This paper argues that narrative elements from the science fiction (SF) literary genre are used in the discourse of Nanoscience and Technology (NST) to bridge the gap between what is technically possible today and its inflated promises for the future. The argument is illustrated through a detailed discussion of two NST texts. The paper concludes by arguing that the use of SF narrative technique...

In order to predict user-favorite songs, managing user preferences information and genre classification are necessary. In this paper, we propose a preference classification about content based on real-time user brainwave and a music recommendation system based on it. We focused on classifying real-time user preferences by analyzing the user’s brainwaves. The brainwaves are acquired using a wire...

sometimes, while investigating familiar and common genres of persian literature, some unfamiliar genres appear. these genres were used mostly in some earlier periods. one of these genres is sarâpâ. by investigating historical and geographical backgrounds of this genre the reasons for its popularity, especially in the period of the indian style, are revealed. this article tries to introduce sarâ...

Scholars have approached the study of rabbinic sage stories from a wide range of methodological perspectives, including historical, literary, folkloric and, most recently, cultural studies. Despite this variety of approaches, there exists a broad consensus among scholars on one key issue: sage stories are an essentially aggadic, and therefore non-halakhic, genre. As such, the question of how be...