scholarly journals A history of the Promis technology: an effective human interface

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Human Interface ◽  
History Of

A history of the Apple human interface group

1998 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-146
Author(s):  
S. Joy Mountford
Keyword(s):  
Human Interface ◽  
History Of

'It is not so!' Otto Finsch, Expectations and Encounters in the Pacific, 1865 - 85

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary S. Howes
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Human Interface ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
History Of ◽  
Human Difference ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Torres Strait

This article focuses on the Pacific experiences of the German ornithologist and ethnologist Otto Finsch (1839?1917). Between 1879 and 1882, Finsch voyaged extensively in the Pacific, visiting Hawai?i, parts of Micronesia and island Melanesia, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Torres Strait Islands. In 1884, he returned to New Guinea and was instrumental in the acquisition of Kaiser-Wilhelmsland and the Bismarck Archipelago as German protectorates.While his numerous publications on the indigenous inhabitants of these areas naturally reflect the prevailing scientific and colonial discourses of the late nineteenth century, I argue that they were also significantly shaped by his personal encounters with Pacific peoples. Through close comparisons of texts produced before, during and after his Pacific voyages, I discuss the ways in which these encounters challenged Finsch's pre-voyage assumptions about ?race' and human difference: the breadth of individual variation within supposedly homogeneous races, the extent of overlap between such races, and the reliability of particular cultural practices as diagnostics of savagery or civilization. I also emphasize links between Finsch's story and broader issues in the history of science, including the influence of observers' trajectories of travel on the constitution of regional topographies of difference, the standardization and mobilization of travellers' observations for metropolitan audiences, the human interface between discovery and communication, and the policing of scientific knowledge and interpretation of field observations by metropolitan authorities.

scholarly journals A Landscape without Nonhuman Primates? The Case of the Barbary Macaque, Macaca sylvanus, (Linnaeus, 1758) and Its Interaction with Humans throughout Recorded Time

Humanities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Cecilia Veracini
Keyword(s):  
Nonhuman Primates ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Ecological Factors ◽  
Biological Data ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
Macaca Sylvanus ◽  
Barbary Macaque ◽  
Vast Array ◽  
Human Interface ◽  
History Of

Cultural and physical landscapes can be regarded as a result of the interaction among humans, nonhumans and a vast array of ecological factors. Nonhuman primates are our closest relatives and play a role in many cultural manifestations of mankind. Therefore interface between humans and other primates can create complex social and ecological spaces, new physical and cultural landscapes. This work, based on historical, artistic, archaeozoological, anthropological and biological data aims to review the history of the interactions between humans and the Barbary macaque since Antiquity. Adopting a cross-disciplinary approach, it will explore the Barbary macaque/human interface across history, with special emphasis on the cultural impact and influence this species has had on the different Mediterranean civilizations.

scholarly journals Molecular detection of rabies virus strain with N-gene that clustered with China lineage 2 co-circulating with Africa lineages in Monrovia, Liberia: first reported case in Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. O. Olarinmoye ◽  
V. Kamara ◽  
N. D. Jomah ◽  
B. O. Olugasa ◽  
O. O. Ishola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Rabies Virus ◽  
Human Saliva ◽  
N Gene ◽  
Human Rabies ◽  
Human Interface ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lineage 2 ◽  
Nucleoprotein N

AbstractDespite a long history of dog-transmitted human rabies outbreaks in Liberia, West Africa, no reports exist of molecular characterisation of the causative lyssaviruses. This study investigatedRabies lyssavirus(RABV) strains isolated at the dog–human interface in Monrovia, Liberia 2016 and 2017, by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, using primers specific for the nucleoprotein (N) gene. Out of 20 specimens (19 dog brain samples and one human saliva) tested as suspected rabies cases, three (15%) were positive. Purified amplicons from all three positive specimens were sequenced in both forward and reverse directions. Phylogenetic analysis was conducted in MEGA7 and PhyML3 to determine their relationship with RABV sequences accessioned in NCBI GenBank. The first of three RABV strains detected clustered with China lineage 2 RABVs of dogs (99% homology to KU963489 and DQ666322). The second strain segregated with Africa lineage 2 RABVs also of dog origin, and the third strain segregated with Africa lineage 3 RABVs of Southern Africa viverrids. Our results show a transcontinental strain of rabies virus co-circulating with Africa lineages in post-conflict Liberia. This finding should stimulate more effective sub-regional planning and execution of one-health actions, towards stepwise surveillance and elimination of rabies in West Africa by 2030.

Observation of Human Activities Based on Spatial Memory in Intelligent Space

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihoko Niitsuma ◽  
◽  
Hideki Hashimoto ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Memory ◽  
Mobile Robots ◽  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
User Authentication ◽  
Intelligent Environment ◽  
Human Interface ◽  
Memory Problems ◽  
Intelligent Space ◽  
History Of ◽  
Digital Equipment

Intelligent Space (iSpace) we propose as an intelligent environment provides information and physical services to users via intelligent agents such as mobile robots, computer devices, and digital equipment. A suitable human interface is needed to enable users to operate agents in iSpace. For this, we previously proposed spatial memory. Here, we have improved system functions to make it more widely applicable. Specifically, we present four spatial memory problems and discuss solutions, focusing on user authentication, for which we propose a new procedure using spatial memory. By introducing the spatial human interface in iSpace, we also observe human activity in the environment via the history of human interface use involving several experiments.

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