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İnsan Bilgisayar Etkileşimi: Kullanılabilirlikte Araştırma Yöntemleri ve Uygulamalar / Human Computer Interaction: Research Methods and Applications in Usability
No full textThe field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) has become one of the most critical research areas of the artificial intelligence era, starting with Vannevar Bush’s visionary article in 1945. In this period when technology is more integrated into our daily lives, it is of great importance to realize the vision of “human-connected technology” from the vision of “systems that understand people” emphasized by Lucy Suchman in 1987. This book systematically examines research methods and usability applications in the field of HCI. While examining a wide range of usability research methodologies ranging from eye tracking to affect analysis, from A/B tests to mouse tracking methods, current topics such as the Internet of Things (IoT), chatbot interactions and fake news detection are also discussed. The main purpose of this study is to examine in detail the various research methods used in the field of HCI and to provide both theoretical and practical guidance to the readers by showing the usability-focused applications of these methods. Each chapter explains how the techniques can be used and how they can improve the user experience by supporting the method it covers with real-world applications. We are presenting a new resource that responds to the current needs of the field by following the path opened by the previous HCI book published by Istanbul University Publications in 2020. Considering that the Turkish literature in the field of HCI is limited, this study has a special importance. In this period when technology is rapidly developing, we aim to help academic researchers understand the methods, meet the practical needs of industrial practitioners in terms of usability, and make an original contribution to the Turkish HCI literature. It is of critical importance for the development of the field that undergraduate and graduate students in particular have access to a comprehensive resource in their native language. Our book offers valuable insights on a wide range of topics, from digital literacy to mobile application usability, from emotional interaction to web search behavior. Each chapter includes theoretical and practical studies of researchers who are experts in their fields. We would like to sincerely thank all authors who contributed to the preparation of the book, our referees, and our teammates who supported us during the editorial process. We hope that this study will guide researchers, students, designers and industry professionals working in the field of HCI.Publishedİnsan Bilgisayar Etkileşimi (İBE) alanı, 1945′te Vannevar Bush’un vizyoner makalesiyle başlayan yolculuğunda bugün yapay zeka çağının en kritik araştırma alanlarından biri haline geldi. Lucy Suchman’ın 1987′de vurguladığı “insanı anlayan sistemler” vizyonundan, teknolojinin günlük yaşamımıza daha fazla entegre olduğu bu dönemde, “insana bağlı teknoloji” vizyonunu gerçekleştirmek büyük önem taşımaktadır. Bu kitap, İBE alanındaki araştırma yöntemlerini ve kullanılabilirlik uygulamalarını sistematik bir yaklaşımla ele almaktadır. Göz takibinden duygulanım analizine, A/B testlerinden fare izleme yöntemlerine uzanan geniş bir yelpazede kullanılabilirlik araştırma metodolojilerini incelerken, aynı zamanda Nesnelerin İnterneti (IoT), chatbot etkileşimleri ve yalan haber tespiti gibi güncel konular da ele alınmıştır. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, İBE alanında kullanılan çeşitli araştırma yöntemlerini detaylıca incelemek ve bu yöntemlerin kullanılabilirlik odaklı uygulamalarını göstererek, okuyuculara hem teorik hem de pratik bir rehberlik sunmaktır. Her bölüm, ele aldığı yöntemi gerçek dünya uygulamalarıyla destekleyerek, tekniklerin nasıl kullanılabileceğini ve kullanıcı deneyimini nasıl iyileştirebileceğini anlatmaktadır. 2020 yılında İstanbul Üniversitesi Yayınları tarafından yayımlanan önceki İBE kitabının açtığı yolda ilerleyerek, alanın güncel ihtiyaçlarına cevap veren yeni bir kaynak sunuyoruz. İBE alanında Türkçe literatürün sınırlı olduğu düşünüldüğünde, bu çalışmanın özel bir önemi bulunmaktadır. Teknolojinin hızla geliştiği bu dönemde, hem akademik araştırmacıların yöntemleri anlamalarına yardımcı olmayı, hem endüstriyel uygulayıcıların kullanılabilirlik konusundaki pratik ihtiyaçlarını karşılamayı, hem de Türkçe İBE literatürüne özgün bir katkı sunmayı hedefliyoruz. Özellikle lisans ve lisansüstü öğrencilerin anadillerinde kapsamlı bir kaynağa erişebilmeleri, alanın gelişimi açısından kritik önem taşımaktadır. Kitabımız, dijital okuryazarlıktan mobil uygulama kullanılabilirliğine, duygusal etkileşimden web arama davranışlarına kadar geniş bir yelpazede değerli içgörüler sunuyor. Her bir bölüm, alanında uzman araştırmacıların teorik ve uygulamalı çalışmalarını içeriyor. Kitabın hazırlanmasında emeği geçen tüm yazarlara, hakemlerimize ve editöryal süreçte destek olan ekip arkadaşlarımıza içtenlikle teşekkür ederiz. Bu çalışmanın, İBE alanında çalışan araştırmacılara, öğrencilere, tasarımcılara ve sektör profesyonellerine yol gösterici olmasını diliyoruz
Carbon Capture Technology and Storage in Poland
No full textThe book describes the results of the AGaStor Project’s social research carried out in northwestern Poland which recognizes the main social opportunities and barriers to the introduction of CCUS to society. At the national and regional level, the social barriers of CCUS acceptance are ignorance, uncertainty and the lack of public debate about this technology. On the local scale, social acceptance depends on the needs and fears of the local community. Some of those fears – distrust and perception of CO2 as a waste – could be recognized as universal dilemmas connected with CCUS. Although as knowledge about CCUS increases, a significant change in attitude can be observed. This change does not mean an acceptance of that technology. It is rather a shift towards more benign forms of resistance – from NIMBY to WIMBY. The book presents actual mechanisms of social reaction to UGS and CCUS investment, which will be a valuable contribution to managing social change in the context of green transition. The issue of social acceptance of CCUS should be of interest to decision makers and practitioners who manage investment projects in the broadly understood green transformation on a daily basis, and also to postgraduate students, researchers, academics and lecturers in political studies, sociology or economics, and in engineering studies connected with energy transformation
Teachers and the Practice of Leadership
No full textDriven by the pursuit of social justice and quality in education, this inspirational book offers an alternative vision of leadership in education. It argues that teachers, regardless of status or position, should be empowered to exercise leadership in the pursuit of educational change and improvement. Drawing from over three decades of practical experience and research in initiating and supporting non-positional teacher leadership in more than 20 countries, the authors make a persuasive case for the value of empowering teachers as agents of change. Chapters demonstrate the practical benefits that come from empowerment such as the development of innovative practice in classrooms and schools, the transformation of professional cultures in schools, an enhanced sense of agency and self-efficacy for teachers, and vibrant knowledge building in educational systems. As well as implications for policy and practice, the book includes a guide to practical strategies for improvements in educational provision and the quality of learning in schools. Downloadable guidance material and workshop tools, applicable to a wide variety of international contexts, are available online, free of charge. Essential reading for teachers, school leaders and policymakers with responsibility for educational leadership, the book will also be of use for scholars and students of educational reform, as well as administrators working in school improvement and educational policy. This book has been made available as open access under a CC-BY-NC-ND license; please note that the support materials are available under a separate CC-BY-NC-SA license
Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology
No full textHelmuth Plessner (1892-1985) was one of the founders of philosophical anthropology, and his book The Stages of the Organic and Man, first published in 1928, has inspired generations of philosophers, biologists, social scientists, and humanities scholars. This volume offers the first substantial introduction to Plessner's philosophical anthropology in English, not only setting it in context with such familiar figures as Bergson, Cassirer, and Merleau-Ponty, but also showing Plessner's relevance to contemporary discussions in a wide variety of fields in the humanities and sciences
Landscapes at Risk. Social Capital Asset in the COVID-Scape Climate
No full textUp until the current pandemic, the terms “urban-scape” and “human-scape” have been meant, assumed, and practised as parallel dimensions of the territorial analysis, marginalising the knowledge and the evaluation of the landscape risk. This has always been associated, and often confused, with diverse forms of environmental risk, despite the fact that they represent some of the most important components of risk, but not its essence. The relation between social capital and landscape deserves to be examined and represented in its entirety: as a matter of fact, while social capital has mainly been considered in the material, functional, economic, and ethical dimensions, landscape has been examined in the perceptual, psychological, cultural, and aesthetic dimensions. Sudden and widespread environmental fluctuations, such as the one created by the pandemic and by the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, significantly involved the relationship between the two main existential dimensions of the settled communities—social capital and landscape—and its possible representations by means of the economic–monetary dimension as well. This reprint contains empirical studies and systematic reviews regarding the essence and the possible overcoming of the conflict between some specific functions of the economic sub-system and landscape quality, with specific reference to the main criticalities already existing before the pandemic and to the possibility—prefigured by the new restraints—to rebuild their connections in order to reduce the landscape risk
Molecular approaches for quantum technologies
No full textQuantum computers provide a powerful resource to push the boundaries of current knowledge. At the core of their logical architecture are quantum bits and quantum logic gates. Electron spin can be used as a resource to encode logical operators, and, as such, magnetic molecules have proven to be a versatile platform for the realization of fundamental logical units. They offer the possibility of finely tuning desired quantum properties by exploiting targeted chemical approaches. This thesis book provides fundamental knowledge about quantum logical units, with a focus on magnetic molecules and electron spin dynamics. It reports on the various chemical approaches employed to advance beyond the current state-of-the-art in electron spin-based molecular quantum technologies
Die Prosa Carl Sternheims im Kontext der expressionistischen Moderne
No full textBy examining in-depth the content, form, and language of his prose from 1910 to 1920, this dissertation establishes that Sternheim’s prose, in its rejection of the bourgeois ideal of reality and personality, and the mimetic principle of art, exhibits stylistic and structural characteristics that make it one of the relevant texts of Expressionist Modernism
Emerging Topics in High-Power Laser and Light–Matter Interactions
No full textThis Special Issue of Phototonics, “Emerging Topics in High-Power Laser and Light–Matter Interactions”, presents a curated collection of cutting-edge research exploring the dynamic interplay between high-power laser technologies and light–matter interactions. The compilation encompasses advancements in laser source development, pulse manipulation, theoretical modeling, and novel sensing applications, offering insights into the latest experimental, theoretical, and computational methodologies. Key areas covered include high-power laser technology and applications, optical neural networks, fiber-optic sensing and communication, adaptive optics, short-pulse laser generation via nonlinear optics, Brillouin scattering, solid-state laser systems, spectral imaging, and quantum imaging and quantum optics. These topics are pivotal in advancing applications across industrial processing, biomedical imaging, and quantum information science. This Special Issue serves as a valuable resource for researchers, engineers, and technologists who are engaged in photonics, providing a comprehensive overview of current trends and future directions in high-power laser systems and light–matter interactions
Phase Change, Interphase Coupling, and Multiphase Transport in Porous Structures
No full textMultiphase flows and phase-change phenomena are often encountered in many engineering systems, such as CCUS (carbon capture, utilization, and storage); the exploitation of oil, natural gas, and other underground resources; the utilization of geothermal energy and hydrogen energy, etc. Multiphase flows refer to the interactive flow of distinct phases, and each phase discriminated by common interfaces in a channel represents a mass or volume of matter. Multiphase flows can occur in single-component or multi-component systems. Possible phase combinations in our Reprint include the following: solid–liquid–gas, where solid particles and gas bubbles are mostly dispersed in liquid; solid–gas, solid–liquid, and liquid–gas, where the volume fraction of one phase is relative to other results for different flow regimes; and phase change and miscibility phenomena involved in a combination of the above. We hope that our Reprint will act as a guide for researchers and engineering technicians
Research Progress on Chitosan Applications
No full textThis reprint, based on the Special Issue of Polymers titled "Research Progress on Chitosan Applications", highlights the innovative advancements in chitosan-based materials. Chitosan, a versatile natural polymer, has proven to be invaluable across fields such as biomedicine, environmental sustainability, and industry. The studies presented here explore diverse applications, including drug delivery systems, tissue engineering, antimicrobial coatings, and eco-friendly agricultural solutions. Notable breakthroughs include enhanced therapeutic efficacy through encapsulation technologies, bioactive hydrogels for regenerative medicine, and sustainable methods for food preservation and water purification. These works emphasize chitosan’s adaptability and its role in addressing critical global challenges. We extend our gratitude to the authors for their insightful contributions and to the reviewers for ensuring the quality of this reprint. Their efforts provided a robust foundation for advancing the understanding and utilization of chitosan-based materials. We hope that this reprint inspires further research and innovation, driving progress in polymer science and sustainable solutions for the benefit of society