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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"technology interventions"”.
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Dust Control Usage: Strategic Technology Interventions
… intervention to improve adoption of dust control technology is designed, implemented and evaluated using three theoretical frameworks: the Health Belief Model (HBM), Diffusion of Innovation, and the Technology Acceptance Model. A quasi-experimental design (pretest-posttest, with control group) was …
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Social, governance, and economic impact assessment of information and communication technology interventions in rural India
Among the many initiatives in using information and communication technologies (ICTs) for development, telecenters or kiosks occupy a prominent place. These centers provide public access to these technologies and related services through computers and internet. The last decade has seen many such …
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An industrial ecology approach to salt-related environmental sustainability issues in a large industrial complex
… wastes and to study the potential for integrated technology interventions which take multi-party engagements and effects into account.
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Addressing the influence of context and development in rural international engineering design
… analysis of the relationship between technology interventions and place-based identities, particularly for rural societies that are less interconnected with the industrialized world, indicates that imposition of global standards leads to loss of identities as well as the local …
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Using diffusion of innovation theory to understand how technology is adopted in mathematics at a South African higher education institution
… Africa. Various universities tried different interventions to address this problem. One example is the establishment of a bridging programme at an institution of higher learning. Technology has been discussed as support that can be provided to students. This study therefore sought to …
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Incorporating users into sanitation technology innovation: Challenges to knowledge coherence between disciplines
… challenges in the sustainability of sanitation interventions. It is clear that a better structure for incorporating user factors into sanitation interventions and sanitation technology design is required but how to go about this process is uncertain. Three primary methods for incorporating users …
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CARBON BUDGETING FOR CITIES OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES : A CASE STUDY OF BANGALORE, INDIA
… potential sectors that need policy and technology interventions. Many of the cities in developed countries have adopted carbon budgeting to implement climate change mitigation measures, but little has been done in this aspect in developing countries. In this study, a carbon budgeting …
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Mediating ICU patient situation-awareness with visual and tactile notifications
… price. Prior research discusses both the use of technology to support increased communication and its unintended consequence of (wanted and unwanted) notification interruptions. Using qualitative research techniques, I investigated work practices that enhance the patient-situation awareness of …
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What We Can Learn from the Lived Experience of Asperger's Syndrome
… The goal of the study was to identify common interventions, including technology interventions, or patterns of behavior used by teachers, parents or other adult leaders that assisted AS youth to adapt to neurotypical environments at home, school and other extra-curricular settings. It was also …
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Technology Implementation and the Job Demands-Resources Model: A Dynamic Consideration of Adjustment Trajectories
… demands, burnout, and engagement associated with technology implementation in the workplace. Design/Methodology/Approach: A case study approach, including focus groups and content analysis, was used to explore digital job demands, digital job resources, techno-work burnout, and techno-work …
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An Assessment of the Attention Demand Associated with the Processing of Information for In-Vehicle Information Systems (IVIS)
Technological interventions are being considered to alleviate congestion and to improve the quality of driving on our nation's highways. These new technology interventions will be capable of increasing the amount of information provided to the driver; therefore, steps must be taken to ensure they …
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Urban Mining & Regenerative E-Waste Ecosystems: Visions towards Sustainable Entrepreneurial Futures for Informal Settlements and Recycling Communities
… sites and urban mining communities; identify technology interventions and policy recommendations that can improve local conditions; and utilize data-driven communication to advocate for new opportunities for urban systems tied to e-waste extraction through immersive multimedia as part of a …
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Strategies to Enable a Circular Economy in the Electronics Industry: Electrochemical Recovery of Metals
… materials, (4) fabrication efficiency, (5) technology interventions to enable e-waste recovery, (6) methods to collect and separate e-waste components, (7) technologies to digest and recover RESE, and (8) technologies to separate commercially desirable, high-purity outputs. </p><p>Second, I …
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A mixed methods study of factors influencing health managers acceptance of eHealth services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
… the remaining 40%. Many initiatives to embrace technology in healthcare were launched by the MOH to advance the level of acceptance. One of the initiatives was the ambitious National eHealth Strategy, which was launched in 2011 to govern eHealth projects across the country, and to set consistent …
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Health technology assessment of online eLearning for post-registration health professionals’ education
… to undertake and report the findings of a health technology assessment (HTA) on the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and acceptability of online and LAN-based eLearning, and blended learning, among post-registration healthcare professionals. Methods: This HTA comprised three studies. The first …
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Preventive computing technology for successful aging
… of this thesis is to assess the current state of technology as it is (or can be) used in everyday life to support healthy and happy older adults by maintaining physical fitness, cognitive health, and emotional fulfillment. In addressing this problem, much focus has been placed on assistive …