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Acknowledgments

The author would like to express his gratitude to the following.

To the funding agencies and other bodies who funded the research: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, National Research and Development Corporation, Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, Scottish Home and Health Department, Tayside Regional Council, Department for Trade and Industry, Department for Education and Skills, NCR (Dundee), Digital Equipment Corporation Europe (and Dave Lawrence), House of Commons, European Commission, Independent Broadcasting Authority, British Broadcasting Corporation, Intel, Palan-type Organisation, , Winston Churchill Travel Trust, Leverhulme Trust, Alzheimer’s Association of America, Spastics Society, Whitetop Foundation, TSB Foundation, and Private Donors.

To Barbara Johnson, Louisa Cross, and their administration team, and Derek Brankin and his technical support team.

To my academic colleagues who contributed to this research, including: Norman Alm, John Arnott, Alistair Cairns, Peter Gregor, Jesse Hoey, Janet Hughes, Stephen McKenna, Iain Murray, Adrian Pickering, Graham Pullin, Ian Ricketts, Annalu Waller, Vicki Hanson, Marianne Hickey, and Robin King.

To my research colleagues, including: Rob Baker, Andrew Lambourne, Colin Brookes, Andrew Downton, Alex Carmichael, Graeme Coleman, Anna Dickinson, Lorna Gibson, Paula Forbes, David Sloan, Bernadette Brophy-Arnott, Linda Booth, Liz Broumley, Hilary Hood, Richard Dye, Bill Beattie, Mike Smith, Andrea Szymkowiak, Greg Filz, Andy McKinley, Maggie Morgan (of Foxtrot Theatre and MM Training), Jon Brumfitt, Stefan Langer, Helen Peddie, Mark Rice, Phillipa Riley, Andrew Swiffin, Dave O’Mara, Andrew Wright, Alan McGregor, and Isla Beard (Palantypist).

To my national and international colleagues, including: Arleen Kraat, Penny Parnes, Rick Foulds. Gregg Vanderheiden, Thijs Soede, Pat Demsco, Eric Hollnagel, Alex Mihailidis, Sherri Hunnicutt, Janice Light, Peter Hutt, Leela Damodaran, Stephen Brewster, Steven von Tetzchner, David Goodall (of Soundsmove), Mike Smith, and Oli Mival.

To the Universities of Southampton and Dundee, and Principles Hamlin, Graham Bryce and Sir Alan Langlands.

To Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Dr. Mary Dowager Countess of Strathmore, and Baron (Jack) Ashley of Stoke for their support for our research.

To licensees: Possum Controls, Lander Software, and Don Johnson, Mayer Johnson Co.

To Norman Alm, Maggie Newell, Gregg Vanderheiden, and Mickey Milner for reading and commenting on drafts of this book.

Alan F. Newell

June 2011