The Processing of Global and Local Visual Information in Alzheimer’s Disease by Eriko Matsumoto, Yoshitaka Ohigashi, Misato Fujimori, Etsuro Mori

“…We use a visual attention task introduced by Navon (1977) to examine the function to integrate local visual stimuli into global image. Although the ability to identify solid digits ether of large and small size presented at the same exposure duration, EOAD performance was poor in the global perception especially at the short duration (20~msec). …”
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Workplace surveillance: examining current instruments, limitations and legal background issues by Ulrike Hugl

“…Reasons for employers to monitor employees’ behavior are manifold: from an avoidance of malicious insider threats, the prevention of image damage, increased productivity, and through to reduced costs. …”
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The Power of Perspective. Discrimination Against Men by Virág Véber

“…I examine stereotypes about men and their implications for men’s self-image as well as gender in general. It is important to see the system of gender value judgments and inequalities as affecting men as well. …”
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UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL: THE TECHNOLOGY OF ORGANIZATION AND LEARNING by I. B. Nazarova

“…Summer schools create a positive university image and become a kind of university business card, a university brand. …”
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Probability Density Evolution Algorithm for Stochastic Dynamical Systems Based on Fractional Calculus by Yang Yan, Xiaohong Yu

“…The simulation results show the influence of the number of representative points on the smoothness of the image of the probability density function and the accuracy of the calculation results.…”
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MicroCT-Based Methodology for Defect Detection and Analysis in GRFP Tube Joints by Cintia Ferreira, Olga M. O. Araújo, Alessandra Silveira Machado, Davi F. Oliveira, Gabriela Ribeiro Pereira, Ricardo Tadeu Lopes

“…The findings reveal that the micro-CT technique, when integrated with advanced image processing tools, is highly effective for detecting, locating, and quantifying defects.  …”
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‘‘Retour’’ et ‘‘reconquête’’ de la péninsule historique : discours et usages distinctifs autour du patrimoine de Fener et Çarşamba by Brian Chauvel

“…With the help of observations conducted in two neighbourhoods – one (Fener) known for and visited because of its heritage rum, the other one (Çarşamba) cultivating an Islamic image – I explore the relations of distance and proximity and the symbolic borders that are both developing in these two districts.…”
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The Idea of Mathematicity of the Universe as a <i>Locus Theologicus</i>: Michael Heller and Representatives of “The Kraków School of Philosophy in Science” by Kamil Trombik

“…From a philosophical point of view, the question of the mathematicity of nature remains an open metaphysical problem. The image of the world formulated on the basis of this idea can be an inspiration for theologians seeking common ground with the sciences. …”
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How to Read (With) Benjamin: From Cultural History of Materialism to Materialist History of Culture by Patrick Healy, Andrej Radman

“…Footprint 18 investigates the following issues: what Benjamin understands by the ‘constellation of awakening’, how he conceptualises ‘dialectical images’, his deployment of montage, his refusal of a conception of either progress or decline, and his undertaking to show that the images belong not only to a particular time but attain legibility only at a particular time. …”
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Theology and Sports: Sport in the Educational System of Saint John Bosco by Zbigniew Dziubiński

“…The analysis of the collected material shows that sports activity in the preventive system is not an addition or an insignificant decoration that can make the system image more attractive, but the foundation on which subsequent layers of the pedagogical system are built. …”
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L’iconographie de la croix sur les sarcophages du haut Moyen Âge en Gaule by Anne Flammin

“…In early Christian art, the image of the cross only began appearing on sarcophagi or in the monumental decoration of Roman churches in the mid-fourth century. …”
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Investigation on Temperature-Dependent Multiaxial Ratchetting of Polycarbonate by a Novel Experimental Method by Fucong Lu, Kun Zhang, Yuhang Hou, Zhiwen Wu

“…This method realizes the direct measurement of multiaxial strain on the surface of specimen at different temperatures by the noncontact digital image correlation. By utilizing the proposed method, the multiaxial stress-control cyclic tests were performed to investigate the multiaxial ratchetting of polycarbonate (PC) at different temperatures. …”
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Campo de lavanda by Adriana García García

“…Esta actividad primaria cuenta con gran demanda en sectores de farmacia y fitoterapia entre otros, pero también se está abriendo a las prácticas turísticas, con la oferta de rutas de la lavanda que atraen numerosos visitantes.   In the image there is a tractor plowing a lavender plot on the extensive Castilian grasslands. …”
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Les Township tours au KwaZulu-Natal (Afrique du Sud) : d’une réappropriation historique et identitaire à l’avènement d’un socio-tourisme by Fabrice Folio

“…In the meantime, it tries to invert the repulsive image that is commonly associated with apartheid. …”
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L’objet phare au Biodôme, les enjeux du zoo contemporain by Anne Castelas

“…La direction de l’institution défend l’absence d’objet phare, puisque, selon elle, l’originalité et l’image du musée est son concept, soit l’exposition de collections vivantes dans des capsules d’environnement. …”
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La dignità umana e la ricerca del suo fondamento. Considerazioni a margine dall’Enciclica “Fratelli tutti” by Agnese Varsalona

“…Such a search cannot prescind from the concept of person, taken up in the theological reflection of the first centuries to say the newness of the God of Jesus, and only later used to tell who is the human being, whose creation in the image and likeness of God grounds his inalienable dignity. …”
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Is naming brands in English worth doing? Effects of foreignness and country of origin on brand equity by Rafael Barreiros Porto, Talyta da Silva Soyer

“…The results show a positive and direct effect of foreignness on brand equity indicators, associated image and willingness to pay a premium price. Country of origin moderated the relationship between foreignness and brand equity, showing that a brand with foreignness increases exclusivity without any identification of the country of origin and that a brand without foreignness increases the same indicator when the country of origin is present. …”
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Pensare la sovranità alimentare nell’Europa d’Oltremare: Aruba, Saint-Pierre e Miquelon, Belep (Nuova Caledonia) by Lara Giordana

“…This contribution aims to investigate how some small islands that are Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) of the European Union, or are part of them, formulate food sovereignty and food justice; and how, not being politically independent but endowed with individual forms of autonomy, they restore a complex and plural image of food sovereignty. We will explore the ways in which three different and distant societies of the European archipelago navigate the interwining of colonialism and autonomy, rights of access to land and sea, insularity and isolation, mobility and regional relations, to trace their own forms of food sovereignty: Aruba (NL), Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (FR) and the Belep Islands (Kanaky New Caledonia - FR).…”
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Performance Characteristic of Cold Recycled Mixture with Asphalt Emulsion and Chemical Additives by Shaowen Du

“…To better understand its performance characteristic, the microstructure images of the recycled mixture were observed by environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM). …”
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Meningioma of Lumbar Localization in a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus by Jorge Luis Acevedo Cardoso, Yoniel Suárez Guerrero, Samuel Sánchez Sánchez

“…In nuclear magnetic resonance, a rounded isointense image was observed within the medullar canal at L2 level. …”
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