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Lokesh Ohri, Till Kingdom Come: Medieval Hinduism in the modern Himalaya
No full textFor several years, social and cultural anthropologists have been wrestling with the explanation of the entanglement and interconnectedness of humans with their environment. Central to this discussion is always the question of the possibility of agency or the attribution of agency by non-human actors. Lokesh Ohri’s book Till Kingdom Come: Medieval Hinduism in the modern Himalaya takes this discussion several steps further. It introduces a social actor, a divine king, whose example the author u..
Evaluation of BIM-COBie Data For Facility Management
No full textThesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2015Three dimensional modeling is profoundly becoming a synergistic idiom associated with information communication technologies in the AEC / FM Industry. There are many researches that are going on around the world to discover & improve the efficiency & effectiveness of the integrated information in the construction process. The purpose of this research paper is to study the process of the Evaluation of BIM-COBie Data for Facility Management at University of Washington. The findings of this research show that BIM-CObie concepts can play a very critical role in improving the data management process of facility services of a building throughout its life cycle. Looking into the bigger picture for the future projects, this research work would be helpful in weighing the kind of data management processes to be implemented to create a significant impact on the cost of the building life cycle
Dataset supporting the University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis "Understanding the impact of induced stress on team coordination strategy in multi-user environments"
No full textDataset supporting the University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis "Understanding the impact of induced stress on team coordination strategy in multi-user environments"
This data aims to uncover critical interactional and task-related elements that affect individual and team performance under stress. Specifically, we focus on stress induced by time pressure, performance pressure, and audio distraction and study how incorporating verbal and nonverbal cues impacts team coordination and performance. We conducted a series of experiments using online and in-person tasks.
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Impact of induced stress on individual performance, team coordination, and human-AI collaboration
No full textA range of applications involves human teams working under pressure on complicated tasks that require well-coordinated action planning to function effectively. This includes, for example, disaster response, where groups of emergency responders work together to locate casualties; air traffic control, where controllers need to predict potential accidents; and emergency operating rooms, where multiple clinicians operate on patients. Human performance is known to be affected by the level of stress that individuals are subjected to during the performance of tasks. The team members must have clear communication, mutual trust, and a shared understanding of the task to work efficiently and effectively under stress. It also needs to be clarified how stress affects individuals working in a team or the team as a whole. This thesis aims to uncover critical interactional and task-related elements that affect individual and team performance under stress. Specifically, we focus on stress induced by time pressure, performance pressure, and audio distraction and study how incorporating verbal and nonverbal cues impacts team coordination and performance. We conducted a series of experiments using online and in-person tasks. Firstly, a task was designed to monitor individual performance under time pressure and auditory distraction. The experiment was conducted remotely, measuring the performance of 32 participants. Our findings indicate that time pressure-induced stress positively impacts individual performance. Second, we divided participants into low, medium, and high-performing groups based on their overall performance in individual tasks into eight teams. Again, the experiment was conducted remotely using Google Sheets and measured the performance of all eight teams. The study found that time-pressure-induced stress negatively affects team performance. Additionally, we analyzed the coordination strategies used by high- and low-performing teams, showing that high-performing teams use more implicit coordination and have a high anticipation ratio. Third, we designed another experiment to understand the influence of automated agents on individual performance. This in-person experiment involved 32 participants competing against automated agents. The analysis of the results revealed that the automated agents' performance significantly influenced participants' performance. Participants' overall performance was slower when competing with slow agents, whereas competition with fast agents improved performance. Overall, our experiments provide insights into how stress and automated agents affect individual performance, team performance, and team coordination
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
The effect of automated agents on individual performance under induced stress
No full textInduced stress is a phenomenon commonly experienced across different fields such as emergency services, healthcare, air traffic control, sports, and business - which necessitates the development of effective coping strategies and resilience for individuals or teams performing under pressure. This study aims to examine the effects of automated agents on individual performance during high-stress conditions. The design of these agents ensures they carry out identical tasks as participants based on predetermined frameworks. Participants underwent an experimentally designed task that aimed at inducing stress while measuring their performance amidst time pressure and auditory distraction. Results indicate that working with automated agents causes individuals to alter their approach by focusing narrowly on immediate concerns - making it challenging for them to consider several options or see broader contexts accurately. Regardless of ability level participants' performances were influenced by these automated agents. Future research will explore how these findings interact with physiological signals. This study highlights the importance of developing effective coping strategies and the potential impact of social factors on individual performance under induced stress
Variations on the Author
No full text“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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