Four golden lessons

Four Lessons from Traditional MDEs

While many researchers are interested in developing and designing technologies for multiple-display environments (MDEs), a core problem remains: we do not fully understand the role these display technologies can play in real-world activities. Our approach has been to study traditional MDEs (i.e. offices and laboratory environments) to understand both the tasks supported by traditional displays,...

HRI: Four Lessons from Acting Method

This informal paper discusses four principles found throughout much of the acting method literature that may be of value to HumanRobot Interaction (HRI) design: (1) psycho-physical unity, (2) mutual responsiveness, (3) objective and inner monologue, and (4) the taking into account of circumstances. This work is founded on the notion that both acting and HRI design are concerned with physically ...

Lessons Learned in Health Care Research: Four IS Case Studies

Much attention has been paid recently to the need for information systems research in healthcare. Premiere IS journals have called for research addressing the interoperability, implementation, adoption, diffusion and clinical data standards needs of our ailing US health care system. Because of the IS community has much to offer the unique healthcare environment, collaborative research is a nece...

Commentary: hormone replacement therapy and coronary heart disease: four lessons.

In 1991, Stampfer and Colditz,1 reviewing epidemiological studies of the effect of postmenopausal oestrogen on coronary heart disease concluded that: ‘... the bulk of evidence strongly supports a protective effect of estrogens that is unlikely to be explained by confounding factors ...’ Their best estimate of the relative risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in postmenopausal oestrogen users wa...

An amalgamation of four specialty hospitals. Lessons learned.