Images Of Animals Research Articles

Too anthropomorphized to keep distance: The role of social psychological distance on meat inclinations

Keeping a distance from food animals helps alleviate moral conflicts associated with meat consumption. Prior research on the ‘meat paradox’ has shown that physical distance from animals reduces negative emotional responses when consuming meat. However, even with physical distance, the presence of animals in meat advertisements and packaging can establish psychological contact. The impact of psychological distance on meat consumption and purchase inclinations has not been well explored. Through four experiments, we discovered that animal anthropomorphism psychologically brings consumers closer to food animals, resulting in reduced intentions to consume and purchase meat. Anthropomorphized animal images notably reduced social psychological distance for consumers with moderate to high (vs. lower) levels of anthropomorphic tendencies. Furthermore, the effect of anthropomorphism was influenced by moral self-efficacy. Specifically, when social psychological distance was reduced, consumers with higher (vs. lower) moral self-efficacy exhibited a significant decrease in their willingness to consume and purchase meat. These findings expand our understanding of the role of anthropomorphism in meat marketing, its limitations, and offer insights for sales strategies. Additionally, the research could inform public health policies on meat consumption, addressing environmental and ethical concerns tied to meat production amid growing worries about animal welfare.

Ion Creangă’s creation in the vision of director Ion Popescu-Gopo

The Romanian director Ion Popescu-Gopo (1923-1989) remained in the history of world cinema as the creator of the Little Man, which became his brand in the field of animation. But his creation is rich enough, including not only animated films, but also fiction films. He is the only director, who in the years ‘60-’80 dared to interpret the stories of the classic of our literature Ion Creangă, starting with The Story of Harap Alb (The White Moor, 1965), The Story of the Pig,(The Story of Love, 1976), The Old Man’s Daughter and the Old Woman’s Daughterl (Maria, Mirabela, 1982),The Bag with Two Coins (The Wager, 1984). The director re-reads the writer’s stories from a modern cinematic perspective, experimenting not only with the ideational message, but also with the production techniques, combining the actors’ play with animated images (Maria, Mirabela or The Wager).

Of Phylogenies and Tumors

When students think of evolution, they might imagine T. rex, or perhaps an abiotic scene of sizzling electrical storms and harsh reducing atmospheres, an Earth that looks like a lunar landscape. Natural selection automatically elicits responses that include “survival of the fittest,” and “descent with modification,” and with these historical biological catch phrases, one conjures up images of large animals battling it out on the Mesozoic plane. Rarely do teachers or students apply these same ideas to cancer and the evolution of somatic cells, which have accrued mutations and epigenetic imprinting and relentlessly survive and proliferate. Our questions in this paper include the following: Can cancer become an important teaching model for students to explore fundamental hypotheses about evolutionary process? Can the multi- step somatic cancer model encourage visualizations that enable students to revisit and reenter previous primary concepts in general biology such as the cell, mitosis, chromosomes, genetic diversity, ecological diversity, immune function, and of course evolution, continually integrating their biology knowledge into process and pattern knowledge? Can the somatic cancer model expose similar patterns and protagonists, linking Darwinian observations of the natural world to our body? And, can the cancer clone model excite critical thinking and student hypotheses about what cancer is as a biological process? Does this visually simple model assist students in recognizing patterns, connecting their biological curriculum dots into a more coherent learning experience? These biological dynamics and intercepting aptitudes of cells are amplified through the cancer model and can help shape the way biology students begin to appreciate the interrelatedness of all biological systems while they continue to explore pivotal points of biological fuzziness, such as the microbiome, limitations of models, and the complex coordination of genomic networks required for the function of even a single cell and the realization of phenotypes. In this paper we use clonal evolution of cancer as a model experience for students to recreate how a single, non-germline cell appears to shadow the classic pattern of natural selection in body cells that have gone awry. With authentic STEAM activities students can easily crossover and revisit previous biological topics and the ubiquitous nature of natural selection as seen in the example of somatic cells that result in a metastasizing tumor, giving students insight into natural selection’s accommodating and tractable patterns throughout the planet.

A visual paired associate learning (vPAL) paradigm to study memory consolidation during sleep.

Sleep improves the consolidation and long-term stability of newly formed memories and associations. Most research on human declarative memory and its consolidation during sleep uses word-pair associations requiring exhaustive learning. In the present study, we present the visual paired association learning (vPAL) paradigm, in which participants learn new associations between images of celebrities and animals. The vPAL is based on a one-shot exposure that resembles learning in natural conditions. We tested if vPAL can reveal a role for sleep in memory consolidation by assessing the specificity of memory recognition, and the cued recall performance, before and after sleep. We found that a daytime nap improved the stability of recognition memory and discrimination abilities compared to identical intervals of wakefulness. By contrast, cued recall of associations did not exhibit significant sleep-dependent effects. High-density electroencephalography during naps further revealed an association between sleep spindle density and stability of recognition memory. Thus, the vPAL paradigm opens new avenues for future research on sleep and memory consolidation across ages and heterogeneous populations in health and disease.

Retracted: 3D Film Animation Image Acquisition and Feature Processing Based on the Latest Virtual Reconstruction Technology

Retracted: 3D Film Animation Image Acquisition and Feature Processing Based on the Latest Virtual Reconstruction Technology

Piloting creative engagement strategies to explore themes of parenthood with fathers

IntroductionThe role of the arts in health is increasingly recognised, with participatory arts-based approaches facilitating public engagement. However, little is known about men's involvement in art-based participatory research. We aimed to investigate how men who are fathers may be engaged creatively to explore experiential aspects of fathering and parenthood.MethodsFathers collaborated with an artist, sharing individual perspectives around fatherhood by telephone and email, leading up to creative representations of fatherhood. Initial conversations were prompted by images from a 2020 exhibition catalogue entitled “Masculinities” (Barbican Centre, London) inviting participants' responses to the photographic curation. The catalogue served as an artistic reference to gauge a sense of participants' creative predispositions, as well as a foundation to facilitate spontaneous dialogue about personal meanings of fatherhood. Fathers' experiences of contemporary arts varied greatly; yet all fathers confidently shared responses ranging from photographers' representation of masculinity and fatherhood and perceptions of what was excluded or privileged within this very specific curation. These discussions further led to conversations around representations of fatherhood and highlighted particular areas of interest in terms of fathers' involvement in research and public engagement. The artist provided reflections to each participant by email with links to arts resources building on the initial conversations. Two further shorter sessions followed as fathers' key messages emerged, and the final forms of their own creative expressions crystallised.ResultsThe final pieces included a musical composition around sharing vulnerability as a new father, a word cloud to represent gendered language of parenthood, an animated graphic image representing the bond between father and child, a combination of short poetic stanzas highlighting assumptions around fatherhood, an experiential photographic record of a father and a son in the early years, and a cartoon strip around emotional intelligence in parenting.DiscussionArts-based participatory engagement enabled to capture deep-rooted experiences of being a father in modern society, illuminating common cultural and intergenerational perspectives, while also tapping into unique individual experiences. The richness and diversity of these unique responses suggest that arts-based methodology can facilitate public engagement with men and lead to deep reflections on complex and socially constructed phenomena such as fathering and parenthood.

ЖИВОТНЫЕ КРАЙНЕГО СЕВЕРА В РАБОТАХ ХУДОЖНИКА А.А. БОРИСОВА

The subject matter of the study is images of animals in the works of the Russian artist A.A. Borisov, compared with the written observations of that author. In the field of painting, his landscapes made in the open air at low temperatures, sketches of the life of the Nenets, images of sanctuaries and northern settlements brought from expeditions (1894–1901) gained world recognition. In the context of those works, one can identify a special artistic vision of the animals of the Arctic. It’s the point of view of an academic painter-researcher belonging to the Christian denomination, i.e. an outside observer from a different culture, seeking to give a figurative and understandable language for describing the Russian North. The article analyzes the images and descriptions of a deer, a dog and a polar bear, presented in the artist’s work, and matches them with the folklore tradition of the Nenets. As an interested traveler, A.A. Borisov demonstrates an alternative view, opposite to the popular opinion of his time about the Nenets as a ‘wild’ and ‘stupid’ people. The artist presents his approach to depicting the unique nomadic northern culture. Animals, on the one hand, are verbally described in a utilitarian, beneficial, rational focus, however, on the other hand, the visual material reflects an attentive, sensitive attitude towards them as part of the harsh, mysterious, but in its own way beautiful northern nature, an integral part of Nenets everyday life. Images of animals in the context of the formation of the Russian program for the development of the northern territories at the beginning of the 20th century, in addition to factual description, serve as marking them as an asset to our world and a visual symbol.

3D Communication of Animated Character Image Visualization Based on Digital Media Perspectives

Abstract In this study, we initiate the process by pre-processing the character image data and establishing coordinate axes. Utilizing the parallax principle, we construct a three-dimensional model of the animated character image and design a multidimensional, time-sequential visualization scheme based on clustering techniques. To enhance the effectiveness of cluster visualization, we incorporate color and transparency into the model and develop a three-dimensional communication framework to facilitate user interaction and improve animated image visualization. Subsequently, we evaluate the advantages and feasibility of this three-dimensional communication approach, focusing on user experience and user engagement. We also explore the visual perception capabilities of this method against contrasting background colors of light and dark. The findings demonstrate a credible expression of animated video images, with a credibility index of 4.690. Additionally, user perception is quantified at an average of 4.895, which not only exceeds the four-point benchmark but also outperforms alternative methods. This research offers a substantial reference for the advancement of visual communication studies concerning animated character images.

Research on the Application of Dynamic Simulation and 3D Modeling Technology for Ink Animation Performance

Abstract This paper mainly discusses the combination of 3D modeling technology and traditional characteristics of ink animation to promote the innovation and development of Chinese traditional animation. Aiming at the characteristics of ink painting, the 3D model construction algorithm of ink animation is proposed, which realizes the establishment of algorithms such as transforming the 2D model into a 3D model, constructing the 3D animation scene, imitating the virtual reality of ink painting and rendering the virtual reality of ink animation. The basic model of the particle system is proposed, including modules for particle generation, particle properties, particle motion change, particle extinction, and particle drawing. Combined with the basic principles based on the particle system model, randomly distributed particles break the regular rectangular shape in the overall distribution. More realistically simulates a variety of different animation forms for ink animation. The simulation speed and convergence time of this paper’s model are better than the other two models. The simulation results fulfill the demands of real-time ink animation performance. The FPS of the most complex animation image, the color ink staining of the cow, is 31FPS, which also meets the requirements of the animation image. It shows that the combination of 3D modeling technology, particle system-based dynamic simulation, and ink animation is perfect and has a broad application prospect.

Different Food Preferences in Patients with Gastrointestinal Disorders.

Objective Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders such as functional dyspepsia (FD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can exhibit overlapping GI symptoms, including abdominal pain and alterations in bowel habits. The symptoms of GI disorders are commonly considered to be triggered and exacerbated by fatty food intake. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the food preferences of patients with GI disorders. Methods Forty food images (including fatty and light foods) and 20 animal images were selected to evaluate food preferences. The preference score was assessed using a visual analog scale ranging from 1 to 100. GI symptoms were evaluated using the GI Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS), and correlations between the GSRS and preference scores were investigated. Results Overall, 22 healthy controls and 23, 29, 27, and 20 patients with FD, IBS, GERD, and IBD, respectively, were enrolled. The preference score for all foods in patients with FD was significantly lower than that in healthy controls and those with IBS, GERD, and IBD (52.9 vs. 66.5 vs. 68.5 vs. 69.1 vs. 70.7, p<0.01). The score of fatty foods was lower in patients with FD than in healthy controls and those with IBS, GERD, and IBD (43.8 vs. 72.3 vs. 77.5 vs. 77.4 vs. 80.7, p<0.01), whereas that of light foods and animal images was not different among the groups. No significant correlation was found between the preference score and symptom severity. Conclusions Patients with FD had a negative preference for foods, particularly fatty foods, independent of the severity of GI symptoms.

ОСОБЕННОСТИ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ ПАТТЕРНОВ АНИМАЛИСТИКИ В ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОМ ИЗОБРАЗИТЕЛЬНОМ ИСКУССТВЕ ДО XVIII ВЕКА

The article describes the national peculiarities of animal depiction in the primitive, pagan and Christian periods before the formation and heyday of the classical animalistic genre in Russia (XVIIIth – XIXth centuries). To achieve the purpose, in addition to classical research methods in art criticism, a systematic approach was used, as a result of which a research model was created and its changes in different periods were traced. The article analyses the influence of worldview on animalistic patterns created and duplicated from century to century. As a result, such components of the worldview as the features of eidetic memory of primitive man, aspiration to group identification, religious beliefs, vital and practical knowledge and value systems determined by social, ethnic and political factors are revealed. The analysis of changes in animal images in Russian art from the Paleolithic to the formation of Christianity shows that the forms of animalistic patterns are closely related to the peculiarities of the worldview of specific people (social groups). In conclusion, examples of the use of animalistic patterns in modern visual art are given (using the example of Altai art).

Unsupervised Fusion of Misaligned PAT and MRI Images via Mutually Reinforcing Cross-Modality Image Generation and Registration.

Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are two advanced imaging techniques widely used in pre-clinical research. PAT has high optical contrast and deep imaging range but poor soft tissue contrast, whereas MRI provides excellent soft tissue information but poor temporal resolution. Despite recent advances in medical image fusion with pre-aligned multimodal data, PAT-MRI image fusion remains challenging due to misaligned images and spatial distortion. To address these issues, we propose an unsupervised multi-stage deep learning framework called PAMRFuse for misaligned PAT and MRI image fusion. PAMRFuse comprises a multimodal to unimodal registration network to accurately align the input PAT-MRI image pairs and a self-attentive fusion network that selects information-rich features for fusion. We employ an end-to-end mutually reinforcing mode in our registration network, which enables joint optimization of cross-modality image generation and registration. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt at information fusion for misaligned PAT and MRI. Qualitative and quantitative experimental results show the excellent performance of our method in fusing PAT-MRI images of small animals captured from commercial imaging systems.

Analysis of vitreous by optical coherence tomography as biomarker in neurodegenerative diseases

Purpose: Neurodegeneration is multifactorial and the immune factor is key. Chronic and acute inflammation can be analysed as hyperreflective opacities in the vitreous (HOV) by optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging. This study analyzes vitreous cellularity by OCT in two neurodegenerative diseases, chronic glaucoma (CG) and relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) compared to healthy individuals.Methods: Four models of CG generated in rats by episcleral veins sclerosis (EVS n = 35) or injection of biodegradable microspheres into the anterior chamber of the eye non‐loaded (Ms n = 28) and loaded with dexamethasone (Dex n = 43) and Dex‐fibronectin (DexFibro n = 44), compared to healthy rats (n = 32). In addition, patients with RRMS treated (n = 20) and healthy subjects (n = 20) were analysed. The relative intensity of vitreous/retinal pigment epithelium (VIT/RPE) obtained from OCT (for animal and human use) images was quantified. A custom program computational analysis characterizes in vivo the HOV (number and size), identified histologically as hyalocyte‐like Iba‐1+ (microglial marker) cells in animals. For humans, artificial intelligence methods and Image J software were used.Results: Both image analysis techniques identified HOV in animals with chronic glaucoma, in patients with RRMS and in healthy (both animals and humans). Chronic glaucoma models presented more HOV than healthy (decreasing from 100 ‐EVS‐ to 15 ‐healthy‐) (p &lt; 0.05). Corticosteroid models presented an anti‐inflammatory profile (with non‐activated cells as the highest population). However, according VIT/RPE intensity, patients with RRMS treated did not show differences vs. healthy humans (p &gt; 0.44).Conclusions: HOV analysed by OCT were identified in neurodegenerative diseases of chronic course, in outbreaks, and healthy individuals. The presence of anti‐inflammatory drugs (dexamethasone in animals) and immunemodulators (in humans) decreased the VIT/RPE intensity resembling healthy conditions.Acknowledgments: Grants MAT2017‐83858‐C2‐1 and MAT2017‐83858‐C2‐2 funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF A way of making Europe”. Grants PID2020‐113281RB‐C21 and PID2020‐113281RB‐C22 funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033. Research Group UCM920415 (InnOftal). MJR thanks for the grants M17/00213 and JR22_00057.

Multi-scale detail enhancement method of 2D animation image based on Retinex algorithm

Multi-scale detail enhancement method of 2D animation image based on Retinex algorithm

Multi-scale detail enhancement method of 2D animation image based on Retinex algorithm

Multi-scale detail enhancement method of 2D animation image based on Retinex algorithm

Self-supervised learning enhancement and detection methods for nocturnal animal images

Self-supervised learning enhancement and detection methods for nocturnal animal images

Channel Graph Convolutional Networks for Animation Image Super-Resolution

Channel Graph Convolutional Networks for Animation Image Super-Resolution

ОБРАЗ ВРЕМЕНИ И ПРОСТРАНСТВА В ТЮРКСКОМ ТРАДИЦИОННОМ ДЕКОРАТИВНОМ ИСКУССТВЕ

The world culture knows various systems of time calculation, and one of the most complex is the 12-year animal cycle (the Tengrian calendar), which has allowed to order the nomad’s existence, to form a globally important ability to live in a single rhythm with time and space. This calendar, like all other ethnocultural calendars, is not only a “time-measuring device”, but a much wider and more extensive cultural phenomenon. This article reveals the problems of time and space reflection in Turkic arts and crafts, or rather in ornaments. The thesis that the spatio-temporal picture in art is represented exclusively in a symbolic context is already undeniable. This context can be expressed in a variety of images: geometric, zoomorphic, plant and even anthropomorphic. The article focuses on the comprehension of animal images of the Tengrian calendar and their reflection in the Kazakh ornamental system. At the same time, the author is far from thinking that all samples of traditional arts and crafts reflect the folk calendar, but it is difficult to ignore some of its echoes. Thus, the article clarifies the traditional Kazakh names of the years of the Tengrian calendar, and also presents some aspects of comprehension of animal images in the ornamental system.

Animal Identity Recognition using Object Detection Techniques

Object detection is a method for recognizing and detecting various objects present in an image or video by using the combination of learning approaches such as classification, recognition, and object localization. The identification of animal species in the wild through camera traps continues to pose an unsolved challenge, primarily attributed to various difficulties arising from shooting conditions such as fluctuating illumination, diverse weather patterns, seasonal changes, and complex backgrounds. Additionally, the unpredictable movements, diverse shapes and poses, and occlusions caused by natural objects contribute to the complexity, making accurate recognition a persistent issue. This paper utilizes the frameworks of YOLOv5 and Detectron2 for classifying animal images into predefined classes along with annotated regions. These automated frameworks for recognition and subsequent identity detection are applied to the gorillas and monkeys using the Bristol and Monkey Species dataset respectively. The experiments conducted resulted in good results on both the datasets achieving the highest mAP of 95.07 for YOLOv5.

The Poetic Theory of Al-Waleed Al-Bohtory and William Wordsworth: A Comparative Study

This study delivers a comparative theoretical study between the Arabic Abbasid classic poet A-Waleed Al-Bohtory and the English poet William Wordsworth. This study relies on analytical and descriptive methods that focus on analyzing the theoretical concepts and studying them based on these two poets’ literary legacy. The significance of this study is to provide a comparative investigation between these Western and Eastern poets to find some mutual similarities and theoretical background of both, to help the researchers of the discipline in the future. Al-Bohtory and Wordsworth present imaginative, descriptive, analytical, rustic and simple poetic stanzas to simulate and enjoy their surrounding objects, for instance Nature. They depict nature as a place of tranquility, peace, and happiness at the end. They portray similar imaginative and descriptive images of Spring, pools, birds, animals, and forests. These two poets were influenced by other contemporary poets at their time as Coleridge and Abu-Tammam. These contemporary poets for Wordsworth and Al-Bohtory are like their poetic spark and inspiration.