Search results for "VISION"

Interpretation of journalistic photographs as an instrument of visual literacy education

2016

Images are produced, used and distributed on an enormous scale. However, the skills of understanding, interpreting and using images as well as thinking and learning in terms of images are taken for granted, and thus, they are not sufficiently taught and developed, especially in higher education. The need for introducing visual literacy into the curriculum was identified in late 1960s, but no concrete guidelines have followed. This study proposes to apply interpretation of journalistic photographs as an instrument of visual literacy education. The main focus is on the image interpretation process and the kinds of meanings viewers apply to a photograph in the interpretation process. In each o…

ProGram data : The stories Snowman and Frog, where are you? [video corpus]

2016

"ProGram-aineisto, lumiukko- ja sammakkotarinat" koostuu suomalaisella viittomakielellä viitotuista tarinoista "Lumiukko" ("Snowman") ja "Sammakko, missä olet?" ("Frog, where are you?"). Aineisto on arkistoitu Kielipankkiin. Finnish Sign Language material collected in the ProGram project. The material consists of video files and their annotations in ELAN format. The material is archived in The Language Bank of Finland.

Annotated Video Corpus of FinSL with Kinect and Computer-Vision Data

2016

This paper presents an annotated video corpus of Finnish Sign Language (FinSL) to which has been appended Kinect and computer-vision data. The video material consists of signed retellings of the stories Snowman and Frog, where are you?, elicited from 12 native FinSL signers in a dialogue setting. The recordings were carried out with 6 cameras directed toward the signers from different angles, and 6 signers were also recorded with one Kinect motion and depth sensing input device. All the material has been annotated in ELAN for signs, translations, grammar and prosody. To further facilitate research into FinSL prosody, computer-vision data describing the head movements and the aperture change…

The combined effect of lower extremity function and cognitive performance on perceived walking ability among older people : a 2-year follow-up study

2018

Background We studied the combined effects of cognitive performance and lower extremity function on self-reported walking modifications and walking difficulty and on self-reported walking difficulty incidence over a 2-year follow-up. Methods A total of 848 community-dwelling older people aged 75-90 years participated at baseline, 816 at the 1-year follow-up, and 761 at the 2-year follow-up. Baseline lower extremity function was measured with the Short Physical Performance Battery (<10 vs. ≥10) and cognitive performance with the Mini-Mental State Examination (<24 vs. ≥24). Difficulty in walking 2 km was self-reported and categorized into no difficulties, no difficulties but walking modificat…

Addressing the Pandemic in the Philippines Necessitates a New Economic Paradigm

2020

The influence of pay-to-view television on professional cricket : professional cricket player perceptions

2014

Professional cricket in England and Wales has undergone a significant period of transformation during the last 20 years. The aim of this study is to identify the role that pay-to-view television has played during this period of transformation from the perspective of professional cricket players. Specifically, this research seeks to identify the influence of pay-to-view television on cricket governance, economics and culture, from the perspective of professional cricket players in England and Wales. Qualitative methods of research, in the form of five semi-structured interviews, are utilised to conduct an exemplifying case study. A grounded theory approach frames the data analysis. The resul…

Marxilainen filosofia porvarillisen filosofian arviointikohteena Suomessa vuosina 1960-2005

2007

On the relationship between occlusion times and in-car glance durations in simulated driving

2023

Drivers have spare visual capacity in driving, and often this capacity is used for engaging in secondary in-car tasks. Previous research has suggested that the spare visual capacity could be estimated with the occlusion method. However, the relationship between drivers’ occlusion times and in-car glance duration preferences has not been sufficiently investigated for granting occlusion times the role of an estimate of spare visual capacity. We conducted a driving simulator experiment (N = 30) and investigated if there is an association between drivers’ occlusion times and in-car glance durations in a given driving scenario. Furthermore, we explored which factors and variables could explain t…

Les puits de l’oppidum de l’Ermitage (Agen, Lot-et-Garonne).

2007

Within the context of a “projet collectif de recherche”, the publication of works directed by Richard Boudet on the hillfort of the Ermitage in Agen, two wells have been studied. The analysis of structures and artefacts (pottery, metal, wood) suggests that they were probably used to draw water and not devoted to chthonian rituals. Comparisons with other wells un South West of Gaul suggest that in most cases, they may have been used in the same way, even though, in very few cases rituals relating to the domestic field cannot be excluded.

Il paesaggio dei Nebrodi in Sicilia come “giardino del Mediterraneo”

2023

he reading of the Italian agricultural landscape carried out by Emilio Sereni (Sereni, 1961) is offered, even today, to all of us sensitive to the theme, as a seminal work, as a point of origin to analyze and understand more than effectively the change in the Italian landscape. Starting from the studies conducted by Sereni on the Mediterranean gardens in Sicily (Sereni, 1961, p. 37) the Nebrodi area (which also includes the area of the ancient settlement of Alesa), in Sicily, was examined. Although the Nebrodi receive much attention today, in consideration of the patrimonial, anthropological, cultural values, from authoritative scholars (Goethe, Consolo, Piovene, sereni himself ...), Sicili…