Shape Characters Research Articles

Enhancing rotating wick solar still performance with various porous breathable belt designs and nanofluid

The freshwater shortage problem is increasing day after day. Solar stills are suitable devices to overcome this problem for small families and remote areas. However, these devices suffer from their low productivity. Two different modified designs for spinning wick solar stills were tested here. One distiller contained a rotating wick belt with a path of “LC” character shape (LC-RWSS), and the other with a path of “L” shape (L-RWSS). Additionally, the wick type was studied for black cotton and jute wicks. Moreover, the influence of belt-rotation direction (counterclockwise and clockwise) on the performance of solar still has been investigated. The period of wick belt rotation was tested (ON = 5 min and different OFF times = zero, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 min). Also, the impact of utilizing graphene quantum dots nanofluid on the performance of LC-RWSS was considered. In addition, the effects of external reflectors and exhaust fan were examined. Results indicated that the jute wick provided more distillate than the cotton cloth. Furthermore, the productivity of LC-RWSS with counterclockwise movement of wick belt was always larger than that with clockwise direction under all different OFF times. In addition, the best output yield of LC-RWSS (at 0.1 rpm with jute wick-counterclockwise) was achieved when operating the wick belt under 30 min OFF and 5 min ON times, the LC still had a daily distillate more than L still by 17%. The thermal efficiency of L still and LC still was 82% and 86%, under 30 min OFF period of belt. With reflectors, exhaust fan and nano, the best output yield of LC-RWSS was provided when operating the belt under 10 min OFF and 5 min ON times. The LC still had a total yield more than that of the L still by 28% with 87% thermal efficiency. Also, the cost of freshwater obtained is 0.016 for LC still with reflectors, fan and nanofluids.

Retracted: Research on Characterization and Shaping of Chinese Heroic Characters in Online Media Based on Deep Neural Network Evaluation

Retracted: Research on Characterization and Shaping of Chinese Heroic Characters in Online Media Based on Deep Neural Network Evaluation

Dialectics and Ideology in Dickens’ Dombey and Son: Reification of the Mental Content

The paper, relying on Marxist and Lacanian psychoanalytic theories, fosters several ways to apprehend non-mimetic characterization in Dickens’ Dombey and Son by theorizing the ways in which aesthetic, political, historical ideologies articulate themselves in means of representation. Since the influence of the visual arts on the novel is central for my argument, this paper attempts to give substantial critical consideration to Dickens’ representation of images and their double meaning that help understand social ideological relations in the bourgeois society. Visual representation, as a metaphor for the role of materiality in characterization throughout Dickens’ work and the role of fetishes, depicts the reification of the subject under capitalism. Visualization technique captures the flux of shaping characters and their function in everyday life. This aesthetic technique has led to reevaluation of Dickens’s use of visuals as a unique feature in fiction of the highest quality. Hence, representations of the inward life in fiction are merely linguistic approximations of something which cannot be wholly captured in language.

Sinergi Tripusat Pendidikan dalam Menanamkan Perilaku Terpuji di Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Berbasis Pesantren

This study aimed to determine the role of teachers and parents in shaping commendable behavior in pesantren-based Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (Islamic elementary schools). The research method in this study used a qualitative research type with a case study approach. The primary informants of this study were parents, teachers, and pesantren administrators. The results of this study found commendable forms of student behavior, namely politeness, respect for other people or friends, independence, obeying the law or discipline, and responsibility. The role of the teacher in shaping character was carried out by creating a climate in the school, making posts about good behavior that were placed on the wall, and creating a habituation program (morning parade, prayer, kiss the teacher’s hand, good behavior posters, and religious practices). Meanwhile, the excellent behavior emphasized by parents and pesantren administrators was independence, politeness in interactions, and religious guidance.

Underestimated diversity in high elevations of a global biodiversity hotspot: two new endemic species of Aethionema (Brassicaceae) from the alpine zone of Iran.

Although the mountains in South-West Asia are a global biodiversity hotspot, our understanding of their biodiversity, especially in the commonly remote alpine and subnival zones, is still limited. This is well exemplified here by Aethionema umbellatum (Brassicaceae), a species considered to have a wide yet disjoint distribution in the Zagros and Yazd-Kerman mountains of western and central Iran. Morphological and molecular phylogenetic data (based on plastid trnL-trnF and nuclear ITS sequences) show that A. umbellatum is restricted to a single mountain range in southwestern Iran (Dena Mts., southern Zagros), whereas populations from central Iran (Yazd-Kerman and central Zagros) and from western Iran (central Zagros) belong to species new to science, A. alpinum and A. zagricum, respectively. Both new species are phylogenetically and morphologically close to A. umbellatum, with which they share unilocular fruits and one-seeded locules. However, they are easily distinguishable by leaf shape, petal size, and fruit characters. This study confirms that the alpine flora of the Irano-Anatolian region is still poorly known. As the proportion of rare and local endemic species in alpine habitats is high, these habitats are of prime interest for conservation efforts.

The shaping of character: The classics as a remedy for cultural despair in Victorian England

The shaping of character: The classics as a remedy for cultural despair in Victorian England

Healing of Wounds, Return of the Soul -----A Study of the African Diaspora in Toni Morrison's "Beloved" from the Perspective of Postcolonial Theory

In the 1990s, there was a big explosion in diaspora literature, and black literature became more active in academia. Beloved, one of the historical trilogy of African American writer Tony Morrison. This paper will use the research methods of "text reading" and "thematic content analysis" to analyze and explain the diaspora of the novel " Beloved". Especially the shaping of characters in the novel and the exploration of African-American identity, in the pursuit of the origin of the lack of identity and the exploration of the return of identitythat is, the hybridization of identity. And from the post-colonial theory to be analyzed. It is not difficult for us to find that only by loving ourselves and actively integrating into the black community can we face the ghost of history, rediscover the meaning of history to reality, smash the unspeakable otherness attached to the past, and embark on the road of gaining the status of subjectivity.

The Use of Natural and Artificial Light on Character Modelling and Character Relationships, Taking Days of Heaven and Whisper as Examples

Light plays a very important role in film and television, especially in terms of its impact on character shaping and relationship construction. This paper uses light as a starting point to analyse the effect of natural and artificial light on the portrayal of the characters taking the films Days of Heaven and Whiplash as examples, respectively. Furthermore, it compares the similarities and differences between natural light and artificial light in character modelling and proposes some suggestions on light modelling for practical shooting. The most important role of both natural and artificial light is to illuminate people. As natural light is scattered, it is mostly used as a base to restore a realistic and natural state of life. However, regarding natural light, special moments such as magical hours can be used to create a warm and ambiguous atmosphere. It is also possible to make use of existing shades to create rich light effects. Artificial light is very controllable and can be adjusted in terms of direction, colour temperature, softness, and texture to give different visual effects. The same person can be portrayed in different ways under different lighting.

The Influence of the French New Wave Movement on Contemporary World Art Film Creation

The French New Wave is one of the three major aesthetic movements in the world film history. The "New Wave" films shocked the world, causing the "New Wave" film movements in America, Europe, Asia and other countries to emerge one after another, triggering a worldwide film aesthetic revolution. The French "New Wave" has a profound impact on modern films. This paper focuses on grasping the emergence, development, prosperity and decline of the French "New Wave" film aesthetics, paying attention to live broadcast and process documentaries, analyzing the artistic skills of the New Wave film to shape characters, effectively summarizing the influence of the French New Wave movement on contemporary world artistic film creation, so as to find out some rules of film development and provide a necessary reference system for contemporary world film art creation, And explore the development direction of Chinese film in the future.

Analysis of the Creation Paths of Current Chinese Film and Television in the Context of Chivalrous Swordsman Culture

Chivalrous swordsman culture is an important part of traditional Chinese culture, with the development of the film and television industry, the connotation and extension of chivalrous swordsman culture have been expanding, which has distinct features and times value. However, overall, ancient Chinese chivalrous swordsman culture has distinct historical limitations, which partly has a certain negative impact on modern society. In the current Chinese film and television, elements of chivalrous swordsman are integrated into them in quantity, which has both rich cultural connotation and artistic value, and also affects the improvement of the innovation of the current film and television. Especially in the context of the creation of today's chivalrous swordsman film and television with a single theme and backward character shaping, the thinking of chivalrous swordsman culture needs further strengthening, reasonably applying the chivalrous swordsman cultural context to the creation of film and television, and innovating the cultural connotation of modern Chinese film and television. Therefore, this paper explores the connotation of Chinese chivalrous swordsman culture based on in-depth analysis of chivalrous swordsman culture and the spirit of chivalrous swordsman image, and explores the innovation paths of current Chinese film and television in the context of chivalrous swordsman culture in combination with the development trend of current Chinese film and television, so as to better bring guidance for the improvement of the connotation level of chivalrous swordsman spirit in film and television.

Variation in the shell elements of Chrysemys picta bellii (Gray 1831)

Variation in the Shell Elements of Chrysemys picta bellii (Gray 1831) Assignment of fossil turtle shell elements to a specific taxon is often difficult because the range of variation within the population is usually not well characterized. In addition, it is sometimes not clear whether the fossil forms actually differ from their extant counterparts because often the range of shell element variation in modern species has not been determined. The emydid turtles are no exception, with confusion often arising in the identification of isolated fossil elements and sometimes intact shells representing Emys, Pseudemys, Malaclemys, and Graptemys, as well as the deirochelyids Chrysemys, Clemmys, Deirochelys, and Trachemys. In order to begin providing a database with modern counterparts of the deirochelyid turtles, I have photographed and illustrated seven extant Chrysemys picta bellii shells, six of which were collected at a single pond in Nebraska and one from Ladd Marsh in Union County, Oregon . Photographs and detailed illustrations indicate a broad range in the shapes of many characters. Side by side comparisons of some key elements show that there is significant variation in several important characters (nuchal shape/sulci, entoplastron shape/sulci, and pygal shape/sulci). I also conducted a limited morphometric analysis of several sulcus/suture distance ratios, showing substantial variation between individuals in some cases. Covariance and correlation analysis of this variation suggests that allometry is not involved in most cases. In summary, this work provides a visual and morphometric dataset for aid in identifying and assigning shell elements of fossil emydid turtles.

Dinarippiger gen. nov. (Tettigoniidae: Bradyporinae: Ephippigerini), a new saddle bush-cricket genus for Ephippiger discoidalis Fieber, 1853 from the Dinaric karst.

A new genus of the tribe Ephippigerini, Dinarippiger Skejo, Kasalo, Fontana et Tvrtković gen. nov., is described based on the characters of occiput coloration, tegmina coloration, cerci and pronotum shape. The new genus is morphologically intermediate between the genera Ephippiger Berthold, 1827 and Uromenus Bolívar, 1878, and presently includes only Dalmatian Saddle Bush Cricket, Dinarippiger discoidalis (Fieber, 1853) comb. nov., hitherto known as Ephippiger discoidalis Fieber, 1853. The species inhabits NE Italy (mainly Carso Triestino), SW Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Montenegro, i.e., islands and karst habitats along the eastern Adriatic coast, with isolated findings in Albania and Italy. Its prominent variation in size and coloration has already produced many synonyms (= limbata Fischer, 1853, = limbata var. major Krauss, 1879, = limbata var. minor Krauss, 1879, = selenophora Fieber, 1853, = sphacophila Krauss, 1879), which may suggest that what is currently regarded as a single species could represent a complex of distinct species with restricted distributions. This study also presents an annotated distribution map and a bioacoustic analysis of D. discoidalis comb. nov. Further research, especially adopting molecular methods, is necessary to assess possible cryptic diversity within the genus Dinarippiger gen. nov. and elucidate its evolutionary history.

Effect of VR on Video Games Story Telling

Now days, more and more virtual reality games appear on market, many of them present with strong storytelling elements. The narrative type of video games in the story development, character shaping, let the audience resonate. However, the articles about story telling in virtual reality games is not enough. This article has concluded about what is storytelling and what makes it effective to players experience; emergent storytelling, immersion and environmental storytelling has been took out and discussed in detail, Paper also discussed about what virtual reality have changed video games and how these changes affect storytelling in video games. Main feature of virtual reality like Interactivity and locomotion tracking been discussed. Different storytelling had been evaluated under virtual reality background. Especially, at the end of the article, this paper summarizes the full text and prospects the related content.

Productivity augmentation of rotating wick solar still using different designs of porous breathable belt and quantum dots nanofluid

The problem of freshwater shortage is increasing a day after day. Solar distillers are suitable devices to overcome this problem for remote areas and small families. However, these devices suffer from their low productivities. Here, two different modified designs for the distillers of rotating wick types were tested. One distiller contained a rotating wick belt with a path of “L” character shape (l-RWSS), and the other with a path of “LC” shape (LC-RWSS). In addition, the wick type was investigated for black jute and cotton wicks. Moreover, the effect of belt-rotation direction (clockwise and counterclockwise) on the still performance has been studied. The period of wick belt rotation was tested (ON = 5 min and OFF = zero, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 min). Also, the impact of using graphene quantum dots nanofluid on the distiller performance was investigated. Experimental results obtained that the jute wick obtained more distillate than the cotton cloth. Furthermore, the productivity of LC-RWSS with counterclockwise movement of wick belt was always larger than that with clockwise direction under all different OFF times. Also, the LC-RWSS (jute wick-counterclockwise-0.1 rpm) increased the freshwater productivity by about 17 % over l-RWSS. Besides, the LC-RWSS provided higher accumulated daily productivity than l-RWSS by 19 % and 17 % with and without nanofluid, respectively. Also, the cost of freshwater obtained is 0.018 and 0.021 $/L for LC-RWSS with and without nanofluids, respectively.

New Taxonomic Arrangement of Dicranella s.l. and Aongstroemia s.l. (Dicranidae, Bryophyta)

The recent molecular phylogenetic study of the families Aongstroemiaceae and Dicranellaceae, which resolved the genera Aongstroemia and Dicranella as polyphyletic, indicated the need for changes in their circumscription and provided new morphological evidence to support the formal description of newly recognized lineages. Following up on these results, the present study adds another molecular marker, the highly informative trnK-psbA region, to a subset of previously analyzed taxa and presents molecular data from newly analyzed austral representatives of Dicranella and collections of Dicranella-like plants from North Asia. The molecular data are linked with morphological traits, particularly the leaf shape, tuber morphology, and capsule and peristome characters. Based on this multi-proxy evidence, we propose three new families (Dicranellopsidaceae, Rhizogemmaceae, and Ruficaulaceae) and six new genera (Bryopalisotia, Calcidicranella, Dicranellopsis, Protoaongstroemia, Rhizogemma, and Ruficaulis) to accommodate the described species according to the revealed phylogenetic affinities. Additionally, we amend the circumscriptions of the families Aongstroemiaceae and Dicranellaceae, as well as the genera Aongstroemia and Dicranella. In addition to the monotypic Protoaongstroemia that contains the newly described dicranelloid plant with a 2-3-layered distal leaf portion from Pacific Russia, P. sachalinensis, Dicranella thermalis is described for a D. heteromalla-like plant from the same region. Fourteen new combinations, including one new status change, are proposed.

Comparing filter and wrapper approaches for feature selection in handwritten character recognition

It is generally agreed that the selection of an appropriate set of features is a fundamental process in the development of any pattern recognition system. Its purpose is to identify the truly distinctive subset of features to reduce the size of the search space, without decreasing the classification performance. This problem is particularly relevant in the field of handwriting recognition, due to the enormous variability of character shape, which has led to the development of a large variety of feature sets that are becoming increasingly larger in terms of the number of attributes. While promising, the results achieved so far have several limitations, which include, among others, the computational complexity of selecting and evaluating feature subsets and the difficulty in evaluating the interactions among features. In a previous study, we tried to overcome some of the above limitations by adopting a feature-ranking-based technique: a large study was carried out considering different filter-based techniques for feature subset evaluation. The aim of this work is to extend the previous study by presenting a broad comparison between filter and wrapper techniques for feature selection in the field of handwritten character recognition. In the experiments, we analysed one of the most effective and widely used set of features in handwriting recognition, applied to standard real-word databases of handwritten characters. The experimental results confirmed that filter and wrapper approaches achieve similar performances, with the former selecting fewer features at a lower computational cost.

“DARI LUCU MENUJU KOMERSIAL” SEBUAH TINJAUAN SEMIOTIKA VISUAL KOMIK IKLAN TAHI LALATS

The Tahilalats advertising comics are a differentiator from works that only aim to convey humorous messages on Instagram. An overview of advertising comics with commercial purposes is interesting because the contents of commercial advertisements for a product become a new pattern of creativity for Tahilalats creators. The object of the problem taken from the work entitled “Surprise” offers a form of negotiation between the aim of being funny and commercial advertising The Ponds Men advertisement is a promotional idea for men’s skin care products which is humorously visualized in ten comic strip panels. The series of panels is a sign structure that will be dissected in order to find the right meaning to show the persuasion message of a commercial product. The accuracy of meaning can be seen from the visualization of the text or aspects of form and context or content as part of the marking system. The marking system will be reviewed based on the sign structure of Barthes’s semiotic theory, namely lexia. The meaning analysis begins by re-reading the nine comic panels into four lexias by naming them based on the logic of meaning, not chronology. In the lexia you will find code categories used as sign dynamic rules according to Barthes based on the perception and culture of the users as interpreters including hermeneutic codes, semimic or semantic codes, symbolic codes, proairetic or action codes, and cultural codes. The code becomes the main reference showing the context in the form of a persuasive message from a Ponds Men commercial advertisement. The context of being funny can be visualized with aspects of character shape, cartoon-style expressions that are simple and simple. The supporting theory is in the form of relays and intertextuality from Julia Kristeva to review the performance of the tagging system based on caption text in the form of titles and descriptions in the Instagram Tahilalats column. In this case, it can show that the commercial message of Ponds Men’s products can be combined appropriately according to Tahilalats’ cute characterization.Keyword: advertising, comic, tahilalats, visual semiotics

『베니토 세레노』의 다층적 서사와 체제적 인종주의

This paper examines how Herman Melville's Benito Cereno is composed of interconnected multi-layered narratives, and considers the artistic and discursive effects they lead to when juxtaposed or combined with one another. In the process the paper pays close attention to Melville’s extraordinary ways of shaping characters with different perspectives of their own, and of utilizing delicately modulated narrative forms and heterogenous texts. Though all of these elements contribute to the layered nature of the work, Captain Delano’s characteristic self-deception, along with his free indirect speech, has been highlighted. Special emphasis is also put on Captain Cereno’s lived experience of inversion from master to slave in terms of ontology. In Benito Cereno Melville is concerned less with exposing the specific social horrors of slavery and racism than with revealing their foundational deception, thereby making it possible to think about how ideologies of slavery and racism operate both within both living individuals and the global system of capitalism. Most importantly, Melville's integrating art dealing with such deep-rooted systemic racism obliquely through the multi-layered narratives requires not only literary but also historical thoughts and imaginations. In conclusion, we can explore through multi-layered narratives in the novella Melville’s prescience about the character of the post-slavery age, which perpetuates systemic racism in the future in one way or another.

The Narration of War and the Shaping of Characters in Novels: Taking Jin Yong’s The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils and The Legend of the Condor Heroes as Examples

In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a long confrontation between the Song and the Jin. In the later period, Song and Mongolia combined to destroy Jin, and Song was also conquered by the Mongols. The two novels of Jin Yong analyzed in this paper set in the Song Dynasty as historical background. This paper uses empirical research and literary creation theory to research The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, and discusses the influence of the war background on the characters of the protagonists Guo Jing, Yang Kang and Qiao Feng, which is reflected in three aspects: identity, views of nation and war, the fate of death. The paper demonstrates that the war profoundly affected the life trajectory of the characters, and the characters could not escape the influence of war. The wars put the three characters in a dilemma of identity choice, which was the most essential dilemma that the characters faced. In the dilemma, all three characters ended their lives in a painful way.

Character Perceptions of Storytellers: Investigating the Mediated Contact Hypothesis and Stories About Living With HIV

Research into mediated contact hypothesis shows that exposure to people sharing their stories of living with a stigmatized condition can decrease negative stereotypes and improve willingness to engage in future interpersonal contact, but results are inconsistent. In this study, we offer novel reasons for why mediated intergroup contact can facilitate positive inter-group outcomes, by focusing on audience members' perceptions of the storyteller's character (i.e., perceptions of attributes or features that make up an individual). Our model was tested (N = 369, U.S. adults) with video-recorded stories from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Let's Stop HIV Together campaign. The results showed that, as predicted, viewers' perceptions of the storyteller's character as more fluid and more multidimensional predicted stronger transportation into the story, which predicted greater perceptions of group variability and more intergroup ease. Implications for character perceptions as mechanisms of contact effects, communication's role in shaping character perceptions, and reducing HIV stigma are discussed.