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Welcome to the Robot Revolution. By this, we do not mean an uprising of our robots,
as told in literature and film — at least not yet. But, today, robotics is a rapidly advancing
field with a growing stable of different robot models and their…

I remember it as if it was yesterday. Thirty-six 16-year-olds and one of me in an American literature class. I had just finished what seemed like a brilliant
and extended several-day lecture interspersed with discussion on early American Literature…

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Human (or operator) modelling has been an extensive area of research in many
application areas, such as artificial intelligence, aviation, probabilistic risk assessments, system safety analysis and human performances in working contexts
(Cacciabue…

Welcome to U.S. History, an OpenStax resource. This textbook has been created with several goals in
mind: accessibility, customization, and student engagement—all while encouraging students toward high
levels of academic scholarship. Instructors…

Given that many people of religion tend to downplay the importance of religious buildings as merely representing the outside or the superficial part of their religion,...

Predominate cooking fuel in majority of developing countries continues to be biomass
fuel (agricultural wastes, wood, charcoal, sawdust, wood chip). In most cases,
cooking is done on open fires and the incomplete combustion of the fuel during…

This series, Contesting Early Childhood, opens up space for questioning the current dominant discourses in early childhood education and for offering alternative narratives that demonstrate the multiplicity of theories and perspectives that are not…

The standing of John Updike (1932-2009), a multiple prize-winning author of more
than 60 books, has suffered over the last two decades. Critics have recognized
Updike’s skill as a writer of beautiful prose, but fail to include him among the…