A Generic Approach towards Amharic Sign Language Recognition by Netsanet Yigzaw, Million Meshesha, Chala Diriba

“…The hearing-impaired community uses sign language, which is a visual and gestural language. In terms of orientation and expression, it is separate from written and spoken languages. …”
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An Overview of Dentist–Patient Communication in Quality Dental Care by Jasmine Cheuk Ying Ho, Hollis Haotian Chai, Bella Weijia Luo, Edward Chin Man Lo, Michelle Zeping Huang, Chun Hung Chu

“…Proper body postures and gestures are fundamental for showing positive attitudes towards patients. …”
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Postcards from Inside the Practices by Alicia Lazzaroni, Antonio Bernacchi, Enrique Espinosa Pérez, Lydia Maria Arantes, Michele Avis Feder-Nadoff

“…Instead, their panel was designed to explore making-knowledge with others in a manner that is improvisatory, non-authoritative, and open to the silence of gestures and quiet exchange. …”
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Exploring the impact of robot interaction on learning engagement: a comparative study of two multi-modal robots by Ka Yan Fung, Kwong Chiu Fung, Tze Leung Rick Lui, Kuen Fung Sin, Lik Hang Lee, Huamin Qu, Shenghui Song

“…The system integrates various interactive elements, such as animations, songs, dance, gestures, and touch, to enhance students’ learning engagement, interaction, and motivation and cater to their diverse needs. …”
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Interactions et transactions identitaires d'immigrés noirs dans l'espace public et les centres de santé au Maroc by Annélie Delescluse

“…How do migrants react to these realities, and how do they get round the depreciatory gestures? This article first looks at the vagaries of everyday life and the processes of racial otherness encountered in the street and on public transport. …”
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Modality-Focused L2-Instruction in Swedish Sign Language by Ingela Holmström

“…But, if they begin to learn a sign language, they have to learn how to express language in a new modality, i.e. the visual-gestural one. It requires expressing the language using hands, arms, face, and body instead of the speech organs, and this is very unfamiliar for them. …”
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Algorithm of Behaviour of Virtual Avatars During Public Speaking Training in a VR Environment by Karol Jędrasiak, Robert Robert Wolański, Damian Bereska

“…This algorithm integrates multiple aspects of human communication, including posture modelling, voice modulation, greet- ings mannerisms, eye contact management, gestural communication and interactive responsiveness. …”
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Le flirt à Rabat au Maroc : Engagements des corps et arrangements socio-spatiaux by Chadia Arab, Christophe Guibert

“…The couples behave like “teams”, as Erving Goffman (1973) formulates it, operating jointly a strict control of their gestures, representations, body distances and finally of the glances coming from outside. …”
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THE STRUCTURE OF HAPPINESS REPRESENTATION FOR RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES by S. Yu. Zhdanova, A. V. Pecherkina, A. A. Strokanov

“…The American students were more inclined to the choice of the verbal units connected with achievements in activity, and non-verbal categories (peripheral gestures) indicating importance of the relations with other people. …”
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L’officier de police, le checkpoint et l’interrogatoire : les spatialités des performances sécuritaires dans le centre-ville du Caire by Laura Monfleur

“…The bodily performance of police officers is reflected in their uniforms, gestures and postures, which make them visible and contribute to the distrust and suspicion of users. …”
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Medical Jousting: Going for the kill! by Dr.Fuad Ahmed Khan Niazi

“…It is essentially a term meant to describe the use of derogatory comments or gestures in front of a patient or attendant, concerning previous medical care provided by a fellow healthcare professional, without complete or accurate knowledge about real facts.1 “I do not even consider her a doctor; who told you to get operated by her?” …”
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