293 research outputs found
The Cost of Improved Overview: An analysis of the Use of Electronic Whiteboards in Emergency Departments
Noise Levels in Two Emergency Departments Before and After the Introduction of Electronic Whiteboards
Purpose: Hospital work generates noise. This article investigates the noise level in emergency department
Successful system, incomplete data:Caveats in reusing activity data from emergency-department whiteboards
Sustainability at Home: The Case of Vacuum Cleaners
Household practices are a microcosm that shows how we think about sus-tainability on an everyday basis. This study focuses on vacuuming, which is a household chore with similarities to routine work activities. The 24 partici-pants in the study merely considered sustainability a minor aspect in their decisions about which vacuum cleaner to buy. Brand, price, and suction power were top considerations. With respect to repair/replace decisions, par-ticipants tended to favor repair, that is, the more sustainable option. Howev-er, decisions to repair a vacuum cleaner that broke down were often on the condition that it could be done cheaply. In contrast, decisions to replace were never conditional. Finally, participants exhibited cross-country differences in the importance they attached to sustainability. These differences suggest that national discourses have the power to influence individual householders’ views on sustainability.Household practices are a microcosm that shows how we think about sustainability on an everyday basis. This study focuses on vacuuming, which is a household chore with similarities to routine work activities. The 24 participants in the study merely considered sustainability a minor aspect in their decisions about which vacuum cleaner to buy. Brand, price, and suction power were top considerations. With respect to repair/replace decisions, participants tended to favor repair, that is, the more sustainable option. However, decisions to repair a vacuum cleaner that broke down were often on the condition that it could be done cheaply. In contrast, decisions to replace were never conditional. Finally, participants exhibited cross-country differences in the importance they attached to sustainability. These differences suggest that national discourses have the power to influence individual householders’ views on sustainability
Collaborative Information Seeking and Expertise Seeking: Different Discourses about Similar Issues
Collaborative Work without Large, Shared Displays: Looking for “the Big Picture” on a Small Screen?
Patterns in emergency-department arrivals and length of stay: Input for visualizations of crowding
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