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Contested Land Restitution Processes in Cambodia

open access: yesLand, 2021
Cambodia has experienced rapid economic growth due partly to excessive natural resource extraction. Land conflicts have been pervasive between local communities and companies that invest in land and other natural resources.
Chanrith Ngin, Andreas Neef
doaj   +1 more source

Actor-Critic without Actor

open access: yesCoRR
Actor-critic methods constitute a central paradigm in reinforcement learning (RL), coupling policy evaluation with policy improvement. While effective across many domains, these methods rely on separate actor and critic networks, which makes training vulnerable to architectural decisions and hyperparameter tuning.
Donghyeon Ki   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Rating the Acting Moment: Exploring Characteristics for Realistic Portrayals of Characters

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Good actors appear to become their characters, making them come alive, as if they were real. Is this because they have succeeded in merging themselves with their character? Are there any positive or negative psychological effects of this experience?
Maria Eugenia Panero   +3 more
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La zone humide de la Macta : un espace à protéger sur le littoral ouest de l'Algérie

open access: yesPhysio-Géo, 2013
Macta is a complex of coastal marshes fed by a dense and temporary river network. This wetland hosts rich biotopes and biocenoses, and represent therefore an important biodiversity spot for Algeria and even for the Mediterranean Basin.
Tarik Ghodbani, Khélifa Amokrane
doaj   +1 more source

Technique and practice of international rule-making: review of the materials of the ESIL International conference

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Law, 2022
The article presents the main trends in rule-making practice in the field of international law, which were summarized on the basis of expert reports and abstracts at the Conference of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) in autumn of 2021 ...
Aslan Kh. Abashidze   +2 more
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Chatbots as unwitting actors [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the 1st International Conference on Conversational User Interfaces, 2019
Chatbots are popular for both task-oriented conversations and unstructured conversations with web users. Several different approaches to creating comedy and art exist across the field of computational creativity. Despite the popularity and ease of use of chatbots, there have not been any attempts by artists or comedians to use these systems for comedy ...
Allison Perrone, Justin Edwards
openaire   +2 more sources

Epilogue: Roundtable on Drama Conventions - creative practices

open access: yesEducation in the North
This is a continuation of the Roundtable discussion which was featured in the Editorial. The participants were David Allen, Mutasem Atrash, Stig A. Eriksson, Raja’ Farah, Shiu Hei Larry Ng, Cecily O’Neill, Bob Selderslaghs, Tim Taylor, and Iona Towler ...
David Allen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Combined Effect of Obesity and Contraceptive Use on Pulmonary Embolism in Adolescent Females Residing in the United States

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use in obese adult women dramatically increases the relative risk of developing a pulmonary embolism (PE). The risk of a PE in obese adolescent females taking contraceptives is currently unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) and contraceptive
John Puetz, Joanne Salas
wiley   +1 more source

A review of the framework and strategy for disability and rehabilitation services in South Africa

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Disability, 2022
Background: Rehabilitation is imperative for the successful integration of persons with disabilities into their social environments. The Framework and strategy for disability and rehabilitation services (FSDR) in South Africa, 2015-2020.was developed to ...
Naeema A.R. Hussein El Kout   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond Innovation Niches: A Social Sciences Review of System Building Perspectives in Sustainability Transitions

open access: yesSocieties
Amid mounting calls for socio-ecological transition, many social sciences studies have been exploring the processes of societal change. The well-known Science Technology Society studies (STS) approach focuses on the diffusion of innovation niches as an ...
Philippe Hamman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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