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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"natural forms"”.
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Natural Forms: Stimuli For Urban Architecture
The implications of geology, climate, and season are studied for the purpose of generating ideas for appropriate design of a master plan for a city block and the details of an inn that is part of the master plan. The design is studied in the context of the Clarendon sector of Arlington County, …
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Love of Nature
I stand in awe of nature's beauty. The natural forms and colors of my subjects inspire me to create paintings and three-dimensional clay pieces. As I marvel at God's handiwork, my soul is enriched by the pure sight of His canvas. The rich bright colors of the organic shapes compel me to visually …
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Time, energy & form
Physical manifestations of time occur in natural forms of all sizes. Architectural form serves as shelter while providing a built envelope of human life, simultaneously influencing and influenced by energetic activities which occur within the containment. Change is either progressive or cyclic, …
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A reactive behavioral system for the intelligent room
… human-computer interaction (HCI) should be more natural: computers should be brought into our world of human discourse. The Intelligent Room project shares this vision. We are building an Intelligent Environment (IE) to allow for more natural forms of HCI. We believe that to move in this …
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A Meditative Art
… idea of meditation through the true and organic forms. I paint a space where my mind is at ease. A place where all the chaos of the world around me stops and become beauty. In my artwork, the organic forms that I produce reflect the meditative power of natural forms. My mind sees the environment …
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The summit house : forces and forms cooperating in an extreme environment
… defined toward the site and toward the climate. Natural forces are harnessed to reinforce selected architectural intentions. Natural forms which have evolved in a protective response to strong winds and various thermal actions are identified . The most effective of these are subsequently composed …
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Machine learning and deep learning techniques for natural language processing with application to audio recordings
… data is extremely challenging as it comes in natural forms such as audio recordings, videos and images, to mention a few. The aim of this study was to seek for data analysis methods that can accurately predict the employment status of the debtor using audio call recordings. Transcription of …
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Dance with Musical Architecture: Eurhythmy in Gottfried Semper's works
… in art by exploring and bringing the example of natural forms and patterns. For him, mathematics had been categorized into three aspects of Symmetry, Proportionality, and Movement. In addition, movement and direction for him were the beginning of the exploration of Vitruvius's idea of eurhythmy. …
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Entangled Relationships Illustrated Through Parasitic Plants
This thesis paper examines the use of natural forms to metaphorically represent human bonds in my creation of the series of works for my MFA Thesis Exhibition based on interacting relationships between plants. My images focus on parasitic plants, as a metaphor for restrictive and binding aspects of …
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Interesting Shapes of Vegetables: Is it A Strategy to Promote Consumption Among Preschool Children?
… each child was provided vegetables in their natural forms to provide an indication of the consumption of uncut vegetables as baseline data. The children were later provided with vegetables cut in different shapes (flower-shaped, star-shaped and owl-/bat-shaped). Lastly, the natural shape of …
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A study on the application of synthetic antimicrobial peptides derived from plants for the reduction of yeast spoilage in food
… products that contain less chemicals and more “natural” forms of food preservatives. The use of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) for this purpose is the basis for the research that was performed in this thesis. Plants produce AMPs as part of their immune system, possessing strong antimicrobial …
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Adaptations of the Beautiful: Natural Theological Aesthetics from Paley to Darwin
… aesthetic philosophy within the British natural theological tradition. I propose two new critical concepts as a way of characterising the common features of this aesthetics: “correspondency” and the “conceptual regime of the ontology of enjoyment” [CROE]. Correspondency is a term borrowed …
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Vitamin E Status of Thoroughbred Horses and the Antioxidant Status of Endurance Horses
… passive transfer of immunoglobulins to foals. Natural vitamin E has shown a greater bioavailability than synthetic forms, in other species and was tested here at the MARE Center on mares. A greater passive transfer of immunoglobulins was observed with natural vitamin E supplementation compared …
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Plant diversity, preference, and psychological well-being
… becomes denser and appears in wilder, more natural forms, these benefits and preferences for the landscape may diminish. This decline could be attributed to concerns regarding safety, unwanted contact with wildlife, or decreased perceived aesthetics of urban nature. Therefore, while green …