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The Labyrinth Of Philosophy In Islam, Nader El-Bizri Jul 2010

The Labyrinth Of Philosophy In Islam, Nader El-Bizri

Comparative Philosophy

This paper focuses on the methodological issues related to the obstacles and potential horizons of approaching the philosophical traditions in Islam from the standpoint of comparative studies in philosophy, while also presenting selected case-studies that may potentially illustrate some of the possibilities of renewing the impetus of a philosophical thought that is inspired by Islamic intellectual history. This line of inquiry is divided into two parts: the first deals with questions of methodology, and the second focuses on ontology and phenomenology of perception, by way of offering pathways in investigating the history of philosophical and scientific ideas in Islam from …

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Philips, Emanie Louise (Nahm) Sachs Arling, 1893-1981 (Mss 317), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2010

Philips, Emanie Louise (Nahm) Sachs Arling, 1893-1981 (Mss 317), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 317. Professional correspondence, short stories, book and story manuscripts, author's notes, reviews, and primary and secondary research materials relating to the literary career of Emanie Louise Nahm Philips, a Bowling Green native. Includes some photographs, notices and reviews relating to her work as an artist, family biographical material, and personal correspondence.

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Dis/Ability Teaches Design!, Tom Bieling Jul 2010

Dis/Ability Teaches Design!, Tom Bieling

DRS Biennial Conference Series

In our paper, we claim that general human and artificial communication systems might be enriched by acknowledging and adding specifics of different ways of communication, perception and locomotion that refer to bodily impairment (Bieling, 2009). Schillmeier (2009, 79ff) sees disability less as an effect of bodily impairment, but more as a phenomenon of social construction. Oriented towards Science, Technology and Society Studies (STS) he conceptualizes disability as a “heterogenic, material event”, which connects “social and non-social relations of human and non-human actors, of things, bodies, technologies, sensorical pratices” and becomes able to be experienced in the sense of disabling as …

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An Exploratory Study Of Scientists’ Perceptions Of Design And Designers, Alex Driver, Carlos Peralta, James Moultrie Jul 2010

An Exploratory Study Of Scientists’ Perceptions Of Design And Designers, Alex Driver, Carlos Peralta, James Moultrie

DRS Biennial Conference Series

As part of a wider empirical study in to the potential role of industrial design in scientific research, a series of semi-structured interviews were conducted with scientists to understand how their perceptions of design and designers might influence collaboration. This paper reports that scientists without prior experience of working with designers may be unclear as to their skills and areas of expertise, and may subsequently be missing out on collaborative opportunities. Scientists perceive a greater possible impact on applied research through engagement of professional design skills. It was revealed that design interventions could be suitable for many scientists as their …

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Motion Design For Nonverbal Communication With A Humanoid Robot, Jinyung Jung, Myungsuk Kim Jul 2010

Motion Design For Nonverbal Communication With A Humanoid Robot, Jinyung Jung, Myungsuk Kim

DRS Biennial Conference Series

In the near future, humanoid robots will act as the partners of human beings in daily life. Among numerous human-like competencies, motion of humanoid robots is critical for providing humans with richer interactions with such robots. Motion plays an essential role in complementing spoken communication. Moreover, the motions of humanoid robots generate nonverbal communication in various contexts. Through this nonverbal communication, humans can interact with robots not only directly but also indirectly or even unconsciously, as if the robot were simply part of the environment. Before the developments of humanoid robots, embodied conversational agents (ECAs) were introduced as virtual embodied …

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A Comparison And Analysis Of Usability Methods For Web Evaluation: The Relationship Between Typical Usability Test And Bio-Signals Characteristics (Eeg, Ecg), Haeinn Lee, Ssanghee Seo Jul 2010

A Comparison And Analysis Of Usability Methods For Web Evaluation: The Relationship Between Typical Usability Test And Bio-Signals Characteristics (Eeg, Ecg), Haeinn Lee, Ssanghee Seo

DRS Biennial Conference Series

A usability assessment is now widely recognized as critical to the success of interactive interface design including web design. In this paper, our research team used a variety of different biosignals such as Electroencephalogram (EEG), Electrocardiogram (ECG), and Electromyogram (EMG) to evaluate individuals’ emotional reactions to different web interface designs. At the same time, we conducted typical usability testing of the same web interface design to compare the results of these two methods, and conclude whether usability testing using biosignals is a good method to use for web evaluation.

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The Construction Of Complexity In Design And Public Policy Contexts, Chris Urbina Meierling Jul 2010

The Construction Of Complexity In Design And Public Policy Contexts, Chris Urbina Meierling

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper explores the nature of complexity and how it is manifest in the practice of design research and public policy given their unique contexts. This comparison is made by examining the tools and approaches that are used in understanding problems and creating outcomes in each field. This paper is based on a recently conducted action research study at a state legislature in the United States and is supported by foundational literature on modern problem theory, decision making, methods, and process in the two fields. Complexity emerges from the many stakeholders that surround and define our issues, the enigmatic nature …

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A New Atlas For Abstract Spaces. Visual Tools For The Exploration Of Complex Contexts, Marco Quaggiotto Jul 2010

A New Atlas For Abstract Spaces. Visual Tools For The Exploration Of Complex Contexts, Marco Quaggiotto

DRS Biennial Conference Series

In the tradition of research, text is the preferred solution for research and communication. The linear sequence of writing explains reality: it transforms synchronic scenes into a sequence of codes that describe it diachronically. Nonetheless, while textual representation still remains extremely useful in scientific communication, the linearity of writing is lately appearing as inadequate to the latest models of science and to the representation of current knowledge systems. In this context the language of cartography in particular seems to be fit to work as a structural model for the representation of complex systems, and Design can find in the atlas …

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Thinking About Design Experience: A Semantic Network Approach, Donna Wheatley Jul 2010

Thinking About Design Experience: A Semantic Network Approach, Donna Wheatley

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Social network analysis software has been used in this study to reveal individual and collective perceptions of space from different perspectives. The paper outlines how to analyse an ‘environment-response’ semantic network of a user group and that of the architect. The semantic network of the designer was found to be quite different from the users of their designs, a starting point from which to question how far designers of space are able to anticipate what impressions and reactions their designs elicit in users. Determining what thematic clusters or topics emerge (called ‘metatopics’ in the study) from the networks is a …

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Approaching Product Subjective Sustainability: Comparative Study On Evolution Of Users’ Kansei During Lifetime Of Their Mobile Phones Between Iran And Japan, Seyed Javad Zafarmand, Takatoshi Tauchi, Fumio Terauchi, Mitsunori Kubo, Hiroyuki Aoki Jul 2010

Approaching Product Subjective Sustainability: Comparative Study On Evolution Of Users’ Kansei During Lifetime Of Their Mobile Phones Between Iran And Japan, Seyed Javad Zafarmand, Takatoshi Tauchi, Fumio Terauchi, Mitsunori Kubo, Hiroyuki Aoki

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Most of the scholar works about Sustainable Design treat of the objective side of product sustainability, whereas its subjective side has not been observed adequately. A sustainable product should be able to last in its expected lifetime not only objectively but subjectively. The main focus of design researches concerning the subjective issues of sustainability is on ‘lifetime optimization of products’. Focusing on the subjective side of product sustainability, here the concept of ‘Product Subjective Sustainability’ is proposed to specifically indicate ‘the emotional, affective and/or aesthetical capability of a product for satisfyingly and pleasantly lasting during its expected long/short lifetime’. However, …

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Integral Design Method In The Context Of Conceptual Sustainable Building Design, Wim Zeiler, Perica Savanovi´C, Duncan Harkness Jul 2010

Integral Design Method In The Context Of Conceptual Sustainable Building Design, Wim Zeiler, Perica Savanovi´C, Duncan Harkness

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Global warming, shortage of fossil fuel and rising energy prices are endangering humanity. The built environment is responsible for a large part of the energy use and waste production. Traditional building design approaches essentially lead to redesign and optimization, whereas to meet the unique challenges for sustainability in the present day built environment, we need to go further and generate new concepts and knowledge that represent the necessary conditions to arrive at new sustainable design solutions. This research set out to develop a method to create a more integral process that would create the opportunity to introduce a greater variety …

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A Survey Of Definition And Its Role In Strengthening Design Theory, Robert Andruchow Jul 2010

A Survey Of Definition And Its Role In Strengthening Design Theory, Robert Andruchow

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper argues that an essential task for managing complexity in design is clarification of key terms within the field, and most importantly the term that defines the field itself: Design. This position rests on the argument that theory—a key tool for managing complexity in design—is weakened by ambiguous terminology, and crucially, ambiguity of the word design. Although it has been well documented that design is a highly ambiguous term and that this is problematic for the field as a whole, many designers are resigned to this fact since it is unclear how one can resolve differences of opinion about …

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From Ontologies To Folksonomies. A Design-Driven Approach From Complex Information To Bottom-Up Knowledge Matteo Ciastellardi, Cristina Miranda De Almeida,, Matteo Ciastellardi, Cristina Miranda De Almeida, Derrick De Kerckhove Jul 2010

From Ontologies To Folksonomies. A Design-Driven Approach From Complex Information To Bottom-Up Knowledge Matteo Ciastellardi, Cristina Miranda De Almeida,, Matteo Ciastellardi, Cristina Miranda De Almeida, Derrick De Kerckhove

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper explores the social challenge posed by the complex environments in relation to know-ledge management in which contemporary society and all its activities are immersed. The main question addressed is how information design can contribute to the construction of hybrid, bottom-up and collective ontologies-in-progress and dialogue with the complexity of the practices around the construction of digital knowledge. We argue that it is necessary for information design strategies to deepen its understanding of the semantic web and the new forms of creation of ontologies. This research seeks to broaden the an-alysis of the role of information design in this …

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Converting The Participants’ Verbal Expressions Into Design Factors, Neda Ghadir, Dawood M. Garavand, Ali Faraji Jul 2010

Converting The Participants’ Verbal Expressions Into Design Factors, Neda Ghadir, Dawood M. Garavand, Ali Faraji

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The designers usually apply various qualitative and quantitative techniques in investigating users’ desires. Once such techniques are applied, they deal with the difficulties of making the outcome data comprehensible enough to be used in the subsequent steps. This paper presents some encountered complexities of a pilot survey titled “Designing and Implementing an Artificial Design Tool Based on Improved Kansei Engineering”, in an effort to describe the borderline between quantitative and qualitative methods and their transformation point, and a practical solution suggested as co-qual-quant model. Through conducted case study, we have used qualitative methods on the human side (e.g. PPP and …

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Collaborative Design Pedagogy: An Examination Of The Four Levels Of Collaboration, K. Thomas Mcpeek, Laura Morthland Jul 2010

Collaborative Design Pedagogy: An Examination Of The Four Levels Of Collaboration, K. Thomas Mcpeek, Laura Morthland

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper reexamines research conducted with more than a dozen authorities in architectural education on collaborative methodologies over a three year period. The focus of initial study, a doctoral dissertation entitled: Collaborative Design Pedagogy: A Naturalistic Inquiry of Architectural Education (McPeek, 2009), examined the apparent disparity existent between the practicing profession of architecture and the academic preparation of its future members. In this paper, a condensed examination of specific findings from the previous data set point to four key levels of pedagogical collaboration (community, institution, faculty, and student) that are critical components to the implementation of collaborative architectural curriculum. These …

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Representation-Phobia And The Complexity Of Embodied Interaction, Thomas Markussen Jul 2010

Representation-Phobia And The Complexity Of Embodied Interaction, Thomas Markussen

DRS Biennial Conference Series

In current interaction design research there is a widespread belief that situated action and embodied interaction should replace mental representations in the theoretical account of human cognition. This exclusion of representation is however diagnosed as a sign of representation-phobia by Anderson (2003) who claims that it is misguided. This paper aims to show why and how it can be overcome. Initially, a literature review will show how representation-phobia manifests itself through two different versions in HCI research. On the basis of this I argue that representation-phobia leads to a theoretical dead end. Then, by drawing on semiotics and recent findings …

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Designing For Cultural Diversity: Participatory Design, Immigrant Women And Shared Creativity, Naureen Mumtaz Jul 2010

Designing For Cultural Diversity: Participatory Design, Immigrant Women And Shared Creativity, Naureen Mumtaz

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Immigration and multiculturalism are realities of the globalized world that has given rise to subcultures, which possess specialized knowledge. This increasing interaction among people from diverse cultures has produced a complex ethno-cultural mosaic that presents formidable challenges for visual communication designers’ as well as for other designers. Cultural diversity of designers and audience of messages in a design scenario brings complexity in the design research process. This research study explores an effective visual communication language, through the medium of the poster, for culturally diverse audience of immigrant women in Edmonton, Canada. The decision was informed by triangulated results from a …

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Variability Of Syntactic Complexity In Persons With And Without Multiple Sclerosis, Kristin Diane Bjorkman Jul 2010

Variability Of Syntactic Complexity In Persons With And Without Multiple Sclerosis, Kristin Diane Bjorkman

Theses and Dissertations

Several recent studies have suggested that persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) have diminished syntactic complexity. A greater variability in responses to a variety of tasks has also been noted for persons with MS. However, naturalistic data on syntactic complexity and the complexity's variability in persons with MS have not been examined. In the present study, 8 volunteers with MS (age 18-70 years) and 10 adults without MS participated in both a 15-minute conversational language sample and a sentence completion task in two different sessions. No significant differences were found between groups on any measure, and variability within the groups was …

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Crosses, Flowers, And Toads: Classic Maya Bloodletting Iconography In Yaxchilan Lintels 24, 25, And 26, Kirsten Rachelle Steiger Jul 2010

Crosses, Flowers, And Toads: Classic Maya Bloodletting Iconography In Yaxchilan Lintels 24, 25, And 26, Kirsten Rachelle Steiger

Theses and Dissertations

The lintels of Yaxchilan Structure 23 seem to be a demonstrable case wherein specific symbols are singled out and deliberately used in an ordered sequence. Taken together as a unified series, Yaxchilan Lintels 24, 25, and 26 summarize the multi-step process of royal autosacrifice. An iconographic study of the huipil patterns depicted on these lintels yields a better understanding of complex bloodletting iconography and the way in which depictions of ceremonial autosacrifice reinforce Classic Maya beliefs relating to the divine role of Maya elite in eliciting communion with the gods and the subsequent rebirth of the cosmos. The rich iconography …

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U.S. Student Teachers In Belize, China And Mexico: Patterns Of Cultural, Professional, And Character Development, Robert A. Devillar, Binbin Jiang Jul 2010

U.S. Student Teachers In Belize, China And Mexico: Patterns Of Cultural, Professional, And Character Development, Robert A. Devillar, Binbin Jiang

Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets

The United States mainstream populace has been notably deficient in its exposure, sensitivity and understanding relative to cultures, languages and people it considers different, whether within or outside its national borders. This general deficiency extends to the professional realm, and includes U.S. teachers, who, as adults and as a group, engage with students in a long-term, planned, structural and developmental manner that exceeds by far that of any other adult group. Teachers, therefore, have a critical responsibility with respect to accumulating and effectively expressing knowledge, skills and dispositions that will inform whom, what and how they teach in their classrooms, …

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Specifications For The Development Of Effective Academic Vocabulary Activities In Intensive English Programs, Jared Nathan Garrett Jul 2010

Specifications For The Development Of Effective Academic Vocabulary Activities In Intensive English Programs, Jared Nathan Garrett

Theses and Dissertations

With the new curriculum at the English Language Center (ELC) at Brigham Young University (BYU) including a program focused specifically on preparing students to succeed in academic institutions wherein the language of instruction is English, a need for a systematic approach to vocabulary instruction was identified. Specifically, the Academic Program focuses on the Academic Word List (AWL) in order to provide a broad base of words that can best prepare students for the academic world. This project followed the ADDIE model (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate) to craft a systematic approach to developing vocabulary learning activities. An analysis of existing …

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Development Of Psychometrically Equivalent Speech Recognition Threshold Materials For Native Speakers Of Samoan, Jennifer Lane Newman Jul 2010

Development Of Psychometrically Equivalent Speech Recognition Threshold Materials For Native Speakers Of Samoan, Jennifer Lane Newman

Theses and Dissertations

The speech recognition threshold (SRT) is an important measure, as it validates the pure-tone average (PTA), assists in the diagnosis and prognosis of hearing impairments, and aids in the identification of non-organic hearing impairments. Research has shown that in order for SRT testing to yield valid and reliable measures, testing needs to be performed in the patient's native language. There are currently no published materials for SRT testing in the Samoan language. As a result, audiologists are testing patients with English materials or other materials not of the patient's native language. Results produced from this manner of testing are confounded …

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Neural Plasticity And Treatment-Induced Recovery Of Sentence Processing In Agrammatism, Cynthia K. Thompson, Dirk B. Den Ouden, Borna Bonakdarpour, Kyla Garibaldi, Todd B. Parrish Jul 2010

Neural Plasticity And Treatment-Induced Recovery Of Sentence Processing In Agrammatism, Cynthia K. Thompson, Dirk B. Den Ouden, Borna Bonakdarpour, Kyla Garibaldi, Todd B. Parrish

Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty Articles and Research

This study examined patterns of neural activation associated with treatment-induced improvement of complex sentence production (and comprehension) in six individuals with stroke-induced agrammatic aphasia, taking into account possible alterations in blood flow often associated with stroke, including delayed time-to-peak of the hemodynamic response function (HRF) and hypoperfused tissue. Aphasic participants performed an auditory verification fMRI task, processing object cleft, subject cleft, and simple active sentences, prior to and following a course of Treatment of Underlying Forms (TUF; Thompson et al., 2003), a linguistically based approach for treating aphasic sentence deficits, which targeted object relative clause constructions. The patients also were …

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Deafdigest: Gold Edition, July 4, 2010, Barry Strassler Jul 2010

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, July 4, 2010, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2010

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Higher-Critical Thinking And Its Effects (Part Iii), Roy Gane Jul 2010

Higher-Critical Thinking And Its Effects (Part Iii), Roy Gane

Memory, Meaning & Faith

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Accuracy Of English Speakers Administering Word Recognition Score Tests In Mandarin, Kaylene Barrett Polley Jul 2010

Accuracy Of English Speakers Administering Word Recognition Score Tests In Mandarin, Kaylene Barrett Polley

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the accuracy of English-speakers in determining the word recognition score of native Taiwan Mandarin-speakers. Digitally recorded Mandarin word lists were presented to 10 native Mandarin-speakers from Taiwan (five male, five female), from whom oral and written responses were collected. Oral responses were scored by 30 native English-speakers, 15 of which had no experience with Mandarin and 15 with two to three years of college-level Mandarin courses or equivalent knowledge of Mandarin. The judges who had experience with Mandarin were able to score the WRS tests with 97% accuracy (with scores ranging from …

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The Effect Of First Language Dialect Vowel Mergers On Second Language Perception And Production, Christine Elaine Gardner Jul 2010

The Effect Of First Language Dialect Vowel Mergers On Second Language Perception And Production, Christine Elaine Gardner

Theses and Dissertations

Previous second language (L2) acquisition research has assumed that L2 learners from a common first language (L1) have the same problems in an L2, ignoring the potential impact of a speaker's L1 dialect on L2 acquisition. This study examines the effects of L1 dialect on the acquisition of L2 German vowels. In particular, this thesis investigates two questions: 1) Do speakers from L1 dialects with vowel mergers perceive or produce vowel contrasts in the L1 and/or L2 differently than speakers from dialect areas without the same mergers? and 2) Are subjects' patterns of L1 perception or production paralleled in the …

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Higher-Critical Thinking And Its Effects (Part Ii), Roy Gane Jul 2010

Higher-Critical Thinking And Its Effects (Part Ii), Roy Gane

Memory, Meaning & Faith

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El Diablo De La Montaña: Raza E Identidad En Las Tradiciones Orales Andinas, Gizella Meneses Jul 2010

El Diablo De La Montaña: Raza E Identidad En Las Tradiciones Orales Andinas, Gizella Meneses

Hipertexto

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The Role Of Proto Morphemes In The Emergence Of Speaker Inflections: Evidence For L1 Scaffolding In Spanish, Donna E. West Jul 2010

The Role Of Proto Morphemes In The Emergence Of Speaker Inflections: Evidence For L1 Scaffolding In Spanish, Donna E. West

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