Concepts for Sustainable Landscape Mosaics by Tina McIntyre, Rachel Gutner, Sandra Wilson

“… This new 9-page publication of the UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture Department is for Florida homeowners, residential and commercial property managers, and landscape architects interested in creating aesthetically pleasing landscapes and to help individuals choose the right plant for the right place. …”
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"Compensations of poverty" : la féerie urbaine ou la modernité en question dans "On Third Avenue" et "Ephemerid" de Mina Loy by Laure De Nervaux-Gavoty

“…Modernity’s indebtedness to an unacknowledged past is at the heart of the aesthetic experience staged in these two poems.…”
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Imagens da Arte by Maria Filomena Borja de Melo

“…What is the discourse about art and aesthetic in late Middle Age? Before Kant, before contemporary art critics, before a systematic reflexion about art, how was it to talk about art subjects, about beauty, about the art works that were done around? …”
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Spectral Factor of Colored Solar Cells: A Case Study on the Main Urban Areas in Romania by Sergiu-Mihai Hategan, Marius Paulescu

“…PV modules for Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) applications are made of different colors aimed at raising the visual aesthetic of the building. But a colored coating applied to the surface of a basic PV module is inherently associated to a decrease in conversion efficiency. …”
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Education as Performative Contradiction: Limits (And Possibilities) of Subjectification in the Anthropocene by Audrius Pocius

“…It is divided into three parts: 1) following Chakrabarty, I identify the politico-aesthetic challenges posed by anthropogenic climate change and formulate their relevance as an educational ordeal; 2) I enquire about the challenges and possibilities for environmental education to foster societal change and conclude that, while a general policy change toward sustainable education may be insufficient, education remains a premier site where negotiations could take place between the deep-seated beliefs about subjectivity and an open anticipation of unforeseen modes of agency; 3) after providing a comparative analysis of classical humanist Bildung and post-humanist accounts of subjectification in education, I conclude that these approaches constitute a performative contradiction, which allows the experiential challenges of the Anthropocene to be approached in terms of a reimagined aesthetic education thematized as a critique of (human) capacity. …”
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Re-assembling the Victorians: Steampunk, Cyborgs, and the Ethics of Industry by Helena Esser

“…In my paper, I offer an analysis of the steampunk cyborg in literature, film and cosplay as a cultural metaphor, using post-human theory and steampunk’s own manifestos in order to examine how the cyborg re-negotiates industry, identity and agency via the neo-Victorian design aesthetic.…”
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The American Landscape: from an Ideological to an Ecological Object in Oxbow Archive by Joel Sternfeld by Helena Lamouliatte

“…Indeed, Sternfeld’s images are no longer about the visual domination and appropriation of landscape in order to praise the conquest of the American territory; they put forward a new conception of the wilderness, based on aesthetic, political and ecological grounds. Sternfeld doesn’t blatantly criticize the way men claim ownership of natural spaces, but prefers to use a rigorous and elaborate aesthetic framework, combined with a serial mode of representation that only shows traces of human presence. …”
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Conversions to Catholicism among Fin de Siècle Writers: A Spiritual and Literary Genealogy by Claire Masurel-Murray

“…They were also influenced by their Pre-Raphaelite predecessors’ interest in the Catholic Middle Ages as well as by their emphasis on the aesthetic dimension of religious experience, and claimed their kinship with the art for art’s sake creed of French Parnassians and Symbolists (Gray, in particular, translated several of Verlaine’s Catholic poems). …”
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Conservative Therapy of External Invasive Cervical Resorption with Adhesive Systems: A 6-Year Follow-Up Case Report and Literature Review by Riccardo Aiuto, Gianluca Fumei, Erica Lipani, Daniele Garcovich, Mario Dioguardi, Dino Re

“…This case report highlights the importance of early detection of EICR and how composite resins could provide an effective and aesthetic restauration of the defect, which favors the health of the surrounding gingival tissue.…”
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Using Platelet-Rich Fibrin to Remove Graphite Tattoos May Yield Excellent Long-Term Result by Young Joon Cho, Yong Tak Jeong, Tae Hee Lee, Hyun Woo Cho

“…A 41-year-old male patient presented with an aesthetic complaint from a grayish black staining on the labial gingiva near the maxillary central and lateral incisors. …”
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¿Unas elecciones de verdad? Autenticidad, representación y conflicto en los concursos de Reinas Indígenas de Guatemala by Gemma Celigueta

“…I want to question the relationship between an « aesthetic » representation and a « political » representation of the Indigenous People.…”
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Creating smiles: a case study on the transformational power of dental CAD/CAM technology by Zeina Darwich, Atef Darwich, Marwan Al-Raeei, Chadi Azmeh

“…The case study highlights the importance of patient preference, efficiency, and accuracy in digital dentistry, demonstrating the potential for providing personalized and effective solutions for aesthetic dental concerns. Embracing digital advancements and patient-centered care is crucial for delivering high-quality and innovative solutions in modern aesthetic dentistry.…”
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La conservation-restauration des photographies couleur montées par la face sur PMMA by Sabine Squoquart

“…They have many advantages for handling; display and aesthetic research for photographers. However, these mounting methods have many problems of conservation and restoration related to physical fragility of PMMA. …”
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‘What a perennial delight is in hearing the French language spoken!’: Class, Language and Taste in the Maison de Molière’s French Performances in London (1871–1893) by Ignacio Ramos Gay

“…Their performance in their native tongue proved to be an aesthetic magnificence that had clearly captivated an essentially English-speaking audience: ‘the pictures they produced went straight to the heart and needed no language for those of us who could not master French’, Irving declared. …”
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From Polydeoxyribonucleotides (PDRNs) to Polynucleotides (PNs): Bridging the Gap Between Scientific Definitions, Molecular Insights, and Clinical Applications of Multifunctional Bi... by Cíntia Marques, Alexandre Porcello, Marco Cerrano, Farid Hadjab, Michèle Chemali, Kelly Lourenço, Basste Hadjab, Wassim Raffoul, Lee Ann Applegate, Alexis E. Laurent

“…Importantly, despite their widespread use in cosmetology and aesthetic dermatology, the interchangeable use of the terms “PDRN” and “PN” in the scientific literature (to describe polymers of varying lengths) has led to considerable confusion within the medical and scientific communities. …”
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Flaubert et Hugo : d’une esthétique à l’autre by Takashi Kinouchi

“…This article studies how Flaubert built his aesthetic theory with and against Hugo’s. We will confront Flaubert’s letters with Hugo’s critical writings, in particular the Preface to Cromwell.…”
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Romance e realidade na ficção brasileira contemporânea by Juliana Santini

“…The aim is questioning the way by which aesthetic project of this novel embodies a deep point of view of real, creating an ethic and critical principle of analysis on contemporary society.…”
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The Dimensional Structure of Tourism Festival and Special Event Innovation and Their Impacts on Tourists’ Behavioral Intentions by Chaojun Li, Ping He

“…The results show the following: (1) tourism festival and special event innovation includes six dimensions of performance, accessibility, self-service technology, aesthetic environment, tourist community, and loyalty program; (2) performance, self-service technology, and aesthetic environment have a significant positive impact on overall innovation, while accessibility, tourist community, and loyalty program have no significant impact on overall innovation; and (3) overall innovation has a significant positive impact on tourists’ satisfaction, brand equity, and tourists’ behavioral intentions. …”
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Results of reconstructive surgery of the auricle in Cienfuegos by Bernardo Canto Vidal, Blas Jorge González Manso, José Daniel Gil Milá

“…Both techniques (Filatov and Dieffenbach) for surgical reconstruction were combined in all, with a favorable aesthetic result.<br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: The series presented, although not extensive, shows that it is possible to rehabilitate the structural defects of the auricle, either partially or totally, using simple surgical techniques that allow achieving the expected aesthetic result.…”
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The Impact of VR Exhibition Experiences on Presence, Interaction, Immersion, and Satisfaction: Focusing on the Experience Economy Theory (4Es) by Sungbok Chang, Jungho Suh

“…Furthermore, entertainment, escapism, and educational experiences positively influenced presence, whereas aesthetic experiences did not significantly impact it. …”
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