Wind farm noise compliance assessments require measurement of the wind farm noise under full operating conditions. Normal wind farm operation typically includes periods where one or more wind turbines may be unable to operate, due to maintenance requirements, grid restrictions, or other factors. For a large wind farm with many wind turbines, or in situations where cumulative noise impacts from ...

With the wide-spread use of mobile smartphones and bodyworn sensors, continuous collection of sensor data about individuals becomes feasible, and many useful applications such as medical behavioral studies, personal health-care, and participatory sensing have emerged. Such applications have important privacy implications due to their nature of sharing personal sensor data. In addition, what is ...

We present the extensions to a software framework which supports the construction and evaluation of mixed-fidelity prototypes for mobile devices. The framework is available for desktop and mobile devices and allows designers and users to test the prototypes on actual devices. Additionally, the extensions aim at allowing designers to gather usage information, both passively and actively, tailori...

Participatory, co-design and creativity workshops can lead to more useful, usable and innovative systems design. However, evaluating the effectiveness of the creativity support provided by different technologies and workshop techniques is challenging. This is especially so when evaluation takes place during the workshop and maintaining a creative atmosphere is important. In this paper we briefl...

WHAT IS PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH? ...................................................................................................3 WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP OF DIVERSITY ANALYSIS TO PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH?.........................5 HOW IS PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH DIFFERENT FROM AND COMPLEMENTARY TO CONVENTIONAL RESEARCH?...............................................................................

the following study aims to present an innovative approach for design. participatory design is the model of direct involvement of different social groups in the design from functional tools to environments, social institutions and businesses. diverse collection of practices has been developed to support this direct involvement by participatory design. people are invited to participate during di...

IMMUNIZATION? – A PARTICIPATORY EVALUATION AND ACTION RESEARCH N Akwataghibe,* E Ogunsola, O Popoola, A Emeji, M Dieleman. Royal Tropical Institute, The Netherlands; Athena Institute, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Primary Health Care Development Board (PHCDB) Ogun State, Nigeria; Department of Community Medicine, University College Hospital, Unive...

Participatory design must be more than the formality of having users present or even engaged in “dialogue.” Participatory design is a communicative process prone to miscommunications like those in cross-cultural settings. While team members may belong to the same general culture, their varying occupational and social contexts are subcultures that bring different background assumptions, conventi...

This paper provides a description and some reflections on the ongoing development and use of an evaluation model. This model was designed to support the integration of new learning technologies into courses in higher education. The work was part of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funded Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (TLTP). The context and the rationale for...