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An Examination of the Static to Dynamic Imitation Spectrum
(2005)We consider the issues that arise from an examination of the continuum between two social learning paradigms that are widely used in robotics research: (i) following or matched-dependent behaviour and (ii) static observational ... -
An Examination of University Paramedic Students' Enculturation into the Ambulance Service
(2021-05-06)This study explores student paramedics’ enculturation into a traditional NHS ambulance service trust. The research illustrates the many challenges and dichotomies which face neophyte paramedics as they go from a University ... -
Examining Clinical Supervison with Palliative Care Nurses
(2009-03-19)This study focuses on the current issues regarding the provision of clinical supervision for palliative care nurses. NICE (2004) recommendations stated that the task of supervision should be undertaken by „Level 4‟ ... -
Examining experience economy approaches to tourists' anticipated experiences : Mainland Chinese travellers consider Australia
(2015)The present study seeks to explore and compare the perceived importance of Pine and Gilmore’s experience realms and Schmitt’s categorisations of experience in a tourism context. These approaches to experiences are chosen ... -
Examining Pay Level Satisfaction in the UK Grocery Retail Sector: a Focus on Supermarket Employees
(2005)There have been various investigations carried out by researchers on pay level comparisons and pay level satisfactions based on employees from both private and public sectors, but little is known about pay level satisfaction ... -
Examining the academic/commercial divide in marketing research
(2009)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to comment on the differences in perceptions that exist between academic and professional marketing researchers, as creators of new marketing knowledge, and explore how academics and ... -
Examining the Adoption, Use and Diffusion of Tablet and Mobile Devices by Older Adults in Hertfordshire County, UK
(2019-02-04)Ubiquitous or mobile computing is the new trend of this modern era whereby information can be accessed anytime and anywhere. It is anticipated that this form of computing will be more effective than the Internet because ... -
Examining the Frankenstein Syndrome : An open-ended cross-cultural survey
(2011)This paper reports findings from an open-ended survey on attitudes towards humanoid robots collected from samples in the United Kingdom and Japan. 335 participants were asked how they felt about humanoid robots becoming ... -
Examining the legality of affordability requirements as a substantive condition for granting compulsory licences pursuant to the TRIPS agreement
(2015-11-01)This article examines whether the so-called reasonably affordable requirements of the public remains a valid condition under TRIPS on which World Trade Organisation members can grant compulsory licences. This article frames ... -
Examining the nature of the ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg II X-1
(2024-02-06)We present a comprehensive spectral analysis of the ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg II X-1 using broadband and high-resolution X-ray spectra taken with the XMM-Newton satellite over a period of 19 yr, taking advantage ... -
Examining the Socio-Economic Determinants of Broadband Adopters and Non-Adopters in the United Kingdom
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2006)The aim of this study was to examine the socioeconomic determinants of broadband adopters and non-adopters in the United Kingdom (UK). The study was conducted using a postal survey. A selfadministered questionnaire was ... -
Examining the theoretical foundation of decision support technologies
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Example recordings of human-robot interactions in the rejection and prohibition experiments
(2019-08-29)This video shows some example interactions between participants and the humanoid robot iCub that were recorded within experiments on the acquisition of linguistic negation. The iCub robot acquires its speech solely based ... -
Excavating images: a photographic response to an archaeological excavation
(2014-05)In 2013 Timespan Heritage Museum in Scotland commissioned photographic artist Carolyn Lefley as their Artist in Residence during the excavation of a longhouse ruin. This paper explores the relationship between photography ... -
Excellence in the Teaching of Geography
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An excess of star-forming galaxies in the fields of high-redshift QSOs
(2010)We present submillimetre and mid-infrared imaging observations of five fields centred on quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) at 1.7 < z < 2.8. All 5 QSOs were detected previously at submillimetre wavelengths. At 850 (450) μm we ... -
Excessive daytime sleepiness in psychiatric disorders : prevalence, correlates and clinical significance
(2010)This study examined the prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness, as measured by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), in a cohort of adult psychiatric patients. A total of 300 psychiatric outpatients and an additional 300 ...