In this demonstration, we introduce SPLASH (Seek, PLAy, SHare), a mobile application which blends gaming with content sharing and socializing activities. SPLASH is a human computation game that generates location-based content as a byproduct of gameplay. The entertainment derived from gameplay is harnessed to motivate users to contribute content. A detailed description of the features in SPLASH...

In this paper we present the LEDs Urban Carpet: an interactive urban installation using a body-input as a form of a nontraditional user interface. The installation was tested in various locations around the city of Bath, UK. We selected locations with low, medium and high pedestrian flows. The aim is to generate a novel urban experience, which can be introduced in different locations in the cit...

This paper examines how working alongside friends affects employee productivity, how much employees value socializing at work, and how these results are heterogeneous with respect to an employee’s non-cognitive skills. I designed and implemented a field experiment at a seafoodprocessing plant in Vietnam in which, each day, workers were randomly assigned to work stations within the processing ro...

The potential of stem cells in regenerative medicine relies upon removing them from their natural habitat, propagating them in culture, and placing them into a foreign tissue environment. To do so, it is essential to understand how stem cells interact with their microenvironment, the so-called stem cell niche, to establish and maintain their properties. In this review, we examine adult stem cel...

With the rapid development of Internet technology, people also begin to adapt physical absence in network, and gradually explore how socialize network world. In this context, "animalization" socializing has become popular successfully connected social media, becoming one basic expression means communication daily socializing. However, emotional needs personalized contemporary users are being me...

Leaders of today's Catholic ministries are entrusted with an organizational responsibility to promote, sustain and remain true to Christ's healing ministry and the Catholic tradi- tion of caring for and nurturing people in need. Mission integration is a dynamic pro- cess that sets the context for the ministry of service, embedding mission into organizational practices, policies, structures and ...