Expanding the Frame: Realising Engagement Through an Interactive, Visualisation-Based Search in Digital Humanities Research Environments

AstheDigitalHumanitiesexpandsitsmodesofinterrogation,ithascontinuedtodevelop new ways of researching and exploring text. As a result, visualisations have risen to prominence as scholars have begun to explore concepts behind Moretti’s Distant Reading and Jocker’s Macroanalysis. While the study of these types of visualisations has largely focused on their ability to provide higher-level insights, little exploration has been conducted concerning their effectiveness within the context of a learning or research environment. Drawing on discussions from fields of psychology (specifically the role of working memory), education (modes and frameworks of learning), and computer science (usability and interaction design), this thesisattemptstodiscovertheeffectsofinteractivevisualisationscomparedtostandard keyword search approaches on a user’s engagement with the overall system, as well as the effect on learning as a direct result of engagement. Centred around an 18th century manuscript detailing the expenditures of the Royal Irish College at Alcalá de Heneres, this thesis presents the design and implementation of the Alcalá Record Books and discusses a case study that was conducted to explore the effects of the visualisation-based search. Ultimately, this thesis advocates for the inclusion of an interactive, visualisation-based search as a complement to existing keyword searches, highlighting the advantages such searches bring to engagement, learning, and overall satisfaction with the system as a whole

Bridging the Gap: Exploring Interaction Metaphors to Facilitate Alternative Reading Modalities in Digital Scholarly Editions

The Digital Scholarly Edition sits at an intriguing cross-section within the academic landscape. While its analogue counterpart, the Scholarly Edition, is primarily written for a fairly specialised audience, the Digital Scholarly Edition is, by the nature of its distribution model, open to the general public. For the first time in the history of Scholarly Editing, these editions – once of interest to a fairly small subset of academics – are now available to everyone, both within and outside of traditional academia, as the internet provides them with a free (or in some cases, low cost) access model. While the Digital Scholarly Edition has adopted many metaphors from the traditional analogue Scholarly Edition (such as the footnote, index, and table of contents), these metaphors are often implemented in a literal fashion without concern for how they can evolve in a digital space. Drawing on the work of noted experts in the field of Interaction Design and Information Architecture, these interactions, along with additional interaction techniques, will be discussed in an effort to support new, digital modes of reading. A blended approach of the traditional interaction metaphors with newer metaphors will be advocated in order to support the forward momentum of the Digital Scholarly Edition and digital scholarship as a whole

New Perspectives: Postgraduate Symposium for the Humanities - Reflections, Volume 1

This volume features articles written by the postgraduate presenters at Maynooth University's first annual New Perspectives: Postgraduate Symposium on the Humanities (NPPSH), which took place in October 2016. This conference, which coincided with the annual Dean’s Lecture, strove to highlight scholarship conducted by postgraduates in the Arts & Humanities in Ireland. From explorations of 20th century literature, to contributions in Irish music, to the intersection of STEM and the Humanities, the articles in this volume showcase a breadth of scholarship and a diversity of approaches which highlights the multifaceted nature of an Arts & Humanities education

New Perspectives: Postgraduate Symposium for the Humanities - Reflections, Volume 1

This volume features articles written by the postgraduate presenters at Maynooth University's first annual New Perspectives: Postgraduate Symposium on the Humanities (NPPSH), which took place in October 2016. This conference, which coincided with the annual Dean’s Lecture, strove to highlight scholarship conducted by postgraduates in the Arts & Humanities in Ireland. From explorations of 20th century literature, to contributions in Irish music, to the intersection of STEM and the Humanities, the articles in this volume showcase a breadth of scholarship and a diversity of approaches which highlights the multifaceted nature of an Arts & Humanities education

Digital Scholarly Editions as Interfaces

The present volume “Digital Scholarly Editions as Interfaces” is the follow-up publication of the same-titled symposium that was held in 2016 at the University of Graz and the twelfth volume of the publication series of the Institute for Documentology and Scholarly Editing (IDE). It is the result of a successful collaboration between members of the Centre for Information Modelling at the University of Graz, the Digital Scholarly Editions Initial Training Network DiXiT, a EC Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action, and the IDE. All articles have undergone a peer reviewing process and are published in Open Access. They document the current state of research on design, application and implications of both user and machine interfaces in the context of digital scholarly editions. The editors of the volume are grateful to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions for enabling not only the symposium in 2016 but also the publication of the present volume with their financial support. Special thanks are also due to the staff of the Centre for Information Modelling, above all Georg Vogeler, who contributed to the successful organisation and completion of the symposium and this volume with their ideas and continuous support. Furthermore we want to thank all authors as well as all peer reviewers for the professional cooperation during the publication process. Last but not least we want to thank the many people involved in creating the present volume: Barbara Bollig (Trier) for language corrections and formal suggestions, Bernhard Assmann and Patrick Sahle (Cologne) for support and advises during the typese ing process, Selina Galka (Graz) for verifying and archiving (archive.org) all referenced URLs in January 2018, Julia Sorouri (Cologne) for the design of the cover as well as the artist Franz Konrad (Graz), who provided his painting “Desktop” (www.franzkonrad.com/gallery/desktop-2008-2010/) as cover image. We hope you enjoy reading and get as much intrigued by the topic “Digital Scholarly Editions as Interfaces” as we did

Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker initiation on organ support-free days in patients hospitalized with COVID-19

IMPORTANCE Overactivation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) may contribute to poor clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19. Objective To determine whether angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) initiation improves outcomes in patients hospitalized for COVID-19. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In an ongoing, adaptive platform randomized clinical trial, 721 critically ill and 58 non–critically ill hospitalized adults were randomized to receive an RAS inhibitor or control between March 16, 2021, and February 25, 2022, at 69 sites in 7 countries (final follow-up on June 1, 2022). INTERVENTIONS Patients were randomized to receive open-label initiation of an ACE inhibitor (n = 257), ARB (n = 248), ARB in combination with DMX-200 (a chemokine receptor-2 inhibitor; n = 10), or no RAS inhibitor (control; n = 264) for up to 10 days. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcome was organ support–free days, a composite of hospital survival and days alive without cardiovascular or respiratory organ support through 21 days. The primary analysis was a bayesian cumulative logistic model. Odds ratios (ORs) greater than 1 represent improved outcomes. RESULTS On February 25, 2022, enrollment was discontinued due to safety concerns. Among 679 critically ill patients with available primary outcome data, the median age was 56 years and 239 participants (35.2%) were women. Median (IQR) organ support–free days among critically ill patients was 10 (–1 to 16) in the ACE inhibitor group (n = 231), 8 (–1 to 17) in the ARB group (n = 217), and 12 (0 to 17) in the control group (n = 231) (median adjusted odds ratios of 0.77 [95% bayesian credible interval, 0.58-1.06] for improvement for ACE inhibitor and 0.76 [95% credible interval, 0.56-1.05] for ARB compared with control). The posterior probabilities that ACE inhibitors and ARBs worsened organ support–free days compared with control were 94.9% and 95.4%, respectively. Hospital survival occurred in 166 of 231 critically ill participants (71.9%) in the ACE inhibitor group, 152 of 217 (70.0%) in the ARB group, and 182 of 231 (78.8%) in the control group (posterior probabilities that ACE inhibitor and ARB worsened hospital survival compared with control were 95.3% and 98.1%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this trial, among critically ill adults with COVID-19, initiation of an ACE inhibitor or ARB did not improve, and likely worsened, clinical outcomes. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT0273570

Expanding the Frame: Realising Engagement Through an Interactive, Visualisation-Based Search in Digital Humanities Research Environments

AstheDigitalHumanitiesexpandsitsmodesofinterrogation,ithascontinuedtodevelop new ways of researching and exploring text. As a result, visualisations have risen to prominence as scholars have begun to explore concepts behind Moretti’s Distant Reading and Jocker’s Macroanalysis. While the study of these types of visualisations has largely focused on their ability to provide higher-level insights, little exploration has been conducted concerning their effectiveness within the context of a learning or research environment. Drawing on discussions from fields of psychology (specifically the role of working memory), education (modes and frameworks of learning), and computer science (usability and interaction design), this thesisattemptstodiscovertheeffectsofinteractivevisualisationscomparedtostandard keyword search approaches on a user’s engagement with the overall system, as well as the effect on learning as a direct result of engagement. Centred around an 18th century manuscript detailing the expenditures of the Royal Irish College at Alcalá de Heneres, this thesis presents the design and implementation of the Alcalá Record Books and discusses a case study that was conducted to explore the effects of the visualisation-based search. Ultimately, this thesis advocates for the inclusion of an interactive, visualisation-based search as a complement to existing keyword searches, highlighting the advantages such searches bring to engagement, learning, and overall satisfaction with the system as a whole

Expanding the Frame: Realising Engagement Through an Interactive, Visualisation-Based Search in Digital Humanities Research Environments

AstheDigitalHumanitiesexpandsitsmodesofinterrogation,ithascontinuedtodevelop new ways of researching and exploring text. As a result, visualisations have risen to prominence as scholars have begun to explore concepts behind Moretti’s Distant Reading and Jocker’s Macroanalysis. While the study of these types of visualisations has largely focused on their ability to provide higher-level insights, little exploration has been conducted concerning their effectiveness within the context of a learning or research environment. Drawing on discussions from fields of psychology (specifically the role of working memory), education (modes and frameworks of learning), and computer science (usability and interaction design), this thesisattemptstodiscovertheeffectsofinteractivevisualisationscomparedtostandard keyword search approaches on a user’s engagement with the overall system, as well as the effect on learning as a direct result of engagement. Centred around an 18th century manuscript detailing the expenditures of the Royal Irish College at Alcalá de Heneres, this thesis presents the design and implementation of the Alcalá Record Books and discusses a case study that was conducted to explore the effects of the visualisation-based search. Ultimately, this thesis advocates for the inclusion of an interactive, visualisation-based search as a complement to existing keyword searches, highlighting the advantages such searches bring to engagement, learning, and overall satisfaction with the system as a whole

Expanding the Frame: Realising Engagement Through an Interactive, Visualisation-Based Search in Digital Humanities Research Environments

AstheDigitalHumanitiesexpandsitsmodesofinterrogation,ithascontinuedtodevelop new ways of researching and exploring text. As a result, visualisations have risen to prominence as scholars have begun to explore concepts behind Moretti’s Distant Reading and Jocker’s Macroanalysis. While the study of these types of visualisations has largely focused on their ability to provide higher-level insights, little exploration has been conducted concerning their effectiveness within the context of a learning or research environment. Drawing on discussions from fields of psychology (specifically the role of working memory), education (modes and frameworks of learning), and computer science (usability and interaction design), this thesisattemptstodiscovertheeffectsofinteractivevisualisationscomparedtostandard keyword search approaches on a user’s engagement with the overall system, as well as the effect on learning as a direct result of engagement. Centred around an 18th century manuscript detailing the expenditures of the Royal Irish College at Alcalá de Heneres, this thesis presents the design and implementation of the Alcalá Record Books and discusses a case study that was conducted to explore the effects of the visualisation-based search. Ultimately, this thesis advocates for the inclusion of an interactive, visualisation-based search as a complement to existing keyword searches, highlighting the advantages such searches bring to engagement, learning, and overall satisfaction with the system as a whole