A fundamental task for any visual system is the accurate detection of objects from background information, for example, defining fruit from foliage or a predator in a forest. This is commonly referred to as figure-ground segregation, which occurs when the visual system locates d…
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This work focuses on indigenous painting traditions found on ancestral shrines of Yoruba divinities collectively known as orisa in southwestern Nigeria. The devotional activity of orisa painting often enacted in honor and veneration of departed ancestors for healing, empowerment…
An experimental study was conducted on the preservation of red colour and the physiological qualities of lychee through the development of a novel post-harvest technique, hereafter referred to as the “EL” method. The loss of the red colour and formation of brown pigment precurso…
Bed bugs have resurged and are currently deemed significant public health pests worldwide. Although they do not transmit disease to humans, they are of medical and veterinary importance. The evaluation of bed bug visual stimuli and the development of a bed bug IPM curriculum, ar…
Recently emerged perovskite materials show superior features like high efficiency, defect tolerance, facile synthesis, bandgap tunability and wide color gamut over their rivals in photonics applications. On the other hand, metals have interesting characteristics as they go small…
Qurama for chamber ensemble , was written in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition at College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati. Qurama is an ancient handicraft of Azerbaijan, a kind of patchwork made of clo…
Due to the inception of the big data applications, it is becoming increasingly important to manage and analyze large volumes of data. However, it is not always possible to efficiently analyze very big chunks of detailed data. Thus, data aggregation techniques emerged as an effic…
Forest advance into tundra has several ecosystem repercussions. Treeline advance and increased forest density have been observed across the Arctic. Here I document spruce treeline advance as forest advance at 23 sites across Alaska’s Brooks Range. I do this by interpreting histo…
We present the Coma Cluster Core Project (C3PO), a deep, high resolution and contiguous mosaic survey of the inner ⇡ 150 squarearc minutes of the core of the Coma Cluster. The region was tiledby 21 HST/WFC3 pointing and was observed in F336W from the UVIS channel, and F160W from…
At the turn of the eighteenth century, a polychrome revolution swept over Qing court arts, which saw the number of enamel colors to be applied over a porcelain surface increasing from fewer than ten, to a virtually unlimited amount. Previous research has attributed this phenomen…
‘The Fruits’ investigates the intimate space of a South Texas minority family’s life within the context of this current American moment. In this series of images, Villarreal utilizes the space between cinematic and documentary photography in order to challenge notions of race, p…
In this series of work entitled hoodies. I am examining the definition of portraiture. It is a reductive process in which I question what elements of a portrait I am willing to let go of. The answer comes as a form of abstraction–abstracting the recognizable human form, the envi…
Movement of water in the hydrologic cycle is a research field with wide implications on all parts of nature. Therefore, a detailed knowledge of its processes can benefit research and applications in other fields. Especially climate science and its prediction can profit from adva…
When looking at the history of humanity and psychology, the relationship between human perception and color becomes apparent. The concept of “color theory,” or the study of color combinations and their effects on both visuals and interpretation, has been studied and examined for…
I present the results from the first geological map of the Derain (H-10) quadrangle of Mercury and in-depth studies of features identified in the map.
Theraphosidae, commonly known as tarantulas, represent some of the most charismatic spiders on the planet. With almost 1000 described species, they have colonized the subtropics of every continent and have adapted to fill many of ecological niches. I address gaps in our understa…
Is it possible for a corporation to own a color? This dissertation shows the surprising answer to be yes as it traces color’s assimilation into the intellectual property regime over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Beginning with the invention of synthetic dye production …