bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Economic Crisis and Retardants of Growth in Greece
Authors: Atsalakis George S. , Baourakis George , Zopounidis Constantin
Published: July 2016

The development of special interest groups may alter the structure of incentives and the direction of a society's development. Governments are systematically influenced by special interest groups. The slowdown in the adoption of new technologies, the non-adjustment of the economy, and the focus on the distribution of the “pie” rather than the enlargement of the “pie” due to the activity of the interest groups lead to a certain rigidity in society, a lack of reforms and a lack of competitiveness. Any attempt reform and the society fails because of the strong resistance of these lobbyists until the inevitable occurs for both society and the economy. Awareness of the perverse role of interest groups by more and more people, but mainly by public policy makers, will significantly reduce the losses suffered by society from their activity. This is an expectation of all who espouse a society that will minimize economic and social inequalities. The unveiling of the role of special interest groups and the removal of privileges will transform Greece into both a healthy society and economy.
Measuring Efficiency of Islamic and Conventional Banks in MENA Region
Authors: Sghaier Asma , Sabra Mahmoud , Mighr Zouhayer , Gilles Philippe
Published: July 2016

This study aims to measure the performance and efficiency of Islamic and conventional banks in the MENA region and its determinants. The authors use for this purpose the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method and the analysis of the Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) method for calculating the technical efficiency scores. The results reveal similar trends for both types of performance measurement. The banks category analysis revealed that conventional banks are more efficient than Islamic banks. Despite technological changes experienced by the banking system in the MENA region, the efficiency analysis shows that the technical inefficiency results from the pure technical inefficiency. Finally, the effectiveness of banks in the MENA region is sensitive to variables such as the crisis, deposits, capitalization and including especially variables related to business lines.
Proposed Anti-Symmetric Preventive Control Optimizing the Risk on RTOS
Authors: Pradhan Padma Lochan
Published: July 2016

Now a day increasing the clients, business and computer & communications by complex IT infrastructure has growing the risk to proprietary information is a common in around the globe and as well as cloud. The operating system risk assessment, control and audit is a primary method of protecting system resources (Processor, Memory, UFS & Encryption Key) from the uncertainty. The system risk optimization is probably the most important aspect of communications security for preventive control. The cryptographic control (Encryption key) is a primary method of protecting system resources. The control is directly proportional to mitigation & mitigation is directly proportional to standard. Furthermore, the model & mechanism optimize the cost, time & resources is supposed to reduce the system risks. In this paper, the author is focusing only real time operating system level. We have to optimize the technology, resource cost and maximize the performance & throughput factor of technology (RTOS) and business.
Impact of the Modularity of ERPs on the Information Systems Disintegration
Authors: Samara Tarek
Published: July 2016

This paper aims to verify a possible impact of the ERP modularity on the information systems disintegration. As an ERP package could be viewed as an integration indicator, it could thus measure the information system integration rate (ISIR). When an ERP is modular, clients who desire to be independent from an ERP vendor could easily buy other subsystems from a third party; and thus the information system integration rate would be low. On the contrary, when an ERP is not modular, clients cannot easily buy, due to some issues, other subsystems from a third party; and thus the ISIR would be high. Consequently, when the level of modularity, proposed by ERP vendors, is modified from low to high; or when clients change their information technology strategy from dependence on an ERP vendor to an independence from this vendor, the information system integration rate could be affected. This paper tries to understand how these changes could impact the information system integration rate; and especially how they could provoke the disintegration of information system.
Using Mixed Methods to Understand the Positive Correlation between Fear of Cyberbullying and Online Interaction
Authors: Yu Szde
Published: July 2016

This study examines the relationship between online interaction and fear of cyberbullying. A mixed method approach is adopted to explore not only the statistical correlation between them, but also the qualitative meaning behind this correlation. The quantitative analysis reveals a positive correlation between these two constructs, suggesting a higher level of fear of cyberbullying is associated with more frequent online interactions. Although seemingly fear of cyberbullying does not reduce online interaction, the qualitative analysis reveals how fear of cyberbullying might still impact online interaction.
A Method for Predicting Wikipedia Editors' Editing Interest
Authors: Zhang Haisu , Zhang Sheng , Wu Zhaolin , Huang Liwei , Ma Yutao
Published: July 2016

Recruiting or recommending appropriate potential Wikipedia editors to edit a specific Wikipedia entry (or article) can play an important role in improving the quality and credibility of Wikipedia. According to empirical observations based on a small-scale dataset collected from Wikipedia, this paper proposes an Interest Prediction Factor Graph (IPFG) model, which is characterized by editor's social properties, hyperlinks between Wikipedia entries, the categories of an entry and other important features, to predict an editor's editing interest in types of Wikipedia entries. Furthermore, the paper suggests a parameter learning algorithm based on the gradient descent algorithm and the Loopy Sum-Product algorithm for factor graphs. An experiment on a Wikipedia dataset (with different frequencies of data collection) shows that the average prediction accuracy (F1 score) of the IPFG model for data collected quarterly could be up to 0.875, which is approximately 0.49 higher than that of a collaborative filtering approach. In addition, the paper analyzes how incomplete social properties and editing bursts affect the prediction accuracy of the IPFG model. The authors' results can provide insight into effective Wikipedia article tossing and can improve the quality of special entries that belong to specific categories by means of collective collaboration.
A New Symbolization and Distance Measure Based Anomaly Mining Approach for Hydrological Time Series
Authors: Zhang Pengcheng , Xiao Yan , Zhu Yuelong , Feng Jun , Wan Dingsheng , Li Wenrui , Leung Hareton
Published: July 2016

Most of the time series data mining tasks attempt to discover data patterns that appear frequently. Abnormal data is often ignored as noise. There are some data mining techniques based on time series to extract anomaly. However, most of these techniques cannot suit big unstable data existing in various fields. Their key problems are high fitting error after dimension reduction and low accuracy of mining results. This paper studies an approach of mining time series abnormal patterns in the hydrological field. The authors propose a new idea to solve the problem of hydrological anomaly mining based on time series. They propose Feature Points Symbolic Aggregate Approximation (FP_SAX) to improve the selection of feature points, and then measures the distance of strings by Symbol Distance based Dynamic Time Warping (SD_DTW). Finally, the distances generated are sorted. A set of dedicated experiments are performed to validate the authors' approach. The results show that their approach has lower fitting error and higher accuracy compared to other approaches.
An Efficient MapReduce Computing Model for Imprecise Applications
Authors: Wang Changjian , Peng Yuxing , Tang Mingxing , Li Dongsheng , Li Shanshan , You Pengfei
Published: July 2016

Optimizing the Map process is important for the improvement of the MapReduce performance. Many efforts have been devoted into the problem to design more efficient scheduling strategies. However, there exists a kind of MapReduce applications, named imprecise applications, where the imprecise results based on part of map tasks can satisfy the requirements of imprecise applications and thus the job processes can be completed when enough map tasks are processed. According to the feature of imprecise applications, the authors propose an improved MapReduce model, named MapCheckReduce, which can terminate the map process when the requirements of an imprecise application is satisfied. Compared to MapReduce, a Check mechanism and a set of extended programming interfaces are added to MapCheckReduce. The Check mechanism receives and analyzes messages submitted by completed map tasks and then determines whether to terminate the map phase according to the analysis results. The programming interfaces are used by the programmers to define the termination conditions of the map process. A data-prefetching mechanism is designed and implemented in MapCheckReduce which can improve the performance of MapCheckReduce effectively. The MapCheckReduce prototype has been implemented and experiment results verify the feasibility and effectiveness of MapCheckReduce.
Seismic stratigraphy of the Paleozoic succession and subsurface mapping of the Macasty Formation in Jupiter River area, Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada
Authors: Duchesne M J , Pinet N , Brake V I , Lavoie D
Published: July 2016

This study presents the methodology used for the processing and interpretation of seismic reflection data in the Jupiter River area of the Anticosti Island. The seismic characteristics of the rock formations investigated are described and time-structure maps of
the tops of the Mingan and Macasty formations are presented as well as a map documenting the thickness variation of the Macasty Formation. Subsurface maps present time and thickness estimations that take into account exploration wells and regional seismic data, yet are limited by the spatial
distribution and vertical resolution of seismic data. Time-structure maps of the top Mingan and Macasty formations portray a shallow and a deep domain delimited by the Jupiter Fault which probably corresponds to a composite structure with several 'en échelon' fault segments. The thickness map
of the Macasty Formation reveals thicker accumulation and/or preservation of this unit within a NW-SE fairway bounded to the northeast by the Jupiter Fault and to the southwest by the Ruisseau Jean IV and the Rivière du Brick faults. North of the Jupiter Fault the Macasty Formation is
considerably thinner.
Determinants of parents’ decisions on childhood immunisations at Kumasi Metropolis in Ghana
Authors: Hagan Doris , Phethlu Deliwe R.
Published: July 2016

Objective: To describe factors that influence parents’ decisions on childhood immunisations at Kumasi Metropolis in Ghana.Study design: Quantitative cross-sectional survey.Methods: A sample of 303 parents was obtained from a monthly accessible population of 1420 individuals from the five district hospitals through convenience sampling of respondents at immunisation sessions in Kumasi. Data obtained from the survey were analysed with SPSS version 21 software.Results: Most parents were aware of child immunisations, but they had limited knowledge on vaccines and immunisation schedules. Antenatal nurses constituted the most accessible source of vaccine information. The study established a high percentage of complete immunisation, influenced by parents’ fear of their children contracting vaccine-preventable diseases. Remarkably, some parents indicated that they immunised their children because they wanted to know the weight of their children. Forgetfulness and lack of personnel or vaccine at the centres were the reasons given by the few parents who could not complete immunisation schedules for their children, whereas the socio-demographic variables considered did not influence parents’ decision on immunisation.Conclusion: Knowledge on immunisation could not influence immunisation decisions but parents’ fear of vaccine-preventable diseases, awareness on the benefits of immunisations and sources of vaccine information were the main factors that influenced immunisation decision at Kumasi in Ghana.
Gerhard Ebeling oor geloof
Authors: Van Wyk Gabriël M.J.
Published: July 2016

Gerhard Ebeling on faith. Gerhard Ebeling (1912–2001), not only the foremost Luther researcher of the previous century but also one of the most prominent contributors to protestant theology during that period, wrote extensively about faith throughout his long and productive life as a professional theologian. He learnt from Luther that discerning judgement in the differentiation of related matters forms the basis of all sound theology. Applying this insight to his own thought, he reflects on the development of the phenomenon of faith in the Old Testament community and early Christianity and the formalisation of the concept for use in the domain of religious studies. He defends the argument that Christian faith is not only faith in Jesus as the Christ and Lord but also that Jesus, and He only, is the founder and perfecter of faith. The concept of faith is also explored by Ebeling in relation to love, life and reason. The article concludes with a critical evaluation of Ebeling’s contribution in guiding us to witness authentically about our own faith in Jesus Christ within our own situation and against the background of the problems it poses for believing in Christ.
Koninkryksetiek as hoopgewende getuienis in sekulêre ruimtes
Authors: Rheeder Riaan
Published: July 2016

No abstract available.
Identification of Echinococcus granulosus strains using polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism amongst livestock in Moroto district, Uganda
Authors: Chamai Martin , Omadang Leonard , Erume Joseph , Ocaido Michael , Oba Peter , Othieno Emmanuel , Bonaventure Straton , Kitibwa Annah
Published: July 2016

A descriptive study was conducted to identify the different strains of Echinococcus granulosus occurring in livestock in Moroto district, Uganda. Echinococcus cysts from 104 domestic animals, including cattle, sheep, goats and camels, were taken and examined by microscopy, polymerase chain reaction with restriction fragment length polymorphism and Sanger DNA sequencing. Echinococcus granulosus genotypes or strains were identified through use of Bioinformatics tools: BioEdit, BLAST and MEGA6. The major finding of this study was the existence of a limited number of E. granulosus genotypes from cattle, goats, sheep and camels. The most predominant genotype was G1 (96.05%), corresponding to the common sheep strain. To a limited extent (3.95%), the study revealed the existence of Echinococcus canadensis G6/7 in three (n = 3) of the E. granulosus–positive samples. No other strains of E. granulosus were identified. It was concluded that the common sheep strain of Echinococcus sensu stricto and G6/7 of E. canadensis were responsible for echinococcal disease in Moroto district, Uganda.
Anthelmintic activity of acetone extracts from South African plants used on egg hatching of Haemonchus contortus
Authors: Fouche Gerda , Sakong Bellonah M. , Adenubi Olubukola T. , Pauw Elizabeth , Leboho Tlabo , Wellington Kevin W. , Eloff Jacobus N.
Published: July 2016

The nematode, Haemonchus contortus, is responsible for major economic losses in the livestock industry. The management of parasites such as H. contortus has been through the use of synthetic parasiticides. This has resulted in the presence of residues in meat and milk, which affects food safety. The development of resistance to available anthelmintics coupled with their high cost has further complicated matters. This has led to the investigation of alternative methods to manage nematodes, including the use of plants and plant extracts as a potential source of novel anthelmintics. Acetone extracts were prepared from 15 South African plant species and their anthelmintic activity determined using the egg hatch assay (EHA). The leaf extract of Cleome gynandra had the best inhibitory activity (68% ± 3%) at a concentration of 2.5 mg/mL, followed by the stem extract of Maerua angolensis (65% ± 5%). The extracts had a relatively low toxicity on Vero cells determined by the MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5- diphenyltetrazolium bromide) cellular assay.
From malaria control to elimination in South Africa: The researchers’ perspectives
Authors: Hlongwana Khumbulani W. , Tsoka-Gwegweni Joyce
Published: July 2016

Background: Global decline in malaria episodes over the past decade gave rise to a debate to target malaria elimination in eligible countries. However, investigation regarding researchers’ perspectives on barriers and facilitating factors to effective implementation of a malaria elimination policy in South Africa (SA) is lacking.Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the malaria researchers’ knowledge, understandings, perceived roles, and their perspectives on the factors influencing implementation of a malaria elimination policy in SA.Setting: Participants were drawn from the researchers who fulfilled the eligibility criteria as per the protocol, and the criteria were not setting-specific.Methods: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional survey conducted through an emailed self-administered semi-structured questionnaire amongst malaria researchers who met the set selection criteria and signed informed consent.Results: Most (92.3%) participants knew about SA’s malaria elimination policy, but only 45.8% had fully read it. The majority held a strong view that SA’s 2018 elimination target was not realistic, citing that the policy had neither been properly adapted to the country’s operational setting nor sufficiently disseminated to all relevant healthcare workers. Key concerns raised were lack of new tools, resources, and capacity to fight malaria; poor cross-border collaborations; overreliance on partners to implement; poor community involvement; and poor surveillance.Conclusion: Malaria elimination is a noble idea, with sharp divisions. However, there is a general agreement that elimination requires: (a) strong cross-border initiatives; (b) deployment of adequate resources; (c) sustainable multistakeholder support and collaboration; (d) good surveillance systems; and (e) availability and use of all effective intervention tools.
Teaching reading in a multi-grade class: Teachers’ adaptive skills and teacher agency in teaching across grade R and grade 1
Authors: Ramrathan Labby , Mzimela Jabu
Published: July 2016

The skill of reading is regarded as the cornerstone of literacy learning in the foundation phase. Although it is the most complex skill to master, it forms part of literacy teaching. Most learners begin schooling without having any kind of exposure to reading. This lack of exposure introduces a number of challenges, which are consequently exacerbated if teachers have to teach in multi-grade classes. This case study was conducted in two primary schools in the Ndwedwe Circuit in KwaZulu-Natal. It is framed within the interpretive epistemology
embedded in a qualitative research methodology. Empirical data were generated from two rural schools where multi-grade teaching was undertaken. To produce data, two teachers teaching multi-grade classes (incorporating both grade R and grade 1) were observed during an isiZulu Home Language reading period. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews were used to elicit more data for corroboration of findings. The findings show that teacher agency is crucial
in making adaptive decisions. These decisions are based on the intersection of formal knowledge, situational knowledge and experiential knowledge that the teachers have acquired over time.
Measuring the optical thermometry properties of La2O2S:Eu phosphor material
Authors: Erasmus L. J.B. , Terblans J. J. , Swart H. C.
Published: July 2016

No abstract available.
Investigating the excited electronic states of carotenoids in the main plant lightharvesting complex (LHCII) via femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy
Authors: Singh A. , Kruger T. P.J.
Published: July 2016

No abstract available.
48 viviendas sociales IVVSA en Alicante. España
Authors: Alberto García-Burgos Vijande Arquitecto
Published: July 2016

Condiciones: 2 bloques paralelos, el sur a calle y el norte a parque de 300M, proponen viviendas pasantes. El magnifico clima (Alicante) sugiere estancias al aire libre: vivir entre 2 terrazas. Se vuelca el resto de la casa, sin ventanas.

La vivienda, deudora de Sota en Alcudia, construye un sueño del M.M., el edificio de vivienda colectiva como apilamiento de aquellas casas, permeables a la naturaleza y a las visuales lejanas.
O uso do dispositivo ID-Think no compartilhamento de conhecimento.
Authors: Perfetto-Demarchi Ana Paula , Fornasier Cleuza , Hernandis Ortuño Bernabé , Rosales Marquina Elingth Simoné
Published: July 2016

Considering that the great advantage of an organization today is the knowledge it has, and how it manages this knowledge, this article reports the application of the IDThink device in a fashion organization's manufacturing sector for its validation. This device applies knowledge management through the skills and attitudes of the design thinker. The device shown here is to assist the process of innovation in organizations by using some design thinkers skills in the knowledge explicitation and externalization. To Brown (2009) design thinking begins with the skills that designers have learned over time as: To align the human being´s needs with the technological resources available in the organization; Intuition; The ability to recognize patterns; Build ideas that have both emotional significance and functional; The ability to question their surroundings and be empathetic and; The ability to express otherwise than in words or symbols. This last is one of the most important designer skills. The designer uses the drawing process also as a critical process, as discovery. He uses drawing as a means of materializing, imagination, or discovery of something that he cannot built in his mind, and as a mean of communication with others, facilitating collaboration on projects. The IDThink device is an external, temporary repository for ideas, with which the designer interacts, and this externalization supports the necessary dialogue that it has between the problem and the solution, which minimizes the cognitive stress when dealing with quantities and complexities of knowledge to be process internally. The identification of concepts and their positioned graphical representation facilitates decision-making, the sharing of knowledge of everyone involved in the organization management, and observation of systemic functioning of the company, focusing on indicators that it judged suitable. The use of visual codes, which will be available throughout the process, allows the team to navigate the process without losing their train of thought. Also allows us to observe the evolution of the environment and its influence in the organization to assist in corrective actions. The nature of the research was exploratory, with lineation by ex-post-fact, using a strategy of ethnography, through non-participant interviews and observation. After applying, the researchers understood the need to adapt the External System of the IDThink device so that it includes an amount of knowledge needed to the visualization of the organization's management and / or the development of new products.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.2400
La prospectiva como diseño de lo intangible. El caso CENTRO.
Authors: Paniagua Ramirez Karla
Published: July 2016

Se presenta la experiencia de investigación y diseño del programa para la especialidad en Diseño del mañana, desarrollado por el equipo de investigación de Centro de Diseño, Cine y Televisión, con la colaboración de Institute for the Future, Millenium Project, Club of Rome y Federation of Future Studies.Se narrará el proceso de investigación y elaboración del programa, que comprendió un extenso estado de la cuestión, además de entrevistas a expertos y análisis de trayectorias profesionales. Con ello se dará cuenta de un proceso que en sí mismo pretende ofrecer soluciones a un problema sistémico, poderosamente arraigado en la cultura nacional: la visión a corto plazo frente a la necesidad de prevenir catástrofes, la falta de imaginación prospectiva frente a un mundo que cambia vertiginosamente, obligándonos a pensar inventivamente en futuros posibles, probables, plausibles y preferibles.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.2878
Investigating Conceptual Foundations of Design Ability: An Analysis through the Expressions of the Experiencing Mind
Authors: Ulusan Ufuk
Published: July 2016

This paper aims to reveal conceptual foundations of design ability based on verbal expressions of students’ insights. A group, which consists of industrial design students who are newly graduated or in their last semester, was interviewed individually. The interviews were based on their experiences and the evolution of skills during four years of undergraduate education. Semi-structured interviews were used as the main data collection method and the data is analyzed using thematic analysis. Chunks of data are coded and codes are categorized under themes in a reductionist manner within several iterations. Three conceptual themes are generated and interpreted. Examples from four creative areas are given in order to broaden the field where the themes may be applied. As the final outcome, a model of fractal triangle simultaneously showing the findings is suggested.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3126
Systemic Design Method for Co-creation of 3D Printing Service
Authors: Zhou Ding , Jiang Jiabei , Zou Yuqing
Published: July 2016

Background- As one of the objectives of Design for Additive Manufacture, the capability of customized geometry promotes 3D printing to increasingly realize product customization in the service market. Defined as a business strategy focusing on customer experience and interaction, co-creation is expected to obtain fast-growing market volume. Recently, some co-creation of 3D printing service (3DPS) have been released to realize value creation. Despite its rapid growth, there is little research on this field, especially its design method. Aim- This research aims to define a systemic design method for developing the co-creation of 3DPS. Method- First, this research distinguished ambiguous-type and definite-type of 3DPS co-creation. The latter was taken as the current research object, because it presents the services scope more clearly. Furthermore, in order to solve the research question, that is, how to organize the service innovation for 3DPS co-creation, evidence needed to be collected by observing the mentioned cases. Therefore, holistic multiple-case study of 3DPS co-creation samples was designed and conducted, as it was herein employed as the research method. This research is divided into three sections. The first section presents the preparation for data collection, involving case selection and the formulation of evidence collection. The second section analyzes the collected evidences. Based on the evidence analysis, the third section concludes the knowledge of 3DPS co-creation. In order to collect adequate evidences, a pair of models was employed to build a framework. The first one is the Den Hertog's service innovation model, which presents four dimensions including new service concept, new client interface, new service delivery system, and technological options. Another model refers to the building blocks of interactions for value co-creation: dialogue, access, risk-benefits, and transparency, presenting the components in basis construction, which are necessary for the interaction between consumer and service provider. Finding- The findings conclude a systemic design method for 3DPS co-creation, which is divided into the following steps: embedding 3DPS co-creation in current product customization, developing a WebGL-based interface for service processes, preparing 3D printing technology for customized results, evaluating and optimizing the co-creation structure according to the standard including clear dialogues, complete customization access, reasonable understanding of risk-benefits, and ideal transparency.Conclusion- This research proposes a systemic design method for co-creation of 3DPS, which promises benefits to enterprises engaged in the 3D printing service, and will contribute to promoting co-creation in the context of service design and other related fields.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3144
Essential competences to fashion design practice for sustainability from the perspective of Design Thinking
Authors: Uliana Perez Iana , Bittencourt Ribas Fornasier Cleuza , Barreto Martins Suzana
Published: July 2016

The production and consumption of clothing products is characterised by rapid and continuous cycles of purchase, use and disposal of clothes, which leads to several environmental and social impacts. In order to change this reality and promote sustainability, this sector has to undergo deep transformations (Fletcher & Grose, 2011). In this context, designers play a significant role. In addition to being in the position of decision-making about materials and methods used in the productive process, the questions raised by sustainability demand design skills (Brown, 2010; Gwilt & Rissanen, 2011; Fletcher & Grose, 2011). However, the role reserved to fashion designers in this context is “more complex than traditional design activities” (Fletcher & Grose, 2011, p. 162). Design practice for sustainability demands different competences from the designer. In view of that, this paper explores the competences in design and fashion design for sustainability, and aims at verifying similarities and differences between them, in order to analyse the knowledge inherent to sustainability through design thinking. The methodology used for the study was deductive, conducted through qualitative exploratory research, outlined by bibliographic research and developed based on several books about design, fashion and sustainability. The identification of the competences took four aspects into account: types of thinking, types of knowledge (know what to do and why), skills (know-how) and attitudes (be willing to do). Design and fashion design competences for sustainability were compiled separately and then compared for similarities and differences. As a result, we found that great part of design competences are important for sustainable practices: approximately 58% of attitudes, 36% of thinking, 58% of knowledges and 41% of design skills are common to sustainable fashion design competences. The comparison shows the importance of attitudes to the work with sustainability – once its addition was significant –, and the need of acquiring specific knowledge of fashion design for sustainability. Research also shows that, for a professional with design competence, the development of thinking and skills needed for working with fashion design for sustainability is easier.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3266
Projetar a Forma: uma proposta de ferramenta metodológica para o direcionamento da sintaxe visual no design de moda
Authors: Sanches Maria Celeste de Fátima , Hernandis Ortuño Bernabé , Moreira Martins Sergio Regis
Published: July 2016

O enfoque deste artigo, recorte de pesquisa de doutoramento desenvolvida em parceria entre (identificação das instituiçoes omitida para revisão), aborda o âmbito do ensino de projeto em graduações de design de moda. Com ênfase na investigação de metodologias para gerir o processo projetual, propõe estratégias facilitadoras da sintaxe visual para a configuraçao de artefatos de vestuário de moda. Para isso, parte de uma pesquisa exploratória, de base bibliográfica e documental, em que se analisa o sistema de interações construído entre vestimenta e usuário, para demonstrar que as relações estabelecidas no sistema corpo-artefato-ambiente se distribuem em fatores de adaptação física, expressão individual e representação social. Deste modo, situa o vestuário de moda como um espaço de vivências sensoriais que produz significações e enfatiza a dimensão estético-simbólica como quesito essencial no planejamento da experiência de uso deste tipo de produto. Tal perspectiva corrobora a relevancia de ferramentas metodológicas que propiciem a síntese de códigos expressivos para guiar a composição formal, com vistas à articulação entre as dimensões material e informacional do artefato projetado, uma vez que a informação (conteúdo) é transmitida pela sintaxe dos elementos da configuração (forma). Sobre esta plataforma, o artigo relata as bases teóricas, a proposição e a aplicação de uma ferramenta destinada à geração de conceitos formais na prática projetual do design de moda. A explanação integra fundamentos acerca da gestão sistêmica do projeto, do pensamento visual e das técnicas de síntese imagética, para examinar apreciações em campo e discutir a efetividade da referida ferramenta. Os resultados reforçam a hipótese de que a combinação de métodos que exploram o pensamento visual pode facilitar a visão sistêmica do processo projetual, auxiliando os estudantes na percepção das diversas variáveis que influenciam a composição formal de um produto e, por conseguinte, na síntese de relações sintático-semânticas para impulsionar a geração formal. Ainda que os resultados se refiram às aplicações práticas no universo acadêmico do design de moda, as mesmas estratégias poderiam ser estendidas a outras experimentações, visto que as ferramentas de síntese visual favorecem a percepção de conexões simultâneas e, como meio de organização cognitiva, facilitam a expressão de abstrações e a síntese de conceitos.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3269
Design Thinking and its visual codes enhanced by the SiDMe Model as strategy for design driven innovation.
Authors: Fornasier Cleuza Bittencourt Ribas , Demarchi Ana Paula Perfetto , Martins Rosane Fonseca de Freitas
Published: July 2016

The society is changing, leaving the old paradigm of work to a new one that is more dynamic and complex. In this context the way that the people consumes chance. In order to survive this scenery the companies has to innovate, but not only innovate based in the behaviours of the actual users, but innovate based in a person and its relations that do not exist yet, therefore the companies have to adopt the design driven innovation which brings advances dealing with knowledge of visual codes and meanings. This article aims to demonstrate how the model Strategic Integrator Design Management enhanced (SiDMe), which treat the design as a knowledge and adopt the design thinking, can lead companies to adopt incremental and radical innovation through design driven innovation. To do so it will discourse about the design driven innovation, design Thinking and present the SiDMe conceptual model. This research will work with the ex-post-facto delineation, using ethnography as a strategy, through the non-participant observation. After the application of the model it is evident that by the application of Design Thinking it will be able to help the companies to achieve incremental and radical innovation by the design driven innovation. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3298
Tangible interaction in museums and temporary exhibitions: embedding and embodying the intangible values of cultural heritage
Authors: Trocchianesi Raffaella , Duranti Daniele , Spallazzo Davide
Published: July 2016

Moving from a design perspective, the paper explores the potential of tangible interaction in giving shape to intangible contents in museums and temporary exhibitions. Going beyond tangibility intended in the strict sense of touching assets (Dudley 2010), we use here a wider interpretation of tangibility that considers touch in the sense of embodied experience. In this way we consider as tangible all those experiences that foster a strong involvement of the body. Tangible interaction is interpreted as a practice able to multiply the levels of the narrative, to make the visit experience memorable and to give physicality to intangible values. This approach sees the use of tangible interaction as a way to transfer practices and rituals linked to the contents and representative of the intangible values embedded in the assets. Therefore we can identify “gesture-through” and “object-through” interactions able to enhance the visitor experience and the understanding of cultural heritage. The rituals of gestures is linked to the concept of museum proxemics (author 2013) that involves both sensuousness and movements in space. If proxemics is the discipline which deals with investigating the relationship between individuals and space, and the significance of gestures and distances among people, then museum proxemics relates to the forms of behaviour which govern the relationship between individuals and museum space, between the visitor and the items on display and among visitors. In the paper we outline existing practices by analysing some case studies representative of the potential of tangible interaction in the cultural heritage field and classified according to the categories in the following: -  Smart replicas: visitors interact with a technology-enhanced replica of the artworks to feel sensorial aspects and activate further levels of narrative; -  Symbolic objects: visitors interact with objects, icons or elements imbued with symbolic meaning as a vehicle to reach the intangible value of the cultural asset; -  Touchable screens: visitors interact with a surface mediating their relationship with contents and allowing for a personalised path within them; -  Perfoming gestures: visitors perform meaningful gestures in order to trigger specific effects able to stage the narrative of intangible contents. In conclusion we highlight three actions in the cultural experience driven by tangible interaction and matter of design: (i) interacting with a sensitive object able to trigger intangible values; (ii) revealing contents difficult to transmit; (iii) multiplying the levels of knowledge and narrative.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3322
Relações entre a educação para o futuro e o ensino do design na atualidade
Authors: Moreira Samantha Cidaley de Oliveira , Sales Rosemary Bom Conselho , Barbosa Paula Glória , Aguilar Maria Teresa Paulino
Published: July 2016

O relatório produzido para a Unesco, no final do século passado, preconiza que para superar os desafios de um futuro próximo o aprendizado, neste século, deverá estar apoiado em quatro pilares fundamentais: aprender a conhecer, aprender a fazer, aprender a viver com os outros e aprender a ser. Para essa nova geração, cujo cotidiano está marcado pelo excesso de informações e diversidade de possibilidades, torna-se imperativo o desenvolvimento de competências múltiplas. Estabelecendo conexão entre ensino e aprendizado, a ação educativa se faz nas relações do homem com o mundo, materializando-se numa série de habilidades e atitudes, que ocasionam mudanças intelectuais, emocionais e sociais nos indivíduos. O processo educativo é o comportamento que mais marca o nosso dia-a-dia e o mais cotidiano dos processos que orientam o nosso agir. O design, atividade de natureza projetual potencialmente transformador, atua no ajuste da materialidade aos modos e meios de vida dos indivíduos. Dedicado ao projeto de futuros desejáveis, é essencial que o designer aprenda a olhar o mundo, os lugares e as coisas pelo ponto de vista das pessoas que utilizarão produtos, processos e ou serviços projetados por ele. Para que os desafios de projeto sejam identificados adequadamente, o planejamento seja assertivo e a solução inovadora é necessário que o designer conheça, faça, viva e seja um pouco do outro. É consenso no meio acadêmico que os processos educativos em design invistam na transdisciplinaridade para o desenvolvimento de visão sistêmica, de modo que o estudante seja capaz de atuar com competência em situações cotidianas ou inusitadas. Entre o ideal e o real, este artigo pretende uma reflexão sobre os preceitos que norteiam ensino para o século XXI e as orientações que fundamentam os processos educativos em design na atualidade, buscando relações entre os dados. Além do estudo apresentado pela Unesco, foram investigados autores, artigos científicos e trabalhos acadêmicos para identificar as abordagens propostas para o futuro do ensino, e mais especialmente, nos cursos de design no Brasil.  De um modo geral, os resultados evidenciam lacunas a serem preenchidas. Considera-se necessária a revisão dos processos educativos, para que se possa potencializar o conhecimento e a formação dos estudantes de design para o futuro e, consequentemente, impulsionar sua atuação na promoção da inovação científica, tecnológica e social no presente.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3362
A cross fertilization como instrumento gerador de inovação
Authors: Souza Patrícia de Mello , Conti Giovanni Maria
Published: July 2016

O presente artigo aborda o processo de desenvolvimento de produtos  orientado pela dinâmica da cross fertilization, que remete ao contexto das relações de contiguidade entre diferentes áreas do conhecimento.  Para Conti (2007), o conceito foi introduzido pelo matemático James Clerk Maxwell, e consiste na possibilidade de adotar inovações já experimentadas em campos distintos dando lugar a uma transferência de conhecimento entre setores. A aplicação da cross fertilization como instrumento condutor de projeto no campo do design, tem demonstrado de que forma esta transferência pode se manifestar de modo implícito – no caso de sentido ou significado que se transporta de uma entidade para outra; e de modo explicito –  quando se trata de transferência de tecnologia, de fabricação ou de processo industrial que caracteriza um setor ou parte dele.  No contexto das intersecções, este estudo aborda relações entre o design, especialmente de moda, e a arquitetura. Segundo Hodge (2007), o pensamento estrutural tem direcionado cada vez mais os designers, que se apropriam de principios arquitetônicos para manipular a estrutura e o volume das vestimentas.  Por outro lado, Quinn (2009) refere-se a novos modelos da arquitetura, considerados como padrões a serem seguidos, nos quais  percebem-se  técnicas de alfaiataria e materiais têxteis sendo transformados em estruturas duradouras. Identificam-se princípios condutores comuns que direcionam o pensamento projetual, bem como elementos que agem como ativadores de transferências de conhecimento e facilitadores de processos de geração inovativos.  Para Souza (2013), dialogar com outros campos como forma de apropriação de novos conceitos, linguagens ou técnicas contribui para que o desenvolvimento de produtos, quer sejam físicos ou intangíveis, digam respeito ao novo. A essência de qualquer processo de inovação consiste na recombinação original de elementos provenientes de conhecimentos novos ou daqueles já existentes. As atividades inovativas dos indivíduos e das organizações estão vinculadas à capacidade do aprendizado adquirido, que habilita construir novas representações dos ambientes e derivar-lhes novos usos. O argumento abordado no decorrer deste estudo comprova,  mediante a análise das relações que se estabelecem entre os distintos setores, que é dentro das zonas de fronteira – aquele campo de intersecção que pode ser gerado entre uma área disciplinar  e outra,  que de fato são ativadas as dinâmicas que facilitam o surgimento de processos de inovação significativos. Confirma-se, portanto, a eficácia da cross fertilization como instrumento aplicado no campo do design. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3370
Efecto de las variables de la gestión de diseño en el producto terminado
Authors: Goiran Andres Roque
Published: July 2016

Asumiendo que la función de diseño es un proceso que interactúa con otros procesos dentro y fuera de la organización con un alto impacto en el éxito comercial de empresa es necesario  para comprender el fenómeno como tal  en primera instancia ponderar sus características propias, comprender como son sus relaciones, analizar  sus mecanismos de transferencia de  información y cuál es el impacto de sus acciones en el producto final y su confiabilidad. Este proceso  ha sido estudiado detalladamente en las últimas décadas con el objeto de sistematizarlo de modo de incrementar la competitividad del producto resultado  mediante el aumento de la calidad, la reducción de costes y  tiempo de fabricación. Si bien las propuestas metodológicas ofrecen variación y matices en la ejecución del diseño de un producto, todas comparten que el proceso creativo se concentra en las fases iniciales, particularmente en estas fases  es donde se sintetizan las primeras soluciones (proceso de ideación) en su definición teórica a un nivel de abstracción que permite el desarrollo del concepto global y de los principios que van a regir al producto en cuestión. Consideramos que la gestión y el diseño como dos funciones o procesos en el cual interactúan diferentes actores tanto externos como internos pudiendo afirmar que  de una manera o de otra están relacionados con la organización ya su vez se relacionan entre sí por medio de variables comunes. El objeto de la investigación fueron las pymes de la región centro de la República Argentina teniendo como objetivos la de  investigar  las características organizativas, la relación con los sistemas exteriores (clientes, proveedores, etc.), los circuitos de información entre la función de diseño y el resto de las funciones y su  relación con el producto continuando  posteriormente con un análisis estructural llevado a cabo por expertos de modo de poder determinar las variables sensibles del producto terminado y del modelo de gestión. Se observó el efecto de las variables de gestión en el producto realizando a través de la curva de Weibull de productos agroindustriales de baja y media tecnología, demostrando que la confiabiabilidad del producto es la variable más sensible de la gestión del diseño.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3681