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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “""Teddy""”.
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A design of actuation mechanisms for use in 'huggable' robotic teddy bear
… actuators were necessary for the Huggable teddy bear, a robotic companion for use in therapeutic applications. The benefits of pet therapy include a reduction in stress and an increase in rate of healing. The Huggable teddy bear will attempt to offer the same benefits through a life-like …
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Design of transmission mechanisms for the head of the 'Huggable' robotic teddy bear
The head of the Huggable teddy bear, a robotic companion for use in hospitals, schools, and other locations, must contain three degrees of freedom. It must contain transmissions allowing it to nod up and down, tilt side to side, and move its eyebrows and ears to convey emotions. In addition to the …
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Undressing J.D. Salinger: Fashion and Psychology in The Catcher in the Rye and Teddy
A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts. Under the direction of Richard Flynn.
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Effects of a tactile safeness intervention on experiences of shame and compassion
… the effects of touching an inanimate object - a teddy bear- upon experiences of shame, compassion, and different emotions after the induction of a shame memory. Eighty-one participants recruited from Eastern Washington University participated in this study. Participants were randomly assigned to …
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"Civilized My Syphilized Yarbles": Culture, Economy, and Deviant Youth Subcultures in Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange
… Youth subcultures like the Nadsats and the Teddy Boys developed a new style that undermined the social taboos, and in doing so, attempted to create a sense of identity that was separated from their parents and existing forms of both high and low cultures. However, instead of transcending …
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The religious commitments of J. D. Salinger.
J. D. Salinger's short stories "Teddy," "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period," "Franny," "Zooey," "Hapworth 16,1924," "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters," "Seymour--An Introduction," and "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" contain influences of religion which are predominantly Eastern. The major …
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Robotic user interface enabled interactive dialogue with intelligent spaces
… it to hold dialogues with users. The robotic teddy bear serves two purposes. First, it acts as the focal point of the room which users can address. Second, it enables the room to physically communicate with users by robotic gestures. We also incorporated a book recommendation system to …
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Affordable avatar control system for personal robots
… existing interfaces. The Huggable is a robotic Teddy bear platform developed by the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab. It has its specific purpose in healthcare, elderly care, education, and family communication. It is important that a user can successfully convey the meaningful context …
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Jazz reception and rejection in India 1935 to 1947
… Taj Mahal Hotel and the music of jazz pianist Teddy Weatherford.
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Developing a social robotic companion for stress and anxiety mitigation in pediatric hospitals
… impact of three different interventions (a plush teddy bear, virtual Huggable on a screen and the robotic Huggable) on child patients' levels of mood, stress and pain. Insights from pilot sessions showed that people were able to bond with the Huggable robot emotionally and socially well and other …
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The roles of language in selected novels of Thomas Berger.
… Earl Keese. In the pseudo-detective novel Who Is Teddy Villanova? (1977), language incarcerates the protagonist, leaving him in a verbal and ontological limbo. A deluded survival of the battles with language is shown in Reinhart's Women (1981); an unburdened, existentialist survival is …
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Israelizing Jerusalem : the encounter between architectural and national ideologies, 1967-1977
… defeat of Labor Zionism in 1977. For Mayor Teddy Kollek, who aspired to legitimate Israeli rule over Jerusalem on cultural and aesthetic grounds, architects were indispensable agents. However, invited luminaries, like Louis Kahn, Bruno Zevi, Philip Johnson and Lewis Mumford, forcefully …
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An architecture for sensate robots : real time social-gesture recognition using a full body array of touch sensors
… will be incorporated into the huggable robotic teddy bear at the MIT Media Lab's Personal Robotics group and makes use of the Sensitive Skins circuit design created in Dan Stiehl's Masters thesis. This implementation substantially reduces his proposed total sensor numbers and type, modularizes …
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Women’s sporting lives: a biographical study of elite amateur tennis players at Wimbledon
… to this the contributions of fashion designer Teddy Tinling is recognised as a key factor in changing the shape of women’s tennis post the Second World War. The research reveals the key role sport played in shaping the women’s identity from the onset of their playing careers through to their …
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Landscape, culture, and identity : redefining the borderlands
… an abstraction to create human environments. "--Teddy Cruz.
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The young school-age assessment of attachment (YSAA): Development and preliminary validation
… procedure that uses line drawings of a child teddy in attachment-related situations. The stimulus cards, probes, and administration procedures were piloted and refined in the initial stages of this study. The children's narratives that were generated from this procedure were examined for …
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Fit to Live, a flexible form concerto for wind ensemble
… Museum in Dallas. At the AMNH, four quotes from Teddy Roosevelt encircle the main rotunda as you enter the building. These marble-etched words infuse the experience of the subsequent exhibits with the adventurous spirit and sense of wonder that Roosevelt had for the natural world. The pacing, …
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The impact of social robots on young patients' socio-emotional wellbeing in a pediatric inpatient care context
… how three different interactive mediums (a plush teddy bear, a virtual agent on a screen and a social robot) affects the child patient's physical activity, affect, joyful play, stress and anxiety. In this thesis, I analyze the social, emotional, linguistic and physical behaviors of the patients, …
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Evaluation of irrigation water demand and agricultural land use in relation to surface water availability in Chongwe catchment.
Zambia has been experiencing population increase over the years. The growth has been characterised by an increase in agricultural irrigation activities, competitiveness in water use which have caused water stress and conflicts in some catchments. Some water availability assessment works in Chongwe …
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Assessment of administrative challenges faced by primary school headteachers in managing pupils with special educational needs in inclusive schooling in selected schools of Kaputa district, Zambia
The study was an assessment of administrative challenges faced by primary school Headteachers in managing learners with special educational needs in inclusive schooling in Kaputa District. The objectives of the study were: (i) to establish the effectiveness of the education policy on inclusive …
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