Public gathering spaces such as lounges, elevator lobbies, and hallways are places where informal social encounters occur most frequently in the workplace. In addition to serving as the crossroads for day-to-day activities, these spaces harbor a relaxed social atmosphere, where people feel naturally inclined to gather and talk casually about anything that may be on their minds. As a result, the...

We propose Robot Wireless Sensor Networks (RWSNs) management method for maintaining wireless communication connectivity for a mobile robot teleoperation with considering a distance between sensor nodes. Recent studies for reducing disaster damage focus on a disaster area information gathering in underground spaces. Since information gathering activities in such post disaster underground spaces ...

This research presents two studies examining scripts for the actual initial romantic encounters of young heterosexual Hispanic adults in the Southeastern U.S. In Study 1, 242 Hispanic undergraduates were asked to describe their most recent first romantic encounter using a cognitive script methodology, and then to classify the encounter as being a date, hangout, hookup, one-night stand, or other...