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Chei Sian Lee - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Information Seeking in Pokemon Go: A Preliminary Study
2019 ACM IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), 2019Co-Authors: Krishna Srinivasan, Marcus Lee-kiang Tan, Derrick Chin-kiat Peh, Dion Hoe-lian Goh, Chei Sian LeeAbstract:This paper presents a preliminary study of issues pertaining to the information needs and sources of Pokemon Go players. A Semi-Structured Interview revealed three categories of information needs. Interestingly, participants were found to be passive in the fulfillment of their information needs, relying on friends, and online chat groups as major sources of information. There was also a surprisingly high trust in these information sources.
Navid Nezafati - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A developed methodology for human driven knowledge acquisition
ITI 2008 - 30th International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces, 2008Co-Authors: Navid Nezafati, Mohammad S. J. Jalali, Mahdi Shafieezadeh, Kamran KarimiAbstract:Knowledge acquisition is the activity of capturing expertise from experts (and other sources of knowledge) and creating a computerized store of this knowledge to be used to help an organization in some specified ways. In this paper, a method for human driven knowledge acquisition (KA), which was performed in an Iranian petrochemical company, is developed with knowledge assessment as a significant and critical success factor. In that project wepsilad used a combination of KA techniques including semi structured Interview, revised teach-back, commentary, laddering, and repertory grid techniques in order to elicit both tacit and explicit knowledge of experts. Now, these kinds of knowledge are stored in knowledge banks after accurate assessment which is completely human driven.
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A method for human driven knowledge acquisition
2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2007Co-Authors: Navid Nezafati, Ameneh Khadivar, Ehsan Afarideh, Seyed Mohammad Javad JalaliAbstract:In this paper, techniques of human driven knowledge acquisition are briefly discussed and compared, then a case study of implementing knowledge acquisition (KA) in an Iranian petrochemical company is explained. In this project we've used a combination of KA techniques including semi structured Interview, revised teach-back, commentary, laddering, repertory grid techniques in order to elicit both tacit and explicit knowledge of experts. This method is applicable in different kinds of industries with different branches in design engineering.
Allison Tong - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The experiences and impact of being deemed ineligible for living kidney donation: Semi-Structured Interview study.
Nephrology, 2019Co-Authors: Angelique F. Ralph, Steve Chadban, Phyllis Butow, Jonathan C. Craig, John Kanellis, Germaine Wong, Charlotte Logeman, Allison TongAbstract:AIM: We aimed to describe the impact and experience of being deemed ineligible as a living kidney donor. METHODS: Semi-Structured Interviews were conducted with 27 ineligible donor candidates. Transcripts were analysed thematically. RESULTS: Seven themes were identified: deriving health and relationship benefits in the process (strengthening emotional connection, identifying problematic health conditions); devastating loss and disappointment (harbouring guilt over personal failings, shattering confidence and hope, undermining relationships with extended family and friends, disrupting home dynamics); constrained within a rigid system (denied autonomy, resorting to other avenues); acknowledging as matter of fact (accepting the clinical decision, reassured by preventing a poor outcome); reluctant to relinquish the donor identity (unable to fulfil family duty, having the donor role stolen, holding onto other opportunities to donate); uncertainty in unpredictability, inconsistency and ambiguities (frustrated by inefficiencies, questioning clinician motivation, suspended donor status, unfairness in changeable eligibility criteria, unresolved concerns and questions of own health); and abandoned in despair (lacking practical support to meet eligibility criteria, ill prepared for rejection, dismissed and discarded by the system). CONCLUSION: Being deemed unsuitable for donation took an emotional toll on ineligible donor candidates who felt immense guilt for 'failing' the potential recipient. Ineligible donor candidates were frustrated and angry with the perceived lack of support from clinicians and rigidity of the evaluation process. Informing potential donors of available services, including psychological support, communicating the decision sensitively and with sufficient time, and full disclosure of their health status, may contribute to improved adjustment following the ineligibility decision.
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Patients’ perspectives on the prevention and treatment of peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis:: A Semi-Structured Interview study
Peritoneal Dialysis International, 2016Co-Authors: Denise Campbell, Jonathan C. Craig, Germaine Wong, David W. Mudge, Fiona G. Brown, Allison TongAbstract:Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is recommended for adults with residual kidney function and without significant comorbidities. However, peritonitis is a serious and common complication that is associated with hospitalization, pain, catheter loss, and death. This study aims to describe the beliefs, needs, and experiences of PD patients about peritonitis, to inform the training, support, and care of these patients. ♦eMethods: Qualitative Semi-Structured Interviews were conducted with 29 patients from 3 renal units in Australia who had previous or current experience of PD. The Interviews were conducted between November 2014 and November 2015. Transcripts were analyzed thematically. ♦uResults: We identified 4 themes: constant vigilance for prevention (conscious of vulnerability, sharing responsibility with family, demanding attention to detail, ambiguity of detecting infection, ineradicable inhabitation, jeopardizing PD success); invading harm (life-threatening, wreaking internal damage, debilitating pain, losing control and dignity); incapacitating lifestyle interference (financial strain, isolation and separation, exacerbating burden on family); and exasperation with hospitalization (dread of hospital admission, exposure to infection, gruelling follow-up schedule, exposure to harm). ♦eConclusions: Patients perceived that peritonitis could threaten their health, treatment modality, and lifestyle, which motivated vigilance and attention to hygiene. They felt a loss of control due to debilitating symptoms including pain and having to be hospitalized, and they were uncertain about how to monitor for signs of peritonitis. Providing patients with education about the causes and signs of peritonitis and addressing their concerns about lifestyle impact, financial impact, hospitalization, and peritonitis-related anxieties may improve treatment satisfaction and outcomes for patients requiring PD.
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patient and caregiver values beliefs and experiences when considering home dialysis as a treatment option a semi structured Interview study
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2016Co-Authors: Rachael C Walker, Kirsten Howard, Mark R Marshall, Allison Tong, Rachael L. Morton, Suetonia C. PalmerAbstract:Home dialysis can offer improved quality of life and economic benefits compared with facility dialysis. Yet the uptake of home dialysis remains low around the world, which may be partly due to patients' lack of knowledge and barriers to shared and informed decision-making. We aimed to describe patient and caregiver values, beliefs and experiences when considering home dialysis, to inform strategies to align policy and practice with patients' needs.Semi-Structured Interviews with adult patients with chronic kidney disease Stage 4-5D (on dialysis <1 year) and their caregivers, recruited from three nephrology centres in New Zealand. Transcripts were analysed thematically.In total, 43 patients [pre-dialysis (n = 18), peritoneal dialysis (n = 13), home haemodialysis (n = 4) and facility haemodialysis (n = 9)] and 9 caregivers participated. We identified five themes related to home dialysis: lacking decisional power (complexity of information, limited exposure to home dialysis, feeling disempowered, deprived of choice, pressure to choose), sustaining relationships (maintaining cultural involvement, family influence, trusting clinicians, minimizing social isolation), reducing lifestyle disruption (sustaining employment, avoiding relocation, considering additional expenses, seeking flexible schedules, creating free time), gaining confidence in choice (guarantee of safety, depending on professional certainty, reassurance from peers, overcoming fears) and maximizing survival.To engage and empower patients and caregivers to consider home dialysis, a stronger emphasis on the development of patient-focused educational programmes and resources is suggested. Pre-dialysis and home dialysis programmes that address health literacy and focus on cultural and social values may reduce fears and build confidence around decisions to undertake home dialysis. Financial burdens may be minimized through provision of reimbursement programmes, employment support and additional assistance for patients, particularly those residing in remote areas.
Julie Swain - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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not the right kind of digital capital an examination of the complex relationship between disabled students their technologies and higher education institutions
Computers in Education, 2015Co-Authors: Jane Seale, Jan Georgeson, Christoforos Mamas, Julie SwainAbstract:The paper focuses on disabled students in higher education (HE) and their use of technologies to support their learning. Disabled students commonly report that they feel they have to work harder than other students because they have to manage both their disability and their study. Access to and accessibility of technologies affects how well disabled students manage this workload. Data were collected from disabled students in a teaching-intensive university in UK using an online questionnaire survey and a follow-up Semi-Structured Interview. A 'digital capital' framework was used to explore the relationship between disabled students and their technologies and examine the potential complexities of this relationship in more detail.Our results show that while disabled students do have access to social and cultural resources; sometimes these resources are not appropriate or effective (e.g. school-based ICT qualifications) or they are not drawing on all the possible resources available to them (e.g. non-institutional based support or support from disabled students). This means that disabled students can lack the 'right' kind of digital capital to enable them to succeed within HE environments. These findings have implications for how HE institutions conceptualise and organise technology related support services for disabled students. The focus of this paper is disabled students in higher education and their use of technologies to support their learning.An online questionnaire and a Semi-Structured Interview were used to collect data from disabled students in a UK university.Results reveal that disabled students do have access to social and cultural resources that support their use of technology.Sometimes these resources are not totally effective or disabled students are not drawing on all available resources.This means that disabled students can lack the 'right' kind of digital capital to enable them to succeed at university.
Jonathan S Friedland - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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engaging new migrants in infectious disease screening a qualitative semi structured Interview study of uk migrant community health care leads
PLOS ONE, 2014Co-Authors: Farah Seedat, Sally Hargreaves, Jonathan S FriedlandAbstract:Migration to Europe - and in particular the UK - has risen dramatically in the past decades, with implications for public health services. Migrants have increased vulnerability to infectious diseases (70% of TB cases and 60% HIV cases are in migrants) and face multiple barriers to healthcare. There is currently considerable debate as to the optimum approach to infectious disease screening in this often hard-to-reach group, and an urgent need for innovative approaches. Little research has focused on the specific experience of new migrants, nor sought their views on ways forward. We undertook a qualitative Semi-Structured Interview study of migrant community health-care leads representing dominant new migrant groups in London, UK, to explore their views around barriers to screening, acceptability of screening, and innovative approaches to screening for four key diseases (HIV, TB, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C). Participants unanimously agreed that current screening models are not perceived to be widely accessible to new migrant communities. Dominant barriers that discourage uptake of screening include disease-related stigma present in their own communities and services being perceived as non-migrant friendly. New migrants are likely to be disproportionately affected by these barriers, with implications for health status. Screening is certainly acceptable to new migrants, however, services need to be developed to become more community-based, proactive, and to work more closely with community organisations; findings that mirror the views of migrants and health-care providers in Europe and internationally. Awareness raising about the benefits of screening within new migrant communities is critical. One innovative approach proposed by participants is a community-based package of health screening combining all key diseases into one general health check-up, to lessen the associated stigma. Further research is needed to develop evidence-based community-focused screening models - drawing on models of best practice from other countries receiving high numbers of migrants.
