La danse du wititi by Maria José Freire

“…This study analyses the series of gesturalities that make up this dance, as well as their variations, while linking the values expressed by these dancing bodies to other elements of the performative group, such as garments and their embroidery. …”
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Modlitwa i gestyka religijna w poezji Jesienina by Jerzy Szokalski

“…The theme of this essay is to present some religious practices in the lyric poetry of Sergei Yesenin, especially the rites of the Orthodox Church along with many accompanying manifestations of the spiritual life and all kinds of gestures (mostly very distant) associated with the sphere of human religiosity. …”
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Enseigner-apprendre l’orthographe, des interactions langagières pour articuler gestes professionnels et gestes d’étude by Martine Champagne-Vergez, Maryse Rebière, Martine Jaubert

“…How do language interactions inform us about how the teacher sees his or her action and how his or her students behave according to their expectations: Our hypotheses take two paths: the teacher’s consideration of the teaching situation and the gradual involvement of pupils and the progressive involvement of pupils in learning language gestures through changes in enunciative positioning as a result of teachers’ didactic language gestures. …”
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Le poisson, le pêcheur et l’épouse du pêcheur by Pierre Grenand, Françoise Grenand

“…To fish, it is enough that there is water, small equipments, some technical gestures, customary knowledge, fish and a fisherman.To consume the fishery product, it’s almost the same thing: water, some utensils, garden products, proven recipes, fish and a cook.This text illustrates this functional and endearing trilogy.…”
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Tracéologie du bois d’époque médiévale by Manuel Porcheron

“…Understanding tool markings (traceology) on wood enables an analysis of the technical gestures of woodcutters and carpenters, which in turn allows for the identification of the physical movements made by the craftspeople during the manufacturing process. …”
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Queer Voices by Nadine Gibson, Ann Rotchford, Addie Sayers

“…Specifically, small gestures such as the use of preferred pronouns went a long way in making students feel welcomed in the classroom. …”
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The United States Government and the Greek War of Independence by Theodosios Karvounarakis

“…Reluctant to assume onerous international obligations and fearful of alienating the European Great Powers, it limited itself to moral support and some gestures of good will, involving minimum risk.…”
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On the Multimodal Resolution of a Search Sequence in Virtual Reality by Nils Klowait

“…The players’ inability to resort to complex language to resolve this issue results in a dense sequence of back-and-forth activity involving gestures, object manipulation, gaze, and body work. …”
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Comparaison entre espèces chez le primate et évolution du langage by Anne Reboul

“…The investigation of nonhuman primates’ communication is a fast-developing research area, that should bring interesting perspectives on language evolution and that would benefit from targeting multimodal (gestures and vocalizations) communication in nonhuman primates.…”
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HUMAN POSE RECOGNITION USING GEODESIC DISTANCE AND COLOR FEATURES WITH DEPTH CAMERA by Đinh Đồng Lưỡng

“…In our experiments, we assessed the detection of anatomical landmarks by our algorithm and then the 3D pose recovery for simple hand gestures, complex hand gestures, simple full body movements and complex body movements. …”
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Communication des primates humains et non humains : à la recherche des origines du langage – Conclusions by Jacques Vauclair

“…Based on the studies presented in the present special issue, the conclusive statements support the idea that nonhuman primates species are capable of cognitive flexibility (use of intentional and referential behaviours) when delaling with their gestural and vocal communicatory exchanges. Moreover, hypotheses related to language origins will take advantage of the studies of nonhuman primates’ communicative modes (phylogenetic aspect) and of language development in humans (ontogenetic aspect.…”
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»Das Geschriebene darf nicht ernst genommen werden – das Geschriebene muß todernst genommen werden«. Zur Notation und Interpretation musikalischer Gesten im Schaffen György Kurtágs... by Tobias Bleek

“…. // Kurtág’s music is known for its gestural disposition and intensity. But how can musical gestures – synthetic objects that come into existence only in performance – be grasped through notation? …”
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Arabic Sign Language Recognition System for Alphabets Using Machine Learning Techniques by Gamal Tharwat, Abdelmoty M. Ahmed, Belgacem Bouallegue

“…In recent years, the role of pattern recognition in systems based on human computer interaction (HCI) has spread in terms of computer vision applications and machine learning, and one of the most important of these applications is to recognize the hand gestures used in dealing with deaf people, in particular to recognize the dashed letters in surahs of the Quran. …”
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Agir enseignant et dynamique du groupe dans la classe : vers une mise en complémentarité au service d’un climat propice aux apprentissages by Rémi Poymiro, Jean Vannereau

“…Then he constructed a complementarity between the concepts of professional gestures and the posture of teachers and the field of group dynamics in order to better observe and understand the processes of acting teacher in the area of classroom climate regulation.…”
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Arts de faire avec la vulnérabilité. Rencontres avec des coordonnateur.trice.s d’ULIS dans le cadre d’entretiens cliniques de recherche. by Konstantinos Markakis

“…The analysis of three non-directive interviews highlights singular professional gestures that allow each one of the three coordinators to deal with vulnerability and discusses the links between these practices, the relation to knowledge and the "arts of doing in everyday life” (Certeau, 1990).…”
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L’utilisation des rituels et des routines par les enseignants novices. Un exemple de mobilisation des apports de la formation initiale by Marc Pidoux, Boris Martin, Élodie Brülhart, Laurence Court

“…This paper presents the results of exploitation by novice teachers of rituals and routines in primary education. These professional gestures, which are learned mainly through mimicry during internships, question the integrative work-study program of the Haute école pédagogique du canton de Vaud. …”
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Pisarstwo i masochizm Jana Jakuba Rousseau by Wojciech Siegień

“…Equally important is proximity of masochistic tendencies and gestures to record his own confessions. …”
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Editors’ Note by Alberto Raposo, Cleber Corrêa

“…It includes five regular submissions that address themes such as participatory design, serious games for the elderly, gestural recognition, augmented reality, among others.…”
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Olabiyi Babalola J. Yai (1939-2020): Philosopher, Polymath, Humanist by Sanya Osha

“…That is what I had read in Irele’s wince and gestures in relation to the unique work of Professor Olabiyi Yai. …”
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Multimodalitas sebagai Perspektif Baru Pembelajaran Pragmatik Edukasional: Persepsi Urgensi Inklusinya (Multimodality as a New Perspective of Educational Pragmatic Learning: Perce... by R. Kunjana Rahardi

“…The results showed that students' understanding of multimodality in the design of multimodality-based educational pragmatic learning models: was 72%, the existence of modality linguistic aspects at 52%, the inclusion of visual aspects at 68%, aural aspects in determining speech intent at 100%, the inclusion of sound aspects in determining speech intent 48 %, inclusion of gestural aspects 56%, spatial aspects required in the design of learning models 100%. …”
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