The increasing prominence of qualitative inquiry in psychological research has been accompanied by reflection on teaching and learning practices within undergraduate postgraduate psychology courses. To date, there is limited empirical understanding how experienced researchers approach students about design. present study draws interviews with (N = 12) from multiple disciplines, occupying variou...

Abstract In recent years, ecologists have embraced the human dimensions of their discipline and expanded remit to explore issues traditionally addressed by social sciences environmental humanities. This expansion offers opportunities engage with diverse methodologies, some which challenge orthodoxies conservation research; however, do not expertise use science methodologies in work. this Toolki...

The new generation of innovative technologies, such as ubiquitous computing, personal informatics, tangible interaction, and internet-based systems, blurs the boundaries between objects and services. Purdue University’s interaction design program is its latest addition to the Industrial Design area within the Department of Art and Design. The goal of this program is to arm students with the nec...

in this study, an attempt has been made to expound the iranian law of intellectual property in relation to biotechnology. the most important themes studied are patents, industrial designs and trade marks. the latest relevant piece of legislation concerning the subject matters was passed in march 2008. however, the history of laws and regulations in this field goes back to early twentieth centur...

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has proven its value for design in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. However, currently only a few leading firms succeed in reaping the full potential of BIM. Especially, specialist designers remain excluded from innovative practices. Reasons include the technical hurdles of BIM adoption and a misfit between human agency versus the aff...

While DNA microarray analysis is widely accepted as an essential tool for modern biology, its use still eludes many researchers for several reasons, especially when microarrays are not commercially available. In that case, the design, construction, and use of microarrays for a sequenced organism constitute substantial, time-consuming, and expensive tasks. Recently, it has become possible to con...

totoday’s market place is increasingly dynamic and volatile. in this area supply network issues recently have attracted a lot of attention from industrial practitioners and academics worldwide. chaos theory is the study of complex, nonlinear, dynamic systems. for chaotic systems, a tiny change in conditions may result in an enormous change in system output, whereas substantial changes in condit...