Discussion Report

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Discussion Report: Simplicity and Appropriation

Going beyond the traditional view of appropriation as the customization and tailorability of technical systems, we consider a view of appropriation as a set of emergent socially constructed meanings enacted among a community of users – that is, appropriation as a sociotechnical phenomenon (Dourish 2001a, 2001b). We lay out the rationale behind such an approach, the key role of simplicity in sup...

Discussion Report: Hypersearching the web

With the WWW growing hour by hour, searching and obtaining high quality relevant results from the collection of unstructured/unorganized information (which WWW trully is) has become a complicated task. In addition, web sites are written in multiple languages, styles and dialects, containing truth, falsehood, wisdom, propaganda or sheer nonsense. Distinguishing the most relevant information from...

Middle Ear Adenoma: Case Report and Discussion

Introduction. Despite modern radiological workup, surgeons can still be surprised by intraoperative findings or by the pathologist's report. Materials & Methods. We describe the case of a 52-year-old male who was referred to our clinic with a single sided conductive hearing loss. He ultimately underwent middle ear exploration and excision of a middle ear tumour followed by second look and ossic...

Erythema multiforme: case report and discussion.

Erythema multiforme may be placed on a disease continuum that includes Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. It was first described in 1866 by Hebra as a skin disease with symmetrically distributed red papules, evolving within several days to form annular or iris-like shapes or blisters. The term multiforme described this evolution of primary lesions into different forms. In ...