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A day in the life of a Health Care Aide: Frontline perspectives on when, where, and how information and communication technologies could be helpful
DownloadFall 2012
Background: The purpose of this focused ethnographic study was to gather a firsthand account of a day on the life of a Health Care Aide (HCA) in rural Alberta to see when, where, and how information and communication technologies (ICTs) could help support their work. Methods: Four HCAs working...
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A decision support framework for concurrent multi-DFX implementation to optimize the machine design process
DownloadSpring 2019
Industry 4.0 has sparked rapid changes in the manufacturing and construction sectors, leading to a major shift in how prefab construction machines are designed and manufactured in a concurrent engineering environment. Design for X (DFX) is one of the most effective methods for implementing in...
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Spring 2015
Earth moving projects are commonly involved in the construction industry for tasks such as road construction, pipeline installation, surface mining, and so on. All the operations in earth moving projects are completed by a fleet of different construction equipment. Since earth moving projects...
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A Defense of Bertrand Russell’s Theory of Definite Descriptions against Donnellan’s Distinction
DownloadFall 2017
According to Russell’s theory of descriptions, a sentence of the form “The F is G” expresses the general proposition There is exactly one F and whatever is an F is G. According to Donnellan, there are two types of uses of a definite description: an attributive use and a referential use. A...