This thesis will address the subject of character design for games. I will look into developing a method for creating a design template that one can use as basic guidelines when designing a character. The thesis includes research work revolving the subject of how shapes and colors are used to convey a game character’s personality and identity without dialogue or context. How the use of different poses and combinations of lines and shapes help define a character and the essence of the characters role in the game. The essay includes the creation of a module, how it would be used in a character design pipeline, and also ideas on how the module could be further developed. The module is tested by being used to create three different characters and the result is presented along with an evaluation of the usability of the module in a design pipeline. The summary and discussion includes how the module might be useful for less experienced artist, whilst redundant for the more experienced. How the module gave an initial boost and starting point in the designing of the three characters in this essay is also discussed. / Denna uppsatts kommer att behandla ämnet karaktärsdesign för spel. Jag kommer att undersöka hur man utvecklar en metod för att skapa en designmall som man kan använda som grundläggande riktlinjer när man utformar en karaktär. Avhandlingen innehåller forskning som undersöker hur former och färger används för att förmedla en spelkaraktärs personlighet och identitet utan dialog eller sammanhang. Hur användningen av olika poseringar och kombinationer av linjer och former hjälper till att definiera en karaktär och karaktärens roll i spelet. I uppsatsen ingår skapandet av en modul, hur den skulle användas i en karaktärsdesign pipeline, och även idéer om hur modulen skulle kunna vidareutvecklas. Modulen testas genom att användas för att skapa tre olika karaktärer och resultatet presenteras tillsammans med en utvärdering av modulens användbarhet i en designpipeline. Sammanfattningen och diskussionen behandlar hur modulen kan vara användbar för mindre erfarna konstnärer, samtidigt som den kanske är överflödiga för de mer erfarna. Hur modulen gav ett första steg och utgångspunkt i utformningen av de tre karaktärerna i denna uppsats diskuteras också.

D. Litt. et Phil. / In the past, psychology has typically focused on identifying and treating mental illness, psychological deficits and disabilities, and research was often concerned with the respective roles of nature and nurture in behavioural problems. A number of psychologists and researchers have initiated a paradigm shift to one of positive psychology which emphasises enhancing personal strengths, developing and maintaining well-being, and encouraging positive emotions. Little research however has thus far been done to investigate the role of nature and nurture in psychological wellness. The current study addressed this dearth in the scientific literature by investigating the possible relationships between temperament and psychological well-being, specifically character strengths and resilience. The study was based on the assumption that positive emotionality and psychological well-being may have biological roots, just as psychopathology has been found to have biological underpinnings. The biologically-based construct of temperament refers to the innate and stable aspect of an individual that impacts thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Psychological wellbeing, for the purposes of the current study, incorporated two elements, namely character strengths and resilience. Character strengths may be defined as positive characteristics within individuals. Resilience refers to coping with, and perhaps even thriving, when faced with challenging life situations.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between masculinity-femininity scores on the Terman-Miles Attitude Interest Analysis Test and interest scores on certain subtests of the Kuder Preference Record. Masculinity-femininity was defined as the degree of similarity of the individual's responses to the responses characteristic of men or of women, respectively, of our culture. Interest was defined as the readiness of an individual to engage in some activity. The major purpose of this study was to determine whether members of opposite sexes having similar personality characteristics in relation to masculinity-femininity were closer in interest scores than were members of the same sex having opposite personality characteristics in relation to masculinity-femininity. Four groups of deviates on the masculinity-femininity dimension were selected from a large group of male and female volunteer undergraduates of the University of British Columbia. These four groups were then given the Kuder Preference Record, and six subtests, selected because of their proven ability to discriminate between the sexes, were scored. Statistical analysis showed that the hypothesized relationship did exist in two vocational areas and did not exist in the remaining two vocational areas and two personal areas. The second purpose of this study was to investigate the statement that amount of education is positively correlated with degree of masculinity for both sexes throughout life. A large group of male and female volunteer, white-collar, high-school graduates, none of whom had attended university, was given the Terman-Miles test. A comparison of the scores of these non-university males with the scores of the university males showed that the latter group was significantly more masculine. No significant difference was found in the case of the female non-university and university groups. It was concluded first, that interests, as measured by the Kuder Preference Record, are not as closely related to masculinity-femininity, as measured by the Terman-Miles test, as common-sense judgments of the situation would indicate: and second, that the positive relationship between degree of masculinity and amount of education may exist in the male population, but possibly not in the female population, in our culture. / Arts, Faculty of / Philosophy, Department of / Graduate

The purpose of this thesis was to make a comprehensive statistical evaluation of the California Test of Personality, Intermediate Series, Form A. This test was given to 175 boys and 155 girls in ten classes in Grade VIII, and 125 boys and 125 girls in eight classes in Grade X. All subjects were tested as a group in their respective classes at the Kitsilano Junior-Senior High School, Vancouver, British Columbia. Of the students originally tested, 100 students in each of the two grades were retested approximately six and one half months later. In resume of the results, one may say that within the limits of this study the following general conclusions appear. 1. There were significant differences between the mean scores at the 1% level between Grade VIII and X students on self adjustment, sense of personal worth, social adjustment, freedom from anti-social tendencies, school relations and total adjustment. Significant sex differences exist on various measures, both within grades and between grades. Where significant grade and sex differences exist, a separate set of norms should be used in scoring such groups. 2. The manual norms would appear to be of little value in the school system where this study took place. 3. Because of the high average scores on the various measures and the extreme negative skewness on many of the subtests, these measures probably do not discriminate between those students who are exceptionally well adjusted from those who are well adjusted. 4. The Kuder-Richardson reliabilities of the subtests indicate that they are not high enough for individual diagnosis. The total adjustment score for Grade VIII pupils is the only measure sufficiently reliable for individual diagnosis. The test-retest reliabilities indicate that what is being measured is perhaps something transitory, rather than the fundamental pattern or organization of personality. 5. According to an item analysis, the test appears to be more valid or internally consistent for Grade VIII students than for Grade X students. 6. Because items are more valid when correlated with subtest score than when correlated with self or social or total adjustment score, it is suggested that the scores on the subtests may be more meaningful than those on self or social or total adjustment. 7. The correlation between the Detroit Adjustment Inventory and the California Test of Personality is .51, and when corrected for attenuation it becomes .65. 8. Correlations between five measures on the California Test of Personality and teacher ratings of adjustment vary from -.145 to +.223. 9. In the main there are significant relationships between the various subtests. The subtests are probably not measuring uncorrelated unique traits. 10. The findings of correlation cluster analysis, correlation profile analysis and factor analysis tend to corroborate one another. Three factors or clusters of traits will account for most of the relationships among the subtests. Factor one was named a general adjustment factor, factor two was described as a sense of personal security or self assurance, and factor three was related primarily to cordial relations with people and respect for social standards. / Arts, Faculty of / Psychology, Department of / Graduate

A real-time character recognition system was developed to recognize upper case handprinted characters in a real-time small machine environment. The recognition system consists of two major components: namely, a data acquisition system and a pattern recognition system. The data acquisition system was designed and implemented to allow the real world data flow into the computer from a COMPUTER writing tablet in real time. The pattern recognition system was also designed and implemented to yield a decision on the input character in real time (user time). A curve optimization technique originally devised by Reumann and Witkam was modified to extract only the significant data that describes a character. Computations were minimized through mathematical simplifications, hardware-software trade-off, and special programming techniques at the machine level. In addition, the preprocessor operated concurrently with the data acquisition routine to reduce data storage requirements as well as to-provide fast response to handprinted inputs. A non-uniform quantization plane was proposed and implemented to discriminate pen directions. Stroke patterns of a character were recognized using a syntactic approach. Finally, recognized stroke patterns within a character were classified as one of the known pattern classes by two classification methods: dictionary look-up and a modified nearest neighbor rule, both guided by special geometric measurements on some character pairs. Character patterns were defined in the dictionary such that no user training or personalized dictionary is required for future use. A test was conducted using the ACM proposed upper case handprinted character set and a recognition rate of 98.3% was obtained from over 2300 characters of sizes varying from 1/4 inch tall to 3/4 inch tall from 10 people. It Is observed that the approach taken in this thesis can also be applied to recognized handprinted patterns other than the standard one proposed by the ACM. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of / Graduate

This thesis describes the simulation of a character recognition system using rive filter designs based on probabilistic models of character patterns. Four of the designs yield linear filters. Of these, three are based on variations of a Gaussian model. The fourth is based on the assumption of independent binary-valued features. The latter design is shown to produce higher recognition rates than any of the others when tested on Munson's multi-author hand-printed characters. This filter design is also tested on two subsets of the Cornell machine-printed data base. The fifth filter design is a special case of a quadratic filter, based on a Gaussian model in which spatially stationary covariance statistics are assumed. This assumption results in a filter structure consisting of a linear operation on the pattern vector plus a linear operation on the autocorrelation vector of the pattern. This filter design is found to achieve lower performance than the best linear filter design when tested on Munson's characters, and nearly equal performance on the Cornell characters. However, there are indications that a filter of this structure could achieve higher performance for some choice of filter coefficients. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of / Graduate

The objectives of the research were to determine whether there is a preferred device in the home environment that the consumer would perceive to be easy to use, offer a sense of security and allow the seamless purchase of commodity items. The research involved interviews with leading managers in large corporations that influence the development of products used in the home environment as well as a survey to a controlled group of consumer electronic experts. The research findings show that although there is much hype about the future of certain technology devices for use in the home environment, the consumer is interested in an easy to use technology that offers seamless connectivity in a secure environment with trusted service providers. Lastly, the findings established that further in depth research is required on the impact of the new wireless networks and mobile connectivity. / Mrs. Nikki Kettles

The following paper is a summary of my personal process as an actor. My process, as any process is in a constant state of flux. I discuss my current approach to a role from the callback portion of an audition to performance.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第22631号 / 理博第4620号 / 新制||理||1664(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院理学研究科生物科学専攻 / (主査)教授 田村 実, 教授 工藤 洋, 教授 永益 英敏 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DGAM

The study addresses the problem, already identified in 1986 by Msimang that definitions such as Bascom's (1965) fail to differentiate clearly between historical narratives and legends. To evolve a more accurate definition, this study considers two Sepedi dramas: Make's Sello sa Tonki le Pere and Moloma's Marangrang (1972). The qualitative approaches (explain, interpret and compare) used in this study show that legends and historical dramas/narratives can be investigated by comparing them to identify differences between these genres. A narratological model suggested by Marggraff (1994) is used, considering three strata (layers) of a text: content, plot and style of writing. The topic, theme and atmosphere are explored, in that order, in the selected texts. The analysis suggests that the differences between a legend and a historical drama/novel arise from two elements: characters and their actions. In a legend, there are three important pillars: the exposition, the body and the conclusion. The exposition of a legend has five formulaic features: Kgalekgale [long, long ago ], Keleketla [Give us more!], E rile e le nonwane [It is a tale ], and a reference to the narrator (Nonwanenonwane!) and the listeners (Keleketla!). Some sentences/phrases are repeated slightly or without a reply. The action ends with a concluding formula: Se seo sa mosela seripa! [That is the end of the tale]. The action focuses on a main character, and there may be some repetition of actions (a cycle). The time technique may be used. There is often symbolism. Other features include a song (repeated several times), which brings pleasure and/or pride, and sometimes sorrow. A song may play a role bigger than the narrative. The presence of these factors suggests a legend rather than a historical narrative. The investigation shows that Make does not follow these rules for a legend, but elides actions he thinks the audience/reader already knows, inviting the audience/reader to participate in the narration. That implies that both the narrator and the audience know the 'rules' of a legend Make seems aware that the exposition and conclusion of a legend are based on the use of repetition of formula (a clause, sentence or sentence cluster). In legends, the characters tend to be flat (not rounded) they are interpreted focusing on one idea only (using a phrase or short sentence), which is not a complete depiction of the character. Often the author exaggerates to create humour. This study confirms that flat characters are typical of legends, adding to the artistic structure of this genre. Make successfully uses three techniques (the cycle and journey techniques, and symbolism) in constructing Sello sa Tonki le Pere. A cycle is visible in the repetition of the prosecution of Tonki and Pere to illuminate their case, strengthening and simplifying the sentencing of those animals. Make compares life to a linear journey with a beginning (birth) and a conclusion (death). The phases of the journey symbolise stages of a human life. Make used animals as symbolic characters in this drama to represent real people. Tonki and Pere represent criminals. Kgomo and Nku fight for justice for those mistakenly judged guilty of witchcraft, and they represent the accused. Tau's household represents the capital (Judgement), while Kubu's household represents medicine. A legend should end with a concluding formula: 'Mpho se seo sa mosela seripa!', showing readers/listeners that they can relax, as the narration/fable has come to an end. Make does not use this formula, but ends his fable with 'Pula! Pula! Pula!!'. To explore the structure of a historical drama/narrative, Maloma's drama Marangrang was considered, focusing on the exposition, development, climax and denouement of the drama. In the exposition of Marangrang conflict between Mapulana's children Lethoke, T iane and Madikgake (Mokone of Ma a) who argue over traditional healing (and bravery). This plot suggests the presence of the shadow technique (a shadow focuses on the actions of a character which are similar to actions of another character to be introduced later in the play) (Mojalefa, 1997:35). As a traditional healer Lethoke is a shadow for Marangrang; he stands for Marangrang's actions. By contrast, Madikgake stands for all the tribes. This foreshadows conflict between Marangrang and the Bakgatla, Ma abela, Magolego, Mphahlele tribes. This conflict appeals to the audience/readers, who want to unravel these issues/themes. / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2016. / African Languages / MA / Unrestricted