Corporate crisis planning: tensions, issues, and contradictions

Agricultural Science and Technology: Tensions and Contradictions

Living with paraplegia: tensions and contradictions.

Although it is well established that paraplegia results in dramatic lifestyle changes, little is understood about living in the community with paraplegia, especially from the perspective of the person with paraplegia. To develop insight into this experience, in-depth, personal interviews were conducted with seven individuals with paraplegia who had been living back in the community for less tha...

A Comparative Study of Cannabis Legalization Models (Issues and Contradictions)

Objective: The present study aimed to examine the frameworks and regulations governing legalization in Canada, Uruguay, and the two states of Washington and Colorado to gain a deeper understanding of legalization models and the related issues in the light of this comparative study. Method: To conduct the research, the descriptive-analytical method, and in fact the comparative analysis, was used...

Tensions and contradictions in nurses' perspectives of evidence-based practice.

AIM To explore nurses' understanding and interpretation of evidence-based practice (EBP). BACKGROUND EBP has been welcomed into the nursing lexicon without a critical examination of its interpretation by practitioners. The literature suggests that there is a great deal of confusion and contradiction over the meaning and application of EBP. Although work has been conducted on how EBP might be ...

Digitising Boardgames: Issues and Tensions

In this paper, we discuss the different ways in which modern European boardgames (“Eurogames”) are converted for digital play. We review digitised versions of three popular tabletop boardgames: Puerto Rico, Agricola and Ascension. Using these examples, we demonstrate the tension between the interaction metaphor of the original analogue medium and the metaphor of a digital game. We describe the ...