During the Folin Ciocalteu (F-C) micro-assay for the determination of phenolics in the presence of methanol, fine solids can form. In a previous paper, we hypothesized that the interference from alcohol on the F-C reaction can be minimized depending on the particular procedure used to reach the alkalinity condition. In order to demonstrate our hypothesis we studied, by spectrophotometrically mo...

An area of interest in the modern age is the human migration from rural areas to cities. Cities are characterized by a dense concentration of buildings and key infrastructures. However, what has been lacking is a pervasive sensor technology that can monitor the performance of these structures. Partly, this is due to the fact that the information collected from sensors cannot be easily transport...

This chapter seeks to contribute to the ongoing debates in the domain of Participatory Design by discussing the various trends and questions within the context of the Health Information Systems Programme (HISP) initiative ongoing over nearly two decades. The focus in this chapter is to discuss issues of Participatory Design during the course of the design, developme t, implementation and scalin...

Purpose: Participatory governance provides policymakers with a special tool to address broad issues. Problems that the cost of failure to answer is high and a large number of actors are responsible for solving them and is effective in solving complex problems. On the other hand, we see every day that the executive apparatus and government organizations are looking for a solution to specific pro...

This paper describes an innovative approach about sharing insights from user studies with designers. The experiences of real people concerning real product use situations are of great value for designers especially during the earlier phases of the design process. Such information needs be practically useful during idea generation. We believe that this can be realised if the tool supports commun...

In this paper we argue for the importance of capturing and representing deliberation in participatory planning practices. We discuss the concept of deliberation in planning theory, and argue for a paradigm that puts deliberation at the centre of public participation to planning decision. We argue that in order to enable effective participation, the normally ephemeral deliberation process needs ...

BACKGROUND The use of telemedicine technologies in health care has increased substantially, together with a growing interest in participatory design methods when developing telemedicine approaches. OBJECTIVE We present lessons learned from a case study involving patients with heart disease and health care professionals in the development of a personalized Web-based health care intervention. ...

The Participatory Design (PD) community widely acknowledges that participatory techniques such as workshops, storytelling, performance techniques, games and human-centred iterative prototyping, improve understanding and communication between stakeholders in technology development (e.g. Brandt & Grunnet, 2000; Brandt, 2006; Esnault, Daele, Zeiliger, & Charlier, 2009; Muller, 2007; Sanders, 2000)...

Evaluating Communication for Development presents a comprehensive framework for critically thinking about and understanding development, social change, and the evaluation of communication for development (C4D). This framework combines the latest thinking from a number of fields in new ways. The authors critique dominant measurement-oriented and upward accountability approaches to development an...