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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"hairstyles"”.
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The air allowed for Hair: cultural Inclusivity in Cape Town Private Schools
… hair rules, particularly concerning Afrocentric hairstyles. In post-apartheid South Africa, significant efforts have been made to reform the education system, yet hair policies in schools remain a contentious issue, reflecting broader challenges in creating truly inclusive educational …
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The Epidermiology of Hairstyle related african hair disdorders, in and Urban Township in South Africa
… been suspected to have a causal association with hairstyles. However, preliminary investigation suggested a lack of population studies demonstrating the latter association. In addition the possible influence of the unique African hair follicle on disease pathogenesis had not been determined. The …
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Nappily Ever After: A Theoretical Analysis of Black Women's Hair in Film
… to be more comfortable with herself as her hairstyles change throughout the film.
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Multi-modal emotion detection using deep learning for interpersonal communication analytics
… e.g., facial sentiment, gender, age, ethnicity, hairstyles, as well as gesture expression, e.g., sitting, standing, raising their hands, folded hands and crossed legs. The real-time feedback of the proposed system on individual or group communication can effectively be used for improving their …
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An enhance framework on hair modeling and real-time animation
… function that is capable of modeling different hairstyles is also implemented.
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Working on my hair: a visual analysis of natural hair and Black women professionals in popular television programming
… of racial neoliberalism. This study focuses on hairstyles for Black women because hair functions as a racial signifier to the audience and is thus a key component of the visual rhetoric under observation. I answer the research question: how does the visibility and representation of natural hair …
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The representation of women in the novels of Gregorios Xenopoulos
… characteristics, looking also at dress and hairstyles. I will then comment on the way their behavioural patterns are presented and finally, there will be a general, rather brief, survey of the most popular female types encountered in Xenopoulos’s novels. This exploration will lead to the …
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Hairstyle modelling based on a single image.
… to some promising applications such as blending hairstyles to populate novel hair model, editing hairstyle (adding fringe hair, curling and cutting/extending hairstyle) and a case study of Bas-relief hair modelling on pre-processed hair images.
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A study of Vakwangali traditional clothing for fashion creation in Namibia
… leather aprons for men and women, different hairstyles and ornaments were used to adorn the body. The study also found that there existed different styles between gender and social status. Generally, factors such as trade, Christianity and changing of livelihood contributed to the lack of …
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Black hair politics : the representation of African women on True Love magazine front covers and hair advertisements
… hair products, hair types, lengths, colours and hairstyles that feature prominently in the visual texts. By doing so, it seeks to uncover the myths and ideologies that are constructed and promoted. This study also employs focus group interviews to find out to what extent the images on the covers …
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Entrepreneurship and Identity among a group of Ghanaian women in Durban (South Africa)
… they are modern is by keeping up with the latest hairstyles. This research has demonstrated that Ghanaian women’s entrepreneurship is producing benefits for South Africa. Coming from a system of apartheid where black South African women were not given the opportunity of knowing how to dress hair …
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Not a Cinematic Hair Out of Place: Examinations in Identity (Transformation) as Evidenced through Haircuts in The Crying Game
This thesis asks a question: Can transformations to a cinematic character's hair be indicative of a realignment or shifting of that character's identity? As an attempt to answer this question, I introduce three new concepts: the Opaque Movement (OM), the Transparent Violent Moment (TVM), and the …