Satire, Guns, and Humans: Lessons from the Nacirema

The Nacirema Revisited

Lessons Learned from Virtual Humans

decade ago to bring together researchers working at the cutting edge of simulation technologies, such as computer graphics, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality to work with people from the entertainment industry who know how to create characters that are compelling and stories that are engaging to work toward the goal of creating the next generation of simulation and training systems. ...

Body Ritual among the Nacirema

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Body Ritual among the Nacirema

HE anthropologist has become so familiar with the diversity of ways iq T which different peoples behave in similar situations that he is not apt to. be surprised by even the most exotic customs. In fact, if all of thelogically possible combinations of behavior have not been found somewhere in the world, he is apt to suspect that they must be present in some yet undescribed tribe. This point has...

Nerve agents: Lessons from the Iranian experiences

On September 22, 1980 Iraqis attacked Iran's air bases and simultaneously entered Iran with six army divisions on three fronts and occupied a vast part of Iranian territories. At that time, Iraqis did not have chemical warfare. But in time, they began to develop an intensive research program to produce and store chemical weapons and used the war fields to test and perfect their chemical warfare...