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Exploring end-user perceptions towards mandated deployment of PDA– based health information systems within Ambulatory Care
"... The impact of many well intentioned technology integration projects has not always been viewed favourably. In fact, many projects are destined to fail from the outset by not considering fundamental IT system investment risks (technical failure, data failure, user failure, organizational failure) [Ly ..."
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exist whereby any form of consultative input from end-users is inherently removed, leaving end-users disillusioned with the mandated technology. This research uses an adapted version of Kline’s Groupware Adoption Scale [Kline, 2001] in a preliminary study to ascertain end-user perceptions towards
Tangible bits: towards seamless interfaces between people, bits and atoms
- Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, ACM Press: 234--241
, 1997
"... This paper presents our vision of Human Computer Interaction (HCI): "Tangible Bits. " Tangible Bits allows users to "grasp & manipulate " bits in the center of users’ attention by coupling the bits with everyday physical objects and architectural surfaces. Tangible Bits also ..."
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enables users to be aware of background bits at the periphery of human perception using ambient display media such as light, sound, airflow, and water movement in an augmented space. The goal of Tangible Bits is to bridge the gaps between both cyberspace and the physical environment, as well
The theory of planned behavior
- Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
, 1991
"... Research dealing with various aspects of * the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1985, 1987) is reviewed, and some unresolved issues are discussed. In broad terms, the theory is found to be well supported by empirical evidence. Intentions to perform behaviors of different kinds can be predicted wit ..."
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with high accuracy from attitudes toward the behavior, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control; and these intentions, together with perceptions of behavioral control, account for considerable variance in actual behavior. Attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control are shown
Recognition-by-components: A theory of human image understanding
- Psychological Review
, 1987
"... The perceptual recognition of objects is conceptualized to be a process in which the image of the input is segmented at regions of deep concavity into an arrangement of simple geometric components, such as blocks, cylinders, wedges, and cones. The fundamental assumption of the proposed theory, recog ..."
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of these properties is generally invariant over viewing position and image quality and consequently allows robust object perception when the image is projected from a novel viewpoint or is degraded. RBC thus provides a principled account of the heretofore undecided relation between the classic principles
Illusion and well-being: A social psychological perspective on mental health.
- Psychological Bulletin,
, 1988
"... Many prominent theorists have argued that accurate perceptions of the self, the world, and the future are essential for mental health. Yet considerable research evidence suggests that overly positive selfevaluations, exaggerated perceptions of control or mastery, and unrealistic optimism are charac ..."
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is heavily weighted toward the positive end of the scale. Of course, this imbalance does not in and of itself provide evidence that such views are unrealistic or illusory. Evidence of this nature is, however, available. First, there exists a pervasive tendency to see the self as better than others
Natural Selection
, 1992
"... This study examined how middle science teachers perceive the textbooks they use and how their perceptions varied with their personal attributes and professional backgrounds. A questionnaire was sent to 79 middle school science teachers in Missouri, and 66 responded. The questionnaire was designed to ..."
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to determine the teachers ' perceptions about the quality, usability, and congruency of their respective textbooks. The data indicated a general positive acceptance by the teachers towards their textbooks. However, 30 percent did not feel that their current textbook was congruent with the state
Achievement goals in the classroom: Students’ learning strategies and motivation processes
- Journal of Educational Psychology
, 1988
"... We studied how specific motivational processes are related to the salience of mastery and performance goals in actual classroom settings. One hundred seventy-six students attending a junior high/high school for academically advanced students were randomly selected from one of their classes and respo ..."
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and responded to a questionnaire on their perceptions of the classroom goal orientation, use of effective learning strategies, task choices, attitudes, and causal attributions. Students who perceived an emphasis on mastery goals in the classroom reported using more effective strategies, preferred challenging
A Survey of Affect Recognition Methods: Audio, Visual, and Spontaneous Expressions
, 2009
"... Automated analysis of human affective behavior has attracted increasing attention from researchers in psychology, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, and related disciplines. However, the existing methods typically handle only deliberately displayed and exaggerated expressions of prototypi ..."
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, an increasing number of efforts are reported toward multimodal fusion for human affect analysis, including audiovisual fusion, linguistic and paralinguistic fusion, and multicue visual fusion based on facial expressions, head movements, and body gestures. This paper introduces and surveys these recent advances
Role Congruity Theory of Prejudice toward Female Leaders
- Psychological Review
, 2002
"... A role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders proposes that perceived incongruity between the female gender role and leadership roles leads to 2 forms of prejudice: (a) perceiving women less favorably than men as potential occupants of leadership roles and (b) evaluating behavior that f ..."
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A role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders proposes that perceived incongruity between the female gender role and leadership roles leads to 2 forms of prejudice: (a) perceiving women less favorably than men as potential occupants of leadership roles and (b) evaluating behavior
Making mashups with marmite: towards end-user programming for the web
- In Proc. CHI ’07
, 2007
"... There is a tremendous amount of web content available today, but it is not always in a form that supports end-users’ needs. In many cases, all of the data and services needed to accomplish a goal already exist, but are not in a form amenable to an end-user. To address this problem, we have developed ..."
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There is a tremendous amount of web content available today, but it is not always in a form that supports end-users’ needs. In many cases, all of the data and services needed to accomplish a goal already exist, but are not in a form amenable to an end-user. To address this problem, we have
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