High Technology Use at Bedtime Doubles Risk for Sleep Insufficiency

This chapter addresses advocacy technology use by a group of nonprofit advocacy organizations over three periods of time. The research questions for this study are: (1) what types of high technology are state level child advocacy organizations using in their policy work and how has this differed over time? (2) What technologies have been adopted and then discarded? (3) What organizational characteristics predict higher levels of adoption and institutionalization? (4) What technology characteristics predict higher levels of adoption and institutionalization? Research was conducted with three waves of questionnaires (2000, 2004, 2008). Findings included that older technology remains active in most cases while new technology begins to emerge, some change in barriers were reported, and there were slight changes in perceived effectiveness and use by other groups.

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Innovation, High-Technology Use, and Flexibility in Small Manufacturing Firms

Growth and Change ◽

10.1111/j.1468-2257.1993.tb00953.x ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 67-86 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

RUTH C. YOUNG ◽

JOE D. FRANCIS ◽

CHRISTOPHER H. YOUNG

Keyword(s):

Technology Use ◽

High Technology ◽

Manufacturing Firms

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Introduction of an Emerging Technology Device Through PowerPoint® Training

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice ◽

10.46743/1540-580x/2007.1147 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Rebecca Estes ◽

jimmy Ishee

Keyword(s):

Occupational Therapy ◽

Assistive Technology ◽

Technology Use ◽

Positive Attitude ◽

New Technologies ◽

Effective Means ◽

Occupational Therapists ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

High Technology ◽

Therapy Program

Successful inclusion of assistive technology in intervention is limited by training and the level of comfort with technology of treating occupational therapists. Experienced and new therapists need exposure and training on high technology assistive devices newly introduced on the market. The purpose of the study was to identify the effect of a PowerPoint presentation to introduce an emerging high technology device on two groups: 30 licensed occupational therapists and 27 students in an entry level master of occupational therapy program. The PowerPoint developed introduced and educated participants on the Assistive Dining Device. Participants completed a demographic form, the Survey of Technology Use and the Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with assistive Technology. Participants also to rated their satisfaction with the information presented. Results showed 98% of the participants were satisfied with the information presented and 95% of the participants were satisfied with their acquired knowledge base to recommend the device for client use. Master of occupational therapy students were similar in personal characteristics to occupational therapists but were both more satisfied with the Assistive Dining Device characteristics and had a more positive attitude toward technology. Participants who had a less positive attitude toward technology also had a slightly lower mean satisfaction with the Assistive Dining Device than those who had a more positive attitude toward technology. PowerPoint presentations appear to be one effective means of communicating information about new technologies. Further study needs to be done to evaluate the effectiveness of similar media included in packaging and marketing of assistive technology devices.

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Analysis of completed commercial semiconductors using EPMA

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100164970 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 54 ◽

pp. 502-503

Author(s):

R. Packwood ◽

M.W. Phaneuf ◽

V. Weatherall ◽

I. Bassignana

Keyword(s):

Electron Probe Microanalysis ◽

Electron Probe ◽

Semiconductor Industry ◽

Detection Limits ◽

High Technology ◽

Depth Resolution ◽

Analytical Instruments ◽

Wide Range ◽

Numerous Element ◽

Choice Method

The development of specialized analytical instruments such as the SIMS, XPS, ISS etc., all with truly incredible abilities in certain areas, has given rise to the notion that electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) is an old fashioned and rather inadequate technique, and one that is of little or no use in such high technology fields as the semiconductor industry. Whilst it is true that the microprobe does not possess parts-per-billion sensitivity (ppb) or monolayer depth resolution it is also true that many times these extremes of performance are not essential and that a few tens of parts-per-million (ppm) and a few tens of nanometers depth resolution is all that is required. In fact, the microprobe may well be the second choice method for a wide range of analytical problems and even the method of choice for a few.The literature is replete with remarks that suggest the writer is confusing an SEM-EDXS combination with an instrument such as the Cameca SX-50. Even where this confusion does not exist, the literature discusses microprobe detection limits that are seldom stated to be as low as 100 ppm, whereas there are numerous element combinations for which 10-20 ppm is routinely attainable.

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