User profiles for R. J. Orr

Robert J Orr

Rothamsed Research, North Wyke
Verified email at rothamsted.ac.uk
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The smart floor: A mechanism for natural user identification and tracking

RJ Orr, GD Abowd - CHI'00 extended abstracts on Human factors in …, 2000 - dl.acm.org
We have created a system for identifying people based on their footstep force profiles and
have tested its accuracy against a large pool of footstep data. This floor system may be used to …

Institutional exceptions on global projects: A process model

RJ Orr, WR Scott - Journal of International Business Studies, 2008 - Springer
This inductive study offers an examination of 23 cases in which informants from firms
engaged in large-scale global projects reported unforeseen costs after failing to comprehend …

Diet preference of sheep: effects of recent diet, physiological state and species abundance

…, JA Newman, PD Penning, A Harvey, RJ Orr - Journal of animal …, 1994 - JSTOR
1. The preference of sheep for two temperate grassland species, ryegrass and white clover,
was tested by releasing flocks (of three ewes) onto swards (0.25 ha) that contained adjacent …

Induction, recovery, and safety characteristics of sevoflurane in children undergoing ambulatory surgery: a comparison with halothane

J Lerman, PJ Davis, LG Welborn, RJ Orr… - The Journal of the …, 1996 - pubs.asahq.org
Background Sevoflurane is an inhalational anesthetic with characteristics suited for use in
children. To determine whether the induction, recovery, and safety characteristics of …

Intake and behaviour responses by sheep to changes in sward characteristics under continuous stocking

PD Penning, AJ Parsons, RJ Orr… - Grass and forage …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Perennial ryegrass pastures were maintained at sward surface heights (SSH) of 30, 60, 90
and 120 mm by continuous variable stocking using lactating ewes and their twin lambs in …

Sedation and anesthesia for the pediatric patient undergoing radiation therapy

JG McFadyen, N Pelly, RJ Orr - Current opinion in anesthesiology, 2011 - journals.lww.com
In the vast majority of cases, total intravenous anesthesia or sedation using propofol ensures
that the child remains immobile, whilst maintaining spontaneous respiration, an …

[BOOK][B] Global projects: Institutional and political challenges

WR Scott, RE Levitt, RJ Orr - 2011 - books.google.com
orr teaches project finance and infrastructure investment in the Graduate School of Business
and the School of Engineering at Stanford University, where he is also Executive Director at …

“Site Fights”: Explaining Opposition to Pipeline Projects in the Developing World1

D McAdam, HS Boudet, J Davis, RJ Orr… - Sociological …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Fifty years ago, the main challenges to large infrastructure projects were technical or
scientific. Today, the greatest hurdles faced by such projects are almost always social and/or …

Matching grass supply to grazing patterns for dairy cows

RJ Orr, SM Rutter, PD Penning… - Grass and Forage …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Four groups of five spring‐calving Holstein–Friesian cows were given a daily grass allowance
in a strip‐grazing system after either morning (AM; two groups) or afternoon (PM; two …

The effects of group size on grazing time in sheep

PD Penning, AJ Parsons, JA Newman, RJ Orr… - Applied Animal …, 1993 - Elsevier
Voluntary intake of herbage by grazing sheep (Ovis aries L.) is the result of several interacting
behaviours. In gregarious animals, such as sheep, the social environment may strongly …