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Eye movements may cause motor contagion effects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
When a person executes a movement, the movement is more errorful while observing another person’s actions that are incongruent rather than congruent with the executed action. This effect is known as “motor contagion”.
Constable, Merryn   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Object–Action Complexes: Grounded abstractions of sensory–motor processes [PDF]

open access: yesRobotics and Autonomous Systems, 2011
This paper formalises Object-Action Complexes (OACs) as a basis for symbolic representations of sensorimotor experience and behaviours. OACs are designed to capture the interaction between objects and associated actions in arti cial cognitive systems.
Krüger, N.   +11 more
openaire   +6 more sources

Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Connective Action for Global Fairness: Building Social Imaginaries

open access: yesHermes, 2018
Social imaginaries are frameworks within which people organise their collective world; where imagination, not simply reason, plays a part in the construction of social practices.
Veronica Yepez-Reyes
doaj   +1 more source

Apparatus ad method for quiescent containerless processing of high temperature metals and alloys in low gravity [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
The electron bombardment furnace consists of two confinement grid sections which may be moved and separated from each other. Inside the bombardment furnace, a tungsten element is enclosed.
Lacy, Lewis L., Robinson, Michael B.
core   +1 more source

‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grounded theory and action research as pillars for interpretive information systems research: A comparative study

open access: yesEgyptian Informatics Journal, 2015
In the literature survey, there is evidence “why an interpretive paradigm is more suitable for evaluating e-government systems”. However, more than one method can be used when applying interpretive paradigm for evaluating information systems (as we do ...
Manal A. Abdel-Fattah
doaj   +1 more source

Systems approaches to managing sustainable development: experiences from developing supported open-learning. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
It is argued that a failure to consider ecological sustainability within a systemic framework constrains the design of learning systems which are needed for taking effective purposeful action for 'managing' sustainable development.
Ison, R. L.
core  

Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for children with cancer. Despite this, variation persists in how PPC is understood, operationalized, and integrated within pediatric oncology programs. In particular, ambiguity surrounding
Leeat Granek   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linking Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory Methods in a Research Design

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2013
This article focuses on Corbin and Strauss’ evolved version of grounded theory. In the third edition of their seminal text, Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory , the authors present 16 assumptions that
Jennifer Chamberlain-Salaun   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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