37‚ NO. 3‚ MAY 2007 311 Gesture Recognition: A Survey Sushmita Mitra‚ Senior Member‚ IEEE‚ and Tinku Acharya‚ Senior Member‚ IEEE Abstract—Gesture recognition pertains to recognizing meaningful expressions of motion by a human‚ involving the hands‚ arms‚ face‚ head‚ and/or body. It is of utmost importance in designing an intelligent and efficient human–computer interface. The applications of gesture recognition are manifold‚ ranging from sign language through medical rehabilitation to virtual
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passionate about—until I found speech-language pathology. I had not realized that this career path was so diverse and offered so many opportunities‚ such as the ability to do research throughout your career‚ to make a difference by serving underserved populations‚ and allowed for the use of alternative methods to reach patients. Speech-language pathology is a service profession that is dedicated to treating individuals with communication and swallowing disorders. In order to give the best treatment
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(1) summarizes the factual situation The company was started off by Amelia. The company is a family software company that Aunt Amelia started. She started working in a spare room in her house and was able to bring other relatives together to invest together and form a company. The company was a success that is became part of Wall Street just three years ago. The company has being profitable and there haven’t being any issues associated with the accounting records or any financial data associated
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University of Louisville‚ Louisville‚ KY 40292‚ U.S.A. KEYWORDS Integrated marketing communications; Social media; Consumer-generated media; Promotion mix Abstract The emergence of Internet-based social media has made it possible for one person to communicate with hundreds or even thousands of other people about products and the companies that provide them. Thus‚ the impact of consumer-toconsumer communications has been greatly magnified in the marketplace. This article argues that social media
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Importance of Nonverbal Communications in Today ’s Society INTRODUCTION In the late twentieth century‚ the increase in transportation technology made possible for people to relocate across the world‚ creating one big melting pot of cultures‚ subcultures and ethnicities (Ting-Toomey‚ 1999). Even though most people are capable of communicating using a common language‚ there exists a barrier created by the receptiveness of nonverbal communication cues. The purpose of this research paper is to further
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ESTIMATING THE RISK PREMIUM USING HISTORICAL DATA: A CASE OF THE NSE Introduction This study seeks to estimate the risk premium of a company using historical data. Analysts use historical data to estimate the risk premium of a company’s equity. This is because the historical data is readily available from the company’s financial statements and the securities exchanges for example the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) in Kenya. Historical market data can be used to compute average returns and a measure
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Topic: Eating Disorders General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about eating disorders. Central Idea: Today I would like to share with you about eating disorders: what they are‚ their effects‚ how you can treat them‚ and how to recognize if someone you know has an eating disorder. INTRODUCTION Attention-getter: Did you know that it is estimated that eight million Americans have an eating disorder and only one in ten people with eating disorders actually get help
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The sheer power of words is all too often taken for granted. Albeit an integral part of human life on any scale‚ we’ve grown so accustomed to having it at our disposal that we forget how much it can accomplish‚ basic communication aside. Words‚ when strung together in certain ways‚ have started wars. Words have spawned enmity‚ and ended it. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ and more specifically the passage specified‚ words provide a testimony directly from the monster as to the reasoning behind his
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official language of the U.S.A. Language is a part of everyday life and is much more than a means of communicating with other people; it is part of one’s culture and ties people together. The world would not be complete without its many languages‚ so one language‚ though dominant in an area‚ should not be forced on all the other
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readings in your issue identification. 1. The nurse may face a language barrier that could hinder her performance. In the United States we use a lot of slang and there are different meanings for some of the same words. Struggling with a language barrier can be very difficult for a foreign nurse because they may feel lost when trying to converse with patients. A language barrier can also hinder how the nurse makes friends and connections on the unit. “Strong communication skills help to ensure cultivation
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