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Showing 1 to 20 of 126 for “"visual language"”.
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Visual language discrimination
Recognizing and learning one’s native language requires knowledge of the phonetic and rhythmical characteristics of the language. Few studies address the rich source of language information available in a speaker’s face. Solely visual speech permits language discrimination in adults (Soto-Faraco et …
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Translating Magic: Remedios Varo’s Visual Language
… her work. Varo created her own personal symbolic language, which, once learned, allows the viewer to read her paintings. Each chapter of this thesis aims to dissect an aspect of Varo’s work, or a source of inspiration for her work, in an effort to translate Varo’s personal visual language. After …
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A visual language for parallel processing
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1987.
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Defining digital space through a visual language
… they view. This involves the definition of a visual language, definition of the space model and multi-user relations. Techniques proposed in this thesis are gaze tracking to map the point of attention and the programming of visual interfaces that respond dynamically to user input.
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A visual language for ADA program unit specifications
This thesis describes a visual programming language designed to describe and generate Ada program unit specifications. The author first describes the foundations for the work, and gives a brief introduction to some of the features of the language. Most of the thesis is dedicated to describing the …
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Visual language representation for use case evolution and traceability
… and semantic definition of such a method using a visual language, RE/TRAC (Requirements Evolution with Traceability), and a supporting formal semantic notation RE/TRAC-SEM. RE/TRAC-SEM is an ontological specification employing a combination of models, including verbal definitions, set theory and a …
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The educational visual "language" in graphic novel adaptations of Shakespeare
… and challenge how we view Shakespeare and the language of his plays. The graphic novels I have chosen for my study (Manga Classics Hamlet, Ian Doescher’s Deadpool Does Shakespeare, Chuck Austen’s She Lies With Angels, and Ronald Wimberly’s Prince of Cats) have been selected not because they …
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Visual Language Pretrained Multiple Instance Zero-Shot Transfer for Histopathology Images
Contrastive visual language pretraining has emerged as a powerful method for either training new language-aware image encoders or augmenting existing pretrained models with zero-shot visual recognition capabilities. However, existing works typically train on large datasets of image-text pairs and …
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Shifting Surfaces: Developing a Visual Language with Emergent Patterns and Abstracted Bodies
… artmaking which led to the development of a new visual language. Shifting Surfaces employs emergent phenomena and abstraction to evoke the enmeshed relationship between bodies, ecology, and technology.
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A nation's visual language: nation branding and the visual identity of contemporary Malaysia
This research explores the role graphic design can play in the national branding of emergent nations, and takes the multiracial, multicultural state of Malaysia as the principal object of study. Contemporary Malaysian society and culture are reviewed in the context of present views of globalization …
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Beyond aesthetics : a contemporary approach to teaching visual language at a post secondary level
… that the cognitive and affective aspects of visual language have been neglected. In this study I introduced students to a revised approach to the formal elements of art, that breaks away from the prescriptive nature of historical formalism and its association with elitism. I adopted a …
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স্বপ্ন এবং সরণের সন্ধিক্ষণে | Between Dreams and Displacement - Translation, Immediacy, and Construction of Hybrid Visual Language
… among parallel states of consciousness, language, and media. The work consists of three animations and a holographic projection sculpture translating 2D ink drawings into motion. This written document records my ideas about, my inspirations for, and my reflections on this artwork. In the …
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The Visual Language of Vernacular Manuscript Illumination: John Gower's Confessio Amantis (Pierpont Morgan MS M.126)
… I observe how, as patrons they furnished a visual context for the Morgan Confessio from within their own library of illustrated historical manuscripts (Chapter Three) and books on science (Chapter Four). Produced just before Caxton printed his first book in Westminster in 1476 and standing …
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Augmenting Inputs using a Novel Figure-to-Text Pipeline to Assist Visual Language Models in Answering Scientific Domain Queries
Recent advancements in visual language models (VLMs) have transformed the way we interpret and interact with digital imagery, bridging the gap between visual and textual data. However, these models, like Bard, GPT4-v, and LLava, often struggle with specialized fields, particularly when processing …
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Socio-Kinetics : visualizing impressions of people behavior through motion
… and nuances of social interactions. Expressive visualization, however, is an alternative medium for effectively conveying such information. In order to animate the dynamic social qualities found within the static data of a Usenet interface, I chose motion as the communicative agent for this …
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The Queer Subjectivities and Visual Culture of Stephen Tennant, Oliver Messel and Rex Whistler, 1922-1939
… between the ‘queer’ subjectivities and visual culture of Stephen Tennant (1906-1987), Oliver Messel (1904-1978) and Rex Whistler (1905-1944) between 1922 and 1939. This time frame reflects the beginning of their friendship at the Slade School of Art, their early adulthood creativity and …
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Visual Elements and Visual Paradigms. Re-thinking scientific conceptual figures through Graphic Design
Every field of science has its own specialised visual language, developed over decades, if not centuries, and comprehensible only to those working in that field. Scientists utilise their particular visual language in conceptual figures, used to communicate their theories, ideas and processes to …
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Local identities in a common language: the iconography of Hellenistic funerary stelai from eastern Greek poleis
… grave monuments. This dissertation analyses the visual language of Hellenistic funerary stelae from eastern Greek poleis, thereby challenging the notion of a uniform "eastern Greek" iconography. The thesis focuses on the combination of tradition and innovation in the pictorial language of the …
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Changing Space: A Practice-Led Enquiry into Representations of the Urban
… to knowledge includes original approaches, visual strategies and formats to create new print-based representations of post-industrial urban space. My printmaking methods revealed parallel actions, techniques, and material qualities that reference aspects of the post-industrial city such as …
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