Article
Education & Educational Research
Hui Cheng, Xu Sun, Xiao Qiu, Bingjian Liu, Liang Xia, Shijian Luo, Jing Xie, Wei Li, Yang Li, Xin Tian
Summary: The aim of this study was to validate the PCMI model in the context of museum creativity and understand the dimensions and indicators from the museum's perspective. Through an online questionnaire and data testing, the results showed that the Affect dimension was the most important factor in museum creativity assessment, rather than just Novelty. The dimensions of Resolution and Importance also played crucial roles in museum creativity. Some indicators of the PCMI model were found to be incompatible with the museum context, necessitating adjustments.
THINKING SKILLS AND CREATIVITY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Wang Tao, He Guang-shun, Deng Li-jing, Zhao Rui, Yang Lu, Yin Yue
Summary: In recent years, the Chinese government has placed greater importance on marine ecological protection, analyzing marine ecosystem services and accounting, and introducing the concept of the quaternary industry. The results show that the Gross Marine Ecological-Economic Product (GMEEP) has a stable average annual growth rate, with the added value of the quaternary industry playing a significant role in the marine ecological economy.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Henry M. H. Chan, Vincent W. S. Cho
Summary: Creativity is crucial for the success of organizations in today's competitive environment, and collaborative communication plays a key role in sustaining a competitive advantage. Rationality positively affects the meaningfulness of new product creativity, while informal communication influences the novelty of new product creativity. This study contributes to the understanding of new product development and provides practical insights for organizations on the importance of collaborative communication in fostering creativity and improving performance.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
ShiYong Zheng, JiaYing Li, HaiJian Wang, Suad Dukhaykh, Wang Lei, BiQing Li, Peng Jie
Summary: This study investigates the impact of product characteristics on consumers' willingness to participate in brand communities, and finds that product complexity, product symbolism, and product satisfaction have a positive influence on consumers' participation. Additionally, the duration of product use moderates the effects of product satisfaction and product symbolism on participation willingness.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Birgit Andrine Apenes Solem, Marko Kohtamaki, Vinit Parida, Thomas Brekke
Summary: This study examines the role of service design routines in driving the digital servitization transformation of manufacturing companies, using a marine solution provider as a case study. The findings highlight the importance of user insights, collaboration, ideation, and delivery in successful digital servitization. Senior managers are encouraged to promote the development of service design routines to achieve growth outcomes in the transition from product-centric to service-centric firms.
JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yenan Dong, Shangshang Zhu, Wenjie Li
Summary: This study examined the impact of students' use of mind mapping tools on sustainable creativity, as well as the role of mind maps in graphic design education. The results showed that mind maps play an important role in the design process, helping to develop creative ideas, stimulate students' minds, and maintain their creative energy.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Dolores Parras-Burgos, Daniel G. Fernandez-Pacheco, Francisco J. F. Canavate
Summary: Industrial products in the agronomic field are now focusing on both technical and functional aspects as well as visual aesthetics, with innovative design leading to product differentiation. Through a conceptual design process based on analogies and nature-inspired shapes, the most suitable form can be found, leading to a transformation in product image.
Article
Business
Simone Franzo, Andrea Urbinati, Davide Chiaroni, Vittorio Chiesa
Summary: This paper examines the process followed by four companies in the paper and beverage industries that have launched six circular products, revealing that companies implement peculiar managerial practices for launching circular products into the market, typically addressing all dimensions of the business model and following a recurrent path over time.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Jong Boonpracha
Summary: This study aims to explore the creativity of students' idea creation in product design using the SCAMPER technique. Twenty-five third-year product design students aged twenty to twenty-two participated in an eight-week design activity. The results show that using the SCAMPER technique helps students generate creative ideas to address existing product problems, as measured by four indicators of creativity: fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration.
THINKING SKILLS AND CREATIVITY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Sounak Nandi, B. Subba Reddy
Summary: The investigation focuses on the failure analysis of Fibre Reinforced Plastic rods used in overhead transmission line insulators. Through data acquisition and time-frequency analysis of leakage current data, the condition of the insulators can be determined. Various events like dry-band arcing, partial surface arcs, and triple-point discharges are observed. The study presents a simple time-frequency analysis and a harmonic analysis algorithm, as well as reinforces the analysis with Empirical Mode Decomposition. The main objective is to estimate early failures using minimal time and available data.
ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yitian Liu, Kang Hu, Ruifeng Zhou, Xianfeng Ai, Yunqing Chen
Summary: This paper introduces the application of Bayesian networks in user behavior analysis research, establishing a model driven by customer research data to guide design optimization. Through a case study, it is found that enhancing evaluations of customers' subjective norms and perceived behavioral control leads to a higher probability of purchase or use. The paper provides a design optimization plan based on the research results and discusses the advantages of the research approach and future research directions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Gopika K. Gopan, S. V. R. Aditya Reddy, Madhav Rao, Neelam Sinha
Summary: This study examines the potential of using EEG technology to assess levels of visual creativity. Through various tasks and analysis methods, the study achieved classification results for different levels of creativity and found that chaos analysis showed higher accuracy in classification.
BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND CONTROL
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Mario Caterino, Marta Rinaldi, Valentina Di Pasquale, Alessandro Greco, Salvatore Miranda, Roberto Macchiaroli
Summary: More than 60 years has passed since the installation of the first robot in an industrial context. Since then, industrial robotics has seen great advancements and, today, robots can collaborate with humans in executing a wide range of working activities. Nevertheless, the impact of robots on human operators has not been deeply investigated. To address this problem, we conducted an empirical study to measure the errors performed by two groups of people performing a working task through a virtual reality (VR) device. A sample of 78 engineering students participated in the experiments. The first group worked with a robot, sharing the same workplace, while the second group worked without the presence of a robot. The number of errors made by the participants was collected and analyzed. Although statistical results show that there are no significant differences between the two groups, qualitative analysis proves that the presence of the robot led to people paying more attention during the execution of the task, but to have a worse learning experience.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Maram Saudy, Tamer Breakah, Mosbeh R. Kaloop, Sherif El-Badawy
Summary: Mechanistic-Empirical (ME) pavement design approaches have advantages such as considering diverse traffic loadings and climatic conditions, and characterizing pavement materials comprehensively. However, implementing ME procedures faces challenges like requiring large amounts of traffic and climatic data, advanced material characterization, calibration and validation, and lack of experience. To encourage ME design implementation in data and experience-scarce regions, this research proposes a ME regional implementation model, which was developed and implemented in Egypt as a case study.
CASE STUDIES IN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Asterios Zacharakis, Maximos Kaliakatsos-Papakostas, Stamatia Kalaitzidou, Emilios Cambouropoulos
Summary: The study investigated the impact of using CHAMELEON on human creativity in a melodic harmonization task, finding that novices appreciated the computational support more than professionals. Users seemed to adopt more explorative strategies as a result of interacting with CHAMELEON, leading to more complex, diverse, and unexpected harmonizations compared to the control group.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Sidsel Nymark Ernstsen, Jennifer Whyte, Christian Thuesen, Anja Maier
Summary: This paper presents three emergent visions for digital transformation of the construction sector, based on interview-based study with UK construction professionals. These visions include efficient construction, user-data-driven built environment, and value-driven computational design, emphasizing different technologies influenced by technology, business, and policy discourses in the sector.
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Philip Cash, Anja Maier
Summary: Representation is crucial in design work, with a need for a general account to explain diverse results across different representation modes and design tasks. By experimentally testing dual-process theory hypotheses, this study explores the impact of gesture and sketching on a range of design tasks. The findings support a novel dual process explanation of design representation, highlighting the importance of the matching between representation modes in the design process.
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Anja M. Maier, Claudia M. Eckert, P. John Clarkson
Summary: The study found that communication plays a crucial role in determining the success or failure of collaborative design projects, often leading to problems that are not solely technical in nature. These issues are more likely symptomatic of underlying factors like information, representation, individual, team, and organizational issues.
JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING DESIGN
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Philip Cash, Ola Isaksson, Anja Maier, Joshua Summers
Summary: How a research team defines their study sample is crucial for its impact on practice and theory. However, sampling in design research faces challenges due to diverse terminology, limited prior literature, and lack of a common framework for discussing sampling decisions. This paper addresses these challenges by integrating guidance from related research fields and citing examples from published design research. It presents a structured process for sample development and introduces eight key sampling considerations. The paper contributes to research method selection, development, and use, as well as discussions on knowledge construction, reporting standards, and design research impact.
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
David C. Wynn, Anja M. Maier
Summary: This article examines the role of feedback in the design and development process, offering a conceptual framework and a system-theoretic model to analyze its impact. It highlights the lack of integrated research on this topic and aims to provide insights into how feedback affects important behaviors in the DDP.
RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING DESIGN
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Alix Feldman, Francois Patou, Monika Baumann, Anders Stockmarr, Gunhild Waldemar, Anja M. Maier, Asmus Vogel
Summary: Hearing loss is a significant risk factor for cognitive impairment and has been proposed to be associated with cognitive decline in older age. However, there is limited research examining this association among individuals with mild cognitive impairment.
Article
Business
Melanie E. Kreye, Philip J. Cash, Pedro Parraguez, Anja Maier
Summary: This article reveals a new mechanism of uncertainty development called uncertainty masking, which occurs when the project team misidentifies the root uncertainty and creates symptomatic uncertainty. This leads to a growth in uncertainty levels during later project stages. The findings contribute to the engineering-management literature and significantly advance uncertainty theory in engineering management.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business
Sarah Lasso, Philip Cash, Jaap Daalhuizen, Melanie Kreye
Summary: This study addresses the gap in understanding the causal links between different types of uncertainty and the project activities they trigger in new product development. It provides guidance to engineering managers on how to respond to technical and organizational uncertainty. The findings indicate that uncertainty type significantly affects activity response and there is an ordering effect within this response.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Sebastiano A. Piccolo, Sune Lehmann, Anja M. Maier
Summary: It has been found that collaboration and communication networks in a large engineering project are weakly correlated and exhibit opposite purposes and topological structures. The email communication network is designed to facilitate information dissemination, while the collaboration network is organized to suppress error propagation.
COMPUTERS IN INDUSTRY
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Jonas L. Isaksen, Jonas Ghouse, Morten W. Skov, Morten S. Olesen, Anders G. Holst, Adrian Pietersen, Jonas B. Nielsen, Anja Maier, Claus Graff, Ruth Frikke-Schmidt, Jorgen K. Kanters
Summary: This study investigated the association between electrocardiogram (ECG) markers and non-Alzheimer's dementia (non-AD), and found that these markers improved the risk prediction for non-AD.
JOURNAL OF STROKE & CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Philip Cash, Agata Wrobel, Anja Maier, John Paulin Hansen
Summary: Long-term behaviour change is important for societal and personal challenges, but previous research has focused on short-term trials and overlooked the design guidance for long-term interventions. This study used a Delphi survey method with international experts and analyzed real-world cases to address this gap. The findings provide essential guidance for long-term behavioural design and contribute to research on long-term behaviour change.
JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING DESIGN
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Jonas L. Isaksen, Jonas Ghouse, Morten W. Skov, Morten S. Olesen, Anders G. Holst, Adrian Pietersen, Jonas B. Nielsen, Anja Maier, Claus Graff, Thomas A. Gerds, Ruth Frikke-Schmidt, Jorgen K. Kanters
Summary: By examining a large population, this study found that several common ECG markers are associated with Alzheimer's disease and can improve risk prediction.
JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Art
Sidsel K. Nymark Ernstsen, Christian Thuesen, Christian H. Mossing, Stig Brinck, Anja Maier
Summary: Digitalisation has had a transformative effect on society. This paper introduces the Technology Cards, a design game that helps users explore the impact of various technologies on their future business. The iterative development and testing of the cards with participants from different organizations demonstrate their effectiveness in facilitating inquiry, imagination, and dialogue regarding current challenges and future implications of technology. The paper highlights the importance of involving non-technology-savvy stakeholders in envisioning digital futures and providing design tools for better understanding the implications of technology.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DESIGN
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Maria Oskarsdottir, Anna Sigridur Islind, Elias August, Erna Sif Arnardottir, Francois Patou, Anja M. Maier
Summary: This study aimed to investigate if 3 to 14 days of sleep data collection using self-trackers is sufficient, and the relationship between sleep quality, physical activity, and heart rate. The results showed that over 2 months of self-tracking data are needed to provide a representative summary of daily activity and sleep patterns, challenging the current standard of 3 to 14 days for sleep quality assessment.
JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH
(2022)
