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Visual Odometry for Planetary Exploration Rovers in Sandy Terrains
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2013 Visual odometry provides planetary exploration rovers with accurate knowledge of their position and orientation, which needs effective feature tracking results, especially in barren sandy terrains.
Linhui Li +3 more
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Planetary rover technology development requirements [PDF]
, 1989 Planetary surface (including lunar) mobility and sampling capability is required to support proposed future National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) solar system exploration missions. The NASA Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology (OAST)
Bedard, Roger J., Jr. +3 more
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Typical Dream Themes in a Large Internet Sample: A Replication and Extension
Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Typical content themes in dreams still defy clear explanation. While a series of studies administering typical dream theme questionnaires mainly to college students point to a surprising consistency in the prevalence of such themes over gender, age, culture, and time, it is still unclear how generalizable such findings are to the larger ...
Claire A. Friedrich, Tore Nielsen
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That sinkin’ feeling: Environmentally induced distress on a disappearing island
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Residents of Tangier Island, Virginia, a subsiding island in the Chesapeake Bay, embody psychosocial dimensions of environmental change. Analysis of ethnographic data shows islanders’ experiences and articulations of anxiety, panic, and despair as “that sinkin’ feeling,” resulting from the stress of living with the long‐term threat of imminent
Jonna Yarrington
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Modelling generalisation and power dissipation of flexible-wheel suspension concept for planetary surface vehicles [PDF]
, 2011 Flexible-wheel (FW) suspension concept has been regarded to be one of the novel technologies for future planetary surface vehicles (PSVs). This study develops generalised models for fundamental stiffness and damping properties and power consumption ...
Cao, Dongpu +2 more
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The Garden and the Gardener: Film, Creativity, and the Gift of Creation
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract In his essay ‘From God the Artist to Man the Creator’, Jean‐Louis Chrétien considers the possibility that human creativity can participate in divine creativity. As created, creative beings, Chrétien suggests that our art and other creative enterprise may become a site for participation in God's act of creation. This article takes its lead from
James Lorenz
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the iconography of the Andromeda constellation as an intersex figure within medieval and early modern astrological traditions. It focuses on the origins of this imagery in the thirteenth‐century astrological writings of Scot and its reappearance nearly three centuries later in Ratdolt's illustrated 1482 edition of Hyginus'
Bar Leshem
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A Four-Wheel-Rhombus-Arranged Mobility System for a New Lunar Robotic Rover
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2013 Different from traditional ground vehicles, planetary robotic rovers with limited weight and power need to travel in unfamiliar and extremely arduous environments.
Guilin Wen +7 more
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Embodied ethnographies: Entanglements in the Anthropocene
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract ‘Entanglements in the Anthropocene’ is an embodied exploration of the intersections of place, dance and lens‐based practices (photography and video). Lens‐based works discussed here result from collaborative research projects and grow from a shared curiosity about aesthetics in the Anthropocene and how to express entangled relationships with ...
Karen N. Barbour, Rodrigo Hill
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Apocalyptic Visions and Ecofeminist Narratives in Three Southeast Asian Women's Fiction
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Apocalypse that describes ‘end‐of‐world’ scenarios have been especially prolific in the past few decades since the climate crisis has prophesied the imminent destruction of natural and human habitats. Apocalyptic literatures present insights into the various problems that beset humanity currently and extrapolate the inevitable consequences ...
Chitra Sankaran
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