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Innovation in hip protector design: Challenging function, meaning and context
Full text linkOlder people are at higher risk of falls than the rest of the population and more susceptible to hip fractures. The consequences of this injury in old age can be severe, leading to long-term disability and a reduction in healthy life years. Hip protectors, consisting of underwear with integrated pads over the hip joint, can reduce the risk of fracture. However, long term adoption of these products is low due to aesthetics, discomfort, difficulty of use, and acceptance of fall risk.
This practiced-based PhD embraces human-centred design methodologies, using insights from potential hip protector users, to support prototyping of new types of garments. The research challenges the existing medical model for the design of hip protectors, typically perceived as ‘assistive technology’, and questions how human-centred design practice can identify overlooked criteria that resonates with social and cultural sensitivities. Younger people with mobility difficulties, or conditions such as osteoporosis, are also at risk of falls so the notion of products for the ‘elderly’ is also challenged.
Innovations in materials and manufacturing processes, including 3D printing and inflatable shape changing surfaces are investigated through the practice. These technologies are evaluated in relation to essential performance requirements and how visual and tactile properties can reflect a new design language for hip protectors.
The research draws from fashion theory and clothing semiotics, investigating the identity and meanings associated with hip protectors. The understanding of the social and cultural bearings of these garments, and the notion of fashion as communication, is integral to this research in developing new approaches that satisfy both physiological and psychological user needs.
Knowledge claims exist at the junction between technological innovation, critical gerontology, and clothing semiotics, proposing new approaches to garment design to reduce the risk of hip fractures. The practice responds to a conceptual framework reflecting these domains to develop human-centred ‘Hipwear’ design solutions
Aligning the topic of FCA with existing module learning outcomes
No full textAlthough Formal Concept Analysis is worthy of study on
computing courses, it is not always possible or practical to dedicate a whole module to it. It may, however, fit into an existing module as a topic but require some careful design of teaching and assessment activities to properly align it to the intended learning outcomes of the module. This paper describes and evaluates a three year project to align the teaching and assessment of FCA with the learning outcomes of a final-year undergraduate Smart Applications module at Sheffield Hallam University. Biggs' constructive alignment was used, incorporating an adapted version of Yin's case study research method, in an iterative
process; progressively modifying teaching and assessment activities to align them more closely with the prescribed learning outcomes. The process involved examining conclusions made by students, from carrying out
FCA case study assignments, to draw cross-case conclusions about the learning outcomes achieved, and how they deviated from the prescribed ones. These cross-case conclusions were used to feed back into the design of learning and assessment activities for the next delivery of the module.
After three cycles, the learning outcomes achieved closely matched the prescribed learning outcomes of the module
In-Close2, a high performance formal concept miner
Full text linkThis paper presents a program, called In-Close2, that is a high performance realisation of the Close-by-One (CbO) algorithm. The design of In-Close2 is discussed and some new optimisation and data preprocessing techniques are presented. The performance of In-Close2 is favourably compared with another contemporary CbO variant called FCbO. An application of In-Close2 is given, using minimum support to reduce the size and complexity of a large formal context. Based on this application, an analysis of gene expression data is presented. In-Close2 can be downloaded from Sourceforge
Aligning the teaching of FCA with Existing Module Learning Outcomes
No full textCareful design of teaching and assessment activities is required to properly align a topic to the intended learning outcomes of a module. This paper describes and evaluates a four year project to align the teaching of FCA with the learning outcomes of a final-year undergraduate Smart Applications module at Sheffield Hallam University. Biggs' constructive alignment, incorporating an adapted version of Yin's case study research method, was used in an iterative process to analyse and modify teaching and assessment activities. to align them more closely with the intended learning outcomes. The process involved examining written conclusions made by students from carrying out FCA case study assignments, to draw cross-case conclusions about the learning outcomes achieved and how they deviated from the prescribed ones. These cross-case conclusions were used to feed back into the design of learning and assessment activities for the next delivery of the module. After three cycles, the learning outcomes achieved closely matched the prescribed learning outcomes of the module. A fourth cycle without changes confirmed this
The Design Compass®: Evaluating a new tool for sustainable product design with students
Full text linkThe Design Compass is an online tool to support the development of commercially viable products whilst navigating environmental sustainability and social impacts. Undergraduate Product Design students from Falmouth University and the University of Chester used the Design Compass throughout a taught module. The project saw cross-institutional collaboration between students, academics, and the Design Compass developers, Bang Creations Ltd. Qualitative research focused on feedback provided by the students on their experience of using the tool, their design process and outcomes developed. The study provides a positive indication of the benefits of the Design Compass in a learning and teaching context, and advantages over other eco-design tools. Student feedback was also helpful in providing suggestions for improvements for the tool. Some of these suggestions have already been implemented by Bang Creations in a later iteration of the Design Compass
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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