With the rapid development of point cloud processing technologies and the availability of a wide range of 3D capturing devices, a geometric object from the real world can be directly represented digitally as a dense and fine point cloud.Decomposing a 3D shape represented in point cloud into meaningful parts has very important practical implications
Cortical magnification eliminates differences in contrast sensitivity across but not around the visual field
Human visual performance changes dramatically both across (eccentricity) and around (polar angle) the visual field.Performance is better at the fovea, decreases with eccentricity, and is better along the horizontal than vertical meridian and along the lower than the upper vertical meridian.However, Carving Fork Sets all neurophysiological and virtu
THE ECONOMIC AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL EXPERIENCES AND COPING RESOURCES OF FAMILY MEMBERS CARING FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS IN THEIR HOMES IN BHAMBAYI, KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA
There is empirical evidence that families have responded with much resilience and compassion to caring for BLENDING GLOVES persons living with AIDS (PWAs) in their homes (Engelbrecht & Kasiram, 2007; Sekokotla & Mturi, 2004; Simpson & Raniga, 2004).At the same time families in poverty-stricken communities are increasingly struggling and failing to
Knitting, Weaving, Embroidery, and Quilting as Subversive Aesthetic Strategies: On Feminist Interventions in Art, Fashion, and Philosophy
In the paper I pose the question of how, on artistic, aesthetic, and philosophical levels, decoration and domestic handicrafts as subversive strategies enable the undermining and breakdown of class-based and patriarchal divisions into high and low, objective and subjective, public and private, masculine and feminine.I explore whether handicrafts, i