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Principle of least astonishment

Known as: Principle of minimum surprise, Least surprise, Rule of least surprise 
The principle of least astonishment (POLA) (alternatively "principle/law/rule of least astonishment/surprise") applies to user interface and software… 
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Review
2018
Review
2018
Pace-of-life syndromes: a framework for the adaptive integration of behaviour, physiology and life history
This introduction to the topical collection on Pace-of-life syndromes: a framework for the adaptive integration of behaviour… 
Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
Cyberloafing as a coping mechanism: Dealing with workplace boredom
Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Speech Emotion Recognition Using Fourier Parameters
Recently, studies have been performed on harmony features for speech emotion recognition. It is found in our study that the first… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
The Contribution of Intangible Assets to Sectoral Productivity Growth in the EU
In this paper we report on new data on intangible investment at the level of 1-digit NACE industries of 10 EU countries. The data… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
A high-resolution spectropolarimetric survey of Herbig Ae/Be stars – I. Observations and measurements
This is the first in a series of papers in which we describe and report the analysis of a large survey of Herbig Ae/Be stars in… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Letting Different Views about Business Cycles Compete
There are several candidate explanations for macro-fluctuations. Two of the most common discussed sources are surprise changes in… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
A role for DNA polymerase α in epigenetic control of transcriptional silencing in fission yeast
In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, transcriptional silencing at the mating‐type region, centromeres and telomeres is… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
The acoustic repertoire of the Southern right whale, a quantitative analysis
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Probe compensated near-field measurements on a cylinder
A new method is developed for determining the farfield pattern of an antenna from probe compensated near-field measurements over… 
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1962
Highly Cited
1962
The biology of the pilot or pothead whale Globicephala melaena (Traill) in Newfoundland waters
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