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Visual Attributes (visual + attribute)
Selected AbstractsMetamorphoses of the early medieval signum of a ruler in the Carolingian worldEARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE, Issue 4 2006Ildar H. Garipzanov This article uses the approach of diplomatic semiotics to explore early medieval signs of authority in charters and on coins, especially the monogram and the sign of the cross used as an individual ,signature'. Coins and charters used these signs communicating royal or imperial authority differently, addressing diverse regional and social audiences. From the fifth through the ninth centuries, the early medieval signum of a ruler gradually transformed from the individualizing sign of a particular monarch, designed to differentiate him symbolically from other rulers, to the generalizing sign of the king by the grace of God, which as a visual attribute of authority could be shared by several rulers. This transformation signified the inauguration of a new ,medieval' tradition in the communication of authority in late Carolingian times. [source] A language to model animation out of behaviour-embedded graphical componentsCOMPUTER ANIMATION AND VIRTUAL WORLDS (PREV: JNL OF VISUALISATION & COMPUTER ANIMATION), Issue 3 2002Prabir K. Pal Abstract Almost all entities,animate or inanimate,that we see around us change with time. The changes are brought about by changes in the values of their attributes. By using a set of parameters to represent the variable attributes of an entity, and by suitably manipulating their values at run time, the behaviour of an entity can be broadly mimicked in animation. The majority of entities, however, are all too complex to animate directly. They are better described in terms of nested layers of smaller and simpler entities, which we call components. Each component is structurally and behaviourally complete and can be described independent of its application. In the present paper, we propose a scheme for 3D animation that broadly follows this line. The keystone of this scheme is a language, nicknamed ,V', which defines the structural and visual attributes of each component of the scene and associates a parameterized behaviour with it, if necessary, in the form of a program script. Thereafter, wherever such a component appears, it does so with a built-in behaviour, which can nevertheless be regulated by its higher-level component through its parameters. The advantage is that an entire animation can be modelled in a declarative fashion in terms of nested components with embedded behaviour. Besides, each component is easy to write, alter and reuse. The effort for development, debugging and maintenance of animation modelled in this way is much less as the concerns are almost always local. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Preference Mapping of Domestic/Imported Jasmine Rice for U.S.-Asian ConsumersJOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE, Issue 6 2002S. Suwansri ABSTRACT: Three domestic and 12 imported commercial Jasmine rice varieties were evaluated by a trained sensory panel and by 105 Asian families who live in the State of Arkansas. Results showed that consumers preferred imported over domestic products. According to consumers, the sensory characteristics most important to the acceptance of cooked Jasmine rice were, in order of decreasing importance, color, favor, aroma, stickiness, and hardness. Using descriptive data, we evaluated predictive models of Jasmine rice's overall acceptance. These models allowed us to identify important sensory characteristics that encouraged Asian consumers to accept Jasmine rice. Such characteristics included flavor (that is, aroma, aromatics, feeling factors, and aftertaste), texture, and visual attributes. Data collected here could be useful to the U.S. rice industry in developing an understanding of the drivers of Jasmine rice acceptance. [source] SENSORY EVALUATION OF VANILLA-DAIRY DESSERTS BY REPERTORY GRID METHOD AND FREE CHOICE PROFILEJOURNAL OF SENSORY STUDIES, Issue 1 2006LUIS GONZÁLEZ-TOMÁS ABSTRACT "Natillas" are semisolid dairy desserts widely consumed in Spain, with notable differences existing between commercial brands in their composition and sensory and physical properties. The repertory grid method, in conjunction with the free choice profile (FCP), was used to provide data on how consumers perceived eight commercial "natillas" samples. The most frequent terms used were: vanilla flavor, sweetness, consistency and liquid texture as described by 77, 67, 57 and 53% of the consumers, respectively. A three-dimensional solution was chosen. Dimension 1 accounted for 27.23% of variance and separated the samples largely by yellow-color intensity and consistency. Dimension 2 (15.88%) was mainly related to the visual attributes of texture, creaminess and different notes of flavor. The third dimension (11.34%) was related to structural-texture attributes, orange-yellow color and acid and artificial flavors. The assessors plot showed two clusters. Analysis of each group data revealed differences in their perception of sample variation, mainly regarding texture and color. [source] | ||||||||||