In the last decade, a number of e-participation experiences have been collected based on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT). These projects have made a contribution to the revitalisation of democracy by increasing transparency in governance and creating new political spaces for communication and participation. Whilst different studies have evaluated the overall success ...

abstract background: the experience of labor and birth, referred to as childbirth, is complex, multidimensional, and subjective, relating to both the outcome and the process that is experienced by an individual woman. the aim of this study was to describe the experience of childbirth among kurdish women giving birth at besat hospital in sanandaj, iran. materials and methods: a qualitative study...

E-memories attempt to digitally encode all life experiences in an archive for later search and real-time recommendation. In this paper we describe a prototype real-time e-memory gathering infrastructure and system, that uses smartphones to gather and organise semantically rich e-memory.

Great product ideas come from a marriage of the detailed understanding of a customer need with the in-depth understanding of technology. The best product designs happen when the product’s designers are involved in collecting and interpreting customer data and appreciate what real people need. Contextual Design gives designers the tools to do just that. Contextual Design starts with the recognit...