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The Quandary Of Contact Tracing Tech, Rachel Robinson-Greene
The Quandary Of Contact Tracing Tech, Rachel Robinson-Greene
Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications
All over the country, states are re-opening their economies. This is happening in defiance of recommendations from experts in infectious disease, which suggest that states only re-open after they have seen a fourteen-day decline in cases, have capacities to contact trace, have sufficient personal protective equipment for healthcare workers, and have sufficient testing capabilities to identify hotspots and deal with problems when they arise.
Can Spiritual Needs Be Met By Robots?, Rachel Robinson-Greene
Can Spiritual Needs Be Met By Robots?, Rachel Robinson-Greene
Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications
Visitors to the 400-year old Kodaiji Temple in Kyoto, Japan can now listen to a sermon from an unusual priest—Mindar—a robot designed to resemble Kannon, the Buddhist deity of mercy. In a country in which religious affiliation is on the decline, the hope is that this million-dollar robot will do some work toward reinvigorating the faith.
Visual-Based Social Norms, Distance-Related Human–Wildlife Interactions, And Viewing Devices In Parks And Protected Areas, Stephanie Freeman, Zachary D. Miller, B. Derrick Taff
Visual-Based Social Norms, Distance-Related Human–Wildlife Interactions, And Viewing Devices In Parks And Protected Areas, Stephanie Freeman, Zachary D. Miller, B. Derrick Taff
Human–Wildlife Interactions
Distance-related human–wildlife conflict presents a serious challenge in parks and protected areas across the world. Finding ways to alleviate distance-related human–wildlife conflict is hampered by both the difficulty of studying human–wildlife interactions in the field as well as the dearth of existing methodological tools. The purpose of this study is to investigate factors of group size, distance from bison (Bison bison), and use of wildlife viewing equipment on visitor proximity preferences in Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, USA). Researchers collected data via intercept-surveys during summer 2015. The data were analyzed with repeated measures ANOVA to explore …