scholarly journals Design of information systems as an aid to migrants

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Hernández Navarro
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Graphic Design ◽  
Communication System ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Design Processes ◽  
In Transit ◽  
The Relationship

Starting from the official announcement called by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Universidad Iberoamericana’s Program on Migration for the 1st Contest “Let us help those who aid migrants”, students of the degree course on Graphic Design and an interdisciplinary group of teachers developed a “visual communication system to promote hygiene and health in hostels lodging migrants in transit.”[1]   Through the use of a dialectical – reflexive methodology[2] it was possible to implement the reasonable development of a common language for the different disciplines intervening in the design process, taking into account the relationship between sign and images’ comprehension by users.   This paper intends to show, by way of the study of a case, the importance of the design processes and of the use of new social tools, such as Ethnography, opening new perspectives in the analysis, perception, interaction and conception of better designs. [1] http://www.crmsv.org/documentos/CICR%20-%20Actividades%20de%20asistencia%202014.pdf [Consulta: 10 de junio de 2013]  [sin autoría reconocida] [2] Dietz, G. (2011). “Hacia una Etnografía doblemente reflexiva: una propuesta desde la Antropología de la interculturalidad”. Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana. Vol. 8 No. 1 Enero-abril, Pág.3-26.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/IFDP.2016.3218  

scholarly journals The International Committee of the Red Cross and human rights

1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (208) ◽  
pp. 3-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dietrich Schindler
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Committee ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
25Th Anniversary ◽  
150Th Anniversary ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
The Relationship

The 150th anniversary of the birth of Henry Dunant, the 30th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 25th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights were all celebrated in 1978. Also in 1978, both the American Convention on Human Rights (1969) and the Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions (1977) entered into force. The concurrence of these various notable events, all relating to human rights, constitutes an appropriate occasion for an analysis of the relationship which exists between international humanitarian law and human rights.

Internationalizing Colonial War: On the Unintended Consequences of the Interventions of the International Committee of the Red Cross in SOUTH-EAST ASIA, 1945–1949*

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boyd van Dijk
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Formative Period ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Algerian War ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
Algerian War Of Independence ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract What is the relationship between decolonization and international law? Most historians agree that empires framed their colonial wars as emergencies in order to escape international scrutiny. After 1945, however, those same imperial powers invited the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to intervene in their wars of decolonization while resisting an official state of war. This article seeks to solve this puzzle by drawing attention to the ICRC’s critical part in reshaping the international legal system regarding colonial war in the critical years before the Algerian War of Independence (1954–62) and the Bandung Conference (1955). In this formative period, the organization, together with anti-colonial activists, played a transformative role in contesting accepted ideas of global governance and international law while providing a new stage for anti-colonial resistance, with far-reaching consequences, not just for the ICRC’s own institutional future, but also for the legitimization of (post-)colonial sovereignty in the twentieth century.

International humanitarian law, non-state armed groups and the International Committee of the Red Cross in Colombia

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Bradley
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Future Research ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Armed Groups ◽  
Internal Armed Conflict ◽  
Primary Means ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

This article analyses the experiences of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Colombia, and has two main purposes: first, to elaborate on the relationship between international humanitarian law (IHL) and the practical work of the ICRC in internal armed conflict; and second, to use our enhanced understanding of that relationship to shed light on important questions regarding the nature and effectiveness of IHL with respect to non-State armed groups. It proceeds in three main parts. First, it provides background on the work of the ICRC to contextualise the subsequent analysis, establishing the importance of IHL in the work of the ICRC in general. Second, it shows that for the ICRC, IHL is a means to an end (namely protection) rather than an end in itself, and that it is not the only (or even necessarily the primary) means to that end. Third, it argues that the ICRC often finds that reference to IHL is counter-productive to achieving desired protection outcomes, and that this calls into question the adequacy and effectiveness of the IHL framework itself. Finally, it concludes by suggesting why the existing framework may be less than optimal for achieving its aims, and how future research could contribute to a more comprehensive assessment of the appropriateness and adequacy of existing IHL.

scholarly journals Effective Factors on continued use of the Picture Archiving and Communication System in Teaching Hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mojtaba Kafashi ◽  
Mohtaram Nematollahi
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Picture Archiving ◽  
Continued Use ◽  
Picture Archiving And Communication ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Pacs System ◽  
Expectation Confirmation

Introduction: The evaluation of information systems by health care professionals is one of the key factors for improving the acceptability and usability of systems. Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) is the support for more accurate diagnosis in the medical field. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the factors affecting the continuance of this system in teaching hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive-analytic cross-sectional study conducted in 2014. The sample consisted of 200 PACS users (general practitioners, residents, specialists and radiologists) in Faghihi and Nemazee hospitals of Shiraz. They were selected by stratified random sampling. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. To confirm the reliability of the questionnaire, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient (84%) was used and 5 experts from health information management were used to confirm the validity of the questionnaire. The results of the present study were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and regression tests) using SPSS 22 software.Results: The study showed that in selected hospitals according to the model, the highest correlation was found between the relationship between expectation confirmation of and satisfaction (r=0.682; R2=0.465) and the least correlation was related to the relationship between the expectation confirmation and the compatibility (r=0.347; R2=0.120). Also, there was a significant relationship between the level of education of users and the continuance intention to use the PACS system (P-value = 0.008). Radiologists have the highest tendency to continue using the PACS system and the least-favored were specialists.Conclusion: The results of the research indicate that for continued use of information systems by users and increase their satisfaction and the success of systems, consideration of users' expectations, requirements and technical requirements of systems to fit the system with the tasks of users before implementing information systems is necessary and inevitable.

Causing a Stir

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilo POTOCNJAK-OXMAN
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Design Team ◽  
Design Processes ◽  
Early Stages

Stir was a crowd-voted grants platform aimed at supporting creative youth in the early stages of an entrepreneurial journey. Developed through an in-depth, collaborative design process, between 2015 and 2018 it received close to two hundred projects and distributed over fifty grants to emerging creatives and became one of the most impactful programs aimed at increasing entrepreneurial activity in Canberra, Australia. The following case study will provide an overview of the methodology and process used by the design team in conceiving and developing this platform, highlighting how the community’s interests and competencies were embedded in the project itself. The case provides insights for people leading collaborative design processes, with specific emphasis on some of the characteristics on programs targeting creative youth

Roles of externalisation activities in the design process

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Maral Babapour Chafi
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Physical Models ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Knowledge Gaps ◽  
Design Processes ◽  
Digital Modelling

Designers engage in various activities, dealing with different materials and media to externalise and represent their form ideas. This paper presents a review of design research literature regarding externalisation activities in design process: sketching, building physical models and digital modelling. The aim has been to review research on the roles of media and representations in design processes, and highlight knowledge gaps and questions for future research.

Zur Pragmatik und Grammatik der Wissenschaftskommunikation. Ein Modellierungsvorschlag

Fachsprache ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 36-60
Author(s):  
Mathilde Hennig ◽  
Dániel Czicza
Keyword(s):  
Language Variation ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Passive Voice ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Communication In Science

The article aims to examine grammatical features and pragmatic concerns of communicating in the sciences. In the research of certain languages, it became common to explaingrammatical features such as the usage of passive voice and nominal structures by communication requirements such as objectivity and precision. With the assumption that communication in science is designed to help gain and spread new insight, the authors tried to integrate several approaches to pragmatic and grammatical features of communication. By discussing the relationship between the grammar of certain languages and of the corresponding common language, the article also places the subject of communication in the sciences in the discipline of language variation.

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