We present the conceptual formulation, design, fabrication, control and commercial translation of an IoT enabled social robot as mapped through validation human emotional response to its affective interactions. The design centres on a humanoid hybrid-face that integrates rigid faceplate with digital display simplify conveyance complex facial movements while providing impression three-dimensiona...

Aim and methods: The aim of this review is to consider the appropriate use of either legislation the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) or the Mental Health Act (MHA) or Court of Protection to transfer the patient/person from one accommodation to another for the purposes of care they need. The methodology used for this article is review of literature. Results: Conveyance of the person from one place to ...

Irrigation in the Mediterranean is of vital importance for food security, employment and economic development. This study systematically assesses how climate change and increases in atmospheric CO2 concentrations may affect irrigation requirements in the Mediterranean region by 2080–2090. Future demographic change and technological improvements in irrigation systems are taken into account, as i...

Risk communication has been identified as a core competence for guiding public health responses to infectious disease threats. The International Health Regulations (2005) call for all countries to build capacity and a comprehensive understanding of health risks before a public health emergency to allow systematic and coherent communication, response and management. Research studies indicate tha...

Biotechnology, since the commencement of 1980, has become an integral feature of the public’s consciousness, hopes and fears. Issues such as novel diseases, genetically engineered foods, cloning, bioterrorism and biosafety impact and interact with the public’s feelings and instincts, which, in turn necessitate the comprehension and conveyance of the fundamentals of biotechnology in an easy and ...

3. Conveyance of the PPs to the thylakoid membranes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 3.1. Site of translation of the cyanobacterial and chloroplast-encoded PP subunits . . . . . . . 30 3.2. Targeting to the organelle and import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 3.3. Maturation of the precursor: the processing step . . . . . . ...

The authors have developed a power-assisted system aimed at solving the following problems in a factory; i.e., a common conveyance system such as an overhead crane using pushbutton control can pose difficulties for the operator in positioning an object due to the object’s vibration. As well, workers often suffer physically from directly moving or lifting heavy objects. In light of this, our pro...

Assembly Bill 1982 provides funding to implement mosquito best management practices (BMPs) at wildlife areas managed by the California Department of Fish and Game. The first year of the program is 2005-2006. A protocol for sampling immature mosquitoes (larvae and pupae) is outlined in this document. The document is intended to focus on three wildlife areas, but is likely applicable to other wil...

This study assesses historic overbank alluvial sedimentation along a low-gradient reach of West Fork Black’s Fork in the northern Uinta Mountains, Utah. In this previously glaciated setting, an alluvial floodplain that is approximately 400 m wide by 1500 m long has been modified by the combined effects of valley morphometry and the recent history of clear-cut logging during the late 19th and ea...