In this paper we give a simple and uniform presentation of the rewriting calculus, also called Rho Calculus. In addition to its simplicity, this formulation explicitly allows us to encode complex structures such as lists, sets, and objects. We provide extensive examples of the calculus, and we focus on its ability to represent some object oriented calculi, namely the Lambda Calculus of Objects ...

Animated Pedagogical Agents (APAs) can be defined as computer-based characters with 2D or 3D animated representation and interactive capabilities through one or more modalities (e.g. text, speech, emotion, gesture, eyes movements) (Clarebout, Elan, & Johnson., 2002; Clark & Choi,, 2005, Craig, Driscoll, & Gholson, 2004; Craig, Gholson, & Driscoll, 2002; Gulz & Haake, 2006). Importantly, APAs ha...

Research on interactive communication increasingly focuses on the role of eye gaze as an important signal in interaction management, reference and grounding (see [1] for an overview). Interlocutors may use eye gaze as a means to take, hold or give the floor in conversation (turn management), to refer to objects or persons in the conversational space (gaze cueing) or to give and elicit feedback ...

This paper presents FOLKER, an annotation tool developed for the efficient transcription of natural, multi-party interaction in a conversation analysis framework. FOLKER is being developed at the Institute for German Language in and for the FOLK project, whose aim is the construction of a large corpus of spoken present-day German, to be used for research and teaching purposes. FOLKER builds on ...

What makes people want to go on with the effort required from life? Every epistemology of behavior must sooner or later cope with this basic question. The question is not so mysterious for nonhuman organisms, which presumably have built-in genetic programs instructing them to live as long as their physical machinery is able to function. But our species has a choice: With the development of cons...

Mühüm təbii enerji sərvətlərinə malik Azərbaycan Respublikasının yaşıl potensialı da yüksək qiymətləndirilir. Bu sırada işğaldan azad olunmuş ərazilərin resursları daha böyük əhəmiyyət kəsb edir. Bundan irəli gələrək, həmin ərazilər zonası elan və burada nəhəng layihələrə start verilmişdir. Bütün bunlar isə öz növbəsində artım koseptlərinin formalaşmasına zəmin olur genişlənərək multiplikativ e...

The handshake is an important element of etiquette in many cultures. It used various, not only official, but also informal situations that express greetings, farewells, gratitude, etc. In this work, the object study shaking hands during welcome ceremony a state visit. subjects are various modalities and their meanings when performing handshake. authors consider detail such aspects as requiremen...