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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Social sense"”.
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Use of computer technology by the elderly
… for the elderly in both a technological and a social sense. This study examines the elderly-computer technology interface. State-of -the-art computer input devices are evaluated and an ergonomic analysis is made about the interface. Finally, a new design concept is developed to solve the …
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Maal
… as a ritual - both in a familial and social sense - and as a forming and shaping force in the characters' lives, often paradoxically. Maal also refers to the way in which these characters are hurled about by their own existence, by experiences of migration, illness, family intrigue and …
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From data to knowledge: Tableau dashboards as boundary objects in the knowledge ecology of a university
… dashboards, as mediating artefacts, in which the social process of designing takes place. Significantly, allowing communities of knowing to be intimately involved in the building of their own dashboards (through the concept of self-service) allows the dashboards to support the social sense-making …
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Conceptions of effective information use and learning in a tele-health organization: a phenomenographic study of information literacy and knowledge management at work.
… of knowledge and information and of the social sense making that influences information interpretation and application. The findings endorse views of learning and information use grounded in socio-constructive perspectives and a consideration of context as situated practice. The …
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Bildung beyond the borders: racial ambiguity and subjectivity in three post-apartheid bildungsromane
… slavery and apartheid have led to a strong social sense of racial group belonging and racial exclusion. It is between and among these strictly policed racial groups that these novels’ protagonists seek belonging and a place in society from which to act and speak. Although different aspects …
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INVESTIGATING THE SOCIAL PROPERTY OF SENSE-MAKING AS A SOURCE OF NOVEL APPROACHES TO SERIOUS AND ORGANISED CRIME
… explores new territory by investigating the social property of sense-making as a source of novel approaches to SOC. It identifies practical and achievable opportunities to make more of existing police capability to understand, and so combat, SOC. Design My research uses qualitative methods of …
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An evaluation of small-area statistical methods for detecting excess risk: with applications in breast and colon cancer mortality in Scotland 1986-1995
… concept of small-area statistics and some of the social and political issues connected with this topic. There is a discussion of the analysis of small-area health data and the principal ideas that need to be considered in a statistical, political and social sense in this area of work. The aims of …
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The Religious Paintings of Emil Nolde, 1909-1912
… isolated artistically nor ahead of his era in a social sense--in fact, politically and socially he remained quite conservative. But he also could not have developed his radical style if he had remained entirely in and of the land of his roots. Careful consideration of Nolde's life and work reveal …
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Township youth perceptions of poverty and unemployment in Cape Town, South Africa
… varying ability to mitigate the trials of their social worlds. Young adults in this sample are 'ordinary', in that when individually consulted, they cannot be categorized as a homogenous group. They have bold ideas about their future but their attention is often focused on the immediate. There …
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Conflict, Violence, and Abuja Markets: A Spatial Analysis of Impact
… has been growing increasingly unstable in the social sense. Though so many forces have contributed to this, it is obvious that conflict and violence are a major part of the world’s reality. Since 2016, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been the epicentre of the world’s conflict, violence, and …