This study examined the effects of pre-trial preparation and pre-recorded cross-examinations on linguistic complexity recognition prompts (i.e., option-posing or suggestive questions) used when questioning child victims in English criminal courts. The also compared that did not contain content. Analyses 43 cases involved with 44 not, which occurred between 2012 2016. Cases utilizing “special me...

Curiosity is an emotional motivation that drives knowledge acquisition in learning context. Studies have shown that curiosity positively influences social learning and a peer learner’s curiosity may elicit the curiosity of other learners. Hence, modeling curiosity in learning companions may improve human learners’ learning experience in virtual environments. However, curiosity has not been expl...

Assistant Supervisor: Dott.ssa Giorgia Lodi ii iii to my family and my long-time and more recent friends iv Acknowledgements I believe that one's results heavily depend on the context he lives daily. Looking back to my life and to the goals I've accomplished, I consider myself very lucky to have been surrounded by persons that have always given me the required serenity and the right boost to go...

Silvia A Arredondo, Tiffany F Chen, Austen F. Riggs, Hiram F Gilbert*, and George Georgiou 2, 3, 4 Departments of Chemical Engineering Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and Section of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712; and *Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, ...

Authors/Task Force Members: Kenneth Dickstein (Chairperson) (Norway)*, Alain Cohen-Solal (France), Gerasimos Filippatos (Greece), John J.V. McMurray (UK), Piotr Ponikowski (Poland), Philip Alexander Poole-Wilson (UK), Anna Strömberg (Sweden), Dirk J. van Veldhuisen (The Netherlands), Dan Atar (Norway), Arno W. Hoes (The Netherlands), Andre Keren (Israel), Alexandre Mebazaa (France), Markku Niem...

and the management of linguistically expressed uncertainty. Int.