Three studies investigated conditions in which perceivers view dispositions and situations as interactive, rather than independent, causal forces when making judgments about another’s personality. Study 1 showed that perceivers associated 5 common trait terms (e.g., friendly and shy) with characteristic if . . . then . . . (if situation a, then the person does x, but if situation b, then the pe...

Three studies investigated conditions in which perceivers view dispositions and situations as interactive, rather than independent, causal forces when making judgments about another's personality. Study 1 showed that perceivers associated 5 common trait terms (e.g., friendly and shy) with characteristic if...then... (if situation a, then the person does x, but if situation b, then the person do...

The synthesis of a high-melting temperature semiconductor in a low-temperature fiber drawing process is demonstrated, substantially expanding the set of materials that can be incorporated into fibers. Reagents in the solid state are arranged in proximate domains within a fiber preform. The preform is fluidized at elevated temperatures and drawn into fiber, reducing the lateral dimensions and br...

The core cognitive ability to perceive and synthesize ‘shapes’ underlies all our basic interactions with the world, be it shaping one’s fingers to grasp a ball or shaping one’s body while imitating a dance. In this article, we describe our attempts to understand this multifaceted problem by creating a primitive shape perception/synthesis system for the baby humanoid iCub. We specifically deal w...

We give an overview of Tutte’s paper, “How to draw a graph”, that contains: (i) a proof that every simple 3-connected planar graph admits a straight-line embedding in the plane such that each face boundary is a convex polygon, (ii) an elegant algorithm for finding such an embedding, (iii) an algorithm for testing planarity, and (iv) a proof of Kuratowski’s theorem.

The Diamedica non-rebreathing valve has been developed for use in draw-over anaesthesia and can be positioned at the common gas outlet. Its performance was evaluated against the Laerdal, Ruben and Ambu valves under laboratory conditions. Valve resistance during inspiration and expiration was simulated over a range of constant flow conditions. During flows ranging from 5 to 45 l.min(-1) , the Di...

An apprenticeship metaphor is described for programming by example, graphically, which enables untrained end users to add composite operations to a drawing program using constructive methods traditionally employed in drafting. To combat the extraneous activity that plagues naturally-produced traces, interaction is used to constrain induction by suppressing, or at least controlling, variability ...