his article, “history, adaptation and appropriation in cinema”, based on descriptive and analytical approach, tries to clarify new less known theoretical perspectives towards history, narrative and adaptation. the importance of the issue is intensified by the increased number of films adapted from historical texts. in other words, history texts have always been a source for film production, esp...

This article presents lessons from the rich adoption literature for the nascent research on adaptation. Individuals’ adoption choices are affected by profit and risk considerations and by credit and biophysical constraints. New technologies spread gradually, reflecting heterogeneity among potential adopters, processes of learning and technological improvement, and policies and institutions. Ada...

The delivery and the adaptation of multimedia content in distributed and heterogeneous environments require flexible control and management mechanisms in terminals and/or in control entities inside the network to enable terminal and application mobility. It is important to reach interoperability between the IETF approaches and the MPEG-21 DIA efforts for multimedia streaming and adaptation to c...

Abstract. A paradigm shift is taking place in logistics. The focus is changing from operational effectiveness to adaptation. Supply Chains will develop into networks that will adapt to consumer demand in almost real time. Time to market, capacity of adaptation and enrichment of customer experience seem to be the key elements of this new paradigm. In this environment emerging technologies like R...

We propose an effective pronunciation learning system using speech processing and recognition technologies. For automatic phonemic error detection, we perform pronunciation error prediction with orthographic text. To improve its reliability, we adopt speaker adaptation and segment input pair-wise classifier for effective feedback to generate personalized instruction. We also adopt formant frequ...

Due to the heterogeneity and complexity of user environments, multimedia services and multimedia content in the communication domain, adaptation is of a paramount importance to interoperability. Adaptation decisions at the different stages of multimedia services delivery to the end user depends on contextual information, i.e. metadata that characterises the situation of entities involved in the...

Computer games are tremendously successful and this is why the potential of using this medium for educational purposes is increasingly recognized and researched. However, as new learning technologies need to be appropriate for all students and ensure equal learning opportunities, it is important to take into account evidences on gender differences in the context of computer games. This paper re...

It is evident that the variety of communication channels and terminals is rapidly increasing. With more emphasis on media-rich applications in mobile environments, content adaptation is becoming a key technology enabler. This paper briefly evaluates different alternatives for content adaptation and then focuses the discussion on video transcoding, the more practical solution for content adaptat...