Undergraduates’ Perception Towards Incorporating Video Repository with Institutional Repository at the Library, Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University, Sri Lanka: A need Analysis

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Loughborough University Institutional Repository

This paper describes research carried out at Loughborough University in the UK into the areas of ‘design for all’ and accessible transport. The research addresses two common needs for designers and ergonomists working towards developing more inclusive products and environments, namely data on users that is accessible, valid, and applicable and a means of utilising the data to assess the accessi...

Loughborough University Institutional Repository

This research applies a recently developed model of accident causation, developed to investigate industrial accidents, to a specially gathered sample of 997 crashes investigated in-depth in 6 countries. Based on the work of Hollnagel the model considers a collision to be a consequence of a breakdown in the interaction between road users, vehicles and the organisation of the traffic environment....

Loughborough University Institutional Repository

Purpose – This paper aims to contribute to an emerging debate centred on the ways in which knowledge management (KM) might be effectively researched and, in turn, how KM practice might be improved. Design/methodology/approach – Burrell and Morgan’s (1979) paradigms are used to set the scene and to highlight the changing focus in three closely related areas – research per se, the KM movement and...

Loughborough University Institutional Repository

Objectives: To investigate the influence of wearing a pedometer and recording daily step counts on ambulatory activity. Methods: During the first visit to the laboratory, fifty healthy volunteers, blinded to the study aim, were provided with a sealed pedometer (New-Lifestyles NL-2000) and informed that it was a 'Body Posture Monitor' (sealed condition). Participants wore the pedometer throughou...