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On the Perception of Dynamic Emotional Expressions A Cross-cultural Comparison
This work explores the power of visual and vocal channels, in conveying emotional cues exploiting realistic, dynamic and mutually related emotional vocal and facial stimuli, and aims to report on a cross cultural comparison on how people from different Western Countries perceive emotional dynamic stimuli. The authors attempt to give an answer to the following questions evaluating the subjectiv…
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- 1
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- 978-94-024-0885-0
- Collation
- VIII, 45
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Cognitive Computation
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- -
Immersive Education: 4th European Summit, EiED 2014, Vienna, Austria, Novembe…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th European Immersive Education Summit, EiED 2014, held in Vienna, Austria, in November 2014. The 11 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on innovation and technological advancements in e-learning; immersive and emerging technologies for cultu…
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- -
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- 978-3-319-14796-3
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- XII, 137
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- -
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- 004 IMM
Immersed in Media: Telepresence Theory, Measurement & Technology
Highlights key research currently being undertaken within the field of telepresence, providing the most detailed account of the field to date, advancing our understanding of a fundamental property of all media - the illusion of presence; the sense of “being there” inside a virtual environment, with actual or virtual others. This collection has been put together by leading international scho…
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- -
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- 978-3-319-10189-7
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- XIV, 332
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- -
- Call Number
- 004 IMA
Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy
This book presents the latest developments in noncontact atomic force microscopy. It deals with the following outstanding functions and applications that have been obtained with atomic resolution after the publication of volume 2: (1) Pauli repulsive force imaging of molecular structure, (2) Applications of force spectroscopy and force mapping with atomic resolution, (3) Applications of tuning …
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- 1
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- 1434-4904
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- XXII, 527
- Series Title
- NanoScience and Technology
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- -
The Impact of Pen and Touch Technology on Education
This book presents perspectives for and by teachers, school and university administrators and educational researchers regarding the great impact pen and tablet technology can have on classrooms and education. presents three distinctly valuable threads of research: Emerging technologies and cutting-edge software invented by researchers and evaluated through real classroom deployments. Fir…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-15594-4
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- XXXIV, 387, 24 b/w illustrations, 117 illustrations in colour
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- Human–Computer Interaction Series
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- -
Antifouling Surfaces and Materials: From Land to Marine Environment
This book reviews the development of antifouling surfaces and materials for both land and marine environments, with an emphasis on marine anti biofouling. It explains the differences and intrinsic relationship between antifouling in land and marine environments, which are based on superhydrophobicity and superhydrophilicity respectively. It covers various topics including biomimetic antifouling…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-662-45204-2
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- IX, 175
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- -
- Call Number
- 620.44 ANT a
ICTs for Improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the second International Workshop on ICTs for Improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2014, held in Oldenburg, Germany, in May 2014. The 26 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 69 submissions. The papers focus on virtual and enhanced environments, covering topics such as motor…
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- -
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- 978-3-662-48644-3
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- XI, 320
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- -
- Call Number
- 004
Next Generation Intelligent Environments
This book covers key topics in the field of intelligent ambient adaptive systems. It focuses on the results worked out within the framework of the ATRACO (Adaptive and TRusted Ambient eCOlogies) project. The theoretical background, the developed prototypes, and the evaluated results form a fertile ground useful for the broad intelligent environments scientific community as well as for industria…
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- 2
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-23451-9
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- XXI, 346
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- -
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- -
New Trends in Medical and Service Robots
Medical and Service Robotics integrate the most recent achievements in mechanics, mechatronics, computer science, haptic and teleoperation devices together with adaptive control algorithms. The book includes topics such as surgery robotics, assist devices, rehabilitation technology, surgical instrumentation and Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) as examples for medical robotics. Autonomous cleanin…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-23831-9
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- IX, 254
- Series Title
- Mechanisms and Machine Science
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- -
New Trends in Medical and Service Robots
Medical and service robotics integrates several disciplines and technologies such as mechanisms, mechatronics, biomechanics, humanoid robotics, exoskeletons, and anthropomorphic hands. This book presents the most recent advances in medical and service robotics, with a stress on human aspects. It collects the selected peer-reviewed papers of the Fourth International Workshop on Medical and Serv…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-30673-5
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- IX, 310
- Series Title
- Mechanisms and Machine Science
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- -
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