民间传统御寒器具——火桶设计研究

＂火桶＂是南方传统的御寒器物,它具有造型简单,取材方便,功能实用多样的特点,凝聚了民间朴素造物的思想。同时,火桶所具有着深厚的人文特点和文化内涵。文章以黔东南镇远地区民间火桶为例,分析其形态、结构、功能及人机关系等内容,探究民间造物的设计巧思。     

如何设定品牌标志的设计标准

品牌设计师通过知觉联想可以将文字语言转化为直接、可见的视觉图形传达给社会大众,这种语言上的转换是设计师发掘人们想象不到或想象不全面的一种表现方式,是艺术创造。同时,在没有限制,具有广泛可能性的创意、设计中,要把企业理念和目标等文字语言浓缩、整合出适合创意、设计的关键语,这一个个关键语就是品牌标志设计的依据和标准。有了这样的设计标准就会提高设计效率和准确性,减少在标志设计过程中的矛盾与摩擦,起到指引方向和检验最终方案的作用。     

浅议视觉传达设计中的“空白”

空白,也称为"虚空间",指被其他要素包围的空间。空白部分运用的好,有时则会成为设计中最突出、最令人瞩目的部分。本文就针对空白在视觉设计中的一些作用做相关的探讨。     

城市街区空间引导系统的设计思考

城市街区空间引导系统与人们的日常生活息息相关,为人们的出行提供了便捷的标识引导,同时它也是城市形象的重要组成部分之一。本文分析总结了该系统的设计原则,并从视觉传达学科入手分析其视觉元素的设计。为了设计无语言障碍和有个性、地域化的城市街区空间引导系统,从符号、文字、色彩三方面对其进行设计思考。     

蒙山景区生态旅游与可持续发展初探

本文从景观设计的角度,阐述了蒙山风景名胜区生态旅游的发展,分析了蒙山风景名胜区发展生态旅游的有利条件和存在的问题,并在此基础上提出生态旅游可持续发展的对策与建议。     

Noise analysis compact differential evolution

This article proposes a compact algorithm for optimisation in noisy environments. This algorithm has a compact structure and employs differential evolution search logic. Since it is a compact algorithm, it does not store a population of solutions but a probabilistic representation of the population. This kind of algorithmic structure can be implemented in those real-world problems characterized by memory limitations. The degree of randomization contained in the compact structure allows a robust behaviour in the presence of noise. In addition the proposed algorithm employs the noise analysis survivor selection scheme. This scheme performs an analysis of the noise and automatically performs a re-sampling of the solutions in order to ensure both reliable pairwise comparisons and a minimal cost in terms of fitness evaluations. The noise analysis component can be reliably used in noise environments affected by Gaussian noise which allow an a priori analysis of the noise features. This situation is typical of problems where the fitness is computed by means of measurement devices. An extensive comparative analysis including four different noise levels has been included. Numerical results show that the proposed algorithm displays a very good performance since it regularly succeeds at handling diverse fitness landscapes characterized by diverse noise amplitudes.     

Working memory capacity and the top-down control of visual search: Exploring the boundaries of "executive attention".

The executive attention theory of working memory capacity (WMC) proposes that measures of WMC broadly predict higher order cognitive abilities because they tap important and general attention capabilities (R. W. Engle & M. J. Kane, 2004). Previous research demonstrated WMC-related differences in attention tasks that required restraint of habitual responses or constraint of conscious focus. To further specify the executive attention construct, the present experiments sought boundary conditions of the WMC-attention relation. Three experiments correlated individual differences in WMC, as measured by complex span tasks, and executive control of visual search. In feature-absence search, conjunction search, and spatial configuration search, WMC was unrelated to search slopes, although they were large and reliably measured. Even in a search task designed to require the volitional movement of attention (J. M. Wolfe, G. A. Alvarez, & T. S. Horowitz, 2000), WMC was irrelevant to performance. Thus, WMC is not associated with all demanding or controlled attention processes, which poses problems for some general theories of WMC. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

闽江口湿地遥感影像最佳景观观察尺度的选择

应用遥感和地理信息系统技术,对景观最佳观察尺度选择的方法进行了探讨;构建了“定量化景观指数粒度敏感区间,定性化尺度大小,定性与定量相结合决定最佳观察尺度值“的最佳景观观察尺度选择模式,并以ASTER遥感影像为数据源,应用该模式对闽江口湿地景观最佳观察尺度进行了研究,指出闽江口湿地的景观观察尺度应以50m和100m为主,最大尺度不应超过200m.     

Auditory-visual cross-modal perception of communicative stimuli in Tufted Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella).

Research on cross-modal performance in nonhuman primates is limited to a small number of sensory modalities and testing methods. To broaden the scope of this research, the authors tested capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) for a seldom-studied cross-modal capacity in nonhuman primates, auditory-visual recognition. Monkeys were simultaneously played 2 video recordings of a face producing different vocalizations and a sound recording of 1 of the vocalizations. Stimulus sets varied from naturally occurring conspecific vocalizations to experimentally controlled human speech stimuli. The authors found that monkeys preferred to view face recordings that matched presented vocal stimuli. Their preference did not differ significantly across stimulus species or other stimulus features. However, the reliability of the latter set of results may have been limited by sample size. From these results, the authors concluded that capuchin monkeys exhibit auditory-visual cross-modal perception of conspecific vocalizations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Associative Learning Improves Visual Working Memory Performance.

The ability to remember visual stimuli over a short delay period is limited by the small capacity of visual working memory (VWM). Here the authors investigate the role of learning in enhancing VWM. Participants saw 2 spatial arrays separated by a 1-s interval. The 2 arrays were identical except for 1 location. Participants had to detect the difference. Unknown to the participants, some spatial arrays would repeat once every dozen trials or so for up to 32 repetitions. Spatial VWM performance increased significantly when the same location changed across display repetitions, but not at all when different locations changed from one display repetition to another. The authors suggest that a major role of learning in VWM is to mediate which information gets retained, rather than to directly increase VWM capacity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)