The "New" sounds of the slap-of-the-stick : Termite Terrace (1937-1943) and the slapstick tradition by Lombana Bermudez, Andres Alberto

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The influences of Malaysian animated Public Service Announcements (PSAs) on public health and safety campaign and its effectiveness among students / Dzaa Imma Abd Latiff, Mohd Amir... by Abd Latiff, Dzaa Imma, Mohd Zulkifli, Mohd Amirul Akhbar, Abd Ghani, Siti Nur Farah Faadiah

“…A sample of 285 students watched four animated PSAs and four live action PSAs. Two of each represented animated spoke characters and non spoke characters with a goal to evaluate students responses on positive attitudes. …”
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Collaborating with patients and caregivers to create web-based educational resources for people affected by cirrhosis by Emily Johnson, Ashley Hyde, Derek Drager, Michelle Carbonneau, Vincent Bain, Jan Kowalczewski, Puneeta Tandon

“…Results: This 2-year process resulted in a 55-page website and 78 animated and live-action videos on cirrhosis complications, procedures, nutrition, and exercise. …”
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Light Shadows: Loose Adaptations of Gothic Literature in American TV Series of the 1960s and early 1970s by Dennis Tredy

“…If today’s television landscape is ripe with Gothic or supernatural dramas (True Blood, Penny Dreadful, Supernatural), paranormal crime dramas (X-Files, Grimm) and, on children’s networks, animated or live-action sitcoms about monsters and ghouls trying to fit in at home or at school (Monster High, Every Witch Way), all of this programming can be traced back to its humble origins in the 1960s and 1970s. …”
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Using Functional Connectivity to Examine the Correlation between Mirror Neuron Network and Autistic Traits in a Typically Developing Sample: A fNIRS Study by Thien Nguyen, Helga O. Miguel, Emma E. Condy, Soongho Park, Amir Gandjbakhche

“…Hemodynamic responses, including oxy- and deoxy-hemoglobin were measured in the central and parietal cortex of 30 healthy participants using a 24-channel functional Near-Infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) system during a live action-observation and action-execution task. Functional connectivity was derived from oxy-hemoglobin data. …”
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Differential tracking of linguistic vs. mental state content in naturalistic stimuli by language and Theory of Mind (ToM) brain networks by Paunov, Alexander M, Blank, Idan A, Jouravlev, Olessia, Mineroff, Zachary, Gallée, Jeanne, Fedorenko, Evelina

“…Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we recorded neural activity as participants (n = 43) listened to stories and dialogues with mental state content (+linguistic, +ToM), viewed silent animations and live action films with mental state content but no language (−linguistic, +ToM), or listened to an expository text (+linguistic, −ToM). …”
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When the Invisible Punishing Machine is everywhere ... : the mechanism of social control (mass incarceration, institutionalized racism, slavery and repression) in the USA shapes th... by Negrete Alfaro, Mabel Alejandra

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Structured sparse multiset canonical correlation analysis of simultaneous fNIRS and EEG provides new insights into the human action-observation network by Hadis Dashtestani, Helga O. Miguel, Emma E. Condy, Selin Zeytinoglu, John B. Millerhagen, Ranjan Debnath, Elizabeth Smith, Tulay Adali, Nathan A. Fox, Amir H. Gandjbakhche

“…In this study, we used concurrent EEG and functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) to examine the AON during a live-action observation and execution paradigm. We developed structured sparse multiset canonical correlation analysis (ssmCCA) to perform EEG-fNIRS data fusion. …”
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A Digital Toolkit (M-Healer) to Improve Care and Reduce Human Rights Abuses Against People With Mental Illness in West Africa: User-Centered Design, Development, and Usability Stud... by Dror Ben-Zeev, Suzanne Meller, Jaime Snyder, Dzifa A Attah, Liam Albright, Hoa Le, Seth M Asafo, Pamela Y Collins, Angela Ofori-Atta

“…They provided suggestions for who should be depicted as the toolkit protagonist and ranked their preferred content delivery modality in the following order: live-action video, animated video, comic strip, and still images with text. …”
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A loose principle for Sabah folktales animated character design: Adoption of Kansei Approach by Teddy Marius Soikun

“…‘Appeal’ can be defined as anything intriguing that draws and maintains attention. “Whereas the live-action actor has charisma, the animated character has appeal” (Thomas & Johnston, 1995). …”
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A loose principle for Sabah folktales animated character design: adoption of Kansei Approach by Teddy Marius Soikun

“…‘Appeal’ can be defined as anything intriguing that draws and maintains attention. “Whereas the live-action actor has charisma, the animated character has appeal” (Thomas & Johnston, 1995). …”
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Immersive Virtual Reality Reminiscence Reduces Anxiety in the Oldest-Old Without Causing Serious Side Effects: A Single-Center, Pilot, and Randomized Crossover Study by Kazuyuki Niki, Kazuyuki Niki, Megumi Yahara, Michiya Inagaki, Nana Takahashi, Akira Watanabe, Takeshi Okuda, Mikiko Ueda, Daisuke Iwai, Kosuke Sato, Toshinori Ito

“…The secondary objective is to reveal the preference for VR image types for reminiscence: live-action (LA) or computer graphics (CG).Methods: This was a pilot, open-label, and randomized crossover study which was conducted on January 2020 at a single nursing home. …”
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Postdramaatiline teater ja autobiograafiline lavastus sotsiaalses kontekstis. Postdramatic Theatre and Autobiographical Performance in Its Social Context by Anneli Saro

“…In addition, in postdramatic productions, actors often do not embody or present fictional characters, but rather the physical presence of the performer(s) and performance as live action is brought to the foreground, which also includes explicit use of autobiographical material of the performer(s). …”
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The "ComPAS Trial" combined treatment model for acute malnutrition: study protocol for the economic evaluation by Natasha Lelijveld, Jeanette Bailey, Amy Mayberry, Lani Trenouth, Dieynaba S. N’Diaye, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Chloe Puett

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Dancing with Dumont by Matthew T Phillips

“…The ravers are bringing forth an individualistic conception of human subjectivity and human sociality through their lived actions. Thus, the rave is not a mere reflection of individualism but a live creation of it.…”
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Enabling Growth in a Middle-Market Job Shop Environment by Page, Nicholas

“…Optimizing for simple, effective solutions to break down barriers to growth led, in part, to the successful development of live, actionable, and interactive data visualizations; predictive inventory management solutions; visual management operational implementations; and a formal new product design process.…”
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Two‐monkey fMRI setup for investigating multifaceted aspects of social cognition and behavior involving a real‐live conspecific by Ding Cui, Koen Nelissen

“…This dyadic monkey fMRI setup allows examining brain-wide responses in macaque monkeys during different aspects of social behavior, including observation of real-live actions and sensations, social facilitation, joint-attention and social interactions.…”
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Inter-rater reliability of theAction Research arm test & Upper limb related fugel meyer test in Adult with CVA from qazvin by Elham Karimi, Minoo Kalantary, Zahra shafiee, seyed mahdi Tabatabaiee

“…Introduction:Stroke is one of the most common life-threatening neurologic disorders and is among the most important causes of disability in adult life.Unilateral upper limb motor impairment is one of the main causes of dependence in activity of daily living. Action Research arm test &Upper limb related fugel meyer test evaluates upper limb motor performance of a hemiplegic patient. …”
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Grievance Politics: An Empirical Analysis of Anger Through the Emotional Mechanism of Ressentiment by Tereza Capelos, Mikko Salmela, Gabija Krisciunaite

“…Contrary to the short‐lived, action‐prone emotion of anger proper, ressentiment transmutes the inputs of grievance politics like deprivation of opportunity, injustice, shame, humiliation, envy, and inefficacious anger, into the anti‐social outputs of morally righteous indignation, destructive anger, hatred, and rage. …”
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Expanding drainage capacity of open drains by utilising the same corridor as that of the drain reserve without compromising the intended function of the drainage by Loh, Win Yew

“…As climate change continues to disrupt our daily lives, actions must be taken to ensure that our lives will not be disrupted by such changes. …”
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