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How To Enhance Tourist Perceptions Of Environmental Issues Through Nature Images: An Importance-Performance Analysis, Hye Jeong Park, Eunkyoung Park

Journal of Global Business Insights

Environmental problems have been discussed as a serious issue across the world. To conserve nature, many environmental organizations have tried to facilitate tourists’ environmental perceptions by using nature images on their websites. However, few guidelines have been introduced regarding how to select appropriate nature images. Given this gap, this study conducted an importance-performance analysis (IPA) which provides the specific guideline for the use of appropriate nature images through nature-related websites. A total of 526 participants were recruited through an online survey. The results revealed that 14 nature images were categorized as Useful, Healthy, and Spontaneous nature images and identified different …

Networked Music Performance In Virtual Reality: Current Perspectives, Ben Loveridge

Journal of Network Music and Arts

The ability for musicians to interact face-to-face has been highly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Physical distancing and travel restrictions have forced teaching, rehearsals, and performances to be moved online. The use of videoconference platforms designed for conversation has also meant accepting their limitations when used in musical contexts. For example, in networked music performance (NMP), low-latency audio is usually transmitted alongside a separate video image. Since videoconference systems usually have a higher degree of in-built delay, the result is that performers often ignore the video image of each other in order to maintain a steady rhythm. If musicians usually …

Umsl 2020 Viewbook, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

UMSL Magazine and other UMSL Magazines

See what the University of Missouri–St. Louis has to offer you. From UMSL's accredited programs, to our accomplished faculty and engaged alumni – preview what awaits when you choose UMSL.

Second Act Conversion Of The Mercado De Xabregas, João Santa-Rita

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

No abstract provided.

Under The Radar Joe Garlick On Real Estate Development And Equity, Elizabeth Debs, Liliane Wong

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

No abstract provided.

The Elephant Refuge 'Pre-Use' Vs ''Reuse', Heinrich Hermann

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

No abstract provided.

Appropriating Architecture Digital Graffiti As Temporary Spatial Intervention, Dorothée King

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

No abstract provided.

Being Architecture And Action From Descartes To Foucault, Barbara Stehle

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

No abstract provided.

Empowering Actions The Participatory Renovations Of A Shelter, Christian Campagnaro, Nicoló Di Prima

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

No abstract provided.

Free Speech Comes Home La Casa Del Hijo Del Ahuizote, Enrique Aureng Silva

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

No abstract provided.

The Past Embodied In Action, Laura Gioeni

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

No abstract provided.

Klan Kosova Resisting New Order, Astrit Nixha

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

No abstract provided.

We Are Never Not Inside Discrete Objects And Nested Interiorities, Clay Odom

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

No abstract provided.

Tactical Urbanism Where It Matters Small Scale Interventions In Underserved Communities, Sally Harrison

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

No abstract provided.

Everybody's House The Rosa Parks House Project, Ryan Mendoza, Fabia Mendoza, Diogo Vale, João José Santos

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

No abstract provided.

Temporary Acts The Decorators, Kristina Anilane, Luis Sacristan Murga

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

No abstract provided.

My Global Identity: Wsu Alumni Blogs, Winona State University

Winona State University Theme

Members of the theme team helped to identify global voices for a new “Discovering & Defining Who I Am” series published by Winona State University Blogs. Two international alumni and one Study Abroad alumna shared their stories about identity, persistence, and their connections to Winona and to the world. A PDF document presents all of the blogs in one location.

August 17-18, 2020, Ohio University Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ohio University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes document the activities of Ohio University's Board of Trustees.

Virtual Viewpoint Synthesis Based On Grid Mapping, Yao Li, Qiongying Wu, Xu Hui

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Due to imperfect depth maps, occlusion and the illumination difference between reference images, annoying artifacts, such as holes and ghost edges, appearing in the rendering image by DIBR, holes filling being time-consuming, triangle mesh based on the depth contour and maps mesh triangles with energy constrains were created. Image fusion algorithm merged different viewpoint images and got final virtual viewpoint image. While DIBR warped the image with pixels, triangles were mapped with. Compared with the traditional DIBR, the proposed algorithm has a faster processing speed than the traditional pixel based processing method in the same image quality.

Gpu-Accelerated Cloth Animation Based On Module Division, Kun Zhou, Liu Zhen, Gaoqi He, Chen Tian, Tingting Liu, Cuijuan Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to improve the simulation speed of cloth animation, a module division parallel computing method was proposed by studying two kinds of cloth simulation models with dynamics and position based dynamics (PBD). A computing task was divided into a plurality of independent blocks by the way of data block. GPU parallel computing was used within the data block to improve the real-time performance and robustness of the cloth simulation. The applicability and effectiveness of the algorithm were verified under different scenarios and stochastic wind field. Experimental results show that under the same conditions, the proposed method can effectively …

Va-U: Addressing The Gaps In Respiratory Protection Through A Holistic Open-Sourced Design Alternative, Aishwarya Uniyal

Theses

With industrialization and urbanization, more populations, whether at the workplace or outside in the streets, find themselves exposed to contaminated air. Respiratory hazards and illnesses arising thereof are prevalent across most industries and economies. Beyond developed economies with strong labor laws, a large part of the workforce faces the lack of access to respiratory protection, which also is evident in the gaps of knowledge of its correct use. Even among the groups with access to respirators, incorrect use arising out of miscommunication or comfort is common. Evaluating the design and use of the different types of respirators while also studying …

The Harlem Book Of The Dead: Pan-Africanism, Funerary Portraiture, And The African-American Way Of Death, Jessica D. Feldman

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the text and images contained in James Van Der Zee and Camille Billops’s seminal photobook The Harlem Book of the Dead (1978). The title, frontispiece, and introduction, combined with Van Der Zee’s funerary portraits, illuminate the connection between African-American rituals of death and Pan-Africanism. While these two concepts appear to be distinct, they are both predicated upon and intrinsically linked to key values in African American culture, including liberation and the meaning of community. Each chapter focuses on a different contextual framework for situating The Harlem Book of the Dead within the historical and political moment …

Antarctica And The Southern Ocean, Jessica Blunden, Derek S. Arndt, E. Povl Abrahamsen, Sandra Barreira, Cecilia M. Bitz, Amy Butler, Kyle R. Clem, Steve Colwell, Lawrence Coy, Jos De Laat, Marcel D. Du Plessis, Ryan L. Fogt, Helen Amanda Fricker, John Fyfe, Alex S. Gardner, Sarah T. Gille, Tessa Gorte, L. Gregor, Will Hobbs, Bryan Johnson, Eric Keenan, Linda M. Keller, Natalya A. Kramarova, Matthew A. Lazzara, Jan T.M. Lenaerts, Jan L. Lieser, Hongxing Liu, Craig S. Long, Michelle Maclennan, Robert A. Massom, François Massonnet, Matthew R. Mazloff

Faculty Publications

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Future Bound: Your Future, Your Way, Marisa Nowodworski

Theses

In modern American culture, a lack of emphasis has developed in regards to education and its value and role for the future. This has plagued the nation with despair, which has increased over the last several years. A growing interest in STEAM education and the available paths following secondary education, we can revitalize the nation and redirect our future to a more lucrative outcome: vocations, entrepreneurship, or post-secondary education based upon the correct path for each individual life.

The application of STEAM in education can create opportunities and expand knowledge in fields across the board: exposure to arts can create …

Synergy Through Making: Co-Designing With Educational Stakeholders In Northeastern Nigeria, Gretchen Caldwell Rinnert, Kathleen Campana, Marianne Martens, Davison Mupinga, Joanne Caniglia, Grace Malgwi, Tsukuru Kamiyama, Allyson Filippi

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Nigerian educational statistics reflect a country in crisis. Several factors drive this trend: early marriages; poorly-trained and underpaid teachers; and extensive armed conflicts. This paper describes a collaboration between three universities on a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) grant-funded project to intervene in this crisis. Focusing on the educational system in two states, the project aims to improve educational materials and teaching strategies in 200 schools. Our research team employs a co-design methodology informed by the “co-creation” work of Sanders and Stappers (2008), Druin’s (1999, 2002, 2005) work on “cooperative inquiry,” and Martens, Rinnert, and Andersen’s (2018)’s work …

Multidisciplinary Design Collaboration In The Lenses Of Cscw And Current Technology Enablement, Mimi Nguyen, Céline Mougenot

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper aims to better understand team dynamic aspects in multidisciplinary design collaboration in reference to the CSCW discourse. We present an exploratory literature review and co-occurrence analysis of emerged themes from the studies. Then, we juxtapose the findings with technology-enabled tools suggested for CSCW. Finally, we review the industry relevance of the proposed tools. To illustrate our recommendation for future research, we discuss and suggest a matrix evaluating existing collaborative systems based on the identified team dynamics aspects. We identified two critical aspects, that are vulnerable in the digital channels: shared understanding and trust. The results allow us to …

Over The Rainbow: Sharing A Cross-Disciplinary Philosophy Of Waste Through Spectrum Visualisation, Manuela Taboada, Alice Payne

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Waste is a material problem and a cultural condition. Many philosophies and visualisation resources exist for addressing waste such as waste hierarchies and circular economy diagrams. These diagrams, however, are not always enough to represent the intrinsic complexities related to waste systems or the interactions that exist between current and potential interventions. In this paper we contribute an original framework for understanding waste and propose a visualisation of waste as a spectrum of possibilities rather than as a series of discrete, disconnected interventions. The Waste Rainbow invites users to “plot” interventions and to think about these interventions and their relationships …

Drs2020 Editorial: Theme Education, Rebecca Cain, Stella Boess

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The theme of Design Education always attracts a great number of submissions at DRS conferences, and this year is no different. The call for papers asked for contributions which explored how design education is changing and needs to change, and how working designers and design researchers update their skills to meet the challenges of the present and the future.

Whiteness In Design Practice: The Need To Prioritize Process Over Artefact., Meghan Kelly

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This article will interrogate the issues associated with non-Indigenous designers working with Indigenous knowledges in commercial design practice. It will analyze the position of ‘whiteness’ to appreciate the ongoing impact of colonialism on Indigenous representation and identity creation. The article attests there are times when non-Indigenous input into design outcomes is not suitable. However, if non-Indigenous engagement in the design process offers benefit to Indigenous stakeholders, the International Indigenous Design Charter serves as a guiding document on the best practices to follow. There is still a concern that regardless of the extensive consultation, strong industry support and the best intentions …

Auckland Plan 2050: Rethinking The Future Of Design Education In Aotearoa New Zealand, Tatiana Antunes Tavares, Marcos Mortensen Steagall

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper describes a Social Design student’s project conducted during 12 weeks in a Communication Design degree in Aotearoa New Zealand. The project employed a studio-driven educational structure that integrates social, technical and cognitive dimensions of knowledge construction. In this sense, the aim of this paper is to present our experience in order to shed light about Social Design as a context for studio activities in Design teaching. The brief employed a pragmatic framework to problem-solving to develop design outcomes capable of impacting local and global society. As a result, there was increased student engagement within the paper, a fact …