This book offers an alternative view to current postmodern approaches to composition. It takes a critical realist stance to arrive at the “essence” of written communication with the aim of informing a practical application: a computerised writing tutor. Following Robert Franck’s seminal work on modelling, a theoretical model of writing was first formulated, consisting of an architecture of functions which constitute the prerequisites for effective communication. Next, an applied model - a composing algorithm with an input option - was developed, showing composing to be a systemic social process with intra- and extra-systemic variation. The algorithm provided the design template for a writing tutor program which models for the learner both the systemic and the socially situated nature of writing. This book establishes composing as a communicative interaction, and shows the essential dynamism of writing, while offering an exemplar of a systems approach to modelling in the social sciences.

Practical Models of Technical Communication is a college-level textbook for technical writers and communicators. Written in plain and accessible language, this textbook is designed to provide students with solid tools, useful models, interesting scenarios, and a vocabulary of technical terms that will allow them to communicate effectively as part of a fast-paced, global workforce. Its approachable, real-world examples and detailed visuals guide students in creating multimodal, technical documents that reach a broad audience. This book explores the fundamentals of technical communication, expanding on the following topics: • Writing and organizing an array of technical documents such as definitions, descriptions, instructions, procedures, proposals, and reports • Embracing ethical communication visually and in writing • Designing documents for readability, emphasis, and organization • Increasing rhetorical awareness of multimodality in all types of communication • Researching and documenting source material effectively • Crafting successful job materials for entering the workforce • Communicating professionally within various work environments • Navigating the changing needs of audiences that technical writers meet along the way

"This book discusses the potential of meta-communication models for building and managing reflective online conversations among distance learners, offering models for meta-communication, distance education, and reflective online conversations"--Provided by publisher.

Models of Communication offers a timely reassessment of the significance of modelling in media and communication studies. From a rich variety of different perspectives, the collected essays explore the past, present, and future uses of communication models, in ordinary discourses concerning communication as well as in academic research. This book challenges received views of communication models and opens up new paths of inquiry for communication research. By zooming in on the manifestations and purposes of modelling in ordinary discourses on communication as well as in theoretical expositions, the essays collected in this volume cast new light on the problems and prospects of models crafted for the benefit of communication inquiry. Complementing earlier studies of models of communication, the volume digs deep into fundamental epistemological and ontological questions concerning modelling in the communication disciplines; but it also presents several novel models that promise to be of practical use in empirical studies of media and communication. The book is intended for communication scholars and students of media and will also be of interest for related disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences.

The amount and complexity of information is continually growing, and information modeling and knowledge bases have become important contributors to technology and to academic and industrial research in the 21st century. They address the complexities of modeling in digital transformation and digital innovation, reaching beyond the traditional borders of information systems and academic computer-science research. This book presents the proceedings of EJC 2022, the 32nd International conference on Information Modeling and Knowledge Bases, held as a hybrid event due to restrictions related to the Corona virus pandemic in Hamburg, Germany, from 30 May to 3 June 2022. The aim of the conference is to bring together experts from different areas of computer science and other disciplines with a common interest in understanding and solving the problems of information modeling and knowledge bases and applying the results of research to practice. The conference has always been open to new topics related to its main themes, and the content emphasis of the conferences have changed through the years according to developments in the research field, so philosophy and logic, cognitive science, knowledge management, linguistics, and management science, as well as machine learning and AI, are also relevant areas. This book presents 19 reviewed and selected papers covering a wide range of topics, upgraded as a result of comments and discussions during the conference. Providing a current overview of recent developments, the book will be of interest to all those using information modeling and knowledge bases as part of their work.

New edition of a successful textbook which demonstrates the theory and practice of one of the most popular models of nursing. Karen Holland, Jane Jenkins and their colleagues carefully explain and explore how the Roper-Logan-Tierney Model can help today’s student learn how to care for patients in a variety of health care contexts and use it as a framework for their nursing practice. Rich with ‘real-life’ case studies and thought provoking exercises, this book has a helpful problem solving approach which strongly encourages further learning and reflection. New edition of a successful textbook which explains the theory and practice of one of the most popular models of nursing Structured approach to a core range of ‘activities of living’ clearly illustrate how they interconnect and may be promoted, or compromised, by health and illness, and influenced by external factors Explains the theory to show how it can be applied in practice to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate individualised nursing care A helpful case study approach enables readers see how the model works in ‘real life’ Written by experts who actively encourage a problem-solving approach to nursing care and practice Additional exercises are designed to encourage further learning and reflective practice, as well as develop skills in literature searching and evidence-based care Helpful appendices include a range of reference material such as the Care Plan Documentation and Audit Tool, Laboratory Reference Values, the Roper-Logan Tierney Assessment Schedule and other commonly used nursing documentation Ideal for use in a variety of contemporary health care delivery environments including the acute and community-based settings