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Rigid blocks matching method based on contour curves and feature regions
This study proposes a blocks matching method based on contour curves and feature regions that improve the matching precision and speed with which rigid blocks with a specified thickness in point clouds are matched.
Fuqun Zhao +3 more
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FINGERPRINTS ON FIGURINES FROM THONIS‐HERACLEION
Summary This paper studies ancient fingerprints to produce an estimate of the age and sex of the makers of several terracotta figurines found at Thonis‐Heracleion in Egypt, dated to the Late and Ptolemaic periods (seventh–second centuries BC). This is only the second study of its kind to discuss the use of ancient fingerprint impressions from Ancient ...
Leonie Hoff
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Magnetic Field-Induced Condensation of Triplons in Han Purple Pigment BaCuSi$_2$O$_6$
Besides being an ancient pigment, BaCuSi$_2$O$_6$ is a quasi-2D magnetic insulator with a gapped spin dimer ground state. The application of strong magnetic fields closes this gap creating a gas of bosonic spin triplet excitations called triplons.
C. D. Batista +17 more
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Abstract This study broadens our knowledge of the relationship between the clayey georesources available in northern Apulia and the artisanal production of ceramics. The focus is placed on a collection of 6th and 7th century A.D. pottery found in the domus excavated within the archaeological complex of Canosa San Pietro (ancient Canusium) in Italy. The
Elisabetta Gliozzo +3 more
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Out of China: Monumental Porcelain [PDF]
Working collaboratively with teams of local craftsmen in a Chinese manufactory in Jingdezhen, Aylieff has explored how technologies can be adapted to produce appropriate, original and unique contemporary sculptural expressions.
Aylieff, Felicity
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Melōsa and her prize: The victory of a woman in ancient Greece
Abstract The earliest example of the Ancient Greek word for a victor's prize, nikatērion, comes in a verse inscription from the sixth century bce on an Attic kylix (wine cup) from Taras. It records the victory of Melōsa in a competition with other young women. This article draws out the significance of her victory and redefines our understanding of who
Ian Plant
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The Santa Clara, 2013-05-23 [PDF]
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Santa Clara University
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Ignis artificiosus : images of God and the Universe in Rubens's depiction of Antique Shields [PDF]
Rubens’s intellectual pursuits are not new to art historians. Much ink has been spilled to illustrate how much and in which way both the classical heritage and Lipsius’s Neostoic thought influenced his artistic production.
Esposito, Teresa
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Human–Material Interaction Enabled by Fused Filament Fabrication 4D Printing
In this review, 4D printing using fused filament fabrication and its impact on human–material interaction are explored. Fundamental principles, methodologies, materials, advancements in sustainability, and applications in soft actuators, smart toys, household devices, textiles, and wood‐based items are covered.
Mohammadreza Lalegani Dezaki +3 more
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Illusions of textuality: The semiotics of literary memes in contemporary media
Abstract This article seeks to account for the phenomenon where cultural productions are able to transcend different chronotopes and masquerade in myriad forms while sustaining an illusion of itself as a text. Using the Barthian distinction between work and Text as its framework, the article argues that multimodal semiotics offers a theoretically ...
Tong King Lee
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