Changing expectations

Network structures: working differently and changing expectations

There is a growing need for innovative methods of dealing with complex, social problems. New types of collaborative efforts have emerged as a result of the inability of more traditional bureaucratic hierarchical arrangements such as departmental programs to resolve these problems. Network structures are one such arrangement that is at the forefront of this movement. Although collaboration throu...

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Pre-surgery expectations and post-surgery life-changing validation process.

This study aimed to validate two instruments that evaluate pre-surgery expectations and post-surgery life changes of people with epilepsy. The expectations questionnaire comprises 18 yes/no questions and the life changes questionnaire 25 yes/no questions, which includes the 18 questions of the expectations questionnaire plus seven negative questions, considering that the surgery could have a ne...

Changing Expectations of Inclusion , Toward Community Self - Discovery

This paper suggests that communities are at a relative disadvantage in the emerging information society. The rules of information access and privacy that apply to governmental jurisdictions, corporations and individuals often do not recognize the real needs of communities and their members. Several definitions of community are presented, suggesting that participation and diversity of interests ...

Changing expectations about speed alters perceived motion direction

Our perceptions are fundamentally altered by our knowledge of the world. When cloud-gazing, for example, we spontaneously tend to recognize known objects in the random configurations of evaporated moisture. How our brains acquire such knowledge and how it impacts our perceptions is a matter of heated discussion. A topic of recent debate has concerned the hypothesis that our visual system ‘assum...