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People's interaction with future autonomous energy systems in their everyday lives at home
No full textIntelligent agents that sense and respond our continuing daily activities autonomously are becoming increasingly ubiquitous, and consequently transforming our lives. Domestic energy use accounts for a significant portion of national energy consumption in many countries, and is an important domain that intelligent agents may provide great benefit for us, by enabling a much more efficient energy utilisation. Whilst there are many algorithms developed for autonomous agents to assist people in managing their energy consumption at home, to date, there have been very few studies that examine human interaction with autonomy in the wild. Hence, there is a significant gap in our understanding of how people would react to and interact with autonomous agents in their everyday lives. This thesis aims to close this gap and help us to better understand how to design user interaction with future autonomous energy systems. To this end, we focus on people's perceptions of and interactions with two agent-based energy management systems that we designed and deployed based on envisioning future energy scenarios, and evaluated these systems through field studies. We represent implications for the design of future intelligent energy systems based on the results of our field studies. The first system focuses on energy tariff switching. The decision of which energy tariff (i.e., energy pricing schema) to select is a challenging task for today's most households. Energy companies offer many different tariffs (e.g., standard, time of use and realtime tariffs) and it can be difficult to know which will be the most tailored to your consumption profile. Furthermore, the changes in the households' consumption and tariff rates increase the likelihood of ending up with a wrong tariff decision. To this end, we first focus on a future scenario where autonomous agents embedded in households have the ability to switch the energy providers daily, based on their offered rates and the households' consumption routines. To instantiate this envisioned scenario, we designed and developed two prototypes of a novel home energy management system called Tariff Agent, which monitors household energy consumption, as well as available energy tariffs, and therefore calculates the best tariff, and (optionally) automatically switches to it. Both Tariff Agent prototypes offer flexible autonomy by which users can shift the system's level of autonomy in switching tariffs among three options: suggestion-only, semiautonomous and fully autonomous, whenever they like. The first prototype was used by 10 UK households for 14 days. The findings from both quantitative and qualitative results of this first field study show that at least some people are ready to embrace software agents to manage their energy tariffs on their behalf as long as the agents reduce the hassle of tariff switching and maintain their budget. The results also indicate that although the users showed trust in Tariff Agent to control their tariff, they were still keen to monitor its performance. The second prototype was built based on the results of the first study and, differently from the first prototype, users are enabled to change the frequency of system reports that were previously sent once on each day of the study. To examine user interaction with the system for longer terms, the second study lasted 42 days and involved 12 UK households. The findings based on a thematic analysis show that flexible autonomy is a promising way to sustain users' engagement with smart systems, despite their occasional mistakes. The findings also suggest that users take responsibility of undesired outcomes of automated actions when delegation of autonomy can be adjusted flexibly.The second system focuses on home heating. Home heating is a primary portion of energy expenses and therefore it is an important issue for residents. A number of smart thermostats have been introduced to customers to automate heating control on their behalf with the purpose of increasing the home's energy efficiency. However, none of these thermostats take into account energy prices that may vary based on residents' energy tariff. Hence, the second future energy scenario that we focus on envisions a smart thermostat that automates home heating control when energy price varies in realtime. To do so, we implemented three different smart thermostats that automate heating based on users' heating preferences and the real-time price variations. We evaluated our designs through a field study, where 30 UK households used our thermostats to heat their homes over a month. Our findings through thematic analysis show that the participants formed different understandings and expectations of our smart thermostat, and used its different features in various ways to effectively respond to real-time prices while maintaining their thermal comfort. Based on the findings, we present a number of design and research implications, specifically for designing future smart thermostats that will assist us in controlling home heating with real-time pricing, and for future intelligent autonomous energy systems
Covid-19 ve Turizm İlişkisini Ele Alan ve Tr Dizin’de Yayınlanan Makalelerinin İncelenmesi
No full textOrtaya çıktığı ilk günden itibaren Covid-19 konusu turizm alan yazınında en popüler\rkonulardan biri haline gelmiştir. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı Türkiye’de Covid-19\rpandemisini turizm bağlamında ele alan çalışmaları bir araya getirerek araştırmacılara\rsunmak ve bir bakıma araştırmacıların bu konuya verdiği önemi ortaya koymaktır. Ayrıca\rbu çalışma alınyazında yer alan makalelerin konu başlıkları, amacı ve anahtar kelimelerine\rdair kelime bulutları sunarak bütüncül bir bakış açısı sağlamaktadır. Araştırmacılara önceki\rçalışmaların içeriği, yöntemi ve odağı hakkında bir referans kılavuzu sağlamak amacıyla\r2019 Aralık ayından itibaren “TR DİZİN” alan yazında yayımlanan 86 makale incelenmiş\rve bibliyometrik analiz ile değerlendirilmiştir. Makalelere ilişkin nicel bilgilerin ortaya\rkonmasında SPSS istatistik programı kullanılırken kelime bulutlarının oluşturulmasında\rMAXQDA veri analizi yazılımı kullanılmıştır. Mevcut inceleme sonucunda ilgili\rmakalelerin çoğunlukla Covid-19’un turizm endüstrisine, turizm hareketlerine ve turizm\rçalışanlarına etkileri” üzerine yoğunlaştığı tespit edilmiştir
Alan Moore Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel
No full textEclectic British author Alan Moore (b. 1953) is one of the most acclaimed and controversial comics writers to emerge since the late 1970s. He has produced a large number of well-regarded comic books and graphic novels while also making occasional forays into music, poetry, performance, and prose. In Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel , Annalisa Di Liddo argues that Moore employs the comics form to dissect the literary canon, the tradition of comics, contemporary society, and our understanding of history. The book considers Moore's narrative strategies and pinpoints the main thematic threads in his works: the subversion of genre and pulp fiction, the interrogation of superhero tropes, the manipulation of space and time, the uses of magic and mythology, the instability of gender and ethnic identity, and the accumulation of imagery to create satire that comments on politics and art history. Examining Moore's use of comics to scrutinize contemporary culture, Di Liddo analyzes his best-known works-- Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, From Hell, Promethea , and Lost Girls . The study also highlights Moore?s lesser-known output, such as Halo Jones, Skizz , and Big Numbers , and his prose novel Voice of the Fire. Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel reveals Moore to be one of the most significant and distinctly postmodern comics creators of the last quarter-century.Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Formal Considerations on Alan Moore's Writing -- CHAPTER 2. Chronotopes: Outer Space, the Cityscape, and the Space of Comics -- CHAPTER 3. Moore and the Crisis of English Identity -- CHAPTER 4. Finding a Way into Lost Girls -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- ZEclectic British author Alan Moore (b. 1953) is one of the most acclaimed and controversial comics writers to emerge since the late 1970s. He has produced a large number of well-regarded comic books and graphic novels while also making occasional forays into music, poetry, performance, and prose. In Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel , Annalisa Di Liddo argues that Moore employs the comics form to dissect the literary canon, the tradition of comics, contemporary society, and our understanding of history. The book considers Moore's narrative strategies and pinpoints the main thematic threads in his works: the subversion of genre and pulp fiction, the interrogation of superhero tropes, the manipulation of space and time, the uses of magic and mythology, the instability of gender and ethnic identity, and the accumulation of imagery to create satire that comments on politics and art history. Examining Moore's use of comics to scrutinize contemporary culture, Di Liddo analyzes his best-known works-- Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, From Hell, Promethea , and Lost Girls . The study also highlights Moore?s lesser-known output, such as Halo Jones, Skizz , and Big Numbers , and his prose novel Voice of the Fire. Alan Moore: Comics as Performance, Fiction as Scalpel reveals Moore to be one of the most significant and distinctly postmodern comics creators of the last quarter-century.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Towards a smart home framework
No full textWe present our Smart Home Framework (SHF) which simplifies the modelling, prototyping and simulation of smart infrastructure (i.e., smart home and smart communities). It provides the buildings blocks (e.g., home appliances) that can be extended and assembled together to build a smart infrastructure model to which appropriate AI techniques can be applied. This approach enables rapid modelling where new research initiatives can build on existing work
In Alan Turing’s Name: Pardoning the Dead, Forgetting the Living
No full textThis special panel discussion brought together authorities on Alan Turing and the statutory pardon legislation intended to honour him. Leading academics, in conversation with those who have unsuccessfully petitioned to have offences disregarded, were joined by the Turing Bill’s author
The calculation of safsızlık and exciton binding energy in a quantum wire in the presence of magnetic field
No full textBu tezin, veri tabanı üzerinden yayınlanma izni bulunmamaktadır. Yayınlanma izni olmayan tezlerin basılı kopyalarına Üniversite kütüphaneniz aracılığıyla (TÜBESS üzerinden) erişebilirsiniz.Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Fizik Ana Bilim Dalın ÖZET Yüksek Lisans Tezi MANYETİK ALAN etkisindeki SILINDIRIK KUANTUM TELİNDE SAFSIZLIK VE EKSİTON BAĞLANMA ENERJİSİNİN HESAPLANMASI Canan Alper Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Temmuz-2004 Danışman: Prof. Dr. Sezai ELAGÖZ Çalışmamızın ilk aşamasında saisızhk yaniletkenlerin oluşturduğu GaAs/ AlxGaı-xAs Kuantum teli incelenmiştir. Sonlu ve sonsuz kuyu içinde uygulanan düzgün manyetik alan şiddetine ve kuyu genişliğine bağlı olarak bağlanma enerjisinin değişimi incelenmiştir. Daha sonra GaAs/AlxGaı-xAs'm oluşturduğu sonlu ve sonsuz silindirik kuantum telinde eksiton bağlanma enerjisinin manyetik alana ve tel yarıçapına genişliğine bağlı olarak değişimi incelenmiştir. ANAHTAR KELİMELER: eksitonik bağlanma, kuantum telim SUMMARY MSc Thesis THE CALCULATION OF SAFSKLIK AND EXCITON BINDING ENERGY IN A QUANTUM WIRE IN THE PRESENCE OF MAGNETIC FIELD Canan ALPER Cumhuriyet University Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences Department of Physics July-2004 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sezai ELAGOZ In this study, first; Safsizhk binding energy in GaAs-AlxGai-xAs quantum wire and the dependency of binding energy to the well width and the strength of uniform magnetic field is investigated. Then, this work is extended to the investigation of excitonic binding energy and its dependency to the well width and the strength of uniform magnetic field. KEYWORD: Excitonic binding, quantum wir
Bernard Williams
No full textAn edited multi-author volume assessing the moral philosophy of the late British philosopher Bernard Williams. Contributors: Adrian Moore, John Skorupski, Alan Thomas, Robert B Louden, Michael Stocker, A. A. Long, Edward Crai
THE DOUBLE-EDGED HELIX: SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF GENETICS IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY
No full textList of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: perspectives on perspectives / Joseph S. Alper, Catherine Ard, Adrienne Asch, Jon Beckwith, Peter Conrad, and Lisa N. Geller -- Ch.1: Genetic complexity in human disease and behavior / Joseph S. Alper -- Ch.2: Geneticists in society, society in genetics / Jon Beckwith -- Ch.3: Genetics and behavior in the news: dilemmas of a rising paradigm / Peter Conrad -- Ch.4: Advocacy groups and the new genetics / Alan Stockdale and Sharon R. Terry -- Ch.5: Invisible women: gender, genetics, and reproduction / Susan Markens -- Ch.6: Prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion: a challenge to practice and policy / Adrienne Asch -- Ch.7: African American perspectives on genetic testing / Diane Beeson and Troy Duster -- Ch.8: Genetics, race, and ethnicity: searching for differ / Joseph S. Alper and Jon Beckwith -- Ch.9: The origins of homosexuality: no genetic link to social change / William Byne, Udo Schuklenk, Mitchell Lasco, and Jack Drescher -- Ch.10: Diversity and complexity in gay/lesbian/bisexual/transsexual responses to the "gay-gene" debates / C. Phoebe Lostroh and Amanda Udis-Kessler - - Ch.11: The commercialization of genetic technologies: raising public awareness / Catherine Ard and Deborah Zucker -- Ch.12: Individual, family, and societal dimensions of genetic discrimination: a case study analysis / Lisa N. Geller, Joseph S. Alper, Paul R. Billings, Carol I. Barash, Jon Beckwith, and Marvin R. Natowicz -- Ch.13: Current developments in genetic discrimination / Lisa N. Geller -- Inde
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