Sökning: "Twilight"
Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 18 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Twilight.
11. A Decontextual Stylistics Study of the Genji Monogatari : With a Focus on the "Yûgao" Story
Sammanfattning : The dominant part of the research on the “Yûgao” (The Twilight Beauty) story of the Japanese eleventh-century classic the Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji) is philological and often excludes a general literary analysis. This story has also been related to Japanese and Chinese literary influences, thereby placing the text in its literary context. LÄS MER
12. Energy Savings by Using Daylight for Basic Urban Shapes : With a Case Study of Three Different Street Types
Sammanfattning : During winter the sun is in short supply. But research at KTH shows that solar radiation can be facilitated while energy consumption for lighting is reduced. This provided that the buildings are appropriately designed. But, unfortunately, the sunlight is often not taken into account and the results are the opposite. LÄS MER
13. The role of RNA in prion aggregation and disease
Sammanfattning : As humanity evolved to witness an exceptionally high standard of living, Alzheimer’s, cancer and diabetes gradually replaced infections as the main limiting factors in longevity. It is both disturbing and captivating that such degenerative conditions are caused by the most ubiquitous biomolecule – the protein. LÄS MER
14. Bird Vision: Spatial acuity and colour discrimination in bright and dim light
Sammanfattning : Birds use vision to guide navigation, foraging and mate choice, and studies of the limitations in bird visual perception are most helpful for the understanding of bird ecology. Here, I present four studies of bird vision in bright and dim light. LÄS MER
15. Group-Theoretical Structure in Multispectral Color and Image Databases
Sammanfattning : Many applications lead to signals with nonnegative function values. Understanding the structure of the spaces of nonnegative signals is therefore of interest in many different areas. Hence, constructing effective representation spaces with suitable metrics and natural transformations is an important research topic. LÄS MER