Analysis of the usability of selected auction websites by Adrian Duwer, Mariusz Dzieńkowski

“… The selection and use of an e-commerce service can be conditioned by its properties such as ease of use, intuitiveness, productivity, offered functionalities, and aesthetic appeal. Within this study, the usability of three popular auction websites: eBay, Amazon, and Allegro, was examined. …”
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Low Profile, Dual-Polarised Antenna for Aeronautical and Land Mobile Satcom by Martin Shelley, Robert Pearson, Javier Vazquez

“…While simple reflector systems offer the lowest cost solution, there is a widespread need for low profile antennas to minimize the antenna visual signature and to satisfy aesthetic and transportation requirements. It is often considered that the use of such antennas will compromise the system performance.…”
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Axiological parameter of the image of a literary character by Ludmila V. Paloyko

“…This synergetic approach is due to the exceptional versatility of a work of fiction as an aesthetic phenomenon and cultural heritage. One of the main functions of a literary text is its evaluation or axiological function which is primarily realized in the image of a character that performs in the text as media of ideals, norms and imperatives of an individual. …”
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Revisiting the corporate image of South African banking institutions by Corlia Van Heerden, J.J. Badenhorst

“…Eight factors were identified in the replication study, namely social interaction, service, quality, growth, aesthetic characteristics, activeness, liveliness and reputation. …”
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Sculpture as Literature and History: Captive and Captivating Venus Figures from the Greek Revolutionary Era by Gonda Van Steen

“…The Venus de Milo has become an iconic figure, heavily overwritten by aesthetic judgments, adventure stories of movement and migration, and the accounts of personal and political trajectories, all playing out in the upper and Western echelons of imperialist Europe and its classist (and racist) underpinnings.…”
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Twin Peaks, ou l’exploration de l’espace américain by Zachary Baqué

“…The aim of this article is to show that there are three major ways of representing the American territory onscreen, which all have a specific aesthetic function (poetic, realistic and metafilmic). …”
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Le rôle des riverains dans le façonnement des interfaces ville-forêt by Christine Bouisset, Isabelle Degrémont

“…Whereas the forest is not always among prevalent factors in initial residential choices, the discourse of the inhabitants relates to emotional aesthetic values which bear witness to the importance of certain uses and functions attributed to the forest, however artificial this landscape may be. …”
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ANALYSIS OF EKE – UNE: AN ECOCRITICISM APPROACH by EZE MABEL NKECHINYERE

“…Poetry is known to be a genre of literature that exposes the aesthetic use of language and portrays captivating themes. …”
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Rhinoplasty Septal Cartilage Harvest and Reconstruction: The 4 Clicks by Alejandro R. Gimenez, MD, Zachary Borab, MD, Sean Fisher, MD, Rod J. Rohrich, MD

“…Successful rhinoplasty relies on a deep understanding of nasal anatomy and precise nasal tip control for lasting functional and aesthetic outcomes. Structural grafts, like septal extension grafts, are instrumental in maintaining tip position and projection with minimal long-term changes. …”
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“On our way to dig up Dad’s empty coffin” by Caroline Magnin

“…This study intends to highlight the aesthetic strategies used by the novelist which result in the fact that absence is not simply a topic but informs the very structure of the book. …”
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Animer l’espace public ? Une question pluridisciplinaire de recherche by Pascale Pichon, Jean-Paul Thibaud

“…First, the animation leads to questioning the socio-aesthetic part of the living experiences and urban processes at work. …”
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L’excès dans le premier volume des Juvenilia de Jane Austen by Marie-Laure Massei

“…By focusing on the 1st volume of the Juvenilia, this paper intends to probe into the various modes and aims of this unexpected aesthetic of excess, while Jane Austen’s mature novels are often praised for their self-restraint and subtlety. …”
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Yaupon Psyllid Gyropsylla ilecis (Ashmead) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) by Mark Wilhelm, Matthew Borden, Adam Dale

“…The yaupon psyllid is considered a minor aesthetic pest due to the unsightly presence of galls and some stunting of twigs. …”
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A Comparative Study of The Yorùbá News and Aláròyé Newspapers by Adefemi Akinseloyin

“…It is observed that The Yorùbá News distanced itself from aesthetics and total bias to the grassroots while Aláròyé newspaper foregrounded aesthetic splendor and grassroots biases in its editions. …”
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« L'État de tous les spectateurs » by Irina Tcherneva

“…The authorities justify these new political axes by spectators’ denunciation of the aesthetic and economic ineffectiveness of the Soviet cinema of the late Stalinist period. …”
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LINEN SIEVES – THOUGHTS ON THE MARGIN OF ANGI ISTVÁN'S MUSICOLOGICAL WRITINGS (ANGI ISTVÁN: SITE DE IN, EDITURA MEDIA MUSICA, CLUJ-NAPOCA, 2014) by Attila FODOR

“… Founder of the Romanian school of music aesthetics, Angi Ştefan exposes in this book a bounded, but significant segment of his central musicological concerns of the late years. …”
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Трансформация трагического: русская классика в мировоззренческих концепциях украинского модернизма... by Halina Korbicz

“…The ideas of these writers were considered conformable to the perception of the fin-de-siècle world with its tragic background and helped Ukrainian writers form their own philosophical and aesthetic views. Russian classics were studied with regard to realistic aesthetics and treated similarly to the classics of antiquity, i.e. as an unchanging value.…”
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Trouble dans le gangsta-rap : quand des rappeuses s’approprient une esthétique masculine by Keivan Djavadzadeh

“…Despite gangsta-rap sexual politics, some female rappers have decided to contribute to this subgenre of rap music because its aesthetic offered them new possibilities of expression and protest. …”
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WORDS FOR SCENT AND FRAGRANCE IN THE TALE OF KIEU by Nguyễn Thị Quốc Minh

“…The expressive meanings of scent are very different and are expressed according to different aesthetic ideals and artistic principles. This article gives an in-depth exploration and understanding into such matters. …”
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L’éducation de Nietzsche. Réactualisation des considérations sur l’honneur : une des valeurs de l’ethos universitaire by Olivier Marty

“…Heidegger will read this art as an aesthetic leading to learn how to overpass oneself.…”
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