Given the opposing responses reported for bisphenol A (BPA) in terms of induction obesogenic effects and impaired lipid metabolism, increasing use F (BPF), relatively low information available regarding bis(3-chloro-2- hydroxypropyl) ether (BADGE·2HCl) aquatic organisms, this work aims to zebrafish liver cell line (ZFL) as an alternative model characterize toxicity metabolism disruptive potenti...

Purpose Online travel reviews platforms have become innovative information systems due to the incorporation of sophisticated gamification elements such as visually appealing badges. This study aims analyze three features review after leveling up a badge: length (number words), sentiment scoring and period between two successive days until next is written). Design/methodology/approach A total 77...

This paper reports a new aspect of male signalling in the green swordtail Xiphophorus hellerii. Males are highly ornamented and possess a sword (an extension of the caudal fin), as well as a lateral stripe that has been shown to be a badge of status. Males of one natural population, however, were found to quickly change the colour of their lateral stripe to red when socially dominant over other...

Measuring the locations of people in a building is an important part of ubiquitous computing. We present new hardware and software for this purpose. The hardware, called SmartMoveX, is an active badge system in which a small radio transmitter is attached to the person being tracked. Receivers placed in the building’s existing offices, connected to existing PCs, transmit signal strength readings...

The TOPAS / TDS D system combines the advantages of the passive sampling of badge-type passive samplers with thermal desorption for sample transfer to the gas chromatography system. The large surface and the sampler’s short diffusion path permit high sampling rates. Use of thermal desorption as a sample transfer technique avoids the necessity for time consuming sample preparation and allows low...

This paper describes an application of the theory of contextual interpretation described in [Pul94] to the area of English tense and aspect, partly based on the analysis in [Pul97b]. We describe an implemented system which allows a user to ask questions about the location and movements of individuals tracked by the Active Badge system [WHFG92], and which will also run in the reverse direction, ...

We describe the system design of “Smart Kindergarten”, a smart problem solving environment for early childhood education. Two crucial building blocks that make up Smart Kindergarten are iBadge, a lightweight power-aware sensor-instrumented badge, and Sylph, a sensor middleware infrastructure. Equipped with sensors, radio, and DSP, iBadge has been designed to be worn by kids and teachers to unob...