M any academic scientists reject the very idea of networking for a variety of reasons. Many feel that acquiring and using professional contacts is more appropriate for those in industry or business, but not in academia. Tenured faculty may feel that they have already achieved the peak of their career and no longer need to put forth the effort to get to know new people. Younger scientists may sh...

Here is a case report of Folie a Deux in a pair of identical twin sisters. Tnis is a rathe.' intce.ting situation as bo'.h the sisters repressed considerably in their cffo.-t to cope with the situational problem which ultimately erupted first in the younger twin and later in the other. The distortion of reality of developing into an acute psychotic illness was transferred from the younger in th...

Assuming that personality is the regular and consistent expression of emotions, theories of emotions can be used to provide synthetic actors with personality, therefore achieving higher levels of believability. Supported by this assumption, we developed a methodology based on the connguration of synthetic actors elements , which structure is based on Ortony, Clore, and Collins theory of emotion...

This paper is situated at the junction of two youthful academic currents. The first current is a philosophical one, with a pioneering group of philosophers of science recently turning their attention to computer science in earnest, recognizing the Philosophy of Computer Science (PCS) as a new branch of philosophical inquiry. Current work in this field has included discussions on the nature of c...

This study aims to find out the self-presentation of social media influencer (SMI) Vonny Felicia through Instagram in context rituals. An Erving Goffman lema that refers a term captures patterned aspects interactional life talk about moral value people. research uses qualitative approach. The object this is Felicia's account. subject was as SMI. Case methods with interview methods, observation,...

The central argument of the identity approach to second language acquisition (SLA) is twofold: First, SLA theorists need a comprehensive theory of identity that integrates the individual language learner and the larger social world; second, SLA theorists need to address how relations of power in the social world affect learners’ access to the target language community. In relation to the former...

An online survey of college-age Facebook users (N = 209) found that extroversion, narcissism, openness, and agreeableness predicted friending more people on Facebook. However, only extroversion continued to exert an effect when these and other personality variables were examined together in one regression model, while controlling for frequency of Facebook usage and gender. Also, a path analysis...

The present study demonstrates the application of cluster analysis to examine the typology of student categories of novice Luxembourgish teachers. Student categories are mental representations of groups of students in which teachers classify their students. The investigation of student categories is a relevant topic in education, because subsequent assessments of students may be biased by prior...

Palaeomagnetic apparent polar wander (APW) paths from the world’s cratons at 1300–700 Ma can constrain the palaeogeographic possibilities for a long-lived and all-inclusive Rodinia supercontinent. Laurentia’s APW path is the most complete and forms the basis for superposition by other cratons’ APW paths to identify possible durations of those cratons’ inclusion in Rodinia, and also to generate ...