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Collaborative Visual Localization for Modular Self‐Reconfigurable Robots

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Relative localization in modular self‐reconfigurable robots is challenged by hardware limitations, constrained fields of view, and sensor faults. This paper, based on the SnailBot platform, presents a vision‐based collaborative localization method that combines ArUco markers with learning‐based algorithms to enable robust pose estimation from ...
Guanqi Liang, Rong Ou, Peiqi Wang, Xianghong Wang, Tin Lun Lam   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exposure to media and corruption perceptions [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015
We analyse the impact of exposure to corruption news on individuals’ perceptions about the extent of the phenomenon. To this purpose, we take information on individuals’ perceptions of the likelihood that corruption events may occur in everyday life and combine it with a dataset containing the number of news items related to corruption that appeared on
Rizzica, Lucia, Tonello , Marco
openaire   +2 more sources

An Analysis on the Relationship between the Corruption Perception Index and Various Development Indexes of the Countries

International Journal of Public Finance, 2018
While corruption is defined by the World Bank as abusing its public power for private interests, it is defined in the United Nations Convention as any misuse of the entrusted authority in such a way as to damage public and private interests.
Funda Buz, Melike Rana Erul
doaj   +1 more source

Context‐centric proactive information delivery for Knowledge Work support: Opportunities, challenges, and directions. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Context‐centric proactive information delivery (PID) is a relatively underexplored domain within recommender systems (RS) aimed at enhancing Knowledge Workers' productivity by proactively providing relevant information during digital tasks.
Mahta Bakhshizadeh, Christian Jilek, Markus Schröder, Heiko Maus, Andreas Dengel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Affective dimensions in the information behavior of forcibly displaced people: A literature review. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This review analyzed 241 scholarly articles published between 2010 and 2025 in information science venues to examine how affect shapes refugees' information behavior during forced migration and to identify additional contextual factors. It identifies seven affective dimensions: anxiety, shame and stigma, grief and loss, frustration, (mis)trust,
Maja Krtalić, Lilach Alon
wiley   +1 more source

Cues for haptic perception of compliance [PDF]

, 2009
For the perception of the hardness of compliant materials, several cues are available. In this paper, the relative roles of force/displacement and surface deformation cues are investigated.
Physics of Man (Human Perception), Physics of Man, Bergmann Tiest, W.M., Sub Human Perception, Kappers, A.M.L.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Conceptualizing algorithmic inequality and future agenda. An annual review of information science and technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract The issue of inequality caused by algorithms, termed ‘algorithmic inequality’, has recently attracted scholarly attention in many disciplines due to its profound implications for society. While the body of literature on algorithmic inequality has grown, there remains a lack of comprehensive understanding of its nature, drivers, and impact ...
Shiwei Jia, Jia Tina Du, Hui Yan
wiley   +1 more source

The role of political trust in conditioning perceptions of corruption [PDF]

, 2013
Political trust and corruption have both elicited considerable academic and popular commentary in recent years. Much attention has been focused on the extent to which corruption has contributed to citizens’ increasing distrust of their politicians.
Wroe, Andrew, Allen, Nicholas, Allen, N., Wroe, A., Birch, Sarah, Birch, S.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Why corruption is perceived to be higher in poor countries than in richer countries?

Politikon, 2012
This article will critically examine why corruption is perceived to be higher in poor countries, than in richer countries. It will be argued that narratives corruption has an impact on its definition, perception and measurement of this phenomenon.
Denisse Rodriguez Olivari
doaj   +1 more source

‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
wiley   +1 more source