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Visualization of causation in social-ecological systems
In social-ecological systems (SES), where social and ecological processes are intertwined, phenomena are usually complex and involve multiple interdependent causes. Figuring out causal relationships is thus challenging but needed to better understand and
Thomas Banitz+9 more
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Mala'ik Al-Tuhfat; Study of the Angels' Presence in the Lithographed Copies of Tuhfat Al-Majalis [PDF]
Lithography was created as a result of the development of literacy and the need for access to cheap reading sources affordable to everyone. The illustrations of the lithographed books, as a medium for the portrayal of popular art, add social aspects to ...
Maryam Yaghmaeian
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The cover artist, Jessica Silena Carvajal Garavito, from the Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia and Community College of Philadelphia, reflects on her inspiration and choices for the cover.
Jessica Silena Carvajal Garavito
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Genealogy of Lady Sitting on Noah's Ark (AS), in Islamic Paintings [PDF]
One of the oldest myths among many cultures is the flood story. Since its inception, this myth has attracted the attention of artists in a variety of cultures. In most images related to the flood, a lady is among the passengers of the ark whose character
Taghi Hamidimanesh+1 more
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Getting the Swing of Surface Gravity [PDF]
Sports are a popular and effective way to illustrate physics principles. Baseball in particular presents a number of opportunities to motivate student interest and teach concepts. Several articles have appeared in this journal on this topic, illustrating a wide variety of areas of physics. In addition, several websites and an entire book are available.
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he Hybrid Character – Between the Representations of the Middle Ages and Today’s Art [PDF]
This paper is a study of the fantastic character throughout the history of human civilization. This type of character has evolved from the hybrid creatures playing a divine role in the art of Assyro-Babylonian civilizations and of Ancient Egypt, to the ...
Cezarina Florina Caloian
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PAniC-3D: Stylized Single-view 3D Reconstruction from Portraits of Anime Characters [PDF]
We propose PAniC-3D, a system to reconstruct stylized 3D character heads directly from illustrated (p)ortraits of (ani)me (c)haracters. Our anime-style domain poses unique challenges to single-view reconstruction; compared to natural images of human heads, character portrait illustrations have hair and accessories with more complex and diverse geometry,
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On the importance of illustration for mathematical research [PDF]
Mathematical understanding is built in many ways. Among these, illustration has been a companion and tool for research for as long as research has taken place. We use the term illustration to encompass any way one might bring a mathematical idea into physical form or experience, including hand-made diagrams or models, computer visualization, 3D ...
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Bioelectric oscillations occur throughout the nervous system of nearly all animals, revealed to play an important role in various aspects of cognitive activity such as information processing and feature binding.
Ravinder Jerath+2 more
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