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Showing 1 to 20 of 85 for “"Props"”.
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Animated props for responsive playspaces
… in outdoor settings. Can animated playground props support and possibly enhance open-ended and physically active play in playgrounds? This thesis expands the repertoire of objects conceived specifically for children's outdoor play environments through a review of existing technologies and …
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Adaptive Reuse: Old Building- New Props and Costume- Architectrual Rebirth
Across cities in America and the world old buildings are retired to the fate of demolition. The once glorious piece of architecture are seen as unwanted, eyesores and just not fit for today's needs. This thesis seeks to show that with an adaptive-reuse approach, one can restore the 'lost glory' of …
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Literacy and dramatic play: storytelling with props increases preschool children's language skills during play
… assigned to an adult reading a novel story with props (experimental group), or to the same adult reading the novel story without props (control group). Subsequent to the story telling, the children were videotaped and coded for dramatic play. Children were also interviewed. Parents and teachers …
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Internet of Props. A performative ontology and design framework for the internet of things.
… model based on the idea of Props; 3. the entanglement of theory and practice to construct a performative design framework, called the Internet of Props, which includes: an enabling platform (Smarter Planet Lab) and a set of design strategies (Transactional Props) to …
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Properties of Desire: Performing Women on the Early Modern Transvestite Stage
… signifying geographical spaces. I argue that props can shift from locus mode to platea mode as actors do. Catching a spectators attention as props, these objects can contradict their scripted functions in a way that amplifies the resistance of a plays daughter or wife to patriarchal …
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"Play Your Fan": Exploring Hand Props and Gender on the Restoration Stage Through the Country Wife, the Man of Mode, the Rover, and the Way of the World
… the audience, both verbally and physically. Hand props help foster this important relationship with the audience as props provide moments of dramatic irony where the visual meaning portrayed through the object complicates the verbal text. Specifically, gendered props such as the fan, the sword, …
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Scenic Design for Anna in the Tropics
… on each element of the scenic design; the props list which details the construction and purpose of each type of prop used in the production; and the props and paint research book which visually supports the information in the props and unit list. Archival production photographs are included …
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Gilgamesh: A Scenic Design
… about each element of the scenic design; a props list detailing each prop used in the production; and props / paint research images, used to visually supports the information in the unit and props list. Archival production photographs are included as documentation of the completed design.
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Teachers or "Real" Police Officers?: A Study of DARE Officers in Northeast Tennessee.
… officers, DARE officers employed the use of props. These props presented the visual image of a police officer and, therefore, allowed DARE officers to define themselves as such.</p>
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Flowers, Interaction and Emotion
… people utilise flowers as institutionalised props that assist in the presentation of selves during ritual practices. When Goffman’s dramaturgical framework (1959) is applied alongside Hochschild’s concept of emotion work (1979) and Gordon’s (1981) definition of sentiment, they can be …
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Tangible User Interface for CAVE based on Augmented Reality Technique
… for use in AR projects. Physical objects (props) are used as input devices instead of any tethered electromagnetic trackers. An off-the-shelf webcam is used to get tracking input data. A unique pattern marker is attached to the prop, which is easily and simply tracked by ARToolKit. Our …
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Understanding Prop Design in VR: A framework to establish the fidelity required for a physical prop to maintain immersion in a VR experience
… virtual realities by using tangible objects as props. The focus of this dissertation is to first, confirm that the presence of a physical prop in a virtual environment creates a more immersive experience, and second, to investigate the level of accuracy required in a physical prop, based on a …
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Disruptive propaganda: The availability, censorship, and distortion of visual information in Robert Wise's the body snatcher
… displays these intertwining concerns through props, setting, and the narrative itself. This is a study of how The Body Snatcher utilizes these methods to convey attitudes about war, medicine, and the body in 1940s America.
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Camera based texture mapping: 3D applications for 2D images
… combining two-dimensional (2D) paintings, 3D props and sets, as well as camera projections onto primitive geometry to achieve a convincing final composite.
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One Hundred and Fifty Percent Elasticity
… a voyeur privileged to the world of exiled props and role reversal.
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Agents, objects and the art exhibition: towards the co-relational co-formation of things
… the exhibition space/ event, object-props, agents, the post-event artefact-objects and the language used to articulate these. The relationship between these things, – their flows, fluxes and their affect, is their material agency. This allows objects to shift between states of being …
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Evaluation of underground supports made of wood and other materials
… may consist of various types of supports such as props, cribs, steel arches, powered supports and roof bolts, among others. In this research, powered supports and roof bolting are not included. Evaluation of underground supports needs to take account of several factors. These factors include the …
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The effects of biblioplay on anxiety related to first preschool experiences
… sessions were conducted with 28 children using props for six consecutive days. Teachers rated each child on Scale 2 of the Hall (1967) Inventory of Separation Anxiety. Findings indicated that there was no significant difference between the group that received the biblioplay sessions and the …
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Divadelní znaky v představení "Škola Malého stromu"
… while using only a very limited selection of props, coulisses and costumes. The results of nonverbal communication analysis are presented in the conclusion of the thesis.
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The Lived Experiences of Participants in the Euchee/Yuchi Language Project: A Phenomenological Study of Language Preservation
… Euchee/Yuchi in the form of lessons, props, and presentations, so they can learn the language quickly. The purpose of this study was to discover the lived experiences of participants in the Euchee/Yuchi Language Project by using phenomenological methodology. Research was conducted …
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