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App[render] il render: Guida semiseria alla rappresentazione d'interni.
No full textDestinato a chi ha pochissima, se non addirittura nessuna esperienza in termini di computer grafica applicata all’architettura, il volume è una sorta di racconto leggero su come applicare criteri fondamentali di modellazione digitale per produrre da subito visualizzazioni fotorealistiche di un interno. L’e-book propone, con un’impostazione sempre brillante, una serie di concetti applicati passo-passo nell’ambiente di modellazione Autodesk 3D Studio Max 2014. Attraverso la conoscenza dei comandi base della modellazione tridimensionale, il lettore sarà accompagnato nella realizzazione guidata di un ambiente tridimensionale, dove inserire apparecchi illuminotecnici e texture fotografiche per ottenerne una presentazione visiva verosimile, utilizzando il motore di render Mental Ray. Il metodo di apprendimento proposto è quello del tutorial narrativo, approfondito mediante l’uso di file di supporto scaricabili dal sito personale dell’autore.
App[render] il render è un testo introduttivo per tematiche ben più vaste e rigorose, che non si pone come un manuale di software bensì come una guida agile per avventurarsi nel modo della computer graphics partendo da pochi semplici principi.
I destinatari di questo lavoro sono quindi graphic designer, studiosi di arti visive, di ingegneria e architettura o semplici appassionati di informatica grafica. Anche tutti i professionisti che nello svolgimento della propria attività lavorativa hanno necessità di produrre immagini virtuali accurate e realistiche possono trarre vantaggio da questa lettura.
Questo e-book non è in alcun modo sponsorizzato o supervisionato da Autodesk e 3D Studio Max è un marchio registrato di Autodesk Inc
Dataset: Language and semantic processing in blind and sighted individuals. A simulation study
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GENERAL INFORMATION
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1. Title of Dataset
Dataset_SimulationsOutput_BlindvsSightedModels
2. Author Information
This dataset is being made public to act as supplementary data for publication. Running title:
R. Tomasello, M. Garagnani, T. Wennekers, and F. Pulvermüller, Recruitment of visual cortex for language processing in blind individuals is explained by Hebbian learning.
Corresponding author:
Name: Rosario Tomasello
Institution: Brain Language Laboratory, Freie Universität Berlin
Address: Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin
Email: [email protected]
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RESEARCH PROJECT & METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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The data were generated by a neurobiologically constrained cortex model of the fronto-temporal-occipital lobes applied to simulate word meaning acquisition of object- and action-related words in action and perception system under undeprived and visually deprived conditions. The purpose of this study was to investigate how and why the visual system is recruited for language processing in blind individuals, as documented by neurocognitive empirical experiments.
The files listed above shows the cell assemblies (CA) distributions across the different cortical areas spontaneously emerged as a result of Hebbian learning. For more information about the general features of the model see our previous publications:
R. Tomasello, M. Garagnani, T. Wennekers, and F. Pulvermüller, (2018) A Neurobiologically Constrained Cortex Model of Semantic Grounding With Spiking Neurons and Brain-Like Connectivity, Front. Comput. Neurosci., vol. 12, p. 88.
M. Garagnani, G. Lucchese, R. Tomasello, T. Wennekers, and F. Pulvermüller, (2017) A Spiking Neurocomputational Model of High-Frequency Oscillatory Brain Responses to Words and Pseudowords, Front. Comput. Neurosci., vol. 10, no. January, pp. 1–19.
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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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1. File List
Filename: CA_Structure_Blind VS SightedModel.xlsx (size 150KB)
The excel file includes the cell assembly (CA) distributions of the learnt action and object words of both sighted and blind models along with their CA structure comparisons and the related figures.
Folders: Raw_Data_SightedModel (size 6KB) & Raw_Data_BlindModel (size 6KB)
These folders include the raw data output of the CA structure of the 13 sighted and 13 blind simulated models after word meaning acquisition. </p
Enseñanza de la escritura de Max Aub: comprensión y memoria
No full textEste texto analiza a obra testimonial de Max Aub sobre su experiencia en los campos de concentración en Francia desde una perspectiva de discursos comparados. Para destacar las estrategias de la escritura del autor recuperables por otros proyectos discursivos que persigan la sensibilización y la denuncia a través del cruce entre la comunicación y la éticaThis text analyses the testimonial work of Max Aub about his experience in the French concentration camps in France from comparative discourses approach. It emphasizes the writing strategies used by the author useful for other awareness and denounce discourses through the dialogue among communication and ethic
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Planning with Hybrid and Analogical Representations
No full textThis report illustrates how new methods and techniques from the area of knowledge representation and reasoning can be adopted and exploited in planning to produce new, more efficient domain-description languages. Planning domain description formalisms should be expressive and customisable, and yet be able to produce domain encodings that allow the planner to concentrate all of the computational effort on the search for a solution, rather than on calculating the trivia of the problem. This paper argues that most of the modern, 'sentential' domain-modelling languages do not meet the latter requirement and, when applied to realistically complex domains, produce encodings that are subject to the inefficiencies of the ramification problem. The solution proposed here consists of adopting non-sentential domain representations in planning. In particular, recent experimental evidence (Garagnani and Ding 2003) indicates that the adoption of analogical descriptions can lead to significant planning speed-ups. However, although more efficient, when compared to sentential languages these representations tend to be less expressive and less universally applicable. The main aim of this paper is to provide a theoretical basis for hybrid planning, in which analogical and sentential domain representations can be seamlessly integrated and used interchangeably, thereby overcoming the limitations and exploiting the advantages of both paradigms. The first part of the document clarifies the nature of analogical representations and illustrates how they can avoid the frame and the ramification problems, which afflict all sentential languages. The central section presents an expressive analogical representation (based on the structure of -setGraph) and a formal framework for hybrid planning built on it, while the last section discusses related work, limitations and future directions
A Framework for Hybrid Planning
No full textSentential and analogical representations constitute two complementary formalisms for describing problems and domains. Experimental evidence indicates that different domain types can have their most efficient encoding in different representations.
While real-world problems typically involve a combination of different types of domains, all modern planning domain description languages are purely sentential. This paper proposes a framework for planning with hybrid models, in which sentential and analogical descriptions can be integrated and used interchangeably, thereby allowing a more efficient description of realistically complex planning problems
Max Brooks literary reading flier
No full text2012 Bismarck State College Visiting Writers Series and ArtsQuest present: Max Brooks. April 25, 7:30 p.m.; Belle Mehus Auditorium. Max Brooks is the author of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War and the graphic novel The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
Max Frisch's novel: Stiller. A study
No full text The attempt is made in the following study to present an interpretation of the novel "Stiller" by the Swiss author, Max Frisch, by tracing through the novel the dominant themes of the graven-image or 'Bildnis' and that of the problem of freedom with reference to the novel's main character. ThesisMaster of Arts (MA
A Transfer Report on the Development of a Framework to Evaluate Search Interfaces for their Support of Different User Types and Search Tactics
No full textAs the understanding of search systems, user needs and seeking strategies is developing, the design of search user interfaces is evolving to support more complicated and exploratory forms of search. With the design of new search features that enable these richer modes of exploration, comes the need to better understand the support they provide. In this report a new evaluation framework is presented that analyses search features for how they a) contribute to an overall interface, b) allow users to carry out different search tactics, and c) support different types of users and their needs. The novel contributions of the framework improve on some of the limitations of typical user studies, and allow search systems to be systematically analysed in much more detail and in much less time. The presented evaluation framework is then validated in three ways. First the validity of the models used as the building blocks of the framework are investigated through related work. Second the method of integrating these building-block models is validated and strengthened by consensus of expert opinion. Third, the overall approach is validated by comparing its analyses to the results of previously carried out user studies. The validation process has shown both the value of the framework and identified areas of future work that should be addressed for the framework to be completed. This report concludes with the set of contributions that the framework makes, and why the remaining work will be challenging, but critical to the final design
The subzero microbiome: Microbial activity in frozen and thawing soils
No full textMost of the Earth's biosphere is characterized by low temperatures (<5 °C) and cold-adapted microorganisms are widespread. These psychrophiles have evolved a complex range of adaptations of all cellular constituents to counteract the potentially deleterious effects of low kinetic energy environments and the freezing of water. Microbial life continues into the subzero temperature range, and this activity contributes to carbon and nitrogen flux in and out of ecosystems, ultimately affecting global processes. Microbial responses to climate warming and in particular, thawing of frozen soils are not yet well understood although the threat of microbial contribution to positive feedback of carbon flux is substantial. To date, several studies have examined microbial community dynamics in frozen soils and permafrost due to changing environmental conditions, and some have undertaken the complicated task of characterizing microbial functional groups and how their activity changes with changing conditions, either in situ or by isolating and characterizing macromolecules. With increasing temperature and wetter conditions microbial activity of key microbes and subsequent efflux of greenhouse gases also increase. In this review, we aim to provide an overview of microbial activity in seasonally frozen soils and permafrost. With a more detailed understanding of the microbiological activities in these vulnerable soil ecosystems, we can begin to predict and model future expectations for carbon release and climate change.Peer reviewe
Frontline Timor : to resist is to win. by Max Stahl
No full texttag=1 data=Frontline Timor : to resist is to win. by Max Stahl
tag=2 data=Stahl, Max
tag=3 data=The Australian Magazine,
tag=6 data=18/19 January 1992
tag=7 data=6-12.
tag=8 data=SOUTH-EAST ASIA
tag=9 data=EAST TIMOR
tag=10 data=The author describes a rarely permitted visit to the secret camps of the Timorese guerillas who, despite the Dili massacre and the crushing presence of the Indonesian military, continue to hold out and plot for independence.
tag=11 data=1992/4/2
tag=12 data=92/0116
tag=13 data=CABThe author describes a rarely permitted visit to the secret camps of the Timorese guerillas who, despite the Dili massacre and the crushing presence of the Indonesian military, continue to hold out and plot for independence
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