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Understanding the relationships between emotion regulation strategies and Big Five personality traits for supporting effective emotion regulation tools/interventions design

Emotions affect one's well-being and mental health, and each person has different personality traits, which influence the emotion regulation process. Better understanding of the relationships between...

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Exploring the intersection of equipment design and human physical ability: Leveraging biomechanics, ergonomics/anthropometry, and wearable technology for enhancing human physical performance

This perspective article highlights the development of sports equipment design and development. The impact of ergonomics/anthropometry and biomechanics on sports equipment design is discussed, focusing...

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Design as an agent of narratives: A matrix and framework for incorporating narratives into design processes

Narratives are a deep-rooted channel for expressing and communicating individual and collective human experiences, perceptions, and interpretations of reality. As agents of material culture and embodiment,...

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Design interventions for sustainable eating: Case studies across UK and China

The promotion of sustainable and healthy eating habits plays a pivotal role in enhancing the overall sustainability of food systems and addressing environmental pressures. Defined by the World Health...

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Design of plant protection unmanned aerial vehicles: Quantitative research and virtual simulation

To enhance people's perceptions of agricultural machinery and elevate agricultural equipment to a high-end status, this paper proposes a product design evaluation process based on quantitative theory...

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Design for sustainable behaviour: Guidelines for cooking appliances

The habit of cooking can incorporate new values and practices over time, mirroring changes in society as a whole. Besides providing basic physiological needs, cooking is essential in constituting individual...

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An ergonomic design method of manned cabin driven by human operation performance

Manned airtight cabins are used for various applications. A well-designed airtight manned cabin can efficiently facilitate personnel tasks. However, most current research on design methods for manned...

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Inside out: Addressing the “how” of data collection in experience design research applying introspective methods

Introspective (or first-person) methods are carving out their niche in experience design research. Relevant epistemological conversations in recent years have led experience design researchers to appreciate...

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Effects of color temperature and time gradients on visual fatigue recovery in closed cabin

The working environment of a closed cabin is particularly prone to inducing visual fatigue among visual display terminal (VDT) operators. Once visual fatigue symptoms set in, the limited space of the...

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Demystifying emotion for designers: A five-day course based on seven fundamental principles

This paper introduces a five-day intensive course, conducted over five years from 2018 to 2022, aimed at teaching emotion-driven design (EDD) to graduate students with diverse disciplinary backgrounds...

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A cross-cultural analysis of driving styles for future autonomous vehicles

The success of an autonomous driving system largely depends on gaining the trust of its users and meeting their expectations for comfortable rides. However, the driver's expectation differs because...

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Research on the influence of organizational form of inspirational information in conceptual design: Workload and creativity

The relationship between information organization and innovation behavior is an important area of study, yet research on the behavior of designers in this regard is underexplored. This study experimentally...

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Ergonomics assessment of the overhead maintenance of vehicle-mounted radar antenna using digital human modelling

The maintenance of vehicle-mounted radar antenna (VMRA) is a typical overhead work by manual handling, where exertions, awkward postures and approaching the ends of range of motion are often necessitated....

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Design of a head-support device for a novel head-only MRI scanner

This study reports on the development of a user-adjustable head support device for a head-only MRI scanner with a seated patient. To avoid motion artifacts in head MRI, patients must move <1 ​mm during...

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Viewing the concept of creation and genetic mapping of the traditional weaving process from the perspective of utensils-- taking the flat barrel cage as an example

China's traditional hand-knitting process resources are quite rich, the hand-knitting process resources are missing with the worrying of current situation because of various reasons. To return the weaving...

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Research on design thinking workshop based on protocol analysis: A case study of library usage scenarios

Design thinking has a broad range of applications beyond the design field, such as in libraries. However, significant differences remain between designers and non-designers in using design thinking...

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Exploring opportunities for online pharmacy design for Moroccan citizens

In countries with limited digital capabilities such as Morocco, the adoption of electronic services faces significant challenges owing to limited awareness and prevalent apprehension among the local...

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Research on assist design strategy of electric garden tools driven by data and intelligence

This study proposes an artificial intelligence (AI) assited design strategy for electric gardening tools, focusing on direct interaction between workers and tools. Using electric pruning shears as a...

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The impalpable omnipresence of the ethical demand in design

The paper aims at defining a virtue-based design ethics. The difficulties of understanding design ethics as being the result of an impalpable ethical directive are explored. As such, ethical realism...

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Component and resource expressions for trimming method based on Extenics

Trimming is an effective tool for the iteration and simplification of product systems. Nonetheless, as product complexity continues to increase, current methodologies face challenges in efficiently...

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