Methods Participants were recruited using a convenience sampling strategy and invited to partake in an in-depth, semi-structured interview upon completion of the intervention. The LEAP Project intervention consists of eight modules (1) Consciousness and Self Acceptance, (2) Appreciation of Beauty & Creativity, (3). Mystery and Meaning, (4) Gratitude, (5) Compassion, (6) Acceptance, (7) Forgiven...

In his recent book ”Test-Driven Development” [1], Kent Beck describes briefly the concept of ”Acceptance-Test Driven Development”, and is broadly sceptical to whether it will work. After a successful project that used this technique, we wish to argue in favour of it and the TextTest [7] tool that we have built up around it. We have found that a working XP process can be built based around using...

This paper reports on a part of a larger study carried out within the HUMANIST network for excellence, within the remit of a post-doctoral research project. It examines the relationship between driver perceptions of risk and control, and the influence this has on their acceptance of advanced driver assistance systems. The paper describes in depth the unique methodology employed, the experimenta...

Business intelligence systems (BISs) refer to a wide range of technologies and applications useful for retrieving analyzing large amount information with the goal generate knowledge making effective business decision. In order investigate adoption BISs in companies, we propose model based on technology acceptance (TAM) that is expanded by variables representing concept project management maturi...

This article is the presentation of a didactic module online learning platform created to support use digital story writing application, which was developed by Erasmus+ K2 project Writing for Inclusion (WIN). The paper explores EU educational policy plurilingual and pluricultural Europe, where ideas care inclusion play an important role. focus on how authors designed Module ’Didactics applied I...

This article reviews the history and future good of acceptance ethics and helps frame the publication of papers presented at the workshop on Professional Promises: Hopes and Gaps in Access to Oral Health Care. Discovery and development of Universal Patient Acceptance (UPA), a practical application of acceptance ethics, is key to systematizing access to oral health; UPA expands partnerships amon...

Technology is becoming omnipresent in public spaces: from CCTV cameras to smart phones, and from large public displays to RFID enabled travel cards. Although such technology comes with great potential, it also comes with apparent (privacy) threats and acceptance issues. Our research focuses on realizing technologyenhanced public spaces in a way that is acceptable and useful for the public. This...

The development and implementation of open source software (OSS) is one of the most current topics within the academic, business and political environments. Traditionally, research in OSS has focused on identifying individual personal motives for participating in the development of an OSS project, analyzing specific OSS solutions, or the OSS movement, itself. Nevertheless, user acceptance towar...