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Iconic Designs : 50 Stories about 50 Things
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2014-09)
A surprising range of people and things are today described as ‘iconic’. By no means reserved for design, this increasingly ubiquitous and relatively long-standing buzz-word seems to meet a need for praising and – ironically ...
Eclipsing binary stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud : results from the EROS-2, OGLE and VMC surveys
(2014-09-01)
We present a catalogue of 1768 eclipsing binary stars (EBs) detected in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) by the second generation of the EROS survey (hereinafter EROS-2); 493 of them are new discoveries located in outer ...
Ethical dimensions of human-robot interactions in the care of older people : Insights from 21 focus groups convened in the UK, France and the Netherlands
(Springer Nature, 2014-09)
We briefly report the method and four findings of a large-scale qualitative study of potential users’ views on the ethical values that should govern the design and programming of social robots for older people. 21 focus ...
Adaption of Usability Evaluation Methods for Native Smartphone Applications
(2014-09)
Research has shown that traditional usability evaluation methods cannot be readily applied to the evaluation of native smartphone applications. This research investigates this issue by adapting two usability evaluation ...
The Gaia-ESO Survey : Stellar content and elemental abundances in the massive cluster NGC 6705
(2014-09)
Context. Chemically inhomogeneous populations are observed in most globular clusters, but not in open clusters. Cluster mass seems to play a key role in the existence of multiple populations. Aims. Studying the chemical ...
The impact of different footwear characteristics, of a ballet flat pump, on centre of pressure progression and perceived comfort
(2014-09-01)
BACKGROUND: Uncomfortable shoes have been attributed to poor fit and the cause of foot pathologies. Assessing and evaluating comfort and fit have proven challenging due to the subjective nature. The aim of this paper is ...
New galactic star clusters discovered in the VVV survey : Candidates projected on the inner disk and bulge
(2014-09)
Context. VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) is one of six ESO Public Surveys using the 4 meter Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). The VVV survey covers the Milky Way bulge and an adjacent ...
Developmental Psychology
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2014-09)
Privacy and Usability of Image and Text Based Challenge Questions Authentication in Online Examination
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014-09)
In many online examinations, physical invigilation is often replaced with traditional authentication approaches for student identification. Secure and usable authentication approaches are important for high stake online ...