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Showing 1 to 20 of 362 for “"Artefact"”.
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The nature of evolutionary artefact and design process knowledge coupling
Artefact and design process knowledge continually evolve during design development and are closely coupled. Considerable research has been conducted on the artefact, design process knowledge, and their inter-relationships. However, they have only focused on general or specific aspects of their …
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Representation learning for multivariate time series : artefact analysis on sleep recordings
… people as possible with the help they require. Artefact detection plays a key role in the development of automatic tools especially concerning the potential misdiagnosis by automatic models. This study explores the use of a representation reinforcement learning model on multivariate time series …
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Using object biography metadata to create artefact interactions outside memory institutions
Artefacts are primarily experienced inside museums, and those with insufficient display and interpretation can be isolated and ignored. Mobile devices potentially allow the artefact interaction touchpoints to be moved into the wider environment beyond the physical boundaries of memory institutions. …
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Developing an artefact for raising social engineering awareness among administrative staff
… attacks. This study seeks to develop an artefact that is suitable to raise awareness of social engineering attacks on users who are employed as administrative staff in medium to large organisations, specifically within the context of South Africa. Revision of the literature indicates that …
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The Epistemology of Artefact Comparisons in Early Greek Natural Philosophy and Medicine
This thesis examines the epistemology of artefact comparisons in early Greek natural philosophy and medicine. Various thinkers frequently employed the structure and/or functioning of man-made artefacts to improve their understanding of a target domain in which direct observation is hindered or …
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A critical artefact methodology : using provocative conceptual designs to foster human-centred innovation.
… of human-centred product ideas -a `critical artefact methodology'.</p> <p>This research employed similar tactics to Action Research (Swann 2002): cycles of action (using critical artefact methods in design projects) and reflection on that action (including a contextual review of existing …
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The Multidimensional Depth of the Image: Body-Environment-Artefact (A philosophical reflection for graphic design)
… Depth of the Image: Body-Environment-Artefact Current discourses within cultural studies are re-iterating the limitations of language to adequately describe the affective domains of corporeality and materiality in the study of cultural artefacts. Within the discourse of graphic design, …
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An embedded system artefact organisation and adaptation knowledge management system for embedded system product prototyping
… obtained from a variety of complex knowledge artefacts. This study follows an experimental methodology that involves integrating a knowledge management system (KMS) into ES product prototyping projects, in order to facilitate KM of a specific form of knowledge, namely embedded system artefact …
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From art to artefact: meaning-making processes across the three major subjects in a Diploma in Fashion
Investigations in the field of Fashion design education have not taken into account that students need to negotiate three very different subjects. In particular the technical side, namely pattern making and garment construction have not received enough attention. Over the years I have found the …
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Beyond Meaning. An Artefact Approach to the Neolithic Figurines from Tell Sabi Abyad (Syria) and Ҫatalhöyük (Turkey)
… In this thesis it is argued that through an artefact and life biography approach we can more productively analyse figurines as a process; from production, use, to final deposition. Better insight into these aspects will allow us to more fully comprehend how figurines operated in their …
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Place as Occupational Histories: Towards an Understanding of Deflated Surface Artefact Distributions in the West Darling, New South Wales, Australia
… to the investigation of deflated surface stone artefact scatters beyond those that emphasise synchronic behavioural interpretations. The study is undertaken on Pine Point and Langwell Stations, two adjoining pastoral leases south of Broken Hill in arid Western New South Wales, Australia. The …
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Crafting endurance: Form, time, space, and memory in the construction of a civic urban artefact for Cape Town s east city
… expediency, but rather a carefully crafted urban artefact which supports the continuity of civic life and imbues the city with meaning and collective memory
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Extending our senses: music, nostalgia, space, artefact and the Mediterranean imaginary among the Greek- and Turkish-speaking Cypriot diaspora in Birmingham (UK)
My PhD research focuses on Greek- and Turkish-speaking Cypriots, their musical performances and Mediterranean transbordering tropes, and their diaspora to Birmingham (UK). It introduces a new spatial construction in diaspora which I term "The Mediterranean Imaginary"—an informed, playful, and …
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Enterprise architecture driven design of an artefact to support strategic Information Technology decision-making of Small Enterprises in Nigeria and South Africa
… informed by the framework. The instantiation artefact was demonstrated with six small enterprise owners from Nigeria and South Africa. The findings affirmed the prospect, potential, and relevance of an enterprise architecture-driven artefact as a tool to optimise strategic IT decisions in …
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Collecting the past : aspects of historiography and lithic artefact analysis for the creation of narratives for the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology of Wales.
… archaeological historiography and lithic artefact studies concerning aspects of the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology of Wales. The critical analysis connects the published works through the theoretical approach of biography. It draws out themes of archaeological, straigraphic and …
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A fragment of the Berlin Wall in the Centre de commerce mondial de Montréal : notes toward a theory of the public artefact at the "end of history"
The contemporary critical art practices of situational aesthetics and site specificity have affected and transformed the production and reception of monumental public art. This thesis examines the placement of a fragment of the Berlin Wall in the 'Centre de commerce mondial de Montreal' in light of …
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Alteration of bloodstain patterns by Diptera: objective analysis based on Wonder’s 2001 criteria.
… investigator could mistakenly sample a fly artefact with the assumption that it is blood spatter, thus, making errors in the reconstruction of the event, or even recovering DNA from an individual who has not attended the scene. Three experiments were conducted to investigate the blood …
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Determining the optimal paradigm for investigating if M1 activations associated with step tracking wrist movements are direction or muscle related using EEG
… EEG. Observation of task related epochs during artefact rejection indicated the presence of a time locked artefact caused by eye movements (saccades). The effects of artefact detection and reduction methods applied to the raw EEG data to remove this artefact were compared. Independent component …
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