Review of Tau, R., Kloetzer, L., & Henein, S. (2024). Barefoot academic teaching: Performing arts as a pedagogical tool in higher education (Edition Scenario Vol. VII). Schibri. by Eva Göksel

“… In the true spirit of improvisation, this book is an across the board “yes”! …”
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Penser l’imprévisibilité dans les dispositifs des formations ouvertes et à distance by Melpomeni Papadopoulou

“…How can we think about the relationship between technical constraints and freedom of action, between content didactics and life hazards, and finally, between programming and improvisation? The interdependent relationship between professional gestures on the one hand and flexible technical environments on the other hand is pointed out in order to take into account the unpredictability of teaching and learning situations.…”
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IHSCR: Energy-efficient clustering and routing for wireless sensor networks based on harmony search algorithm by Bing Zeng, Yan Dong, Xinyu Li, Liang Gao

“…Then, a new energy-efficient clustering algorithm is designed based on several improvements made to harmony search algorithm: (1) a discrete encoding scheme of a harmony for clustering is proposed; (2) a roulette wheel selection method is designed to choose a gateway for a regular sensor node to join, which is employed by two steps (i.e. initialization of harmony and improvisation of a new harmony); (3) the dynamically changed harmony memory considering rate is designed for improvisation of a new harmony; (4) a local search scheme is proposed to improve the best harmony within the harmony memory in iterations. …”
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Knowing from a Distance by Sophia Deterala, Eula Bianca Villar

“… Through a dialogical exchange about disasters, we explore the notion of “knowing” by drawing on our own experience and research about improvisation and disaster management. Locating our work within our positionalities as expatriate Filipino researchers of considerable distance/closeness from each other, we find, albeit serendipitously, how our improvisational methodologies can occur en route to, during, and in, the aftermath of crisis. …”
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Les prises d'informations et prises de décision en classe des professeurs d’école débutants : geste d’ajustement et enjeu pour la formation by Magali Boutrais

“…The collection of the verbalizations of the action, in the first person, with the help of the explicitation interview (Vermersch, 1994), reveals moments of improvisation in class and adjustment situations, Related to student information and current decision-making. …”
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Temporalisation et diffusion des savoirs by Marie-Pierre Chopin

“…Exceeding a provisional conception of time (time as a capital) and dismissing both the theme of the planning and the one of the improvisation in the teaching practices, we show that the Bourdieu’s theory contributes to renew the way of thinking the time in the transmission, by developing a constitutive conception about it. …”
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Translation as growth: Xiangsheng’s growing trajectory in China and abroad by Ye Tian, Guanpeng Wang

“…It brings together a blend of scripted material and improvisation whose address to the audience is immediate. …”
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Fragments of the past: The intersection of AI, historical imagery, and early childhood creativity by Ilene R. Berson, Michael J. Berson

“…The findings demonstrate how technology can be used to democratize access to cultural heritage resources while enabling children's creative play centered on variation, improvisation, and human interaction. The human‐in‐the‐loop approach is crucial in aligning AI integration with early childhood pedagogy, ensuring that technology supports, rather than replaces, teachers' roles in the classroom. …”
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STRATEGIES OF EQUAL STATUS INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION by N. V. Baryshnikov

“…This article is aimed at arguing a professional type of intercultural communication,at substantiating status equality as a paramount distinctive feature of professional interculturalcommunication and also at presenting some of the strategies associated with it.Thereupon, in the article:– the notion of professional intercultural communication is validated and its integral part – statusequality - is grounded,– original strategies of equal status intercultural communication are presented, some of which include:rabulistic strategies of communicative attack, eristic strategies of communicative self-defense,– hypothetical interaction patterns of certain strategies are described, including: compliment - wittyremark pattern, bluff - improvisation pattern, negative imperative - negative imperative transformationpattern,– the hypothesis is proved that for successful intercultural communication to take place, the partnersmust be equally aware of the communicative attack and self-defense strategies.Acquiring and mastering the communicative attack and self-defense strategies enables specialistsin international relations to participate in equal status intercultural communication the content of whichis characterized by high effectiveness.…”
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The Humour and Novelty of Congwayndut Puppet Group: An Overview of Performance Studies by Gendot Dekanipa, Aris Setiawan

“…Planning or the performance strategy that set in back stage can be different when it has been on the stage. The improvisation even provides the aesthetics of its puppet performance. …”
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Zygonic Theory: Introduction, Scope, and Prospects by Adam Ockelford

“…The zygonic approach also enables the powers of influence at work in group improvisation to be captured, permitting the evolution of musical ideas to be charted as they unfold in time between performers, and a zygonic analysis of a short, improvised song with piano accompaniment is provided by way of illustration. …”
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An Improved Harmony Search Algorithm for Power Distribution Network Planning by Wei Sun, Xingyan Chang

“…Harmony search (HS) algorithm is a metaheuristic algorithm inspired by the improvisation process of music players. HS algorithm has several impressive advantages, such as easy implementation, less adjustable parameters, and quick convergence. …”
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The Harmonic Walk: An Interactive Physical Environment to Learn Tonal Melody Accompaniment by Marcella Mandanici, Antonio Rodà, Sergio Canazza

“…The Harmonic Walk, through the body movement in space, can provide all these users a live experience of tonal melody structure, chords progressions, melody accompaniment, and improvisation. Enactive knowledge and embodied cognition allow the user to build an inner map of these musical features, which can be acted by moving on the active surface with a simple step. …”
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Simulation in the field of transfusion medicine: Scope and utility by Abhishekh Basavarajegowda, Dinker R Pai, Y. C. Nalini

“…The principles, pedagogies, and educational strategies with their modalities used in health care simulation like case-based scenarios, physical models, computer systems, standardized patients, mannequins, virtual reality, and integrated simulators are all being used and the scope for improvisation is always in the fore with technical advancements. …”
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Are we Really Improving the Quality of Life after Hemiarthroplasty of the Hip in the Elderly? An Observational Study by T. Adarsh, Mruthyunjaya, C. S. Likhit, Nawab Akthar Khan

“…Conclusion: Results showed the need for improvisation of various aspects of postoperative care such as designated rehabilitation protocols, fall clinics, psychotherapy and relaxation, and geriatric care for associated comorbidities. …”
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›Lead Sheet‹-Notation vom Vaudeville bis zum iReal Pro. Zur Geschichte der Notationsformen des Jazz und ihren musiktheoretischen Implikationen by Philipp Teriete

“…Jazz musicians are expected to sight-read and to improvise on standards and original compositions written in this musical shorthand. …”
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A Novel Discrete Global-Best Harmony Search Algorithm for Solving 0-1 Knapsack Problems by Wan-li Xiang, Mei-qing An, Yin-zhen Li, Rui-chun He, Jing-fang Zhang

“…Next, we present a novel improvisation process based on intuitive cognition of improvising a new harmony, in which the best harmony of harmony memory (HM) is used to guide the searching direction of evolution during the process of memory consideration, or else a harmony is randomly chosen from HM and then a discrete genetic mutation is done with some probability during the phase of pitch adjustment. …”
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1+(no)1=3, and more by Carmen García

“…Finally, I take on Byng-Hall's notions of life scripts, suggesting that attempts to replicate or correct these scripts often lead to frustration, while improvisation is a feature of therapeutic change, as a way to respond creatively to the kind of life’s challenges that are explored in therapy. …”
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Identification and interpretive ranking of factors affecting the improvement of agility in business process management by Sadegh Hasani Moghadam, Mohammad Mahdi Mohtadi, Hossein Bazargani, Ali Taheri, Mohsen Miri

“…After that, the results showed that environmental awareness, knowledgeable and competent human resources, organizational learning dimension, contingent and appropriate structures, governance, improvisation-based strategy-making, technological infrastructure, dynamic adaptation, culture, and creative sustainability are prioritized, respectively.Originality/Value: Using soft operations research techniques, including the interpretive ranking process, in designing an agile model for managing business processes will significantly help process organizations in complex and dynamic environments to simultaneously exploit the benefits of stability in managing processes and dynamism coming from being agile.…”
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The role of music performance anxiety in musical training: four personal histories by Oscar Casanova, María Elena Riaño, Francisco Javier Zarza-Alzugaray, Santos Orejudo

“…The first years of training were those when our interviewees recalled experiencing the greatest enjoyment in music-making: positive elements included family support, ensemble playing, and initial encounters with non-classical repertoire and improvisation. However, as our interviewees progressed through their academic courses and improved in terms of mastery of their instrument, they began to experience situations of anxiety. …”
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