Coin-operated dancer

Estimation of Benefit-cost Ratios for Coin-operated Breath Testing

A Virtual Dancer "Cindy" --- Interactive Performance of a Music-controlled CG Dancer ---

Various lifelike computer characters have been proposed in recent years [LCC’94, LCC’95]. In this paper, we introduce an innovative way of using a lifelike computer character to enhance the human-human and human-computer communication. We propose an interactive performance system in which a virtual CG dancer enables two players (musicians) to interact with each other not only through music but ...

Can the Gold Coin Futures Prices Forecast the Gold Coin Spot Prices at the Maturity Date?

This paper examines whether the gold coin futures prices in the Iran Mercantile Exchange can forecast accurately the gold coin spot prices at the maturity date. For this, it uses daily data of both futures and spot prices from Azar 1387 to Tir 1397. A cointegration analysis shows that in horizons shorter than 100 days, there is a significant one-to-one relation between these two prices which im...

Posterior ankle impingement in the dancer.

Dancers spend a lot of time in the relevé position in demi-pointe and en pointe in their training and their careers. Pain from both osseous and soft tissue causes may start to occur in the posterior aspect of their ankle. This article reviews the potential causes of posterior ankle impingement in dancers. It will discuss the clinical evaluation of a dancer and the appropriate workup and radiogr...

A Dancer Thinks About 'Dance' Cross-Culturally

Like many girls in America, I started taking dancing lessons at an early age and continued with them for most of my childhood. In my early tvventies, after completing one bachelor's degree, I decided to change directions and study American modern dance full time, entering the dance program at the University of Minnesota. Choosing to study dancing at a university meant that I also began to study...