本論文では,リフレッシュルームやラウンジといった共有インフォーマル空間におけるインフォー マルコミュニケーションを触発するシステムを構築し,その評価を行う.そのために,まず,組織に おいて自然発生的にできた ‘溜まり場’でどのようなインフォーマルコミュニケーションが行われてい るかを知るために観察実験を行った.観察実験の結果,共有インフォーマル空間の利用者は,そこに 行く理由や居るための理由として頻繁に ‘もの(オブジェクト)’に触れたり注視したりしていること が見出され,このことにより距離圧力を回避し「居心地」よくしていることが推定された.我々は, これをオブジェクトの持つ言い訳効果と考え,そのような ‘もの’を「言い訳オブジェクト」と呼ぶこ ととした.次に,観察実験の結果を考慮し,言い訳オブジェクト効果のあるシステムを実現するため の要求分析を行い,伝統的な「囲炉裏」をメタファと...

The purpose of the article is to evaluate management activities Empress Catherine II during reign from 1762 1796. Objective: analyze organizational Great, aimed at reforming entire system state and local government Russia. Conclusion: experience, an active life position results building indicate that women can be not only guardians family hearth, but also successful leaders, as evidenced by num...

The Palaeolithic sequence from Sodmein Cave in the Egyptian Eastern Desert, near Quseir, contains seven stratified archaeological levels from the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. The lowest archaeological level (Middle Palaeolithic level 5) consists of huge fireplaces associated with a lithic assemblage in which Nubian Levallois technology and bifacial tools are present. From this level, six frag...

No severe or prolonged bodily illness followed this incident in the red-room; it only gave my nerves a shock; of which I feel the reverberation to this day...Next day, by noon I was up and dressed, and sat wrapped in a shawl by the nursery hearth. I felt physically weak and broken down; but my worst ailment was an unutterable wretchedness of mind: a wretchedness which kept drawing from me silen...

The paper presents the development of prototype system for measurement of vital functions using the transthoracic bioimpedance. The measurement of the bioimpedance is a non-invasive method providing the information about the body composition, hearth rate, blood flow, breathing etc. The design and realization of a simple four electrode system have been done. The device is designed as a combinati...

Inferring the user’s approval of a graphical interface with non-invasive devices can be effective in improving its design and in implementing adaptive pleasant interactions. This paper investigates how 3 common physiological signals, i.e. skin conductance, heart rate and respiration, can be exploited to infer users’ approval of an online avatar embedded in a health care Website. A between group...