Checklists for improving rigour in qualitative research: a case of the tail wagging the dog?

Behavioural responses of Canis familiaris to different tail lengths of a remotely-controlled life-size

The tail of dogs and allies (Canidae) is important for intraspecific communication. We used a life-sized dog model and varied the tail length and motion as an experimental method of examining effects of tail-docking on intraspecific signaling in domestic dogs, Canis familiaris. We videotaped interactions of 492 off-leash dogs and quantified size and behaviour of approaching dogs to the model’s ...

The tail is wagging the dog: body culture, classification and the paralympic movement

Tail Wagging the Dog: Is China’s Mto the Driving Force behind Methanol Pricing?

A writer's guide to education scholarship: Qualitative education scholarship (part 2).

OBJECTIVE Education scholarship can be conducted using a variety of methods, from quantitative experiments to qualitative studies. Qualitative methods are less commonly used in emergency medicine (EM) education research but are well-suited to explore complex educational problems and generate hypotheses. We aimed to review the literature to provide resources to guide educators who wish to conduc...

A Dog Tail for Utility Robots: Exploring Affective Properties of Tail Movement

We present a dog-tail interface for utility robots, as a means of communicating high-level robotic state through affect. This interface leverages people’s general knowledge of dogs and their tails (e.g., wagging means happy) to communicate robotic state in an easy to understand way. In this paper, we present the details of our tail construction, and the results of a study which explored a base ...