{"results":[{"id":"arxiv_2603.12895","title":"Human-Centered Evaluation of an LLM-Based Process Modeling Copilot: A Mixed-Methods Study with Domain Experts","authors":[{"name":"Chantale Lauer"},{"name":"Peter Pfeiffer"},{"name":"Nijat Mehdiyev"}],"abstract":"Integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into business process management tools promises to democratize Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) modeling for non-experts. While automated frameworks assess syntactic and semantic quality, they miss human factors like trust, usability, and professional alignment. We conducted a mixed-methods evaluation of our proposed solution, an LLM-powered BPMN copilot, with five process modeling experts using focus groups and standardized questionnaires. Our findings reveal a critical tension between acceptable perceived usability (mean CUQ score: 67.2/100) and notably lower trust (mean score: 48.8\\%), with reliability rated as the most critical concern (M=1.8/5). Furthermore, we identified output-quality issues, prompting difficulties, and a need for the LLM to ask more in-depth clarifying questions about the process. We envision five use cases ranging from domain-expert support to enterprise quality assurance. We demonstrate the necessity of human-centered evaluation complementing automated benchmarking for LLM modeling agents.","source":"arXiv","year":2026,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.HC","cs.AI","cs.SE"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.12895","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.12895","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2026-03-13T10:59:23Z","score":70},{"id":"arxiv_2603.26520","title":"Characterizing Scam-Driven Human Trafficking Across Chinese Borders and Online Community Responses on RedNote","authors":[{"name":"Jiamin Zheng"},{"name":"Yue Deng"},{"name":"Jessica Chen"},{"name":"Shujun Li"},{"name":"Yixin Zou"},{"name":"Jingjie Li"}],"abstract":"A new form of human trafficking has emerged across Chinese borders, where individuals are lured to Southeast Asia with fraudulent job offers and then coerced into operating online scams. Despite its massive economic and human toll, this scam-driven trafficking remains underexplored in academic research. Through qualitative analysis of 158 RedNote posts, we examined how Chinese online communities respond to this threat. Our findings reveal that perpetrators exploit cultural ties to recruit victims for cybercriminal roles within self-sustaining compounds, using sophisticated manipulation tactics. Survivors face serious reintegration barriers, including family rejection, as the cultural values that enable trafficking also hinder their recovery. While communities present protective strategies, efforts are complicated by doubts about the reliability of support and cross-border coordination. We discuss key implications for prevention, platform governance, and international cooperation against scam-driven trafficking. Warning: This paper contains descriptions of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse.","source":"arXiv","year":2026,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.HC","cs.CY"],"doi":"10.1145/3772318.3791786","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26520","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.26520","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2026-03-27T15:34:24Z","score":70},{"id":"arxiv_2602.09423","title":"Beyond Input-Output: Rethinking Creativity through Design-by-Analogy in Human-AI Collaboration","authors":[{"name":"Xuechen Li"},{"name":"Shuai Zhang"},{"name":"Nan Cao"},{"name":"Qing Chen"}],"abstract":"While the proliferation of foundation models has significantly boosted individual productivity, it also introduces a potential challenge: the homogenization of creative content. In response, we revisit Design-by-Analogy (DbA), a cognitively grounded approach that fosters novel solutions by mapping inspiration across domains. However, prevailing perspectives often restrict DbA to early ideation or specific data modalities, while reducing AI-driven design to simplified input-output pipelines. Such conceptual limitations inadvertently foster widespread design fixation. To address this, we expand the understanding of DbA by embedding it into the entire creative process, thereby demonstrating its capacity to mitigate such fixation. Through a systematic review of 85 studies, we identify six forms of representation and classify techniques across seven stages of the creative process. We further discuss three major application domains: creative industries, intelligent manufacturing, and education and services, demonstrating DbA's practical relevance. Building on this synthesis, we frame DbA as a mediating technology for human-AI collaboration and outline the potential opportunities and inherent risks for advancing creativity support in HCI and design research.","source":"arXiv","year":2026,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.HC","cs.AI"],"doi":"10.1145/3772318.3791403","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09423","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.09423","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2026-02-10T05:37:05Z","score":70},{"id":"crossref_10.1016/j.hssust.2025.04.001","title":"Gender dynamics and the role of women in refugee communities in Pakistan: A case study of Afghan refugee camps","authors":[{"name":"Aneta Ismail"},{"name":"Weihong Wang"},{"name":"Muhammad Arif"}],"abstract":"","source":"CrossRef","year":2025,"language":"en","subjects":null,"doi":"10.1016/j.hssust.2025.04.001","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hssust.2025.04.001","is_open_access":true,"citations":3,"published_at":"","score":69.09},{"id":"arxiv_2504.14689","title":"Designing AI Systems that Augment Human Performed vs. Demonstrated Critical Thinking","authors":[{"name":"Katelyn Xiaoying Mei"},{"name":"Nic Weber"}],"abstract":"The recent rapid advancement of LLM-based AI systems has accelerated our search and production of information. While the advantages brought by these systems seemingly improve the performance or efficiency of human activities, they do not necessarily enhance human capabilities. Recent research has started to examine the impact of generative AI on individuals' cognitive abilities, especially critical thinking. Based on definitions of critical thinking across psychology and education, this position paper proposes the distinction between demonstrated and performed critical thinking in the era of generative AI and discusses the implication of this distinction in research and development of AI systems that aim to augment human critical thinking.","source":"arXiv","year":2025,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.HC"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14689","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.14689","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2025-04-20T17:40:28Z","score":69},{"id":"arxiv_2504.16770","title":"DeBiasMe: De-biasing Human-AI Interactions with Metacognitive AIED (AI in Education) Interventions","authors":[{"name":"Chaeyeon Lim"}],"abstract":"While generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) increasingly transforms academic environments, a critical gap exists in understanding and mitigating human biases in AI interactions, such as anchoring and confirmation bias. This position paper advocates for metacognitive AI literacy interventions to help university students critically engage with AI and address biases across the Human-AI interaction workflows. The paper presents the importance of considering (1) metacognitive support with deliberate friction focusing on human bias; (2) bi-directional Human-AI interaction intervention addressing both input formulation and output interpretation; and (3) adaptive scaffolding that responds to diverse user engagement patterns. These frameworks are illustrated through ongoing work on \"DeBiasMe,\" AIED (AI in Education) interventions designed to enhance awareness of cognitive biases while empowering user agency in AI interactions. The paper invites multiple stakeholders to engage in discussions on design and evaluation methods for scaffolding mechanisms, bias visualization, and analysis frameworks. This position contributes to the emerging field of AI-augmented learning by emphasizing the critical role of metacognition in helping students navigate the complex interaction between human, statistical, and systemic biases in AI use while highlighting how cognitive adaptation to AI systems must be explicitly integrated into comprehensive AI literacy frameworks.","source":"arXiv","year":2025,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.HC"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.16770","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.16770","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2025-04-23T14:41:31Z","score":69},{"id":"arxiv_2507.11460","title":"Human-Robot collaboration in surgery: Advances and challenges towards autonomous surgical assistants","authors":[{"name":"Jacinto Colan"},{"name":"Ana Davila"},{"name":"Yutaro Yamada"},{"name":"Yasuhisa Hasegawa"}],"abstract":"Human-robot collaboration in surgery represents a significant area of research, driven by the increasing capability of autonomous robotic systems to assist surgeons in complex procedures. This systematic review examines the advancements and persistent challenges in the development of autonomous surgical robotic assistants (ASARs), focusing specifically on scenarios where robots provide meaningful and active support to human surgeons. Adhering to the PRISMA guidelines, a comprehensive literature search was conducted across the IEEE Xplore, Scopus, and Web of Science databases, resulting in the selection of 32 studies for detailed analysis. Two primary collaborative setups were identified: teleoperation-based assistance and direct hands-on interaction. The findings reveal a growing research emphasis on ASARs, with predominant applications currently in endoscope guidance, alongside emerging progress in autonomous tool manipulation. Several key challenges hinder wider adoption, including the alignment of robotic actions with human surgeon preferences, the necessity for procedural awareness within autonomous systems, the establishment of seamless human-robot information exchange, and the complexities of skill acquisition in shared workspaces. This review synthesizes current trends, identifies critical limitations, and outlines future research directions essential to improve the reliability, safety, and effectiveness of human-robot collaboration in surgical environments.","source":"arXiv","year":2025,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.RO","cs.HC"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11460","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.11460","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2025-07-15T16:32:46Z","score":69},{"id":"arxiv_2506.08890","title":"Human-Robot Teaming Field Deployments: A Comparison Between Verbal and Non-verbal Communication","authors":[{"name":"Tauhid Tanjim"},{"name":"Promise Ekpo"},{"name":"Huajie Cao"},{"name":"Jonathan St. George"},{"name":"Kevin Ching"},{"name":"Hee Rin Lee"},{"name":"Angelique Taylor"}],"abstract":"Healthcare workers (HCWs) encounter challenges in hospitals, such as retrieving medical supplies quickly from crash carts, which could potentially result in medical errors and delays in patient care. Robotic crash carts (RCCs) have shown promise in assisting healthcare teams during medical tasks through guided object searches and task reminders. Limited exploration has been done to determine what communication modalities are most effective and least disruptive to patient care in real-world settings. To address this gap, we conducted a between-subjects experiment comparing the RCC's verbal and non-verbal communication of object search with a standard crash cart in resuscitation scenarios to understand the impact of robot communication on workload and attitudes toward using robots in the workplace. Our findings indicate that verbal communication significantly reduced mental demand and effort compared to visual cues and with a traditional crash cart. Although frustration levels were slightly higher during collaborations with the robot compared to a traditional cart, these research insights provide valuable implications for human-robot teamwork in high-stakes environments.","source":"arXiv","year":2025,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.RO","cs.HC"],"doi":"10.1109/RO-MAN63969.2025.11217867","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08890","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08890","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2025-06-10T15:17:33Z","score":69},{"id":"doaj_10.1016/j.resglo.2025.100299","title":"Uncertainty and participation in global and regional value chains in Africa","authors":[{"name":"Françoise Okah Efogo"},{"name":"Paul Awoa Awoa"}],"abstract":"This article focuses on the challenges that uncertainty poses to countries in global and regional value chains. In this perspective, it focuses specifically on African countries and enriches the results with a comparative approach. Indeed, using a gravity model for 49 African countries and all their trading partners from 1990 to 2019, the paper proposes a comparative analysis of the effects of uncertainty on global trade in value chains and on trade in value chains within Africa. The robustness of the results shows that domestic uncertainty can drive the expansion of intra-African trade in value chains, while uncertainty in the partner country hinders the flourishing of trade relationships within a value chain.","source":"DOAJ","year":2025,"language":"","subjects":["Cities. Urban geography","Urbanization. City and country"],"doi":"10.1016/j.resglo.2025.100299","url":"http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590051X25000322","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":69},{"id":"ss_ee1f0022dbe55b4867a60eb94a789a7885d0cdd7","title":"Towards a public policy of cities and human settlements in the 21st century","authors":[{"name":"Felix Creutzig"},{"name":"Sophia Becker"},{"name":"Peter Berrill"},{"name":"Constanze Bongs"},{"name":"Alexandra Bussler"},{"name":"Ben Cave"},{"name":"Sara M. Constantino"},{"name":"Marcus Grant"},{"name":"Niko Heeren"},{"name":"Eva Heinen"},{"name":"M. Hintz"},{"name":"Timothee Ingen-Housz"},{"name":"Eric Johnson"},{"name":"N. Kolleck"},{"name":"Charlotte Liotta"},{"name":"Sylvia Lorek"},{"name":"Giulio Mattioli"},{"name":"Leila Niamir"},{"name":"T. McPhearson"},{"name":"Nikola Milojevic-Dupont"},{"name":"Florian Nachtigall"},{"name":"Kai Nagel"},{"name":"Henriette Närger"},{"name":"Minal Pathak"},{"name":"Paola Perrin de Brichambaut"},{"name":"D. Reckien"},{"name":"Lucia A. Reisch"},{"name":"Aromar Revi"},{"name":"Fabian Schuppert"},{"name":"Andrew Sudmant"},{"name":"Felix Wagner"},{"name":"Janina Walkenhorst"},{"name":"Elke U. Weber"},{"name":"M. Wilmes"},{"name":"Charlie Wilson"},{"name":"Aicha Zekar"}],"abstract":"Cities and other human settlements are major contributors to climate change and are highly vulnerable to its impacts. They are also uniquely positioned to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lead adaptation efforts. These compound challenges and opportunities require a comprehensive perspective on the public policy of human settlements. Drawing on core literature that has driven debate around cities and climate over recent decades, we put forward a set of boundary objects that can be applied to connect the knowledge of epistemic communities and support an integrated urbanism. We then use these boundary objects to develop the Goals-Intervention-Stakeholder-Enablers (GISE) framework for a public policy of human settlements that is both place-specific and provides insights and tools useful for climate action in cities and other human settlements worldwide. Using examples from Berlin, we apply this framework to show that climate mitigation and adaptation, public health, and well-being goals are closely linked and mutually supportive when a comprehensive approach to urban public policy is applied.","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2024,"language":"en","subjects":null,"doi":"10.1038/s42949-024-00168-7","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/ee1f0022dbe55b4867a60eb94a789a7885d0cdd7","pdf_url":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s42949-024-00168-7.pdf","is_open_access":true,"citations":25,"published_at":"","score":68.75},{"id":"doaj_10.38140/trp.v85i.8528","title":"The extent to which South Africa’s legal and policy frameworks empower traditional leadership to contribute to achieving SDG 11","authors":[{"name":"Fredua Agyemang "}],"abstract":"Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11) focuses on making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. Although the goal primarily addresses urban development, its principles also extend to rural areas, but the extent to which South Africa’s legal and policy frameworks empower traditional authorities to contribute to the development of their communities, particularly towards achieving SDG11, remains insufficiently explored. This study investigates how South Africa’s national legislative frameworks on traditional leadership have been applied to support the advancement of SDG 11. It examines the legal provisions within the 1996 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, and relevant legislation to determine whether these frameworks provide a strong legal basis for promoting SDG 11 through the empowerment of traditional leadership. This study employs a desktop research methodology involving a comprehensive review of relevant laws, policies, and case law. Secondary data were gathered from case studies, journal articles, books, case laws, and credible internet sources. The findings suggest that the traditional authority system is deeply embedded within the South African Constitution, as well as legislative and policy frameworks, and has been effectively leveraged to advance SDG 11. Key insights emphasise the constitutional and legal recognition of traditional authorities and highlight the enforcement of traditional leadership roles and functions through various legal cases, and SDG 11-aligned programmes in South Africa. The areas where the role and functions of traditional leadership intersect with SDG 11 and rural development include security and safety, community participation, land management and sustainable settlements, cultural heritage and community identity, disaster management, and environmental stewardship. The empowerment of traditional leadership in South Africa has significant implications for achieving SDG 11 and rural development. These implications include enhanced local governance and service delivery, increased accountability and transparency, balanced rural-urban linkages, promotion of environmental stewardship, and the fostering of inclusive development. It also strengthens rural resilience, preserves cultural heritage, promotes sustainable resource management, and improves community engagement. However, challenges related to power dynamics, equity, and the need for policy integration and cohesion must be addressed to ensure that traditional leadership empowerment contributes effectively to sustainable development in South Africa.","source":"DOAJ","year":2024,"language":"","subjects":["Cities. Urban geography","Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology"],"doi":"10.38140/trp.v85i.8528","url":"https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/trp/article/view/8528","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":68},{"id":"doaj_10.53769/jai.v4i2.615","title":"Perancangan Laboratorium Fotografi Berbasis Educational Space Di Sekolah Al Bunyan Bogor","authors":[{"name":"Abdul Kholik"},{"name":"Asep Soegiarto"},{"name":"Wina Puspita Sari"},{"name":"Muria Putriana"},{"name":"Ibnu Arya Fakhrizky"},{"name":"Afriza Wihadi"}],"abstract":"\nSeiring dengan perkembangan teknologi dan minat yang meningkat terhadap fotografi, banyak sekolah menengah yang mulai menawarkan kursus atau klub fotografi sebagai bagian dari kurikulum ekstrakurikuler. Namun, seringkali terdapat kendala dalam menyediakan ruang dan peralatan yang memadai untuk kegiatan tersebut. Dengan merancang ulang ruang fotografi menjadi sebuah Educational Space yang terintegrasi dengan baik di lingkungan sekolah, diharapkan dapat membuka peluang baru bagi pengembangan potensi kreatif dan akademik siswa dalam bidang fotografi. Metode pelaksanaan menggunakan model Hannafin and Peck dalam perencanaan pengabdian masyarakat ini akan mengikuti langkah-langkah yang terstruktur. Model ini terdiri dari lima langkah utama yang mencakup pengidentifikasian kebutuhan, perencanaan, pengembangan, implementasi, dan evaluasi. Hasil kegiatan yang dilakukan adalah dengan tahapan seperti melakukan diskusi terperinci mengenai pembagian tugas bagi tim pelaksana, yang mencakup peran-peran seperti fotografer, videografer, penyusun TOR (Terms of Reference), dan asisten program. Pengimplementasian program mencakup pengenalan fungsi alat, tata cara penggunaan alat fotografi, serta penyiapan laboratorium fotografi di sekolah. Terakhir, evaluasi hasil kegiatan berupa survei dilakukan untuk menilai efektivitas program secara keseluruhan, memastikan manfaat maksimal sesuai dengan tujuan yang ditetapkan.\n","source":"DOAJ","year":2024,"language":"","subjects":["Human settlements. Communities"],"doi":"10.53769/jai.v4i2.615","url":"https://www.dmi-journals.org/jai/article/view/615","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":68},{"id":"ss_d2c6d7d64cae87505da087c92b571b80305a6a66","title":"Bird communities across different levels of human settlement: A comparative analysis from two northern Amazonian ecoregions.","authors":[{"name":"W. Hayes"},{"name":"B. O'shea"},{"name":"M. Pierre"},{"name":"A. Wilson"},{"name":"Jake E. Bicknell"}],"abstract":"Urban ecosystems are increasingly dominating landscapes globally, so it is critical to understand the effects of human settlements on biodiversity. Bird communities are effective indicators because they are impacted by the size and expansion of human settlements, exemplified by changes in their habitat use, breeding and foraging behaviours, as well as patterns of richness and abundance. Existing studies on bird community responses to human settlements have mainly focused on single ecoregions and large cities, leaving a gap in comparative research on how differently sized human settlements affect bird communities across various ecoregions. To address this gap, we examine species richness, bird abundances and community composition in human settlements, which exhibit variable sizes, populations, landscape configurations, and overall intensity of settlement in two tropical ecoregions in Guyana, Amazonia: forest and savannah. In each ecoregion we explored how different groupings of urban tolerance in birds responded to human settlements of differing population size and building densities. Overall, we found significant differences in bird communities across the varying levels of human settlement intensity in both ecoregions, with greater differences in bird community composition in the forest ecoregion than the savannah region. In both ecoregions, species richness and abundance were highest at the medium level of settlement of human settlement. Our findings suggest that bird tolerance to human settlements varies based on ecoregion and site-level factors. In the savannah, built features may be benefitting birds from all urban tolerance levels, but they have a negative impact on less urban-tolerant species in the forest ecoregion. Our comparative analysis reveals for the first time that the impact of human settlements on avian communities in northern Amazonia varies among ecoregions, indicating that species evolved to live in a savannah may be more tolerant to human settlements than those more evolved to a forest system.","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2023,"language":"en","subjects":["Medicine"],"doi":"10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166535","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/d2c6d7d64cae87505da087c92b571b80305a6a66","pdf_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166535","is_open_access":true,"citations":11,"published_at":"","score":67.33},{"id":"arxiv_2306.04149","title":"Hyperuniform organization in human settlements","authors":[{"name":"Lei Dong"}],"abstract":"Quantifying the spatial organization of human settlements is fundamental to understanding the complexity of urban systems. However, the quantitative patterns of the distribution of villages, towns, and cities that lie between random and regular, are still largely unknown. Here, by analyzing the geographic location of settlements in diverse regions, we show that the apparently complex urban systems can be characterized by disordered hyperuniformity (with small density fluctuations), an intriguing pattern that has been identified in many physical and biological systems, but has rarely been documented in socio-economic systems. By introducing the mechanisms of spatial matching and competition, we develop a growth model that shows how settlements evolve towards hyperuniformity. Our model also predicts the heavy-tail population distribution across settlements, in agreement with empirical observations. These results provide insights into the self-organization of cities, and reveal the universality of spatial organization shared by social, physical, and biological systems.","source":"arXiv","year":2023,"language":"en","subjects":["physics.soc-ph"],"url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.04149","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.04149","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2023-06-07T04:54:36Z","score":67},{"id":"arxiv_2303.15917","title":"In Sync: Exploring Synchronization to Increase Trust Between Humans and Non-humanoid Robots","authors":[{"name":"Wieslaw Bartkowski"},{"name":"Andrzej Nowak"},{"name":"Filip Ignacy Czajkowski"},{"name":"Albrecht Schmidt"},{"name":"Florian Müller"}],"abstract":"When we go for a walk with friends, we can observe an interesting effect: From step lengths to arm movements - our movements unconsciously align; they synchronize. Prior research found that this synchronization is a crucial aspect of human relations that strengthens social cohesion and trust. Generalizing from these findings in synchronization theory, we propose a dynamical approach that can be applied in the design of non-humanoid robots to increase trust. We contribute the results of a controlled experiment with 51 participants exploring our concept in a between-subjects design. For this, we built a prototype of a simple non-humanoid robot that can bend to follow human movements and vary the movement synchronization patterns. We found that synchronized movements lead to significantly higher ratings in an established questionnaire on trust between people and automation but did not influence the willingness to spend money in a trust game.","source":"arXiv","year":2023,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.HC","cs.RO"],"doi":"10.1145/3544548.3581193","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.15917","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.15917","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2023-03-28T12:11:55Z","score":67},{"id":"arxiv_2307.00841","title":"Advantages of Multimodal versus Verbal-Only Robot-to-Human Communication with an Anthropomorphic Robotic Mock Driver","authors":[{"name":"Tim Schreiter"},{"name":"Lucas Morillo-Mendez"},{"name":"Ravi T. Chadalavada"},{"name":"Andrey Rudenko"},{"name":"Erik Billing"},{"name":"Martin Magnusson"},{"name":"Kai O. Arras"},{"name":"Achim J. Lilienthal"}],"abstract":"Robots are increasingly used in shared environments with humans, making effective communication a necessity for successful human-robot interaction. In our work, we study a crucial component: active communication of robot intent. Here, we present an anthropomorphic solution where a humanoid robot communicates the intent of its host robot acting as an \"Anthropomorphic Robotic Mock Driver\" (ARMoD). We evaluate this approach in two experiments in which participants work alongside a mobile robot on various tasks, while the ARMoD communicates a need for human attention, when required, or gives instructions to collaborate on a joint task. The experiments feature two interaction styles of the ARMoD: a verbal-only mode using only speech and a multimodal mode, additionally including robotic gaze and pointing gestures to support communication and register intent in space. Our results show that the multimodal interaction style, including head movements and eye gaze as well as pointing gestures, leads to more natural fixation behavior. Participants naturally identified and fixated longer on the areas relevant for intent communication, and reacted faster to instructions in collaborative tasks. Our research further indicates that the ARMoD intent communication improves engagement and social interaction with mobile robots in workplace settings.","source":"arXiv","year":2023,"language":"en","subjects":["cs.RO"],"doi":"10.1109/RO-MAN57019.2023.10309629","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.00841","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.00841","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"2023-07-03T08:27:05Z","score":67},{"id":"doaj_https://doi.org/10.18004/pdfce/2076-054x/2023.029.56.045.","title":"University extension activities from the perspective of the students of the Universidad del Norte from the Central, Itauguá and Caacupé, Paraguay. 2022","authors":[{"name":"Mirtha Graciela Villagra-Ferreira"},{"name":"María Lourdes Falcó-de Ayala"},{"name":"Patricia Johanna Cabrera"}],"abstract":"The objective of this study was to measure the perception of students in the last year of the Economics and Business careers of the Universidad del Norte, about the activities developed as university extension, based on a survey applied randomly to the students of the Central, Itauguá and Caacupé headquarters, during the first semester of the 2022 school year. The work corresponds to an investigation framed in the quantitative paradigm, of a descriptive, non-experimental and cross-sectional type. In this context, it could be verified that only 23% of the students want to do volunteer work, this is due to the fact that 77% of the students of the last year have a work activity and lack time. Regarding the preferences on the activities offered in the\r\nuniversity extension department, they focus on consulting and social service offered to various communities as support for them, followed by participation and support for courses, seminars and congresses, then participation in general cultural activities and, as a last activity, research and scientific publications. Uninorte students from the three campuses stated that they value the activities offered by the institution and consider them an enriching experience that increases the value of the professional profile, which is a way to grow as future professionals and support some communities.","source":"DOAJ","year":2023,"language":"","subjects":["Economic growth, development, planning","Human settlements. Communities"],"doi":"https://doi.org/10.18004/pdfce/2076-054x/2023.029.56.045.","url":"http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract\u0026pid=S2076-054X2023005600045\u0026lng=es\u0026nrm=iso\u0026tlng=en","is_open_access":true,"published_at":"","score":67},{"id":"ss_9eb4f21a11f377fb07dca957a392e72b64be65a1","title":"Resilience of human settlements to climate change needs the convergence of urban planning and urban climate science","authors":[{"name":"Xinyue Ye"},{"name":"D. Niyogi"}],"abstract":"The impact of climate extremes upon human settlements is expected to accelerate. There are distinct global trends for a continued rise in urban dwellers and associated infrastructure. This growth is occurring amidst the increasing risk of extreme heat, rainfall, and flooding. Therefore, it is critical that the urban development and architectural communities recognize climate impacts are expected to be experienced globally, but the cities and urban regions they help create are far more vulnerable to these extremes than nonurban regions. Designing resilient human settlements responding to climate change needs an integrated framework. The critical elements at play are climate extremes, economic growth, human mobility, and livability. Heightened public awareness of extreme weather crises and demands for a more moral climate landscape has promoted the discussion of urban climate change ethics. With the growing urgency for considering environmental justice, we need to consider a transparent, data-driven geospatial design approach that strives to balance environmental justice, climate, and economic development needs. Communities can greatly manage their vulnerabilities under climate extremes and enhance their resilience through appropriate design and planning towards long-term stability. A holistic picture of urban climate science is thus needed to be adopted by urban designers and planners as a principle to guide urban development strategy and environmental regulation in the context of a growingly interdependent world.","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2022,"language":"en","subjects":null,"doi":"10.1007/s43762-022-00035-0","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/9eb4f21a11f377fb07dca957a392e72b64be65a1","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s43762-022-00035-0.pdf","is_open_access":true,"citations":27,"published_at":"","score":66.81},{"id":"ss_1309bf15808bf7c5241c87e997e959d3060812b7","title":"Spatial-Temporal Patterns of Network Structure of Human Settlements Competitiveness in Resource-Based Urban Agglomerations","authors":[{"name":"Wenbo Yu"},{"name":"Jun Yang"},{"name":"Dongqi Sun"},{"name":"Huisheng Yu"},{"name":"Yao Yao"},{"name":"Xiangming Xiao"},{"name":"J. Xia"}],"abstract":"Resource-based urban agglomerations often encounter greater challenges in the sustainable development of human settlements. The aim of this study is to propose an approach to the coordinated development of competitiveness by analyzing the interaction of human settlements competitiveness (HSC) in resource-based urban agglomerations. Through the compound evaluation model of HSC and urban network analysis, this study finds: 1) the HSC measure increased from 35.12 in 1990 to 52.15 in 2015 and showed a downward trend from 2015 to 2019, with an average value of 47.82 in 2019; 2) The change trend of the relevance network density is the same as that of the HSC, while the difference network density reaches the lowest value of 0.441 when the HSC is the highest, indicating that the HSC of the urban agglomerations has improved to a certain extent but is more unsustainable, and 3) Communities in the relevance network are obviously bounded by the borders of provinces or urban agglomerations, while the communities in the difference network are differentiated into two types: high-competitiveness and low-competitiveness. Using the theory of “co-opetition” to analyze the sustainable development path of resource-based urban agglomerations, the study believes that a coordination mechanism and a guarantee mechanism for benefit distribution should be established between urban agglomerations to curb local protectionism, and promote regional dislocation development. The development gradient level also should be established within the urban agglomeration to narrow the gap between HSC of cities, and innovative development should be the core of promoting industrial transformation and upgrading.","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2022,"language":"en","subjects":null,"doi":"10.3389/fenvs.2022.893876","url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/1309bf15808bf7c5241c87e997e959d3060812b7","pdf_url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.893876/pdf","is_open_access":true,"citations":15,"published_at":"","score":66.45},{"id":"ss_a0ea9e8eddc7bff029fa7dd4bc7d471a7ce780b2","title":"Impact of Human Settlements on Diversity of Range Vegetation","authors":[{"name":"Akash Jamil"},{"name":"Muhammad Zubair"},{"name":"S. Manzoor"},{"name":"M. Muhammad"},{"name":"G. Yasin"},{"name":"S. Rahman"},{"name":"Mashail N AlZain"},{"name":"A. Alqarawi"},{"name":"Elsayed Fathi Abd_ Allah"}],"abstract":"","source":"Semantic Scholar","year":2022,"language":"en","subjects":null,"url":"https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/a0ea9e8eddc7bff029fa7dd4bc7d471a7ce780b2","is_open_access":true,"citations":12,"published_at":"","score":66.36}],"total":3912673,"page":1,"page_size":20,"sources":["CrossRef","arXiv","DOAJ","Semantic Scholar"],"query":"Human settlements. Communities"}