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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Pictographs"”.
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Poiesis
… continuing with Native American petroglyphs and pictographs, and concluding with three contemporary visual artists whose marks have influenced my work: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cy Twombly, and Susan Rothenberg. Finally, my artistic process is explained through references to the materials and rituals …
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Surface analysis of a black coating from Little Lost River
<p>A black coating of unknown origin obscures the pictographs in Little Lost River Cave, Idaho. We utilized x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to characterize the outermost surface of the black coating to understand how it was formed. Carbon and oxygen predominated in the XP spectra, whereas …
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A critique of emojis in isiXhosa language and expression with a focus on virtual modes of communication
… they can be distinguished from other modes of pictographs. Their functions were examined, highlighting their effectiveness in text-based communication. The various interpretations of emojis were explored. Their cultural connotations were also examined, and their ambiguity was described in …
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Automated understanding of data visualizations
… a data visualization, and 3) extracting relevant pictographs from a data visualization. For the first task, we create an automatic text extraction and ranking system which we evaluate on 202 MASSVIS data visualizations. For the last two objectives, we curate a more diverse and complex dataset, …
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User-Centered Design of Quality of Life Reports for Clinical Prostate Cancer Care
… 1.8, p=0.12 vs line graphs, p<0.01 vs tables and pictographs); providers demonstrated similar preference for table, bar, and line formats (ranked 1st by 30%, 34%, and 34% of providers, respectively). Providers expressed unsolicited concerns over presentation of comparison group scores (n=19, 38%) …
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Rock Imagery: A Cultural Landscape Analysis in the Yakima Uplands
… 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 was examined using a viewshed analysis to make a …
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Method Development Using Laser Ablation And Solution Icpms And Their Application In Environmental Science And Forensic Provenance Studies
… for sourcing iron-rich pigments used in ancient pictographs in the Pecos River Archeological Region. Potential pigment materials (siltstone, ochre, quartzite, and rhyolite) were analyzed for elemental signatures and were compared to rock paint using multivariate statistics. Siltstone was …
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The Effect of Instructional Embodiment Designs on Chinese Language Learning: The Use of Embodied Animation for Beginning Learners of Chinese Characters
… best in all tasks. The study also revealed that pictographs and indicatives were better learned than ideographs across groups. Drawing from the study, the use of embodied animation in a computer-based program is suggested to be effective on character learning for beginning learners of CFL.