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The “uncanny phenomenon” describes the feeling of unease associated with seeing an image that is close to appearing human. Prosthetic hands in particular are well known to induce this effect. Little is known, however, about this phenomenon from the viewpoint of prosthes...

Information Communication and Technology (ICT) is one of the fastest growing and advancing areas in our modern time. It has gained a great deal of attention in recent decades and become a cornerstone for development in the 21st century. In Saudi Arabia, with this tremen...

The client briefing of the proposed building design is usually in the form of drawings\ud and artistic impressions being presented to the client. However, very few clients are\ud able to read a technical drawing and the artist impressions are limited and do not aid\ud t...

Therapeutic footwear is provided to patients with the primary aims of reducing foot pain and improving foot health. Therefore, it is of concern that patients choose not to wear it. This choice has been attributed to its poor appearance. However, there may be other reaso...

Welcome to the College of Science and Technology Research and Innovation Showcase 2014, an\ud event which celebrates the research achievements of our science disciplines.\ud Our research brings together scientists from architecture and the built environment through to\u...

This article investigates the impact of production process upon character agency in early Doctor Who, focusing on the period between 1963 and 1966, during which time William Hartnell starred as the Doctor. As originally conceived by Sydney Newman, Verity Lambert and Dav...

Purpose This paper aims to examine reform of mental health legislation in England and Wales. It covers the period from the introduction of the 1983 MHA to the proposed reforms outlined in the Wessley Review that was published in December 2018. Design/methodology/appr...

The study explores the relationship between the strategic objectives of foreign \ud firms entering international joint ventures, foreign parent control, and joint venture \ud performance in the context of Sino-European IJVs. Using an integrative approach, \ud this study...

Bernardo Bertolucci continues to be regarded as one of the most talented Italian filmmakers, \ud and although his work has provoked controversy, his films have allowed him to enjoy an \ud international reputation as a cinematic auteur. Critical assessments of his cinema...

Dynamic routing protocols are one of the fastest growing routing protocols in networking technologies because of their characteristics such as high throughput, flexibility, low overhead, scalability, easy configuration, bandwidth, and CPU utilization. Albeit convergence...