198 research outputs found
FASHION\TRENDS IN WEB DESIGN
In this paper we describe a preliminary, in-progress, research of fashion\trends in HCI. First, we present the motivation for this research, as this topic has not been methodically researched despite the accelerating pace and growing influence of fashion\trends in modern life. In order to provide appropriate theoretical background, we define and explain the fashion and trend phenomena using resources from multiple research disciplines such as trend, fashion, design research, sociology, psychology and economics. We have chosen to focus this research on web design trends; therefore we illustrate our approach with web design examples. We conclude with an outline of our research project, its goals and methods, and finally the potential implications and opportunities for future research
Nonionic Hydrophilic Surfaces: Adsorption and Interactions
An overview is given of recent studies of nonionic, hydrophilic surfaces formed by the adsorption of surfactants or surface active polymers. Hydrophobic surfaces can be easily hydrophilized by the adsorption of nonionic surfactants or block copolymers containing hydrophobic chain segments; the cooperative interaction between the hydrocarbon moieties contributes more to the free energy of adsorption than the interaction with the hydro- phobic surface.
Hydrophilic layers are also readily formed on hydrophilic surfaces provided specific interaction between the hydrophilic end groups and the surface creates a sufficiently hydrophobic surface so that a second layer can be formed through cooperative interaction. The temperature dependence of the interaction forces between layers of surfactants can be closely correlated with their phase equilibria with water.
In order to prevent protein adsorption the surface should be neither charged nor hydrophobic; it is shown that, accordingly, protein adsorption is extremely low on polyethylene oxide-covered surfaces
What makes icons appealing? The role of processing fluency in predicting icon appeal in different task contexts.
Although icons appear on almost all interfaces, there is a paucity of research examining the determinants of icon appeal. The experiments reported here examined the icon characteristics determining appeal and the extent to which processing fluency - the subjective ease with which individuals process information - was used as a heuristic to guide appeal evaluations. Participants searched for, and identified, icons in displays. The initial appeal of icons was held constant while ease of processing was manipulated by systematically varying the complexity and familiarity of the icons presented and the type of task participants were asked to carry out. Processing fluency reliably influenced users' appeal ratings and appeared to be based on users' unconscious awareness of the ease with which they carried out experimental tasks
It is real, it is happening - En kvalitativ studie av uppfattningar om sexuell trafficking hos ledande personer inom arbetet mot trafficking pÄ nationell nivÄ i Uganda.
Syftet med vÄr studie var att undersöka hur ledande personer inom arbetet mot
trafficking i Uganda ser pÄ sexuell trafficking som socialt fenomen/problem. Vi
ville ta reda pÄ vad dessa uppfattningar pÄverkas av och hur de i förlÀngningen
pÄverkar deras arbete mot sexuell trafficking och de utsatta. VÄr undersöknings
resultat och analys bygger pÄ nio semistrukturerade intervjuer med praktiker och
experter inom mÄnga olika fÀlt som pÄ ett eller annat sÀtt anknyter till arbetet mot
trafficking. Resultaten av dessa intervjuer presenteras i tematisk form utifrÄn vÄra
frÄgestÀllningar. VÄr studies teoretiska utgÄngspunkter var postkolonial teori samt
intersektionellt perspektiv. Vi anvÀnde oss av dessa teorier och perspektiv för att
belysa bÄde hur uppfattningarna kan tolkas samt hur pÄverkan av dessa
uppfattningar kan förstÄs med Ugandas geopolitiska situation i Ätanke. Vi vÀvde
Àven in vÄr egen pÄverkan pÄ studiens resultat i egenskap av att vara vÀsterlÀndska
studenter i relation till vÄra respondenters kontext. VÄra resultat pekar pÄ vissa
luckor i vÄra respondenters förstÄelse av sexuell trafficking som fenomen i frÄga
om offer och förövare, samt problematiserar arbetet mot trafficking i Uganda dÀr
organisationer som arbetar med dessa frÄgor finansieras utifrÄn av vÀsterlÀndska
aktörer med en viss politisk och ideologiskt agenda pÄ grund av den ugandiska
statens ointresse för dylika frÄgor
ChemInform Abstract: SYNTHESIS OF A STEROIDAL DICARBAMATE RELATED TO MEPROBAMATE FROM 3-KETOBISNORCHOLENAL
ChemInform Abstract: SYNTHESIS OF SOME 2âČ-(3-OXOPREGN-4-EN-20-YL)OXAZOLIDINES AND -THIAZOLIDINES
Mini research projects as a mechanism to improve the quality of dementia care
Abstract Several models have been proposed to connect academia and practice in order to improve long-term care. In this paper we propose and describe the âMini-Research Groupâ as an alternative model of such collaboration. The formation of mini-research groups was the unplanned by-product of a longitudinal action research project headed by the late Prof. Rebecca Bergman, a prominent nursing leader from the Department of Nursing at Tel-Aviv University. It involved a two-stage project aimed at developing, and later implementing, a specific tool to evaluate the quality of care provided in geropsychiatric units and to design a nursing intervention which entailed an improved model for care in specialized geropsychiatric units for persons with dementia. Initially, this article describes the projects that led to the development of mini-research groups, and then continues to describe several mini-research projects, focusing on the research questions which emerged from practice as well as the variety of methodologies used. Finally, we discuss the ways in which mini- research groups contributed to the quality of care for persons with dementia, benefited their families, professional staff, faculty participants, and advanced policy development. We argue that in light of the present array of ethical and legal restrictions which inhibit the recruitment of participants, using mini-research groups combined of practitioners and researchers, can provide a pragmatic solution, not only to overcome these barriers, but to improve the quality of care, stimulate clinical dementia research, and promote new insights into the lives of persons with dementia
Purification of decidual prolactin-releasing factor, a placental protein that stimulates prolactin release from human decidual tissue
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