Some facilities have had a code of conduct for years, and managers say it works well. At others, nurses still are too intimidated to remind physicians to wash their hands. In a lively discussion at the Managing Today’s OR Suite conference in October 2008 in Washington, DC, it was clear many organizations still have a ways to go in dealing with bad behavior. The discussion was timely. New Joint ...

The goal of audience segmentation is to identify population subgroups that are homogeneous with respect to certain variables associated with a given outcome or behavior. When such groups are identified and understood, targeted intervention strategies can be developed to address their unique characteristics and needs. This study compares the results of audience segmentation for physical activity...

Given the recent changes in the policy governing Internet content distribution, such as the institution of per listener royalties for Internet radio broadcasters, content distributors now have an incentive to under-report the size of their audience. Previous audience measurement schemes only protect against inflation of audience size. We present the first protocols for audience measurement that...

Audience studies is without a doubt one of the most lively subfields within media and communication research. This has been the case for more than a decade. An interesting aspect of the field is that it is relatively communicative. Within the field, researchers from the social sciences and the humanities actually tend to speak to, and learn from, each other, even though research objectives and ...

The ARTEL12 workshop was a direct follow-up to the 2011 EC-TEL workshops ”ARNETS11 (Awareness and Reflection in Learning Networks, Vol. 790 of CEUR)” and ”ALECR11 (Augmenting the Learning Experience with Collaborative Reflection)”. ARTEL12 pulled together research on awareness and reflection in Technology Enhanced Learning across disciplines (psychology, educational science, computer science) a...

The acoustic design of auditoria involves the specification of the room geometry and boundary properties, and any additional acoustic elements such as reflectors or diffusers, to usefully direct sound to produce a desired subjective experience, quantified by measurable acoustic parameters. This design must take into account the reflection of sound within the stage area, the early reflections fr...