H. G. Wells’s and E. M. Forster’s Transformative Arts: Theoretical Divergences and Formal Connections by Laurent Mellet

“…In Wells’s Edwardian novels, the only way to fulfil oneself is precisely to try and change the world through political commitment and action, while Forsterian protagonists find salvation in a much more aesthetic progression to sentience. In either case, the novelist questions and experiments with the form of the literary medium. …”
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Proverbs and African Modernity: Defining an Ethics of Becoming by Oyekan Owomoyela

“…Because of these efforts we now know a good deal about proverbs as a cultural resource, their functionality and the protocols for their usage, but also their artistry-structure, wordplay, imagery, and so forth, especially after calls such as Isidore Okpewho’s (1992) that scholars pay due attention to the aesthetic dimensions of traditional oral forms. …”
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An Analysis and Critique of the Translation of Al-Sharia Al-Arabiya with a Contrastive Criticism Approach to the Translation by Aliasghar Shahbazi

“…The four chapters of the book include subjects on origins of Arabic poetry, identity of rhythm and music of poetry, analysis of aesthetic issues and their connection with Qur'anic research, and struggle between tradition and modernity. …”
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Users’ experiences of park accessibility and attractiveness based on online review analytics by Abdelbaseer A. Mohamed, Jakub Kronenberg

“…Statistical analysis indicated that: (1) safety and commercialization-related factors like food and ticket prices significantly influence park accessibility; and (2) park attractiveness is strongly associated with the park’s cultural (e.g., aesthetic experiences, leisure and entertainment opportunities) and regulatory features (e.g., cleanliness, quietness). …”
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L’Observatoire photographique national du paysage : transformations d’un modèle et hypothèses renouvelées de paysage by Frédérique Mocquet

“…“Paysages usagés, Observatoire photographique du paysage depuis le GR2013” (“Used Landscapes, A Photographic Observatory of the Landscape from the GR2013 Trail”), which was born of the initiative of a critical reinterpretation of the method by photographers Bertrand Stofleth and Geoffroy Mathieu, proposes a re-evaluation of the perspectives of photographic observation focusing on the aesthetic experience of the landscape as a plural mediation placing an artistic project at the heart of territorial planning.…”
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"All places equally estranged": A comparative reading of Veljko Milićević's The Pathless Land and Dinko Šimunović's The Stranger by Todorović Sofija D.

“…Firstly, interpersonal relationships and love (Made in The Stranger and Irena in The Pathless Land) prove to be insufficient to overcome the feeling of estrangement; secondly, the protagonists are alienated from their own memories and personal history; and, finally, in the case of The Stranger, the weak will of the aesthetically sensitive protagonist prevents him from creatively producing his intuitive artistic ideas. …”
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A Model for Managing the Performance of CMMS Deployment in High-Rise Office Buildings: A View from Lagos, Nigeria by Shamsudeen Musa, Zairul Nisham Musa, Shirley Jin Lin Chua

“…The development of high-rise buildings is a current trend in developed cities to answer the challenges of population growth, adding aesthetic value, and optimal use of land. Lagos particularly is one of the fastest growing cities in the world with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in Nigeria, which suggests the need for multiple complex buildings, and the need for their maintenance cannot be overemphasised. …”
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Evaluating Visual Satisfaction in Urban Sculpture Spaces: A Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach by Dianwei Zou, Liping Pan

“…The assessment of visual satisfaction in urban sculpture spaces has emerged as a topic of paramount interest due to the increased emphasis given to aesthetic quality and the general quality of urban environments. …”
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The application of grey statistical method and analytic hierarchy process in the evaluation of community park rehabilitation landscapes by Qingtao Cheng, Qiuping Li

“…The results are as follows: (1) Out of the 30 indicator factors, 13 were not selected through the GST method. (2) The weights of the criteria layer, from highest to lowest, are as follows: physical rehabilitation (D1) with a weight of 0.6370, psychological rehabilitation (D2) with a weight of 0.2583, and spiritual rehabilitation (D3) with a weight of 0.1047. (3) The highest and lowest values in the indicator layer are as follows: D1 (P14: illumination duration 0.2359, P17: hydrological conditions 0.0197); D2 (P21: sense of security 0.1433, P23: human-environment interaction 0.0162); D3 (P34: sense of pleasure 0.0400, P36: aesthetic value 0.0045). This research reduces the subjectivity in the evaluation indicators and provides valuable guidance for the design of rehabilitation landscapes in community parks.…”
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Words to Avoid During Wide-awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet Surgery to Enhance Patient Experience by Jean Paul Brutus, MD, Natasha Barone, MDCM, MSc, Kira Stolberg, RN, Patricia Russell, RN, Donald H. Lalonde, MD, MSc, FRCSC

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EXPLORING THE TEMOKAN TRADITION IN JAVANESE WEDDINGS: AN ANTHROPOLINGUISTIC APPROACH by Nanda Ramadhayani, Alemina br Perangin-angin, Rozanna Mulyani

“…These elements are further embedded with values and norms, including religious, logical, ethical, and aesthetic dimensions. Norms such as etiquette, customary practices, legal expectations, and habitual behaviors further reflect the tradition's cultural significance. …”
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Research on glass imitation jade culture in the ancient Chinese Silk Road by Sai Huang, Ziyi Wang, Junyi Zhu

“…As a gem of ancient Chinese craft art, the glass imitation jade culture offers valuable insights into understanding the aesthetic features of ancient cultures, cultural exchange patterns, and the evolution of craft technologies. …”
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Effect of different surface treatments on the roughness of porcelain layer for all ceramic restoration. by Maryam Jawad Challo, Shatha Abdulla Salih

“… Background: porcelain layered zirconia restoration fractures are serious and create an aesthetic and functional dilemma for the patients and the dentist. …”
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Mutual Interests of Literary Criticism and Musical Criticism in the Field of Written Works A Case Study: "Music of Poetry" and "The Association of Poetry and Music" by Hamid Askari Rabori

“…On the other hand, in recent decades, “Music of Poetry” concept with the formalist theme has suggested aesthetical criteria in studying and criticizing Persian poetry, and it has benefited from musical terms such as musicality, harmony, orchestration, etc. while musical critique has not presented any comment on written works of "music of poetry". …”
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Entretien : Regards croisés sur la vraie et fausse porcelaine de Chine by Sophie Duhem, Émilie Roffidal, Maris Boyd Gillette, Laurent Schroeder, Antony J. Allen, Pierre Ansas

“…It can not be exempted from a purely aesthetic and even moral approach.This multifaceted approache, necessary for any global consideration of the true / false phenomenon, is even more problematic for Chinese porcelain, since it includes a terminology difficult to set. …”
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Analysis of Nonverbal Communication in the Story of Hasanak the Vizier by Morteza Mohseni, Sayyed Esmail Jafari Petroudi

“…Although the poets and writers use literary language for aesthetic statement, they are not inattentive to nonverbal communication. …”
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Ueji, le précurseur du jardin japonais moderne et les hommes qui l’ont influencé by Yagasaki Zentarō

“…Thus, the theory presented in this article is that it is by trying to take hold of the typically Chinese aesthetic and vision of nature that the Japanese have created the architecture and the gardens “in the Japanese style”.…”
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Modeling and leveling of categories affecting the geographical landscape form of the world by Leyla Meshkani, Jamile tavakolinia, mohamad taghi Razavian

“…Landscapes cannot be explained only by obscure geographical frequencies that can be described by objective methods, but they are real subjective observations and experiences that can be inferred by artistic and aesthetic perception, analysis and comparison. Thus, recognizing the elements of the emergence, formation and development of any perspective can be considered as a mirror of the whole picture of human knowledge, culture and perceptions in geography. …”
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Alveolar Ridge Preservation Using Xenogeneic Collagen Matrix and Bone Allograft by Andreas O. Parashis, Charalampos J. Kalaitzakis, Dimitris N. Tatakis, Konstantinos Tosios

“…When fixed partial dentures were placed, restorations fulfilled aesthetic demands without requiring further augmentation procedures. …”
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THE DEATH OF ART IN ADORNO'S THEORY OF ANTINOMOUS NATURE OF THE WORKS OF ART by Rūta Marija Marija Vabalaitė

“… The article deals with the concept of the death of art in Adorno's "Aesthetic Theory". The peculiarity of the concept in comparison with the hegelian one and with traditional interpretations of it consists in that it is to mean the negative relations in the works of art and antinomous nature of art that are the conditions of artistic quality of the work. …”
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