Essays about: "bonsai"

Found 2 essays containing the word bonsai.

1. 1. Salt tolerant horticultural plants to save freshwater usage

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Protection Biology

   Author : Tsun-Ya Chuang; [2024]
   Keywords : climate change; freshwater scarcity; halophyte; salt tolerance; bonsai;

   Abstract : As freshwater becomes scarce worldwide due to climate change and population increases, there is an urgent need to develop innovative approaches to address the issue of reducing freshwater consumption. Selecting species with high ornamental value and salt tolerance for use as green hedges or bonsai in urban or coastal areas could be a strategic approach for promoting greening and maintaining water resource sustainability. READ MORE

3. 2. Massively Parallel BVH Construction Using Mini-trees

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : Erik Nossborn; [2016]
   Keywords : BVH; computer graphics; GPU; CUDA; ray tracing; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The Bounding Volume Hierarchy is an acceleration data structure used in ray tracing, allowing for faster intersection tests between rays and triangles. The goal of this thesis was to take one algorithm for rapidly generating such data structures, the Bonsai algorithm, which was initially implemented on a CPU, and instead implement it on a graphics processing unit. READ MORE