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Osman, Robert, and Lucie Pospíšilová. "Experience without Sight: The Opportunity for Reflection of Normative Space." Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 17, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 63–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.13060/12130028.2016.17.1.256.
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Oltean, Roxana. "'Language ... Without Metaphor'." JAAAS: Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies 1, no. 2 (December 30, 2020): 267–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.47060/jaaas.v1i2.123.
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Henry David Thoreau has been celebrated for his observation of the natural world. While noting Thoreau's skills of observation in relation to the natural world and his responsiveness to sensory experience, scholars have, however, tended to privilege sight over sound. Even though Thoreau was recognized by musicians such as Charles Ives and John Cage for having an exceptionally fine ear for the symphonies of nature, sound still remains a neglected aspect of Thoreau's Walden; Or, Life in the Woods. This article is a corrective to this status quo, as it reads Walden as a transmedial project in which Thoreau frequently tuned in to the sounds encountered during his sojourn in nature in order to figure the essential parameters of his experiment and to relate to the entire world of experience. The complex soundscape of Walden engenders a multifaceted awareness of modern space, as sounds of nature, sounds of progress, and the clamor of people intersect. Accordingly, this article explores how Thoreau uses a vast array of sounds to relate to the world; how he apprehended, and even appreciated, not only the harmonies of nature, but also dissonance—within nature, as well as between nature, modernity and rurality. In doing so, this article proposes a reading of Thoreau's auditory experience as a reflection on, and negotiation with, a multifaceted world where the pastoral and the industrial coexist.
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Henry, Michele L. "The Effect of Pitch and Rhythm Difficulty on Vocal Sight-Reading Performance." Journal of Research in Music Education 59, no. 1 (February 7, 2011): 72–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022429410397199.
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Singing music at sight is a complex skill, requiring the singer to perform pitch and rhythm simultaneously. Previous research has identified difficulty levels for pitch and rhythm skills individually but not in combination. In this study, the author sought to determine the relationship between pitch and rhythm tasks occurring concurrently. High school singers ( N = 252) sang melodies with varying combinations of pitch and rhythm difficulty. Results indicate that pitch and rhythm skills retained their relative difficulty levels, regardless of the presence of other factors. Rhythmic success was significantly related to pitch success. Rhythm accuracy without pitch success occurred least frequently. Pitch accuracy without rhythm success occurred most frequently. Singers appeared to give priority to pitch over rhythm, performing pitch correctly at the expense of rhythmic accuracy. Singers with instrument/piano experience and singers with piano experience only scored significantly higher than did those with no instrument/piano training ( p < .05). Those with instrument and/or piano experience were more proficient at performing pitch and rhythm together than those without such experience. Implications for teachers include the necessity of emphasizing rhythmic continuity. Future research should explore the pitch and rhythm reading capabilities for instrumentalists, and singers’ ability to sight-read additional musical elements.
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McClung, Alan C. "Sight-Singing Scores of High School Choristers with Extensive Training in Movable Solfège Syllables and Curwen Hand Signs." Journal of Research in Music Education 56, no. 3 (October 2008): 255–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022429408323290.
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Randomly chosen high school choristers with extensive training in solfège syllables and Curwen hand signs ( N = 38) are asked to sight-sing two melodies, one while using Curwen hand signs and the other without. Out of a perfect score of 16, the mean score with hand signs was 10.37 ( SD = 4.23), and without hand signs, 10.84 ( SD = 3.96). A repeated-measures ANOVA revealed no statistically significant difference, F(1, 37) = .573, p = .454. These findings support the results of five earlier studies; however, because earlier studies were limited to students who were minimally trained in movable solfège syllables and Curwen hand signs, this study expands the knowledge base. Relationships between performance scores and instrumental experience, class grade, sight-singing experience, and hand sign experience were also examined. A pedagogical strategy for linking Curwen hand signs with students' preferred modes of learning (especially the kinesthetic mode) is recommended.
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Guendelman, Miriam, Lior Reich, and Amir Amedi. "‘Visual’-parsing without visual experience: Is ‘seeing’ with sounds better than sight restoration in the early blind?" Multisensory Research 26, no. 1-2 (2013): 195–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134808-000s0147.
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Vrdoljak, Ana Filipa, and Alexander A. Bauer. "Pandemics and the role of culture." International Journal of Cultural Property 27, no. 4 (November 2020): 441–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0940739121000060.
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Pandemics creep up on us slowly, and without our suspecting, while we are distracted. Likewise, human experience shows that they recede gradually and without our noticing. For those in the eye of its storm—those that experience their devastating impact firsthand without the hope of an end in sight—they touch and shape their daily lives and their societies, in big and small ways. History shows, that across millennia, pandemics throw a harsh light on existing cleavages in societies and shortcomings in their organization; fuel deliberation, agitation, and the search for new ideas; and accelerate or bring about change. There is no reason to believe the effect of the pandemic that is presently affecting every continent will not follow a similar path.
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Ayers, William R. "What Is It Like to Be a Dolphin? Echolocation and Subjectivity in Video Games." Journal of Sound and Music in Games 2, no. 3 (2021): 1–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/jsmg.2021.2.3.1.
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Echolocation is a rare ability of some bats, dolphins, and humans with reduced sightedness or visual impairment. Often visualized as a type of auditory sight, echolocation has no true analog for sighted humans without the ability, resulting in a wide range of interpretations when game designers attempt to capture this subjective experience. Video games have depicted echolocation with varying degrees of fidelity and realism, from musical scales and maps to fully realized three-dimensional worlds. This variety may be attributed in part to the inaccessible experience of the echolocating subjects. Designers must rely on their own subjective experiences to create a mental image of this ability. Synthesizing aspects of acoustic and biological sciences, philosophy, and disability studies, this article examines depictions of echolocation in video games, demonstrating that games require players to incorporate their own experiences in order to bridge the “explanatory gap” between the subjective experiences of visually impaired characters and knowledge of the objective processes of echolocation that are accessible to sighted players. With examples from Ecco the Dolphin (1992) and Perception (2017), this article will show that designers support their echolocation mechanics with narrative and supplementary information rather than actualizing the experience with gameplay.
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Johnson, Abel K. Samuel, Vishnu Prasad R, Parthasarathy R, and Zile Singh. "Supplementary pulse polio immunization program: an experience from Ground zero." International Journal of Scientific Reports 1, no. 5 (October 3, 2015): 243. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-2156.intjscirep20150899.
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Independent polio immunization campaign monitoring is carried out to assess the quality and impact of supplementary immunization activities. It is critical in guiding any necessary mid-course corrections if gaps or problems are found. The need of the hour is to maintain this status by continuing the immunization activities without any discrimination based on caste, creed, sect, state or religion. It was a great sight to witness the Polio workers in the interiors of the country doing a great job to make INDIA proud and continue as a POLIO ELIMINATED COUNTRY. All the credit goes to these workers who tirelessly cycles and walks withstanding the rain and sun that made India a POLIO FREE country. Objective of this article is to highlight some of the observations by a WHO external monitor posted in a District of Tamilnadu.
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Kreutzer, Michel, Gerard Leboucher, and Nathalie Beguin. "Sexual Preferences for Mate Song in Female Canaries (Serinus Canaria)." Behaviour 135, no. 8 (1998): 1185–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853998792913500.
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AbstractRecent studies have shown that female passerine birds give more sexual displays for songs of their mates than for songs of other males. The present study aimed to determine to what extent familiarisation with a song may account for females' song preferences. Ten female canaries were paired with a male during 3 days before egg laying; females were subsequently left alone to incubate and rear their young. Females were subjected to the familiarisation procedure when nestlings were 9 days old, until they were 17 days old. During the familiarisation period, twice a day, each female was successively exposed to the playback of three successive song records: (a) The mate song (M), a song frequently emitted by their previous sexual partner; when this song was played back, females were concurrently exposed to the sight of their previous mate. (b) The song of a non-mate accompanied by the sight of the mate (NMAS), a song emitted by a non-mate male; when this song was played back, females were also exposed to the sight of their previous mate. (c) The song of a non-mate not accompanied by the sight of the mate (NMNAS). At the end of this familiarisation period, the sexual preferences of the females for these songs were studied. Sexual responses were elicited by the emission of the M, NMAS and NMNAS songs, without male presentation. We analysed the total number of copulation solicitation displays (CSDs) elicited by each song. Females displayed more for M song than for NMAS or NMNAS songs. Eight of the 10 females gave at least half of their displays to M song. In a separate experiment, females without reproductive experience with the males failed to present a preference for any of these songs. Taken together, these results strongly suggest that mate recognition is not a mere effect of familiarisation with songs but is closely associated with previous reproductive experience. Song preferences that develop as a result of association with a particular male may be important in the maintenance of pair bonds and could influence future copulation acceptance with this mate.
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Jaworska-Biskup, Katarzyna. "The World without Sight. A Comparative Study of Concept Understanding in Polish Congenitally Totally Blind and Sighted Children." Psychology of Language and Communication 15, no. 1 (January 1, 2011): 27–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10057-011-0002-4.
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The World without Sight. A Comparative Study of Concept Understanding in Polish Congenitally Totally Blind and Sighted ChildrenThe paper presents the outcome of an experiment on concept understanding in Polish congenitally totally blind and sighted children. A test of free associations was administered to a group of 40 sighted and 24 congenitally totally blind children between the ages of 7 and 9. The research instrument included 25 sample concepts grouped into four categories such as colors, nature phenomena, features of living organisms and physical processes. The collected responses lend support to the fact that there exist many impediments to proper concept understanding due to limited hands-on experience arising out of blindness, visible in the research by the presence of gaps in knowledge or egocentrism-based responses. The data exhibits a blind child's high dependence on contextual clues and a delay in the process of decontextualization, especially if it is not accompanied by sufficient stimulation from the child's environment.
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Fryer, Louise, Linda Pring, and Jonathan Freeman. "Audio Drama and the Imagination." Journal of Media Psychology 25, no. 2 (January 2013): 65–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000084.
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Presence describes immersion in a mediated environment such that it seems unmediated. For people with visual impairment, audio description replaces missing visual information with a verbal commentary, transforming an audiovisual medium into audio. Media forms are more or less immersive, with audio-only at the bottom of the scale. Anecdotally, however, pictures are said to be better on radio. Sound effects may contribute by triggering vivid mental images. Yet the role of sound effects on presence has been little explored. The aim of this study was to test the influence of sound effects and visual experience on presence. Participants (N = 73) with full, some, or no sight reported presence levels for a scene from an audio drama presented with or without sound effects. Participants with full vision reported higher levels of ecological and spatial presence for dialogue and sound effects than for dialogue alone. For participants with impaired vision, sound effects made no significant difference to presence levels. This was a small, exploratory study. Sound effects increased two dimensions of presence for those with sight. For blind people, words alone provided a rich imaginative experience. This has positive implications for audio description, which necessitates dipping the soundtrack to insert descriptive commentary. It suggests sound effects have a key role in stimulating presence, but this is dependent on the sensory characteristics of the listener.
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Zippel, Nicola. ""The Dawn of Wonder”." Teaching Philosophy 42, no. 3 (2019): 279–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/teachphil201987110.
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“The Dawn of Wonder” is a philosophical laboratory that the author, a high school philosophy teacher, has for many years led in several elementary schools in Rome. The paper aims at presenting the main characteristics of such experience of teaching philosophy to children, which doesn’t adopt the methodology of Philosophy for Children, but develops an original approach based on a historical narration of ideas and thinkers coming from both Western and Eastern traditions. According to this perspective, teaching philosophy to children means dealing with theoretical issues by keeping them in their historical and geographical context. In this way, a child who meets philosophy can reason on the basic problems of human understanding without losing sight of their geo-historical origins.
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Nétek, Rostislav. "Possibilities of contactless control of web map applications by sight." Geoinformatics FCE CTU 7 (December 29, 2011): 55–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.14311/gi.7.5.
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This paper assesses possibilities of a new approach of control map applications on the screen without locomotive system. There is a project about usability of Eye Tracking System in Geoinformatic and Cartographic fields at Department of Geoinformatics at Palacky University. The eye tracking system is a device for measuring eye/gaze positions and eye/gaze movement ("where we are looking"). There is a number of methods and outputs, but the most common are "heat-maps" of intensity and/or time. Just this method was used in the first part, where was analyzed the number of common web map portals, especially distribution of their tools and functions on the screen. The aim of research is to localize by heat-maps the best distribution of control tools for movement with map (function "pan"). It can analyze how sensitive are people on perception of control tools in different web pages and platforms. It is a great experience to compare accurate survey data with personal interpretation and knowledge. Based on these results is the next step – design of "control tools" which is command by eye-tracking device. There has been elected rectangle areas located on the edge of map (AOI – areas of interest), with special function which have defined some time delay. When user localizes one of these areas the map automatically moves to the way on which edge is localized on, and time delay prevents accidental movement. The technology for recording the eye movements on the screen offers this option because if you properly define the layout and function controls of the map, you need only connect these two systems. At this moment, there is a technical constrain. The solution of movement control is based on data transmission between eye-tracking-device-output and converter in real-time. Just real-time transfer is not supported in every case of SMI (SensoMotoric Instruments company) devices. More precisely it is the problem of money, because eye-tracking device and every upgrade is very expensive. This constrains and their solutions are also discussed in paper. Main aim of the project is to design (both economically and technologically), optimal way how to record and convert eye-movement in a program with sophisticated control of movements.
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Anderson, Donald Nathan. "Digital Platforms, Porosity, and Panorama." Surveillance & Society 17, no. 1/2 (March 31, 2019): 14–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.24908/ss.v17i1/2.12937.
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The concept of porosity, developed by Walter Benjamin and Asja Lacis, is proposed as a useful concept for examining the political, social, and economic impacts of digital platform surveillance on social space. As a means of characterizing and comparing how interconnected spaces are shaped through a diversity of interfaces, porosity bypasses a simplistic distinction between analog and digital technologies without losing sight of the actual material affordances, social and surveillance practices, and politics that these differing and interacting technologies enable. As part of Benjamin’s project of uncovering the tension between the present and the utopian visions that capitalism repeatedly invokes through new technologies, an attention to the politics of porosity can situate the effects of digital platforms within the ongoing history of struggle over the production and experience of urban space.
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McQuire, Scott. "Slow Train Coming? The Transition to Digital Distribution and Exhibition in Cinema." Media International Australia 110, no. 1 (February 2004): 105–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878x0411000112.
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Throughout the 1990s, digital technology entered film production and rapidly altered both the production process and the audience's experience, as complex soundscapes and special effects became the hallmark of cinematic blockbusters. By 1999, the prospect of an end-to-end digital cinema, or cinema without celluloid, seemed to be in sight. Digital distribution and exhibition were extolled as particularly attractive prospects, and a number of test sites were established in the United States. However, the last four years have demonstrated that significant issues need to be resolved before there will be broader implementation of digital cinema. Working from a series of interviews with key industry practitioners in Australia and the United States, this article examines the struggles currently affecting the rollout of digital cinema, and assesses the likely impact on Australian exhibition practices.
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Marshall, Ann P., and Jeffrey M. Black. "The effect of rearing experience on subsequent behavioural traits in Hawaiian GeeseBranta sandvicensis: implications for the recovery programme." Bird Conservation International 2, no. 2 (June 1992): 131–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959270900002367.
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SummaryThe risk of the NeneBranta sandvicensisbecoming extinct has been minimized by the release of over 2,000 captive-reared geese, but the population (now at 500) is yet to achieve a self-sustaining status. The majority of birds released have been reared in gosling-only groups, thus missing out on the opportunity to learn social and feeding skills from adults. In this paper we test the hypothesis that rearing experience affects the subsequent behavioural traits of Nene goslings. We raised 42 goslings under four conditions: a gosling group not exposed to adults, a gosling group exposed to adults from 16 days onward, three groups in view of “foster” adults for 14 days, and four groups reared continuously by parents. All birds were eventually released into an 8 ha pen where a flock of adult Nene roamed. The method by which Nene goslings were raised had a significant effect on dominance, flock integration, and vigilance. Parent-reared birds were dominant to and more vigilant than goslings raised without parents or goslings reared in sight of adults. Parent-reared birds also integrated into the adult flock sooner than other goslings. Growth rate and final body size were not affected by rearing regime (with or without parents or foster parents). In future, managers should provide goslings with as much “parental” experience as possible in order to equip them with appropriate skills to cope once released in the wild.
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Clapton, Gary. "Against All Odds? Birth Fathers and Enduring Thoughts of the Child Lost to Adoption." Genealogy 3, no. 2 (March 29, 2019): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genealogy3020013.
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This paper revisits a topic only briefly raised in earlier research, the idea that the grounds for fatherhood can be laid with little or no ‘hands-on’ experience of fathering and upon these grounds, an enduring sense of being a father of, and bond with, a child seen once or never, can develop. The paper explores the specific experiences of men whose children were adopted as babies drawing on the little research that exists on this population, work relating to expectant fathers, personal accounts, and other sources such as surveys of birth parents in the USA and Australia. The paper’s exploration and discussion of a manifestation of fatherhood that can hold in mind a ‘lost’ child, disrupts narratives of fathering that regard fathering as ‘doing’ and notions that once out of sight, a child is out of mind for a father. The paper suggests that, for the men in question, a diversity of feelings, but also behaviours, point to a form of continuing, lived fathering practices—that however, take place without the child in question. The conclusion debates the utility of the phrase “birth father” as applied historically and in contemporary adoption processes.
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Cronin, Audrey Kurth. "How al-Qaida Ends: The Decline and Demise of Terrorist Groups." International Security 31, no. 1 (July 2006): 7–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/isec.2006.31.1.7.
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Al-Qaida will end. The fear that a small terrorist organization with a loose network has transformed itself into a protracted global ideological struggle without an end in sight is misguided. There are centuries of experience with modern terrorist movements, many bearing important parallels with al-Qaida; yet the lessons arising from the demise of these groups are little studied. Unfortunately, terrorist organizations in their final stages are often at their most dangerous. The outcomes can range from implosion of a group and its cause to transition to astonishing acts of violence and interstate war. Comparing al-Qaida's differences and similarities with those of earlier terrorist organizations, and applying relevant lessons to this case, can provide insights into al-Qaida's likely demise. It can also inform thinking about how to manage and hasten al-Qaida's end.
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Wynn, Joe, Julien Collet, Aurélien Prudor, Alexandre Corbeau, Oliver Padget, Tim Guilford, and Henri Weimerskirch. "Young frigatebirds learn how to compensate for wind drift." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287, no. 1937 (October 21, 2020): 20201970. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1970.
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Compensating for wind drift can improve goalward flight efficiency in animal taxa, especially among those that rely on thermal soaring to travel large distances. Little is known, however, about how animals acquire this ability. The great frigatebird ( Fregata minor ) exemplifies the challenges of wind drift compensation because it lives a highly pelagic lifestyle, travelling very long distances over the open ocean but without the ability to land on water. Using GPS tracks from fledgling frigatebirds, we followed young frigatebirds from the moment of fledging to investigate whether wind drift compensation was learnt and, if so, what sensory inputs underpinned it. We found that the effect of wind drift reduced significantly with both experience and access to visual landmark cues. Further, we found that the effect of experience on wind drift compensation was more pronounced when birds were out of sight of land. Our results suggest that improvement in wind drift compensation is not solely the product of either physical maturation or general improvements in flight control. Instead, we believe it is likely that they reflect how frigatebirds learn to process sensory information so as to reduce wind drift and maintain a constant course during goalward movement.
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Jesus, Eduardo. "Madeira tourism strategy: how to re-qualify a destination." Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 9, no. 6 (December 4, 2017): 659–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/whatt-09-2017-0049.
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Purpose The Regional Government of Madeira has developed a re-qualification plan for the tourism sector to guide implementation of the recently launched tourism strategy for the destination. Design/methodology/approach The plan identifies the areas for intervention and the respective measures and actions to implement. Findings Human relations, resource management and training are among the main components that contribute to the success of a tourism value chain. It is also true that innovation and modernization in all aspects of energy efficiency, the digital economy, the environment and internationalization, should be a priority. Originality/value Any experience that stands because it is authentic is likely to attract tourists and affirm the destination. The implication is that it is essential that destinations know how to assert its uniqueness locally, via a strategy for innovation and creativity, without losing sight of its history and its essence.
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P. Abeles, Tom. "Have universities lost sight of their purpose? The Princeton-Fung Global Forum – Paris, April 2014: a review." On the Horizon 22, no. 3 (August 27, 2014): 218–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/oth-05-2014-0015.
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Purpose – The purpose of this review is to challenge the view that universities, particularly medallion institutions, have the prerogative to repurpose or interpret funds received without accepting responsibility to provide value. Design/methodology/approach – This is a review article discussing issues raised in the 2014 Global Forum in Paris. Findings – Citing this “Forum” and the open literature, it is evident that as more money is made available through new donors, maintaining oversight on how such funds are used can become problematic. Rather, it is suggested that donors become more involved and responsible rather than participating passively and accepting the “wisdom” of the recipients. Social implications – The world is becoming more dynamic, implying that ideas and funds committed in the beginning need careful and ongoing assessment. Many new donors lack the experience of older organizations, both funders and funded, and may have a proclivity to default to decisions of others. “There be Dragons Here”. Originality/value – Recipients of funds, particularly the institutions of higher education have a tendency to see the world through the eyes of their expertise. In the past, most parties have deferred to such “authority” which is proving to be more tenuous in an evolving and changing global world. Care needs to be exercised using criteria that needs to be dynamic and one that is still evolving.
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Swenson, Joseph. "Saying What One Means." Southwest Philosophy Review 37, no. 1 (2021): 169–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/swphilreview202137118.
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Few would dispute that Nietzsche writes differently than most philosophers, especially when judged by the standards of contemporary philosophical writing. There is plenty of dispute, however, about why Nietzsche has chosen to present his thinking in the ways that he does. When one turns to much recent Nietzsche scholarship, it would appear that the literary quality of his writing is often treated as something that is merely accidental rather than integral to his philosophical project. Here one finds a working assumption that it is possible to paraphrase Nietzsche’s unconventional style of writing into more conventional forms of philosophical prose without losing sight of the philosophical goals that he is trying to achieve. This paper argues that this working assumption underappreciates the fact that Nietzsche’s chosen style of writing is intended to perform a variety of functions within his philosophy. One underappreciated function of Nietzsche’s writing, I will argue, aims to promote a radical disruption and revaluation of his readers’ basic habitual attitudes towards their experience of their own lives. Such therapeutic and transformative experiences, I conclude, are not only basic to Nietzsche’s philosophical project but are also intimately connected to the literary quality of his writing and cannot easily survive philosophical paraphrase.
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Liu, Li, and Wen Yang. "The Method to Test the Homogeneity of Concrete." Key Engineering Materials 633 (November 2014): 485–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.633.485.
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As the ultra high way and long distance pumping concrete became increasingly common, the engineers not only required the concrete have large liquidity but also increasingly concerned about the homogeneity of concrete. However, without effective and convincing method, currently the engineers had to assess and judge the homogeneity just by their sight, feel and experience. In order to test the homogeneity rapidly, exactly and quantitatively, a new device and method was developed relaying on the theory that the barycentre of the concrete which was filled in regular-shape container would deflect away from the shape-centre of the container more or less if the components with different density in concrete separated to stratifications. C30 and C40 concrete whose slump≥180mm and slump flow≥480mm were tested by this method and their homogeneity modulus (Cv) were figured out by the supporting formula. The result showed that the homogeneity of concrete was accredited if 0.90<Cv<1.10, and Cv was closer to 1.00, the homogeneity was better.
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Zhang, Yao, Zhongliang Deng, and Yuhui Gao. "Angle of Arrival Passive Location Algorithm Based on Proximal Policy Optimization." Electronics 8, no. 12 (December 17, 2019): 1558. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics8121558.
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Location technology is playing an increasingly important role in urban life. Various active and passive wireless positioning technologies for mobile terminals have attracted research attention. However, positioning signals experience serious interference in high-density residential areas or in the interior of large buildings. The main type of interference is that caused by non-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagation. In this paper, we present a new method for optimizing the angle of arrival (AOA) measurement to obtain high accuracy location results based on proximal policy optimization (PPO). PPO is a new family of policy gradient methods for reinforcement learning, which can be used to adjust the sampling data under different environments using stochastic gradient ascent. Therefore, PPO can correct the NLOS propagation errors to produce a clear AOA measurement data set without building an offline fingerprinting database. Then, we used the least square method to calculate the location. The simulation result shows that the AOA passive location algorithm based on PPO produced more accurate location information.
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CARBINATTO, Michele Viviene, and Myrian NUNOMURA. "Gymnastics in higher education: reflections on assessment." Revista Brasileira de Educação Física e Esporte 30, no. 1 (March 2016): 171–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-55092016000100171.
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Abstract Assessment procedures were based on the traditional educational paradigms of linearity and sequence, whose aim was to categorize and select individuals. With the advancement of Social and Human Sciences, assessments gained both a reflexive and an analytical characteristic and now they constitute a system of support and guidance for individual and group learning, all without losing sight of building character in the students. Supported by qualitative research, this study identified and discussed the assessments used by 14 university lecturers in the state of São Paulo who teach Gymnastics in the Physical Education undergraduate courses. The results showed different formats of assessment, namely: theoretical; debates; practical/experience; research; self-assessment and peer-review. None of the evaluated lecturers clearly stated the assessment criteria, becoming it, mainly, subjective. Four lecturers gave indication of using the assessment tools in the formative conception and only one lecturer guides its practice during the teaching-learning process after analyzing what has been detected in assessments.
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Nesterchuk, Inna. "APPLIED GASTRONOMIC DOSSIER OF THE RIGHT-BANK POLISSYA." GEOGRAPHY AND TOURISM, no. 46 (2019): 48–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2308-135x.2019.46.48-63.
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In the article, an audit of gastronomic proposals for the territory of the the Right-bank Polissya study was carried out in order to attract and promote local autochthonous dishes and food traditions. Goal. The substantiation of the theoretical and methodological approach to the issues of promotion of local food and wine through a retro-innovative perspective. Therefore, the creation of immersive ethno-gastronomic experience requires an innovative approach, starting with the inventions of traditional dishes and recipes, but without the risk of loss of authenticity. Method. Based on the retro-innovative approach and field research, we tried to ensure the synergy of gastronomic tourism through a range of variables: promotion and advertisement of local cuisine as a resource of a particular region; development of a universal product tour, which includes gastronomic tours; the experience gained about the unique places that make the impression of an "attractive kitchen"; culinary events tied locally. Results. The research results of the region announce a large traditional heritage in which the autochthonous cuisine becomes a link between the pleasure of experience for the tourist and the advertisement of the area. A key factor is the transformation of the general tourist product into a unique experience, thanks to gastronomic routes that will improve local infrastructure and contribute to the development of the economy in the region. Scientific novelty. Knowledge of food and wine of the Right-bank Polissya will become the main motivating factor for visiting this destination. In light of these changes, it is necessary to adopt a new approach to the promotion of gastronomic tourism – a new way of thinking. Practical significance. Gastronomy in recent years has become one of the main motivations for visiting geographic areas, in particular, the Right-bank Polissya. In fact, tourists demand new experiences that stimulate other feelings, besides the sight: gastronomic tourism can stimulate other sensations such as taste and smell. Gastronomic tourism demonstrates great potential for tourism product and creates new opportunities for development of other economic events.
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Pisanski, Katarzyna, Anna Oleszkiewicz, and Agnieszka Sorokowska. "Can blind persons accurately assess body size from the voice?" Biology Letters 12, no. 4 (April 2016): 20160063. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0063.
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Vocal tract resonances provide reliable information about a speaker's body size that human listeners use for biosocial judgements as well as speech recognition. Although humans can accurately assess men's relative body size from the voice alone, how this ability is acquired remains unknown. In this study, we test the prediction that accurate voice-based size estimation is possible without prior audiovisual experience linking low frequencies to large bodies. Ninety-one healthy congenitally or early blind, late blind and sighted adults (aged 20–65) participated in the study. On the basis of vowel sounds alone, participants assessed the relative body sizes of male pairs of varying heights. Accuracy of voice-based body size assessments significantly exceeded chance and did not differ among participants who were sighted, or congenitally blind or who had lost their sight later in life. Accuracy increased significantly with relative differences in physical height between men, suggesting that both blind and sighted participants used reliable vocal cues to size (i.e. vocal tract resonances). Our findings demonstrate that prior visual experience is not necessary for accurate body size estimation. This capacity, integral to both nonverbal communication and speech perception, may be present at birth or may generalize from broader cross-modal correspondences.
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Intrieri, Emanuele, Federica Bardi, Riccardo Fanti, Giovanni Gigli, Francesco Fidolini, Nicola Casagli, Sandra Costanzo, et al. "Big data managing in a landslide early warning system: experience from a ground-based interferometric radar application." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 17, no. 10 (October 6, 2017): 1713–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1713-2017.
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Abstract. A big challenge in terms or landslide risk mitigation is represented by increasing the resiliency of society exposed to the risk. Among the possible strategies with which to reach this goal, there is the implementation of early warning systems. This paper describes a procedure to improve early warning activities in areas affected by high landslide risk, such as those classified as critical infrastructures for their central role in society. This research is part of the project LEWIS (Landslides Early Warning Integrated System): An Integrated System for Landslide Monitoring, Early Warning and Risk Mitigation along Lifelines. LEWIS is composed of a susceptibility assessment methodology providing information for single points and areal monitoring systems, a data transmission network and a data collecting and processing center (DCPC), where readings from all monitoring systems and mathematical models converge and which sets the basis for warning and intervention activities. The aim of this paper is to show how logistic issues linked to advanced monitoring techniques, such as big data transfer and storing, can be dealt with compatibly with an early warning system. Therefore, we focus on the interaction between an areal monitoring tool (a ground-based interferometric radar) and the DCPC. By converting complex data into ASCII strings and through appropriate data cropping and average, and by implementing an algorithm for line-of-sight correction, we managed to reduce the data daily output without compromising the capability for performing.
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PFEIFFER, KARLHEINZ. "STRESS EXPERIENCED WHILE TRAVELLING WITHOUT SIGHT." Perceptual and Motor Skills 81, no. 2 (October 1995): 411–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1995.81.2.411.
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Pfeiffer, Karlheinz. "Stress Experienced While Travelling without Sight." Perceptual and Motor Skills 81, no. 2 (October 1995): 411–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/003151259508100210.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the stress reaction of pedestrians travelling without sight and the stress-reducing effect of a relaxation exercise immediately following travel. 16 students in special education volunteered for this experiment. They were blindfolded while travelling. A trait-state-anxiety questionnaire was administered. Analysis of variance indicated statistically significant effects. Travelling without sight increased state-anxiety as compared to trait-anxiety. With a simple relaxation technique, state-anxiety was reduced appreciably.
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Wood, Keith, Crystal Lu, and Vincent Andrew. "Learning study, economics and cognitive bias: what is the object of learning?" International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies 4, no. 3 (July 13, 2015): 288–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijlls-12-2014-0048.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report how teachers have engaged in a Learning Study to develop, from the experience of their students, an object of learning which has important implications for pedagogy. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses a Learning Study of the economic concept of price over three cycles with varying groups of high school students which explored the effect of context and cognitive bias on the learners’ understanding of the object. Findings – The object of learning has the following critical aspects: the attributes of the commodity, the exchange mechanism (e.g. the market structure) and consumer rationality. This finding enriches the critical aspects – supply and demand – of the object of learning price found in the current Learning Study literature and current high school textbooks. Originality/value – Making explicit the variation between mainstream and behavioural models of economic phenomena helps learners to see what is critical – to see the potential and the limitations of those models for understanding the world and acting within it. Without sight of an alternative model it is impossible for the learner to distinguish between the mainstream model of supply and demand and what it purports to describe. Without behavioural dimensions, economics may not appear relevant to consumer decision-making.
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Pohar, Borut. "The Analogical Model of Cognitive Principles and Its Significance for the Dialogue between Science and Theology." Religions 12, no. 4 (March 25, 2021): 230. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel12040230.
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Analogical models in science enable us to understand unobservable theoretical entities. We need this basic understanding, even in the case of mental phenomena, where multiple cognitive principles are involved. In this article, we suggest an analogical model of cognition that incorporates basic insights from the philosophies of science and theology, which could serve as a point of contact for the dialogue between science and theology. For this purpose, we presuppose six stages of understanding and the existence of six different theoretical cognitive principles that have their own characteristics, which coincide with some Biblical characters, theological reflections and scientific approaches to finding the truth. The choice of the analogical model and the cognitive principles is justified with their ability to organize, structure and make sense of different segments of scientific and theological knowledge, which otherwise seem confused, unrelated and without structure. The analogical model gives us a big picture of their relations and confirms the ability of the observable macroworld and phenomenological experience to assist us in understanding the realities that, at first sight, seem incomprehensible.
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Sowden, Jane C., Corné J. Kros, Tony Sirimanna, Waheeda Pagarkar, Ngozi Oluonye, and Robert H. Henderson. "Impact of sight and hearing loss in patients with Norrie disease: advantages of Dual Sensory clinics in patient care." BMJ Paediatrics Open 4, no. 1 (November 2020): e000781. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000781.
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Norrie disease (ND) is a rare, X-linked condition of visual and auditory impairment, often presenting with additional neurological features and developmental delays of varying severity. While all affected patients are born blind, or lose their vision in infancy, progressive sensorineural hearing loss develops in the majority of cases and is typically detected in the second decade of life. A range of additional symptoms of ND, such as seizure disorders, typically appear from a young age, but it is difficult to predict the range of symptoms ND patients will experience. After growing up without vision, hearing loss represents the greatest worry for many patients with ND, as they may lose the ability to participate in previously enjoyed activities or to communicate with others.Dual sensory loss has a physical, psychosocial and financial impact on both patients with ND and their families. Routine monitoring of the condition is required in order to identify, treat and provide support for emerging health problems, leading to a large burden of medical appointments. Many patients need to travel long distances to meet with specialists, representing a further burden on time and finances. Additionally, the rare nature of dual sensory impairment in children means that few clinical environments are designed to meet their needs. Dual Sensory clinics are multidisciplinary environments designed for sensory-impaired children and have been suggested to alleviate the impact of diseases involving sensory loss such as ND.Here, we discuss the diagnosis, monitoring and management of ND and the impact it has on paediatric patients and their caregivers. We describe the potential for dual sensory clinics to reduce disease burden through providing an appropriate clinical environment, access to multiple clinical experts in one visit, and ease of monitoring for patients with ND.
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Grosman, Meta. "The original and its translation from the reader's perspective." Acta Neophilologica 22 (December 15, 1989): 61–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/an.22.0.61-68.
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To claim that the readers' experience of a literary work in translation is different from their experience of the original at first seems very paradoxical and even heretical. Such a statement is so unexpected simply because we always think of the original and its translation as being the same literary work without paying any attention to their different concre tizations on the part of their readers due to textual differences. This tacit assumption of their sameness seems totally unaffected by the fact that we never think of the original and its translation as representing the same text; on the contrary, we always take it for granted that they are two different texts in two different languages. The differences between the two texts and the differentness of the translation are never lost sight of in the discussion of the qualities and adequacy of the translation. When it comes to criticizing the literary work or teaching it, however, the translation is tacitly assumed to be identical with the original and approached as if it were the original, with little or no critical awareness of the fundamental textual and other possible differences. This critical and pedagogical approach to literary translation seems to be almost immune to the growing awareness of the importance of the textual elements, to an increasing body of research concerning their impact on the reader, and to the ample evidence about various inadequacies of literary translations, revealed especially by the processes of retranslation and thus visible in all works that exist in several translations. This approach also takes little if any notice of the overall tendency of the translation to assimilate the original to the receptor culture, to simplify and sometimes also to reduce the original.
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Grosman, Meta. "The original and its translation from the reader's perspective." Acta Neophilologica 22 (December 15, 1989): 61–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/an.22.1.61-68.
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To claim that the readers' experience of a literary work in translation is different from their experience of the original at first seems very paradoxical and even heretical. Such a statement is so unexpected simply because we always think of the original and its translation as being the same literary work without paying any attention to their different concre tizations on the part of their readers due to textual differences. This tacit assumption of their sameness seems totally unaffected by the fact that we never think of the original and its translation as representing the same text; on the contrary, we always take it for granted that they are two different texts in two different languages. The differences between the two texts and the differentness of the translation are never lost sight of in the discussion of the qualities and adequacy of the translation. When it comes to criticizing the literary work or teaching it, however, the translation is tacitly assumed to be identical with the original and approached as if it were the original, with little or no critical awareness of the fundamental textual and other possible differences. This critical and pedagogical approach to literary translation seems to be almost immune to the growing awareness of the importance of the textual elements, to an increasing body of research concerning their impact on the reader, and to the ample evidence about various inadequacies of literary translations, revealed especially by the processes of retranslation and thus visible in all works that exist in several translations. This approach also takes little if any notice of the overall tendency of the translation to assimilate the original to the receptor culture, to simplify and sometimes also to reduce the original.
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Beevers, Grant. "Using Video in Blended Pedagogies to Address Accessibility." Pacific Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning 2, no. 1 (January 13, 2020): 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/pjtel.v2i1.23.
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Besides being the right thing to do, creating an accessible learning experience ensures that educational institutions are providing equitable opportunities for the many students with a disability. Millions of people live with disabilities, not all of them easily visible. Video has become a major component of the digital workplace, and offers some challenges to some people with disabilities.
But not only are there ways to overcome these challenges, video itself can aid in providing an effective learning experience for all students. The most common topic to come up for increasing video accessibility is around captions and transcripts. Video unites sight and sound. Especially in an education environment, removing the sound usually makes a video mostly pointless. It’s not enough for the content to be accessible, though. The video platform itself has to be accessible if you genuinely want to increase accessibility.The key to increasing accessibility is flexibility. If you can offer students multiple choices – with captions or without, with default-size icons or with larger and higher contrast icons, live or on-demand, in person or remote – they can choose for themselves the accommodations they need to do their best work.
Many students have disabilities they may not wish to disclose. The way one person is affected by a disability may be different from how another person with a similar disability is affected. In fact, a person may feel impacted by their disability in different ways from day to day, such as when someone with chronic pain has a “good” or a “bad” day.
In this brief presentation, Grant Beevers, Senior Digital Learning Specialist with Kaltura, will outline how organisations can address accessibility through best practice in video design and publishing, whether it’s embedded video content in course design, content imported from external websites, and common use cases including personal and lecture capture.
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Visser, Rien, and Okey Francis Obi. "Automation and Robotics in Forest Harvesting Operations." Croatian journal of forest engineering 42, no. 1 (August 25, 2020): 13–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.5552/crojfe.2021.739.
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Technology development, in terms of both capability and cost-effective integration, is moving at a fast pace. While advanced robotic systems are already commonplace in controlled workspaces such as factories, the use of remote controlled or autonomous machines in more complex environments, such as for forest operations, is in its infancy. There is little doubt autonomous machinery will play an important role in forest operations in the future. Many machine functions already have the support of automation, and the implementation of remote control of the machine where an operator can operate a piece of equipment, typically in clear line-of sight, at least is commonly available. Teleoperation is where the operator works from a virtual environment with live video and audio feedback from the machine. Since teleoperation provides a similar operator experience to working in the machine, it is relatively easy for an operator to use teleoperation. Autonomous systems are defined by being able to perform certain functions without direct control of a human operator. This paper presents opportunities for remote control, teleoperated machines in forest operations and presents examples of existing developments and ideas from both forestry and other industries. It identified the extraction phase of harvesting as the most logical placement of autonomous machines in the near-term. The authors recognise that, as with all emerging technologies and sectors, there is ample scope for differences in opinions as to what will be commercially successful in the future.
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Battini, D., M. Gamberi, A. Persona, and F. Sgarbossa. "Part-feeding with supermarket in assembly systems: transportation mode selection model and multi-scenario analysis." Assembly Automation 35, no. 1 (February 2, 2015): 149–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aa-06-2014-053.
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Purpose – The paper aims to focus on in-house part logistics design and management for assembly systems in which supermarket storage is adopted and coupled with an automated transportation system. In this context, this work aims to assess the transportation mode selection problem to speed up the preliminary design phase. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is divided into two main parts. The first one provides and discusses a new conceptual framework derived from the authors’ experience in the field and from previous published works. The framework aims to support managers in problem comprehension by setting three problem sub-phases, key input parameters and qualitative guidelines without losing sight of the big picture. The second part focuses on the transportation mode selection sub-phase by assessing an analytical study followed by a multi-scenario analysis. Findings – The final outcome of this work is a decision support matrix capable of setting technical guidelines that are helpful to managers and practitioners to speed up the transportation mode selection problem in the preliminary phases. Originality/value – This work is beneficial for supporting managers in understanding the main decisional steps involved in the design of a part-feeding system with a supermarket by discussing the three problem sub-phases and key input parameters and providing both qualitative and quantitative guidelines. Moreover, this study explores the transportation mode selection problem, which is not yet largely explored in the published literature.
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AL BORGI, Yassine, Amina El Alaoui, Zineb Benlachhab, Wiam Toutti, Mohamed SaghirBahah, Khadija Jerghich, Bardai Ghita, et al. "Relation between dialysis dose and quality of life of patients on peritoneal dialysis." Bulletin de la Dialyse à Domicile 2, no. 4 (December 9, 2019): 215–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.25796/bdd.v2i4.23553.
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ObjectiveThe interest of our work is to identify the objective parameters that can improve the subjective parameters of the well-being of the patients and to share the experience of the care in our center. Kt / V urea and KDQOL SF 36 scale (Kidney Disease Quality of Life short form 36)were used.
Material and methodsThis is a single-center cross-sectional study conducted in October 2018 among patients treated with peritoneal dialysis, followed for at least six months in the Nephrology Department of Fez University Hospital (Morocco). The quality of life was assessed using the SF-36 (short form) version of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOL) scale in its validated Arabic dialect version (1). We used the KDQOL-SF36 results as quantitative variables related to obtaining a Kt / V> 1.7.
ResultsThis study included 17 adult patients on peritoneal dialysis of which 35.3% are on automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) and 64.7% are on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). The mean age is 40.8 ± 5 years and the sex ratio is 9H / 8F.
In bivariate analysis, we found a significant relationship between dialysis dose and social support. This result could be explained by better adherence in patients with better social support.
ConclusionEfforts must be made to achieve the adequacy goals, without losing sight of patients’ quality of life. There is also a need for further studies that include more patients and study other parameters such as clinical evaluation, residual renal function and ultrafiltration.
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Parnham, Arie S., Stewart M. Parnham, and Ian Pearce. "A mathematical model to predict the loss of length in patients undergoing plication corporoplasty for Peyronie’s disease." Journal of Clinical Urology 10, no. 1 (September 30, 2016): 5–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2051415816671085.
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Introduction: Peyronie’s disease affects three to nine out of 100 men and can have significant emotional and sexual effects on patients and their partners. Treatment options vary but once the disease becomes quiescent they are predominantly surgical. The type of surgery adopted is dependent on the degree of angulation although no single procedure is without its disadvantages. Plication corporoplasty is one approach but patients experience and often complain of loss of penile length. We set out to devise a mathematical model that would allow us to predict the loss of length based on erect penile dimensions. Methods: By considering the bend in the erect penis as an arc, utilising the degree of curvature and the penile circumference at maximum angulation, we have been able to derive a simple equation using parameters that are easily obtained in the clinic. Results: Where L=length lost, C=circumference at point of curvature, Y=angle of curvature as measured by a goniometer: L = CY/180. We have then been able to create a quick reference table based on the average penile circumference (12–13 cm±5 cm). Conclusion: This formula provides a more scientific and accurate means to predict potential loss of penile length in patients undergoing plication corporoplasty. Although we recognise that applying a rigid mathematical model to a biological non-uniform pathology creates inaccuracies this is somewhat better than ‘by sight’ estimates, and will allow more informed counselling and consent for patients. As far as we are aware this is the first attempt to create a mathematical model to aid counselling for plication corporoplasty.
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Javaid, Fawad, Anyi Wang, Muhammad Usman Sana, Asif Husain, and Imran Ashraf. "Characteristic Study of Visible Light Communication and Influence of Coal Dust Particles in Underground Coal Mines." Electronics 10, no. 8 (April 8, 2021): 883. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics10080883.
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The critical environment of the underground mines is a risky zone for mining applications and it is very hazardous to engage the miners without a sophisticated communication system. The existing wired networks are susceptible to damage and the wireless radio systems experience severe fading that restricts the complete access to the entire assembly of a mine. Wireless optical communication is a better approach that can be incorporated in the erratic atmosphere of underground mines to overcome such issues, as lights are already used to illuminate the mine galleries. This study is focused on investigating the characteristics of visible light communication (VLC) in an underground coal mine. The entire scope of VLC is elaborated along with the influence of coal dust particles and the scattering model. The impact of coal dust clouds on visibility and attenuation is analyzed for visible light transmission. The shadowing effect generated by the pillars and mining machinery is estimated by employing the bimodal Gaussian distribution (BGD) approach in coal mines. The characteristic model of VLC for underground coal mines is presented by classifying the area of the mine into mine gallery and sub-galleries. The transmission links of VLC are categorized as the line of sight (LOS) link for direct propagation and the non-LOS (NLOS) link for reflected propagation. The scenarios of LOS and NLOS propagation are considered for each evaluating parameter. Furthermore, the performance of the proposed framework is examined by computing the received signal power, path loss, delay spread (DS), and signal to noise ratio (SNR).
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Sharma, Shrikant, Prakash Keswani, Abhishek Bhargava, Ramji Sharma, Ajeet Shekhawat, and Sudhir Bhandari. "Overview of Early Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) at a Tertiary Care Centre in North India." Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore 49, no. 7 (July 30, 2020): 449–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2020135.
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Introduction: As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread on an unprecedented scale from around the world, we described our experience in treating early COVID-19 cases in India. Materials and Methods: An observational study of COVID-19 patients admitted to a tertiary care centre in North India between 2 March–4 April 2020 was performed. The clinical, epidemiological, laboratory, treatment and outcome data of patients were evaluated. Results: A total of 75 patients were treated and 56 (74.66%) were men. The clinical spectrum of COVID-19 ranged from asymptomatic to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Fever (85.36%) was the most common symptom followed by cough (56.09%) and dyspnoea (19.51%). Findings from hemogram analysis showed that 32%, 21.33% and 18.67% of patients had lymphopaenia, eosinopenia and thrombocytopaenia, respectively. Inflammatory markers such as C-reactive protein, D-dimer, ferritin, fibrin degradation product and interleukin-6 were significantly elevated (P <0.05) in patients who required oxygen therapy than those who did not require it, suggesting the potential role such markers could play in predicting prognosis in patients. Mean hospital stay was 9.2 days and 72 (96%) patients made a complete recovery, but 3 (4%) patients demised after progressing to ARDS. Conclusion: The clinical and epidemiological spectrum of COVID-19 has jeopardised the health system in India. Without a proven therapy to combat this pandemic and with no sight of vaccines in the near future, a preventive strategy should be adopted to contain the spread of this infectious disease. Key words: Acute respiratory distress syndrome, Cytokine release syndrome, Interleukin-6, Lopinavir-ritonavir, Lymphopaenia
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Nandini, A. Satya, and Minu Zachariah. "Battering the Way to Establish a Global Identity: iD Growth Strategy." Asian Journal of Management Cases 18, no. 1 (January 31, 2021): 9–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0972820120979488.
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The sight of a large number of refrigerated trucks with ready-to-cook (RTC) food loaded into them to assist the homemaker was a fascinating scene in the premises of the fast-growing fresh food company iD Fresh Food in Bangalore. The person who shaped his identity through a new-age food start-up brand iD Fresh was Mr. P.C. Musthafa (PC). Resisting all odds in his life, he dared to venture into RTC Indian cuisine ingredients like idly, 1 dosa batter, 2 and made it an extraordinary homemaker experience. The thought of making branded and hygienic batter struck Musthafa and his cousins while sitting in their grocery store when they noticed the batter from an external supplier ran out of stock several times. Moreover, there were hygiene and quality complaints about the product. This provoked them to start their own idly–dosa batter business to provide hygienic, 100% natural RTC batter without any preservatives, chemicals or artificial flavours. Therefore, in 2005, they decided to give it a try with an initial investment of Indian Rupees (INR) 50,000. PC was not satisfied with the growth from INR 2 million to INR 2,400 million. He and his team are visualizing to reach INR 10 billion by 2023–2024 and want to become the most sought-after brand worldwide. With an untapped market potential of 90% in India, its products are currently sold across fifteen cities in India, UAE and the United States. Despite this, they plan to expand their business to North America, Europe and Asia in the next 5 years. Hence, the founder was contemplating various options for their growth strategies to venture into foreign markets.
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Eszes, Dóra Júlia, Dóra Júlia Szabó, Greg Russell, Csaba Lengyel, Tamás Várkonyi, Edit Paulik, László Nagymajtényi, Andrea Facskó, Goran Petrovski, and Beáta Éva Petrovski. "Diabetic Retinopathy Screening in Patients with Diabetes Using a Handheld Fundus Camera: The Experience from the South-Eastern Region in Hungary." Journal of Diabetes Research 2021 (February 8, 2021): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6646645.
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Purpose. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of vision loss among active adults in industrialized countries. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM), DR and its different grades, in patients with DM in the Csongrád County, South-Eastern region, Hungary. Furthermore, we aimed to detect the risk factors for developing DR and the diabetology/ophthalmology screening patterns and frequencies, as well as the effect of socioeconomic status- (SES-) related factors on the health and behavior of DM patients. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted on adults (>18 years) involving handheld fundus camera screening (Smartscope Pro Optomed, Finland) and image assessment using the Spectra DR software (Health Intelligence, England). Self-completed questionnaires on self-perceived health status (SPHS) and health behavior, as well as visual acuity, HbA1c level, type of DM, and attendance at healthcare services were also recorded. Results. 787 participants with fundus camera images and full self-administered questionnaires were included in the study; 46.2% of the images were unassessable. T1D and T2D were present in 13.5% and 86.5% of the participants, respectively. Among the T1D and T2D patients, 25.0% and 33.5% had DR, respectively. The SES showed significant proportion differences in the T1D group. Lower education was associated with a lower DR rate compared to non-DR (7.7% vs. 40.5%), while bad/very bad perceived financial status was associated with significantly higher DR proportion compared to non-DR (63.6% vs. 22.2%). Neither the SPHS nor the health behavior showed a significant relationship with the disease for both DM groups. Mild nonproliferative retinopathy without maculopathy (R1M0) was detected in 6% and 23% of the T1D and T2D patients having DR, respectively; R1 with maculopathy (R1M1) was present in 82% and 66% of the T1D and T2D groups, respectively. Both moderate nonproliferative retinopathy with maculopathy (R2M1) and active proliferative retinopathy with maculopathy (R3M1) were detected in 6% and 7% of the T1D and T2D patients having DR, respectively. The level of HbA1c affected the attendance at the diabetology screening ( HbA 1 c > 7 % associated with >50% of all quarter-yearly attendance in DM patients, and with 10% of the diabetology screening nonattendance). Conclusion. The prevalence of DM and DR in the studied population in Hungary followed the country trend, with a slightly higher sight-threatening DR than the previously reported national average. SES appears to affect the DR rate, in particular, for T1D. Although DR screening using handheld cameras seems to be simple and dynamic, much training and experience, as well as overcoming the issue of decreased optic clarity is needed to achieve a proper level of image assessability, and in particular, for use in future telemedicine or artificial intelligence screening programs.
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Bell, Sarah L. "Experiencing nature with sight impairment: Seeking freedom from ableism." Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space 2, no. 2 (March 13, 2019): 304–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2514848619835720.
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The idea of nature as freedom has long captured the human imagination, particularly since the Romantic era when notions of escapism were underpinned by the idealisation and externalisation of nature. The drive for freedom persists in the findings of much contemporary research examining the contribution of nature to human health and wellbeing. Yet, this work tells us little about how cultural narratives of freedom play out in the lives of people living with impairment and disability, or the constraining ableist assumptions that often underpin popular discourses of nature. This paper aims to address this, drawing on the findings of an in-depth qualitative study exploring how 31 people with varying forms and severities of sight impairment, living in rural and urban areas of England, describe their experiences with(in) diverse types of nature through the life course. Moving beyond the ‘wilderness ideal’ and sensationalised ‘supercrip’ stories that reproduce ableist ideas of bodies without limitation, this paper foregrounds the richly textured ways in which participants experienced feelings of freedom with nonhuman nature. These freedoms are characterised as social, mobile and exploratory. In doing so, it seeks to make room for a range of nature experiences, folding social justice into the growing momentum to connect people with nature in the name of health and wellbeing.
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Erickson-Davis, Cordelia, and Helma Korzybska. "What do blind people “see” with retinal prostheses? Observations and qualitative reports of epiretinal implant users." PLOS ONE 16, no. 2 (February 10, 2021): e0229189. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229189.
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Introduction Retinal implants have now been approved and commercially available for certain clinical populations for over 5 years, with hundreds of individuals implanted, scores of them closely followed in research trials. Despite these numbers, however, few data are available that would help us answer basic questions regarding the nature and outcomes of artificial vision: what do recipients see when the device is turned on for the first time, and how does that change over time? Methods Semi-structured interviews and observations were undertaken at two sites in France and the UK with 16 recipients who had received either the Argus II or IRIS II devices. Data were collected at various time points in the process that implant recipients went through in receiving and learning to use the device, including initial evaluation, implantation, initial activation and systems fitting, re-education and finally post-education. These data were supplemented with data from interviews conducted with vision rehabilitation specialists at the clinical sites and clinical researchers at the device manufacturers (Second Sight and Pixium Vision). Observational and interview data were transcribed, coded and analyzed using an approach guided by Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Results Implant recipients described the perceptual experience produced by their epiretinal implants as fundamentally, qualitatively different than natural vision. All used terms that invoked electrical stimuli to describe the appearance of their percepts, yet the characteristics used to describe the percepts varied significantly between recipients. Artificial vision for these recipients was a highly specific, learned skill-set that combined particular bodily techniques, associative learning and deductive reasoning in order to build a “lexicon of flashes”—a distinct perceptual vocabulary that they then used to decompose, recompose and interpret their surroundings. The percept did not transform over time; rather, the recipient became better at interpreting the signals they received, using cognitive techniques. The process of using the device never ceased to be cognitively fatiguing, and did not come without risk or cost to the recipient. In exchange, recipients received hope and purpose through participation, as well as a new kind of sensory signal that may not have afforded practical or functional use in daily life but, for some, provided a kind of “contemplative perception” that recipients tailored to individualized activities. Conclusion Attending to the qualitative reports of implant recipients regarding the experience of artificial vision provides valuable information not captured by extant clinical outcome measures.
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Fomin, Dmitry V. "The Theme of the Revolution in the Children’s Books of the 1920-ies." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science] 67, no. 1 (April 22, 2018): 61–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2018-67-1-61-68.
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Reflection of the events of the October Revolution of 1917 in the domestic publications for children in the 1920-ies — early 1930-ies is a very significant and interesting, but insufficiently studied topic. This theme had been mainly explored from the standpoint of literary analysis, without considering peculiarities of the crucial component of the books graphics. In the article there is made an attempt to analyse mainly from the bibliological and art critical point of view a number of editions, directly or indirectly related to the theme of Revolution, to consider stylistic features of their external design, to identify the most typical art techniques used by illustrators of those years. The considered period is interesting because there were no ready-made models to emulate for the writers and artists, there were no rigid canons of the “Revolutionary children book”; the most important topic from the point of view of Soviet ideology had been mastered by trial-and-error method. In the mid-1920-ies, writers and graphic artists preferred the allegorical, fairy-tale interpretations of the Revolution theme: in the illustrative cycles of such different masters, as M.V. Dobuzhinsky, B.V. Joganson, D.A. Bulanov, V.S. Tvardovsky, the victorious revolts were committed in a fantastic country, in the kingdom of toys or in the world of animals. Rather unsuccessful should be recognized the experience of graphical interpretation of revolutionary themes with the use of heavy-weight allegories; much more convincing, though not undisputed, was the method of describing the class battles from the point of view of a child. In publications of the early 1930-ies, all sorts of allegory give way to the direct access to the historical events of 1917; however, the graphical language of the books remains conditional. In the works of A.I. Poret, P.M. Kondratyev, B.I. Inozemtsev, N.V. Svinenko, the epic scale of the Revolution is emphasized with the use of unexpected lines of sight, bold spatial solutions; and primitive style is often synthesized with the techniques of avant-garde art. Using different strategies of mythologization and poetization of the Revolution, illustrators were successfully resolving the problem of not only political, but also aesthetic education of the younger generation.
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Резник, Семен, Semen Reznik, Игорь Чемезов, and Igor Chyemyezov. "ON THE METHODICAL APPROACHES TO THE SELFASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF PERSONAL WORK OF THE UNIVERSITY MANAGER." Russian Journal of Management 5, no. 2 (July 25, 2017): 280–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/article_5953604da5c630.11127242.
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One of the most important functions of management is
control. Without its implementation the manager won't achieve the
objectives. On methods of implementation of function of control
in management many works are published. However in system personal,
that is personal, management of this function in scientific
literature much less attention is paid. In a special measure such
situation is characteristic of a problem of the personal organization
of high school managers.
University managers play a special, significant role in development
of the higher education. Carry to them managers of departments,
deans, the rectorial case, and also heads of functional services of
management of university (educational and methodical, scientific,
financial, cultural and educational and other divisions).
Relying on understanding of an essence of personal management,
in article scientific and methodical approaches to implementation
of function of self-checking personal activities of university managers
are considered. Usually activities of managers are estimated
quality of work of subordinate divisions of university, and problems
of an efficiency evaluation of the personal activities which aren't
connected with a management of higher education institution often
remain in the shadow.
However, as a rule, managers of departments, deans, rectors (and
their deputies) are not only managers, but also professors and associate
professors interested in results of the personal activities in
science, pedagogics, public life.
In our opinion, productivity, effectiveness and efficiency of a personal
labor can be the indicators allowing university managers to
control the personal activities. Faithful at first sight, these concepts,
actually have semantic distinctions, but in a complex allow
the high school manager to perform real self-checking of the individual
activities as scientists and teachers.
Within the research content and forms of self-checking in the
sphere of personal management is determined, the sense of key
concepts, content and features of personal work of university managers
is revealed, experience of implementation of the offered approaches
is generalized, recommendations about use of the offered
indicators in case of a quality evaluation of activities of high school
managers are made.
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Reis, Elisa P., and Graziella Moraes Silva. "Processes and national dilemmas: The Interplay of Old and New Repertoires of Social Identity and Inclusion." Revista Colombiana de Sociología 38, no. 2 (December 23, 2015): 15–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/rcs.v38n2.54908.
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<p>In this article, we explore the impact of the global cultural transformation that reconciles the values of equality and difference as parameters of the good life. We argue that the idea that social justice incorporates both the value of equality and the value of difference expresses a broad cultural transformation, one that poses new challenges society has to confront to deal with the social distribution issue. Moreover, we sustain that while this challenge is present everywhere, responses to it vary not only as a matter of policy choice, but also as consequences of the fact that possibilities are circumscribed by the particular trajectories of nation and state building. While there are forces at play today that make us aware of fallacious conflations between nation and state, it remains relevant to look at national contexts as meaningful frameworks in order to understand what is going on and to explore possible alternatives to deal with emerging issues. Moreover, looking at ways people in different historical settings experience global transformations is relevant, not only to illuminate policy choices to deal with them, but also to enrich our theoretical understanding of the changes at play. The adoption of a historical sociological approach contributes to illuminate particular national trajectories without loosing sight of possible commonalities that make it possible to contribute to the effort to reach general explanations. Taking into account the above, we focus on the way Brazilians perceive both equality and difference and comment on the uncertain consequences of the interplay of old and new repertoires of social identity and inclusion. In particular, we look at the ethno-racial aspect, the most salient issue in the current debate about difference. Empirically, we analyze perceptions of inequality and difference among different segments of the Brazilian population. We confer special attention to two issues: the relationship between race and national identification and support to affirmative action, the most traditional policy to take into account particular identities while distributing social resources. First, we find that in Brazil racial and national identification do not seem to be in conflict. Second, we find that most Brazilians approve racially-targeted affirmative action with no significant different according to racial identification but with significant differences according to socio-economic differentiations.</p>
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Szubielska, Magdalena, Ewa Niestorowicz, and Bogusław Marek. "The Relevance of Object Size to the Recognizability of Drawings by Individuals with Congenital Blindness." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 113, no. 3 (May 2019): 295–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145482x19860015.
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine whether individuals with congenital blindness make more recognizable drawings of known objects that are furniture sized (table, man, tree) rather than hand sized (egg, coconut, banana; Hypothesis 1). We also investigated whether knowledge that the tactile drawings had been produced by people who are blind increased judges’ perceptions of their recognizability (Hypothesis 2). Methods: The raised-line drawings were made by children and teenagers who are blind and had no prior experience in tactile graphics. After a minimal initial training in line drawing, the subjects were asked to draw six objects from memory. The judges used a 7-point Likert-type scale to assess recognizability. All objects were identified for the judges prior to their assessment. One group of judges was told that the drawings they were assessing were made by persons who are blind, while the second group was informed that the drawings were made without the use of sight. Results: The real-life size of the objects depicted in the drawings affected judges’ perception of their recognizability. Depictions of hand-sized objects were found to be less recognizable than were depictions of furniture-sized objects. Knowledge of the artists’ blindness had no effect on the judgments of recognizability. Discussion: Hypothesis 1 was confirmed, which suggests that individuals with congenital blindness have more difficulty in creating drawings of hand-sized objects than they did creating drawings of furniture-sized objects. Hypothesis 2 was not confirmed, which is inconsistent with the results of previous research in which the awareness of the artists’ disability status influenced the assessment of the artworks. Although the present research focused on recognizability, the issue in earlier research was aesthetic judgment. Implications for practitioners: Although few people would question the importance of illustrations in books for sighted children, the value of tactile graphics and the benefits of engaging children who have visual impairments in making and exploring raised-line drawings are not always understood. Full participation in subjects that rely on visual information such as geometry, art, and geography by learners who are born blind requires access to tactile graphics. Basic training in raised-line drawing may be sufficient for some children, particularly those who are older (aged 10 years or more), with congenital blindness who have never drawn before to create from memory recognizable drawings of known objects, especially larger objects.