In this paper we present #Scanners, a digital arts installation that aims to bridge the gap between digital arts and neuroscience. #Scanners is an experience in which an individual wears a wireless brain scanners whilst being presented media which is dynamically affected by the individuals physiology. A prototype system has been successfully trialled on roughly 100 users over the past 18 months...

Although research has found that students value timely, formative feedback, it’s unknown how students’ prior experiences influence their expectations for feedback in online learning environments. Two workshops were conducted to examine college students’ perceptions and preferences about feedback during traditional and online instruction. Survey, short response, and interview questions were used...

We study a system where a service is shared by many identical customers; the service is provided by a single resource. As expected each customer experiences congestion, a negative externality, from the others’ usage of the shared resource in our model. In addition, we assume each customer experiences a positive externality from others’ usage; this is in contrast to prior literature that assumes...

Shortly after the advent of the first imaging passive microwave sensor on board a research satellite an anomalous climate feature was observed within the Weddell Sea. During the years 1974–1976, a 250 10 km area within the seasonal sea ice cover was virtually free of winter sea ice. This feature, the Weddell Polynya, was created as sea ice formation was inhibited by ocean convection that inject...

The increasing popularity of distance education courses, including Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), creates a demand for the production of quality video-based educational material. In order to reduce the costs involved in the production of video lectures, several researchers have investigated alternatives for capture and access systems which automatically capture lecture contents to generat...

Background: Varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection is one of the nosocomial infections and healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk group who work in the hospital with likelihood of varicella acquisition or transmission. This study evaluated the VZV seroprevalence in this high risk population in Babol, Iran. Methods: Serological testing for VZV using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)...

This study tested the lower boundary of the dosage required to garner health benefits from written emotional expression. Participants wrote about either a personal trauma, a positive life experience, or a control topic for 2 minutes each day for 2 days. Emotion word usage in the essays was examined and physical health complaints were measured 4-6 weeks after the last writing session. Trauma and...

This research advanced the development for a theoretical framework of service experience in Service Science discipline. Service experience is composed of a series of complicated services and influenced by many factors. Customer psychological status is the important one to be investigated. Accordingly, we proposed a theoretical framework of service experience based on the perspectives of custome...

Results The majority of participants found some positive aspect of being accommodated in a single room; however, the overall experience of MRSA isolation was viewed as a negative one. ‘Being MRSA positive’, ‘Being with others’; and ‘Living within four walls’ were the major themes associated with participants’ experience. The central characterisation of their experience, ‘Behind barriers’, sugge...