Doing Things With Information
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Doing Things With Information
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Author : Brian C. O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Release Date : 2008-08-30
Doing Things With Information written by Brian C. O'Connor and has been published by Libraries Unlimited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-30 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The relationship between a person with a question and a source of information is complex. Indexing and abstracting often fail because too much emphasis is put on the mechanics of description and too little on what ought to be represented. Research literature suggests that inappropriate representation results in failed searches a significant number of times, perhaps even in a majority of cases. Doing Things with Information seeks to rectify this unfortunate situation by emphasizing methods of modeling and constructing appropriate representations of such questions and documents. Students in programs of information studies will find focal points for discussion about system design and refinement of existing systems. Librarians, scholars, and those who work within large document collections, whether paper or electronic, will find insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the access systems they use.
Doing Things With Things
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Author : Ole Dreier
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-23
Doing Things With Things written by Ole Dreier and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-23 with Psychology categories.
It has been claimed that the natural sciences have abstracted for themselves a 'material world' set apart from human concerns, and social sciences, in their turn, constructed 'a world of actors devoid of things'. While a subject such as archaeology, by its very nature, takes objects into account, other disciplines, such as psychology, emphasize internal mental structures and other non-material issues. This book brings together a team of contributors from across the social sciences who have been taking 'things' more seriously to examine how people relate to objects. The contributors focus on every day objects and how these objects enter into our activities over the course of time. Using a combination of different theoretical approaches, including actor network theory, ecological psychology, cognitive linguistics and science and technology studies, the book argues against the standard notion of objects and their properties as inert and meaningless and argues for the need to understand the relations between people and objects in terms of process and change.
Doing Things With Games
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Author : Lindsay D. Grace
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2019-07-01
Doing Things With Games written by Lindsay D. Grace and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-01 with Computers categories.
The book provides a contemporary foundation in designing social impact games. It is structured in 3 parts: understanding, application, and implementation. The book serves as a guide to designing social impact games, particularly focused on the needs of, media professionals, indie game designers and college students. It serves as a guide for people looking to create social impact play, informed by heuristics in game design. Key Features Provides contemporary guide on the use of games to create social impact for beginner to intermediate practitioners o Provides design and implementation strategies for social impact games Provides wide ranging case studies in social impact games Provides professional advice from multiple social impact industry practitioners via sidebar interviews, quotes, and postmortems Provides a quick start guide on creating a variety of social impact engagements across a wide variety of subjects and aims
Doing Things Together
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Author : Therése Bielsten
language : en
Publisher: Linköping University Electronic Press
Release Date : 2020-03-13
Doing Things Together written by Therése Bielsten and has been published by Linköping University Electronic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-13 with categories.
Background: Most people with dementia live in their own homes, often together with their partners, who become informal caregivers. Relationship quality and sense of couplehood can be threatened as a result of the transition from a mutually interdependent relationship to a caregiver-care-receiver relationship. This, in turn, may lead to many negative consequences for both partners. Support provided for couples is often divided into different types for the person with dementia and for the partner without dementia and lacks couple-based support that targets the relationship, resources and the couple’s everyday life together. Aim: The overall aim of this thesis is to explore couple-centred interventions in dementia and to develop and test a salutogenic, resource-oriented and couple-based intervention among couples in which one partner has dementia living at home. Methods and findings: This thesis comprises three parts: The first part Exploring involves two linked reviews, one narrative review (study I A) and one scoping review (study I B) that aim to identify and describe what previous couple-centred interventions comprised and why they were conducted. The results of the reviews revealed a knowledge gap in and a need for easily accessible support that targets couple relationships, resources and everyday life. The second part Developing (study II) refers to the development of an easily accessible resource-oriented couple-management intervention. The first step was to identify priority topics for such an intervention through a co-researcher process with couples living with dementia. This included a comprehensive literature review, interviews with couples in which one partner has dementia, and consultation meetings with expert groups of people with dementia and partners in both Sweden and the UK. The co-researcher process and the expert meetings informed four main themes with corresponding sub-themes that couples with dementia considered as important to their wellbeing in their everyday lives: (1) Home and Neighbourhood, (2) Meaningful Activities and Relationships, (3) Approach and Empowerment, and (4) Couplehood. The themes were further developed and integrated into the multimedia application DemPower, which was developed for the delivery of the intervention. The third part Testing and Evaluating describes a feasibility study (study III) in which the DemPower application was tested for feasibility and acceptability among couples in Sweden and the UK. The results of the feasibility study indicated that the DemPower intervention was feasible and acceptable among couples in which one partner has dementia living at home. The testing and evaluating part also comprise a qualitative study (study IV) that explores the experiences of engaging with DemPower together as a couple living with dementia in Sweden. The findings resulted in the three themes: (1) Growth of the relationship, (2) We are not alone, and (3) Positive approach, which the couples appreciated and associated with the resource-oriented and salutogenic approach of DemPower. The overall findings of the thesis are presented in a concluding synthesis at the end of the thesis. The concluding synthesis, focused on “Meaningfulness”, “Empowering health promotion”, “Normalization” and “Transitions and couplehood”, represents the core findings of this thesis. What this thesis adds: This thesis contributes to research, healthcare and the public by highlighting the need for a salutogenic approach toward couples living with dementia. The DemPower application, with its focus on couples’ relationships, resource-orientation and everyday life, has proven feasibility and acceptability and has meaningfully addressed a gap in the literature and in practice. As researchers, healthcare professionals and the public, we need to support couples where one partner has dementia to continue to live as normal life as possible. This can best be achieved by focusing on what couples can do, by inclusion and by valuing them as the experts within dementia research and of their life experiences. Bakgrund: Majoriteten av personer med demens bor i sitt eget hem och ofta tillsammans med sin partner som blir en informell vårdgivare. Relationens kvalitet och känsla av parskap hotas ofta till följd av övergången från en ömsesidig beroenderelation till en vårdgivare-vårdtagar-relation allt eftersom demenssjukdomen fortskrider. Detta kan innebära många negativa konsekvenser. Stöd för par där ena partnern har demens delas ofta upp i olika former för personen med demens och för partnern utan demens, vilket innebär att det saknas parbaserat resursorienterat stöd med inriktning på att främja parrelationen och parets vardagliga liv. Syfte: Syftet med denna avhandling är att utforska parcentrerade interventioner inom demens och att utveckla och testa ett parbaserat, salutogent och resursorienterat stöd för par där ena partnern har en demenssjukdom och som bor tillsammans i det egna hemmet. Metoder och fynd: Denna avhandling består av tre delar. Den första delen att utforska inkluderar två länkade litteraturöversikter, en narrativ översikt och en kartläggande översikt (studie I) som beskriver tidigare interventioner för par som lever med demens och varför de genomförts. Resultaten av översikterna visade ett kunskapsgap i, och ett behov av lättillgängligt stöd som riktar sig till parförhållanden, parens resurser och att främja det vardagliga livet. Den andra delen, att skapa (studie II) involverar utvecklingen av ett lättillgängligt resursorienterat och parbaserat stöd. Det första steget var att identifiera prioriterade ämnen för en sådan intervention tillsammans med par som lever med demens, genom en så kallad medforskarprocess. Detta inkluderade en omfattande litteraturgenomgång, intervjuer med par där ena partnern har demens, och konsultationsmöten med expertgrupper bestående av personer med demens och partners i Sverige och i Storbritannien. Medforskarprocessen och expertmötena resulterade i fyra huvudteman med motsvarande underteman vilka par med demens ansåg vara viktiga för deras relation och för välbefinnande i vardagen: (1) Hem och grannskap, (2) Meningsfulla aktiviteter och relationer, (3) Förhållningssätt och empowerment och (4) Parskap. Dessa teman vidareutvecklades och integrerades i multimedia-applikationen DemPower, som utvecklades i syfte att erbjuda interventionen till par som lever med demens. Den tredje delen att testa och att utvärdera beskriver genomförbarhetsstudien (studie III) där applikationen DemPower testades med avseende på genomförbarhet och acceptabilitet hos par där en partner har demens i Sverige och i Storbritannien. Resultaten av studien visade att DemPower-interventionen var genomförbar och acceptabel bland par där ena partnern har demens. Denna delen av avhandlingen inkluderar även en kvalitativ studie (studie IV) som undersökte parens erfarenheter av att testa DemPower tillsammans som ett par. De samlade upplevelserna resulterade i tre teman: (1) Utveckling av parrelationen, (2) Vi är inte ensamma och (3) Positivt förhållningssätt. De övergripande resultaten från avhandlingen presenteras även i en konkluderande syntes i slutet av avhandlingen. Den konkluderande syntesen med fokus på Meningsfullhet, Empowerment, Normalisering och Parskap representerar kärnan i denna avhandling. Avhandlingens slutsatser och kunskapsbidrag: DemPower-applikationen med fokus på parförhållanden, hälsofrämjande resurser och vardagen har bidragit med ett stöd som vilar på en genuin parbaserad grund tillämpad i det vardagliga livet för par som lever med demens. Denna avhandling bidrar även med kunskap till forskning, vård och allmänheten genom att lyfta fram ett salutogent förhållningssätt till par som lever med demens. Som forskare, vårdpersonal och allmänhet bör vi stödja par där ena partnern har demens för att de ska kunna fortsätta leva ett så normalt liv som möjligt. Detta kan bäst uppnås genom att fokusera på parens resurser, genom inkludering och genom att värdera dem som experter inom demensforskning och i deras livserfarenheter.
How To Do Things With Logic
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Author : C. Grant Luckhardt
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1994
How To Do Things With Logic written by C. Grant Luckhardt and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Logic categories.
First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Making Stuff And Doing Things
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Author : Kyle Bravo
language : en
Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
Release Date : 2014-11-29
Making Stuff And Doing Things written by Kyle Bravo and has been published by Microcosm Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-29 with Reference categories.
Kyle Bravo has assembled a comprehensive book along with dozens of other instructional articles that tell you how to do just about everything. Topics include getting active, direct action, gardening, how to make wine, homeschooling, fixing a toilet, audio phone patch, how to make envelopes, shoe repair, making rubber stamps, how to juggle, composting, DIY toothpaste, getting rid of fruit flies, greywater systems, composting toliets, making hanging and floating tents, saving money at the post office, making posters and stencils, fixing a harmonica, DIY flowerpots, avoiding dangerous household chemicals, preventing ear infections, how women can pee standing up, menstrual massages, and a few pieces for inspiration. I'm sure you can see by now why this is essential.
How To Do Things With Silence
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Author : Haig Khatchadourian
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2015-10-16
How To Do Things With Silence written by Haig Khatchadourian and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-16 with Philosophy categories.
This work is a detailed analytical study of different forms of silent doing. It explores a range of topics related to silence, including the theory of silent doing and its relationship to other forms of action and communication, silence and aesthetics, the ethics and politics of silence, and the religious dimensions of silence. The book, as an original contribution to analytical philosophy, should be of interest to philosophers and students.
How To Do Things With Emotions
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Author : Owen Flanagan
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2023-04-04
How To Do Things With Emotions written by Owen Flanagan and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-04 with Philosophy categories.
An expansive look at how culture shapes our emotions—and how we can benefit, as individuals and a society, from less anger and more shame The world today is full of anger. Everywhere we look, we see values clashing and tempers rising, in ways that seem frenzied, aimless, and cruel. At the same time, we witness political leaders and others who lack any sense of shame, even as they display carelessness with the truth and the common good. In How to Do Things with Emotions, Owen Flanagan explains that emotions are things we do, and he reminds us that those like anger and shame involve cultural norms and scripts. The ways we do these emotions offer no guarantee of emotionally or ethically balanced lives—but still we can control and change how such emotions are done. Flanagan makes a passionate case for tuning down anger and tuning up shame, and he observes how cultures around the world can show us how to perform these emotions better. Through comparative insights from anthropology, psychology, and cross-cultural philosophy, Flanagan reveals an incredible range in the expression of anger and shame across societies. He establishes that certain types of anger—such as those that lead to revenge or passing hurt on to others—are more destructive than we imagine. Certain forms of shame, on the other hand, can protect positive values, including courage, kindness, and honesty. Flanagan proposes that we should embrace shame as a uniquely socializing emotion, one that can promote moral progress where undisciplined anger cannot. How to Do Things with Emotions celebrates the plasticity of our emotional responses—and our freedom to recalibrate them in the pursuit of more fulfilling lives.
How To Do Things With Narrative
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Author : Jan Alber
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2017-11-20
How To Do Things With Narrative written by Jan Alber and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-20 with Literary Criticism categories.
This volume combines narratological analyses with an investigation of the ideological ramifications of the use of narrative strategies. The collected essays do not posit any intrinsic or stable connection between narrative techniques and world views. Rather, they demonstrate that world views are inevitably expressed through highly specific formal strategies. This insight leads the contributors to investigate why and how particular narrative techniques are employed and under what conditions.
The Experts Guide To Doing Things Faster
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Author : Samantha Ettus
language : en
Publisher: Potter Style
Release Date : 2008-10-28
The Experts Guide To Doing Things Faster written by Samantha Ettus and has been published by Potter Style this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-28 with Business & Economics categories.
It’s time to win the race against the clock. From finding a parking spot to getting in a good mood, to falling asleep or thinking on your feet, speed is often at the heart of a better life. The Experts’ Guide to Doing Things Faster provides you with straightforward and creative strategies for being more efficient in every aspect of every day—in 100 compact chapters written by 100 of the world’s leading experts, including: • Daily essentials, such as getting ready in the morning by Hannah Storm • Lifestyle lessons, such as throwing a dinner party by Colin Cowie and writing thank-you notes by Carolyne Roehm • Beauty basics that include styling your hair by Sally Hershberger and losing weight by Harley Pasternak • Romance road maps, such as making a winning first impression by Neil Strauss • Physical feats that include running faster by Justin Gatlin and relaxing by Rodney Yee • Money matters, such as selling a home by Barbara Corcoran and getting a loan by Sir Richard Branson • Healthy hints, such as speeding up your metabolism by Mark Hyman and overcoming guilt by Keith Ablow Some of these experts are household names, others are industry leaders—all are at the top of their profession. From a two-time Super Bowl winner and survivor of twenty-nine operations (“How to Recover from Surgery") to New York’s most famous doorman (“Make Someone Feel Good”), from the founder of the Geek Squad (“Make Your Computer Run Faster”) to Las Vegas’s premier wedding planner (“Plan a Wedding”) and an Olympic eater (“Cure a Stomachache”), they are the authorities on their subjects. Packed with funny, surprising, and incredibly clever advice, The Experts’ Guide to Doing Things Faster teaches you how to lead your life more efficiently, leaving you with more time to enjoy its pleasures.