In this paper we present an extension of the Prêt à Voter e-voting system that introduces visual encryption to solve the chain voting problem and ensures that no organisation sees the layout of the ballot form prior to its use. The chain voting problem in Prêt à Voter is that anyone who can see the ballot prior to its use can coerce a voter by noting down the details of the form and then requir...

The digital information era has allowed increasing online deception opportunities. In addition, the performance of detecting deception has been no better than chance in face-to-face communication, and is reported to be even worse in computer-mediated communication (CMC). Thus, there is a great need to uncover effective cues to deception in CMC. Online interaction weaves an implicit social netwo...

In the frontier among Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay oral narratives transpose political limits. On circulating in this region, narratives reveal identities, traditions and even feelings. In these countries the practice of storytelling is a central aspect of a "culture of frontier", it is fundamental for transmitting values and knowledge. In this paper I present an specific aspect of this cultur...

nezami’s narratives-in-verse are of high importance for their monumental and eminent characters. this study intends to analyze the methods applied by nezami while characterization. accordingly, three of his fictional characters are chosen to be studied, including: khosrow, bahram and alexander who are all alike in the case of being kings. according to this study which has applied descriptive an...

The detection of dishonesty in computer-mediated communication such as emails, blogs, and online forums is of utmost importance for many governmental, financial, and educational institutions. Several studies have attempted to identify linguistic cues that reliably distinguish deceivers from truth-tellers, but have typically used highly artificial experimental constraints over a very limited per...

To cope with the problem of input distortion by users of Web-based expert systems, we develop methods to distinguish liars from truth-tellers based on verifiable attributes, and redesign the expert systems to control the impact of input distortion. The four methods we propose are termed split tree, consolidated tree, value based split tree, and value based consolidated tree. They improve the pe...

Health practitioners face many challenges when caring for and communicating with dying persons. As truth-tellers, we search for ways to communicate with honesty, sensitivity, and compassion. Creative use of language is one aspect of caring. Metaphorical communication can be a healing modality, one consistent with communication as an art. This article suggests that metaphor is a powerful and sen...

Developing the AI for non-player characters in a video game is a collaborative task between programmers and designers. Most of the times, there is a tension between the freedom that designers require to include their narrative in the game and the effort required from programmers to debug faulty AI specified by good story tellers who are not programmers. In this paper is presented an architectur...

This paper examines the impact of restricting foreign bank entry on bank net interest margins while controlling for (a) impediments to domestic bank entry, (b) the degree of foreign bank ownership of the domestic banking industry, (c) an array of bankspecific characteristics, (c) banking sector concentration, and (d) various country traits. Using data on almost 1200 banks across 47 countries, t...

The tectonic as theoretical subject was carried on in the nineteenth century context of German culture and concerns relationship between form construction, focusing analysis correspondences constructive static needs intents addressed to aesthetics. In Barcelona, oppressed by Francoism during ‘50s ‘60s, will be modern expressed a considerable extent through reinvention language characterised suc...