Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques

Preparing the books to read every day is enjoyable for many people. However, there are still many people who also don't like reading. This is a problem. But, when you can support others to start reading, it will be better. One of the books that can be recommended for new readers is experience and education. This book is not kind of difficult book to read. It can be read and understand by the new readers.

Experience and Education.

https://ris.utwente.nl/ws/files/6761018/Geels02technological.pdf

Technological transitions as evolutionary reconfiguration processes: a multi-level perspective and a case-study

Social Psychology of Organizations

Building information modeling (BIM) is one of the most promising recent developments in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. With BIM technology, an accurate virtual model of a building is digitally constructed. This model, known as a building information model, can be used for planning, design, construction, and operation of the facility. It helps architects, engineers, and constructors visualize what is to be built in a simulated environment to identify any potential design, construction, or operational issues. BIM represents a new paradigm within AEC, one that encourages integration of the roles of all stakeholders on a project. In this paper, current trends, benefits, possible risks, and future challenges of BIM for the AEC industry are discussed. The findings of this study provide useful information for AEC industry practitioners considering implementing BIM technology in their projects.

https://ascelibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.1061/%28ASCE%29LM.1943-5630.0000127

Building Information Modeling (BIM): Trends, Benefits, Risks, and Challenges for the AEC Industry

Learning by trying: the implementation of configurational technology☆

Background.

the study was designed to test whether vitamin E (VE) provides oral mucosal protection in patients with irradiated cancers of the head and neck.



Methods.

Fifty-four patients with cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx were randomly assigned to rinse the oral cavity in an oil solution containing either VE or placebo before every conventional fraction of 2 Gy and again 8 to 12 hours later during the 5 to 7 weeks of radiotherapy (RT).



Results.

Thirty-six events/167 patient-weeks (21.6%) and 54 events/161 patient-weeks (33.5%) of symptomatic mucositis were observed in VE and placebo groups, respectively (p = .038). VE reduced the risk by 36%. Subjective data at the end of the treatment revealed that VE decreased pain grades 2 to 3 during RT (3 of 28 patients vs 14 of 26 patients, p = .0001). No significant influence was detected in survival.



Conclusion.

VE decreased the incidence of symptomatic oral radio-induced mucositis in patients with cancer of the oropharynx and oral cavity. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck26: XXX–XXX, 2004

Protective effect of alpha‐tocopherol in head and neck cancer radiation‐induced mucositis: A double‐blind randomized trial

Bleomycin lung toxicity: who are the patients with increased risk?

Configurations comprise assemblies of technological and nontechnological components, including human factors, built up to meet local contingencies. Examples are drawn from robotics, production systems, CAPM, and IT applications. A possible metric is outlined. Unlike generic systems, configurations do not evidence particular dynamics of development. They may represent an early stage of an overall life-cycle, with a generic mature phase. The participation of users at various levels, familiar with local contingencies, is necessary to build configurations. User knowledge, job design, and human factors are not adjuncts, but essential inputs to the innovation process, helping to crystallize contingencies into novel artifacts.

Configurations: Crystallizing contingency

It is widely recopnized that many different opes and forms of knowledge contribute to technology development. Formal codified knowledge, tacit knowledge, informal knowledge and cultural knowledge have all recently been addressed. However, one other particular form of knowledge—the contribution of knowledge/information embodied in the working context—has not been directly or explicitly addressed to the same extent. Tet this form of knowledge—‘contingent knowledge’—it is argued, plays a crucial but under-appreciated role in technology development and innovation. In this paper, the concept of contingent knowledge is further explicated and illustrated by means of examples, and the strategic and practical implications are drawn out.

James Fleck

Papers

Learning by trying: the implementation of configurational technology☆

Protective effect of alpha‐tocopherol in head and neck cancer radiation‐induced mucositis: A double‐blind randomized trial

Bleomycin lung toxicity: who are the patients with increased risk?

Configurations: Crystallizing contingency

Contingent knowledge and technology development