RESOLVING INCOMMENSURABLE DEBATES: A PRELIMINARY IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONA KINDS, ATTRIBUTES, AND CHARACTERISTICS

Resolving Incommensurable Debates: A Preliminary Identification of Persona Kinds, Attributes, and Characteristics

Persona-based design (PBD) has become a popular method for enabling design teams to reason and communicate about user-centered design issues and trade-offs.There is a growing body of literature that describes different ways in which personas have been applied by researchers and practitioners.Despite this diversity in practice the debates about the

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When another Asturias seemed possible: Regionalism and the heterodox Left during the Spanish Transition to Democracy

The Transition in Asturias saw an intersection between regionalism and the minority parties of the replica beach walk candle left.Through personal and ideological connections, the regionalists extended their influence over the parties of the intelligentsia: Asturian Socialist Democracy, the Communist Movement of Asturias, and the Popular Socialist

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Severe community-acquired Enterobacter pneumonia: a plea for greater awareness of the concept of health-care-associated pneumonia

Abstract Background Patients with Enterobacter community-acquired pneumonia (EnCAP) were admitted to our intensive care unit (ICU).Our primary aim was to describe them as few data are available on EnCAP.A comparison with CAP due to common and typical bacteria was performed.Methods Baseline clinical, biological and radiographic characteristics, crit

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Existing Accessible Modeling Tools Offer Limited Support to Evaluation of Impact Investment in Rangeland Ecosystem Services

Privately owned rangelands in the western US support many ecosystem services and are threatened by financial incentives favoring conversion to housing development and more intensive forms of agriculture.Recognizing this threat, the impact investment community has identified rangeland management as a potential investing strategy to produce financial

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