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Terrain Synthesis and Authoring based on Iso‐Contours

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract Digital terrains are central to realistic landscape depiction, yet authoring tools must balance perceptual realism with intuitive artistic control. We propose a compact vector‐based representation that models terrain as nested iso‐contours, inspired by geomorphology and cartography.
B. Huftier, H. Schott, E. Galin, O. Argudo, A. Peytavie, E. Guérin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Un/Learning Adult Frames of Reference in Death Enquiries: Thinking~With a Picturebook, Philosophical Animism and Ontological Tact

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Developmental psychology continues to shape how adults engage with children about death and dying. This influences whether children are included in rituals surrounding human and other‐than‐human bodies. Figurations of the innocent, immature and vulnerable child still dominate adult imaginaries of young children's understandings of mortality ...
Karin Murris, Joanna Haynes, Joanne Peers   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The suffragette movement in H.G. Wells’s Ann Veronica and May Sinclair’s The Tree of Heaven

Polilog: Studia Neofilologiczne, 2016
The suffragette movement in H.G. Wells’s Ann Veronica and May Sinclair’s The Tree of Heaven In H.G. Wells’s Ann Veronica (1909), the eponymous heroine embraces new womanhood and a range of feminisms in her search for life.
Brygida Pudełko
doaj   +1 more source

Integrative Taxonomy and Synonymization of Aculus mosoniensis (Acari: Eriophyidae), a Potential Biological Control Agent for Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima). [PDF]

Insects, 2022
de Lillo E, Marini F, Cristofaro M, Valenzano D, Petanović R, Vidović B, Cvrković T, Bon MC.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Mature’ and ‘Immature’ Death Concepts: Epistemic Injustice and Young Children's Sense‐Making of Death and Dying

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most research in Death Studies focuses on adult perspectives. Even when children are the intended focus, this research often remains adult‐centred due to the dominance of developmental psychology. A key concept underpinning this approach is the ‘mature death concept’ (MDC), a normative framework that assumes children's understanding of death ...
Renske Visser, Karin Murris
wiley   +1 more source

Cleaning Efficacy and Surface Alterations of Titanium and Zirconia Implant Abutments Following Mechanical Instrumentation: An In Vitro Study

Clinical Oral Implants Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To evaluate the cleaning efficacy, quantitative and qualitative surface modifications of titanium (Ti) and zirconia (Zr) abutments following instrumentation with twelve mechanical instrumentation modalities. Materials and Methods Twenty‐four Ti and twenty‐four Zr abutments were divided by marginal grooves into 36 test and 12 control
Marina Salah Kamel, Axel Spahr, Tim Badgery‐Parker, Tihana Divnić‐Resnik   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phytochemical Profile and Antioxidant Properties of Invasive Plants Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle and Helianthus tuberosus L. in Istria Region, Croatia

Antioxidants
Invasive alien plant species, while ecologically and economically problematic, represent an underutilized source of bioactive phytochemicals with promising phytopharmaceutical applications.
Mirela Uzelac Božac, Danijela Poljuha, Slavica Dudaš, Josipa Bilić, Ivana Šola, Maja Mikulič-Petkovšek, Barbara Sladonja   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Further pathogenicity testing of <i>Verticillium nonalfalfae</i>, a biocontrol agent against the invasive Tree of Heaven (<i>Ailanthus altissima</i>), on non-target tree species in Europe. [PDF]

Phytoparasitica, 2023
Lechner Y, Maschek O, Kirisits T, Halmschlager E.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Contrasting Behavioral and Electrophysiological Responses of Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus and E. brandti (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Volatiles Emitted from the Tree of Heaven, Ailanthus altissima. [PDF]

Insects, 2021
Wen X, Yang K, Piñero JC, Wen J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing eco-physiological patterns of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle and differences with native vegetation using Copernicus satellite data on a Mediterranean Island

Ecological Informatics
Biological invasions, one of the most pervasive components of global change, can cause irreversible alterations in the composition and functioning of ecosystems. This includes changes of eco-physiological traits of plant communities.
Flavio Marzialetti, Vanessa Lozano, André Große-Stoltenberg, Maria Laura Carranza, Michele Innangi, Greta La Bella, Simonetta Bagella, Giovanni Rivieccio, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Lina Podda, Giuseppe Brundu   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source