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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Non-verbal behaviour"”.
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Non-Verbal Behaviour of a VR Agent Playing a Board Game
… among other things, his personality and shows non-verbal behaviour such as looking at the user and showing impatience. The focus of this project is to increase the believability of the agent, by improving its non-verbal expression capabilities during a board-game. This was done by collecting …
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Designing Robot Non-Verbal Behaviour: Using Performing Art Techniques as Frameworks for Human–Robot Interaction
… concern in human–robot interaction (HRI). Robot behaviour design plays a key role in enabling interpretable and effective interaction. This thesis adopts a bibliometric approach to review robot behaviour research from 2005 to 2025. Results show rapid growth in publications, indicating high …
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What aspects of realism and faithfulness are relevant to supporting non-verbal communication through 3D mediums
… and faithfulness are relevant to supporting non-verbal communication through visual mediums. The mediums examined are 2D video, 3D computer graphics and video based 3D reconstruction. The latter is 3D CGI derived from multiple streams of 2D video. People’s ability to identify behaviour of …
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The Impact of courtroom demeanour and non-verbal communication on the verdict
… in the trial process, namely demeanour and non-verbal communication. Neither of these areas have enjoyed the benefit of substantial theory building by scholars. The ability to correctly deal with evidence is a core competency for any presiding officer and legal practitioner as it impacts on …
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Multimodal (im)politeness: the verbal, prosodic and non-verbal realization of disagreement in German and New Zealand English
… act analysis. It investigates the disagreeing behaviour of Germans and New Zealanders exhibited during televised panel discussions on a verbal, prosodic, and non-verbal level. More specifically, the present study aims to uncover whether there are differences in the use of prosodic and …
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Effects of non-verbal reactions on viewers' perceptions of candidates in a televised election debate : implications for ETV
… of manipulation of camera angles and display of non-verbal behaviour on viewers' reactions to candidates in Canadian election debates. A twenty-two minute videotape of extracts from the English TV Debate of October 25, 1988, consisting of the over-the-shoulder two-shots in the ninety-minute …
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Video based reconstruction system for mixed reality environments supporting contextualised non-verbal communication and its study
… detail that the spatial and visual aspects of non-verbal behaviour can be communicated.The system supports live distribution and simultaneous rendering in multiple locations enabling the apparent teleportation of people and objects. Additionally, the system allows for the recording of live …
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A comparison of mental strategies used by skilled and unskilled mental calculators
… were audio-taped, transcribed and coded. Non verbal behaviour was recorded on a separate sheet during the interview. The data were analysed to determine what differences existed between high and low performing mental calculators in relation to the strategies they used to solve division …
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Attitudes of staff and students towards vocational education at a case study school
… and were formally interviewed. A measure of the non-verbal behaviour of staff and students during the interviews was also undertaken using a five point scale from negative to positive. The research was undertaken in a single metropolitan senior high school in Western Australia and the sample …
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A sociolinguistic analysis of communication patterns between midwives and mothers in antenatal clinics in Great Britain and Germany
… aim of the investigation was to analyse both the verbal and non-verbal communication strategies used by both midwives and mothers in antenatal clinics in Great Britain and Germany, data was collected in the form of videotaped recordings of consultations during pregnancy. Socio-demographic data was …
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An in-depth, naturalistic study of the regulation of learning in collaborative groups in upper secondary school classrooms
… however, empirical studies of this phenomenon in naturalistic settings are scarce. This study is driven by the author’s position as a practitioner in secondary schools and so sought to investigate the phenomenon in ecologically valid secondary classroom settings, in contrast to the more …
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Devising and evaluating wearable technology for social dynamics monitoring
… modalities considered. Additionally, non-verbal behaviours during social interactions (e.g. body posture, orientation and interaction distance) have been often neglected, with a few exceptions, even if traditional sociology has highlighted their importance. In this dissertation we …
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The pragmatics of repetition, emphasis and intensification
… of such items for communicating vague and non-propositional effects. It is noted that many repetitions, particularly epizeuxis, are often called emphatic, or intensifying, or both. A key aim of this work is to combat the conflation surrounding the effects of stylistic repetitions, and to …
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The political rhetoric of Bishop Kleopas Dumeni in the pre-independence era in Namibia
… Dumeni’s selected speeches based on the five canons of Aristotle, namely, invention, arrangement, style, delivery and memory, and his three modes of persuasion of logos, pathos and ethos. This study examined the English and Oshiwambo speeches which Bishop Dumeni delivered at meetings locally and …
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Η ΕΚΦΡΑΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΥΓΕΝΕΙΑΣ ΣΤΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ
THIS THESIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO INVESTIGATE THE STATUS OF POLITENESS WITHIN GREEK CULTURE AND COMPARE IT TO THAT OF ENGLISH . AMONG THE BASIC AIMS OF THIS UNDERTAKING IS TO ESTABLISH THE REASONS WHICH HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A WIDESPREAD IMPRESSION THAT THE GREEKS ARE IMPOLITE OR AT LEAST LESS POLITE THAN …