BACKGROUND This study investigated the treatment effects of calligraphy therapy on childhood survivors of the 2008 Sichuan earthquakes in the People's Republic of China. METHODS In experiment 1, 129 children participated in a 30-day calligraphic training, and 81 children were controls. The Children's Revised Impact of Event Scale was adopted to assess behavioral effects. Experiment 2 involved...

t in islam world, writing and scribing koran has been always a very important issue. professional  scribers and calligraphers of koran were in the acme point of this process. scribing diversity as  well as different styles of writing divine words does not contradict with uprightness in recording  koran words so that in addition to observing this principle, great calligraphers have tried to  scr...

In this paper an approach is presented to digitize a drawing, to build up geometric and topologic models, to recognise construction parts and to interpret dimension lines and inscriptions. All recognized parts are transformed into a three-dimensional geometric model which provides all necessary geometric information for a product model. The recognition process of construction parts is based on ...

We focus on the processes producing the standards which make up the technical back-bone of an information infrastructure (II). These standards are neither ready-made nor neutral. They are currently being developed, and they “inscribe” behaviour in complex and non-transpar ent ways. Behaviour at individual, organisational and inter-organisational level is inscribed. We explore how this takes pla...

Inscriptions are used as resources for studying ancient history of any counties of the world. Brahmi script is one of the most important ancient letters in South Asia. It became the matrix of Debanagari character used for Sanskrit and Hindi. And, it produced Burmese script, Khmer script, Thai alphabet, Laotian alphabet, Tibetan alphabet, etc., during the last two thousand years. The aim of this...

Women's calligraphy, also known as female is a kind of writing style used by women in ancient China. It has become unique and attractive form art with its strokes character characteristics. This paper discusses innovative paths for the experience women's calligraphy symbolic culture college education, emphasizing importance integrating resources, innovating ways teaching advocating interdiscipl...

Figure 1: Calligraphy made with our system This paper presents a novel 3D brush model consisting of a skeleton and a surface, which is deformed through constrained energy minimization. The main advantage of our model over existing ones is in its ability to mimic brush flattening and bristle spreading due to brush bending and lateral friction exerted by the paper surface during the painting proc...

An inscription is a cultural heritage artifact that records archaeological intellects and accounts of a nation such as history, language, medicine, etc. Although inscriptions are the most reliable primary historical evidence, accessibility to, and understanding of them are restricted due to their dispersion, their deteriorating conditions, and the complications of the ancient language itself. N...