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Touching the invisible: Localizing ultrasonic haptic cues
While mid-air gestures offer new possibilities to interact with or around devices, some situations, such as interacting with applications, playing games or navigating, may require visual attention to be focused on a main task. Ultrasonic haptic feedback can provide 3D spatial haptic cues that do not demand visual attention for these contexts. In this paper, we present an initial study of active exploration of ultrasonic haptic virtual points that investigates the spatial localization with and without the use of the visual modality. Our results show that, when providing haptic feedback giving the location of a widget, users perform 50% more accurately compared to providing visual feedback alone. When provided with a haptic location of a widget alone, users are more than 30% more accurate than when given a visual location. When aware of the location of the haptic feedback, active exploration decreased the minimum recommended widget size from 2cm2 to 1cm2 when compared to passive exploration from previous studies. Our results will allow designers to create better mid-air interactions using this new form of haptic feedback
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The RNA Polymerase II Core Promoter in Drosophila.
Transcription by RNA polymerase II initiates at the core promoter, which is sometimes referred to as the "gateway to transcription." Here, we describe the properties of the RNA polymerase II core promoter in Drosophila The core promoter is at a strategic position in the expression of genes, as it is the site of convergence of the signals that lead to transcriptional activation. Importantly, core promoters are diverse in terms of their structure and function. They are composed of various combinations of sequence motifs such as the TATA box, initiator (Inr), and downstream core promoter element (DPE). Different types of core promoters are transcribed via distinct mechanisms. Moreover, some transcriptional enhancers exhibit specificity for particular types of core promoters. These findings indicate that the core promoter is a central component of the transcriptional apparatus that regulates gene expression
Adsorption properties and third sound propagation in superfluid He films on carbon nanotubes
We consider the adsorption properties of superfluid He films on carbon
nanotubes. One major factor in the adsorption is the surface tension force
arising from the very small diameter of the nanotubes. Calculations show that
surface tension keeps the film thickness on the tubes very thin even when the
helium vapor is increased to the saturated pressure. The weakened Van der Waals
force due to the cylindrical geometry also contributes to this. Both of these
effects act to lower the predicted velocity of third sound propagation along
the tubes. It does not appear that superfluidity will be possible on
single-walled nanotubes of diameter about one nm, since the film thickness is
less than 3 atomic layers even at saturation. Superfluidity is possible on
larger-diameter nanotube bundles and multi-walled nanotubes, however. We have
observed third sound signals on nanotube bundles of average diameter 5 nm which
are sprayed onto a Plexiglass surface, forming a network of tubes.Comment: 4 pages, accepted for Journal of Physics: Conference Series
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What price freedom: the story of a Vietnamese political refugee
My husband has often said to me, I am you and you are me. It is in this spirit that I can only attempt to give voice to his incredible story of rising up again. It is in this spirit that I humbly try to commit some memories to paper for posterity in an attempt to give an almost lost voice a sounding board. It is in this spirit that I recognize the voices of all refugees who share a loud, yet unheard voice. It is in this spirit of unity with him that I would like to record his story for our children and those who make their lives working with others with similar tales. It is my hope that understanding may be increased in some small way as we validate the experience of the invisible in our society and lend credibility to them.
An oral history of a Vietnamese man learning English as a second language, recounted by Stephaney Ann Jones-Vo
A Conceptualisation of innovative organisation of an ICT company: A focus on the impact of ‘innovative milieu’
Purpose: This paper investigates key elements for supporting strategic management behaviour with
actionable implications for multinational corporations in the ICT business sector.
Design/methodology/approach: Samsung was chosen as a research case. A qualitative approach was
applied to this study to develop a discussion framework with key elements which support innovative
organisational behaviour.
Findings: From an analysis of secondary data of academic discussions relating with business behaviour of
Samsung, five key themes were developed (e.g., Direction and driving force; Understanding the market;
Management system; Organisational strategies; Review & evaluation). Further discussions were expanded
from the framework with five key themes revealed a catalytic factor to foster an innovative behaviour of
the organisation.
Discussions: It has been found that close communications with stakeholders and the impact of innovative
milieu should be a catalytic factor to enhance dynamic innovative actions within the organisation.
Especially in the competitive ICT business sector, it has been suggested that the inter-organisational and
internal learning attitudes covering both individuals and organisational proactiveness should be focused
to sustain the businesses. Moreover, organisational innovation can be achieved from the collaborative
‘innovative milieu’ which enhances the proactive innovations
SAM: The School Attachment Monitor
Secure Attachment relationships have been shown to minimise social and behavioural problems in children and boosts resilience to risks later on such as antisocial behaviour, heart pathologies, and suicide. Attachment assessment is an expensive and time-consuming process that is not often performed. The School Attachment Monitor (SAM) automates Attachment assessment to support expert assessors. It uses doll-play activities with the dolls augmented with sensors and the child's play recorded with cameras to provide data for assessment. Social signal processing tools are then used to analyse the data and to automatically categorize Attachment patterns. This paper presents the current SAM interactive prototype
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