A largely neglected aspect in crowdsourcing research is the “Crowdsourcing Experience” itself, which every crowdsourcee is necessarily exposed to throughout the IT-mediated interaction process, potentially stimulating engagement towards the crowdsourcer. Hence, the crowdsourcees’ engagement process is conceptualized and illustrated with empirical findings from a pilot case. It exemplifies that ...

The emergence of theory-driven evaluation has drawn attention to the need for practical ways for evaluators to construct program theory to achieve the benefits of the approach. This article illustrates the use of concept mapping as a technique to explicate underlying program theory in the context of family support programs. In this example, 29 professional staff members from a statewide family ...

This chapter is a systematic examination of the phenomenon ‘spending’ Welfare Funds in Indian state Kerala, which contrasts with general picture underspending similar funds other States India. Undertaken through an parliamentary and judicial records, interviews, review available literature, it shows evolution for construction workers sociopolitical processes that underpin it. case also illustra...

According to advancements in video technology, there are lots of needs for various special effects of videos. The conventional image-transform effects could be applied to video streams, but non-photorealistic rendering effects are not easy to apply. For example, cartoon or illustration effects have expensive costs in video transformation which makes it difficult to execute in real-time. In this...

Every happening in one's life may be regarded by her/him as a leading phenomenon to other happenings. This leading phenomenon which can anticipate the subsequent happenings is called SIGN. Signs are unique for every group of human being and hence culture-specific. This is even true for every individual. Signs permeate in every aspect of universe. Among these fields, children's literature is stu...