Trend of Pakistani English Fiction Since Partition to 1970; is a multidimensional effort to not only to highlight the prevalent themes and trends of the fiction , but also to bring into limelight those legends of Pakistani English Fiction, who can be considered the founders of English fiction in Pakistan. The phenomenon includes a lot of names, which are now completely forgotten or are taken fo...

â  â  â  â  narration elements in the story of mousa and khezr â  (based on character and time) â  â  sayyed reza solayman zadeh najafi * â  azim tahmasbi ** â  â  abstract â  â  the story consists of elements such as character and time and the story features. characters make story’s structure and there is not story without character . time element is also necessary for the story . each story...

In this article I argue for greater attention to be paid to science fiction within sociolegal scholarship. In the first half of this paper I highlight that science fiction and law are already intertwined, science fiction having been commented on in a number of judicial decisions and law having been the focus of a number of science fiction texts. I then move on to outline how the law and science...

The study examines one of the important periods in formation Tatar literary language - 19th beginning 20th centuries. A detailed picture functioning and interaction variants is given, role fiction its determined. significance process contacting languages, dialogue cultures, coexistence religious ideas, figurative symbolic codes shown on example monuments literature. special place Arabic-Persian...

How can we design good goals for arbitrarily intelligent agents? Reinforcement learning (RL) is a natural approach. Unfortunately, RL does not work well for generally intelligent agents, as RL agents are incentivised to shortcut the reward sensor for maximum reward – the so-called wireheading problem. In this paper we suggest an alternative to RL called value reinforcement learning (VRL). In VR...

When talking about unfair competition, business ethics has to be involved, which means to judge whether the competition is fair or not is very much ethical debate. And its connotation is also evolving along with the development of social economy, so in this sense, defining “fair competition” or “unfair competition” is very difficult. Therefore, whether it is related to international conventions...

The notion of ‘wireheading’, or direct reward centre stimulation of the brain, is a wellknown concept in neuroscience. In this paper, we examine the corresponding issue of reward (utility) function integrity in artificially intelligent machines. We survey the relevant literature and propose a number of potential solutions to ensure the integrity of our artificial assistants. Overall, we conclud...

When thinking about the future, people tend to envision dramatically advanced technology, architecture that resembles something from another planet, and social norms that have shifted in radical ways—all of it vivid, dynamic, and exciting. What people don’t realize is that the story they tell themselves about the future actually has rules. The mind applies these rules to ensure that people arri...

In my thesis, I examine the discursive space of the detective fiction genre following Kasai Kiyoshi’s periodization in his two-volume seminal work Tantei shōsetsuron (The Theory of Detective Fiction, 1998). I investigate how Japanese detective fiction has developed in relation to Japan’s modernization, industrialization, nationalism, and globalization, specifically in the 1920s-30s, the 1950s-6...

Abstract Sunset Oasis (2007), the winner of inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) in 2008, remains one most important and intricate works by Egyptian writer Bahaa Taher. Based on true historical events, novel introduces female characters from varied nations social classes. In spite their differences, we find these women confined “margins” patriarchal societies portrayed novel....