Coloring Book Research Articles

Analysis of Interaction Design Patterns on Drawing Application for Early Preschool Children using Inductive Approach (Case Study: ABC Coloring Book for Toddlers and Tracer-hand Writing Pattern Drawing Application)

Nowadays, there are many game applications that are used as a medium of interactive learning for children. One of them can help early preschool children to learn drawing. Using interaction data, we conducted an inductive approach to identify children's interaction patterns on drawing applications. We observed the used of two drawing applications: "ABC Coloring Book for Toddlers" and "Tracer-Hand Writing Patterns" downloaded from AppStore. Participants of our research were five Indonesia kindergarten students. We found 21 interaction patterns in the Coloring Book and 25 patterns in the Tracer application. The results of the observation were used as a reference in designing a drawing prototype, named “Draw Kids”. We implemented 34 interaction patterns in our drawing prototype. The usability testing results of five participants in our study show that the average of usability level is satisfying (91.67%). By integrating inductive approach, initial-final analysis of interaction design patterns and mapping the patterns into the drawing competencies of Indonesia’s early preschool education can yield interaction design patterns in accordance with the early preschool education competencies.

Coloring Books

Book Review| November 01 2017 Coloring Books Life Under the Lens: A Scientific Colouring Book. By Jennifer Delaney. 2017. Jennifer Delaney. (ISBN 9781999742201). 102 pp. Paperback. $10.00. Kania Greer Kania Greer 1kagreer@georgiasouthern.edu Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education 1332 Southern Drive Statesboro, GA 30458 Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (2017) 79 (9): 781. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2017.79.9.781b Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Kania Greer; Coloring Books. The American Biology Teacher 1 November 2017; 79 (9): 781. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2017.79.9.781b Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search Life Under the Lens is a beautifully hand-drawn book of coloring and information pages that highlight the simple beauties of microscopic views of the world. Jennifer Delaney opens the book by sharing her own perspective on the binding ties between science and art. Intended as both a “field guide to the microscopic world and a therapeutic colouring book,” Life Under the Lens captures the structure and form of some of the smallest things on Earth in a way that captivates and entertains. The pictures are beautifully rendered and stylized, but also supported with short vignettes that introduce and highlight understandings of the organisms in each image. Covering everything from bacteria to pond-dwellers, plants to microscopic animals, it is a visual delight for anyone who loves science and loves to color. If you are looking for an adult coloring book for yourself, or one that would even be appropriate for young... You do not currently have access to this content.

A Dimension 6 Graph with Minimum Edge-set

The dimension of a graph G is defined to be the minimum n such that G has a representation as a unit-distance graph in $${{\mathbb {R}}}^n$$ . In this article, we show that a dimension 6 graph with minimum edge-set has exactly 21 edges, with this minimum realized only in the case of the complete graph $$K_7$$ . This result answers a higher-dimensional analogue of a question posed by Paul Erdős and presented by Alexander Soifer in The Mathematical Coloring Book.

Utilization of iPad Technology to Decrease Pediatric Preoperative Anxiety

Purpose The purpose of this project was to determine if iPad technology could decrease preoperative anxiety in school-age children. Each year, more than five million children in the United States have surgical procedures. Preoperative anxiety can delay induction of anesthesia, provoke the release of stress hormones, and hinder postoperative recovery. To decrease preoperative anxiety, a 17-page colorful iPad prep book was developed. The iPad prep book included pictures and words describing the outpatient day surgery process. Procedure A preexperimental one-group pretest/posttest design was utilized to focus on decreasing preoperative anxiety in 30 school-age children with the use of an iPad prep book before surgery on the day of surgery. Implementation of the project included administration of the Children's Anxiety Meter-State scale to patients to assess their level of anxiety. The iPad prep book was read to each participant by the researcher or child life specialist. To evaluate effectiveness of the iPad prep book, anxiety was reevaluated within 30 minutes of reading and discussing the iPad prep book. Results Data analysis utilized a one-sample t test to determine if changes in anxiety were statistically significant between preintervention and postintervention values. Children's (N = 30) anxiety scores were significantly decreased with iPad technology, t = −8.39, p < .05. Conclusion The use of iPad technology did positively improve preoperative anxiety in pediatric surgical patients.

미술관 콘텐츠 문화원형 디자인을 활용한 전통한지 컬러링북 개발 연구

본 연구는 개인 여가활동 컬러링 문화를 확대하여 소통과 공유, 돌봄과 치유 등을 목적으로 하여 청소년을 비롯한 전 연령대가 활용 가능한 개성있는 콘텐츠의 컬러링북 기획을 연구하였다. 또한 국한된 범주를 극복하여 미술관 소장품 중심의 문화원형 디자인을 다룬 예술작품 기반 컬러링북을 개발하여 작품 감상과 개인의 창의적 표현 활동이 동시에 가능한 컬러링 콘텐츠 개발을 연구하였다. 그리고 뮤지엄 콘텐츠 중심의 문화원형 디자인 한지 컬러링북을 출시함으로써 한국의 정체성을 돋보이고, 고품격 문화상품으로서의 개발하는 방안을 모색하여 전통한지 컬러링북의 개발을 통해 예술작가-한지 생산업체-뮤지엄 등이 상생하는 문화상품 개발 시장 연구에 중점을 두었다.BR 전통한지 컬러링북은 공예, 디자인 전문 사립미술관의 콘텐츠 아카이브와 전속 작가의 미술작품들을 모티브로 하여 제작되었으며, 한지상품 개발 디자이너들과 한지 품질표시제 인증 기업들을 연계하여 본 연구를 진행하였다. 최종 연구 성과는 〈꿈의 빛깔, 천년의 멋! 전통한지 컬러링북〉 시리즈이며, 포스트카드 미니북, 포터블 컬러링 카드, 미술작품 컬러링북, 튜토리얼 고급 컬러링북 등의 다양한 형태로 시제품이 완성되었다.BR 전통한지 컬러링북은 미술관 콘텐츠 문화원형 디자인을 중심으로 개발되어 문화상품의 가치를 높일 수 있으며, 향후 본 연구 성과는 여가활동 시장, 예술치료 분야의 임상병리 분야, 브랜드 프로모션 마케팅 분야, 글로벌 해외 시장 등에서 사장을 넓힐 수 있을 것이다. 청소년-청장년-임산부-시니어 등, 특정 연령층을 대상으로 한 컬러링북 시리즈의 추가적인 개발과 제품 특성화도 지속적으로 연구되어야 할 것이다.

Doctor, Is This My Last Surgery?

A young agriculture scientist had a biliary colic and was taken for an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Calot’s triangle was found to be frozen so it was converted to open operation when the common bile duct was found to be transected. Immediate end to end repair was done. She started developing progressively increasing jaundice associated with pruritus. ERCP showed a complete cutoff. MRCP showed biliary stricture Bismuth type II. She was referred to us and was operated. Bismuth type II BBS was found and Roux-en-Y side to side hepatico-jejunostomy was done. On POD 5, she had UGI bleed and her hemoglobin fell to 6.0 g/dl. Emergency UGIE revealed a large clot in D2. Emergency relaparotomy was done. Anterior layer of JJ was opened and intra-operative enteroscopy was done through it. Small bowel, including the Roux loop and distal loops, was full of altered blood. There was no bleeding from the HJ site. No active bleeding site was discernible anywhere. Posterior layer of JJ was reinforced and anterior layer was redone. She remained stable and her hemoglobin improved. She was discharged with normal LFT. “Doctor, is this my last surgery?” she asked, when she came to my office to hand over a very girlie colorful note book in which she had written down her story in her pearly handwriting, as beautiful as she herself. I talked to her about her PhD thesis, her exams, and her future career but purposely evaded answering her question as I could not muster the courage to tell a lie and say a definite “yes.” We, at SGPGIMS, have heard more than 700 stories similar to hers—some more and some less painful than hers—in the last 25 years. Most of these could have been avoided or could have been less devastating if the operating surgeons had paid a little more attention while performing the cholecystectomy to make it safe.

Art Therapist-Facilitated Open Studio Versus Coloring: Differences in Outcomes of Affect, Stress, Creative Agency, and Self-Efficacy (Studio ouvert animé par un art-thérapeute versus coloriage : différences de résultats sur l'affect, le stress, l'agentivité créatrice et l'efficacité personnelle)

ABSTRACTBackground: Coloring books for adults have become a ubiquitous presence in retail outlets worldwide and in the visual cultural landscape. The goal of this study was to determine differences in outcomes between art therapist-facilitated open studio and individual coloring.Methods: The study used a within-subjects experimental design. Healthy adult participants (aged 19–67 years) were invited to engage in one session each of individual coloring, and open studio facilitated by an art therapist. A total of 36 participants enrolled in the study; 29 completed pre- and post-surveys for both conditions. Outcomes measured included positive and negative affect, perceived stress, self-efficacy, and creative agency.Results: The art therapist-facilitated open studio condition resulted in superior improvements in positive affect, creative agency, and self-efficacy compared to the coloring condition. Both conditions resulted in lowered stress and reduced negative affect.Discussion and implications: The results indicated that coloring might have therapeutic benefits on distress; however, only the art therapist-facilitated open studio session showed significant improvements in self-efficacy, self-perceptions of creativity, and positive mood. Art therapists might consider using the phenomenon of coloring as a doorway to art therapy and more spontaneous creative and self-expression for transformative change. Future studies should seek to identify the unique mechanism of change through which art therapist-facilitated art making explains the shifts in positive affect, creative agency, and self-efficacy.

Color your own chemistry and Oscar Mayer’s error

Color your own chemistry When his daughter Kaylie was four, University of California, Los Angeles, chemistry professor Neil Garg noticed a disturbing trend: She was scared of chemicals. “I would give her something new, and she would say, ‘Is that a chemical?’ ” Garg remembers. So Garg set out to help Kaylie and her older sister, Elaina, understand that chemicals are vital to some of their favorite things. Because they love to color, he thought a coloring book might be the perfect vehicle to spread that message to his girls and other kids their age. Garg involved Elaina and Kaylie in creating “The Organic Coloring Book,” starting with deciding which chemicals to present. “We came up with the chemicals that they were curious about,” he says. The family started with a chemical question, such as “What’s a chemical that makes soap so foamy?” Then they determined the chemical answer, presented

Zeitgeschichte des Selbst: Therapeutisierung – Politisierung – Emotionalisierung

Subjectivity is a concept that has been successfully applied to historical cultural studies, yet it still poses profound methodological challenges to scholars of contemporary history. Despite the discipline’s considerable attention to the study of the self over the past decade, thus far approaches from the social sciences, especially sociology, have defined this field of inquiry. As a result, German genealogies of the self (see for example Das unternehmerische Selbst (2007), Das schöne Selbst (2009) and Das beratene Selbst (2011)) have mostly failed to link up to some of the larger socio-economic questions that contemporary German history engages. With Zeitgeschichte des Selbst. Therapeutisierung – Politisierung – Emotionalisierung the editors Pascal Eitler and Jens Elberfeld seek to provide a much needed heuristic tool to refine historians’ understanding of poststructuralist conceptions of the self in the second half of Germany’s twentieth century. Moving beyond traditional history of science interpretations of subjectivity closely linked to discourse in psychology and psychiatry, the volume suggests to examine practices and self-techniques, contextualized in contemporary discourse, to gain a better understanding of the self. ‘Managing the self’, ‘jogging for personal enlightenment’ and ‘old-age sex and the culture of life-long learning’ are only a few of the intriguing chapter titles that remind the reader of big-lettered, colourful book covers to be found in the self-help department of every well-sorted neighbourhood book store.

Updating the IEEE Color Books: A Review of IEEE Standard 3004.5

IEEE Standard 3004.5, IEEE Recommended Practice for the App lication of Low-Voltage Circuit Breakers in Industrial and Commercial Power Systems, provides information to help engineers select the proper low-voltage circuit breaker (LVCB) for a particular industrial or commercial power system application. This article provides an overview of what is in this new standard and highlights the new or revised content contained in IEEE Standard 1015-2006, Applying Low-Voltage Circuit Breakers Used in Industrial and Commercial Power Systems [2], also known as The Blue Book.

Mobile Apps for Libraries: Call for Submissions--Rolling with the Times: Field Notes from the Charleston Conference (and Beyond) Coloring Book

Mobile Apps for Libraries: Call for Submissions--Rolling with the Times: Field Notes from the Charleston Conference (and Beyond) Coloring Book

The Video game debate: unravelling the physical, social, and psychological effects of digital games

The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Digital Games Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt, eds. New York, NY: Routledge, 2016. Acknowledgments, contributors, index. 196 pp. $39.95 paper. ISBN: 9781138831636During U.S. Senate hearings in 1954, legislators warned the public of the sadomasochism being taught to our children in colorful comic book pages by Wonder Woman, the dangers inherent in Superman, and the homoerotic perils posed by Batman. Thirty years later, Senate hearings focused on the hazards of Cyndi Lauper's She Bop and Madonna's Dress You Up. Politicians and lawmakers have now shifted their focus from paper comics and pop music to video games. In the past twenty years, dozens of laws have been passed, federal hearings have been held, presidents have expressed their fears, and cases have been presented before the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to protect our society from the digital menace. In many ways, The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Digital Games presents a rebuttal to the rising moral panic surrounding video games. Editors Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt have gathered a group of top scientists in order to create a book with ten chapters addressing a diverse selection of related video game topics. Written primarily for an academic audience, this book is packed with references, theory, research, and statistics.The Video Game Debate starts off strong with a discussion about the history of video games. This is no ordinary history lesson; instead, the author of this chapter presents a very compelling and original discussion about the evolution and intermixing of video games and other forms of media that have occurred over the last forty years. The remaining chapters maintain this level of insight and focus on issues that are often of concern to the public, such as gaming addiction, online game play, education, cognitive skills, physical health, and violence.It is worth not ing t hat none of these chapters sensationalizes the topic it addresses. In fact, all of the chapters hold that worries about video games are overstated (e.g., there is little evidence to suggest a link between video game use and body weight) or that such fears are simply wrong (e.g. playing World of Warcraft will probably not harm your interpersonal skills or real world friendships). Although such carefully written chapters are appreciated, the reader should be cautioned that The Video Game Debate does not offer much of a debate. …

Augmented Reality Coloring Book with Transitional User Interface

Background/Objectives: There has been a growing interest in augmented reality with the recent advancements in computer technologies. Head mounted displays which were once very expensive hardware devices are now available at low cost, which has led to the increase in the applications of AR technology. Methods/Statistical Analysis: In this paper, we describe an AR coloring book with a transitional user interface. It comprises a paper book and a smart phone application. The proposed AR coloring book enables the user to enjoy content by switching between real world, augmented reality, virtual reality, and networked virtual reality. Findings: All worlds are seamlessly connected to each other, thereby enabling the users to the same content with different modality and visualization ways. To evaluate our proposed idea, we developed the PlayingHouse, which is a transitional user interface AR coloring book. Improvements: We believe our work will lead to the popularization of AR coloring books in the future.

Browsing through Enzensberger's Album

In a witty and unconventional foreword Hans Magnus Enzensberger tries to characterize his recently published (and unpaginated) Album, calling it amongst other things a ‘Potpourri’, a ‘Kuddelmuddel’, a ‘Sammelsurium’, a ‘ragbag’, and even an ‘olla podrida’, by all of which he means a collection of miscellaneous and heterogeneous texts loosely assembled in the manner of a scrapbook. He claims, moreover, that the disorderly and haphazard presentation of the material simply mirrors the chaotic functioning of that ‘undisciplined’ organ we call the brain! The main goal of this colourful and playful book is to rescue from obscurity, or indeed from oblivion, a whole array of previously published texts (essays, prefaces, newspaper articles, and the like) no longer readily accessible to the public at large. Notable among these are the ingenious word games that the poet had invented and exhibited, under the title WortSpielZeug, at the Deutsches Literaturarchiv in Marbach in 2007 and later at the Swarowski Kristallenwelt in Wattens, Austria in 2008. In addition, the Album amply demonstrates Enzensberger's irresistible penchant for lists, catalogues, inventories, and registers, including a revealing ‘Eurozentrische Liste’, in which he brings together the myriad beneficial discoveries and inventions produced in Europe in the twentieth century.

Implementation of a Coloring Book Application using S Pen

Implementation of a Coloring Book Application using S Pen

Implementation of a Coloring Book Application using S Pen

Implementation of a Coloring Book Application using S Pen

Abstract WP398: Can a Shorter, Colorful Education Book Improve Stroke Patient Satisfaction Scores?

Stroke patients need written information on how to recognize and prevent a secondary stroke. Limited health literacy is associated with medication errors and a lack of knowledge for chronic health conditions. Written communication needs to be inviting and understood by the largest population possible. At University Hospitals Comprehensive Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center (UHCSCC) the education book, “HOPE, A Stroke Recovery Guide” from the National Stroke Association has been given to patients for many years. It is 66 pages long, black and white print with very few pictures. Patients in the acute hospital setting describe it as overwhelming. The purpose of this project is to assess any impact on stroke patient satisfaction scores at UHCSCC using a new education book. Using the principles of health literacy, a group of physicians, nurses, and a pharmacist collaborated to develop a hospital branded stroke education book. Health Literacy Advisor software was used to assess readability and suggest plain language alternatives. The format was presented in chunks of information using bullet points on 21 pages and many colored pictures. The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Survey, the national, standardized publicly reported survey of patients’ perspective on hospital care, was used to evaluate any impact of the new education material. Four questions on the HCAHPS survey were used: “How often did nurses explain things in a way you understand?” “How often did doctors explain things in a way you understand?” “Did you understand the purpose of taking your medicines? “Before giving you any new medicine, how often did the hospital staff tell you what the medicine was for?” Reviewing responses over a 12 month period, the top box percentages for all four questions increased after the introduction of the new book. Nurses’ explanations score increased 5.5%. Doctors’ explanations score increased 5.3%. Understanding purpose of medications score increased 15.2% and Explanations for a new medication score increased 2.7%. Publicly reporting of HCAHPS results creates incentives for the hospitals to improve quality of care. At UHCSCC stroke patient satisfaction scores improved with introduction of new shorter, colorful education book.

Effects of color of book cover and typeface of title and author name on gaze duration and choice behavior for books: Evidence from an eye‐tracking experiment

ABSTRACTThis study explores the effect of color of book cover and typeface of title and author name on human gaze behavior while browsing bookshelves. An eye‐tracking experiment was performed with 23 participants, using a wearable eye‐tracker and 96 books. The difference of gaze duration time and the number of book subjects chosen was analyzed in two categories: between warm color book covers and cold color ones, and between Ming‐style typeface and Gothic typeface. Results showed no effect of book cover color on gaze duration and user choice. However, typeface of book title and author name had an effect. It was revealed that Gothic typeface was more attractive if book titles had meaning.

Surekha Panandiker: December 1936–October 2015: My Friend Surekha

Surekha Panandiker: December 1936–October 2015My Friend Surekha Ira Saxena surekha was everyone’s friend who kept enlarging the family of her friend’s circle with affection and assurance. Loving and caring came naturally to her as she did not believe in machinating faith. Even the slightest hint of hardship brought tears to her eyes just as she bore her pain with a smile. She charmed the Tsunami victims through her rapturous storytelling, reassurance, and suggestion of hope that the silent, dark-eyed little girl in the camp held her sari corner and asked her, “Can I call you Mother!” Dedication and vigor in each endeavor qualified her disposition. From her youth, causes of social significance drew her into spirited action. She took up writing for children with the same outlook, promotion of reading, and reaching books to the underprivileged in remote areas became a mission of life. She managed the Children’s Libraries for the IndianBBY with the thrill of a new reader at the sight of a colorful book and showed deep concern to details of extending the reading habit. It gave meaning to her existence, a satisfaction of achieving her life’s dream. Such was my friend, Surekha. Click for larger view View full resolution Surekha Panandiker performing at the Indian BBY conference on Literacy through Literature, February 2014 [End Page 79] Ira Saxena IBBY India Copyright © 2016 Bookbird, Inc.

Coloring Book to Improve the Life Quality of the Elderly -Art Therapy with a Coloring Book Based on Hwatu-

Coloring Book to Improve the Life Quality of the Elderly -Art Therapy with a Coloring Book Based on Hwatu-