Cross-disciplinary work in health is an important element to deliver comprehensive health care actions. The present study analyzed cross-disciplinary actions in intensive care according to Habermas. This case study was performed using a qualitative approach. The empiric material capture was collected by observing the setting and using semi-structured interviews with health workers. The informat...

In both biometrics and facial expression recognition, previous literature emphasizes the configuration of facial features instead of their dynamics. I propose that dynamics provide essential information about person identity, neural control, communicative intent, and interpersonal coordination. To investigate this hypothesis, my colleagues and I have used multiple methods, including perceptual ...

A shared visual workspace allows multiple people to see similar views of objects and environments. Prior empirical literature demonstrates that visual information helps collaborators understand the current state of their task and enables them to communicate and ground their conversations efficiently. We present an empirical study that demonstrates how visual information can replace, modify or a...

Abstract This article aims to develop a social theory of violence that emphasizes the role third party as well communication between involved subjects. For this Teresa Koloma Beck’s essay ‘The Eye Beholder: Violence Social Process’ is taken starting point, which adopts social-constructivist perspective. On one hand, basic concepts and benefits approach are presented. other social-theoretical pr...

Based on the Theory of Communicative Action developed by Jürgen Habermas we propose to analyse the actions of participants in a dialogue in terms of dialogue act offers that raise validity claims to be evaluated by the addressee of a move. We argue that this approach allows us to model disputes and misunderstandings in conversations in a way that minimises revisions of discourse structure and r...

The wide distribution of rage in animals suggests that rage should have an adaptive significance. In the present work, the function of rage is explored under an evolutionary perspective. I try to assess the selective advantage conferred to the individual presenting rage compared to one that does not. In this work, I considered animals under the 'strategist' perspective rather than the 'stimulus...

Department of Computer Science North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, 27695 [email protected] 919.513.3038 In this paper, we set out a basic approach to the modeling of narrative in interactive virtual worlds. This approach adopts a bipartite model taken from narrative theory, in which narrative is composed of story and discourse. In our approach, story elements – plot and character – ar...

Department of Computer Science North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, 27695 [email protected] 919.513.3038 In this paper, we set out a basic approach to the modeling of narrative in interactive virtual worlds. This approach adopts a bipartite model taken from narrative theory, in which narrative is composed of story and discourse. In our approach, story elements – plot and character – ar...

We propose a domain-independent approach to blog analysis for an assessment of bloggers’ sentiments. The generic methodology to detect specific attitudes of human agents is based on representation of conflict scenarios by means of communicative actions (which express sentiments) and causal/argumentative links between their subjects (which may support these sentiments). This methodology is appli...

We present an approach to reasoning about conversations within the framework of a logic-based agent language. Our agent theory is based on a modal logic of actions and beliefs and permits the representation of communicative acts and conversation protocols, allowing agents to reason about them before their execution. The work is framed in a world wide web context, in which we show how reasoning ...