Essays about: "bodies"

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  1. 41. Real-time Soft Body Simulation using Extended Position-Based Dynamics and Tetrahedral Deformation

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : William Kamnert; [2023]
    Keywords : Physically based animation; Soft body deformation; Volumetric models; GPU parallel computing;

    Abstract : Background. Several methods have been used to simulate soft body deformation, such as mass-spring systems and position-based dynamics. This has been done using tetrahedral mesh models for preservation of shape and volume. READ MORE

  3. 42. Design of the control system for a powered landing maneuver of a rocket

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Rymdteknik

    Author : Davide Demartini; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The powered soft landing of a spacecraft represents a maneuver with high interest, withsome private launcher companies – SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Factory Augsburg, etc. - showinginterest in implementing it as a solution for their launchers, and several national agenciesusing it for the exploration of celestial bodies where it may be the only option. READ MORE

  4. 43. Rolling with Pain – A Sociological Investigation Into the Meaning-Making of Physical Pain

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Sofie Grann Lorentsen; [2023]
    Keywords : pain; physical-pain; meaning-making; phenomenology; Sara Ahmed; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate the experience of physical pain. Through an analysis and assessment of the data in the form of qualitative interviews collected for this thesis, the aim has been to show that meaning-making is fundamental to our experience of (physical) pain. READ MORE

  5. 44. Archives For Black Trans Living, A Practice For Possibilities.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Levi Appleton; [2023]
    Keywords : affect; archives; because; Black feminism; capacious; care; embodiment; non-binary; praxis; trans.;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates possibilities for developing an archiving praxis to help Black trans people live. Inspired by recent Black trans thinking and creativity, the research here centres conversations with five Experts working in a range of academic, artistic, and activist archiving practices. READ MORE

  6. 45. The "Black Butterflies": Color in God Help the Child and the Inverted White Gaze

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Claudia Bern; [2023]
    Keywords : Chromatism; Dark Beauty; Ebony-Black Beauty; White Beauty; Black Skin; Blue-Black Skin; Afro-textured Hair; Black Color; White Mask; Slavery; Race Prejudice; Black Identity; Toni Morrison; God Help the Child; Africanist in Literature; Black Beauty in Media; Whiteness; Inverted White Gaze; White Gaze; Black Gaze.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The discourse on beauty has primarily been focused on the white gaze to prescribe its normative standards. The white gaze conceptualizes the way in which beauty is dwelled on within society: the foisting of Caucasian-looking beauty canons on black women, and the veneration of whiteness as superior. READ MORE