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Attention bands: Some implications for categorical judgement
(1980-05-01)It is shown that results of categorical judgement experiments cannot simultaneously conform to a single process signal detectability model and to the recently proposed two process attention band model. Since there is ... -
Attention mechanisms and component-based face detection.
(IEEE, 2009)Locating and identifying complex objects in a visual scene is a typical problem within the areas of computer vision and image analysis. One technique to minimise the size of image to be identified is to base the classification ... -
Attention Mechanisms in the CHREST Cognitive Architecture
(2009)In this paper, we describe the attention mechanisms in CHREST, a computational architecture of human visual expertise. CHREST organises information acquired by direct experience from the world in the form of chunks. These ... -
Attentional bias for negative expressions depends on previous target location: replicable effect but unreliable measures
(2020-08-12)Observability of threat-related spatial attentional biases may require previous-trial responses associated with threat-related locations. This carryover effect might affect reliability and correlations. In Study 1, a ... -
Attenuated effect of tungsten carbide nanoparticles on voltage-gated sodium current of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons
(2013-02)Nanomaterials and relevant products are now being widely used in the world, and their safety becomes a great concern for the general public. Tungsten carbide nanoparticles (nano-WC) are widely used in metallurgy, aeronautics ... -
An attenuation of the 'normal' category effect in patients with Alzheimer's disease : A review and bootstrap analysis
(2007)There is a consensus that Alzheimer’s disease (AD) impairs semantic information, with one of the first markers being anomia i.e. an impaired ability to name items. Doubts remain, however, about whether this naming impairment ... -
The attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals on the causes and reporting of medication errors in a UK Intensive care unit
(2007)Our aim was to explore the attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals relating to the causes and reporting of medication errors in a UK intensive care unit. Medication errors were identified by the unit pharmacist ... -
Attitudes in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Toward Prenatal Diagnosis and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
(2016-12-01)AIMS: No recommendations currently exist regarding implementation of both prenatal diagnosis and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). This study evaluated attitudes ... -
Attitudes of young people toward driving after smoking cannabis or after drinking alcohol
(2003)Currently there is a public welfare debate about the acute effects of cannabis and risk of motor vehicle accidents . This study sought to disclose young people’s attitudes, values, and willingness to drive after smoking ... -
Attitudes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillator use: a survey of UK adults in 2017
(2019-04-02)Background-Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and public access defibrillator (PAD) use can save the lives of people who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Little is known about the proportions of UK ... -
Attitudes to weight and weight management in the early teenage years : A qualitative study of parental perceptions and views
(2015-09-25)Background: As most young teenagers grow up in families, parents might be well situated to facilitate and support their weight management and thereby prevent or manage obesity prior to adulthood. Aim: This paper explores ... -
Attitudes towards risk-reducing early salpingectomy with delayed oophorectomy for ovarian cancer prevention : a cohort study
(2020-08-16)Objective: To determine risk-reducing early salpingectomy and delayed oophorectomy (RRESDO) acceptability and effect of surgical prevention on menopausal sequelae/satisfaction/regret in women at increased ovarian cancer ... -
Attitudes, behaviour, and engagement toward water consumption and conservation in a higher education setting
(2018-09-05)There is a need to develop more nuanced and playfully informed understandings of people’s attitudes and behaviour toward water consumption and conservation in particular settings, particularly if we are to design initiatives ... -
Attracting, recruiting and retaining nurses and care workers working in care homes: the need for a nuanced understanding informed by evidence and theory
(2020-07-01)The care home sector relies on nurses and care workers to deliver care to residents living with frailty and complex needs. However, attracting, recruiting and retaining staff is one of the biggest challenges facing this ... -
Attribute and technology value mapping for conceptual product design phase
(2016-06-01)The main focus of this paper is how the concept design phase of the product development process can be improved by using an objective data-driven approach in selecting a final concept design to progress further. A quantitative ... -
Attribution of Autonomy and its Role in Robotic Language Acquisition
(2021-01-16)The false attribution of autonomy and related concepts to artificial agents that lack the attributed levels of the respective characteristic is problematic in many ways. In this article we contrast this view with a positive ... -
Attributional life cycle assessment of biofuels for shipping: addressing alternative geographical locations and cultivation Systems
(2019-04-01)The purpose of this study is to evaluate a life cycle assessment of straight vegetable oil (SVO) and biodiesel addressing alternative upstream pathways. The pathways are SVO and biodiesel produced in the United Kingdom ... -
Atypical Sensory behaviours in children with Tourette's Syndrome and in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(2016-09-30)Certain visual disturbances make it difficult to read text and have been attributed to visual stress, also called “pattern-related visual stress". 12 Children with ASD, 12 children with Tourette's syndrome and without ASD ...