Over the last years, the animation of interface agents has been the target of increasing interest.
Largely, this increase in attention is fuelled by speculated effects on human motivation …

A reference material (RM), as defined by the International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM 2012),
must be homogeneous, stable, and suitable for use in measurements. Certified reference …

This paper gives a short summary of activities in Europe to secure higher accuracy in testing
of thermal conductivity at higher temperatures. Official reference material for measuring …

Today it is a demand in Europe that manufacturers of insulation material determine the thermal
performance of the thermal insulation products during production on daily or weekly basis…

The paper describes the different steps of a round robin performed on a loose fill, grey,
expanded polystyrene thermal insulation product followed by discussions of the results. The …

This paper describes the comparative testing of thermal conductivity on a range of thermal
insulation products used in the construction of buildings performed during 2014-2018. Further …

Noise is a proven cause of wakefulness and qualitative sleep disturbance in critically ill
patients. A sound pressure level reduction can improve sleep quality, but there are no studies …

WHAT DO children do when they learn to read and to write? How do their actions change in
the course of the learning process? To what extent do they themselves have an …

A long-overdue reassessment of one of the most important and influential woman artists
working at midcentury Anni Albers (1899–1994) was a German textile designer, weaver, and …

Cord blood (CB) collected at birth has become a valuable stem cell source for hematopoietic
stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, the collection of umbilical cord blood always …