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Story2Board: A Training‐Free Approach for Expressive Visual Storytelling

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
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, M. Levy, O. Avrahami, D. Samuel, D. Lischinski   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Objects of Affection: Deathly Encounters With Taxidermy, Stuffed Toys and Atmospheres

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores how children and young people relate to death through affective atmospheres and embodied, imaginative encounters with taxidermy and stuffed toy animals. Using arts‐based research (ABR), we explore how death, affective atmospheres, empathy and materiality entangle during multispecies relations.
Rachel Sinquefield‐Kangas, Verneri Valasmo, Varpu Mehto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A revised classification system of the marronoid clade of spiders (Araneae), based on dense sampling phylogenomics and comparative morphology

Cladistics, EarlyView.
Abstract The marronoid clade is a globally distributed, ecologically diverse group of spiders. It is an important faunal component in both natural and synanthropic environments, and even found in aquatic and extreme habitats such as desert salt flats. The systematics of the marronoid clade has been notoriously unstable due to the widespread character ...
Jonas O. Wolff, Michael B. J. Kelly, Franklyn Cala‐Riquelme, Jacob A. Gorneau, Katherine O. Montana, Helen M. Smith, Phil J. Sirvid, Cor J. Vink, Lauren A. Esposito, Martín J. Ramírez, Charles E. Griswold   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

SAP hydrogel stemming improves energy utilization and environmental performance in rock blasting. [PDF]

iScience
Wen T, Sun J, Cui Z, Jiang X, Yao Y, Chen S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evaluating the Effects of Non-coaxial Charges for Contour Blasting

, 2015
Contour blasting is commonly performed by employing linear charges, decoupled from the boreholes. This method is common in surface and underground excavations, either for civil or mining purposes. To achieve the best results in terms of rock breakage and
Cardu, Marilena, Koppe, J. C., Golin, F., Koppe, J.C., Seccatore, J., Munaretti, E., Bettencourt, J.   +6 more
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Experimental study on the coupling control of rock blasting vibration and rock fragmentation size. [PDF]

PLoS One
He L, Zhang W, Zhao Y, Peng S, Yao Y, Chen S, Wang M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Optimism Ignited by Nature‐Based Solutions: Mobilizing Public Support and Policy Champions in a “First‐Ever” Oyster Reef Restoration Project

Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, a major push to restore oyster reefs has helped to revive the marine environments that were depleted in South Australia. Categorized as “Nature‐based Solutions” (NbS) that foster the return of biodiversity, these efforts have led to pockets of environmental optimism while countering an otherwise gloomy marine health forecast ...
Georgina Drew, Alexandra S. Wawryk, Dominic McAfee, Ishtar Kenny, Sean D. Connell   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

We Don't Settle: Decolonizing the Heritage Sector by Empowering Young People of Color

Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Decolonizing the heritage sector has taken center stage since the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests. There have been efforts for decades to make the sector address institutional racism and be more inclusive to racialized minorities.
Kehinde Andrews, Hannah Adereti, Aida Fofana, Tara Hilton, Kadian Pow   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Numerical simulation of rock blasting under different in-situ stresses and joint conditions. [PDF]

PLoS One
Rong H, Li N, Cao C, Wang Y, Li J, Li M.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Elbow grease and yellow soap’: Housework time in working‐class households in late‐nineteenth and early twentieth‐century Britain

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Housework is central to feminist calls for recognition of women's work, economic histories explaining the sexual division of labour, and claims regarding the progressive role of scientific knowledge. Yet little is known about the time it actually took. We address this lacuna.
Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries
wiley   +1 more source