In recent times, spirituality, as typified by the religion has been on receiving end of scathing criticisms. Although seducing, arguments these critics seem romanticized and flawed for very reason that there abound natural synergies between spirituality social development. Consequently, this article addresses interconnections work profession, Drawing holistic intervention strategies religious o...

We propose a model for dialogue between non task oriented agents, based on the dissonance and relevance theories. Non task oriented agents are studied as a model for non expert agents, as opposed to task oriented agents, in order to provide models for social science simulations. Dialogue between non task oriented agents can not be modelled like task oriented dialogue because no criterium is pro...

This article describes how to design for ambient playful interactions in public spaces, using interactive technology. Ten explorative design cases are presented, all interactive installations with the goal to elicit playful active behavior from teenagers. Following this, we derive three design values, based on literature, user research and the insights from the design cases. These design values...

In this work we report on the analysis, from an energy consumption point of view, of two communication methods in the Web-ofThings (WoT) framework. The use of WoT is seducing regarding the standardization of the access to things. It also allows leveraging on existing web application frameworks and speed up development. However, in some contexts such as smart buildings where the objective is to ...

Case 1: This 16-year-old woman was referred for psychiatric management of her dermatitis artefacta that presented as superficial linear abrasions on her thighs and arms. During psychotherapy, the patient disclosed that her father had started sexually molesting her when she was about 8 years old. By age 10 years her father was having sexual intercourse with her. Initially, the patient confused h...

The extensive expansion and use of the Web and the Internet comes at the price of seducing a number of intruders to utilize the Web for destructive purposes. In the scope of Websites and Web pages, spammers try to inject their own content and pages in Web sites and search engine search results to be more visible to users and attract users to their Websites or products. This paper analyses the b...

The paper analyses the successes and failures of the transfer of technical innovations into the Dutch construction industry. When in the nineteen-seventies calcium silicate stone was introduced as the basis for a new construction technology, it rapidly became the material of choice for housing construction in The Netherlands. More recently the Dutch government has been promoting timber frame co...