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Arahnofobija
No full textMy thesis is an observation of the creative process of an animated stop-motion film project, with a focus on claymation. Everything is examined through my experience of working on a diploma film Arachnophobia. This short dwells on the theme of irrational fears through comedic and expressive narrative. It is a personal project that functions as a self-critique by implementing a character which deals with an exaggerated perspective on the fear of spiders.
From the 2-year experience of making and crafting the project, emphasizes the properties of clay as a medium. Other than the main medium, I thoroughly brush through the preparation, production, animation and finalization of the project, including all issues, challenges and solutions that were dealt with as an artistic student. This research introduces the wider topic of animation by looking into the mechanics of claymation as well as the creative decisions that influence the result.Moja diplomska naloga je refleksija ustvarjalnega procesa projekta ustvarjenega v zvrsti stop animacija s poudarkom na animaciji plastelina. Vse je predstavljeno skozi lastne izkušnje pri delu na diplomskem filmu Arahnohobija. Ta kratki film raziskuje temo iracionalnih strahov skozi komično in ekspresivno pripoved. Gre za osebni projekt, ki deluje kot samokritika z implementacijo lika, ki se sooča z lastno percepcijo strahu pred pajki.
Iz dvoletnih izkušenj dela in izdelave projekta, poudarim lastnosti plastelina kot medija. Poleg glavnega medija temeljito razisčem predpripravo, produkcijo, animacijo in finalizacijo projekta, vključno z vsemi vprašanji, izzivi in rešitvami, s katerimi se ukvarjam kot študentka umetnosti. Ta raziskava predstavi širšo temo animacije s preučevanjem tehnike animacija plastelina in ustvarjalnih odločitev, ki vplivajo na končni rezultat
Pupil Diameter Tracks Statistical Structure in the Environment to Increase Visual Sensitivity
No full textPupil diameter determines how much light hits the retina and, thus, how much information is available for visual processing. This is regulated by a brainstem reflex pathway. Here, we investigate whether this pathway is under the control of internal models about the environment. This would allow adjusting pupil dynamics to environmental statistics to augment information transmission. We present image sequences containing internal temporal structure to humans of either sex and male macaque monkeys. We then measure whether the pupil tracks this temporal structure not only at the rate of luminance variations, but also at the rate of statistics not available from luminance information alone. We find entrainment to environmental statistics in both species. This entrainment directly affects visual processing by increasing sensitivity at the environmentally relevant temporal frequency. Thus, pupil dynamics are matched to the temporal structure of the environment to optimize perception, in line with an active sensing account.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT When light hits the retina, the pupil reflexively constricts. This determines how much light and thus how much information is available for visual processing. We show that the rate at which the pupil constricts and dilates is matched to the temporal structure of our visual environment, although this information is not directly contained in the light variations that usually trigger reflexive pupil constrictions. Adjusting pupil diameter in accordance with environmental regularities optimizes information transmission at ecologically relevant temporal frequencies. We show that this is the case in humans and macaque monkeys, suggesting that the reflex pathways that regulate pupil diameter are under some degree of cognitive control across primate species
Decision-making processes in perceptual learning depend on effectors
No full textBehavioral data for "Decision-making processes in perceptual learning depend on effectors" byVladyslav Ivanov, Giorgio Manenti, Sandrin S. Plewe, Igor Kagan, and Caspar M. Schwiedrzik.Please contact C. Schwiedrzik ([email protected]) in case you have any questions.</p
The role of hydrogen as enabler of industrial port area decarbonization
No full textTo meet environmental goals while maintaining economic competitiveness, worldwide ports have increased the amount of renewable energy production and have focused in optimizing performances and energy efficiency. However, carbon-neutral operation of industrial port areas (IPA) is challenging and requires the decarbonization of industrial processes and heavy transport systems. This study proposes a comprehensive review of decarbonization strategies for IPA, with a particular focus on the role that green hydrogen could play when used as renewable energy carrier. Much information on existing and future technologies was also derived from the analysis of 74 projects (existing and planned) in 36 IPAs, 80 % of which are in Europe, concerning hydrogen-based decarbonization strategies. The overall review shows that engine operation of ships at berth are responsible of more than 70 % of emissions in ports. Therefore, onshore power supply (OPS) seems to be one of the main strategies to reduce port pollution. Nevertheless, OPS powered by hydrogen is not today easily achievable. By overcoming the current cost-related and regulation barriers, hydrogen can also be used for the import/export of green energy and the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors. The technical and economic data regarding hydrogen-based technologies and strategies highlighted in this paper are useful for further research in the field of definition and development of decarbonization strategies in the IPA
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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