Sleep in nursing home residents is highly fragmented. Disturbed circadian rhythms may be a partial cause. Melatonin, a pineal hormone, is a marker of circadian rhythms. Its secretion is synchronized by light. Nursing home residents are exposed to low levels of illumination. Ther…
This study examines the illustrations that appear at the Office of the Dead in English Books of Hours, and seeks to understand how text and image work together in this thriving culture of commemoration to say something about how the English understood and thought about death in …
The synthesis of realistic facial expressions has been an unexplored area for computer graphics scientists. Over the last three decades, several different construction methods have been formulated in order to obtain natural graphic results. Despite these advancements, though, cu…
This is a compilation thesis, trying to know the past, following the methodology of the knowledge, studying and contrasting the different points of view (historical, political, social, urbanistic, constructive, archaeological, etc.), to be able of establishing, if it is possible…