In the current work, we introduce Applab as a pedagogical framework and a transdisciplinary design approach to innovate HCI education. Students do not work for a client, but work together with urban stakeholders to better frame the problem in order to deal with societal challenges. In this way, Applab embraces design thinking as an approach to leverage a crossdisciplinary collaboration between ...

When adversity strikes, when mental and physical functioning and health are at risk, humans ‘fight back’. Humans come with and develop a set of adaptive processes that gives them the potential to fend off disaster, to reshape challenges and to transform stressful experiences into psychological growth. Coping describes some of these adaptive processes (Coelho et al., 1974; White, 1974). Research...

Analyser injection systems based on the principle of flow-injection analysis depend on the technique used. They generally take the form of an injection loop valve; the injected sample volume is determined by the volume of the valve. Injection systems are seldom designed with a time factor to define this volume. The authors report on an original injection system, which enables the two techniques...

............................................................................................................................................... 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................................................... 9 LIST OF FIGURES ...............................................................................................

We revisit the dividend payment problem in the dual model of Avanzi et al. ([2–4]). Using the !uctuation theory of spectrally positive Lévy processes, we give a short exposition in which we show the optimality of barrier strategies for all such Lévy processes. Moreover, we characterize the optimal barrier using the functional inverse of a scale function. We also consider the capital injection p...

In this paper we discuss how information technology impacts erotic life. This has been a neglected issue in most of the literature, even the literature on IT in the home. We argue that current IT, in particular in the home, tends to marginalize erotic aspects of life, through developing domestic technology, without considering how it impacts conditions for erotic life in the home. We suggest th...

Z. Andjelkovic1, Ch. Geppert1,2, J. Krämer1, W. Nörtershäuser1,2, M. Vogel2, V. Hannen3, Ch. Weinheimer3, D.F.A. Winters3, D. Church4, D. Schneider5, S. Bharadia6, D. M. Segal6, R. Thompson6, and the HITRAP collaboration2 1Institut für Kernchemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany; 2Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany; 3Westfälische Wilhems-Universität, Münste...

Much attention has been paid in the recent literature to the notions of validity, thoroughness, and effectiveness of different Usability Evaluation Methods (UEMs). Calculation of these makes sense if a study aims to compare UEMs, but not, it is argued here, if a study aims to evaluate a given application. Illustrated by a case study employing different UEMs, it is argued here that for practitio...

The term Context of Use has been treated with much attention in HCI in recent years. In this paper, the integration of context information into task models will be described. The notion of context is formulated and used to annotate the task model. The reuse of such context-sensitive task models in light of task patterns is also examined.