Can blindfolded users replace blind ones in product testing? an empirical study

A Study of Spatial Cognition in an Immersive Virtual Audio Environment: Comparing Blind and Blindfolded Individuals

This study presents the combined efforts of three research groups toward the investigation of a cognitive issue through the development and implementation of a general purpose VR environment that incorporates a high quality virtual 3D audio interface. The psychological aspects of the study concern mechanisms involved in spatial cognition, in particular to determine how a verbal description of a...

Product of the Steel locus can replace leukemic cell interaction.

Mutations in the Steel locus, encoding a growth factor (Steel factor or SF) or c-kit, the gene encoding its receptor, result in severe anemia in the mouse. In the present study, we have addressed the mechanism of synergistic growth activation, at the cellular level, by SF and GM-CSF using the blast cells of acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML blasts). Our data indicate that SF drastically alleviat...

End-Users Productivity in Model-Based Spreadsheets: An Empirical Study

Spreadsheets are widely used and studies show that most of the existing ones contain non-trivial errors. To improve end-users productivity, recent research proposes the use of a model-driven engineering approach to spreadsheets. In this paper we conduct the first empirical study to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of this approach. A set of spreadsheet end users worked with two different...

can hcv core ag testing replace the routine screening assays in patients on hemodialysis?

Interactive Proof Discovery: An Empirical Study of HOL Users

One commonly cited obstacle to the widespread use of theorem provers is the poor quality of the user interface. Research projects which have addressed this problem have had mixed results. In the majority of cases, the designers of new interfaces to theorem provers have failed to draw upon the most relevant discipline: Human Computer Interaction. The design of these interfaces is carefully consi...