This study examines changes in bereaved parents' identities following the death of a child. The bereaved parents in this study experienced two dialectical contradictions of identity, which are: (a) a parent without a child to parent and (b) I'm an outsider-I'm an insider. Results describe how parents used communication to negotiate these contradictions of identity. Implications for the study of...

The paper focuses on the identification and resolution of conflicts and contradictions in complex systems. By constructing simple, computerbased bottom-up models of an exemplar complex system, we show the potential for the emergence of multi-phase macro-level outcomes. We then show how these discontinuous phase-shifts may be modelled as contradictions, and from there, how TRIZ tools can be used...

Nepal, as an emerging state, is facing serious challenges of failure over the decades. The indigenous notion of state has been in pressure over the decades in the process of modernization and other interventions of external forces. Various social and political contradictions, controversies and conflict have been blown up over the years at higher intensity and dynamics. A bloodthirsty insurgency...

For adsorbents used in water remediation, the long-standing contradictions between selectivity and multiple adsorbability, and affinity and recyclability, have led to difficulties in applications towards environmental crises. In article number 1500289, Q. Yuan and co-workers create a versatile scavenger that cleverly avoids such contradictions by integrating the advantages of multiple functiona...

There exist two kinds of problem resolution in the design of technical systems: the optimization resolution tools are appropriate for routine design whereas inventive resolution tools are appropriate for innovative and creative design. In general, the problems are tackled first by an optimization approach and, if no solution is found, inventive approaches are used to solve the problem. Previous...

The increase in the number of online, educational communities necessitates a good interplay between digital communities and repository tools. However, there are contradictions in the views of those setting up repositories and the users of these systems. This may potentially lead to limitations in the usefulness of repository systems. This study aims to address this problem through identificatio...