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Features Of Chinese Design Research: An “Object-Paradigm” Interactive Relationship Perspective, Yuhao Jiang, Fangzhou Gu, Danhua Zhao

IASDR Conference Series

How we conceive of design research has changed significantly. Scholars have explored this topic from the perspectives of the boundaries of the influence of the design profession and the shift of design paradigms. However, research on the evolution and features of design research in China has yet to make its mark on the international design research stage. Based on the National Social Science Foundation Art Project's promotion of Chinese design research, an "Object-Paradigm" analysis framework is constructed, revealing an interactive relationship between objects and paradigms of Chinese design research: a well-defined research paradigm focuses on a particular object, and specific …

Inclusive Harmonies: Co-Creating Accessible Music Experiences With Deaf Or Blind Advisors Through Interdisciplinary Design Workshop, Yun Wang, Yuyao Zhang, Junrong Zhang, Zijin Li

IASDR Conference Series

Music activities have been shown to enhance the self-development and social participation of individuals with disabilities, yet current assistive technologies and devices are unable to provide them with a satisfactory music experience. This paper presents a design workshop aimed at exploring innovative ways for blind or deaf people to better perceive, perform and create music, as well as a workshop approach to design innovative music installations through co-creation activities. The three-week workshop included an ice-breaking and team-building week, an ideation and co-creation week, and a final week for prototyping, testing, and showcasing. Multidisciplinary teams were formed and a group of …

E-Motioning: Exploring The Effects Of Emotional Generative Visuals On Creativity And Connectedness During Videoconferencing, Tianqin Lu, Jun Hu

IASDR Conference Series

Videoconferencing has become an essential part of business life, and the trend of remote collaboration is set to continue in the future. However, research has shown that the lack of social cues in videoconferencing negatively impacts human social connectedness and hinders the production of creative ideas. Therefore, E-Motioning has been proposed as a system that generates geometrical-based visuals according to users’ real-time emotions, and these visuals are used, as backgrounds for videoconferencing. An experiment was conducted with twenty-four participants to examine the effects of E-Motioning on creativity and connectedness in Microsoft Teams compared to a control condition that uses the …

Improving The Healthcare Experience: Developing A Comprehensive Patient Health Record (Phr), Christine O'Dell, Sandra Gabriele

IASDR Conference Series

Digital technology has permeated every aspect of our lives, including the way in which our health records are managed. Currently, healthcare providers are responsible for maintaining records with limited access or control for patients. However, because of the siloed structure of the healthcare system in Canada, patients have little access or control of their medical information Our previous research focused on understanding the patient experience and revealed pain points within their care journey. The key recommendation was to design a comprehensive patient medical record (PMR) which would give patients ownership of their health information. In response, we created a mobile …

Experience Design’S Transformation Towards Experience-Driven Transformation: A Practical Perspective, Michael T. Lai, Hsien-Hui Tang

IASDR Conference Series

Over the past two decades, rapid economic development has transformed the practice of user experience. This article reflects on the evolution of the experience economy in China and the development of the experience strategy, from a design perspective, to address the challenges of an increasingly competitive market. The case study of a leading design consultancy in Shanghai, China, demonstrates how user experience (UX) design has evolved into experience strategy by 2023. The article presents four phases of user experience transformation to illustrate changes in problems and solutions and an Experience Strategy framework to elaborate on issues that designers should focus …

An Interdisciplinary Design Framework For Creative Collaboration, Siyu Zha, Di Zhao, Meng Li, Wei Gong, Qingyu Hu, Zhongsheng Li

IASDR Conference Series

Design education is interdisciplinary in its nature, yet how to facilitate productive and authentic design processes that encourage creative collaboration within a heterogenous group needs further investigation as well as empirical evidence. This study first reviews existing frameworks and the educational factors that affect its creativity and productivity; then constructs a framework for organizing interdiscplinary workshop aimed at leveraging collective creativity through the theme of multi-modal book design for children. Qualitative empirical data was collected and analyzed in accordance to the framework. Finally, we present principals and elements for consideration when conducting an interdisciplinary approaches to design experience that foster …

Codesign Facilitation For Workforce Satisfaction, Kimberly Tsen, Mauricio Mejía, Danielle Foushee, Michelle Fehler

IASDR Conference Series

In the current work environment, businesses are expecting more than the workforce can provide. This gap in expectation is leading to higher rates of resignation due to increased burnout. To further understand this issue, strategic design methods were utilized as part of the research process. By studying the historical reasons behind these shifts, and interviewing employees that experienced burnout, paradoxically, strategic design methods were also determined to be the solution. A company will go through a design journey facilitated by a strategic design studio so that the unique differences in each company culture are considered. A workshop that is a …

Fictional Brand Design. Evolution, Strategies, And An Attempt To A History Of Visual Identities In Audiovisual Narratives., Francesco E. Guida, Lorenzo Bernini

IASDR Conference Series

Brands tell stories to affirm their values, positioning, and identity. They tell stories that allow people to recognise themselves in them, to share them, to feel part of them. That occurs in the real world as in the world of fiction. The term fictional branding refers to the design and use of brands that do not refer to any existing service, product, company or organisation. They can include any brand referring to products or commercial services, political institutions, military organisations, and more. This paper aims to offer a comprehensive look at the topic through historical and theoretical research and analyse …

The Rider (2023-10-09), Natalie Lapsley

The Rider Archives

Vol.9 No.7

Aim110.1 23t3 Project Documentation Exemplar C Example 1, Sae University College

Exemplars

AIM110.1 23T3 Project Documentation Exemplar C

Focal Modulation Network For Lung Segmentation In Chest X-Ray Images, Şaban Öztürk, Tolga Çukur

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Segmentation of lung regions is of key importance for the automatic analysis of Chest X-Ray (CXR) images, which have a vital role in the detection of various pulmonary diseases. Precise identification of lung regions is the basic prerequisite for disease diagnosis and treatment planning. However, achieving precise lung segmentation poses significant challenges due to factors such as variations in anatomical shape and size, the presence of strong edges at the rib cage and clavicle, and overlapping anatomical structures resulting from diverse diseases. Although commonly considered as the de-facto standard in medical image segmentation, the convolutional UNet architecture and its variants …

A Novel Approach Of Residue Neutrosophic Technique For Threshold Based Image Segmentation, Vinoth D, Ezhilmaran Devarasan

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

October 4, 2023 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Reputation Themes From Communication Perspective: A Qualitative Systematic Review, Omar Abu Arqoub

Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Research in Higher Education مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للبحوث في التعليم العالي

The article aimed to systematically review communication reputation-related research to shape the reputation literature from a communication perspective. After investigating several databases, a total of 366 peer-reviewed communication journal articles focusing on reputation were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study. A qualitative text mining and thematic analysis approach was conducted using the NVivo program to examine the most frequently used words and major emergent themes. The results revealed that the topmost frequently repeated words in communication reputation-focused articles were “crisis,” “public,” “reputation,” “communication,” “media,” and “relations.” Also, this study discussed the six major themes that …

Strategic Plan For The Honors College At Marshall University, 2023, Honors College, Brian A. Hoey

Publications of the Honors College at Marshall University

Beginning with a consideration of our broader institutional and communal contexts and informed by wide-ranging internal and external data collection and analysis, the first five-year strategic plan of the Honors College at Marshall University sets overarching priorities and defined goals that together are intended to deepen community connections, expand recruitment efforts, support greater access and inclusion while increasing retention, develop a more engaging, flexible, and valuable curriculum, and through securing greater material and human resources, to raise the college’s ability to serve as an equal partner in the provision of service to other units on campus. Our overarching goal is …

Wright State University Magazine, Fall 2023, Wright State Alumni Association And Wright State Foundation

Wright State University Magazine

Fifty-two page issue of the Wright State University Magazine. This magazine is published twice a year and focuses on news related to Wright State alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the university.

Contributors

Akda: The Asian Journal of Literature, Culture, Performance

No abstract provided.

‘The Table’, Exploration And Discussion On The Future Form Of Board Games, Boyuan Zheng

Theses

Board games, also known as tabletop games, are one of the most popular forms of games ever invented in history. Over time, the game designs have become more intricate, as have the physical game sets, resulting in larger and larger boxes. However, in a world where portability and intelligence are key factors in technology, digitalization appears to be the way forward. This project aims to explore the essence of board games and envision a possible future of board game system digitalization with existing or foreseeable technologies.

Understanding Stakeholder Experiences With Visual Communication In Environmental Impact Assessment, Ana R. De Oliveira, Sofia Bento, Maria Partidário, Angus Morrison-Saunders

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Visual communication is widely and commonly used in environmental impact assessment (EIA) practice by all stakeholders. It includes maps, photographs, tables, info-graphics and other images used in environmental impact statements, as well as videos and graphics in online materials or in face-to-face consultation sessions (e.g., posters and PowerPoint presentations). The purpose of this research was to understand the practice of visual communication in EIA, focusing upon the perceptions and experiences of stakeholders. Surveys were conducted with international EIA practitioners along with observations of consultation sessions for three EIA projects in Portugal and interviews with proponents, regulators and members of the …

Full Issue, The Stimulus Team

Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

No abstract provided.

Dynamic Deep Neural Network Inference Via Adaptive Channel Skipping, Meixia Zou, Xiuwen Li, Jinzheng Fang, Hong Wen, Weiwei Fang

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Deep neural networks have recently made remarkable achievements in computer vision applications. However, the high computational requirements needed to achieve accurate inference results can be a significant barrier to deploying DNNs on resource-constrained computing devices, such as those found in the Internet-of-things. In this work, we propose a fresh approach called adaptive channel skipping (ACS) that prioritizes the identification of the most suitable channels for skipping and implements an efficient skipping mechanism during inference. We begin with the development of a new gating network model, ACS-GN, which employs fine-grained channel-wise skipping to enable input-dependent inference and achieve a desirable balance …

Creator Biographies, The Stimulus Team

Stimulus: A Medical Humanities Journal

No abstract provided.

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda October 5, 2023, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes - September 7, 2023
• Program Proposals
• Semester Course Approval Reviews
• Other Business
• Adjourn: 3:00 pm

Educational Policies Committee Agenda October 5, 2023, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes - September, 2023
• Subcommittee Reports - Curriculum Subcommittee, Academic Standards Subcommittee, General Education Subcommittee
• Other Business
• Adjourn: 4:00 pm

Lean Thinking As An Approach For Improving Client Communication During The Design Process, Ayman Ahmed Ezzat Othman, Ghada N. Mossad, Nishani Harinarain

Architectural Engineering

Lean thinking is perceived as a successful strategy for saving time and cost, while improving at the same time the position in the market. Lean thinking is about eliminating waste and increasing the quality. When applied correctly, lean thinking is a well understood and well examined platform upon which to build firm practices. In the architectural profession miscommunication has a lot of consequences including time and cost overruns, conflict and ultimately project failure. The aim of this research was to investigate the role of lean thinking in improving the communication between the client and the architect during the design process. …

The Rider (2023-09-25), Natalie Lapsley

The Rider Archives

Vol.9 No.5

The Sounds Of Travel: Video Ethnography In Multisensory Tourism Research, Francesc Fusté-Forné

Journal of Sustainability and Resilience

While the analysis of the tourist experience often relies on the visual representations, recent research also increasingly calls for a multisensory understanding of tourism research. Soundscapes are an emerging type of tourism attraction that contributes to the protection and promotion of the sense of place. Departing from the use of video in ethnographic practice, this research notes illustrates the features of soundscapes in nature-based tourism research based on video auto-ethnography. Results show that the sounds of water, animals and gastronomy are evocative of people, places and practices in nature-based tourism experiences.

Religious Discrimination Against Minorities: Theories And Findings, Yasemin Akbaba

Political Science Faculty Publications

One of the established trends in religion and international relations (IR) scholarship is the awareness of a rising level of religious discrimination against minorities. Although there is variation in rates, religious restrictions are widely observed across the globe, including in Western democracies. Scholarship on the restrictions on religious practices has advanced through seeking answers to the following questions: Who discriminates? Who is discriminated against more? What are the causes of restrictions on religious freedom? What are the forms of discrimination? The purpose of this article is to connect the theories and findings of two religious discrimination studies of IR via …

Being Present Without Being Present: An Internet-Based Approach To Providing Pastoral Counseling To An Always Online Generation, Stephen Lyon Woolverton

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The increasing reliance that Millennials and Gen-Z Christians have on the internet for almost every question that comes up in their lives should be viewed by pastoral counselors as a cultural context that need to be understood as part of the counseling process and not an obstacle to the counseling process. The emergence of the internet, and the part that it has played in the culture of American Christians who have grown up with constant access to this avenue of communication, has only recently begun to be seen and utilized by pastoral counselors. This research uses the perspective of a …

The Rider (2023-09-18), Natalie Lapsley

The Rider Archives

Vol.9 No.4