2007 academic year. Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K7PN94QG

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Drinking Game Participation Among College Students: Gender And Ethnic Implications, Eric R. Pedersen, Joseph W. Labrie Nov 2006

Drinking Game Participation Among College Students: Gender And Ethnic Implications, Eric R. Pedersen, Joseph W. Labrie

Heads Up!

Participation in drinking games by college students has recently sparked research attention. While previous research indicates that women play drinking games at lower frequencies than men, the current study reveals that college women may be playing games at rates similar to college men. In a sample of 105 coed college students, participants completed a 3-month Timeline Followback recording every drinking event and quantity consumed. They then were prompted to identify which drinking events involved drinking games and how much alcohol was consumed during game playing. Both men and women engaged in drinking games at similar rates and consumed more drinks …

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Let The Jury Do The Waive: How Apprendi V. New Jersey Applies To Juvenile Transfer Proceedings, Daniel M. Vannella Nov 2006

Let The Jury Do The Waive: How Apprendi V. New Jersey Applies To Juvenile Transfer Proceedings, Daniel M. Vannella

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Not Just A Minimum Income Policy For Physicians: The Need For Good Faith And Fair Dealing In Physician Deselection Disputes, Stephen D. Coppolo Nov 2006

Not Just A Minimum Income Policy For Physicians: The Need For Good Faith And Fair Dealing In Physician Deselection Disputes, Stephen D. Coppolo

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Complexity Leadership Theory: An Interactive Perspective On Leading In Complex Adaptive Systems, Benyamin B. Lichtenstein, Mary Uhl-Bien, Russ Marion, Anson Seers, James Douglas Orton, Craig Schreiber Nov 2006

Complexity Leadership Theory: An Interactive Perspective On Leading In Complex Adaptive Systems, Benyamin B. Lichtenstein, Mary Uhl-Bien, Russ Marion, Anson Seers, James Douglas Orton, Craig Schreiber

Department of Management: Faculty Publications

Traditional, hierarchical views of leadership are less and less useful given the complexities of our modern world. Leadership theory must transition to new perspectives that account for the complex adaptive needs of organizations. In this paper, we propose that leadership (as opposed to leaders) can be seen as a complex dynamic process that emerges in the interactive “spaces between” people and ideas. That is, leadership is a dynamic that transcends the capabilities of individuals alone; it is the product of interaction, tension, and exchange rules governing changes in perceptions and understanding. We label this a dynamic of adaptive leadership, and …

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Developing Institutional Faculty Communities To Review And Assess Sotl Work, Paul Savory, Amy Nelson Burnett, Amy M. Goodburn Nov 2006

Developing Institutional Faculty Communities To Review And Assess Sotl Work, Paul Savory, Amy Nelson Burnett, Amy M. Goodburn

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

This workshop explores theoretical questions and practical strategies for how to develop faculty peer reviewers for SOTL work. After reading a set of faculty case-study files that include varying forms of SOTL work, participants will engage in guided discussion about reviewing and assessing such work and about developing faculty communities equipped to do such work. Presenter(s) also will seek feedback on guidelines that they have developed for external reviewers of SOTL work. Many teaching efforts have focused primarily on engaging faculty to participate in SOTL initiatives, with little attention to creating mechanisms for evaluating and assessing the work resulting from …

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Does How I Feel About It Matter? The Role Of Affect In Cognitive And Behavioral Reactions To An Illness Diagnosis, Darnell Schuettler, Marc T. Kiviniemi Nov 2006

Does How I Feel About It Matter? The Role Of Affect In Cognitive And Behavioral Reactions To An Illness Diagnosis, Darnell Schuettler, Marc T. Kiviniemi

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Individuals often have low rates of compliance with treatment recommendations. We examined the role that experienced affect at the time of illness diagnosis might play in influencing thoughts and feelings relating treatment compliance. Participants were randomly assigned to receive a positive, neutral, or negative affect induction after imagining they were diagnosed with kidney cancer. They then reported on thoughts and feelings about the illness and the treatment regimen. Participants also reported interest in additional information about the illness and behavioral intentions for complying with the treatment regimen. Affect significantly influenced interest in information and behavioral intentions. Both effects were mediated …

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Linking Life Zones, Life History Traits, Ecology, And Spatial Cognition In Four Allopatric Southwestern Seed Caching Corvids, Russell P. Balda, Alan Kamil Nov 2006

Linking Life Zones, Life History Traits, Ecology, And Spatial Cognition In Four Allopatric Southwestern Seed Caching Corvids, Russell P. Balda, Alan Kamil

Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences

This report will review the similarities and differences of four species of pine seed caching members of the avian family Corvidae that live on the slopes and base of the San Francisco Peaks in north-central Arizona. The four species include the Clark’s nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus), western scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica), and Mexican jay (A. ultramarina). These corvids demonstrate a specialization gradient for the harvesting, transporting, caching and recovering of buried pine seeds. This gradient is reflected in their dependence on cached pine seeds for winter and early spring survival …

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Contributions Of Muhadhdhab Al-Deen Al-Baghdadi To The Progress Of Medicine And Urology. A Study And Translations From His Book Al-Mukhtar, Rabie E. Abdel-Halim Nov 2006

Contributions Of Muhadhdhab Al-Deen Al-Baghdadi To The Progress Of Medicine And Urology. A Study And Translations From His Book Al-Mukhtar, Rabie E. Abdel-Halim

Saudi Medical Journal

This study of the Arabic 4-volume book of Al-Mukhtar Fi Al-Tibb (Choice Book on Medicine) written by the Muslim physician Muhadhdhab Al-Deen Al-Baghdadi (515-610 H, 1117-1213 AD) aimed at evaluating his contributions to the progress of medicine and urology along with providing English translations of relevant excerpts. Al-Baghdadi laid emphasis on the morals of medical practice and the principles of medical education describing how to select medical students and how to evaluate graduates. He stressed on the need for a long training program directly supervised by skilled expert doctors both in hospitals (Al-Bimaristanat) and during home visits. A good part …

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Does Ramadan Fasting Affect Expiratory Flow Rates In Healthy Subjects?, Qamar A. Siddiqui, Mohammed N. Khan, Salman Sabir Nov 2006

Does Ramadan Fasting Affect Expiratory Flow Rates In Healthy Subjects?, Qamar A. Siddiqui, Mohammed N. Khan, Salman Sabir

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether Ramadan fasting affects the expiratory flow rates in healthy subjects, and to know if these effects correlate to a change in other variables. METHODS: This unmatched case-control longitudinal study includes 46 non-smoking healthy subjects who undertook lung function testing at the Aga Khan University, Pakistan. Expiratory flow rates and body mass were measured in 3 Islamic months, corresponding to November 2001 to January 2002. RESULTS: There was a significant reduction in body mass in Ramadan compared to pre and post Ramadan. No significant changes in expiratory flows were seen during Ramadan as compared to the pre …

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Does The Anatomical Localization Of Lower Extremity Venous Diseases Affect The Quality Of Life?, Ganime Sadikoglu, Alis Ozcakir, Ilker Ercan, Caner Yildiz, Yurtkuran Sadikoglu Nov 2006

Does The Anatomical Localization Of Lower Extremity Venous Diseases Affect The Quality Of Life?, Ganime Sadikoglu, Alis Ozcakir, Ilker Ercan, Caner Yildiz, Yurtkuran Sadikoglu

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of venous diseases at different anatomical localizations on the qualities of life of patients with varicose veins. METHODS: The study included 354 cases, which was referred to a private vascular and interventional radiology center in Bursa, Turkey between January 2005 to January 2006. The cases were diagnosed with visual inspection and were clinically indicative of varicose veins. Color Doppler ultrasonography was used to radiologically examine the varicose veins. All cases were accepted as class II criteria according to the Clinical, Etiologic, Anatomic, Pathophysiologic classification. The generic Short Form Health Survey-36 (SF-36) was used to measure …

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Risk Factors For Urinary Incontinence In Turkish Women. A Cross-Sectional Study, Tuncay M. Filiz, Cefariye Uludag, Nursan Cinar, Suleyman Gorpelioglu, Pinar Topsever Nov 2006

Risk Factors For Urinary Incontinence In Turkish Women. A Cross-Sectional Study, Tuncay M. Filiz, Cefariye Uludag, Nursan Cinar, Suleyman Gorpelioglu, Pinar Topsever

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To explore the association between conventional risk factors and urinary leakage among a random sample of adult Turkish women. METHODS: Six hundred and fifty patients (mean age 33.2 ± 10.6 years; range 17-65 years) attending 6 Primary Health Care Centers in the Eastern Marmara Region, Turkey were randomly enrolled in this study, between September 2005 and December 2005. After signing their informed consent, all patients filled in a questionnaire consisting of questions inquiring any kind of urinary leakage, related symptomatology and personal medical history. RESULTS: One hundred and six women (16.4%) with urinary incontinence (UI) were reported. The most …

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The Cartel Party And The Rise Of The New Extreme Right, Riccardo Pelizzo Nov 2006

The Cartel Party And The Rise Of The New Extreme Right, Riccardo Pelizzo

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

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Insurers, Illusions Of Judgment & Litigation, Chris Guthrie, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski Nov 2006

Insurers, Illusions Of Judgment & Litigation, Chris Guthrie, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Insurers play a critical role in the civil justice system. By providing liability insurance to parties who would otherwise be untenable as defendants, insurers make litigation possible. Once litigation materializes, insurers provide representation, pay legal fees, and often play a central role in resolving disputes through settlement or adjudication. In this paper, we explore empirically how these key litigation players make important decisions in the litigation process, like evaluating a case, deciding whether to settle, and if so, on what terms. We find that insurers, though not entirely immune to the effects of cognitive illusions that have been shown to …

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