Me again: Fieldwork, practice and returning

Inject Me Once and Inject Me Twice. Then Inject Me Once Again.

Although nature may be subtle, our interventional approaches to enhancing myocardial regeneration can be anything but. We genetically re-engineer cells to enhance their potential, reprogram cells from one type to another, apply patches of cells like plaster on a wall, or inject unfathomable numbers of cells hopeful that a small fraction cling to the heart and to life long enough to make a diffe...

Remind me again: why are we here?

Hit Me Again: Design Features that Affect Click-Throughs

In this paper we present the results of an empirical study of the relationship between 18 design features, work effort, and two traffic-based metrics of use, visits and pages-per-visit, in a sample of 44 professionally designed web pages. The results highlight important design features to consider in the development of an empirically validated set of design guidelines and underscore the value o...

Ask Me Again But Don't Annoy Me: Evaluating Re-authentication Strategies for Smartphones

Re-authenticating users may be necessary for smartphone authentication schemes that leverage user behaviour, device context, or task sensitivity. However, due to the unpredictable nature of re-authentication, users may get annoyed when they have to use the default, non-transparent authentication prompt for re-authentication. We address this concern by proposing several re-authentication configu...

Fieldwork experience, Part I: Impact on practice preference.

Occupational therapy students and student supervisors in 65 fieldwork centers nationwide responded to a survey designed a) to appraise the relative value of the fieldwork experience in the occupational therapist's professional development and b) to identify the elements perceived as being essential to a good fieldwork experience. Three stages of professional development were examined: the prepr...