bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A combined prosodic and linguistic treatment approach for language-communication skills in children with autism spectrum disorders: A proof-of-concept study
Authors: Kuschke Silva , Vinck Bart , Geertsema Salomé
Published: July 2016

This study aimed to determine whether the use of prosodically varied speech within a traditional language therapy framework had any effect on the listening skills, pragmatic skills and social interaction behaviour of three children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A single participant multiple baseline design across behaviours was implemented. Three participants with ASD were selected for this research. The listening skills, pragmatic skills and social interaction behaviour of the participants were compared before treatment, after a 3-week
period of treatment and after a 2-week withdrawal period from treatment, utilising prosodically varied speech within a traditional language therapy approach. Statistical significance was not calculated for each individual due to the limited data, but visual inspection indicated that all the participants showed positive behavioural changes in performance across all areas after 3 weeks of treatment, independent of their pre-treatment performance level. The use of
prosodically varied speech within a traditional language therapy framework appears to be a viable form of treatment for children with ASD.
Learning from disruptive classroom behaviour in a Grade 2 mathematics lesson
Authors: Roberts Nicky , Venkat Hamsa
Published: July 2016

In this article, Mason’s ‘discipline of noticing’ is used to theorise a reflective process for changing mathematics teaching in a challenging context. The methodological approach was guided by critical reflective processes that produced, firstly, a descriptive ‘account-of’ an unsuccessful mathematics lesson, followed by layers of analyses drawing on theory and literature that guided our development of ‘accounts-for’ the classroom interactions. This example of a South African teacher-researcher’s self-study on disruptive learner behaviour in her Foundation Phase mathematics class is useful at the practitioner level, in which it details how increasingly critical layers of pedagogic reflection can be used to transform mathematics teaching, and via this route, to improve access to mathematical learning in a challenging context. At the research and policy levels, our findings question the separation of attention to mathematics and learner behaviour, rather than addressing the two in combination.
Beneficiary contact moderates relationship between authentic leadership and engagement
Authors: Scheepers Caren B. , Elstob Sarah L.
Published: July 2016

Orientation: Beneficiary contact moderates the relationship between authentic leadership and work engagement.Research purpose: The objective of this study was to examine the moderating effect of the breadth, depth and frequency of employee interaction with the beneficiaries of their work on the positive impact of authentic leadership on work engagement.Motivation for the study: Investigating the boundary conditions of the relationship between leaders and followers is vital to enhance the positive effect of leadership. Authentic leadership has not previously been examined with respect to beneficiary contact as a specific situational factor. The researchers therefore set out to ascertain whether beneficiary contact has a strengthening or weakening effect on the impact of authentic leadership on work engagement.Research design, approach and method: The researchers administered the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ), the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9) and Grant’s scale on Beneficiary Contact.Main findings: The findings showed that beneficiary contact had a weakening effect on the positive relationship between authentic leadership and work engagement.Practical/managerial implications: Ideally, organisations create environments conducive to work engagement in which leadership plays an important role. This study found that one factor in the work environment, namely beneficiary contact, might have an adverse effect on the positive relationship that authentic leadership has on work engagement. Leaders should therefore take organisational contextual realities into account, such as regular, intense interaction of employees with the beneficiaries of their work. This situation could create strain for individual employees, requiring additional organisational support.Contribution/value-add: Organisations need to recognise the impact of beneficiary contact on the relationship between authentic leadership and work engagement. The researchers propose further studies on the influence of contextual variables on the relationship between leaders and followers.
Towards engagement: A comparison of fan groups in the context of a major South African football club
Authors: Stander Frederick W. , De Beer Leon T.
Published: July 2016

Orientation: The commercial growth of sport clubs is often a direct consequence of the level of engagement of its fans. However, limited research has been done to understand how the engagement experience of these fans could be enhanced.Research purpose: The objective of this research was to evaluate whether differences exist amongst groups of sport fans in terms of their levels of engagement. This is conducted on the basis of customer engagement – relationship marketing – and market segmentation theories,and in an effort to inform practical strategies that could be used to leverage engagement. By establishing that differences do exist between segments of sport fans, practical strategies could be developed based on such differences.Research approach, design and method: A cross-sectional, quantitative design was utilised in this study. A convenience sample of 430 adult fans of one of South Africa’s largest and best supported professional football clubs participated in the study. Two fan groupings were compared, namely fans who belonged to a formal supporters’ branch of the club versus fans who did not, and fans who frequented the social media platforms of such club versus fans who did not. Multi group confirmatory factor analysis and latent variable modelling were implemented to compare groups of fans in terms of sport fan engagement. Measurement invariance was reviewed to compare the equivalence of measurement between the groups.Main findings: Statistical analysis revealed greater levels of fan engagement amongst fans that form part of formal supporters’ branches as well as amongst fans who regularly visit the sport club’s social media platforms.Practical/managerial implications: By making use of supporters’ branches and social media,practical engagement strategies are available to professional sport clubs that seek to enhance the engagement experience of their fans. These strategies could assist clubs in developing customised intervention programmes specifically for this purpose.Contribution/value-add: The study puts forward practical suggestions with regards to engagement strategies that professional sport clubs can consider in their efforts to enhance the commercial performance of their teams through greater engagement.
A comparison of sentiment analysis techniques with a social media big data set
Authors: Van der Linde I. , Kotzé E. , Dollman G.
Published: July 2016

No abstract available.
Numerical simulation of relativistic astrophysical outflows
Authors: Van der Westhuizen I. P. , Van Soelen B. , Meintjes P. J.
Published: July 2016

No abstract available.
Pulsars as jittery timers
Authors: Maritz J. M. , Meintjes P. J.
Published: July 2016

No abstract available.
Noble metal catalysts on metal oxide support by co-precipitation for low-temperature selective hydrogenation
Authors: Gerber S. J. , Erasmus E.
Published: July 2016

No abstract available.
The strong Parrott’s lemma
Authors: Van Straaten M. , Ter Horst S.
Published: July 2016

No abstract available.
Analysis of endocrine disrupting chemicals in water by sorptive extraction, GC×GCTOFMS and UPLC-MS/MS
Authors: Wooding M. , Aneck-Hahnb N. , Bornmanb R. , Rohwer E. , Naudé Y.
Published: July 2016

No abstract available.
’n Fynbedagte kleurespel in grafiekteorie
Authors: Maritz E. C.M. , Dorfling S. , Vetrik T.
Published: July 2016

Geen abstrak beskikbaar nie.
Electrochemical and Adsorption Studies of the Metal Organic Framework, NH2-MIL-53(Al)
Authors: Peens F. H. , Langner E. H.G.
Published: July 2016

No abstract available.
Association of Resident Duty Hour Restrictions on Mortality of Nervous System Disease and Disorder
Authors: Churnin Ian , Michalek Joel , Seifi Ali
Published: July 2016

Background 

The impact of the 2003 residency duty hour reform on patient care remains a debated issue.

Objective 

Determine the association between duty hour limits and mortality in patients with nervous system pathology.

Methods 

Via a retrospective cohort study using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2000–2010, the authors evaluated in-hospital mortality status in those with a primary discharge level diagnosis of disease or disorder of the nervous system. Odds ratios were calculated, and Bonferroni corrected P values and confidence intervals were determined to account for multiple comparisons relating in-hospital mortality with teaching status of the hospital by year.

Results 

The pre-reform (2000–2002) and peri-reform (2003) periods revealed no significant difference between teaching and nonteaching hospital mortality (P > .99). The post-reform period (2004–2010) was dominated by years of significantly higher mortality rates in teaching hospitals compared to nonteaching hospitals: 2004 (P < .001); 2006 (P = .043); 2007 (P = .042); and 2010 (P = .003). However, data for 2005 (P ≥ .99), 2008 (P = .80), and 2009 (P = .09) did not show a significant difference in mortality.

Conclusions 

Teaching and nonteaching hospital mortality was similar in patients with nervous system pathology prior to the duty hour reform. While nonteaching institutions demonstrated steadily declining mortality over the decade, teaching hospital mortality spiked in 2004 and declined at a more restricted rate. The timing of these changes could suggest a negative correlation of duty hour restrictions on outcomes of patients with nervous system pathology.
El bloque residencial de la colonia obrera Lucas Urquijo
Authors: Salvador Luján Nuria , Lizondo Sevilla Laura , Bosch Reig Ignacio
Published: July 2016

El artículo presenta la aportación promovida por Hidroeléctrica Española S.A. en el sector de la vivienda colectiva española de la primera mitad del siglo XX. En concreto, estudia las soluciones desarrolladas en las colonias obreras que esta empresa construyó a lo largo del Sistema Hidrográfico del rio Júcar en la comunidad de Castilla-la Mancha, de entre las que destaca el bloque lineal de viviendas por corredor exterior Lucas Urquijo. Este discurso pretende poner en valor este desconocido fragmento de la arquitectura española.
La materialización de lo abstracto. Corviale, del paisaje a la textura del hormigón
Authors: Solano Rojo Montserrat , Valero Ramos Elisa
Published: July 2016

Corviale (Roma, 1971-1982), dirigido por Mario Fiorentino, se presenta como un ejemplo significativo de la vivienda colectiva en Italia y de la arquitectura del siglo XX. Un proyecto que apuesta por la definición de un sistema lineal de gran escala en la periferia, concentrando el ambicioso programa de vivienda social en tres únicos volúmenes. Será, sin duda, su gran bloque residencial de alta densidad el que sintetice los objetivos perseguidos, permitiendo además resaltar valores significativos desde dos grados de percepción: desde la escala territorial, y desde la escala arquitectónica y de su materialidad.
Edificio de viviendas Alfonso Reyes 200. México
Authors: Ambrosi i Etchegaray Estudio
Published: July 2016

El encargo consistió en diseñar un edificio para 8 viviendas en la esquina de la Avenida Alfonso Reyes con la calle de Saltillo, en la colonia Condesa.

El planteamiento del proyecto separa el edificio del lindero largo, para así tomar la esquina con un solo gesto de 17 metros de altura, en donde el volumen resultante se expresa a través de su ritmo estructural en contrapunto con los vanos y balcones de la fachada.
44 viviendas de protección oficial en Teruel. España
Authors: Cristina Argos Moras y María Loriente López Arquitectos
Published: July 2016

El edificio se integra dentro de una nueva trama urbana de la ciudad de Teruel y alberga la construcción de 44 Viviendas Sociales, 44 trasteros, 65 plazas de aparcamiento y locales comerciales. La organización interior de los diferentes espacios responde a la relación del edificio con el entorno en sus diferentes orientaciones, cerrándose en orientaciones norte y abriéndose al entorno en orientaciones sur. Se desarrollan tres tipologías de vivienda cumpliendo un mismo programa, compuesto por estar-comedor, cocina, 3 dormitorios y dos baños agrupados, que permiten una mayor flexibilidad de distribución.
Conjunto residencial Polje 2 en Ljubliana. Eslovenia
Authors: Bevk Matija
Published: July 2016

El conjunto de viviendas Polje II consta de 6 edificios casi idénticos, ubicados en la periferia de Ljubljana. Se concibe como un “tablero de ajedrez” de espacios construidos y espacios abiertos, lo que resulta en un sencillo, pero visual y funcionalmente rico, ambiente.

El conjunto propuesto se integra en el tejido suburbano existente hacia el oeste, mientras que tres de los seis bloques se encadenan a lo largo de la carretera de acceso con vistas a los verdes campos en el este. El plan de ordenación urbana permite espacios de “respiro” para los bloques individuales, que les ofrezcan privacidad y luz. El espacio central, delimitado por cuatro bloques, es un parque común donde padres e hijos pueden congregarse de manera informal, y está llamado a ser el corazón del conjunto.
Determinación sistémica de valores tangibles e intangibles y atributos clave para el desarrollo de productos-joya
Authors: Medina Gómez Andrea Lucía , González Díaz José Rafael
Published: July 2016

Análisis de los aspectos clave que influencian la determinación de atributos tangibles e intangibles contenidos en aspectos para el diseño de producto-joya contemporánea, como potenciadores de valores diferenciales de comportamiento y preferencias por parte del consumidor, así como, por las propias organizaciones del sector en términos del fortalecimiento del capital intelectual, competitividad e identidad, a través del diseño y la gestión del conocimiento. La metodología consideró en primera instancia la recogida de información mediante distintas fuentes documentales (revistas científicas y profesionales, informes, instituciones, eventos especializados, libros, entre otros). A continuación, se emplearon métodos cualitativos para analizar la opinión de expertos y consumidores en América Latina y Europa, a los efectos de contrastar la importancia de los resultados obtenidos mediante información documental y sesiones grupales. Además, se observan las tendencias en entornos de desarrollo e interacción con el producto a través de distintos canales de comunicación especializados para analizar factores como el diseño, materiales y procesos que contribuyen en la toma de decisiones de compra. Se destacan los hallazgos sobre componentes relacionales en el producto-joya contemporánea y su contexto en cuanto a la innovación, así como la actuación de atributos clave en la definición del diseño y desarrollo del producto, para el consumidor y los productores del sector. Desde la comprensión de valores tangibles e intangibles, se esboza una caracterización del producto, en el marco de un modelo sistémico de gestión del conocimiento, en el que se presentan evidencias relevantes que pretenden favorecer la toma de decisiones del proceso inicial de diseño de joyería contemporánea, en un campo donde la literatura es limitada. La muestra de expertos es consistente y fiable, se logró consolidar datos en siete países, sin embargo, se espera continuar explorando más contextos geográficos y culturales. Se considera que la diversidad en el origen y procedencia actúan como grupos de control multidisciplinar. El estudio busca reconocer insights del usuario para contribuir con su satisfacción individual y colectiva, mediante una configuración oportuna del producto. El estudio posee gran valor especialmente para pequeños fabricantes y diseñadores de joyería, que buscan mayor participación en el mercado. Los aportes realizados se centran en el ámbito empírico, técnico, académico y empresarial relacionado con el producto-joya contemporánea, así como las aportaciones de relevancia detectadas para el investigador y el diseñador; también pueden servir como base para otros estudios enfocados en el diseño y la gestión en sectores productivos basados en los oficios artesanales.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.2471
El modelado físico del espacio de diseño concurrente como recurso didáctico para el análisis, exploración y mediación entre lo abstracto y concreto.
Authors: Briede Juan Carlos , Leal Isabel Margarita , Pérez Cristhian
Published: July 2016

Las metodologías de diseño de productos orientadas a potenciar la creatividad hacia la innovación presentan un punto de inflexión al momento de pasar de la etapa divergente de análisis a una convergente de síntesis que se presenta al momento de abordar el diseño conceptual.  El modelo simplificado para abordar el diseño conceptual planteado  Hernandis&Briede (2009) permite modelar el espacio del diseño del producto desde una perspectiva teórica para mapear e integrar los requerimientos y condicionantes para convertirse en una guía de referencia o diagrama que se representa visualmente para considerarlo al momento de configurar y caracterizar la propuesta de diseño conceptual. Es un ejercicio cognitivo que implica una alto grado de abstracción que muchas veces se deshecha por la complejidad y alto nivel teórico que es lejano a la aplicación real.   En el diseño y desarrollo de productos abordado por el Taller de Diseño Centrado en el Usuario [DCU] de tercer año de la carrera de diseño industrial de la Universidad del Bío-Bío se ha aplicado la metodología sistémica como medio para guiar el proceso y la toma de decisiones en el modelado conceptual. En dicha ocasión se aplicó la secuencia metodológica de Hernandis&Briede (2009). A la hora de modelar el espacio de diseño, los alumnos no solo tuvieron que esquematizarlo en una lámina, sino que también maquetearlo tridimensionalmente. Este ejercicio permitió reforzar el proceso de análisis y evidenciar la tensión entre la representación teórica y la representación física gracias al tiempo de constructivo y a la representación de las cualidades geométricamente. Esto permitió a los alumnos entender tácitamente por un lado las implicancias de la desagregación geométrica de volumen, superficie y límite de contorno así como la referenciación física puede gatillar la exploración de alternativas como recurso mediador de los atributos teóricos y su resolución tangible en el plano del producto.  Se constata que incluir esta etapa facilita el “modelado del espacio del diseño” así como la gestión e integración de variables y atributos del producto antes de generar la propuesta de diseño.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.2566
Design para saúde e qualidade de vida: desenvolvimento e avaliação de requisitos de projeto para fone de ouvido inclusivo
Authors: Cunha Julia Marina , Merino Giselle S. A. D. , Merino Eugenio A. D.
Published: July 2016

Os casos de Perda Auditiva Induzida por Ruído (PAIR) entre crianças e adolescents aumentaram 30% nos últimos 30 anos, segundo  Shargorodsky (2010). Algumas pesquisas  indicam que esse aumento pode estar relacionado ao uso de dispositivos pessoais de áudio (Music Induced Hearing Loss (MIHL), como fones de ouvido, que associado a outros fatores, como o tempo de exposição e a intensidade sonora, elevam o risco de perda auditiva. Associado a este problema identifica-se a exclusão vivenciada por usuários de aparelho auditivo que tem dificuldades de utilizar fones de ouvido, devido à inadaptabilidade dos produtos à utilização simultânea.Objetiva-se com esta pesquisa definir os requisitos de projeto que possibilitem a criação de um produto (fone de ouvido) que atenda também os usuários de aparelho auditivo. Para esta finalidade foram consideradas as áreas de ergonomia, usabilidade, design inclusivo para um projeto centrado no usuário que vise proteção da saúde e melhoria da qualidade de vida dos mesmos. Como forma de verificar a viabilidade dos requisitos foi desenvolvido um protótipo funcional, submetido a testes de ruído para aferir sua performance.A pesquisa foi dividida em duas etapas, uma de cunho teórico que buscou levantar e analisar na literatura os temas relacionados e uma segunda etapa, de cunho prático, onde foram definidos os requisitos e realizado o teste com o protótipo funcional. Em relação a etapa prática, foi utilizado como referência o GODP (Guia de Orientação para o Desenvolvimento de Projetos).A partir da definição dos requisitos foi desenvolvido um fone de ouvido que, potencialmente, limita a intensidade sonora do som reproduzido e possibilita também a utilização por usuários de aparelho auditivo. Por meio de um protótipo funcional realizou-se uma avaliação de nível de pressão sonora do fone de ouvido projetado, onde obteve-se o máximo de 73dB nas frequências entre 1300 e 1400Hz, na reprodução de ruído branco. Estes resultados demostram que os requisitos, bem como o produto desenvolvido apresentam um desempenho adequado atendendo as exigências dos usuários.A pesquisa possibilitou demonstrar o potencial do design quando aplicado para melhoria da saúde, bem-estar e qualidade de vida das pessoas. Salientando a importância de projetos centrados no usuário, que consideram as pessoas com suas diversas habilidades e capacidades para a geração de produtos que satisfaçam as reais necessidades dos usuários.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3153
Emotional maps: neuro architecture and design applications.
Authors: Higuera Trujillo Juan Luis , Marín Morales Javier , Rojas Juan Carlos , López Tarruella Maldonado Juan
Published: July 2016

Neurophysiological measurements have increased in Design and Architecture to emotionally assess products. Objective understanding of emotion states brings an enormous opportunity to explain how environments aspects affects persons. New methodology must be developed for a successfully approach between Neuroscience and design areas, in order to build this recent synergy. This paper contribute to profound concept of Emotional Maps (EM), which is a challenge for two reasons: the characterization of emotional states and the uncertain relation with maps illustrations. In order to create an EM, Heart Rate Variability (HRV) was used to detect certain emotional states and Virtual Reality (VR) to generate an environment condition. The study was conducted by VR environment displayed in Head-mounted Display Oculus DK2. Twelve persons participated in data acquisition by two tools: during environment exploration, a portable physiological device (Empatica E4) recorded HRV signal; and at the end of study, a Likert scale questionnaire collected emotional impressions. HRV signal was analyze in time-frequency to detect activation or relax levels. The statistics results prove that design guidelines used in environments evoked the stressful state sought, and that the physiological measure used are appropriate to be represented. The final result shows the possibility to mapping emotional states. This novel technique allows to quantify objectively a subjective experience and locate in specific place when occurs. Our technique supposes a contribution toward emotional states measurements applied to design and architecture.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3170
The pragmaticism as a route to designing: Understanding the inferential logics of sense attribution
Authors: Domingues Felipe , Zingale Salvatore , De Moraes Dijon
Published: July 2016

The objective of this paper is to discuss the inferential logics of sense attribution to everyday objects. The arguments presented take part of a broader investigation that aims at evolving a full methodological research framework. Such framework intends to explore the possibility of development of a method of systematic analysis of the relationship established between users and objects in their context of use and specific circumstances.The starting point of the discussion is the pragmatistic maxim: “Consider what effects, that might conceivably have practical bearing, we conceive the object of our conception to have. Then, our conception of these effects is the whole of our conception of the object” (Peirce, CP 4.402). Both terms, effects and practical bearing, associated with the concept of sense, were of great importance to support the evolvement of the theoretical discourse developed in the paper. In addiction, the concept of sense adopted is also rooted in Peirce’s essays: “Our idea of anything is our idea of its sensible effects” (Peirce, CP 5.401). According to Peirce, the senses of any sign (e.g., objects) are associated with all possible effects and the practical consequences that they produce or could produce (Zingale & Domingues, 2015). Thus, considering that signs can be also understood as processes of mental mediation, the practical bearings urged by sensible effects are direct linked to inferential logic mechanisms (induction, deduction, abduction) in the processes of sense attribution. Then, how to analyze intangible aspects such interpretative answers and practical consequences in the context of use and specific circumstances?The statements contained in the paper may contribute to the fields of design (practical) and semiotics and design (theoretical) in terms of providing a theoretical model. Such model intends to increase the scientific understanding of the logical mediation processes involved in artifacts fruition, which is believed to have effects on the practical processes of analysis and development of goods; and may also add knowledge to the discussions and contributions postulated by Deni (2015) and Boztepe (2007).Concluding, this contribution may bring into the field of design discussions on the comprehension of the relationship between users and their goods, introducing a purpose of a framing method of the logic of the pragmatistic dimension of artifacts. In further stages of the so-called broader investigation, the evolvement of such method aims at aiding the analyses and introduction of symbolic features into artifacts in the very early stages of design.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3214
Design of information systems as an aid to migrants
Authors: Hernández Navarro Patricia
Published: July 2016

Starting from the official announcement called by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Universidad Iberoamericana’s Program on Migration for the 1st Contest “Let us help those who aid migrants”, students of the degree course on Graphic Design and an interdisciplinary group of teachers developed a “visual communication system to promote hygiene and health in hostels lodging migrants in transit.”[1]   Through the use of a dialectical – reflexive methodology[2] it was possible to implement the reasonable development of a common language for the different disciplines intervening in the design process, taking into account the relationship between sign and images’ comprehension by users.   This paper intends to show, by way of the study of a case, the importance of the design processes and of the use of new social tools, such as Ethnography, opening new perspectives in the analysis, perception, interaction and conception of better designs. [1] http://www.crmsv.org/documentos/CICR%20-%20Actividades%20de%20asistencia%202014.pdf [Consulta: 10 de junio de 2013]  [sin autoría reconocida] [2] Dietz, G. (2011). “Hacia una Etnografía doblemente reflexiva: una propuesta desde la Antropología de la interculturalidad”. Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana. Vol. 8 No. 1 Enero-abril, Pág.3-26.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3218
Estudio sobre los factores de diseño en un producto mediante el análisis de componentes principales.
Authors: Agudo Vicente Begoña , Hernandis Ortuño Bernabé , Agustín Fonfría Miguel Ángel , Esnal Angulo Iñaki
Published: July 2016

En este artículo se pretende determinar el grado de importancia de los factores a considerar en el  diseño de un producto, a partir de  las diferentes consideraciones contempladas, desde la perspectiva del consumidor y del diseñador. Mediante la aplicación del método de Análisis de Componentes Principales, analizamos a partir de esta investigación y mediante el estudio de un caso, los atributos deseables para un producto, según la opinión de  expertos y consumidores. Se comprueba tras la aplicación del método, la existencia de subsistemas  que explican la necesidad de considerar determinados atributos (variables del sistema), teniendo  en cuenta su grado de participación y afinidad, al observar  su agrupación en “n” factores o subsistemas ,que tiene que ver con los componentes fundamentales utilizados comúnmente  en el diseño de productos. El método persigue establecer la trazabilidad del diseño, determinando los constructos principales  relativos a la función, ergonomía y forma de los productos, y todo ello  orientado a la mejora en la definición  conceptual de éstos, buscando en todo momento su implicación en lo que se refiere a gestión del conocimiento, la mejora en la aplicación de métodos, técnicas y procedimientos, con objeto de optimizar el diseño y/o rediseño de los productos industriales.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3232
Design e desenvolvimento de novos produtos através da transferência de conhecimento entre Brasil, Espanha e Portugal
Authors: Maciel Pacheco Karla Mazarelo , Paixão-Barradas Susana , Sousa e Silva Mirella , De Souza Pacheco Almir , Catanhede do Nascimento Claudete
Published: July 2016

Este documento relata a experiencia adquirida através de um projeto de cooperação internacional realizado entre quatro instituições de ensino e pesquisa, tendo em vista a aplicação técnica do conhecimento do design para a criação e desenvolvimento de novos produtos a partir do uso de três matérias-primas naturais distintas: pedra, madeira e fibra. Das metas almejadas buscou-se principalmente a capacitação dos discentes de Design do Departamento de Design e Expressão Gráfica da Universidade Federal do Amazonas (DEG/UFAM) para atuação e o desenvolvimento de novos produtos; a valorização de matérias-primas naturais da Amazônia, assim como o saber tradicional, cultural e do design; a capacitação de mão-de-obra de produtos artesanais com pedra, madeira e fibra; e a troca de conhecimento, tecnologia, experiência profissional  e científica entre os seus participantes. O projeto foi desenvolvido com base em pesquisas qualitativas e quantitativas, com caráter descritivo, explicativo, exploratório e experimental. Foram realizados: levantamento de dados bibliográficos e de publicações científicas sobre as matérias-primas de estudos, além da pesquisa in loco e estudo de casos. Também realizou reuniões em equipes e aplicou como método de investigação a técnica focus group e a prática de forumulários de observação. Como resultados o projeto gerou 13 (treze) protótipos de produtos, desenvolvidos com base no conhecimento e técnicas partilhadas entre as instiuições parceiras, 1000 (mil) exemplares de catálogos apresentando as informações técnicas e científicas referentes aos produtos da pesquisa, e, por fim, fortaleceu as parcerias internacionais e institucionais envolvidas no projeto, com possibilidades de novas ações, em conjunto, para o futuro.
Emotional Branding: emotions and feelings aroused by the design of the olfactory experience of consumption according to the ecosystem approach to communication.
Authors: Batista Sarah
Published: July 2016

This article discusses the recognition of semiotics experience and olfactory experienced by consumers in Farm brand’s physical store environment, so that it can be achieved the goal of conceptualizing the consumer olfactory design experience within the environment aroma of the brand from the semiotic point of view and the ecosystem approach to communication. In this sense, the theoretical background involves studying and researching of languages, representations and aesthetic communication from an ecosystem perspective, according to authors Monteiro (2011) and Pereira (2012), Peirce’s semiotics and the semiotics of culture, theory the affordances Gibson (1979) and Morin’s complex thought (2008). The developed research is qualitative, empirical and exploratory nature, it has having been used in its methodology techniques by Moraes and Mont'Alvão (2010) as a basis for modeling Farm brand’s communication ecosystem, as well as systematic observation Gil (2010) to collect data on the environment selected as analysis system target. The development of the research took place in the physical store of Farm brand, located in Shopping Manauara, placed in Manaus city, within the Graduate Program in Communication Sciences - PPGCCOM, from Federal University of Amazonas - UFAM. The main results can be mentioned the presentation of communication complexity of the brand studied through systematic analysis of their contact points and the subsequent location of the physical store environment and the aroma within this ecosystem, so that they can understand the process of management of intangible presence in the consumer experience organized with the aim and achieve the emotional and sensory consumer’s memory. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3270
Regeneration through Design. Comparing old and new phases of urban renewal strategies
Authors: Sedini Carla , Parente Marina , Simonelli Giuliano
Published: July 2016

In the last years, a new phase of economic crisis, which is concerning sectors of manufacturing industries, is affecting Europe. Focusing on Italy, sectors which have strongly characterized our country, such as textile and accessories, are facing with an fluctuating period of crisis. Also in this case, as it happened from late ‘80s, the urban structures and identities are seriously affected and need interventions of regeneration in order to gain new life both from social, productive and commercial point of views. Having in mind the Italian case, while the first phase identified had the characteristics of a disruptive macro-phenomenon, the second phase is more subtle and gradual. In this paper we are going to focus on changes of design culture in light of these urban phenomena. While we can already make a first evaluation of regeneration projects developed after the crisis of heavy industry sectors, the most recent events of industrial recession and the consequent regeneration of the correspondent empty areas are still ongoing. In order to analyze and, where it is possible, compare these two phases, we are going to look at two Italian case studies. The first is Bicocca, an area of Milan, which in the ‘90s was interested by a massive plan of regeneration and transformation after the closure of Breda and Pirelli industries. The second is Biella, a Piedmont Province city, which has been one of the most important centers for the textile and wool industry; the crisis of this sector strongly emerged in the first years on 2000 even if it had already begun between ‘80s and ‘90s when the biggest textile factories closed down. The differences between these two examples are not merely physical and dimensional but are clearly influenced by a different timing in the regeneration processes, which occurred in these areas (or, in the case of Biella, is still occurring). The analysis proposed in this paper will be focus on the action-research developed within two didactic experiences. Notwithstanding the distinctions in terms of objectives and actors involved, in this paper we are going to delineate a systemic approach to study and design for the regeneration, improvement and innovation of places. We will try to understand if, through strategic design, it is possible to identify those soft levers and interventions able to rejoin the pieces of places, which lost their functionality and identity.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3284
Interaction design of public electronics equipment: Approach to categorization systems and analysis model
Authors: Barreto Fernandes Francisco António , Hernandis Bernabé Ortuño
Published: July 2016

Technological development has changed the way users relate to products, they are no longer passive receivers of functions to interact with increasingly complex systems. This research addresses the problem of consumer interaction with public electronic technology products. There are several studies dealing with the disciplines that study the interaction between the user and the electronic product (Preece, 2005; Johnson-Laird, 1983; Helander, 1997, Sutcliffe, 1995; Norman, 1990; Moraes, 2001), making it possible to obtain knowledge about human beings, technology and the way they operate. This research aims to identify the areas of interaction design that involve the human-machine system, in particular the disciplines that contribute to good usability. Six typologies are proposed that describe specific interface characteristics studied according to the model of complexity defined by Gomes Filho (2003). Exploratory research in Portugal identified twenty-six interactive systems. To characterize the public electronic systems, the study presents a structured analysis of the variables mentioned previously, in relation to both reliability and validity, as well as functionality. The results are compared with the literature and the implications discussed for the design of the User Interface System Model.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3287
Strategies by design towards creative ecosystems of social innovation.
Authors: Freire Karine , Del Gaudio Chiara , Franzato Carlo
Published: July 2016

This paper presents a way to organize social innovation processes, since the identification of opportunities to the diffusion of solutions, that is based on the ecosystemic perspective and on the design method. The ecosystemic perspective is crux in order to generate the innovation necessary to reach systemic changes in today’s unsustainable ways of life. According to the systemic thinking, the understanding organization processes of complex physical, biological and social phenomena, implies focusing on the network that connects the parts of a system, rather than to the single parts. Then, it implies paying a special attention to the network that connects the various systems and the environment (Capra, 1996). We are especially interested in creative ecosystems, that is, complex and interactive networks of social organizations and individuals, whose multiple and dynamic connections activate creative processes for the transformation of the world. Design is one of these creative processes. Actually, it can be defined as a creative process that aims at the development of sociotechnical for the transformation of the world. Towards sustainability, it is necessary that this transformation process both preserves and constantly creates favorable conditions for further future transformations. We adopt the strategic design approach since strategy is necessary to act within ecosystems. Morin (2008) recognizes that the ecosystems are instable and that such instability demands strategy. Moreover, the instability is not an obstacle for the action, vice-versa it is a necessary resource to assure the dynamics that allows the possibility of acting. In this sense, strategic design is proper for facing not only the regular, the evident and the possible, but also the unpredictable, the fortuity, the drifting and the mistake. From this basis, the paper tackles the literature gap related to the long-term sustainability of social innovations. Actually, it is still necessary to understand how to feed, scale and spread them, and to develop strategies in this perspective. Thus, from an ecosystemic perspective, the paper aims at discussing the contribution of strategic design to the developing processes of social innovation through a review of design, management and sociology theories.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3289
The meta-design of systems: how design, data and software enable the organizing of open, distributed, and collaborative processes
Authors: Valsecchi Francesca , Menichinelli Massimo
Published: July 2016

The challenges posed by the complexity of our times requires the Design discipline to understand the many complex relationships behind the social, business, technology and territory dimensions of each project. Such nature of complex systems lays not only inside design projects, but also inside the design processes that generate them, and the ability of organizing them through meta-design approaches is becoming strategic. Since the turn of the century, the design discipline has increasingly moved its scope from single users to local and online communities, from isolated projects to system of solutions. This shift has brought researchers and practitioners to investigate tools and strategies to enable mass-scale interactions by adopting several models and tools coming from software development and web-based technologies: Open Source, P2P, DDD (Diffuse, Distributed, and Decentralized) systems. This influence has matured over the years, and if we observed in the past how such systemic models can be applied in the design practice (part 1), we are facing now a new phase where Design will have an increasing role in enabling such systems through the analysis, visualization and design of their collaborative tools, platforms, processes and organizations (part 2). This scope falls into the Meta-Design domain, where designers build environments for the collaborative design of open processes and their resulting organizations (part 3). In this paper, we address this phenomena by elaborating the Open Meta-Design framework (part 4), that provides a way for designing open, collaborative and distributed processes (including those in the professional design domain). The paper positions the framework among current meta-design and design approaches and develops its features of modeling, analysis, management and visualization of processes. This framework is based on four dimensions: conceptual (describing the philosophy, context and limitations of the approach), data (describing the ontology of design processes), design (visualizing designing processes) and software (managing the connections between the ontology and the visualization, the data and design dimensions). We believe that such a framework could potentially facilitate the participation and the creation of open, collaborative and distributed processes, enabling therefore more relevant interactions for communities. As a conclusion, the paper provides a roadmap for developing and testing the Open Meta-Design framework, and therefore evaluating its relevance in supporting complex projects (part 5).DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3301
Systemic Design for a sustainable local economic development: Lea-Artibai case study
Authors: Battistoni Chiara , Pallaro Agnese , Arrizabalaga Arambarri Leire
Published: July 2016

The Systemic Design approach provides a methodology to define complex territorial network of companies with reduced environmental impact. This method defines a way of analysis to understand and map the complexity of current issues addressing them at different levels, in order to design appropriate and long lasting solutions mainly based on the increase of relations between the involved actors. The creation of a network of connections permits to obtain several positive outcomes that involve both the territory and the society that lives in it and it also makes the system more resilient. An holistic diagnosis is the starting point for the identification of different areas to develop a systemic project. This methodology was applied to Lea-Artibai, a department of the Basque Country.  Its economy is historically based on forestry and fishing that are currently facing a long-lasting crisis and it is difficult to intervene in these sectors for the complexity of the regulatory system. The holistic diagnosis highlighted other territorial potentialities of the area, mainly the agri-food sector (with traditional products and dishes) and the deeply rooted culture of cooperation. As a kick-off for the creation of the net between the different actors of the department was chosen the creation of a 'Systemic Buying Group (SBG)'. It enables to start the cooperation between the partners for the success of the pilot project: a large cooperative with its employees as potential clients, a cooperative of local producers and transformers, a little shop working as the bridge of communication between them. At their side operate AZARO fundazioa (a private non –profit centre for entrepreneurship and innovation that promotes the creation of new businesses and the competitive improvement of the business network) as the coordinator of the project and the Systemic Design Group of Politecnico di Torino in the role of  project leader. The project underlines the role of design as a deeply interdisciplinary field of work that is able to talk and cooperate with different disciplines to reach a collective goal: the environmental, social and economic sustainability. The SBG becomes the driver of change for the enhancement of the territory and the implementation of systemic design in the area, for an economy based on the quality instead of the quantity. A concrete action that acts on a small scale permits to manage the transition from the design of intangible to tangible.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3309
Design of products to honor people post mortem
Authors: Martins João
Published: July 2016

The cemeterial units, are places of social practices of everyday life and worship and the tomb where nostalgia can be externalized and the memory of the deceased revered. In Western societies we can find a category of artifacts meant to evoke the memory or honor the dead. In this paper we we mention three examples of products that enabled a reflection on the concepts that gave rise to their ways, and that risks to fit them into a new "material culture", in that it may have created a break with the traditional system codes and standards shared by companies, and its manifestations in relation to the physical creation of this category of products. This work offers a reflection on the Design Products.What probably makes it special is the field where it is located: the design of products in one post mortem memory. Usually made of granite rock or marble, have the form of plate or tablet, open book or rolled sheet. On one side have a photograph of the person who intend to honor and inscriptions. The thought of inherent design of this work put on one side the intricate set of emotions that this type of product can generate, and other components more affordable, and concerning the form, function and object interactions with users and with use environments. In the definition of the problem it was regarded as mandatory requirements: differentiation, added value and durability as key objectives.The first two should be manifested in the various components / product attributes. The aesthetic and material/structural durability of product necessarily imply the introduction of qualifying terms and quantitative weights, which positively influence the generation and evaluation of concepts based on the set of 10 principles for the project that originated a matrix as a tool to aid designing products. The concrete definition of a target audience was equally important. At this stage, the collaboration of other experts in the fields of psychology and sociology as disciplines with particular ability to understand individuals and social phenomena respectively was crucial. It was concluded that a product design to honor someone post mortem, should abandon the more traditional habits and customs to focus on identifying new audiences. Although at present it can be considered a niche market, it is believed that in the future may grow as well as their interest in this type of products.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3323