The smart furniture provide various services alone or by communication with other devices. The cost and time for building such devices is a barrier to the deployment of various novel applications. Since the smart devices are typically equipped with embedded or traditional computers, various sensors and multimodal I/O devices, it can provide various services in public spaces as well as in privat...

In this article, a new approach to the study of human–computer interaction (HCI) from the activity theory perspective is presented. A computer-based task was selected for demonstration purposes. Due to its complexity, variability, and number of mental components, the selected computer-based task presented difficulties in observation and formal description. Other tasks involving computers bared ...

The doses of neutral metastable argon atoms (Ar*) and highly charged xenon ions ~HCIs! required to damage self-assembled monolayers ~SAMs! of alkanethiolates on gold are compared in a set of experiments carried out concurrently. The extent of damage to the SAM is determined by developing the samples in a gold etching solution, then measuring the decrease in reflectivity of the gold; '10 Ar* are...

The study of radioisotopes as well highly charged ions is a very active and dynamic field. In both cases, the most sensitive probes involve species trapped in Penning or Paul traps after series production separation steps that limit types lifetimes can be investigated. We propose novel scheme forms fully (or almost fully) stripped radionuclei form (HCIs) directly trapping environment. method ex...

OBJECTIVE The goal of the current study was to gain insight into the prevalence and concentrations of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) Escherichia coli in Dutch surface water, and to explore the role of wastewater as AMR contamination source. METHODS The prevalence of AMR E. coli was determined in 113 surface water samples obtained from 30 different water bodies, and in 33 wastewater samples obt...

During the last few decades, we have seen tremendous improvements in the way human interact with computers. It went through electrical, symbolic, textual and graphical forms of interaction. In 1988, Mark Weiser, the father of Ubiquitous Computing, gave an idea of invisible computers, embedded in everyday objects replacing PCs. This has given a new vision of interaction with computers. New parad...

HCIs interest in creativity support has extended beyond the realm of information-oriented professionals to the efforts of experience-driven collective communities. World of Warcraft machinima provides an opportunity to study networked creativity among a widely distributed and highly productive amateur community. We present an analysis of metadata gathered from the most viewed machinima on YouTu...

Within the context of a scoping study the paper examines factors having a possible effect on the nature of cognition achieved with regard to specific construction industry production process concepts. These factors are considered with regard to the level of cognition, as a follow-on from the act of visual perception, that may be achieved by individuals with regard to production process concepts...

Attempts are made to unify gravity with the other three fundamental forces of nature. As suggested by higher dimensional models, this unification may require space and time variation some dimensionless constants. In scenario, probing temporal electromagnetic fine structure constant (<mml...