The WEB Book experiments in electronic textbook design

This paper describes a series of three evaluations of electronic textbooks on the Web, which focused on assessing how appearance and design can affect users' sense of engagement and directness with the material. The EBONI Project's methodology for evaluating electronic textbooks is outlined and each experiment is described, together with an analysis of results. Finally, some recommendations for successful design are suggested, based on an analysis of all experimental data. These recommendations underline the main findings of the evaluations: that users want some features of paper books to be preserved in the electronic medium, while also preferring electronic text to be written in a scannable style

From the visual book to the WEB book : the importance of design

This paper presents the results of two studies into electronic book production. The Visual book study explored the importance of the visual component of the book metaphor for the production of more effective electronic books, while the WEB book study took the findings of the Visual book and applied them to the production of books for publication on the World Wide Web (WWW). Both studies started from an assessment of which kinds of paper book are more suitable for translation into electronic form. Both also identified publications which are meant to be used for reference rather than those which are read sequentially, and usually in their entirety. This group includes scientific publications and textbooks which were both used as the target group for the Visual book and the WEB book experiments. In this paper we discuss the results of the two studies and how they could influence the design and production of more effective electronic books

The Potential of Freeform Construction Processes

The level of automation technology and processes control found in modern day construction lags significantly behind other industries such as automotive and aerospace. The construction industry has health and safety issues and still uses traditional methods of procurement. These problems are compounded by diminishing skills in the labour force. Methods of production must change if these issues are to be resolved and Freeform Construction is a collection of processes that could have potential impact. This paper outlines some of the major issues facing construction and sets a context with examples of digital fabrication in construction. Freeform Construction is defined and potential applications are presented and related to application scale. The viability of two potential applications are investigated in terms of cost.Mechanical Engineerin

Experimental study of pop-in behavior of surface flaw-type cracks Final report

Growth behavior of surface-flaw type cracks in titanium alloy

Summary of Lee v. Ball, 121 Nev. Adv. Op. 38

This case involved an appeal from a district court judgment in a personal injury case, entered pursuant to a jury verdict which initially awarded the plaintiff $1,300 in damages. The plaintiff subsequently requested a new trial or, in the alternative, additur. The district court awarded the plaintiff an additur of$8,200 and prejudgment interest, without offering the defendant a new trial on damages

\u3ci\u3eThe Arab conquests in Central Asia\u3c/i\u3e

The Arab expedition in Central Asia in 642. Herat and Badghis submitted without a blow, and the first serious check to their advance was met in the Murghab valley. A second expedition occupied Juzjan, Faryab, Talaqan, and Balkh, territories of Afghanistan

Studies on Aromatic Structure

Diazoacetic ester has been reacted with anthracene, benzanthracene and pyrene. In each case an acid has been obtained by hydrolytic treatment of the reaction mixture. The acid from anthracene has been assigned the structure naphthonorcaradienecarboxylic acid XXV on the basis of hydrogenation experiments and ultra-violet light absorption data. Oxidative degradation has proved the acid from benzanthracene to be benznaphthonorcaradiene-carboxylic acid XXXIV, while the product from pyrene is apparently tribenznorcaradienecarboxylic acid XXXVII. Attention is drawn to the remarkable stability shown by these condensed cyclopropane acids towards attempted rearrangement. An explanation for this is proposed on the grounds of the ability of the cyclopropane ring to conjugate with aromatic centres

Uniaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy in CaRuO3{\rm CaRuO_3}

${\rm CaRuO_3}$ is a paramagnetic metal and since its low temperature resistivity is described by $\rho=\rho_0+AT^\gamma$ with $\gamma \sim 1.5$, it is also considered a non-Fermi liquid (NFL) metal. We have performed extensive magnetoresistance and Hall effect measurements of untwinned epitaxial films of ${\rm CaRuO_3}$. These measurements reveal that ${\rm CaRuO_3}$ exhibits uniaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy. In addition, the low-temperature NFL behavior is most effectively suppressed when a magnetic field is applied along the easy axis, suggesting that critical spin fluctuations, possibly due to proximity of a quantum critical phase transition, are related to the NFL behavior.Comment: 7 figure