This paper contains the motivation for the study of critical surfaces in [2]. In that paper, the only justification given for the definition of this new class of surfaces is the strength of the results. However, when viewed as the topological analogue to index 2 minimal surfaces, critical surfaces become quite natural.

Design/methodology/approach – Eight interviews were undertaken to investigate storytelling in user interpretations of the images. Following this, storytelling was explored as an indexing input method. Twenty-six research subjects were asked to create stories about the images, which were then considered in relation to conventional story elements and in relation to Rafferty and Hidderley’s 2005 i...

This study was conducted to examine the management aspects in short story Tapa (2013) by Nurul Afna Akma Zakaria. is based on importance of life. The objective this classify elements Cikgu Next, analyze and summarize found (Tapa, 2013). Management Approach Literary Criticism Mohamad Mokhtar Abu Hassan used story. that Zakaria showed everyday can be seen through such as planning, organizing, lea...

Sex influences on emotional memory have received increasing interest over the past decade. However, only a subset of this previous work explored the influence of sex on memory for central information (gist) and peripheral detail in emotional versus neutral contexts. Here we examined the influence of sex and menstrual cycle phase at encoding on memory for either an emotional or neutral story, sp...

At the beginning of the 1990s, Danish hearing aid producer, Oticon became world famous for its radical empowerment and delegation experiment, called the ”spaghetti organization.” Almost a decade later, most of the more radical elements of the spaghetti organization have been changed. This paper tells the story of the spaghetti organization and its subsequent transformation, and speculates on th...

Gaming, gambling and visual material have been part of the human experience since recorded time. Before widespread literacy, visual metaphor was the first gaming interface and has remained a potent form of game experience. Fundamental design elements such as pictograms, representations, graphics, icons, symbols, figures, line art, composition, layout and color have played a continuous central r...

Frame structures equipped with steel plate shear walls (SPSWs) have been widely used in high-rise buildings due to their good seismic performance. In this study, the strip model and combined were analyze performance of SPSWs. Furthermore, an improved genetic algorithm (IGA) was established optimize frame for 5, 10, 20 stories. For each layer, layout optimization conducted determine best configu...

This research is titled, Cultural Intertextuality in the Story of ”Le Xewma” by Jamil Saib. research, supported principles intertextual method, an analytic attempt to shed light on relation and effect cultural intertextuality story Saeeb. In this aspect, depending certain theories we have attempted discuss similar with religious discourse general, holly Quran expressions it has brought itself. ...

We present a descriptive case study of the decision-making process during development set interactive story apps designed to promote intercultural dialogue directed young children. address: (i) decisions made in apps; and (ii) how may contribute informing new developments. Our results corroborate but also amplify importance core aspects apps: interdisciplinarity; multimodality; (iii) meaningful...