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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"vertical space"”.

  1. The Space in Language – Do Children’s Early Words Link to Their Sensorimotor Experiences of Vertical Space?

    Steil, Jessica Naomi2027

    tuebingen

  2. A minimization of a curvature functional on fiber bundles

    Hawkins, Christopher RyanRice University1998

    … an SO(3) group action. In each case, the tangent space of the bundle can be decomposed into a vertical space, those vectors tangent to fibers, and a horizontal space complementary to the vertical space and invariant under the group action. The bundle can be given a metric that is the direct sum of …

    rice Repository record

  3. A design exploration for Rotch Library

    Pieszak, JenniferMassachusetts Institute of Technology1983

    This thesis is a design exploration of interior vertical space and light in the context of a university architectural library. More specifically, a program for Massachusetts Institute of Technology' s Rotch Library will be applied to the now vacant Building 11, former Medical Building as a context …

    mit Repository record

  4. The role of sampling location and depth in the performance of lake plant environmental DNA metabarcoding

    Drummond, Jenn ARice University2020

    … plant taxonomic patterns across horizontal and vertical space. We detect the expected community variation (beta diversity) from lake to lake, but few community composition patterns related to offshore distance and sampling depth. Patterns included slightly elevated alpha diversity in near-shore …

    rice Repository record

  5. Volumetric Transparency: Application of an Improved Double Glass Facade System to Cowgill Hall, Blacksburg

    Wang, LuVirginia Tech2002

    … also be given new life by providing a new shared vertical space for dynamic communication and light. Potential problems associated with the all-glass box include high heat loss or gain, glare and noise control. A double envelope system of construction was explored as a means of solving some of …

    vt Repository record

  6. An Architecture of Verticality

    Chuhadia, ShubhamVirginia Tech2018

    … characteristics of a high-rise building is its verticality. However, it seems that most high-rise buildings do not directly pursue the architecture of verticality. Moreover, verticality is rarely perceived within this building type. This thesis investigates the potential of verticality in a …

    vt Repository record

  7. Disturbing the Ecological Pastoral: An Examination of Willa Cather's Fictional Spaces in <em>My Ántonia</em> and <em>Death Comes for the Archbishop</em>

    Stowe, Anne Carter2020

    … landscape. I argue that Cather treats these spaces differently. In <em>My Ántonia</em>, she maps a horizontal space and a land that is shallow, with little room to acknowledge the Native American history that existed in Nebraska before the characters in her novel arrived. In <em>Death Comes …

    mississippi Repository record

  8. A Multi-Track Elevator system for E-commerce fulfillment centers

    Hoffman, Rachel M. (Rachel Marie)Massachusetts Institute of Technology2017

    … to transport goods within the available vertical space. This work presents a Multi-Track Elevator (MTE) System, a competitive solution for rapid access and retrieval of goods in high-rise e-commerce fulfillment centers and warehouses. The MTE System consists of multiple vertical rails …

    mit Repository record

  9. Super green: an architect’s redesign of concrete façade panels using waste materials

    Gilligan, ElizabethQueen's University Belfast2021

    … are more crucial than ever. In this research the vertical space is being tested due to it being the most underutilized and available space within current city designs (Gehl, 2010). It is also the orientation that proposes the most difficult challenges; if we can conquer the vertical the horizontal …

    qu-belfast Repository record

  10. Concepts of time and space as organizing principles in Paradise Lost

    Moore, Harry VirgilRice University1969

    … Paradise Lost Milton creates a world of time and space, and he also deals systematically with such ideas as pride, humility, reason, free will, and the Fall of Man. The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate by analysis some patterns of correspondence between the world of the poem and the ideas …

    rice Repository record

  11. Skyward Serenity

    Pednekar, Prathamesh SunilVirginia Tech2024

    … severely limited, prompting the exploration of vertical development as a sustainable and innovative solution. This research proposes a vertical urban model that stacks traditional city sectors—residential, commercial, and recreational—within a compact vertical space. The aim is to house a …

    vt Repository record

  12. DEPTH AND TIME RELATED VARIATIONS OF MICROBIAL COMMUNIITES IN AN EMERGENT FRESHWATER WETLAND

    Jenkins, Amy2020

    … environmental changes, such as hydrology, across vertical space (depth) and time in an emergent fresh water wetland. Research was conducted in a non-tidal freshwater wetland along the James River (Charles City County, Virginia) by establishing plots in two areas that experienced different …

    vcu Repository record

  13. Cognitive Processes of Emotion-Space Interaction in Facial Expression Recognition

    Sawada, ReikoKyoto University2025

    kyoto Repository record