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A design wall is simply a vertical space
where you can compose quilts. Why vertical?
Because you are making an art quilt that
will be hung, and therefore seen, vertically
when it is finished. Thus, it is important that
when you make decisions…

The University of Ottawa Press acknowledges with gratitude the support extended to
its publishing list by Heritage Canada through the Canada Book Fund, by the Canada
Council for the Arts, by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences…

“Finally the journey leads to the city of Tamara. One enters the city
through streets which are fi lled with insignia protruding from the walls.
The eye only sees images of things which mean other things… Your
gaze scans the streets as though…

For over a million years man has been trying to predict his future.He has always failed-and his failures are buried the dust of history. Legendary fortune tellers, prophets, oracles, medicine men, astrologers, numerologists, mystics, charlatans, and…

n the economically developed world, the majority of all jobs, often more than 75 per cent,
involve some form of service work (Bryson et al., 2004b). Furthermore, some 9 in 10 of
all new jobs are also in services, particularly in Europe, North…

Starting a new business venture is like going into a tropical forest
on a treasure hunt. There are rewards to be won, both in material
wealth and personal satisfaction, but there
are
dangers lurking
and
you can easily lose your way.
This book…

In 1981, Leonard Pearlin and his colleagues published an article that would radically shift the sociological study of mental health from an emphasis on psychiatric
disorder to a focus on social structure and its consequences for stress and…

Rehabilitation ergonomics is a young discipline. First proposed in 1979 informally
in the literature, rehabilitation ergonomics needs to grow signifi cantly. While the
principles of rehabilitation ergonomics may remain stable, undergoing little…

This book explores, but does not systematically chart, a large and sometimes controversial subject with
indefinite boundaries. It is the outgrowth of a multidisciplinary conference convened at Duke University in
the fall of 1993 to address…

Neuroergonomics is the study of brain and behavior at work (Parasuraman, 2003). This interdisciplinary area of research and practice merges the
disciplines of neuroscience and ergonomics (or
human factors) in order to maximize the benefits
of…