Search Subject Areas | Preprints.org

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0463.v1

Three-Dimensional Narratives: An Interaction-Based Design Model for an Enhanced Design Practice

Antonio Cruz Rodrigues, Cristiano Pedroso-Roussado, Joao Cunha, Ana Jorge

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: Design model; Interactions; Coevolution; Study of objects

Online: 27 March 2023 (13:47:04 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0428.v1

Does Artificial Intelligence help Journalists: A Boon or Bane?

Bharat Dhiman

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Other Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; OpenAI’s ChatGPT; Robot Journalism; Hallucinate data

Online: 24 March 2023 (08:04:12 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0365.v1

Forest restoration challenges in Brazilian Amazonia

Gilberto Camara, Rolf Simoes, Heloisa Ruivo, Pedro Andrade, Aline Soterroni, Fernando Ramos, Rafael Ramos, Marluce Scarabello, Claudio Almeida, Ieda Sanches, Luis Maurano, Alexandre Coutinho, Julio Esquerdo, Joao Antunes, Adriano Venturieri, Marcos Adami

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Religious Studies Keywords: Amazon deforestation; land use policy; Brazil NDC; Brazil Forest Code

Online: 21 March 2023 (02:16:00 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0358.v1

Gas-Water Characteristics of Tight Sandstone in Different Charging Model in Xihu Sag, East China Sea Basin

Jinlong Chen, Zhilong Huang, Genshun Yao, Hongche Fan

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Theater Keywords: gas drive water displacement; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Semi-Permeable Baffle; centrifugal-NMR; start-up pressure

Online: 21 March 2023 (01:23:35 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0355.v1

Integrating Multi-Omics Analysis for Enhanced Diagnosis and Treatment of Glioblastoma: A Comprehensive Data-Driven Approach

Amir Barzegar Behrooz, Hamid Latifi-Navid, Simone C Da Silva Rosa, Maciej Swiat, Emilia Wiechec, Carla Vitorino, Rui Vitorino, Zahra Jamalpoor, Saeid Ghavami

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Literature And Literary Theory Keywords: glioblastoma; biomarker selection; metabolomics; pathway analysis; personalized therapy; network analysis; inflammationomics

Online: 20 March 2023 (09:09:49 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Supplementary Files| Share

The most aggressive primary malignant brain tumor in adults is glioblastoma (GBM), which has poor overall survival (OS). There is a high relapse rate among patients with GBM despite maxi-mally safe surgery, radiation therapy, temozolomide (TMZ), and aggressive treatment. Hence, there is an urgent and unmet clinical need for new approaches to managing GBM. The current study identified modules (MYC, EGFR, PIK3CA, SUZ12, and SPRK2) involved in GBM disease through the NeDRex plugin. Furthermore, hub genes were identified in a comprehensive interaction network containing 7,560 proteins related to GBM disease and 3,860 proteins associated with signaling pathways involved in GBM. By integrating the results of the aforementioned analyses and performing centrality analysis again, eleven key genes involved in GBM disease were identi-fied. ProteomicsDB or Gliovis databases were used for determining the gene expression in normal or tumor brain tissue. The NetworkAnalyst and the mGWAS-Explorer tools identified miRNAs, SNPs, and metabolites associated with these 11 genes. Moreover, a literature review of recent studies revealed other lists of metabolites related to GBM disease. The enrichment analysis of iden-tified genes, miRNAs, and metabolites associated with GBM disease was done using ExpressAna-lyst, miEAA, and MetaboAnalyst tools. Further investigation of metabolite roles in GBM was done through the pathway, joint pathway, and network analyses. The results of this study identified 11 genes (UBC, HDAC1, CTNNB1, TRIM28, CSNK2A1, RBBP4, TP53, APP, DAB1, PINK1, and RELN), five miRNAs (hsa-mir-221-3p, hsa-mir-30a-5p, hsa-mir-15a-5p, hsa-mir-130a-3p, hsa-let-7b-5p), six metabolites (HDL, N6-acetyl-L-lysine, cholesterol, formate, N, N-dimethylglycine/xylose and X2. piperidinone) and 15 distinct signaling pathways that play an indispensable role in the GBM disease development. To establish early diagnostic methods and plan personalized GBM treatment strategies, the identified top genes-miRNAs and metabolite signatures can be targeted.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0347.v1

Modeling the Area of Interest for a Mobile Sensory System

Peter Szabó, Jozef Galanda, Tibor Muszka

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Religious Studies Keywords: earth centered inertial; geodetic coordinate systems; digital model of terrain; digital model of the protected area; network data model; network of mobile sensory units

Online: 20 March 2023 (07:00:29 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0346.v1

Identification of Winter Wheat-Growing Areas Based on the XGBoost Algorithm

Yong Wang, Daoming Zhu, Yuanyuan Ding

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Religious Studies Keywords: Extreme gradient boosting algorithm; winter wheat growing areas; machine learning; identification

Online: 20 March 2023 (06:24:43 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0337.v1

Partitional Clustering and Differential Abundance Analysis Reveal the Community Structure of eDNA in the Los Angeles River

Savanah Senn, Sharmodeep Bhattacharyya, Gerald Presley, Anne E. Taylor, Rayne Stanis, Kelly Pangell, Daila Melendez, Jillian Ford

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Classics Keywords: metabarcoding; statistical modeling; urban river ecology

Online: 20 March 2023 (03:30:47 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Supplementary Files| Share

In this study we sought to investigate the impact of urbanization, presence of concrete river bottom, and nutrient pollution on microbial communities along the L.A. River. Six molecular markers were evaluated for identification of bacteria, plants, fungi, fish, and invertebrates in 90 samples. PCA (principal components analysis) was used with PAM (partitioning around medoids) clustering to reveal community structure and an NB (Negative binomial) model in DESeq2 was used for differential abundance analysis. PCA and factor analysis exposed the main axes of variation but were sensitive to outliers. Differential abundance of Proteobacteria was associated with soft bottom sites, and there was an apparent balance in the abundance of organisms responsible for nitrogen cycling. Nitrogen cycling was explained by differential abundance of ammonia oxidizing archaea, the complete ammonia oxidizers Nitrospira sp., nitrate reducing bacteria Marmoricola sp., and nitrogen fixing bacteria Devosia sp. which were differentially abundant at soft-bottom sites (p adj < 0.002). In contrast, differential abundance of several Cyanobacteria and other anoxygenic phototrophs was associated with the concrete bottom sites, which suggested the accumulation of excess nitrogen. The soft bottom sites tended to be represented by differential abundance of aerobes, whereas the concrete-associated species tended to be alkaliphilic, saliniphilic, calciphilic, sulfate dependent, and anaerobic. In Glendale Narrows, downstream from multiple water reclamation plants, there were differential abundance of cyanobacteria and algae, however indicator species for low nutrient environments and ammonia-abundance were also present. There was differential abundance of ascomycetes associated with Arroyo Seco and a differential abundance of Scenedesmaceae green algae and cyanobacteria in Maywood, in the analysis which compared suburban with urban river communities. The proportion of Ascomycota to Basidiomycota within the LA River differed from the expected proportion based on published worldwide freshwater and river 18S data; the shift in community structure was most likely associated with the extremes of urbanization. This study indicates that extreme urbanization can result in overrepresentation of cyanobacterial species that could cause reductions in water quality and safety.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0330.v1

Vector Competence of Aedes albopictus for Yellow Fever Virus: Risk of Reemergence of Urban Yellow Fever in Brazil

Rossela Damasceno Caldeira, Joaquim Pinto Nunes Neto, Carine Fortes Aragão, Maria Nazaré Oliveira Freitas, Milene Silveira Ferreira, Paulo Henrique Gomes de Castro, Daniel Damous Dias, Pedro Arthur da Silva Araújo, Roberto Carlos Feitosa Brandão, Bruno Tardelli Diniz Nunes, Eliana Vieira Pinto da Silva, Lívia Caricio Martins, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos, Ana Cecília Ribeiro Cruz

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Film, Radio And Television Keywords: infecção experimental; Aedes albopictus; febre amarela; reemergência; RT‒qPCR; isolamento viral

Online: 20 March 2023 (02:01:29 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0272.v1

Biology of Creativity: A Nondesign-Inspired Model to Enhance Creativity and Innovation Skills

Antonio Cruz Rodrigues, Cristiano Pedroso-Roussado, Joao Cunha, Ana Jorge

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: design education; design activity; design model(s); analogical reasoning; bio-inspiration

Online: 15 March 2023 (08:47:22 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0182.v1

Playing Algorithms: Finite State Machines with Datapath in Music-Domain Visual Languages

Tiago Tavares, José Eduardo Fornari

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Music Keywords: Algorithmic Composition; Finite State Machine with Datapath; Pure Data; Max/MSP; Paradigm Shift; Sound Synthesis Control

Online: 9 March 2023 (14:13:14 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0136.v2

DIGITALESCAPE Project. Remote Sensing, New Technologies and Archaeology for the Preservation and Diffusion of the Cultural Heritage at Risk in the Sierra Sur and Sierra Morena Region

Antonio J. Ortiz Villarejo, José M. Delgado Barrado

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: SAR; Climate Change; GIS; Archaeological Chart; Risk Assessment; Digital Humanities.; Magaña

Online: 9 March 2023 (10:52:16 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0086.v1

Design Communication Processes in the LISA Cohort Study

Constança Netto-Rocha, Daniela Sofia Marques

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: Communication Processes; Graphic Design; Communication Design; Cohort Study; Branding.

Online: 6 March 2023 (03:55:03 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0083.v1

Art and Urbanization of Violence

Maria del Mar López-Cabrales, Ioseph Cabeza-Lainez, Inmaculada Rodríguez Cunill

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Literature And Literary Theory Keywords: urbanism; surrealism; literary devices; maps and plans; violence; harassment; cities; gender; painting; architecture

Online: 6 March 2023 (02:39:27 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0010.v1

Building the Blocks of Being: The Attributes and Qualities That Are Independently Required and Jointly Sufficient for Con-Sciousness

Izak Tait, Joshua Bensemann, Trung Nguyen

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: consciousness; cognition; theory of consciousness; meta-consciousness; meta-cognition

Online: 1 March 2023 (03:53:11 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0366.v2

Truth as Consistent Assertion

Adam Rozycki

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: Ajdukiewicz; assertion; correspondence theory; epistemic model; Liar paradox; natural language; pattern; Tarski; theories of truth

Online: 1 March 2023 (01:19:08 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0501.v1

Can UNESCO Use BLOCKCHAIN To Ensure the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity? A Systemic Approach That Explains the Why, How, and Difficulties of Such a Venture

Nikolaos Zoannos, Pelagia Chourdaki, Nikitas Assimakopoulos

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: Unesco; blockchain technologies (BT); decentralized (DLT); intangible cultural heritage (ICH); digital management; metadata models; data schemes; systems thinking; systemic approach; systemic risks

Online: 28 February 2023 (03:51:33 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0404.v1

Discourses on the “English Sweat” in the Early English Books Online Corpus

Derek Gatherer

Subject: Arts And Humanities, History Keywords: sweating sickness; sudor anglicus; English Sweat; Picardy Sweat; febbre miliare; Tudor; England; EEBO; Early English Books Online; CQPWeb; corpus linguistics; history of medicine; history; early modern; late mediaeval

Online: 23 February 2023 (09:14:11 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0366.v1

Truth as Consistent Assertion

Adam Rozycki

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: Ajdukiewicz; assertion; correspondence theory; epistemic model; Liar paradox; natural language; Tarski; theories of truth

Online: 22 February 2023 (02:04:39 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0265.v2

AIMARISM: Dialectical Creation of a “Nation”. Contexts Between Historical Evidence and Narrative

Gary Martín Osorio Soto

Subject: Arts And Humanities, History Keywords: History of Aymara; Ethnoarchaeological and linguistic evidence of Aymara; Dialectics in the development of Aymara social interpretation; Qullasuyu is not Aymara

Online: 20 February 2023 (04:40:17 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0318.v1

Forgotten Traces of the Buddhist Incantation Practice from Early Korea: Incantation of Wish-Fulfillment (Mahāpratisarā) Amulet Sheets from the Silla Kingdom

Joung Ho Han, Youn-mi Kim

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Art Keywords: Incantation of Wish-Fulfillment; Mahāpratisarā; dhāraṇī; Buddhism; practice; amulet; early Korea; Silla; pagoda; tomb; cross-cultural practice; inter-Asian interconnection

Online: 20 February 2023 (04:15:58 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0265.v1

AIMARISM: Dialectical Creation of a “Nation”. Contexts Between Historical Evidence and Narrative

Gary Martín Osorio Soto

Subject: Arts And Humanities, History Keywords: History of Aymara; Ethnoarchaeological and linguistic evidence of Aymara; Dialectics in the development of Aymara social interpretation; Qullasuyu is not Aymara

Online: 16 February 2023 (03:41:47 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Supplementary Files| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0098.v1

Green Infrastructure and Slow Tourism. A Methodological Approach for Mining Heritage Accessibility in the Sulcis-Iglesiente Bioregion (Sardinia, Italy)

Mara Ladu, Silvia Battino, Ginevra Balletto, Ainhoa Amaro García

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: Green Infrastructures; Slow Tourism; Rural Tourism; Bioregion

Online: 6 February 2023 (09:55:00 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0090.v1

A Relational Semantics for Ockham’s Modalities

Davide Falessi, Fabien Schang

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: Bitstring Semantics; contingency; de re-de dicto; logical relation; modality; Ockham

Online: 6 February 2023 (09:02:02 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0435.v1

‘Saviours’, ‘Business Partners’, or ‘Snobs’? How Jewish Inmates Perceived and Interacted with British Prisoners of War in A Nazi Camp Complex

Susanne Barth

Subject: Arts And Humanities, History Keywords: British Prisoners of War; Auschwitz; Holocaust; Jewish Survival Strategies in Nazi Camps; Allied Intelligence Operations in Nazi Camps

Online: 25 January 2023 (02:57:54 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0367.v1

Re-Visiting Viking Vinland: II. 'Virtual Excavation' of 'Keelness', a Viking Shipwreck Site in North America

Royce Haynes, Matthew Franklin, Jamie Goosney, Denise Goosney

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: Viking; Vinland; Keelness; remote imaging

Online: 20 January 2023 (01:48:14 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0290.v2

Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) of Digital Fabrication (Dfab) and Additive Manufacturing (AM) in Construction: A Review

Wiput Tuvayanond, Lapyote Prasittisopin

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: design for manufacture and assembly; digital fabrication; additive manufacturing, construction, review

Online: 11 January 2023 (11:42:43 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0157.v1

Recycling and Reuse of Building Materials in a Historical Landscape. Viminacium Natural Brick (Serbia)

Emilija Nikolić, Ivana Delić-Nikolić, Mladen Jovičić, Ljiljana Miličić, Nevenka Mijatović

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: Viminacium; natural brick; Roman mortar; historical landscape; the Danube; Roman construction; building material; recycling; reuse; sustainability

Online: 9 January 2023 (09:12:48 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0051.v1

Global Cultural Conflict and Digital Identity: Transforming Museums

Tula Giannini, Jonathan P. Bowen

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Museology Keywords: art and technology; digital culture; digital identity; human behavior; interdisciplinary studies; museums.; computational culture; cultural conflict; digital heritage; cultural heritage

Online: 4 January 2023 (03:16:12 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0494.v1

Research in Computational Expressive Music Performance and Popular Music Production: A Potential Field of Application?

Pierluigi Bontempi, Filippo Carnovalini, Antonio Rodà, Sergio Canazza

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Music Keywords: computational music expressive performance; popular music; music production; Digital Audio Workstation; virtual instruments

Online: 26 December 2022 (15:52:01 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0456.v1

Community-Based Approaches in the Construction, Ownership, and Management of Water Infrastructures and the Development of Socio-Political Complexity Among the Chagga, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Valence Meriki Silayo, Innocent Pikirayi

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: Chagga; water infrastructures; water management; sustainable farming; social complexity; community collaboration

Online: 23 December 2022 (09:00:41 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0288.v1

RivEr/Generation_LAB. Linking Resilience with Inclusiveness in the Urban Built Environment of Rome

Carmela Mariano, Francesca Rossi

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: Resilience, climate change, vulnerability, water management and urban planning, environmental technological design, nature-based solutions

Online: 16 December 2022 (01:59:42 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0265.v1

Lighting Characteristics and Design Considerations to Facilitate Placemaking for World Heritage Sites

Shahab Zeini Aslani, Amardeep M. Dugar, Reyhaneh Mozaffar

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: Historical sites; Placemaking; Urban lighting criteria and design considerations; World Heritage Sites

Online: 15 December 2022 (04:37:27 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0251.v1

Play, Flow and Wonder – Reassessing the Notion of Optimal Experience

Jesper Falck Legaard

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Humanities Keywords: Play; Flow; Design; Wonder; Toys

Online: 14 December 2022 (06:57:08 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0203.v1

George Viau's Collection: A Computational Approach

Léa Saint-Raymond, Henrik Abgaryan, Alexios Lazaros Georgiou, Juliette Montanteme, Jade Nijman, Fabriccio Miguel Novelli Duro, Omer Faruk Yildiran

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Art Keywords: George Viau; collection; auction; art market; Impressionists; econometrics; quantitative art history; computational history

Online: 12 December 2022 (13:15:17 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0179.v1

“Animal-style art,” and special finds at Iron Age settlements in Southeastern Kazakhstan: Commodity Production, Trade, and Pathways during the Iron Age

Claudia Chang, Sergei Sergievich Ivanov

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: zoomorphic art; Saka nomadic tradition; horse and weaponry gear; etched carnelian beads; Iron Age agropastoral settlements; world-systems analysis

Online: 9 December 2022 (10:20:14 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0176.v1

Urban Resilience to Climate Change between the Strategic and Regulative Dimensions of Urban Planning. An Overview of the Italian Context

Carmela Mariano

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: resilience; climate change; urban planning; adaptation

Online: 9 December 2022 (10:01:53 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0147.v1

The Right Opera at the Wrong Time: The Tender Land, Aaron Copland, and the Red Scare

Emily E. Crawford

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Music Keywords: Opera and Politics; McCarthyism; Aaron Copland; Red Scare; Music and Society; 20th Century Musicology

Online: 8 December 2022 (07:37:38 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0137.v1

Re-Visiting Viking Vinland: I. Locating 'Keelness', a Viking Shipwreck Site in North America

Royce Haynes

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: Viking; Vinland; Keelness; remote imaging

Online: 8 December 2022 (01:25:31 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0136.v1

DIGITALESCAPE Project. Remote Sensing, New Technologies and Archaeology for the Preservation and Diffusion of the Cultural Heritage at Risk in the Sierra Sur and Sierra Morena Region.

Antonio J. Ortiz Villarejo, José M. Delgado Barrado

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Art Keywords: SAR; Climate Change; GIS; Archaeological Chart; Risk Assessment; Digital Humanities.

Online: 8 December 2022 (01:12:38 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0120.v1

Half Life: The Decline of Sonata Form in the 19th Century Overture

Emily Crawford

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Music Keywords: overture; opera; oratorio; Romantic Era; 19th century musicology; music theory

Online: 7 December 2022 (08:46:22 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0097.v1

“An Die Hoffnung”, and Beethoven’s use of Key Characteristics

Emily E. Crawford

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Music Keywords: Beethoven; Tiedge; Key Characteristics; Lieder; Urania

Online: 6 December 2022 (09:54:16 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0483.v1

Towards a Just Monetary and Economic System

Ahmed Belouafi

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Humanities Keywords: monetary system; economic order; wealth and income inequalities; indebtedness; money creation; David Ricardo; tax biasness

Online: 28 November 2022 (01:19:16 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

The paper draws attention and opens the debate on major societal issues that concern not only Muslims but human societies, at large, because of their profound implications, afflictions, and their present and future transitive dimensions. The paper discusses two major issues that have attracted a great deal of attention in the recent past: wealth and income disparities, and global indebtedness. Four remedies have stressed upon and/or proposed to eradicate and/or lessen some of the burdens of these problems have been thoroughly examined. These are: - Stripping commercial banks of their power to create money out of thin air (i.e., Ex Nihilo). Thus, reviving financial reform in line with the spirit of the call for the “Establishment of a National Bank [in England]” in the 1820s by the renowned British economist David Ricardo (1772-1823). The Bank of England was a private commercial entity at that time. - Prohibiting of ‘harmful’ speculation activities in financial and economic transactions and/or imposing hefty taxes on transactions relating to such activities. The implementation of such a policy requires and clear-cut distinction between the ‘harmful’ and ‘non-harmful’ speculative activities in financial and non-financial markets. - Levying adequate and fair taxes on the wealthiest upper class at the global scene. Calls for such a policy is on rise in the past few years. For instance, “Speakers at the European Development Days summit in Brussels, [in 2017], said that a just tax system should be “at the heart” of the development debate, and that more transparency is needed to ensure that companies pay their fair share. Tax avoidance schemes used by multinational companies, such as moving profits to tax havens, result in global losses of around $650 billion a year in tax receipts — with developing countries losing $200 billion, according to a study from the International Monetary Fund”, (Edwards, 2017; Crivello et al., 2015, p. 21) - Establishing a neutral legislative and tax regimes for different modes of financing. Thus, providing ‘a level playing field’ for equity and debt modes of financing due to the current biasness of the tax regimes to debt-based financing instruments as it has been documented in various studies carried out by the IMF, the European Commission, and other international prominent bodies.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0378.v1

It’s a Doges’ Life: Examining Term Limits in Venetian Doges Life Tenure

JJ Merelo

Subject: Arts And Humanities, History Keywords: Venetian Republic; digital humanities

Online: 21 November 2022 (06:45:03 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0357.v1

Freely Available LiDAR-based Digital Terrain Model (DTM) Uncovers the Heart of the Dacian World

Aurora Pețan, Alexandru Hegyi

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: Remote Sensing; Archaeology; Lidar; Dacians; Romania

Online: 18 November 2022 (13:37:21 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0330.v1

The Evolution of Consciousness Theories

Ashkan Farhadi

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: consciousness; awareness; attention; free will; self-awareness

Online: 17 November 2022 (08:59:13 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0290.v1

Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) of Digital Fabrication (Dfab) and Additive Manufacturing (AM) in Construction: A Review

Lapyote Prasittisopin, Wiput Tuvayanond

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: design for manufacture and assembly; digital fabrication; additive manufacturing, construction, review

Online: 15 November 2022 (16:05:41 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0284.v2

The Town as Agrarian Dissipative Structure: Cash Crops in the Medieval Kingdom of Galicia

Andrés Teira-Brión, Xurxo Constela Doce, Miguel Sartal Lorenzo, Dolores Gil Agra, Víctor Rúa Carril

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: urban; rural; millet; garden; orchard; Iberian Peninsula; High/Late Middle Ages

Online: 15 November 2022 (01:09:03 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0217.v1

Characterization and Analysis of the Mortars of the Church of Santo Domingo in Quito (Ecuador)

M. Lenin Lara Calderón, David Sanz-Arauz, Sol López-Andrés, Inés del Pino Martínez

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Art Keywords: Lime mortars; bastard mortars; mortars with volcanic aggregate; mineralogy of historic mortars; Quito Cultural Heritage; Church of Santo Domingo of Quito

Online: 11 November 2022 (04:11:47 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0166.v1

Urban Regeneration Strategies for the Open Urban Spaces's Project. Experimentation and Innovation in Rome for A New Urban Welfare

Carmela Mariano, Ignacio Gràvalos Lacambra, Patrizia Di Monte

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: public space; sharing and inclusiveness; quality; urban regeneration; temporary uses

Online: 9 November 2022 (02:15:59 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint CONCEPT PAPER | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0151.v1

Introduction to the Inverted City Phenomenon. Urban Future of Šiluva Shrine

Kastytis Rudokas

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: Inverted city; future; myth; Šiluva Shrine

Online: 8 November 2022 (10:16:17 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0050.v1

An Empirical Study of the Problem of ‘Ecclesiastical Drift’ in Catholic School Religious Education

Graham Rossiter

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Religious Studies Keywords: Religious Education; Catholic schools; Catholic education; ecclesiastical drift

Online: 2 November 2022 (08:39:55 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Supplementary Files| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0043.v1

Archaeological Evidence for Community Resilience and Sustainability: A Bibliometric and Quantitative Review

Matthew J. Jacobson

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: archaeology; resilience; sustainability; citation analysis; collapse; climate change; agriculture; natural resources

Online: 2 November 2022 (04:19:44 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Supplementary Files| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0038.v1

The Poetics of Physics

Chris Jeynes, Michael C. Parker, Margaret Barker

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: thermodynamics; info-entropy; ontology; epistemology; palaeo-Hebrew; poetry

Online: 2 November 2022 (03:31:27 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Supplementary Files| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0448.v1

Leveraging Computer Vision Application in Visual Arts: A Case Study on the Use of Residual Neural Network to Classify and Analyze Baroque Paintings

Daniel Kvak

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Art Keywords: computational creativity; deep learning; feature extraction; image analysis; machine perception; painting classification; residual networks; transfer learning

Online: 28 October 2022 (09:37:03 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0228.v1

Using Biomimicry Science in the Design of a Kinetic Façade to Regulate the Amount of Daylight Entering a Working Space

Sukhum Sankaewthong, Teerayut Horanont, Kazunori Miyata, Jessada Karnjana, Chawee Busayarat, Haoran Xie

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: kinetic façade; biomimicry; daylight factor (DF); LEED criteria; strip form

Online: 17 October 2022 (04:52:08 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Today, buildings are increasingly designed with transparent materials, with glass paneling being especially popular as an installation material for its architectural allure. However, its major drawback is admitting impractical amounts of sunlight to interior spaces. Office buildings with excessive sunlight in indoor areas result in worker inefficiency. This article studied kinetic façades as means to providing suitable sunlight for interior spaces integrated with a triple identity of DNA structure, photosynthetic behavior, and the twist used, which was divided into generation and evaluation. The generating phase first used an evolutionary engine to produce potential strip patterns. The kinetic façade was subsequently evaluated by Climate Studio software to validate daylight admission in an indoor space with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) version 4.1 criteria. To analyze the kinetic façade system, the building envelope was divided into four types: glass panels, static façades, kinetic façade (version 1, rotating movement), and kinetic façades (version 2, twisting movement). In addition, for kinetic façades, degrees of simulation for versions 1 and 2 were 20, 50, 80, and 100 degrees, in order to ascertain potential for both façades to the same degree. Comparing all façades receiving the daylight factor (DF) into the space from more or less sunlight resulted in the decreasing order of potential as follows: entirely glass façade, kinetic façade version 2, kinetic façade version 1, and static façade. By receiving daylight factor (DF), the façade filtered appropriate amounts of daylight into the working space moderately and beneficially. Daylight simulation results indicated that the newly designed kinetic façade (version 2) had more potential than other building envelope types in terms of filtering beneficial daylight in indoor areas. This article also experimented with the kinetic façade prototype in an actual situation to test conditional environmental potential. The kinetic façade (version 2) was explored in the building envelope with varied adaptability in order to provide sunlight and for private-to-public, public-to-private, or semi-public working areas.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0293.v2

Dethroning the Planetary Perspective: Dealing with Actually-Occurring Transformations Using Dialogical Sense-Making and Critical Phenomenology

Stephen Woroniecki, Victoria Wibeck, Kristin Zeiler, Björn-Ola Linnér

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: sense making analysis; critical phenomenology; sustainability transformations

Online: 13 October 2022 (09:26:33 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0042.v1

Introducing the Humanization Hypothesis: A Framework for Measuring the Behavior of Institutions

Mohammad Al Fozaie

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: Bad Behavior; Institutions; Heterodox Economics; Development

Online: 5 October 2022 (12:43:21 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0039.v1

The Quest for New Digital Skills for Opera Artists and Opera Companies during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Sakhiseni Joseph Yende

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Music Keywords: Covid-19; digital skills; economy; opera artists; opera industry

Online: 5 October 2022 (12:12:26 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0407.v1

A Historical Analysis of Abandoned Villages in Medieval Sardinia: A Computer Aided Approach for a Sources-Linked Temporal and Spatial GIS Visualization. A Case Study on Sarrabus, Colostrai and Quirra

Giovanni Serreli, Luigi Serra

Subject: Arts And Humanities, History Keywords: Settlement Desertion; GIS; CMS; Digital Humanities

Online: 27 September 2022 (03:27:50 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

A number of research projects and a rich literature have dealt with the theme of abandoned medieval villages in Sardinia since the end of the 60s of the last century. Some more or less precise catalogues and reviews of villages in limited territories have been published. Only recently, however, this subject is being addressed in an interdisciplinary manner, combining traditional historical research with the results of archaeological surveys and excavation campaigns, geo-archaeology, toponymy, paleoclimatology. This allows us to have a picture of the landscape and human settlement evolution with its historical changes, conditioned not only by institutional superstructures but also by human and natural traumatic events. Particular attention will be given to the sudden changes that occurred between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. To carry out this survey, it is possible to use some very powerful IT tools which, through the aggregation, organization, correlation and management of information, allow the geo-localization of abandoned villages as proven by the documentary evidence. Thus, on this documentation, existing and acquired in the future, is founded the construction of the related information system. The most easy and suitable tools for this purpose are the CMSs (Content Management Systems) which, in association with GIS (Geographic Information Systems) engines, allow spatial and contextual analysis of the settlements, as they were inserted in their territory. This type of tools aggregates different peculiarities of the object of study, supporting a multidisciplinary reading on the argument. The computerized tools, integrated as a system, offer the possibility to implement it, feeding it and correcting it continuously, basing on new acquisitions. In this study, we will examine a historical areal, for which we have a sufficient number of sources available: Sarrabus, Colostrai and Quirra, adding to the geographical visual information, the temporal visual evolution.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0061.v1

Avoiding the Great Filter: A Simulation of Important Factors for Human Survival

Jonathan H. Jiang, Ruoxin Huang, Prithwis Das, Fuyang Feng, Philip E. Rosen, Chenyu Zuo, Rocky Gao, Kristen A. Fahy, Leopold Van Ijzendoorn

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Humanities Keywords: Great Filter; Civilization; Earth; Humanity

Online: 5 September 2022 (13:09:39 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202011.0700.v4

The Origin of Phototrophy Reveals the Importance of Priority Effects for Evolutionary Innovation

Anthony Burnetti, William Ratcliff

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Humanities Keywords: photosynthesis; phototrophy; priority effects

Online: 31 August 2022 (14:37:11 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Supplementary Files| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0443.v1

The Study of Chinese Dyes Recipes on Silk from The Ming Dynasty to The Republican Period

Thainá Vígio, Sofía Vicente Palomino, Eva María Montesinos Ferrandis, Dolores Julia Yusá-Marco

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Humanities Keywords: natural dyes; synthetic dyes; silk; recipes; Ming dynasty; Qing dynasty; Republic of China

Online: 26 August 2022 (04:12:07 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Supplementary Files| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0376.v2

Free Will, Temporal Asymmetry, and Computational Undecidability

Stuart Doyle

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: free will; undecidability; temporal asymmetry; compatibilism; predictability; dynamic systems

Online: 23 August 2022 (11:28:17 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0267.v1

Basically Jewish Kabbalah and Similarity to Hinduism

Ahmet Furkan Gocgen

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Religious Studies Keywords: kabbalah; kabbalah’s doctrines; hinduism; religion similarities

Online: 15 August 2022 (15:39:30 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0047.v1

Urban Pressure: Facing Climate Change and Social Vulnerability

Maurizio Francesco Errigo

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: vulnerability; climate change; accessibility

Online: 2 August 2022 (08:04:43 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0429.v1

Gentzen’s “Cut Rule” and Quantum Measurement in Terms of Hilbert Arithmetic. Metaphor and Understanding Modeled Formally

Vasil Penchev

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: cut-elimination; Hilbert arithmetic; metaphor; proposition; propositional logic; quantum meas-urement

Online: 28 July 2022 (06:27:31 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0209.v1

Latin American Megachurches in A Changing Culture: An Integrative Review and An Exploration of Future Research Directions

Fernando Adolfo Mora-Ciangherotti

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Religious Studies Keywords: megachurches; church growth; Pentecostalization; prosperity theology; dominion theology; cell groups; contemporary worship music; spiritual warfare

Online: 14 July 2022 (10:33:45 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0193.v1

The Origins of Seljuk Ornamental Art in Anatolia

Mehmet Erbudak

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Art Keywords: Ornaments; Symmetry; Wallpaper Group; Rum Seljuks; Islamic Art

Online: 13 July 2022 (08:42:38 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint BRIEF REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0189.v1

Water: Social Responsibility and the Concept of Common Good in the Ancient City of Pompeii

Adriana Rossi, Sara Gonizzi Barsanti

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: water partitioning system; water towers; fountains; Pompeian Regiones

Online: 13 July 2022 (04:41:28 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0274.v2

On the Consistent Meaning of Local Realism

Justo Pastor Lambare

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: Bell inequality; locality; nonlocality; realism; counterfactual definiteness

Online: 11 July 2022 (08:48:58 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Supplementary Files| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0084.v1

Philosophical Aspects of Emotion

Cecilea Mun

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: philosophy of emotion; science of emotion; meta-semantic pluralism; embodied cognition; mind; mind-body problem; perception; cognition; emotion; cultural evolution; dual-inheritance theory; evolutionary norm psychology

Online: 6 July 2022 (03:55:00 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0035.v2

Cartesian Dualism Does Not Commit the Masked Man Fallacy

Stuart Doyle

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: Descartes; Dualism; Intensional Fallacy; Masked Man Fallacy; Cogito; Introspection; Doubt

Online: 4 July 2022 (03:40:56 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0307.v1

Creating Biomimetic Examples: A Design Method with Scientific Results

Johan F. Hoorn

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: creative relations; biomimicry; design method; creativity; innovation; aptness

Online: 22 June 2022 (07:37:14 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0275.v1

Is PET an Adequate Index to Determine Human Thermal Comfort in Mexico City?

Monica Ballinas, Sara Ivonne Morales-Santiago, Victor L. Barradas, Adriana Lira, Gerardo Oliva-Salinas

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: intertropical cities; physiologically equivalent temperature; thermal comfort indices; urban heat island

Online: 20 June 2022 (16:20:47 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0148.v1

Erroneous AI-classification Systems Produce Creative Design Ideas, Predicting Level of Innovation Value

Johan F. Hoorn

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: false-class inclusions; serendipity; machine vision; creativity; innovativeness

Online: 10 June 2022 (04:35:14 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint CONCEPT PAPER | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0136.v1

Physical Libertarianism: Redeeming the Illusion of Free Will Back into Reality

Ashkan Farhadi

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: Consciousness; awareness; free will; decision-making; attention; self-awareness

Online: 9 June 2022 (07:27:39 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0132.v1

The Importance of Aesthetic Ability in Arts Education: A Case Study of undergraduate students of universities in Chengdu City of Sichuan Province China

Xinglin Han

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Humanities Keywords: aesthetic ability; arts education; students’ learning; teacher role; teaching goals

Online: 9 June 2022 (03:44:33 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0073.v1

Trilogy: A New Paradigm of Consciousness

Ashkan Farhadi

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: Consciousness; awareness; free will; attention; self-awareness

Online: 6 June 2022 (09:01:24 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0035.v1

Descartes’ Dualism Does Not Commit the Masked Man Fallacy

Stuart Doyle

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: Descartes; Dualism; Intensional Fallacy; Masked Man Fallacy; Cogito; Introspection

Online: 2 June 2022 (15:28:01 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0376.v1

Free Will, Temporal Asymmetry, and Computational Undecidability

Stuart Doyle

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: free will; undecidability; temporal asymmetry; compatibilism; predictability; dynamic systems

Online: 27 May 2022 (09:14:07 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0274.v1

On the Consistent Meaning of Local Realism

Justo Pastor Lambare

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: Bell inequality; locality; nonlocality; realism

Online: 20 May 2022 (09:15:57 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Supplementary Files| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0264.v1

Sustainable and Responsible Design Education: Tensions in Transitions

Joanna Boehnert, Matt Sinclair, Emma Dewberry

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: Design for Sustainability; Responsible Design; transdisciplinary design; design education; social design; ecological literacy; transition; disciplinary fragility; defuturing; sustainability

Online: 19 May 2022 (16:11:35 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0245.v1

Just Rules for Innovative Pharmaceuticals

Thomas Pogge

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: Disease; Diffusion; Health; Health Impact Fund; Impact Rewards; Incentives; Innovation; Monop-oly Rewards; Pandemic; Patents; Pharmaceuticals; Poverty; Vaccines

Online: 19 May 2022 (03:19:21 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0219.v1

Ancient Agricultural and Pastoral Landscapes on the South Side of Lake Issyk-Kul: Preliminary Surveys of the Juuku Valley and Lower Kizil Suu Valley, Archaeobotanical Results of Three Stratigraphic Profiles, and GIS Modeling of Iron Age in Lower Kizil Suu

Claudia . Chang, Sergeo Sergievich Ivanov, Perry Alan Tourtellotte, Robert N. Spengler III, Basira Mir-Makhamad, David Kramar

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: archaeological landscapes; Iron Age; Medieval period; agriculture; pastoralism; vertical zonation, Issyk-Kul Lake; archaeobotany; GIS mapping

Online: 17 May 2022 (03:29:22 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0187.v1

Multidisciplinary Study of the Origin of the Painting From the Early 20TH Century Leads to Picasso

Marica Bakovic, Slobodanka Karapandza, Sajed Mcheik, Ana Pejovic Milic

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Art Keywords: historic pigments; colorants; nitrocellulose; X-ray radiography; X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy; infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy

Online: 13 May 2022 (09:44:35 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Supplementary Files| Share

Preprint ESSAY | doi:10.20944/preprints202204.0264.v2

Rigpa and Shekhinah – The Convergence of Mystical Experiences

Andrei Bretan

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Religious Studies Keywords: Rigpa; Shekhinah; Sefirotic Tree; Kabbalah; Zohar; Mishkan; Aron ha-Berit; Eliade; Scholem; Sogyal Rimpoche

Online: 5 May 2022 (03:20:40 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202112.0252.v2

Plant Economy in the Westernmost Territory of the Roman State Through Waste: The Wet Site of O Areal (Vigo, Spain)

Andrés Teira-Brión

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: waterlogged preservation; arboriculture; crop expansion; urban area; Iberian Peninsula

Online: 28 April 2022 (09:47:33 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ESSAY | doi:10.20944/preprints202204.0264.v1

Rigpa and Shekhinah – The Convergence of Mystical Experiences

Andrei Bretan

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Religious Studies Keywords: Rigpa; Shekhinah; Sefirotic Tree; Kabbalah; Zohar; Mishkan; Aron ha-Berit; Eliade; Scholem; Sogyal Rimpoche

Online: 28 April 2022 (03:20:47 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202204.0239.v1

Gray Public Space Under Urban Bridge - A Case Study of Public Arts Space Micro-Transformation Focusing on "Regional Culture" and "Art for All"

Ting Liu Liu, Wu Cao, Yuyi Liu

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Art Keywords: Urban grey space; Space under bridge; Public Art; Micro-transformation; Regional culture; Art for all

Online: 26 April 2022 (10:55:46 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202204.0170.v1

Care Ethics and the Feminist Personalism of Edith Stein

Petr Urban

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: Edith Stein; care ethics; personalism; feminism; empathy; emotions; caring; phenomenology

Online: 18 April 2022 (11:41:18 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202204.0113.v1

Solar Radiation in Architectural Projects as a Key Design Factor for the Recovery of Alzheimer’s Outpatients

Jose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo, Santiago Quesada-García, Pablo Valero, Joseph Cabeza-Lainez

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; daylighting simulation; radiative exchanges; design strategies; healthy architecture

Online: 12 April 2022 (12:24:36 CEST)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

The beneficial effects of solar radiation on human health are well documented. One necessary mechanism triggers the production of vitamin D whose insufficiency has been linked to a variety of disorders like diabetes, hypertension and more recently amyloidosis and Alzheimer disease. However, there are few architectural designs capable on ensuring adequate provision of solar radiation inside buildings. Conventional fenestration is not sufficient to provide for significant doses of sunlight even to prevent seasonal affective disorder (SAD). In this paper we discuss the effect of new design alternatives for skylights, especially in the refurbishment of obsolete facilities. After such complex retrofit is executed, we have analyzed the performance of a building in warm and sunny climates as is the case of southern Spain. It has been considered as a priority the study of the factors that relate sunlight and energy, as well as, to a certain extent, other aspects like ventilation and insulation. Many architectural designs are presented as correct if the thermal requirements alone are met, even at the risk of later energy waste in lighting devices and visual or physical discomfort. On the other hand, large glazed areas allow more daylight into a space, but they may also allow excessive heat gains or losses which increase the air-conditioning cooling or heating load. To avoid these problems, we have considered the combined effect of daylight and energy from the beginning of the skylight design-process. A daylighting software based on configuration factors that we have apply in former researches to study the problems of direct sun over architectural structures have been used. This question cannot be treated adequately with conventional programs for overcast skies. The skylights have already been constructed and on-site measurements in the offices have been taken to complement the computer simulations data. The results show that it is possible to achieve energy saving and high radiation levels in winter without increasing heat loads during the summer. All this is considered beneficial to improve the condition of users with cognitive diseases as Alzheimer’s disease by virtue of adapted spaces.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0315.v1

The War of the French and Spain Alliance in Viet Nam in the Year 1858 – 1860

Thao Phuong Hoang

Subject: Arts And Humanities, History Keywords: France; Spain; Da Nang; Gia Dinh; invasion; alliance

Online: 23 March 2022 (11:05:00 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0289.v1

Laylayan Theology: Listening to the Voices from the Margins

Fides del Castillo

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Religious Studies Keywords: contextual; cultural; Filipino; appropriation; Christianity; lived experience

Online: 22 March 2022 (02:21:12 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0210.v1

European Flat Oyster (Ostrea edulis, L.) In the Eastern Baltic as Evidence of Long-Distance Trade in Medieval and Early Modern Times

Lembi Lõugas, Inna Jürjo, Erki Russow

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: oysters; eastern Baltic Sea; zooarchaeology; archaeomalacology; written sources; archaeological finds; medieval; early modern

Online: 15 March 2022 (11:23:59 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0122.v1

EEG Hyperscanning and Qualitative Analysis of Moments of Interest in Music Therapy for Stroke Rehabilitation – A Feasibility Study

Gerhard Tucek, Clemens Maidhof, Julia Vogl, Astrid Heine, Matthias Zeppelzauer, Nikolaus Steinhoff, Jörg Fachner

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Music Keywords: music therapy; stroke rehabilitation; moments of interest; process research; therapeutic relationship; mixed methods; EEG hyperscanning; social neuroscience; medical anthropology

Online: 8 March 2022 (10:41:32 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0218.v3

Landscape and Settlement over 4 Millennia on the South Side of Lake Issyk kul, Kyrgyzstan: Preliminary Results of Survey Research in 2019-2021

Claudia Chang, Sergei Sergievich .Ivanov, Perry Alan Tourtellotte

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: Archaeological survey; Inner Tian Shan Mountain region; Iron Age; Medieval period; agropastoralism

Online: 3 March 2022 (07:44:09 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint CASE REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0299.v2

VR Display of the Stone Statue of a General and the Study of Armor Culture

Yang Cao, Xingke Huang, Qinyou Zhou

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Art Keywords: Relics protection; Protection of material heritage; VR animation; Stone statue; The Ming Xiao Mausoleum

Online: 25 February 2022 (13:54:51 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint CONCEPT PAPER | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0225.v1

Assessing Scientific Evidence of Singular Historic Events by Bayes Theorem

Christian Damgaard

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: Bayes theorem; singular historic events

Online: 18 February 2022 (07:04:24 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0218.v2

Landscape and Settlement over 4 millennia on the south side of Lake Issyk kul, Kyrgyzstan: Preliminary Results of Survey Research in 2019-2021

Claudia Chang, Sergei Sergievich Ivanov, Perry Alan Tourtellotte

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: Archaeological survey; Inner Tian Shan Mountain region; Iron Age; Medieval period; agropastoralism

Online: 17 February 2022 (07:09:58 CET)

Show abstract| Download PDF| Share

Arts and Humanities