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Gendering Human-Robot Interaction: exploring how a person's gender impacts attitudes toward and interaction with robots

Previous work presented that a person’s gender is an important factor in shaping how new technologies are adopted and used. Further, a lack of awareness of gender issues increases the risk of technology rejection and misunderstandings. Therefore, considering the development and adoption of robots, it is crucial to develop an improved understanding and awareness of what role gender plays in the field of humanrobot interaction (HRI). In this work, we aim to investigate how a person’s gender impacts how they perceive and interact with robots. One problem is that we have limited gender-related knowledge as only a few gender issues have been targeted in HRI. To get a rounded understanding, we tackle our research question with a three-pronged approach: 1) review of the general field of gender studies to develop a theoretical grounding for gender studies in HRI; 2) survey of perceptions of robots in various usage instances from a broad perspective to get an initial view of how a person’s gender impacts their attitudes toward robots; 3) observation of the human-robot interaction in a controlled setting to contribute to the knowledge of how a person’s gender affects their interaction with robots.
On bootstrapping topology knowledge in anonymous networks

In this article, we quantify the amount of “practical” information (i.e., views obtained from the neighbors, colors attributed to the nodes and links) to obtain “theoretical” information (i.e., the local topology of the network up to distance k) in anonymous networks. In more detail, we show that a coloring at distance 2k + 1 is necessary and sufficient to obtain the local topology at distance k that includes outgoing links. This bound drops to 2k when outgoing links are not needed. A second contribution of this article deals with color bootstrapping (from which local topology can be obtained using the aforementioned mechanisms). On the negative side, we show that (i) with a distributed daemon, it is impossible to achieve deterministic color bootstrap, even if the whole network topology can be instantaneously obtained, and (ii) with a central daemon, it is impossible to achieve distance m when instantaneous topology knowledge is limited to m − 1. On the positive side, we show that (i) under the k-central daemon, deterministic self-stabilizing bootstrap of colors up to distance k is possible provided that k-local topology can be instantaneously obtained, and (ii) under the distributed daemon, probabilistic self-stabilizing bootstrap is possible for any range.
Adhesion of resin cements to contaminated zirconia resin cements on zirconia: effect saliva-contamination and surface conditioning

Abstract This study evaluated the adhesion of resin cements to zirconia after saliva contamination using resin cements with different chemistries. Zirconia discs (N = 240, n = 10 per group) were randomly divided into three groups: (a) C: No contamination (Control), (b) S: Contamination with saliva, (c) S + AA: Contamination with saliva followed by air-abrasion (CoJet). While half of the specimens were not conditioned, the other half were conditioned with 37.5% H3PO4 for 60 s. After rinsing, all specimen surfaces were silanized (Monobond Plus). Resin cements based on either methacrylate (Variolink II–VL) or MDP monomer (Panavia 21-PN) were polymerized on the substrates. The specimens were randomly divided into two further groups to be tested either after (a) 24 h dry storage at 37 °C or (b) thermocycling (×5000, 5–55 °C). Microshear bond (MSB) tests were conducted in a Universal Testing Machine and failure types were analyzed. Data were analyzed using Univariate analysis and Tukey’s tests (alpha = 0.05). While saliva contamination, 37.5% H3PO4 application (p < .001) and aging (p < .05) significantly affected the bond results, cement type did not show significant difference after aging (p > .05). Adhesive strength of PN (1.2–4.4 MPa) on saliva contaminated and etched zirconia was more stable than that of VL (0–2.8 MPa). After aging, bond strength results decreased the most with VL (3–100%) compared to PN (32–71%) but the decrease was less in the air-abraded groups after aging (VL: 3%; PN: 32%). Exclusively adhesive failures were experienced in all groups.
Van der Waals bonding of GaAs on Pd leads to a permanent, solid‐phase‐topotaxial, metallurgical bond

Various forms of wafer bonding have now emerged as a serious competitor to heteroepitaxy for optoelectronic integration of dissimilar semiconductor materials. Among the types of wafer bonding, perhaps the most flexible is that which employs free‐standing III–V films as created by epitaxial liftoff. For some purposes, weak Van der Waals forces provide an adequate bond between the native oxides of the III–V film and its new substrate. If the substrate is coated by palladium however, a low temperature solid‐phase‐topotaxial reaction occurs, producing oriented Pd4GaAs under the GaAs film. In effect, the topotaxy comes about through mechanical contact alone. The resulting metallurgical bond is an ohmic contact, a thermal contact and a robust, permanent, adherent contact.
Mobile robot self-location using model-image feature correspondence

The problem of establishing reliable and accurate correspondence between a stored 3-D model and a 2-D image of it is important in many computer vision tasks, including model-based object recognition, autonomous navigation, pose estimation, airborne surveillance, and reconnaissance. This paper presents an approach to solving this problem in the context of autonomous navigation of a mobile robot in an outdoor urban, man-made environment. The robot's environment is assumed consist of polyhedral buildings. The 3-D descriptions of the lines constituting the buildings' rooftops is assumed to be given as the world model. The robot's position and pose are estimated by establishing correspondence between the straight line features extracted from the images acquired by the robot and the model features. The correspondence problem is formulated as a two-stage constrained search problem. Geometric visibility constraints are used to reduce the search space of possible model-image feature correspondences. Techniques for effectively deriving and capturing these visibility constraints from the given world model are presented. The position estimation technique presented is shown to be robust and accurate even in the presence of errors in the feature detection, incomplete model description, and occlusions. Experimental results of testing this approach using a model of an airport scene are presented.
Poster: The NetEyes Collaborative, Augmented Reality, Digital Paper System

NetEyes is a system that allows remote and co-located partners to collaborate by annotating maps printed on digital paper. It combines natural language capabilities, in particular the interpretation of sketched symbols, with the display of three-dimensional representations of recognized objects, allowing users to jointly visualize a planned or evolving situation in detail. Visualization can take place either on a conventional monitor or through optical see-though, head-mounted displays. Seamless collaboration is promoted via the use of tangible paper maps, which makes it possible for multiple parties sitting around a table to place annotations as they would using regular paper and pen. To account for movements and rotation of the maps that are common during collaborative annotation sessions, a vision-based tracking component is used. This component recovers the location of the paper map in the real-world, and scales and rotates the digitally displayed objects so that they keep aligned with the map.
The Primary Exclusive Regions in Cognitive Networks

A method (and system) for compressing an extensible markup language (XML) document, includes compressing an XML document such that information in a markup portion therein is maintained in a compressed form to allow the document to be reconstructed. During the compressing, the markup portion and a non-markup portion of the document are separated, and the non-markup component is compressed using a first compression method and the markup component is compressed using a second compression method.
NatCut: an interactive tangible editor for physical object fabrication

While physical prototyping and personal fabrication is currently getting increasingly popular, many of the tools used to design 3D objects are still complex and cumbersome to use. In this paper, we address this issue and present a novel tabletop-based tangible editor, called NatCut, that allows the quick and easy design of physical enclosures for interactive prototypes. To generate an enclosure with NatCut, the user first chooses a basic geometric shape for it on the tabletop surface. By simply placing electronic components on the displayed 2D layout for the enclosure, respective cut-outs and holes are generated. Further, a number of user interactions on the tabletop screen are supported to modify, personalize, and enrich the casing. The resulting 2D layout contains all joints needed to assemble the parts after laser cutting. We discuss the results of a user study in which we tested the approach.
The coaching space: A production of power relationships in organizational settings

Given the prevalence of instrumental and positivistic accounts on coaching, our article aims to contribute to a critical theory of coaching by articulating two under-researched topics in the field: power and space. We do so by building on the Lefebvrian political approach to space; more specifically, we show that depending on the coach’s experience of the coaching space, three types of power relationships are produced within the coach–coachee–organization triad: independent, mediated, and parallel. Accordingly, the coaching space appears to be either a generator, supporter, or analyzer of power. Overall, by approaching coaching as a political space, we call for increased awareness of the conditions that facilitate the experience of the coaching space as empowering rather than limiting and controlling.
Table-based nonlinear HEMT model extracted from time-domain large-signal measurements

This paper presents an empirical table-based nonlinear HEMT model fully extracted from time-domain large-signal measurements. A simple and direct extraction procedure, based on a vector nonlinear network analyzer measurement system with load-pull facilities, demonstrates by experimental results on microwave transistors how a very reduced number of measurements is enough to obtain the current and charge generators to fill a lookup model. Table-based model extraction, implementation, and validation are described in this paper.
Wide diversity of genome size among different strains of Clostridium acetobutylicum

Summary: The sizes of the genomes of five strains of Clostridium acetobutylicum were estimated by summing the sizes of macro-restriction fragments produced after cleavage of their DNA with SmaI and ApaI. The five C. acetobutylicum strains fell into three discrete groups. The NCIMB 8052 and NI-4081 strains have 6.5 Mbp genomes and restriction profiles of their DNA were indistinguishable. The sizes of the genomes of the ATCC 824 and DSM 1731 strains were about 4.0 and 3.5 Mbp (minimum values), respectively, and the restriction profiles of their DNA were very similar. One notable difference was the presence of an additional 532 kbp SmaI fragment in the DNA of strain ATCC 824. The NCP 262 strain of C. acetobutylicum has a genome size of 2.85 Mbp. Restriction fragment profiles of DNA from strains belonging to different groups were not obviously similar. Probes made from several cloned ATCC 824 genes hybridized with DNA fragments of different sizes from strains representative of each group. These data add further weight to the considerable body of evidence indicating that the species C. acetobutylicum comprises a heterogeneous collection of strains.
FilGAP, a Rho/Rho-associated protein kinase–regulated GTPase-activating protein for Rac, controls tumor cell migration

In three-dimensional matrices, tumor cells can move with either an elongated/mesenchymal or a round/amoeboid morphology. This study identifies FilGAP, a Rac GTPase-activating protein (GAP), as a mediator of Rho/Rho-associated protein kinase–dependent amoeboid movement of carcinoma cells. FilGAP may contribute to tumor invasion and metastasis by controlling the amoeboid mode of movement.
A Scalable Non-intrusive Load Monitoring System for Fridge-Freezer Energy Efficiency Estimation

In this paper we propose an approach by which the energy efficiency of individual appliances can be estimated from an aggregate load. To date, energy disaggregation research has presented results for small data sets of 7 households or less, and as a result the generality of results are often unknown. In contrast, we have deployed household electricity sensors to 117 households and evaluated the accuracy by which our approach can identify the energy efficiency of refrigerators and freezers from an aggregate load. Crucially, our approach does not require training data to be collected by sub-metering individual appliances, nor does it assume any knowledge of the appliances present in the household. Instead, our approach uses prior models of general appliance types that are used to first identify which households contain either a combined fridge-freezer or separate refrigerator and freezer, and subsequently to estimate the energy efficiency of such appliances. Finally, we calculate the time until the energy savings of replacing such appliances have offset the cost of the replacement appliance, which we show can be as low as 2.5 years.
Transcriptome-Guided Mining of Genes Involved in Crocin Biosynthesis

Gardenia jasminoides is used in traditional Chinese medicine and has drawn attention as a rich source of crocin, a compound with reported activity against various cancers, depression and cardiovascular disease. However, genetic information on the crocin biosynthetic pathway of G. jasminoides is scarce. In this study, we performed a transcriptome analysis of the leaves, green fruits, and red fruits of G. jasminoides to identify and predict the genes that encode key enzymes responsible for crocin production, compared with Crocus sativus. Twenty-seven putative pathway genes were specifically expressed in the fruits, consistent with the distribution of crocin in G. jasminoides. Twenty-four of these genes were reported for the first time, and a novel CCD4a gene was predicted that encodes carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase leading to crocin synthesis, in contrast to CCD2 of C. sativus. In addition, 6 other candidate genes (ALDH12, ALDH14, UGT94U1, UGT86D1, UGT71H4, and UGT85K18) were predicted to be involved in crocin biosynthesis following phylogenetic analysis and different gene expression profiles. Identifying the genes that encode key enzymes should help elucidate the crocin biosynthesis pathway.
Random distributed detection for wireless sensor networks

Due to the fact that wireless sensor nodes are spatially distributed throughout the area of interest, event detection must be implemented in a distributed way. Unlike related distributed detection schemes, our proposed approach does not need a pre-designated fusion node. This greatly improves network scalability. In this paper, we provide closed-form expressions for the probability of detection error and probability of false alarm. These results are validated by extensive simulation.
Asymmetry in the Magnocellular and Parvocellular Pathways

Why humans are less sensitive to increment than decrement contrast remains unknown. One hypothesis is that the psychophysical asymmetry in increment and decrement thresholds results from an asymmetry in respective ON and OFF cell contrast gains. Contrast gain also differs, however, by the visual pathway within which the ON and OFF cells travel. Cells show greater contrast gain in the magnocellular (M) than parvocellular (P) pathway. Therefore, the asymmetry in increment and decrement thresholds may also differ by visual pathway. My first three experiments established that observers were more sensitive to decrement than increment contrast in both pathways, in monocular as well as dichoptic conditions. Contrast gain model analyses revealed greater asymmetry in increment and decrement contrast gains only in the P pathway. Lower decrement relative to increment contrast gains resulted in progressively lower decrement than increment contrast discrimination thresholds. Also found was that only decrement binocular summation increased as stimulus contrast increased. Therefore, the two remaining experiments assessed P pathway binocular summation of disparate increment or decrement contrast. An interocular contrast disparity in stimulus contrast generated a strong nonlinear weighting towards the eye with greater delta pedestal contrast during decrement binocular summation and reduced contrast discrimination threshold. Manipulation of two mediating contrast gain normalization processes reduced the disparity and increased the threshold. Combined, the five experiments provide psychophysical evidence that differences in increment and decrement contrast gain normalization underlie the asymmetries in increment and decrement contrast discrimination threshold and binocular summation.
Search for a Theory Linking Environment and Society

1 INTRODUCTION The use of nature is at the base of human economic and social organization. To human developed techniques the scientific method was added, generating knowledge that was further transformed into technologies, thus resulting in further " discoveries ". The exploitation of natural resources leads to the existence of food, clothing, computers, and spaceships. Nature is subordinated to our economic interests. However, how are such relationships established? Can such a complex set of relationships be solely driven by economics? Some approaches to organizational management seem to enhance the economic view, without discussing its implications on the set of nature-society relationships. Denying questioning the subject, and which relationships are desirable, studies become a description of what already exists, immune to the thinking that could transform production management and generate positive consequences to the environment and to society. This work aims at discussing the contribution of organizational and economic theories to environmental management. In 2000, a survey was conducted in ISO9000 companies in the Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. The study's objective was to identify the main negative environmental impacts generated by companies and the respective countermeasures responses adopted. The population was composed of 188 companies, out of which 33 collaborated in the survey. The 33 companies were part of the following sectors: metal-mechanic, plastics and rubber, chemical and petrochemical, and electro-electronic. Five were selected for in-depth interviews accoding to environment harm reduction criteria, scope of environmental measures and financial quantification of such measures. The five companies belong to the sector. Data analysis was conducted using different and well-established theories in the management and economics fields: scientific management, Simon's research on decision making and efficiency, and the studies on transaction costs performed by Coase, Williamson and North. Also works by Foucault and Bourdieu were considered as inspirations for the power analysis used in the definition of environmental practices. 2 EFFICIENCY IN SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT According to Taylor, efficiency referred to the relationship between real performance in a given task and the standard set for its accomplishment. The study of times and movements represented an attempt of elevating workers' efficiency levels via the rationalization of the work, thus leading to greater productivity. Efficiency was achieved through the standardization of movements and tools (MAXIMIANO, 2000). The initial trend in management was to consider administrative questions as engineering problems (GROSS, 1968). According to March and Simon (1969), this is explained by the Taylor's background …
Aromatase Is a Direct Target of FOXL2: C134W in Granulosa Cell Tumors via a Single Highly Conserved Binding Site in the Ovarian Specific Promoter

Background Granulosa cell tumors (GCT) of the ovary often express aromatase and synthesize estrogen, which in turn may influence their progression. Recently a specific point mutation (C134W) in the FOXL2 protein was identified in >94% of adult-type GCT and it is likely to contribute to their development. A number of genes are known to be regulated by FOXL2, including aromatase/CYP19A1, but it is unclear which are direct targets and whether the C134W mutation alters their regulation. Recently, it has been reported that FOXL2 forms a complex with steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) which is a known regulator of aromatase in granulosa cells. Methodology/Principal Findings In this work, the human GCT-derived cell lines KGN and COV434 were heterozygous and wildtype for the FOXL2:C134W mutation, respectively. KGN had abundant FOXL2 mRNA expression but it was not expressed in COV434. Expression of exogenous FOXL2:C134W in COV434 cells induced higher expression of a luciferase reporter for the ovarian specific aromatase promoter, promoter II (PII) (−516bp) than expression of wildtype FOXL2, but did not alter induction of a similar reporter for the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) promoter (−1300bp). Co-immunoprecipitation confirmed that FOXL2 bound SF-1 and that it also bound its homologue, liver receptor homologue 1 (LRH-1), however, the C134W mutation did not alter these interactions or induce a selective binding of the proteins. A highly conserved putative binding site for FOXL2 was identified in PII. FOXL2 was demonstrated to bind the site by electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA) and site-directed mutagenesis of this element blocked its differential induction by wildtype FOXL2 and FOXL2:C134W. Conclusions/Significance These findings suggest that aromatase is a direct target of FOXL2:C134W in adult-type GCT via a single distinctive and highly conserved binding site in PII and therefore provide insight into the pathogenic mechanism of this mutation.
PADDY ' s Progress ( Further Experiments In Free-Text Retrieval On The AP 1000 )

PADDY is an experimental free-text retrieval engine for the Fujitsu AP1000. Considerable development of PADDY has occurred since the work reported at the second CAP Workshop. Search patterns now include generalised regular expressions, set operations may now be applied to the results of searches, and proximity operators have been implemented. The speed of literal searches has been increased and the time to load a dictionary from the front end has been dramatically speeded up. The scalable performance of PADDY, coupled with likely developments in the technology of AP1000-like machines, leads to a discussion of the role of a \super" free-text retrieval engine in libraries of the future. Current PADDY research now centres on use of the AP1000 to rapidly build a complete index to support subsequent text searching on a serial workstation, and on the very large sorting operation underlying it.