Saving Face

Saving face: better interfaces for noninvasive ventilation.

EMPYA: Saving Energy in the Face of Varying Workloads

Energy-efficient cloud and data-center applications utilize just enough resources (e.g., threads, cores) to provide the performance required at the current point in time. Unfortunately, building such applications is inherently difficult in the face of varying workloads and further complicated by the fact that existing programming and execution platforms are not energy aware. Consequently, progr...

Saving Face for Darwin: The Functions and Uses of Embarrassment

In this article, we review di verse studies of the anteced ents, facial display, and social consequences of embarrass ment. These studies indicate that embarrassment serves an appeasement function, recon ciling social relations when they have gone awry. We then speculate about how embar rassment is elaborated into more complex social interac tions, such as teasing and flir tation. We conclude b...

Saving Face: Managing Rapport in a Problem­based Learning Group Original Citation Saving Face: Managing Rapport in a Problem Based Learning Group

This qualitative study investigated the complex social aspects of communication required for students to participate effectively in Problem Based Learning and explored how these dynamics are managed. The longitudinal study of a group of first year undergraduates examined interactions using Rapport Management (RM) as a framework to analyse communication with regard to the concepts of face, socia...

Saving money, saving lives.

In 1996, Duke Children's Hospital was in serious trouble. Its $11 million annual operating loss had forced administrators to make cutbacks. As a result, some caregivers felt that the quality of care had deteriorated. Parents' complaints were on the rise. Frustrated staff members were quitting. In this article, Jon Meliones, DCH's chief medical director, candidly describes how his debt-ridden ho...