Although the birth of Classical Greece is often attributed to constitutional reforms Cleisthenes (508/507 BCE), achievement an economically minded government under Peisistratid tyrant Hippias (527–510 BCE) potentially paved way by advancing Athenian silver for exportation in international trade. It proposed here that new technology, which initiated transition from acquiring ‘dry’ ores silver-be...

In this paper, we present an easy method for automatic 3D garment pre-positioning. Given a digital 3D mannequin and a set of 2D patterns, the problem consists in sewing automatically the patterns around the mannequin and give an initial position of the garment that the mannequin has to wear. Our method is based upon the use of a figurine. A figurine of a virtual garment, which is always present...

Over the last decade, embodied cognition, the idea that sensorimotor processes facilitate higher cognitive processes, has proven useful for improving children's memory for a story. In order to compare the benefits of two embodiment techniques, Active Experiencing (AE) and indexing, for children's memory for a story, we compared the immediate recall of different types of idea units across three ...

The inspiration and background research for this project is based upon Egyptian Faience because there is an interesting and coincidental synergy between the material properties of ancient Egyptian Faience and the material requirement for the successful 3D printing of ceramic powders. Originating in the 5th Millennium BC, Egyptian Faience was not made from clay, but instead composed of quartz an...

BACKGROUND Two case studies are presented to examine how cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) of auditory hallucinations can be fitted to mild and moderate intellectual disability. METHODS A 38-year-old female patient with mild intellectual disability and a 44-year-old male patient with moderate intellectual disability, both suffering from persistent auditory hallucinations, were treated with ...

Downs syndrome(DS), also known as Trisomy 21 is the commonest of congenital anomalies occurring 1 in 800 live births [1]. It is known as one of the most common chromosomal abnormalities. Down syndrome is often the result of lack of proper segregation of chromosomes number 21 during meiosis or in the less frequently in the mitotic phase of the egg cell. By examining artifacts from the Tumaco-La ...

Abstract Vrbjanska Čuka is a tell site in the region of Pelagonia (Macedonia) established 8000 years ago by Neolithic communities. Later it was used as an agricultural unit during Roman era and Middle Ages when also employed burial area. The excavations performed 1980s last five indicate farming society that constructed large buildings made daub settlement enclosed circular ditch. had many clay...

Among the burials of horse herders who lived in 4th–3rd centuries BCE Altai Mountains South Siberia were some that contained small wooden figures four-legged hoofed animals represent horses, deer, or hybrid creatures. They decorated headgear buried with select commoners Pazyryk Culture. Although people, material possessions, and horses elites frequently ornamented imagery often associated so-ca...

The Amiens-Renancourt 1 site recently yielded one of the most important Upper Palaeolithic human occupations northern France by number flint artefacts and especially presence Venus figurines. All material comes from a single archaeological layer located in tundra gley bracketed loess units. A multi-proxy study combining detailed stratigraphy, luminescence radiocarbon datings high-resolution (5 ...