scholarly journals Mini Special Issue on Human Sensing, Modeling, and Augmentation

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 695-695
Author(s):  
Takayuki Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Assistive Devices ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Great Expectation ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Human Sensing ◽  
Motor Control Systems ◽  
Work And Life

Human work and life support are areas that provide practical applications for robotics and mechatronics technology. There is great expectation from the industry in these fields, and research and development efforts have been actively undertaken with great social impact. To support human work and life accurately, we must understand the complicated sensory, nervous, and motor control systems that enable design and development of appropriate assistive devices. Therefore, in this mini special issue, we focus on robotics and mechatronics for human sensing, modeling, and augmentation. The editor hopes that this special issue will attract researchers’ interest and contribute to further developments in this field.

Research on Precision Measuring System for Motor Speed

2012 ◽  
Vol 588-589 ◽  
pp. 1103-1107
Author(s):  
Yu Hai Gu ◽  
Qiu Shi Han ◽  
Xiao Li Xu ◽  
Hai Tao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Precise Measurement ◽  
Serial Communication ◽  
Measuring System ◽  
Motor Speed ◽  
Precision Measuring ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Improve Accuracy ◽  
Improving Accuracy ◽  
Motor Control Systems

In order to improve accuracy of measuring motor speed in precision motor control systems, a method of precise measurement of speed with CPLD is proposed, which measures the truncated parts of the measured pulse on the basis of measuring raster count pulse within the equal period, and takes them as compensation, thus improving accuracy of measuring the raster pulse. In this paper, a speed measuring formula is given. Measuring system is provided with parallel and serial communication interfaces for output of measurement results.

Comments on the special issue

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-212
Author(s):  
Paul McGhee
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Sense Of Humor ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
The Brain

Abstract This article includes comments on each contributing author’s article in this special issue of Humor. The articles represent an assessment of McGhee’s research, work on practical applications or influence in the following areas: 1) the development of children’s humor, 2) construction and validation of the Sense of Humor Scale (SHS), 3) usefulness of specific subscales of the SHS, including “playfulness” and “laughing at yourself,” 4) development and evaluation of the 7 Humor Habits Program—a training program for learning to use humor to cope with stress, 5) humor’s impact on physical health and emotional well being, 6) impact on the field of nursing, and 7) humor and the brain. McGhee provides here his response to each contributed article.

scholarly journals Organizing in the Anthropocene

Organization ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Wright ◽  
Daniel Nyberg ◽  
Lauren Rickards ◽  
James Freund
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Exponential Growth ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Earth System ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Crucial Issue ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Introductory Article

The functioning of the biosphere and the Earth as a whole is being radically disrupted due to human activities, evident in climate change, toxic pollution and mass species extinction. Financialization and exponential growth in production, consumption and population now threaten our planet’s life-support systems. These profound changes have led Earth System scientists to argue we have now entered a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene. In this introductory article to the Special Issue, we first set out the origins of the Anthropocene and some of the key debates around this concept within the physical and social sciences. We then explore five key organizing narratives that inform current economic, technological, political and cultural understandings of the Anthropocene and link these to the contributions in this Special Issue. We argue that the Anthropocene is the crucial issue for organizational scholars to engage with in order to not only understand on-going anthropogenic problems but also help create alternative forms of organizing based on realistic Earth–human relations.

scholarly journals Towards developing multimodal literacies in the ESP classroom: methodological insights and practical applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Crawford Camiciottoli ◽  
Inmaculada Fortanet-Gómez
Keyword(s):  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Knowledge Dissemination ◽  
Multimodal Approach ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Multimodal Literacy ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Innovative Research ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
Literacy Research

Abstract In this article, we provide an introduction to this special issue of Multimodal Communication entitled “Multimodal approaches in ESP: Innovative research and practice”. The Special Issue showcases innovative research presented at the 2019 International Conference on Knowledge Dissemination and Multimodal Literacy: Research Perspectives on ESP in a Digital Age. After briefly discussing the multimodal approach in language teaching and specifically in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and its key role in developing multimodal competence, each of the five featured contributions is previewed. The contributions offer theoretically grounded and research-informed applications of the multimodal approach in the ESP classroom.

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