Instincts—Who Needs Them?

Great show needs service for them to come back

In an environment of reduced government funding and increased pressure for accountability and measurable results from corporate sponsors, the problem of getting people to attend, and to return to, a performance venue is more important. We use structural equation modelling to test a model of the relationships amongst audience members' perceptions of theatre performance, peripheral services, and ...

Needs of Hemodialysis Patients and Factors Affecting Them

PURPOSE Of this study was to explore the needs of hemodialysis patients and the factors that affect them. MATERIAL & METHODS The sample of the study included 141 patients undergoing hemodialysis. Data collection was performed by the method of interview using a specially designed questionnaire which served the purposes of the study. The needs were grouped into six categories. Patients were ask...

Wear them, forget them.

Projected Government Needs in Human Language Technology and the RoleoOf Researchers in Meeting them

After a brief discussion of current government uses and needs for human language technology, this paper will discuss the uses which will probably survive in the future as well as attempt to define some anticipated ones. Business uses, military uses, and education/training receive the most focus today. Current state of the art technologies are providing initial resources to enable better managem...

Needs, Perceptions, Functions and Products: Highlight on Promising Design Methods Linking Them

In this paper, we propose a design model that relies on the notions of needs, perceptions, functions and products, which leads us to the definition of four design spaces. The design process being seen as a way to connect these spaces, it allows us to decline four characteristic design processes founded upon four elementary design stages. The aim of this proposal is twofold : first, to find a co...