In recent years the there has been an increasing recognition of the potential of the innovation systems concept to provide new ways of making more effective use of agricultural research and improve its impact on socially desirable outcomes. This paper documents the experiences of a group of researchers in India who experimented with this framework and tried to operationalise its principles in p...

BACKGROUND This article outlines a program of applied research and development known as Housing for Health that, over the period 1999-2012, targeted health-related improvements in housing for Indigenous householders in communities across regional and remote Australia. In essence, the program focuses on measuring the functionality of key appliances and structures (we term this "health hardware")...

Biology fieldwork generates a wealth of qualitative and quantitative information, an unstructured “bag of data” that requires substantial labor to coordinate and distill. Currently, a gap exists between the field tools used to collect data and the laboratory tools used to search, analyze, and share that data. The ButterflyNet system we are building bridges this gap by providing efficient interf...

The purpose of this paper is to theorise the changes surrounding the introduction of amanagement control innovation, total quality management (TQM) techniques, within Telecom Fiji Limited. Using institutional theory and drawing on empirical evidence from multiple sources including interviews, discussions and documents, the paper explicates the institutionalization of these TQM practices. The fo...

George Lakoff and Mark Johnson’s theory of metaphor (1980, 1999) provides a basis for describing everyday cognitive structures using linguistic models and thus, making it possible to uncover both individual and collective patterns of thought and action. Lakoff and Johnson have not, however, developed a workable system for carrying out qualitative research. This paper outlines the fundamentals o...

Tiiis, the fifth edition in eight years of this comprehensive textbook, is adequate proof of its world-wide appeal to students and practitioniers alike. The editor and contributors are to be congratulated on their industry in pouring so much basic science and sound practical medicine into a little over 1,000 pages of text witlhout recourse to small print. The frequent revisions havc assured tha...

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has identified its energy requirements as a key vulnerability and in recent years has taken substantial initiatives to improve its energy profile. As part of this process, DoD leaders have issued guidance documents outlining goals and objectives relating to energy. These documents are intended to inform many different decisions at strategic, manager...

The use of laboratories in Higher Engineering Education is an adequate opportunity to implement forms of experiential learning like problem-based or researchbased learning into manufacturing technology. The introduction of remote laboratories gives students the opportunity to do self-directed research and by that having their own and unique learning experiences. Recently finished research proje...

When games are designed to impact their users’ thinking beyond the created playful environment itself – learning is aimed at. Thereby the question arises, if games are constructive tools to foster transformative learning by challenging players’ perspectives. The following paper outlines the case study of a game design experiment that combines state of the art learning research with game design ...