Fabrication, installation, test and evaluation of motorcycle controls and displays; gear position, indicator, non-linear throttle, tactile indicator of neutral position. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Human factors requirements for real-time motorist information displays. Volume 2: state-of-the-art: messages and displays in freeway corridors. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Research, Washington, D.C.

Human factors requirements for real-time motorist information displays. Volume 3: summary of systems in the United States. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Research, Washington, D.C.

Human factors requirements for real-time motorist information displays. Volume 4: bibliography and selected annotations: visual systems. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Research, Washington, D.C.

Human factors requirements for real-time motorist information displays. Volume 5: bibliography and selected annotations: audio systems. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Research, Washington, D.C.

Human factors criteria for vehicle controls and displays. Appendix A. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Human factors requirements for real-time motorist information displays. Vol. 1 - design guide. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Research, Washington, D.C.

Space vehicle displays design criteria.

"Prepared under the direction of an advisory committee chaired by Dr. Jerome I. Elkind...Preparation of the monograph was directed by Dr. Thomas J. Triggs at Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc."

A human subject evaluation of airport surface situational awareness using prototypical flight deck electronic taxi chart displays.

Mode of access: Internet.

Interpreting NWS radar displays as seen on television.

Mode of access: Internet.

History of the Sandwich Islands : with an account of the American mission established there in 1820. With a supplement, embracing the history of the wonderful displays of God's power in these islands in 1837-1839. Revised by the Committee of Publication of the American Sunday-School Union.

Mode of access: Internet.

Operator's manual : displays, ARO, and alert definitions : guided missile air defense system AN/TSQ-73.

"October 1978."

Guiding public protest: assessing the propaganda model of China’s hybrid newspaper industry

This dissertation presents an account and analysis of published mainland Chinese media coverage surrounding three major events of public protest during the Hu-Wen era (2003-2013). The research makes a qualitative analysis of printed material drawn from a range of news outlets, differentiated by their specific political and commercial affiliations. The goal of the research is to better understand the role of mainstream media in social conflict resolution, a hitherto under-studied area, and to identify gradations within the ostensibly monolithic mainland Chinese media on issues of political sensitivity. China’s modern media formation displays certain characteristics of Anglophone media at its hyper-commercialised, populist core. However, the Chinese state retains an explicit, though often ambiguous, remit to engage with news production. Because of this, Chinese newspapers are often assumed to be one-dimensional propaganda ‘tools’ and, accordingly, easily dismissed from analyses of public protest. This research finds that, in an area where political actors have rescinded their monopoly on communicative power, a result of both policy decisions and the rise of Internet-based media platforms, established purveyors of news have acquired greater latitude to report on hitherto sensitive episodes of conflict but do so under the burden of having to correctly guide public opinion. The thesis examines the discursive resources that are deployed in this task, as well as reporting patterns which are suggestive of a new propaganda approach to handling social conflict within public media. Beside the explicitly political nature of coverage of protest events, the study sheds lights on gradations within China’s complex, hybrid media landscape both in terms of institutional purpose and qualitative performance.

Motivating the use of public transit through a mobile glanceable display

With increasing concerns about the impact of global warming on human life, policy makers around the world and researchers have sought for technological solutions that have the potential to attenuate this process. This thesis describes the design and evaluation of an information appliance that aims to increase the use of public transportation. We developed a mobile glanceable display that, being aware of the user’s transportation routines, provides awareness cues about bus arrival time, grounded upon the vision of Ambient Intelligence. We present the design process we followed, from ideation to building a prototype and conducting a field study, and conclude with a set of guidelines for the design of relevant personal information systems. More specifically we seek to test the following hypotheses: 1) That the tangible prototype that provides ambient cues will be used more frequently than a similar purpose mobile app, 2) That the tangible prototype will reduce the waiting time at the bus stop, 3) That the tangible prototype will result to reduced anxiety on passengers, 4) That the tangible prototype will result to an increase in the perceived reliability of the transit service, 5) That the tangible prototype will enhance users’ efficiency in reading the bus schedules and 6) That the tangible prototype will make individuals more likely to use public transit. In a field study, we compare the tangible prototype against the mobile app and a control condition where participants were given no external support in obtaining bus arrival information, other than their existing routines. Using qualitative and quantitative data, we test the aforementioned hypotheses and explore users’ reactions to the prototype we developed.

Motivating the use of public transit through a mobile glanceable display

With increasing concerns about the impact of global warming on human life, policy makers around the world and researchers have sought for technological solutions that have the potential to attenuate this process. This thesis describes the design and evaluation of an information appliance that aims to increase the use of public transportation. We developed a mobile glanceable display that, being aware of the user’s transportation routines, provides awareness cues about bus arrival time, grounded upon the vision of Ambient Intelligence. We present the design process we followed, from ideation to building a prototype and conducting a field study, and conclude with a set of guidelines for the design of relevant personal information systems. More specifically we seek to test the following hypotheses: 1) That the tangible prototype that provides ambient cues will be used more frequently than a similar purpose mobile app, 2) That the tangible prototype will reduce the waiting time at the bus stop, 3) That the tangible prototype will result to reduced anxiety on passengers, 4) That the tangible prototype will result to an increase in the perceived reliability of the transit service, 5) That the tangible prototype will enhance users’ efficiency in reading the bus schedules and 6) That the tangible prototype will make individuals more likely to use public transit. In a field study, we compare the tangible prototype against the mobile app and a control condition where participants were given no external support in obtaining bus arrival information, other than their existing routines. Using qualitative and quantitative data, we test the aforementioned hypotheses and explore users’ reactions to the prototype we developed.