– The paper discusses relationships between aesthetics theory and mathematical models of mind. hierarchy of the mind and evolution of these abilities. The knowledge instinct is the foundation of higher mental abilities and aesthetic emotions. Aesthetic emotions are present in every act of perception and cognition, and at the top of the mind hierarchy they become emotions of the beautiful. The l...

This paper explores the relationship between companies Square-Enix and Disney as played out within the games of the Kingdom Hearts (キングダムハーツ) franchise. We contrast the relationship between these two transnational companies within the franchise's aesthetics and theoretical logics over the course of the various games. We are particularly interested in the games' own thematization and problematiz...

The article examines the paintings by Eduard Steinberg, a Soviet non-conformist painter from 1950s to 1980s standpoint of plastics his language. author focuses on Steinberg’s polemical dialogues with greatest names in Russian and European avant-garde art, including both common points disagreements. By analyzing painter’s texts through prism poetics invisible ontology traces, observes early art ...

This paper argues that an increasingly important dimension of the human-computer interaction is missing from the MIS and the HCI research agenda. This dimension—esthetics—plays a major role in our private, social, and business lives. It is argued that aesthetics is relevant to information technology research and practice for three theoretical reasons. (1) For many users, other aspects of the in...

In this work we study the connection between subjective evaluation of facial aesthetics and selected objective parameters based on photo-quality and facial soft biometrics. The approach is novel in that it jointly considers both previous results on photo quality and beauty assessment, as well as it incorporates non-permanent facial characteristics and expressions in the context of female facial...

In this paper, we present three case studies on visualizing spatiotemporal data on interactive tabletops and surfaces for casual use. While there is a growing interest among citizens to make sense of their social community and urban environment, most existing geovisualization tools have been designed for experts such as planners and analysts. We introduce situationspecific visualization systems...

Fibrous dysplasia is a benign osseous disease, although radical resection is commonly recommended because of the possibility of recurrence or malignant change. However, radical resection is undesirable, particularly in the maxillofacial region, because facial bones are difficult to replace in an aesthetically-pleasing manner after radical excision. In our department, conservative shaving, as re...

BACKGROUND Sense of coherence (SOC) is a psychosocial factor capable of influencing perception of health, improving one's ability to manage life. It is the central construct of salutogenesis. SOC allows for identification and mobilization of resources to effectively manage or solve problems, promoting health and quality of life. Using Wilson-Cleary's conceptual model we hypothesized that SOC mi...

I eagerly studied Sayadmansour’s article.1 To my knowledge, this is the first study introducing neurotheology to Iranian readers. However, the article is more than just an introduction and many interesting points can be found among the lines; a particularly remarkable point was including some elements like numbers and better performance of brain through following a series of mathematical system...

abdullah al-baradouni and jalal ad-din muhammad mawlawi suggest some common ontological themes which are represented in themes like “freedom”, “astonishment”, “estrangement” “death”.  there are lots of similarities between two poets. two poets represent these themes with a sincere mystical approach. theme of freedom is represented in the  poems of two poets by a mystical approach and it means b...