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Three applications of virtual reality for brain injury rehabilitation of daily tasks

Part of the process of rehabilitation after a brain injury is the relearning of various daily tasks such as preparing food, managing finances, getting from one place to another and so forth. These tasks require learning on all levels from physical to cognitive. Remembering a PIN code for a bank card, for example, can become automatic and ‘in the fingers’ after much repetition. However, other tasks

Flooding culture : street art and graffiti as means of opposition

This paper examines the use of street art and graffiti to oppose and attempt to change public policy. The case under discussion is Doel, a small village near Antwerp in Flanders, Belgium. Since the 1970s, Doel has been under threat of demolition and flooding to allow the expansion of Antwerp's industrial harbor. As a consequence of the plans, the village is today almost entirely abandoned. In Dece

Swedish Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Food Safety - a Contingent Valuation Study on Salmonella Risk

This paper examines the value to Swedish citizens of reducing the risk for salmonella bacteria in chicken filet. The contingent valuation (CV) study is based on the results of a postal questionnaire that was distributed to 2 000 randomly selected Swedish citizens aged 18-74. The valuation format used is a stated preference double bounded dichotomous choice. We employ the non-parametric Turnbull Lo