| Part I Foundation |
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1 | (2) |
| Theme 1 Philosophy |
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3 | (14) |
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The Philosophy of Synthetic Worlds |
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5 | (12) |
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Synthetic Worlds and the Real World |
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5 | (2) |
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Visual Abstraction for Complexity Modeling |
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7 | (2) |
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9 | (1) |
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Multimedia and Synthetic Worlds |
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10 | (1) |
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Topological Modeling for Visualization |
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11 | (2) |
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Mental Modeling of Shapes |
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13 | (4) |
| Theme 2 Architecture |
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17 | (22) |
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The Architecture of Synthetic Worlds |
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19 | (12) |
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19 | (1) |
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Science of Worlds and World Architecture |
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20 | (5) |
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Assembling Synthetic Worlds and the Design Problem |
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25 | (1) |
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Architectural Bases of Synthetic Worlds |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (3) |
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Influence of Emerging Synthetic Worlds on System Architecture |
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31 | (8) |
| Part II Design and Implementation: Case Studies |
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39 | (2) |
| Theme 1 Artificial Life |
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41 | (118) |
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The Meaning of Life-Real and/or Artificial |
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43 | (24) |
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43 | (1) |
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The Distinction between Living and Nonliving |
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44 | (7) |
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51 | (7) |
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Morality: the Rights of Life |
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58 | (2) |
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Conclusions and Future Directions |
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60 | (7) |
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Artificial Life as Synthetic Biology |
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67 | (14) |
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67 | (1) |
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Artificial Life and Synthetic Biology |
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68 | (5) |
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Synthetic Biology and Emergence |
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73 | (3) |
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Artificial Life as a Framework to Study Autonomy |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (3) |
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Simulation of the Growth of Plants |
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81 | (30) |
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81 | (1) |
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Botanical Concepts, Basis for Modeling |
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82 | (5) |
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The Notion of Reference Axis |
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87 | (2) |
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Evolution of the Growth Engine |
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89 | (5) |
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Influence of Climate on Annual Growth |
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94 | (2) |
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Simulation of the Tree/Environment Interactions |
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96 | (6) |
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102 | (1) |
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102 | (9) |
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Synthetic Animals in Synthetic Worlds |
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111 | (14) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (3) |
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115 | (3) |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (2) |
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Discussion and Conclusion |
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121 | (4) |
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Simulating Autonomous Life for Virtual Actors |
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125 | (18) |
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125 | (1) |
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Creation of Virtual Humans |
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126 | (1) |
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Simulation of Facial Expressions and Talk |
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127 | (5) |
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132 | (2) |
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Interaction with Virtual Humans |
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134 | (1) |
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Communication between the Virtual Human and the Animator |
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135 | (2) |
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137 | (6) |
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Towards Autonomous Synthetic Actors |
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143 | (16) |
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143 | (1) |
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An Architecture for Animating Autonomous Synthetic Actors |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (5) |
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151 | (4) |
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155 | (4) |
| Theme 2 Synthetic Art |
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159 | (48) |
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Sound Synthesis in Computer Music |
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161 | (14) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (3) |
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165 | (2) |
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167 | (1) |
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Creative Synthesis and Application to Computer Music System |
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168 | (3) |
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Evaluation of Creative Synthesis |
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171 | (2) |
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Future Direction of Sound Synthesis Study |
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173 | (1) |
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173 | (2) |
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Virtual Revisiting of Architectural Masterpieces and the Problem of Lighting Simulation |
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175 | (18) |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (2) |
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Storage and Reconstruction of Lighting Distribution |
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179 | (3) |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (7) |
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Performance Facial Animation Cloning |
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193 | (14) |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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194 | (2) |
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A Parametric Differential Interpolation Facial Animation |
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196 | (1) |
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Human Face Cloning by Chromakey Analysis |
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197 | (4) |
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Modelling the Neutral Face |
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201 | (1) |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (5) |
| Theme 3 Synthetic Factories |
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207 | (30) |
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Towards the Synthetic Factories: Requirements and Components |
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209 | (10) |
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209 | (1) |
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Requirements for Synthetic Factories |
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210 | (1) |
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ANIMENGINE: An Engineering Animation System |
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211 | (1) |
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SYDEM: An Approach to Computer-Aided Assemblability Testing |
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212 | (2) |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (3) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (2) |
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217 | (2) |
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219 | (18) |
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219 | (1) |
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Conventional Design's Problems |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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Researches at the University of Aizu |
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221 | (13) |
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234 | (3) |
| Theme 4 Synthetic Communication |
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237 | (20) |
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Virtual Space Teleconferencing System |
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239 | (12) |
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239 | (2) |
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Networked Virtual Environment Classification |
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241 | (3) |
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Implementation Considerations |
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244 | (2) |
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Virtual Space Teleconferencing System |
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246 | (3) |
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249 | (2) |
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Real Time Image Processing and Real Time Image Rendering for Televirtuality Application |
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251 | (6) |
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251 | (1) |
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Analysis an Suntesis of ``Clone'' |
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252 | (1) |
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253 | (1) |
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The ``Cluny'' Televirtuality Experiment |
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253 | (2) |
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Towards a General Real Time Analysis/Synthesis Televirtuality System |
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255 | (2) |
| Theme 5 Synthetic Perception |
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257 | (80) |
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Towards a Complete Representation by Means of Computer |
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259 | (14) |
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The Concept of ``Complete Representation'' |
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259 | (2) |
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261 | (3) |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (6) |
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Virtual Space Decision Support System Using Kansei Engineering |
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273 | (16) |
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273 | (1) |
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VSDSS (Virtual Space Decision Support System) |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (2) |
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Application of VSDSS Using Kansei Engineering to the PS/US System |
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277 | (10) |
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287 | (2) |
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Quantity of Presence: Beyond Person, Number, and Pronouns |
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289 | (20) |
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289 | (1) |
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Duality and Synthesis of Self/Other: Beyond Person |
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290 | (2) |
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Shared and Split Perception: Beyond Number |
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292 | (11) |
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292 | (3) |
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295 | (2) |
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Shared Perspective: Sink Fusion |
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297 | (1) |
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Split Perspective: Sink Fission |
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297 | (2) |
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Non-atomic Sinks and Sources: Clusters |
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299 | (4) |
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Grammatical Blur: Beyond Pronouns |
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303 | (1) |
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304 | (5) |
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The STV-Synthetic TV System |
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309 | (10) |
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309 | (1) |
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Dynamic Coupling and Initializing |
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309 | (3) |
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STV-Synthetic TV Procedure in a Nutshell |
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312 | (1) |
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The System Decelopped by INA |
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313 | (3) |
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316 | (1) |
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317 | (2) |
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Teaching the English [r] sound to Japanese Through Sound and Image Understanding |
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319 | (18) |
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319 | (3) |
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The English Semivowel: [r] |
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322 | (4) |
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Various instruction of the /r/ sound |
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322 | (2) |
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Acoustic Features of the /r/ sound |
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324 | (2) |
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A Model of the Ideal American [r] Sound in the Initial Position |
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326 | (5) |
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327 | (3) |
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A model of the ideal [r] sound |
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330 | (1) |
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The Development of the Ideal Pronunciation Training Tools |
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331 | (4) |
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The Language Media Laboratory English Education System |
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331 | (3) |
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Three dimensional (3-D) graphical displays of ideal interior facial movements in virtual reality |
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334 | (1) |
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Superimposed 3-D images of the inaccurate portion of the speakers articulation organ movements |
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334 | (1) |
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335 | (2) |
| Theme 6 Applications to Real Worlds |
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337 | (16) |
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A Geological Model for Landscape Simulation |
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339 | (14) |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (1) |
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341 | (4) |
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Simulation of Erosion and Deposition Processes |
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345 | (3) |
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348 | (2) |
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350 | (3) |
| Key Word Index |
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