Results 61 to 70 of about 18,862 (192)
Story2Board: A Training‐Free Approach for Expressive Visual Storytelling
Abstract We present Story2Board, a training‐free framework for expressive storyboard generation from natural language. Existing methods narrowly focus on subject identity, overlooking key aspects of visual storytelling such as spatial composition, background evolution, and narrative pacing.
D. Dinkevich +4 more
wiley +1 more source
This chapter explores reading and writing on the move, through the transnational medium of pilgrims' books. I consider evidence of pilgrims reading and drafting during their travels and using reading and writing materials during and after their journeys.
Bale, Anthony
core +1 more source
Larval character evolution in Holometabola (Insecta)
Abstract Larvae, a novel type of immature stage, are a crucial innovation of the Holometabola. Larval features therefore provide key evidence for reconstructing evolutionary transformations in this megadiverse group. Here we present the first formal reconstruction of larval character evolution, using maximum parsimony and Bayesian ancestral‐state ...
Rolf Georg Beutel, Jakub Goczał, Di Li
wiley +1 more source
Influenza vaccination among Australian Hajj pilgrims: uptake, attitudes, and barriers [PDF]
Background: Hajj is the largest annual mass gathering where the risk of respiratory infection is high. Although the Saudi Arabian authority recommends influenza vaccination for Hajj pilgrims, the uptake is variable.
Rashid, Harunor +8 more
core +1 more source
Toward an Ecumenical Metaphysics? A Response to Reviewers of Christ the Logos of Creation
Abstract After a series of promising ecumenical meetings in 1929 and 1931 with the Jesuit Erich Przywara, who advocated an analogical understanding of the relationship between God and world – doing so in part to ward off the danger posed by modern forms of pantheism – Karl Barth abruptly threw down the gauntlet and presented a serious obstacle to ...
John R. Betz
wiley +1 more source
Background The Hajj pilgrimage poses significant public health challenges due to the risk of infectious disease transmission. Despite mandatory vaccination policies, barriers such as hesitancy, logistical issues, and vaccine availability persist ...
Adeeb A. Bulkhi +17 more
doaj +1 more source
A Promising Market: An Exploratory Study of the Factors Influencing Pilgrims’ Adoption of Cooling Ihram [PDF]
Major health issues arise during Al-Hajj season due to the high temperatures during summer, which can cause sunstroke or even death for pilgrims. Saudi Arabia has formulated several solutions for this issue based on the recommendations of Saudi Vision ...
Hawazin Alzubaidi, Khulud Alyafie
doaj +1 more source
Abstract The land has been a source of capital accumulation since colonization through extractive activities like mining and industrial agriculture. Indigenous peoples have profoundly different relationships with the land, which are more relational than extractive. However, their knowledge has been subjugated by and systematically excluded from Western
Diane‐Laure Arjaliès +1 more
wiley +1 more source
Pilgrims praying at Fatima.https://ecommons.udayton.edu/imri_photos/1216/thumbnail ...
core +1 more source
Meningococcal Vaccine for Hajj Pilgrims: Compliance, Predictors, and Barriers
Background: Major intercontinental outbreaks of invasive meningococcal disease associated with the Hajj occurred in 1987, 2000, and 2001. Mandatory meningococcal vaccination for all pilgrims against serogroups A and C and, subsequently, A, C, W, and Y ...
Al-Mamoon Badahdah +10 more
doaj +1 more source

