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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"the five senses"”.
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Sensations: a fabric of natural alcoves to provide relief from city life and stimulate the five senses
… bustling crowds and towering buildings. This is the essence of the city, and to many can be considered to be part of its charm, but it does not provide opportunities for relaxation and peace, creates an individualized society with little opportunity to form communities and also allows for very …
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Perspectives
The five senses are something we rely on to perceive our external world. Through an architectural sense, meditative and relaxing experiences establish themselves. How one is influenced by their surroundings a sense of self sparks a connection between body and place. Architecture, along with the …
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Sensual Architecture: Project for a Thermal Bath at Warm Springs
This thesis investigation an project design were driven by the desire to develop an understanding of how architecture addresses the senses. Guided by the practice of a craft, the vestige of art, architectural history and precedent, and the physiology of the five senses, an idea for a thermal bath …
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Odor mapping in neuroscience and design
The olfactory system remains one of the least well understood out of the five senses. In this thesis we examined the mappings of the odors to pathways in the brain as an initial assessment for the feasibility of digital odor. The results confirmed previous findings that each odor activated 1-6 …
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WayFinding: A Story Told Through The Senses
Architecture often references the five senses through conveying moments and experiences that someone could have in a specific setting. The purpose of this thesis is to dive deeper into how the senses can be engaged and how they relate to the concept of wayfinding. This thesis explores how engaging …
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Bridging the Gap: Addiction Recovery
This thesis explores the mental, physical, and emotional healing benefits of nature and the built environment to oneself. Strategically located across from downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, along the Cape Fear River, the site serves as a social and active place that promotes engagement with the …
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Blades, Blood and Bandages: A Qualitative Investigation of Self-Injury
The perspective of the individual who self-injures has been under-represented in research. This study places the meaning of self-injury for these individuals at its core. People who self-injure can offer comprehensive and discerning insights into the behaviour. This study confirms the findings of …
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Interpreting landscape : understanding through a story of architectural experiences
Since the 1880's the United States government has been constructing buildings on national park land. The visitor and administrative building typologies in the National Park Service have evolved from Army barracks at Fort Yellowstone, to railroad hotels, to the Mission 66 visitor centers, and …
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Reading Between The Lines: An Account Of The Cognitive Gain From Literary Fiction
My thesis defends the cognitive value of a close reading of literary fiction which I believe has been overlooked in the philosophical literature. I first outline an account of literary fiction in terms of the standard features of both literature and fiction. The diverse philosophical positions …
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Liberation of the Senses: An Exploration of Sound-color Synesthesia in the Music of Alexander Scriabin and Olivier Messiaen
Ascribing color to sound has long been a part of the music compositional lexicon. Performers, composers, and scholars have long relied upon descriptive vocabulary usually reserved for the visual arts. Those who regularly use colors as aspects of critical terminology do so to convey a desired …
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ROLE OF A CONSERVED AMINO ACID MOTIF IN LOCALIZATION OF HUMAN CLIC5 TO MICROVILLI
<p>Hearing is one of the five senses and is important for survival and enrichment of life in numerous species. It is a complex and intricate biological process that is dependent upon the proper formation and maintenance of many structures. One of these structures is the hair bundle, known as the …
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A Study of the Posture of the Tongue in Individuals with Normal Occlusion
The tongue in both man and animal has been considered through the ages to be a complex organ. It is a highly specialized combination of muscles and nerves and contains one of the five senses, the sense of taste. As H.B. Walter and L.F. Sayles stated in their book entitled: “Biology of the …
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The Danger of Visual Seduction: Netherlandish Prints of Susanna and the Elders
<p>In 1563, the Council of Trent issued a decree which stated, "...all lasciviousness is to be avoided, so that images shall not be painted and adorned with seductive charm." In the wake of this mandate, and other Netherlandish mandates intended to bolster the Council's decrees, prints of the …
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A Sensory Tour of Cape Cod: Thoreau's Transcendental Journey to Spiritual Renewal
Predominantly darker than his other works, Cape Cod depicts Henry David Thoreau's interpretation of life as a struggle for survival and a search for salvation in a stark New England setting. Representing Thoreau's greatest test of the goodness of God and nature, the book illustrates the centrality …
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Uncommon Sense in Renaissance English Literature
<p>My project explores the distinctive union of Senecan tragedy and Elizabethan satire in Renaissance English drama, particularly the works of John Marston and William Shakespeare. Unlike Ben Jonson, who incorporated both Senecan tragedy and Elizabethan satire in his drama but did so in different …
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Natural design in search of direction
… "Man's loss of his original nature comes from the distractions of the material world acting through the five senses.”1 That we have not regained our original nature is self-evident. Our society indicts us; its works convict us. We have become slaves to the extent that we have diverged from, as …
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Characterization of Metallic Flavor in Drinking Water: An Interdisciplinary Exploration through Sensory Science, Medicine, Health, and the Environment
… can lead to life changing discoveries or light the path for new discoveries as scientists continue to carry or pass on the torch of knowledge to current and future generations. This torch of knowledge radiates in many directions, as the path of discovery often demands a multidimensional …
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Phenomena and form at the water's edge : a scenario for Boston
Hypothesis. Phenomenology of Water and Design Water is an important element in our environment and thus is important in urban, architectural, and landscape design. It also has an inseparable relationship with human beings in our visual, acoustic, olfactory, and tactile environments. This thesis …
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The role of sensus communis in Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Locke and Kant
The purpose ot this thesis is to present a concentrated study of the "Sensus Communis" in the Philosophy of Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Locke, Leibniz and Kant. The conception of the "Sensus Communis" was first introduced in the field of psychological study by Aristotle. In the De Anima, after he …
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Penyesuaian diri orang tua dan pola asuh pada remaja indigo
… are children who are believed to possess the ability to send or receive information without using the five senses of sight, smell, hearing, touch, or taste. They have more capabilities compared to other children who show a set of outstanding psychological attributes, that is the ability of …
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