Most studies of inventions to prevent wrong site surgery have focused on checklists for surgeons or anaesthesiologists to perform before surgery.
Academics and students alike will enjoy this fascinating study of the invention of the professional chef, of how ordinary workers influenced emerging trends of scientific knowledge, culture-creation, and taste in eighteenth-century France.
At a time when Internet use is closely tracked and social networking sites supply data for targeted advertising, Lars Heide presents the first academic study of the invention that fueled today's information revolution: the punched card.
This study includes description of invention of both a mechanism and a control system for safety and user interface.
But there is one bright line that Dr. Hammond says he will not cross: He will not treat patients who are enrolled in studies of his invention.
Andy Hargadon, a University of California, Davis, researcher who studies the roots of invention, once explained to me that doctoral and post-doctoral students are the "stem cells" of the science/innovation system.
By studying the process of invention, that is, the efforts made in scientific and other contexts to understand, define, measure, and explain autonomous thinking, we can better understand the role of the open mind in shaping the intellectual, social, and political life of Cold War America.
Empirical input from three case studies of packaging inventions and their inventors is used to elaborate the suggested framework.
Stemming from Kominsky Crumb's iconic 1989 comic "Nose Job," in which her alter ego refuses to assimilate through cosmetic surgery, Oksman's study is an arresting exploration of invention in the face of the pressure to disappear.
Part II broadens the study by turning to problems of invention in an economy-wide or general equilibrium framework, with special emphasis on technological change in the process of economic growth.
In this study, we explored the impact of invention activities on student exam performance, learning, and problem-solving skills in a first-year biology class.
