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- Babapour Chafi, Maral, 1983, et al.
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Activity Theory. A framework for understanding the interrelations between users and workplace design.
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Ingår i: A Handbook of Theories on Designing Alignment Between People and the Office Environment. - London : Routledge.
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- Activity theory (AT) is a conceptual framework for the study of human activity. From this theoretical perspective, an activity system is the primary unit of analysis and is broken into three analytical components: (i) the subject - the person, group or organisation being studied, (ii) the mediating tools by which the activity is carried out, and (iii) the object that the provides the meaning and purpose for which subjects engage in activities. As the concept of tool mediation is central to the theory, its application in workplace studies has enabled an understanding of the interaction between employees as users, their activities and workplaces as mediating tools. AT has been applied in workplace studies to examine the implications of relocating to flexible offices, offering a holistic and contextual method of discovery that has informed use(r)-centred workplace design. Qualitative and interpretative research is recommended for examining the components of activities and their interdependencies. To this end, contextual inquiries are recommended, with a triangulation of methods such as interviews, observations and walkthroughs to ensure a comprehensive understanding of activity systems. The chapter concludes with a step-by-step guide for conducting workplace studies, using AT as an analytical framework.
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- Babapour Chafi, Maral, 1983, et al.
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Appropriation of an Activity-based Flexible Office in Daily Work
- 2018
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Ingår i: Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies. - 2245-0157. ; 8:S3, s. 71-94
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent years, there has been growing interest in collaborative consumption of office environments and thereby implementation of Activity-based Flexible Offices (A-FOs). Relocating to an A-FO introduces a desk-sharing policy as well as a multitude of new workspaces with different speech policies into the employee’s work context. This paper describes how employees appropriate desk-sharing and speech policies in an A-FO. The data were collected over a period of 6 months in a case organization by means of 18 shadowing sessions. The different ways in which employees appropriated the A-FO solution were (i) adopting, experimenting with, or rejecting the desk-sharing policy, and (ii) modes of interaction arising from spatial configuration and redefining speech policies. The discussion outlines the reasons behind appropriation or nonappropriation of the desk-sharing and emergent speech policies. The insights from this study provide support for organizations considering A-FOs to develop strategies for facilitating individuals’ work in these settings.
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- Bergh Alvergren, Victor, 1991, et al.
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D17.2. Code of Practice for Efficient Eco-driving Support. Deliverable to the EBSF2 project
- 2018
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Based on an extensive literature survey and an analysis of the results from demonstrations of different Green Driving Assistance Systems in Barcelona, Lyon, Madrid, and San Sebastian, the deliverable formulates a Code of Practice for the design of Eco-Driving Assistance Systems. Code of practice here refers to the underlying basis of such systems, namely which information is to be taken into account, the principles for comparison and assessing driver’s performance, when information is presented (on-ride, during breaks, post-ride) and if the system should be complemented by eco-driving training or not.
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- Bergh Alvergren, Victor, 1991, et al.
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D17.3. Eco-Driving Assistance. Guidelines for Ergonomic Design of Eco-Driving Assistance HMIs
- 2018
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Based on an extensive literature survey and an analysis of the results from EBSF_2 demonstrations of different Green Driving Assistance Systems in Barcelona, Lyon, Madrid, and San Sebastian, this deliverable proposes guidelines for the design of an eco-driving assistance system HMI. In addition to general HMI guidelines, to be applied to the design of all in-vehicle HMIs, the deliverable suggests design guidelines in relation to pre-drive, on-drive, ride-break, and post-ride HMIs, i.e. information presented in the HMI of a driver assistance system at different timeframes. The guidelines concern information content as well as the choice of information modality.
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- Berglin Blohm, Marianne, et al.
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The possibility of influencing components of hospital delay time within emergency departments among patients with ST-elevation in the initial electrocardiogram.
- 1998
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Ingår i: European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine. - : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Ltd.. - 0969-9546 .- 1473-5695. ; 5:3, s. 289-96
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to describe the possibility of influencing components of hospital delay time within the emergency department (ED) among patients with ST-elevation on the initial electrocardiogram (ECG). Nurses recorded seven patient time points: (1) ED admission; (2) ECG recording; (3) decision by nurse/ED physician; (4) cardiologist ED arrival; (5) decision of coronary care unit (CCU) admission; (6) ED departure; (7) CCU arrival. After special training in ECG, nurses in the ED were subsequently delegated to send patients directly to the CCU if showing ST-elevation on the admission ECG without contacting either the physician in ED or the cardiologist on call (intervention). Delay times between hospital admission and admission to the CCU were evaluated during the 9 months prior to and during the 6 months after the start of this intervention. Fifty patients (66% men) participated in the first study during 3 months (prior to intervention). Patients with suspected or confirmed acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the ED had a median delay time from ED arrival to CCU arrival of 55.5 minutes (34.5 minutes for patients with confirmed AMI; ST elevation on admission). Time interval from decision to admit to CCU and ED departure was an average of 31% of the total delay. A mean of 21% of total delay occurred between ED decision to cardiologist arrival, and 19% during the time interval from cardiologist ED arrival until decision to CCU admission. Among patients receiving thrombolysis, the median delay time from hospital admission to CCU admission was reduced from 40 minutes during the 9 months prior to start of the intervention (nurses sending patients directly to the CCU) to 22 minutes during the 6 months thereafter (p = 0.02). The largest proportion of hospital delay components for acute coronary syndrome patients occurred between the cardiologist's decision to admit to the CCU and departure from the ED, and the interval following the decision by the nurse or physician to the cardiologist ED arrival. When nurses were delegated to transfer patients with ST-elevation on admission directly to the CCU without contacting a physician, the delay time from ED admission to CCU admission was reduced by nearly 50%.
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- Bligård, Lars-Ola, 1976, et al.
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Developers as Users: Exploring the Experiences of Using a New Theoretical Method for Usability Assessment
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Ingår i: Advances in Human-Computer Interaction. - : Hindawi Limited. - 1687-5907 .- 1687-5893. ; 2017
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- There is a need for appropriate evaluation methods to efficiently identify and counteract usability issues early in the development process. The aim of this study was to investigate how product developers assessed a new theoretical method for identifying usability problems and use errors. Two cases where the method had been applied were selected and the users of the method in them were asked to fill in a questionnaire and were then interviewed about their experiences of using the method. Overall, the participants (students and professionals) found the methods useful and their outcome trustworthy. At the same time, the methods were assessed as difficult to learn and as cumbersome and tedious to use. Nevertheless, both students and professionals thought that the methods would be useful in future development work. Suggestions for further improvement included provision of further instructions, for example, on how to adapt the methods and development of an IT-support tool.
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- Brembeck, Helene, 1952, et al.
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Exploring Children’s foodscapes
- 2010
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Ingår i: Proceedings from the 4th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Child and Teen Consumption. June 21-23 2010, Campus Norrköping, Sweden.
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