Telephonic Terrorism

Artifacts in telephonic transmitted ECGs.

Iso-phone: a total submersion telephonic experience

In this paper we describe the Iso-phone, a telecommunications concept providing a service that can be described simply as a meeting of the telephone and the floatation tank. By blocking out peripheral sensory stimulation and distraction, the Iso-phone attempts to create a telephonic space of heightened purity and focus. By presenting an everyday product in a new configuration and context, using...

Satisfaction with telephonic interpreters in pediatric care.

OBJECTIVES To compare satisfaction among Spanish-speaking mothers who did and did not use telephonic interpreters during pediatric visits, and to examine resident physician attitudes about telephonic interpreter use. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS AND INTERVENTIONS Anonymous surveys were administered to 98 mothers limited in English proficiency and presenting for well-baby visits in an urban u...

Modelling Telephonic Interaction: A Dynamic Approach

Synopsis: This paper outlines a dynamic formalism for modelling interaction. A dynamic formalism models the behaviour potential at each point throughout an interaction, rather than trying to present the possible types of completed interaction structures, as in a synoptic approach. It is thus more concerned with interaction as process, rather than interaction as product. We model an interaction ...

Terrorism experiments

Experimental research has a long-established tradition in psychology and sociology, and a more recent but important history as a useful methodology in economics. In this article, we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of experiments as a method for studying terrorism and other national security topics. For example, given the paucity of data on counterterror policy decisions by governments, as ...