1. INTRODUCTION Interpretive code simulations play an essential role in divertor/edge physics, firstly, because the edge is intrinsically complicated: at least 3 states of matter are involved; the shape of the region is problematical: long, narrow, twisted, inaccessible; edge modeling must be at least 2D; etc. Meaningful interpretive exercises therefore require that a data set of edge measureme...

This article discusses the conduct and evaluation of interpretive research in information systems. While the conventions for evaluating information systems case studies conducted according to the natural science model of social science are now widely accepted, this is not the case for interpretive field studies. A set of principles for the conduct and evaluation of interpretive field research i...

Yorumlayıcı Fenomenolojik Analiz (IPA), felsefi kökeni fenomenoloji, hermenötik ve idiyografiye dayanan çağdaş bir nitel araştırma yöntemidir. Bireysel deneyimin sistematik olarak araştırılmasına bu yöntemin amacı olgunun nesnel ifadesine ulaşma amacının aksine belirli deneyimlerin, olayların durumların katılımcılar için taşıdığı anlamları ayrıntılı incelemektir. Başlangıçta “yaratıcı, esnek ak...

The Office of Public Health and Science in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS)—with input from other federal agencies, industry, and the public—conducted an assessment of the risk of illness associated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef. This risk assessment details our current state of knowledge about (1) the occurrence of E. coli O157:...

Using sequential analysis, the authors examined how therapists' actions related to the verbal disclosure and defensive patterns that followed therapists' interventions within a single therapy hour for 20 patients. At the same time, a new measure, the Psychodynamic Intervention Rating Scale (PIRS), was tested for reliability and construct validity. Results indicated that therapists fit their sty...

This paper explains the significance of the interpretive approach in the regime of qualitative research which underscores the search of the meanings in human cultures and subjectivities in the human behavior. Its overall emphasis has been on the processes, stages, and goals of conventional ethnographic research, qualitative data analysis and their presentation in the academic and professional r...