In this paper we investigate the image aesthetics classification problem, aka, automatically classifying an image into low or high aesthetic quality, which is quite a challenging problem beyond image recognition. Deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) methods have recently shown promising results for image aesthetics assessment. Currently, a powerful inception module is proposed which shows v...

OBJECTIVE To assess the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics using the 'Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire' (PIDAQ) and self-rated Aesthetic Component (AC) of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN). STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Dental Section, the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from August to September 2006. METHOD...

Since the origin of the web site in the first part of the 90’s there has been discussions regarding the relative weighting of function and aesthetics. A renewed discussion is needed, however, to clarify what exactly is meant by aesthetics in web design. Moreover the balance between aesthetics and function ought to be considered more in respect to the target group and the genre of web site.

BACKGROUND Victims of Buruli ulcer disease (BUD) frequently report to specialized units at a late stage of the disease. This delay has been associated with local beliefs and a preference for traditional healing linked to a reportedly mystical origin of the disease. We assessed the role beliefs play in determining BUD sufferers' choice between traditional and biomedical treatments. METHODS Ant...

Persian painting has usually been studied from historical point of views. But its formation is rooted in a specific social context. In this study, we will try to contextualize it and we will show that this social context has a crucial role regarding its aesthetic. Persian painting is an art of royal courts and it represents the life of princes combined with Persian epic legendes. This social co...

The aim of the present study was to explore the putative relationship between dental aesthetics and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL), taking into consideration the potential direct and moderating influence of private and public self-consciousness. The subjects of this cross-sectional survey were 148 university students. Dental aesthetics were assessed by means of the aesthetic compo...

There is perhaps no more vexing, fraught, and neglected concept in the study of children's literature than aesthetics. No doubt the neglect of a serious, theoretical inquiry into the aesthetics of children's literature stems from our contemporary understandings of the discipline of children's literature itself. The study of children's literature has, historically, been the work of librarians an...

the mystical knowledge that ‘ayn al-qud?t propounds does not seem much different from other mystic’s point of view, but it might have been for the first time presented in a compiled form by him. hence, the fundamental question in this research is: what is mystical knowledge in ‘ayn al-qud?t’s point of view and how this mystical knowledge is discerned from scientific knowledge? how can we find i...

molavi's theological and mystical point of view on determinism is different. he criticizes of theological determinism, but advocates of mystical determinism. molavi refuses the determinists' belief about determinism because it has unfavorable results in worldly and eternal life. but he accepts the free and amorous determinism of mystics. his reasons in refusing theological determinism...