Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) assessment at large scales is crucial in marine ecosystems as they reflect key physical and cognitive interactions between humans nature. The analysis of social media data with graph theory a promising approach to provide global information on users' perceptions for different ecosystems. Fourteen areas were selected illustrate the use data. areas, known protect...

the present study-both qualitative and quantitative--explored fifty efl learners’ preferences for receiving error feedback on different grammatical units as well as their beliefs about teacher feedback strategies. the study also examined the effect of the students’ level of writing ability on their views about the importance of teacher feedback on different error types. data was gathered throug...

Personal Privacy Assistants (PPAs) can support users in managing their privacy. Conducting a user study, we provide qualitative and quantitative insights into how imagine PPA PPAs designs appear for different groups. We highlight five aspects derived from the literature that are essential when designing PPA: What features should have? How learn users’ preferences? level of involvement its decis...

nowadays, the aims for assessing visual quality of landscape are to define and determine certain criteria and factors that can be used for conservation, rehabilitation and renovation of landscapes as well as determining whether a landscape is aesthetically appropriate or not. by this way, landscapes with aesthetic values are conserved and the rest are amended. analyzing the relations between vi...

Given the vital importance of the Internet as a communication and transaction channel, the evaluation of Web sites has become a central issue for both information systems researchers and practitioners. In contrast to traditional distribution and communication channels, which are usually adapted to different target groups, a company’s Web site needs to appeal to a multitude of mostly anonymous v...

Clinical trials are fundamental to the advancement of medicine but constantly face recruitment difficulties. Various clinical trial search engines have been designed to help health consumers identify trials for which they may be eligible. Unfortunately, knowledge of the usefulness and usability of their designs remains scarce. In this study, we used mixed methods, including time-motion analysis...

This paper describes a user-centered design method, which allows the integration of user's perceptions in different stages of the design process, by taking into account his/her needs and preferences. It relies on two domains which remain generally distinct: the design with a scientific approach (generally math-based) and the integration of users' perceptions, preferences, tastes, inherently sub...