The present paper takes the position that social action inherently involves meaning and, thus, cannot be adequately modeled without representing the interpretive process among agents. The development of interpretive models is challenging, however, and quickly raises issues of computational tractability. A strategy is developed based on three assumptions (agent focus, continuity reduction and or...

How does and should the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, with foundations from the late 1800s, impact today's nursing practice? How can the Code help you? The earlier 2001 Code was revised and became effective January 2015. The nine provisions received modest revision, as did the corresponding interpretive statements. However, Provisions 8 and ...

We describe a C compiler tailored to save space in executables. It accepts an arbitrary C program and customizes for it a compact interpreter and interpretive code. In a typical application, the compiler halves its own size. We have written programs that collaborate to compile an arbitrary C program into a compact interpreter and interpretive code. It improves on prior efforts to automatically ...

Interpretive diversity is the term used by Carpendale and Chandler (1996) to refer to the fact that two individuals exposed to precisely the same stimulus may interpret it in quite different, but equally plausible, ways. An appreciation of interpretive diversity is said by Carpendale and Chandler to represent a development in understanding that is qualitatively different from that necessary to ...

The involvement of specific brain areas in carrying out specific tasks has been increasingly well documented over the past decade. Many of these processes are highly automatic and take place outside of conscious awareness. Conscious experience, however, seems unitary and must involve integration between distributed processes. This article presents the argument that this integration occurs in a ...

In Information Systems research there are a growing number of studies that must necessarily draw upon the contexts, experiences and narratives of practitioners. This calls for research approaches that are qualitative and may also be interpretive. These may include case studies or action research projects. For some researchers, particularly those with limited experience of interpretive qualitati...

the present article considers literary works and the criteria for their evaluation. it argues the relationship between construction and consistency.construction and consistency are like the two wings of a bird for literary works. the article also discusses imagination, grace and other factors which cause construction and consistency.

conclusions the results of the present study showed that people with psoriasis experienced many challenges in order to cope with this disease, and accurate identification of these challenges and real understanding of their experiences by health professionals, and reflecting positive experiences such as spiritual promotion via their disease to other patients are recommended. results after analys...