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Views from within a narrative : Evaluating long-term human-robot interaction in a naturalistic environment using open-ended scenarios
(2014-12-31)
This article describes the prototyping of human–robot interactions in the University of Hertfordshire (UH) Robot House. Twelve participants took part in a long-term study in which they interacted with robots in the UH Robot ...
Evidence for the existence of powder sub-populations in micronized materials : Aerodynamic size-fractions of aerosolized powders possess distinct physicochemical properties
(2014-12-31)
Purpose: To investigate the agglomeration behaviour of the fine (< 5.0 µm) and coarse (> 12.8 µm) particle fractions of salmeterol xinafoate (SX) and fluticasone propionate (FP) by isolating aerodynamic size fractions and ...
Role of prostacyclin in pulmonary hypertension
(2014-12-31)
Prostacyclin is a powerful cardioprotective hormone released by the endothelium of all blood vessels. Prostacyclin exists in equilibrium with other vasoactive hormones and a disturbance in the balance of these factors leads ...
Virtual Worlds – a Legal Post-Mortem Account
(2014-12-31)
This paper addresses the lack of legal literature in the area of death and virtual worlds. It sheds light on the legal status of different in-game assets, assessing whether these could fit within the notions of property ...
On fuzzy frontiers and fragmented foundations : some reflections on the original and new institutional economics
(2014-12-31)
These reflections are prompted by the papers by Ménard (2014) and Ménard and Shirley (2014). Their essays centre on the path-breaking contributions to the 'new institutional economics' (NIE) by Ronald Coase, Douglass North ...
Someone is watching you: The ethics of using covert observation to explore adult behaviour at children's sporting events
(2014-12-31)
Concerns have been expressed about adult behaviour at children’s sporting events in New Zealand. As a consequence, covert observation was identified as the optimal research method to be used in studies designed to record ...
An activity theory of research methods in architecture and urbanism
(2014-12-23)
Background: using activity theory this article argues that intentional activities are central to knowledge-production and may be compared to methods in research, and the worldview within which these activities are perceived ...
Identification of Avr Alleles in Leptosphaeria maculans Isolates from Different Oilseed Rape Cultivars
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-12-22)
This report describes a survey of the regional distribution of races of Leptosphaeria maculans done by characterising isolates from phoma leaf spot samples taken from different oilseed rape cultivars at different sites in ...
A tandem affinity purification tag of TGA2 for isolation of interacting proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana
(2014-12-22)
Tandem affinity purification (TAP) tagging provides a powerful tool for isolating interacting proteins in vivo. TAP-tag purification offers particular advantages for the identification of stimulus-induced protein interactions. ...