Patient education is a central component in high-quality integrated care of patients with chronic pain. The current study assessed patients' satisfaction with a 12 wk "Pain Education School" program within the initial 2 yr phase of implementation. A mixed-method treatment outcome design was used. A sample of 219 veterans between November 6, 2009, and January 20, 2012, was evaluated. Quantitativ...

With an increasing amount of arising crowdsourcing initiatives, insights are needed on how to successfully drive initial and sustained platform-activity, as a form of value cocreation between crowdsourcer and crowdsourcees. Therefore, the engagement concept, known as a micro-foundation of value co-creation, serves to holistically understand crowdsourcees’ psychological and behavioral responses ...

A truly meshless Galerkin method is formulated in the present study, as a special case of the general Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) “Mixed” approach. The Galerkin method is implemented as a truly meshless method, for solving elasto-static problems. In the present Galerkin method, the test function is chosen to be the same as the trial function, as a special case of the MLPG approach. Ho...

While the proliferation of mobile devices has rendered mobile notifications ubiquitous, researchers are only slowly beginning to understand how these technologies affect everyday social interactions. In particular, the negative social influence of mobile interruptions remains unexplored from a methodological perspective. This paper contributes a mixed-method evaluation procedure for assessing t...

We want to believe HCI has much to offer the game industry, but it goes beyond simply acknowledging differences between the HCI notion of a user and the game design notion of a player. People engage in play in very different ways––and so our evaluation methods should reflect this diversity. Game designers and researchers must be careful in establishing common frameworks for evaluation that stym...

The purpose of this study was to determine the therapeutic efficacy of citric and tartaric acids on experimental dermatophytosis in guinea pigs. In this study, the susceptibility of Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. mentagrophytes to citric and tartaric acids was assessed using the macrodilution broth method. In the animal experiments, a cream consisting of the mixed acids was topically applied ...

During the last half decade, various theories, concepts, and models have been established to make organizations more environmentally sustainable. The IS community had their share with the Green IS/IT domain. As it turned out most of these concepts took a very functional approach, not making a good fit for business process oriented organizations. To fill this gap the research stream of Green Bus...

Mixed methods research is interesting to understand complex processes. Organ transplants are complex processes in need of improved final performance in times of budgetary restrictions. As the main objective a mixed method approach is used in this article to quantify the technical efficiency and the excellence achieved in organ transplant systems and to prove the influence of organizational stru...

Article history: Received 8 December 2013 Available online 16 February 2014 In times of rising longevity and shortage of skilled workers, post-retirement work has become increasingly prevalent in many countries. However, not much is known about the expectations and facilitating factors associated with work-related activities after retirement. In two studies we draw on the social cognitive caree...