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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Digital Photographs"”.
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Storytelling for digital photographs: supporting the practice, understanding the benefit
The emergence of digital capture and editing technologies make providing a more detailed and coherent description of the experiences depicted in photos possible. Through the combination of photos, music and voice, people can compose digital stories of their life experiences. However, communicating …
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Detecting semantic concepts in digital photographs: low-level features vs. non-homogeneous data fusion
… of single-mode approaches. In the field of digital photography, the incorporation of readily available camera metadata, i.e. information about the image capture conditions stored in the EXIF header of each image, along with the GPS information, offers a way to move towards a better …
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PhETA: An Interactive Tool for Analyzing the Quality of Digital Photographs from Edge Transitions
… interactive tool for analyzing the quality of a digital image and predicting the scale at which it may be published. Since edges are present almost everywhere in most digital images, we use a mathematical edge model as the basis of analysis. In particular, we are interested in the luminance and …
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Collections : adapting the display of personal objects for different audiences
… categorization and management mechanisms for digital content have been designed to focus on the data they handle without much regard for the social circumstances within which their content is shared. As we share large collections of personal information over mediated environments, our tools …
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Diagnostic accuracy of digital photography and image analysis for the measurement of foot conformation in the horse
… image acquisition and subsequent analysis using digital image processing software of digital photographs of the foot has not been quantified. Similarly the level of agreement between objective measurements of foot conformation made from digital photography and digital radiography is unknown. The …
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Coming to Know a School Culture
… culture works. Interviews, artifact collection, digital photographs, meeting analysis, and fieldnotes from observations comprise the data. The interviews were conducted with educators, staff, and parents to ascertain their perceptions of their culture. Artifacts include documents such as weekly …
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ADDSMART: Address Digitization and Smart Mailbox with RFID Technology
… status updates and home security footage through digital photographs. This paper demonstrates the proposed ideas, describes the design of a smart mailbox, the technology that has been used, and the current results of the work along with future research ideas.</p>
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Photo annotation and retrieval through speech
… speech-based annotation and retrieval system for digital photographs. The system uses a client/server architecture which allows photographs to be captured and annotated on various clients, such as mobile camera phones or the web, and then processed, indexed and stored on networked servers. For …
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Learning and teaching cultural connectedness from the secondary art room, or, Survival and success in a secondary art room
… Colour’. The second exhibition consisted of digital photographs taken in the classroom that were manipulated by Photoshop CS6 and collaged prior to the show and in situ to emphasise different meanings. This show was named ‘The Real Deal’. The exegesis fuses all aspects of the creative project …
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The investigation of early classification of pressure ulcers using computer image analysis for early prognostic assessment
… alternating mattress. This was measured using digital image analysis macro. Precision of image analysis assessed by within- and between-batch Coefficients of Variation was excellent: Calibration CV 0.93 - 1.84%; Area CV 4.61 - 5.72%. ". The third study was a descriptive study using a …
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Development of instrumentation for the investigation of surface regeneration for candle filters
… obtained. The pressure histories were timed with digital photographs taken so that an approximation could be made of the pressure drop across the filter required for filter ash crack initiation.
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Effects of Stream Crossings on Macroinvertebrate Assemblages of the Upper Current River, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri
… at each location to characterize sites. Using digital photographs from trail cameras, traffic frequencies were calculated and largely consisted of hikers and horses. Based on counts of 68,353 individuals from 111 macroinvertebrate taxa, I calculated four metrics (taxa richness, Shannon's index, …
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The Role of Geomorphic Features and Hydrologic Processes on Sediment Clusters in Gravel-Bed Rivers, Washington: A Field-Based Approach
… rivers. Detailed field descriptions and digital photographs of clusters were used to determine the characteristics of clusters at chosen locations on gravel bars regularly covered by high flow events. Data were collected during low-flow conditions, and clusters were re- examined and …
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Skin strain analysis software for the study of human skin deformation
… is presented, which takes in high resolution digital photographs, tracks points on the surface of the body, corresponds points between body poses, computes a series of strain measures, and graphically displays these data. The results of studies of a full bodied human knee and a transtibial …
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Envisioned Simplicity
… of my thesis work, consisting of a succession of digital photographs printed on canvas. Within the dissertation, I summarize the theoretical, historical, and applicable influences that have affected the production of my images. I contend that the digital photographic process is the dominant …
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Young children's expressions of spirituality : an ethnographic case study
… non-participant observation, audio recording and digital photographs. A hermeneutic approach underpins the analysis and interpretation of the data. Findings reveal the multi-dimensional nature of young children's spirirual languages expressed in relational and imaginative spaces through …
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Rock Imagery: A Cultural Landscape Analysis in the Yakima Uplands
… completeness; including scaled field drawings, digital photographs, and digitally enhanced images of the pictographs and petroglyphs. Thus, providing YTC cultural resource managers a standard baseline with which to assess these sites later on. The cultural landscape surrounding the rock imagery …
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The Use of Amnion in Equine Wound Healing
… dressings and distal limb bandages were applied. Digital photographs were taken of the wounds at each bandage change, performed every 2-4 days throughout a 98-day study period. Biopsies were collected at days 7, 21, 35, and 84. Results: One horse developed unilateral cellulitis that resolved with …
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"And then you can prove them wrong": The college experiences of students with intellectual and developmental disability labels
… as told by them. Using student-generated digital photographs as visual supports around which to organize focus group conversations, I employ a participatory, phenomenological methodology to garner and represent the students’ experiences. The study design, and data collection are informed …
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Selected Georgia High School Principals' Perceptions of Student Diversity
… district documentation as well as the taking of photographs at each school. This investigation found that all participants knew and documented the federal laws in regard to equal opportunity; however, the researcher did document, by way of digital photographs, an awareness or appreciation for …
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