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Places that Reflect Beauty
Places are where we live! We call them “interiors.” Thus, “interior design” is the science that describes creating the places; so should interior design reflect beauty? Interior design is the specialization that creates places where people can find beauty, safety and a healthy environment to live in comfortable and sustainable ways. Beauty is one of the essential elements that a designe…
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On the Design of a Photo Beauty Measurement Mechanism Based on Image Composit…
In this chapter, we propose a machine learning scheme on how to measure the beauty of a photo. Different from traditional measurements that focus on the quality of captured signals, the beauty of photos is based on high-level concepts from the knowledge of photo aesthetics. Because the concept of beauty is mostly defined by human being, the measurement must contain some knowledge obtained from …
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Mindfulness Meditation and The Perception of Beauty Implications For An Ecol…
Meditation is a first-person method for contemplating ourselves and the world, with more than 2500 years of history, rooted in the philosophical and contemplative traditions of the east. The present chapter aims to explore this worldview in order to demonstrate its relevance to our capacity for the appreciation of beauty. To this end, the aesthetic experience, the contemplative experience and t…
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Life Span Management
One of the challenges plaguing the health of people is the effect of chronic diseases. Life expectancy of people has continued to be at stake due to the emergence of chronic diseases. The centers for public health in various countries have raised concern that there is a need for urgent intervention to address this challenge. Self-management is the key to a healthy life and healthy aging. Accord…
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The Islamic Veil, the Domestic Environment, and Femininity
This study aims to determine the way that the women who define themselves as religious Muslims dress and act in a manner that evokes femininity at home. During the study, focus group interviews were held with 10 religious women (9 veiled, 1 non-veiled), and in-depth interviews were held with two women who were members of the İsmailağa community. The participants of the focus group interview w…
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Introductory Chapter: Aging is a Preventable Disorder
Introductory Chapter: Aging is a Preventable Disorder
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Empowering the Elderly by Giving Dignity
Elder care is the most pivotal topic in any society today. Indian culture of living with parents is a common thing, living arrangement and care is a part of it. However, living with partner and living alone is increasing among the elderly, especially the elderly in Kerala. This paper analyzed the data of Kerala Aging Survey 2013 of Centre for Development Studies, Kerala. This paper analyses whe…
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The Elderly in the Emergency Department
The evaluation, treatment, and prognosis of the elderly hospitalized in an emergency service are different from the adult patient, and it is necessary to know their particularities to provide optimal care.
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Diplopia Developed in Later Life, An Ophthalmologic Approach
Patients suffering from double vision first are commonly suspected to have acquired a neurological disorder. Over many years, we have observed numerous elderly patients complaining of double pictures for distant objects but lacking any other neurologic symptom. For this condition, no other causality was found than aging; therefore, the name “Age-related Distance Esotropia” has international…
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Differentiating Normal Cognitive Aging From Cognitive Impairment No Dementia …
Constructive and visuospatial abilities in normal and in pathological aging (cognitive impairment, no dementia, CIND) are investigated. The sample includes 188 participants over 60 years of age, divided in 2 groups: healthy subjects (MMSE ≥28), without cognitive complaints, and individuals with CIND (MMSE between 24 and 27 and subjective cognitive complains). Drawing of cube and drawing of ho…
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