Conceptual design: cornerstone of usability.

Technical Communication;  May 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...The conceptual model or metaphor of a software user...desktop metaphor, the primary conceptual model in use for the development of...of computing. Whereas the term conceptual model is typically used to refer to...

Conceptual and visual models for categorical data.

The American Statistician;  May 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......article describes and extends a conceptual model for categorical data due to...idea of a visual metaphor is a conceptual model that helps you interpret what is shown in a graph. A good conceptual model for a graphical display will...

UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF FUNCTIONS

Mathematics Teaching;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......when working with students on multiple representations of functions. What do we know...and graphs. Often, even though multiple representations are used when explaining functions...solving inherently involves using multiple representations, moving from one representation...

Object location memory: The interplay of multiple representations

Memory & Cognition;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......availability, and validity, these multiple representations interact to determine...simultaneously maintain multiple representations has received an increasing...we suggest that when multiple representations

CMU-WEB: A Conceptual Model for Designing Usable Web...

Journal of Database Management;  October 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......measure these , we propose CMU- WEB: a conceptual model that can be used to design WWW applications...best of our knowledge, to provide a conceptual model that measures quantifiable metrics...applications, there is a need for a conceptual model that can facilitate the design of...

Observational evidence for alternate modes of track-altering binary...

Monthly Weather Review;  September 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......describe these track alterations. A conceptual model called direct interaction is proposed...two times. A semidirect interaction conceptual model is proposed in which the two TCs have...respectively. An indirect interaction conceptual model is proposed in which the distinguishing...

Prediction Rules for Regime Changes and Length in a New Regime for the...

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......widespread use of the Lorenz model as a conceptual model for predictability studies in meteorology...introduced by Palmer and used as a conceptual model to explore the effects of sea surface...two-regime attractors. Although as a conceptual model, the Lorenz model cannot be taken...

Application of the Human Needs Conceptual Model to Dental Hygiene...

Journal of Dental Hygiene;  June 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ......answered by using the Human Needs Conceptual Model of Dental Hygiene. The purpose of...provide an update on the Human Needs Conceptual Model of Dental Hygiene and its application...Overview The Dental Hygiene Human Needs Conceptual Model, based on Maslow's Human Need Theory...

Lesson plan: conceptual models of sexual activity: baseball is out; pizza...

SIECUS Report;  September 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......develop a new language and then a new conceptual model for sexual activity. I am indebted...lesson examines baseball's use as a conceptual model for sexual activity in the United...them. It then introduces an alternate conceptual model for sexual activity based on pizza...

Salt source for dryland salinity--evidence from an upland catchment on the...

Australian Journal of Soil Research;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Introduction A conceptual model for the occurrence of dryland...The source of the salt in this conceptual model is considered to be from either...evidence both for and against this conceptual model from a small upland catchment...

A Conceptual Model for Nursing Information

International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...PURPOSE. This Conceptual Model for Nursing Information describes...the profession. Search terms: Conceptual Model for Nursing Information, nursing...training. Development of the Conceptual Model The roots of the conceptual...

JORDAN IS A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR FTA DEALS - OFFICIAL

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  March 10, 2005 ;     143 words ...According to "Jordan Times", the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed with Jordan is a conceptual model for similar deals with other Arab countries, a senior US official said. Noting that Jordan was the first Arab country to sign an...

The Interaction of Katabatic Flow and Mountain Waves. Part II: Case Study...

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......case night, the authors develop a conceptual model of the interaction of katabatic flow...simulations that manifest components of the conceptual model of MKI presented herein. The reader...combined, describes the resulting conceptual model of MKI and concludes the manuscript...

Validation of the Saharan dust plume conceptual model using lidar,...

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  June 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......to validate the Saharan dust plume conceptual model constructed from the GARP (Global...features of the Saharan dust plume conceptual model such as (i) the lifting of the aerosol...one single large plume shown in the conceptual model. Lidar observations clearly show that...

False Alarms and Close Calls: A Conceptual Model of Warning Accuracy

Weather and Forecasting;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......alternative approaches to measure FAR. A conceptual model is presented as a framework for a...to warnings. section 4 presents a conceptual model that describes warning accuracy, incorporating...the verification statistics. This conceptual model suggests that a more balanced measure...