PURPOSE To depict the phenomenon of nursing in the Native American culture. DESIGN At the 1997 annual Native American Nursing Summit held on the Flathead Reservation in Montana, 203 Native American nurses, nursing students, and others who provide health care to Native American people attended and participated in focus groups that provided the data for this qualitative study. The participants ...

Military fathers endure repeated separations from their children. In this qualitative study we describe military fathers' range of involvement with their children, paying special attention to the implications of deployment separation and reintegration. We discuss father involvement using three overlapping major domains of functioning: cognitive, affective, and behavioral. Additionally, we consi...

Visual secret sharing by using generalized random grids is a novel approach for generating nonexpansible shares by artfully utilizing various random variables. Stacking the shares together, secret image can be revealed. This paper proposes a 2 out of 3 visual multiple secret sharing method using generalized random grids. Three secret images (A, B, C) are used for generating three non-expansible...

Wiki system has been deployed in many collaborative learning projects. However, lack of motivation is a serious problem in the collaboration process. The wiki system is originally designed to hide authorship information. Such design may hinder users from being aware of task conflict, resulting in undesired outcomes (e.g. reduced motivation, suppressed knowledge exchange activities). We propose ...

This paper focuses on the content analysis, a technique frequently used for the approach of issues concerning asynchronous computer mediated discussion groups in distance education. Despite the fact that this research technique is frequently used, there are still no standards established. There is a variety of approaches, varying both at detail’s level and at the type of categories of analysis ...

People with cognitive impairments have problems organizing their daily life autonomously. A virtual agent as daily calendar assistant could provide valuable support, but this requires that these special user groups accept such a system and can interact with it successfully. In this paper we present studies to elucidate these questions for elderly users as well as cognitively impaired users. Res...

Learning in asynchronous discussion groups: A multilevel approach to study the influence of student, group and task characteristics

This paper is targeted primarily at doctoral students and others considering hermeneutics as a research strategy. Research using hermeneutics was carried out with occupational therapy educators and clinicians in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the UK. A total of 53 participants engaged in focus groups and individual interviews over a one-year. The paper explores hermeneutics as a credible, ...