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Conceptualising Benefits of User-Centred Design for Digital Library Services

open access: yesLiber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries, 2018
Libraries are increasingly adopting user-centred design (UCD) approaches to the development of their services for the benefit of customers. Less attention is paid to evaluating the activity of designing.
Heli Kautonen, Marko Nieminen
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling the early stages of a user-centered process in architectural design through adaptation of the methodologies of New Product Design [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In order to reach a degree of quality in architectural buildings that is likely to lead to user satisfaction, architectural design relies on integrating user-related information even before generation of building concepts.
BOUCHARD, Carole   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

User-centred participatory design of visual cues for isolation precautions

open access: yesAntimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2019
Background Isolation precautions are intended to prevent transmission of infectious agents, yet healthcare provider (HCP) adherence remains suboptimal. This may be due to ambiguity regarding the required precautions or to cognitive overload of HCPs.
Lauren Clack   +4 more
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Understanding Consumer Behaviour to Reduce Environmental Impacts through Sustainable Product Design [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The use phase of the lifecycle of electrical products has a significant environmental impact, mainly determined by the consumer’s behaviour. Many consumers do not make the link between their daily consumption behaviour in the household and environmental ...
Bhamra, Tracy A, Tang, Tang
core  

Why Are Personas the Way They Are?

open access: yesPersona Studies
User personas are well-established in user-centered design. However, the persona creation process is not well understood. Addressing this gap, this study investigates how 29 students created personas from a realistic customer dataset.
Essi Häyhänen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploiting user-centred design to secure industrial control systems

open access: yesFrontiers in the Internet of Things
Due to an increase in the number of attacks on Industrial Control Systems (ICS), the security of these systems is now of paramount concern. Many solutions have been proposed to defend such systems, particularly those adopting Machine Learning (ML).
Matthew Nunes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fine-tuning a context-aware system application by using user-centred design methods [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Context-Aware Systems in the home environment can provide an effective solution for supporting wellbeing and autonomy for the elderly. The definition and implementation of the system architecture for a particular assisted living healthcare application ...
Boerema, Simone T.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Visual Analytics for Exploring Changes in Biodiversity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We report on ongoing work in which we are designing a visual interface to a large database of species observation data. Our design allows the data to be explored and visually summarised by space, time and species, helping assess the data's suitability ...
Slingsby, A., van Loon, E.
core   +1 more source

Tools for User-Centred Design [PDF]

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Forum, 2013
User-Centred Design aims to involve users at all stages of the design of products. Some of the basic principles are briefly considered together with their relationship to ergonomics. Tools for the application of User-Centred Design are discussed including specific tools such as digital human modelling, personas, manikin characters, inclusive design and
openaire   +1 more source

User-centred design as an important component of technological development

open access: yesCurrent Directions in Biomedical Engineering, 2017
New technologies can be implemented in clinical rehabilitation processes or to close the gap in health care provision by transferring them to the patients’ home.
Jankowski Natalie   +4 more
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