In this paper we describe a demonstration of Traveller, an intercultural training tool for young adults between 18 and 25 years old. In Traveller, users travel to different countries and encounter ‘strange’ characters that show different behaviours depending on their synthetic culture. By interacting with these characters, users learn to deal with misunderstandings due to differences in conflicts.

Abstract. It is di cult to directly apply conventional significance tests to compare the performance of network classification models because network data instances are not independent and identically distributed. Recent work [6] has shown that paired t-tests applied to overlapping network samples will result in unacceptably high levels (e.g., up to 50%) of Type I error (i.e., the tests lead to...

The theory of combinatorial differential forms is usually presented in simplicial terms. We present here a cubical version; it depends on the possibility of forming affine combinations of mutual neighbour points in a manifold, in the context of synthetic differential geometry.

This report describes the synthetic strategies toward and optoelectronic properties of substructures of the non-natural, planar carbon networks graphyne and graphdiyne, which are based on the dehydrobenzo[12]annulene and dehydrobenzo[18]annulene framework, respectively.

Diffusion tensor imaging provides information about deep white matter anatomy that structural magnetic resonance images typically fail to resolve. Non-linear registration of diffusion tensor images, for which a few methods already exist, allows us to capture the deformations of these structures that would otherwise go unobserved. Here, we build on an existing method for diffeomorphic registrati...

AbstructA general method for constructing nonnegativedefinite, joint time-frequency distributions (TFD’s) satisfying the marginals of time Is(t)l ’ and frequency lS(f)12 is presented. As nonnegative-definite distributions with the correct marginals, these TFD’s are members of the Cohen-Posch class. Several examples illustrating properties of these TFD’s are presented for both synthetic and real...

“Seeing is believing” goes the popular saying—our brains are wired to accept what we see as the truth. Excluding visual deceivers like chameleons and their like, this holds true in nature most of the time. In synthetic imagery, however, it doesn’t always. To begin with, the visualized data and information can be inaccurate or even wrong. Moreover, in the synthetic digital world anybody can visu...

This paper provides a review of the rhetoric behind the component movement in educational software, and a critical analysis and synthesis of issues underlying the movement. We draw on case studies of several significant recent component projects in order to assess claims and to uncover and examine issues that are less often considered. While our empirical base cannot definitively answer all the...