Facilitating a session recently at the C4YW conference in Orlando, FL, moved me in ways that I am still processing. This conference is for women who were diagnosed with breast cancer prior to the age of 45, and these survivors are encouraged to return to the conference for education, support, and fellowship for as long as they want. They can bring family members or friends with them and the mee...

The term “believability” is often used to describe the expectations concerning virtual agents. In this paper we analyze which factors influence the believability of the agent acting as software assistant. We consider several factors such as embodiment, communicative behavior, as well as emotional capabilities. We conduct a perceptive study where we analyze the role of plausible and/or appropria...

personification is a tool that a writer uses to change the objective position of words into the subjective form. using personification, writers show their creativity. attributing human traits to non-human is the traditional description of personification. in this article we go beyond the limits of this definition. we hypothesized that personification is a process which is formed by many factors...

abstract every producer or service provider needs advertisement for production introduction and better selling. therefore, attention to manufacturing and development of the brand is of special importance for the financial institutions in the international competitions. the improvement of brand value directly depends on advertising and brand identification. therefore, internet has become an impo...