The first descriptions of New Zealand endemic feather lice belonging to the Brueelia-complex (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) are given. The new genus Melibrueelia and new species M. novaeseelandiae are described, illustrated and compared with morphologically close taxa within the complex. The type host of M. novaeseelandiae is the tui, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1788), and...

In this paper, we describe techniques to use multimodal learning analytics to analyze data collected around an interactive tangible learning environment. In a previous study [4], we designed and evaluated a Tangible User Interface (TUI) where dyads of students were asked to learn about the human hearing system by reconstructing it. In the current study, we present the analysis of the data colle...

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This paper discusses Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) and their potential impact on cognitive assessment and cognitive training. We believe that TUIs, and particularly a subset that we dub spatial TUIs, can extend human computer interaction beyond some of its current limitations. Spatial TUIs exploit human innate spatial and tactile ability in an intuitive and direct manner, affording interactio...

Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) offer the potential to facilitate collaborative learning in new ways. This paper presents an empirical study that investigated the effects of a TUI in a classroom setting on task performance and learning outcomes. In the tangible condition, apprentices worked together around an interactive tabletop warehouse simulation using tangible inputs. In the paper conditio...

This paper extends our understanding of tangible user interfaces (TUIs) by considering the different ways in which physical and digital objects can be computationally coupled. It proposes a framework based around the degree of coherence between physical and digital objects. Links between physical and digital objects are described in terms of a set of underlying properties (transformation, sensi...

We present laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) measurements of neutral xenon (6s [3/2]2) in the near-field plume of a 6-kW Hall thruster. The 823.163 nm (air) beam from a TUI Optics TA-100/830 tapered-amplifier diode laser is focused along an axial beamline onto a submillimeter interrogation volume, from which we collect resonant LIF. Polarization control via a rotating half-wave plate keeps the i...

In this thesis the development of a digital musical instrument (DMI) playing virtual architectural spaces in the manner of a musical instrument is presented. The structure of the instrument is based on the implementation of an Auditory Virtual Environment (AVE) approach. The AVE approach comprises a geometric room model enabling real-time acoustic modeling of rectangular room geometries and sup...

The impact of mainstream tourist hotels on destination economies is clearly an important question for public policy-makers wishing to develop robust tourism policy. We adapt the methodology of value chain analysis to measure the local economic impact of a large, single tourism enterprise, to show how to generate commercially realistic data using the example of an analysis of a 1,000 room AllInc...

This ‘work in progress’ paper presents an investigation of mobile input devices and interaction techniques on their effects on social engagement for children when interacting with virtual characters. We call interactions social mobile interactions if they increase social involvements. Social mobile interactions are collaborative interactions to create social experiences between children in a gr...