The ADINA program can be used for analyses of fluid flows fully coupled with structures. Fluid flows can be modeled as incompressible, slightly compressible, fully compressible and porous media flows. Both iterative (partitioned) and direct (simultaneous) solution procedures can be used. The capabilities available in ADINA are briefly summarized and various experiences regarding the use of the ...

INTRODUCTION For dentists, benefits of MEDLNE searching include extensive coverage of the dental literature, increased awareness of current topics, and availability of dental practice management articles. Presently, however, their use ofMEDLINE is limited [1]. Thus, the goals of this project were to evaluate dentists' use and opinions of MEDLINE, and to determine the needs of this group for edu...

This paper describes an instructional approach designed to teach adults in a workplace training program strategies for communicating in an electronic context. Students used an on-line discussion group to respond to cases that were relevant to their experiences of seeking and preparing for employment. A scaffolded teaching approach was used whereby students were taught to explain or express a vi...

We believe that a broad class of future applications will span both the Internet and the telephone network because such multiplanar applications have several economic and architectural advantages over conventional ones. We also envision the close interlinking of the telephone network and the Internet to form a multimodal network. In this paper, we describe these applications and networks, outli...

Distance learning programs have rapidly increased during the past few decades. In fall 2000 the University of Joensuu started to offer distance Computer Science (CS) studies to the high school students in surrounding rural areas of Joensuu. In this program high school students study the first year’s university level CS studies over the web simultaneously with their regular high school studies. ...

Emerging field of intimate computing relates to the technologies that aim to mediate affective communication across distance. Conventional telecommunication media are originally designed for collaborations and task oriented goals with the poor support of intimate experiences. Contemporary lifestyle changes leaded to design and adoption of technologies in support of long distance relationships. ...

This paper considers the presentation of self on an internet dating site. Thirty men and 30 women were interviewed about their online dating experiences. They were asked about how they constructed their profiles and how they viewed other individuals’ profiles. Which types of presentations of self led to more successful offline romantic relationships were also investigated. Additionally, gender ...

Exploring music actively can be restricted for someone with cognitive, physical, or sensory impairments. They may face barriers to participation and diminished experiences between their musical expression and the music making means available to them. Technology can be used to bridge these gaps and focus on a person’s capability to create personal instruments that allow for active music making a...

'Interactives" have become an integral part of the exhibits of many museums. The term 'interactives' has been used as a shorthand description for interactive multi-media displays based around a computer and operated by an individual. In the Powerhouse Museum, Australia's largest museum, the term's usage has been expanded to include manually controlled exhibits that don't use a computer at all. ...

Childhood misfortune refers to nonnormative experiences individuals encounter at younger ages that affect development across the life span. This study examined whether retrospectively reported childhood misfortune was associated with negative and positive affect in adulthood. In addition, we explored whether perceived control beliefs would moderate these associations. We used archival data from...