Connecting Families
The Impact of New Communication Technologies on Domestic Life
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Numeracy in Science and Health Journalism
Data and numerical information surround us in our daily lives, and nowhere more so than when it comes to health and science. News reports about these topics have profound effects on our well-being and our sens...
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Open AccessMap** the global free expression landscape using machine learning
Freedom of expression is a core human right, yet the forces that seek to suppress it have intensified, increasing the need to develop tools that can measure the rates of freedom globally. In this study, we pro...
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Open AccessThe radical ambiguity at the heart of Pierre Bourdieu’s critique of journalism
The influence of media theorist and sociologist of the journalistic field Pierre Bourdieu has been widespread since his death in 2002 yet his relationship with journalism was at best an ambivalent one. On the ...
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Comparison among allometric models for tree biomass estimation using non-destructive trees’ data
The non-destructive method—using allometric models—of forest biomass estimation is one of the most effective and efficient approaches, however, there is an ambiguity to choose a particular type of model for pr...
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Smallholder reforestation and livelihoods in the humid tropics: a systematic map** study
Systematic map** studies provide a snapshot of the literature based on systematic literature searches. In this systematic map** study, the original research that links reforestation and livelihoods in the ...
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Open AccessUse of QSPR Modeling to Characterize In Vitro Binding of Drugs to a Gut-Restricted Polymer
Polymeric drugs, including patiromer (Veltassa®), bind target molecules or ions in the gut, allowing fecal elimination. Non-absorbed insoluble polymers, like patiromer, avoid common systemic drug-drug interact...
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Patient Empowerment Through Summarization of Discussion Threads on Treatments in a Patient Self-help Forum
Self-help patient fora are widely used for information acquisition and exchange of experiences, e.g., on the effects of medical treatments for a disease. However, a new patient may have difficulties in getting...
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Co-designing for Co-listening: Conceptualizing Young People’s Social and Music-Listening Practices
Social networking applications have come to dominate the attention of technology-users of all ages, and are seen as the quintessential application of social media. They promise to connect us to our friends an...
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Regulating the Quality of Seedlings for Forest Restoration: Lessons from the National Greening Program in the Philippines
The use of low quality planting material is one of the major reasons for the limited success of past reforestation programs in the Philippines and elsewhere in the tropics. In the Philippines, a national polic...
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Investigating Notifications and Awareness for Multi-user Multi-touch Tabletop Displays
Notifications seek to guide people’s attention toward timely, relevant, and important tasks and interactions. This work considers situations in which multiple people are sharing a single large display, with co...
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Proto-computational Thinking: The Uncomfortable Underpinnings
The idea of computational thinking (CT) has resulted in widespread action at all levels of the American educational system. Some action focuses on programming, some on cognition, and some on physical action th...
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An Observational Study of Simultaneous and Sequential Interactions in Co-located Collaboration
Large-scale multi-touch displays provide highly interactive spaces for small group activities. These devices feature the ability to detect concurrent touch inputs, which enable multiple co-located collaborator...
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Financial Evaluation of Forestry Investments: Common Pitfalls and Guidelines for Better Analyses
Many of the papers submitted to Small-scale Forestry contain financial analyses of forestry investments. Unfortunately, both the method of analysis and the reporting of the analysis in initial submissions are oft...
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Mitigation potential of important farm and forest trees: a potentiality for clean development mechanism afforestation reforestation (CDM A R) project and reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation, along with conservation and enhancement of carbon stocks (REDD+)
The effectiveness and integrity of forest-based emissions reduction schemes such as Clean Development Mechanism Afforestation Reforestation (CDM A R) project and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degra...
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Resource Availability Versus Resource Extraction in Forests: Analysis of Forest Fodder System in Forest Density Classes in Lower Himalayas, India
Particularly in develo** countries, forests provide feed for livestock in the form of fodder for stall-feeding and grazing in forest areas. Extraction of fodder resources from forests often leads to forest d...
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Comparative Analysis of On-Site Free-Hand Chainsaw Milling and Fixed Site Mini-Bandsaw Milling of Smallholder Timber
Sawing trials were conducted to determine the green-off sawn (GOS) timber recovery rates of chainsaw milling and mini-bandsaw milling and determine the potential returns from timber sales (stumpage value) of s...
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Inter-Family Messaging with Domestic Media Spaces
Many family members have a need to stay connected with their loved ones when they are separated by distance. Technologies such as the phone or email help achieve this to some extent, but, many people still fee...
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Connecting Families: An Introduction
Family life is complex and dynamic. It forms a core part of our existence. Underpinning family life, is family connection: how families not just communicate with each other, but how they share their lives and rou...
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Achieving Both Creativity and Rationale: Reuse in Design with Images and Claims
Although designers seek to create designs that are novel, most are based in some part on previous work. However, formal methods for design rationale reuse are dismissed as too inhibiting to the creative proces...
