Greeting behaviors are important tools for establishing and maintaining social relationships. Greeting expressions are abundant in English and Chinese. One major difference of greetings in English and Chinese lies in the content. They are influenced by the orientations of interpersonal relationships which in turn are underpinned by value orientations. Increasing awareness of intercultural diffe...

We present first results of our project on the generation of contextually adequate greeting exchanges in video role playing games. To make greeting exchanges computable, an analysis of the factors influencing greeting behavior as well as the factors influencing greeting exchanges is given. Based on the politeness model proposed by Brown & Levinson (1987) we develop a simple algorithm for the ge...

It is a great honor for me to take over the position of Editorin-Chief of the Brain Tumor Research and Treatment (BTRT), following the former Editor-in-Chief, Professor Heon Yoo of National Cancer Center. I feel privileged to thank Professor Yoo, the first Editor-in-Chief of the journal, for his excellent work and commitment to BTRT for five long years. BTRT has evolved from the Journal of Kore...

Greetings from your new Senior Editor! My role entails working closely with the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Prashant Palvia, to solicit quality submissions, screen submissions for appropriateness J...