862 research outputs found
True Love: 24 Surprising Stories of Animal Affection by R. Buchholz
No full textBuchholz, Rachel. True Love: 24 Surprising Stories of Animal Affection. Washington: National Geographic, 2013. Print.True Love is a short gift book, meant as a Valentine’s Day gift book, filled with twenty-four stories about love between animals and accompanied by beautiful National Geographic photographs. These stories are generally less than a page long, and cover family ties between animals, including siblings, and parents, to friendship, and love. Animals featured in these stories include domestic animals such as dogs, pigs, ducks, sheep and donkeys, but also wild animals such as whales, flamingos, and elephants. Sometimes the stories are about farm animals, animals in the wild, or zoo animals.Rachel Buchholz, the author of the book, is the executive editor of National Geographic Kids and National Geographic Little Kids magazines. These stories were collected over the course of her fifteen years working in editing. The images are all taken by National Geographic photographers. Some of the images are actually of the animals in the stories, while other images are just the same species as those in the stories.True Love was designed as a gift book, and it truly embraces the format. Even though it is a picture book, the text might be long for some children to read through patiently. Each story is exemplified by only one picture. The language used is easily understood, however, and the beautiful photographs of adorable animals will draw readers. As the material deals with themes of family, love, and friendships, this is a book that many children will enjoy reading with their families.Recommended: 3 out of 4 starsReviewer: Colette LeungColette Leung is a graduate student at the University of Alberta, working in the fields of Library and Information science and Humanities Computing who loves reading, cats, and tea. Her research interests focus around how digital tools can be used to explore fields such as literature, language, and history in new and innovative ways
Oscillatory activity reflects differential use of spatial reference frames by sighted and blind individuals in tactile attention
No full textHeed T, Schubert JTW, Buchholz VN, Föcker J, Engel AK, Röder B. Oscillatory activity reflects differential use of spatial reference frames by sighted and blind individuals in tactile attention. NeuroImage. 2015;(117):417-428
From Strings to Winds: an Arrangement of Paul Mealor's Euphonium Concerto for Solo Euphonium and Wind Band
No full textElectronic Thesis or DissertationThe purpose of this document is to provide information to those teaching, performing,composing, or conducting wind band arrangements of orchestral works with a focus on theeuphonium concerto genre. This is done through a study of arranging techniques that areemployed to overcome obstacles such as techniques exclusive to strings, as well as maintainingfeasibility for performers and conductors alike while retaining the identity of the piece.This document features two bodies of work. The first being a full wind band arrangementof Paul Mealor’s Euphonium Concerto (2017), originally scored for solo euphonium andorchestra. This arrangement has been written by the author and is compiled in a mannerconsistent for wind performer practicality. It acts as a reference and guide for the second portionof this document, which is the thorough analysis of arranging techniques previously mentioned.Using performance suggestions for both instrumentalists and conductors such as mutes,phrasing, articulations, extended techniques, and new percussion parts, this document will shedlight on the possibility and success of orchestra works arranged for solo euphonium wind band
#73 The Italian Elections and American Foreign Policy.
No full textParticipants include: Wilfred Parsons, S.J., Author and former editor of America James H. Buchholz, Student, Georgetown University Robert T. Trimpe, Student, Georgetown University Kevin P. Kennedy - Moderato
Animated Photomosaics
No full textA photomosaic is an image that is divided into a grid of rectangular cells, each of which is replaced with another image that resembles the cell section of the input image. Animated photomosaics extend the previous technique of photomosaics to resemble a video instead of an image. Limited research exists on animated photomosaics and the existing techniques focus more on real-time processing rather than visual quality. In the thesis, we combine previous work and new techniques to create consistent and smooth animated photomosaics with a focus on visual quality. The main contributions of the thesis project are, (I) a novel method to create photomosaics and animated photomosaics without any image adjustments, (II) a scale based image descriptor suitable for photomosaic applications, and (III) methods to get consistent image matching and maintain the coherence of the animated photomosaic. We show that by extending the general photomosaic method with two temporal extensions, we create a method capable of producing consistent and coherent animated photomosaics.Media and Knowledge EngineeringComputer ScienceElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Sudden Gains During Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
No full textSymptom reduction over the course of cognitive-behavioral therapy is not always distributed evenly across sessions. Some individuals experience a sudden gain, defined as a decrease in symptom severity between two consecutive sessions that is large (a) in absolute terms, (b) compared to severity before the gain, and (c) compared to fluctuations before and after the gain. Although research documents a link between sudden gains and treatment for depression and anxiety, findings in the context of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) treatment are mixed. The present study investigated the relationship between sudden gains and treatment outcome in 44 adults with OCD and addressed limitations of previous studies by measuring OCD symptoms dimensionally and comparing individuals who experience sudden gains to those who experience gradual gains of similar magnitude. Sudden gains were observed among 27% of participants, with highest rates among individuals with primary contamination symptoms. Participants who experienced a sudden gain had greater OCD symptom reductions at post-treatment (but not at follow-up), and this difference did not persist after controlling for gain magnitude. Thus, the importance of sudden gains during OCD treatment may be limited. Findings are discussed in light of inhibitory learning models of cognitive-behavioral therapy.Master of Art
Edge-aware simplification of roof and facade point clouds into a uniformly dense point cloud
No full textPoint clouds can be obtained by airborne or terrestrial Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) scanning or directly from street-view panoramic imagery. Point clouds obtained from airborne scanners cover most roof information but lack facade information. Similar but orthogonal to airborne scanning, street-view point clouds cover well of the facade information but lack roof points. Therefore, it is necessary to combine those point clouds in order to construct a complete building model. For this combination, simplification is needed in which edge preservation, outlier removal, noise smoothing and uniform density have to be considered as these properties are desired in many post-processing applications. In this thesis, an algorithm pipeline is proposed that is able to take in an outlier-ridden, noisy and non-uniform roof and facade point clouds and generate an outlier-removed, edge-aware and uniform point cloud. The algorithm pipeline can be divided into two independent phases: outlier removal and simplification. The outlier removal algorithm can remove singly scattered and small cluster of outliers, whereas the simplification algorithm pipeline is able to generate a noise-reduced, uniform and edge-aware point cloud. The pipeline is validated to be able to achieve the objectives. Proof of efficiency in running-time is given, so that it can be used for processing large-size real-scene point clouds.GeomaticsGeomaticsArchitecture and The Built Environmen
Overview of key results achieved in H2020 HighLite project helping to raise the EU PV industries' competitiveness
No full textThe EU crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV manufacturing industry has faced strong foreign competition in the last decade. To strive in this competitive environment and differentiate itself from the competition, the EU c-Si PV manufacturing industry needs to (1) focus on highly performing c-Si PV technologies, (2) include sustainability by design, and (3) develop differentiated PV module designs for a broad range of PV applications to tap into rapidly growing existing and new markets. This is precisely the aim of the 3.5 years long H2020 funded HighLite project, which started in October 2019 under the work program LC-SC3-RES-15-2019: Increase the competitiveness of the EU PV manufacturing industry. To achieve this goal, the HighLite project focuses on bringing two advanced PV module designs and the related manufacturing solutions to higher technology readiness levels (TRL). The first module design aims to combine the benefits of n-type silicon heterojunction (SHJ) cells (high efficiency and bifaciality potential, improved sustainability, rapidly growing supply chain in the EU) with the ones of shingle assembly (higher packing density, improved modularity, and excellent aesthetics). The second module design is based on the assembly of low-cost industrial interdigitated back-contact (IBC) cells cut in half or smaller, which is interesting to improve module efficiencies and increase modularity (key for application in buildings, vehicles, etc.). This contribution provides an overview of the key results achieved so far by the HighLite project partners and discusses their relevance to help raise the EU PV industries' competitiveness. We report on promising high-efficiency industrial cell results (24.1% SHJ cell with a shingle layout and 23.9% IBC cell with passivated contacts), novel approaches for high-throughput laser cutting and edge re-passivation, module designs for BAPV, BIPV, and VIPV applications passing extended testing, and first 1-year outdoor monitoring results compared with benchmark products.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Photovoltaic Materials and Device
Mercado de La Perseverancia: a reflection on permeability, staging and appropriation
No full textThe project deals with the three themes of permeability, staging and appropriation, set in a context of high social and spatial segregation and presenting a place of the commons, developed under the three strategies.constructing the commons; position in practiceArchitecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Methods and Analysis | Positions in Practic
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