[ES] El presente estudio se centra en abordar aquellos aspectos relacionados con la "belleza" que pasan desapercibidos en la visión clásica y que tampoco son reconocidos o apreciados en su plenitud en las perspectivas internacionales. En este análisis proponemos una visión alternativa a los cánones actuales nombrada "belleza intangible" para distinguirla del sentido de la belleza racional y visible. Para ello hemos examinado una serie de conceptos culturales y enfoques estéticos relacionados con la expresión del espíritu abstracto y el tiempo en las culturas de Asia Oriental, China y Japón, encontrando asimismo expresiones similares en la perspectiva de Occidente. En el proceso de observación documental también hemos profundizado en la comprensión de algunos conceptos estéticos como: el Yijing, lo vacío, Wabi-sabi, Y¿gen, Mono no aware, las ruinas y la nostalgia. Por otra parte, hemos estudiado la propia naturaleza de las imágenes fotográficas y sus expresiones particulares asociadas a esta connotación estética. El conocimiento del tiempo, el espacio y la belleza que transmiten estas expresiones artísticas son aspectos característicos de las distintas culturas que nos acercan a los planteamientos estéticos de los demás. Este trabajo analiza la manifestación práctica de dichas nociones a través de un estudio de caso de imágenes fotográficas de los artistas orientales y occidentales: Lang Jingshan, Yang Yongliang, Yamamoto Masao, Wolfgang Tillmans, Albarrán Cabrera y Sally Mann. Con todo ello, hemos logrado desvelar y contemplar dicha belleza relacionada con la expresión del espíritu abstracto y el tiempo al que apunta el objetivo del estudio. Por ultimo, en esta investigación se ha llevado a cabo un proyecto de experimentación artística para verificar la revelación y percepción de la belleza intangible a través de imágenes fotográficas. / [CAT] El present estudi se centra en abordar aquells aspectes relacionats amb la "bellesa" que passen desapercebuts en la visió clàssica i que tampoc són reconeguts o benvolguts en la seua plenitud en les perspectives internacionals. En aquesta anàlisi proposem una visió alternativa als cànons actuals nomenada "bellesa intangible" per a distingir-la del sentit de la bellesa racional i visible. Per a això hem examinat una sèrie de conceptes culturals i enfocaments estètics relacionats amb l'expressió de l'esperit abstracte i el temps en les cultures d'Àsia Oriental, la Xina i el Japó, trobant així mateix expressions similars en la perspectiva d'Occident. En el procés d'observació documental també hem aprofundit en la comprensió d'alguns conceptes estètics com: el Yijing, el buit, Wabi-sabi, Y¿gen, Mono no aware, les ruïnes i la nostàlgia. D'altra banda, hem estudiat la pròpia naturalesa de les imatges fotogràfiques i les seues expressions particulars associades a aquesta connotació estètica. El coneixement del temps, l'espai i la bellesa que transmeten aquestes expressions artístiques són aspectes característics de les diferents cultures que ens acosten als plantejaments estètics de els altres. Aquest treball analitza la manifestació pràctica d'aquestes nocions a través d'un estudi de cas d'imatges fotogràfiques dels artistes orientals i occidentals: Lang Jingshan, Yang Yongliang, Yamamoto Masao, Wolfgang Tillmans, Albarrán Cabrera i Sally Mann. Amb tot això, hem aconseguit revelar i contemplar aquesta bellesa relacionada amb l'expressió de l'esperit abstracte i el temps al qual apunta l'objectiu de l'estudi. Per ultime, en aquesta investigació s'ha portat a cap un projecte d'experimentació artística per a verificar la revelació i percepció de la bellesa intangible a través d'imatges fotogràfiques. / [EN] The present study focuses on addressing those aspects of "beauty" that are underestimated in the classical view and which are either unrecognised or underappreciated in their plenitude in international perspectives. In this analysis, we propose an alternative vision to the current canons called "intangible beauty" to distinguish it from the rational and visible sense of beauty. For this purpose we have examined a number of cultural concepts and aesthetic approaches related to the expression of abstract spirit and time in the East Asian cultures of China and Japan, as well as finding similar expressions in Western perspectives. In the process of documentary observation we further deepened our understanding of some aesthetic concepts such as: the Yijing, emptiness, Wabi-sabi, Y¿gen, Mono no aware, ruins and nostalgia. On the other hand, we have studied the proper nature of photographic images and their particular expressions associated with this aesthetic connotation. The knowledge of time, space and beauty conveyed by these artistic expressions are characteristic aspects of different cultures that bring us closer to each other's aesthetic approaches. This work examines the practical manifestation of these notions through a case study of photographic images by Eastern and Western artists: Lang Jingshan, Yang Yongliang, Masao Yamamoto, Wolfgang Tillmans, Albarrán Cabrera and Sally Mann. With all this, we have managed to unveil and contemplate such beauty related to the expression of the abstract spirit and the time to which the aim of the study is directed. Furthermore, during this research, an artistic experimentation project has been carried out to verify the revelation and perception of intangible beauty through photographic images. / Xiu, K. (2023). Belleza intangible: el espíritu abstracto y el tiempo a través de la imagen fotográfica en el mundo oriental y occidental. Estudio de caso y experimentación mediante la creación de obra artística [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/196011

Significant efforts in conservation are devoted to the management and study of ungulates, due to their significant roles in ecosystems as well as their potential economic value. This is especially true for species considered exotic, such as mouflon sheep (Ovis musimon) in Hawaii. Effective management of an exotic species requires an understanding of ecological metrics such as space use, survival, and population size. We provided these metrics for a population of mouflon that have hybridized with feral sheep (Ovis aries) on the island of Hawaii. In Chapter 1, we quantified space use and annual survival of sheep in an area where sheep are managed for hunting opportunity. We determined that sheep have relatively small home-ranges and high rates of annual survival (>90%). In Chapter 2, we provided the first estimate of population size for the same study area while simultaneously testing the viability of a novel method of estimating population size, currently known as Instantaneous Sampling. Using photographic capture recapture as a comparison method, we compared estimates derived from both techniques and provided support for Instantaneous Sampling as an alternative method for estimating population size.

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Cette thèse de géographie humaine porte sur l’expérience sensible qu’ont les usagers -visiteurs et habitants- d’espaces fluviaux en cours de patrimonialisation, dans deux villes du Sud-ouest de l’Europe : Pau et Saragosse. Soucieuses d’améliorer leur cadre de vie et de poursuivre leur développement économique et urbain, l’agglomération paloise et la ville de Saragosse tentent en effet de mieux intégrer leurs cours d’eau dans leur territoire en se lançant dans un processus de patrimonialisation. Toutefois, la place accordée au tourisme dans ces processus est pour le moins équivoque. L’offre touristique et de loisirs demeure peu structurée et exploitée par les pouvoirs publics, les attentes des visiteurs ignorées. La thèse vise à pallier pour partie ces lacunes en fournissant des éléments de connaissance de l’expérience sensible des usagers. En effet, ces derniers sont susceptibles d’enrichir le projet urbain et d’améliorer la prise en compte du potentiel de l’espace fluvial. Pour questionner l’expérience sensible, entendue dans ses dimensions sensorielles et émotionnelles, et faire émerger la parole des usagers, une démarche de recherche combinatoire a été adoptée. Elle repose sur de l’observation directe et participante et sur le recours à l’outil photographique et filmique comme support d’enquête à l’entretien. L’analyse des 137 rencontres a permis de dégager deux résultats majeurs : d’une part, l’expérience multisensorielle et fragmentaire des espaces fluviaux introduit un rapport intime à l’espace et au temps ; d’autre part, la méconnaissance de l’espace fluvial urbain ne signifie pas nécessairement que les usagers ne s’y intéressent pas et qu’ils n’ont pas d’avis sur les questions de nature-urbaines. Plus généralement, en interrogeant le rapport homme/espace fluvial ou autrement dit homme/nature, cette thèse révèle que ce dernier est perçu de manière ambivalente. Bien qu’apprécié, voire chéri, le cours d’eau est vu comme un espace naturel ordinaire ou possédant quelques éléments remarquables. Qualifié parfois de « sauvage », cet espace se doit toutefois d’être maîtrisé et contrôlé. L’approche géographique adoptée conduit ainsi à placer au cœur du projet urbain l’expérience (res)sentie et vécue par les usagers des espaces publics de nature / This human geography PhD thesis focuses on the sensitive experience that users – visitors and inhabitants - from two south-western European cities, Pau and Saragosse, have of the urban river spaces undergoing a process of patrimonialization. In their attempt to improve the quality of their living environment and carry on with their economic and urban development, the Pau agglomeration and the city of Saragossa are trying to better integrate their watercourses into the urban system through a process of patrimonialization. As for tourism, it holds an ambiguous place in these processes. The offer of tourist and leisure activities is hardly developed and exploited by the public authorities and visitors’ expectations are ignored. This research aims at mitigating some of these gaps by providing information on users’ sensitive experience. As a matter of fact, a better knowledge of users’ experience can enrich the urban project and increase awareness upon the potential of river spaces. In order to explore the sensitive experience, both in its sensory and emotional dimension and highlight users’ considerations, a combinatorial research approach was adopted. It relies on direct and participant observation and on the use of photographic and cinematic tool as a support during the interview. The analysis of the 137 interviews taken allowed the identification of two major results: on one hand, multisensory and fragmentary experience of river spaces generates an intimate reference to space and time and, on the other hand, the ignorance of the river space does not necessarily mean that users are not interested in river spaces, or that they have no opinion on urban nature issues. Extensively, by questioning the relationship between man and river space or in other words man and nature, this PhD thesis reveals that the latter is perceived in an ambivalent way. Although appreciated, and even cherished, the river is seen either as an ordinary natural space or as a place that holds certain remarkable elements. Sometimes qualified as wild, this space ought to be managed and controlled. With regard to the urban project, the geographical approach adopted determines the focus on the experience felt and lived by the users of natural public places. / Esta tesis doctoral en geografía humana, examina la experiencia sensible que tienen los usuarios –visitantes y habitantes- en los espacios fluviales que están en proceso de patrimonialización, en dos ciudades del Sudoeste de Europa: Pau y Zaragoza. Estas dos localidades, con el objetivo de mejorar su entorno de vida e impulsar su desarrollo económico y urbano, intentan integrar el curso de los ríos en su territorio, desarrollando así un proceso de patrimonialización. No obstante, la posición concedida al turismo en estos procesos es confusa, ya que la oferta turística y de ocio queda poco estructurada y explotada por los poderes públicos. Además, las expectativas de los visitantes no se han tomado en cuenta. La tesis aboga por paliar en parte a estas carencias proporcionando elementos de conocimiento de la experiencia sensible de los usuarios. En efecto, estos últimos son susceptibles de enriquecer el proyecto urbano, mejorar y tener en consideración el potencial del espacio fluvial. Para estudiar dicha experiencia, entendida en sus dimensiones sensoriales y emocionales y hacer emerger la voz de los usuarios, se ha adoptado una metodología de investigación combinatoria. En ella se plantea la observación directa y activa y el recurso del instrumento fotográfico y cinematográfico como soporte de las entrevistas. El análisis de los 137 casos nos ha permitido destacar dos importantes resultados. Por una parte, la experiencia multisensorial y fragmentaria de los usuarios acerca de la patrimonialización de los espacios fluviales, que refleja una relación íntima entre espacio y tiempo. Por otra parte, el desconocimiento del espacio fluvial urbano, no significa necesariamente que los usuarios no posean ningún interés u opinión sobre los asuntos de la naturaleza en su entorno urbano. Estas entrevistas también plantean preguntas sobre el vínculo entre el hombre y el espacio fluvial, o entre el hombre y la naturaleza. En ellas hemos observado, que esta relación es percibida de manera ambivalente. Aunque el río es apreciado, y en ocasiones intensamente, representa un espacio ordinario que posee para ciertos usuarios elementos remarcables. Descrito en ocasiones como “salvaje”, debe no obstante ser controlado. A través del enfoque geográfico adoptado en esta tesis, queremos resaltar el lugar céntrico de estos espacios fluviales dentro del proyecto urbano y la experiencia vivida por los usuarios dentro de la naturaleza.

Thesis (MA (Visual Art))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis is bemoei met die wyse waarop die fotobeeld konvensioneel aan 'n mimetiese kode van "gedrag" onderhewig is, met die gevolg dat alternatiewe voorstellingsfunksies dikwels buite oorweging gehou word. 'n Interessante area van ondersoek word blootgestel wanneer die komplekse verhouding tussen die toeskouer en beeld betrek word om die broosheid van eersgenoemde se agentskap in die waarnemingproses te beklemtoon. Dit is dus vanuit hierdie gewaarwording dat ek my bespreking van die fotobeeld grotendeels binne 'n psigoanalitiese raamwerk situeer en aan die hand van konsepte soos Einfühlung, die Lacanian Real en John Dewey (2005) se teorie van kuns as ervaring, bespreek. Die skynbaar teenstrydige aard van die fotobeeld as (onder andere) beide mimetiese realiteitskopie en piktoriale fiksie, ooglopend onafhanklik van taal en eweveel deurspek met diskursiewe vertolkings, openbaar volgens my egter die ideale vertrekpunt vanwaar fotografie se voorstellingsfunksie heroorweeg kan word. Dié opponerende tweespalt, wat as kenmerkende karaktertrekke van die fotobeeld na vore tree, noop die toeskouer om die beeld met 'n verhoogde sensitiwiteit te benader – met die gevolg dat die foto se onlosmaaklike skakel met "haar"1 diskursiewe grense en aptyt vir die "onsêbare" as konstruktiewe koalisie gesien word. Die fotografiese werk van Lien Botha, veral haar Amendment–reeks (2006) en Parrot Jungle (2009), sal deurentyd as visuele bevestiging van my argumente betrek word. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is concerned with the way in which the photographic image has conventionally been subject to a mimetic code of "behaviour", resulting in the marginalization of alternative, representational functions. An interesting area of study is, however, laid bare when the complex relationship between the viewer and image initiates a discussion around the former's wavering position as autonomous agent within the observation process. Using this awareness as a point of departure, my discussion will be primarily situated within a psychoanalytic framework by focusing partly on concepts like Einfühlung, the Lacanian Real and John Dewey's theory of art as experience. An apparent dualistic rivalry, that situates the photo-image simultaneously as a mimetic agent of reality and pictorial fiction, apparently devoid of language and equally riddled with discursive interpretations, serves furthermore as an ideal complication of the photograph's conventional, representational function. These opposing "forces", recognizable as a typical characteristic of the photographic image, subtly challenges the viewer to regard it with a heightened sensitivity – resulting in an awareness that the photograph's inseparable bond with its discursive boundaries, and appetite for the "unrepresentational", does in fact represent a constructive coalition. The photographic work of Lien Botha, especially her Amendment-series (2006) and Parrot Jungle (2009) will serve as a visual emphasis of my arguments.

本論文應用攝影構圖法則，以模糊邏輯理論為基礎，判別影像的攝影構圖類型。構圖(Composition)乃是攝影這項平面藝術創作最重要的美學元素之一，其目的是利用空間中的物體配置，經由透視投影後，讓畫面的整體呈現平衡感；專業的、優秀的攝影作品，皆會符合攝影的基本構圖原理。因此許多的影像增強、影像合成的應用中，也應該配合相片原本的構圖設計，針對所欲表達的重點予與適當地調整，而非「盲目的」以一體適用的法則去處理每一張照片。 論文中，我們針對影像所欲表達的重點區域，分析其結構特性，設計不同的特徵，並以模糊邏輯理論為基礎，應用Mamdani系統，結合隸屬函數與攝影構圖判別法則的交互作用，用以辨認所欲處理相片的構圖類別。依據辨認後的構圖類別，即可對該影像做適當地分割及調整，以使相片能有最佳的影像增強處理。 實驗證明，本文所提出的方法能有效地辨認攝影構圖類別，針對不同攝影構圖所作的影像修正，才能更符合人眼的視覺喜好。 / This thesis addresses the problem of how to recognize the photographic composition from a given photo based on the theory of fuzzy logic. Composition is one of the important aesthetics for the plane figure photo art. To present the balance of its holistic picture, it takes the advantage of special object arrangement after acting perspective projection. A piece of professional and qualified photo work will realize these basic photo composition methods. For many applications about the digital photo, the operations, i.e., photo enhancement, segmentation, output, and synthesis, all need to match up the photographic composition to do accurate processing rather than “blind” processing that assumes each photo with the same “composition.” An automatic recognition method using image features from some specific regions is described. The method is employed in a Mamdani model and combines outputs of multiple fuzzy logic rules and feature extraction algorithms to obtain confidences that can identify the correct photographic composition. Experimental results show that the proposed method is robust and effective for photographic composition recognition. The feature with adjusting in different photo composing will be able to comfort our human sight.

QC 351 A7 no. 16 / This document has been prepared to form the basis for the operational specifications for the Cassegrain instrumentation for the 90-inch telescope of the Steward Observatory. The publication of this document is for the purpose of providing guidance to other astronomical groups who may have use for the considerations recorded herein.

The diploma thesis Photographic essay of yesterday and today (comparison of media image of war conflicts in news periodicals) presents comparison of the visual image of photographic essay of the 50s and 60s - the classical photojournalism period, with the contemporary one. The diploma thesis examines photographic essay, using war photography as an example. For clarity, photographic essays from two major war conflicts are examined. The pictures published in the American news magazine LIFE dealing with the Vietnam war are used as an example of the photographic essay produced during the classical photojournalism era of the 50s and 60s. Photographic essays published by the members of VII Photo Agency committed to the Iraq war serve as an example of the contemporary work. This thesis analyses the individual photos and the visual image of photographic essay on the whole, too. The aim of the diploma thesis is to demonstrate that modern technology highly affects the visual image of today's photographic essays.

A tese investiga as dinâmicas da imagem fotográfica presentes na poética do artista brasileiro Miguel Rio Branco. Para isso, a sua trajetória é pesquisada tendo como objetos de análise seus livros Dulce Sudor Amargo (1985), Nakta (1996) e Silent Book (1998), e o filme Nada Levarei quando Morrer Aqueles que Mim Deve Cobrarei no Inferno (sic), realizado em 1981. Tais obras são eixos que permitem compreender a lida complexa que o artista mantém com as noções de tempo, percepção e realidade. Nesse processo, a fotografia desempenha um papel instigante na reestruturação do objeto percebido enquanto fenômeno em um mundo compreendido pela imagem. Ao trabalhar a imagem fotográfica com aparente procedimento direto na captação do objeto, Miguel Rio Branco não se detém no objeto ou assunto, mas extrai dele sua possibilidade de expressão, entre as marcas indiciais e as representações simbólicas. Essa intervenção do artista imprime ao objeto outra condição: misto de sua presença física no mundo e uma natureza distinta, revelada na imagem. Suas construções narrativas, observadas a partir da produção de seus livros e da sua relação com as estéticas do cinema, serão analisadas como elementos singulares para contribuição do debate sobre fotografia no campo da arte. Proponho investigar a instabilidade do signo fotográfico no conceito histórico da fotografia documental na arte, tendo como parâmetro o trabalho do artista, suas motivações de ruptura com a tradição do documento e a constituição de sua poética entre as décadas de 1970 e 1990. / The dissertation investigates the dynamics of the photographic image present in the poetics of Brazilian artist Miguel Rio Branco. For such, I examine his trajectory through analytical objects: the books \"Dulce Sudor Amargo\"(1985), \"Nakta\" (1996), and \"Silent Book\" (1998), as well as the movie \"Nada levarei quando morrer aqueles que mim deve cobrarei no inferno\" (sic) or, in English \"I shall take nothing when those die who owe me will charge in hell\" (sic) made in 1981. These works are axes that allow the comprehension of the artist\'s complex handling of the notions of time, perception, and reality. In this process photography plays a thought-provoking role in restructuring the perceived object as a phenomenon in a world understood through the image. When Miguel Rio Branco works the photographic image with an apparently direct procedure for capturing the object, he does not only focus on the object or subject, but draws their entire possibility of expression, between the indexical marks and symbolic representations. This intervention imprints another condition on the object: a mix of its physical presence in the world and a distinct nature, revealed in the image. His narrative constructions, observed in the production of his books and his relationship with the cinema\'s aesthetics, will be analyzed as unique elements that contribute with the photography debate in the field of Arts. I propose the investigation of the instability of the photographic sign within the historical concept of documentary photography in the arts. As a parameter, I adopt the artist\'s work, his motivations for relinquishing the documentary tradition, and the constitution of his poetics between the decades of 1970 and 1990.