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Questionnaires to Measure Acceptability of Social Robots: A Critical Review

Robotics, 2019
Understanding user perceptions is particularly important in developing social robots, which tend to have a high degree of interaction with humans. However, psychometric measures of robot acceptability have only recently started to become available.
Christian U. Krägeloh, Jaishankar Bharatharaj, Senthil Kumar Sasthan Kutty, Praveen Regunathan Nirmala, Loulin Huang   +4 more
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The Value of Urban Density

TeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 2018
Urban density is considered a cornerstone of sustainable urban form, enhancing the potential for more sustainable lifestyles and fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
Fabio Alberto Hernandez Palacio, Sabrina Scherzer, Yngve Karl Frøyen   +2 more
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A Survey for Measuring Social Acceptability of Cycling in Metropolises, Case Study: Tehran Metropolis [PDF]

جامعه شناسی کاربردی, 2017
Introduction  Tehran as a big and a developing Metropolis in Asia suffers from automobile use and its negative impacts for environment and health care. In this situation and according to recent important steps for extending public transport system, main ...
Mohsen Askari, Mahmoud Rahimi
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Economic, environmental, and social sustainability of Alternate Wetting and Drying irrigation for rice in northern Italy

Frontiers in Water, 2023
Italy is Europe's leading rice producer, with over half of total production almost totally concentrated in the north-western part of the Padana plain. In this area, rice irrigation has traditionally been carried out by wet seeding and continuous flooding.
Olfa Gharsallah, Michele Rienzner, Alice Mayer, Darya Tkachenko, Stefano Corsi, Rina Vuciterna, Marco Romani, Andrea Ricciardelli, Elisa Cadei, Marco Trevisan, Lucrezia Lamastra, Alice Tediosi, Diego Voccia, Arianna Facchi   +13 more
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Understanding acceptability of digital health technologies among francophone-speaking communities across the world: a meta-ethnographic study

Frontiers in Communication, 2023
IntroductionIncreasingly, people are turning toward digital health technologies to support their care management, communication with health professionals, and performing activities of daily living.
Amélie Gauthier-Beaupré, Amélie Gauthier-Beaupré, Sylvie Grosjean   +2 more
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Public Perceptions of Deer Management in Scotland

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2021
In Scotland, large deer populations are associated with negative ecological and socioeconomic impacts, such as damage to peatlands and forests, agricultural and commercial forestry losses, Lyme disease transmission, and road accidents.
Darragh Hare, Darragh Hare, Darragh Hare, Mike Daniels, Bernd Blossey   +4 more
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Acceptability – a neglected dimension of access to health care : findings from a study on childhood convulsions in rural Tanzania [PDF]

, 2012
: BACKGROUND: Acceptability is a poorly conceptualized dimension of access to health care. Using a study on childhood convulsion in rural Tanzania, we examined social acceptability from a user perspective.
Alba, Sandra, Dillip, Angel, Hetzel, Manuel W., Lengeler, Christian, Mayumana, Iddy, Mshana, Christopher, Mshinda, Hassan, Obrist, Brigit, Schulze, Alexander, Weiss, Mitchell G.   +9 more
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Une définition territoriale de l’acceptabilité sociale : pièges et défis conceptuels

VertigO, 2015
Embarrassing, the notion of "social acceptability" is gradually gaining credibility both in scientific and social terms. In Quebec, some dynamic researches allow, to some extent, to offer a definition avoiding partially its initial bias to explore some ...
Yann Fournis, Marie-José Fortin
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Conditions for Investment in Genetic Biocontrol of Pest Vertebrates in Australia

Frontiers in Agronomy, 2022
Managing pest vertebrate species in Australia is a significant challenge for government, industry, research sectors and land-managers. Innovative tools such as genetic biocontrol offers decision-makers a potentially effective means of reducing the impact
Lucy Carter, Lucy Carter, Aditi Mankad, Aditi Mankad, Susan Campbell, Wendy Ruscoe, Wendy Ruscoe, Kevin P. Oh, Kevin P. Oh, Peter R. Brown, Peter R. Brown, Margaret Byrne, Mark Tizard, Mark Tizard, Mark Tizard, Tanja Strive, Tanja Strive   +16 more
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Social acceptability of a marine protected area: The case of Reunion Island [PDF]

, 2010
This paper examines variations in social acceptability of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) prior to implementation. The influence of a number of factors, including socio-economic characteristics, perception of coral resources state of health and attitudes ...
Agardy, Alessa, Anon, Anon, Anon, Aurélie Thomassin, Baticados, Beger, Brailovskaya, Bunce, Burke, Carole S. White, Chabanet, Chabanet, Chape, Chazottes, Christie, Cinner, Conand, Crosby, David, Davis, Debrot, Durville, Faucheux, Gilbert David, Hansis, Hergon, Jones, Kakoyannis, Letourneur, Letourneur, Mascia, McClanahan, McClanahan, Mora, Myatt-Bell, Naim, Pelletier, Pendleton, Peterlin, Petrosillo, Rao, Ricciardi, Robertson, Saenz-Arroyo, Sant, Selina S. Stead, Shafer, Sloan, Slovic, Spalding, Spalding, Stankey, Sullivan, Suman, Tran   +56 more
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