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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Integration of Palliative Care into Primary Care: A Collaborative Effort Between the Indian Association of Palliative Care and the Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medic... by Shrikant Atreya, Savita Butola, Sushma Bhatnagar, Dinesh Kumar, Maryann Muckaden, Jyothsana Kuraikose, Jenifer Jeba, Mayank Gupta, Gayatri Palat, Pankaj Sanghai, Lulu Mathews, Gaurav Kumar, Anjum Joad, Purushottam Giri, Amiruddin Kadri

“…Collaborate to develop a protocol for regular audits and research for service improvisation.…”
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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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Syzygium cumini fresh juice ameliorated memory impairment in a scopolamine-induced amnesic mouse model through active avoidance paradigm by Nosheen Malik, Hammad Murtaza, Waseem Ashraf, Muhammad Fawad Rasool, Farhan Siddique, Maryam Bashir, Tanveer Ahmad, Faleh Alqahtani, Imran Imran

“…Nutritional manipulation is an emerging approach for the improvisation of brain health. Syzygium cumini (SC) fruit with enriched phytoconstituents, was investigated in varied concentrations on the learning/memory of scopolamine-induced amnesic mice through active-avoidance protocol. …”
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Human Action Recognition Using Difference of Gaussian and Difference of Wavelet by Gopampallikar Vinoda Reddy, Kongara Deepika, Lakshmanan Malliga, Duraivelu Hemanand, Chinnadurai Senthilkumar, Subburayalu Gopalakrishnan, Yousef Farhaoui

“…From the above accuracy observations, the accuracy of Weizmann is high compared to the accuracy of UCF 11, hence verifying the effectiveness in the improvisation of recognition accuracy.…”
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Exploring the Intersection of ADHD and Music: A Systematic Review by Phoebe Saville, Caitlin Kinney, Annie Heiderscheit, Hubertus Himmerich

“…The analysis revealed that individuals with ADHD often experience unique challenges in musical tasks, particularly those related to timing, rhythm, and complex auditory stimuli perception, though these deficits did not extend to rhythmic improvisation and musical expression. Most studies indicated that music listening positively affects various domains for individuals with ADHD. …”
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Growth and Population Parameters of Panulirus penicillatus and Panulirus homarus in Labangka Tidal Waters, Indonesia by Evron Asrial, Erwin Rosadi, Hamid Hamid, Muhammad Ichsan, Ruly Isfatul Khasanah, Naning Dwi Sulystyaningsih, Agustin Dwi Sumiwi, Najiah Khalisah

“…In implementing sustainable management of spiny lobster for fishery resources, improvisation is needed in place of catching technologies. …”
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Udmurdi hällilaul: veel kord esmaallika probleemist by Irina Nurieva

“…The first one, similar to many Finno-Ugric peoples, includes improvised songs - the most archaic layer of song folklore. …”
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Design and Construction of a Thermopile. by Bogere, Sula

“…It was guided by the following objectives; to design and construct a thermopile; to enhance teaching and to ease learning process for the learners, and to acquire skills in improvising teaching aids in the teaching process…”
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