Essays about: "human story"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 115 essays containing the words human story.

  1. 1. Human and Robot Narrator: How Gestures Affect Comprehension and Recollection

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Johannes Rosenfrost; [2023]
    Keywords : Cognitive Science; Cognition; Embodiment; Humanoid Robots; Social Robots; HRI; Human-Robot-Interaction; Social Interaction; Robotics; Linguistics; Communication; Multimodality; Non-verbal; Gestures; Narration; Comprehension; Recollection; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigated if a human or a robot narrator affected listeners’ comprehension and memory recollection similarly in a narrative story. 103 participants (MeanAge = 35) were recruited to an online experiment to investigate if gestures affected the participants’ narrative comprehension and recollection more than a narrator that did not produce gestures. READ MORE

  3. 2. Using Social Media and Personality Predictions to Anticipate Startup Success

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Daniel Stenson; [2023]
    Keywords : Machine Learning; Startup Success Predictions; Founder Personalities; Natural Language Processing; Social Media Analysis; Big 5 Personality Framework; Feed-forward Neural Network; XGBoost.; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the potential of integrating predicted founder personalities, based on the Big 5 Personality Framework, into Machine Learning (ML) models to enhance the accuracy of early-stage startup success predictions. Leveraging Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques, we extracted personality insights from founders' tweets, focusing on US startups funded between 2013 and 2015. READ MORE

  4. 3. Freedom and Movement for Humans and Wild Animals : A journey along the German-Danish border fence

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Francis Rogers; [2023]
    Keywords : Animal migration; migrant rights; border fencing; habitat fragmentation; animal agency; German-Danish border;

    Abstract : In December 2019, the Danish government finished building a fence on the border with Germany. Although the fence was nominally intended to prevent wild boar entering Denmark, the government had recently acquired enough barbed wire to reinforce it against human migrants. READ MORE

  5. 4. Potentials and limitations of pantomime storytelling: An experimental study with intersemiotic translation.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Barbora Dadlíková; [2023]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : When in need to tell stories we often find ourselves using not only our words but also accompanying gestures, as well as pictures. However, what if we were to use only gestures to narrate? Would the stories we tell be clear enough to understand? The thesis investigates the potentials and limitations of pantomime, which consists mostly of gesture, for storytelling. READ MORE

  6. 5. Levande historia i Nilstorp : biologiskt kulturarv och hållbar stadsutveckling i 1950-talets omsorgsfulla stadsplanering

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Ingrid Björkman; [2023]
    Keywords : biologiskt kulturarv; grönstruktur; landskap; kulturlandskap; hållbar stadsutveckling; kulturmiljöer; trädgårdsstad; omsorgsfull gestaltning;

    Abstract : Kulturhistoriska miljöer återfinns i många olika skepnader i dagens samhälle och gemensamt för alla kulturhistoriska miljöer är att de på ett eller annat sätt har formats eller skapats av människan. Biologiskt kulturarv är en del av vår kulturhistoria och handlar om hur människan nyttjat naturen för eget behov och brukande. READ MORE