Flirtation and Seduction as Dramaturgical Devices in Interactive Acting

cohesion and cohesive devices in a contrastive analysis between ge and esp texts

the present study was an attempt to conduct a contrastive analysis between general english (ge) and english for specific purposes (esp) texts in terms of cohesion and cohesive devices. to this end, thirty texts from different esp and ge textbooks were randomly selected. then they were analyzed manually to find the frequency of cohesive devices. cohesive devices include reference, substitution, ...

Disdain as defense against paternal seduction.

Molecular and Quantitative Genetics: A Useful Flirtation

Excepting the exact mathematical definition of the infinitesimal model, existing quantitative and population genetic theory is consistent with the existence of segregating quantitative trait loci (QTL) of detectable size in populations long subjected to artificial selection. Evidence is accumulating in livestock, particularly in plants, that a proportion of QTL detected using reasonably stringe...

Users Acting in Mixed Reality Interactive Storytelling

Entertainment systems promise to be a significant application for Mixed Reality. Recently, a growing number of Mixed Reality applications have included interaction with synthetic characters and storytelling. However, AIbased Interactive Storytelling techniques have not yet been explored in the context of Mixed Reality. In this paper, we describe a first experiment in the adaptation of an Intera...

Mobile Devices in Interactive Lectures

In this article we investigate and compare the usefulness of different mobile, wireless devices for use in interactive classroom sessions. Conventional lectures, especially in large lecture halls, face fundamental didactic problems: There is a lack of interaction, it is difficult for the lecturer to deal with individual questions, and it is not easy to maintain a high level of attention. In ord...