scholarly journals The Art-Science Project: Researching the Cross Section between the Visual Arts and Biological Sciences

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett Jeffrey Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Studio Art ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Science And Art ◽  
Scientific Exploration ◽  
Scale Models ◽  
The University

The created portfolio explores the area of academic art and how it can be translated into the fields of fine art and biological science. The sculptural specimens were created to further understand how art is used in scientific exploration today compared to that of antiquity.During the period of enlightenment, science and art were codependent. Studio art was employed as a form of research and communication. In light of this, the thirty-five spider models were created in the Entomology and Nematology Lab at the University of Florida. The works of art encompass a diverse range of species, scales, and functions.  The works were designed to serve three purposes: life size models were printed and painted to serve as decoys for reproductive research; medium scale models were distributed to international geocaches to gage public opinion on arachnids; and large scale models were utilized as educational tools. The range of models serves different functions but they all answer to principles of art. Thus defining the interdisciplinary nature of art as it relates to scientific study. 

scholarly journals Certificate Of Online Learning And Teaching (COLT) At The University Of Hawaii: A Horse Of Another Color For Earning College Credits

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Menchaca ◽  
Ellen S. Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
College Credits ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Innovative Program ◽  
Scale Models ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
World Class ◽  
The University ◽  
The Brain

Current conventional wisdom may perceive that higher education is outdated and maybe even likely to collapse. Online education is often predicted to replace brick-and-mortar campuses with systems providing students access to world-class learning via smartphones and tablets. Many private and commercial ventures are embracing such concepts. However, in the race to implement large-scale models, significant key elements such as understanding that learning can be social, affective, personal, and even cultural may be missing. Thus, creative yet research-based programs at the university level are needed. While it is true that existing university structures might inhibit the implementation of radical programs, there are opportunities where such innovation can be offered. In the case of the Department of Educational Technology at the University of Hawaii, an option for a program at the certificate level not necessarily leading to a traditional degree was provided. The certificate option provided an opportunity to explore entrepreneurial models while also incorporating what we understand about learning, the brain, and newer technologies. This paper describes the circumstances and approach that led to the creation of an innovative program that still fit within current university structures.

scholarly journals Preserving and vouchering butterflies and moths for large-scale museum-based molecular research

PeerJ ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e2160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soowon Cho ◽  
Samantha W. Epstein ◽  
Kim Mitter ◽  
Chris A. Hamilton ◽  
David Plotkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
University Of Maryland ◽  
Phylogenetic Studies ◽  
Wing Patterns ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
The University ◽  
Specimen Identification

Butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) comprise significant portions of the world’s natural history collections, but a standardized tissue preservation protocol for molecular research is largely lacking. Lepidoptera have traditionally been spread on mounting boards to display wing patterns and colors, which are often important for species identification. Many molecular phylogenetic studies have used legs from pinned specimens as the primary source for DNA in order to preserve a morphological voucher, but the amount of available tissue is often limited. Preserving an entire specimen in a cryogenic freezer is ideal for DNA preservation, but without an easily accessible voucher it can make specimen identification, verification, and morphological work difficult. Here we present a procedure that creates accessible and easily visualized “wing vouchers” of individual Lepidoptera specimens, and preserves the remainder of the insect in a cryogenic freezer for molecular research. Wings are preserved in protective holders so that both dorsal and ventral patterns and colors can be easily viewed without further damage. Our wing vouchering system has been implemented at the University of Maryland (AToL Lep Collection) and the University of Florida (Florida Museum of Natural History, McGuire Center of Lepidoptera and Biodiversity), which are among two of the largest Lepidoptera molecular collections in the world.

scholarly journals Maria Lejeune-Carpentier (1910–1995): a memorial

1999 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. S. Sarjeant ◽  
Michel Vanguestaine
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Scale Models ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
The University

Abstract. Maria Lejeune was by training a zoologist, working on living and fossil hexacorals. However, over a period of 16 years, she devoted her research attention to the microfossils contained in flakes of Upper Cretaceous flints, some from C. G. Ehrenberg’s classic collection, others from Belgium and the Baltic region. The results were published in 16 short papers, remarkable for the detail and precision of her descriptions and drawings. In addition, she made the first—and, so far, finest—large-scale models of fossil dinoflagellates. These were lodged in the Museum of the University of Liège, where she served as curator for 33 years (1942–1975). Eighteen years after her own micropalaeontological studies had ended, she aided W. A. S. Sarjeant in an extended restudy of her type material, reported in two joint papers.

scholarly journals Art Integrated Learning Techniques in Artificial Intelligence

2021 ◽  
pp. 251-260
Author(s):  
Pooja Sharma ◽  
Lakhbir Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Art History ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Arts And Crafts ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Art Making ◽  
Science And Art ◽  
Learning Techniques

This research paper is designed on planning meaningful visual arts integration and AI, it is based on the discussion of the contemporary design and inheritance protection of arts and crafts, and the influence of artificial intelligence on arts and crafts, this paper makes clear the integration of the two in the historical period of the epoch development and the scientific progress of arts and crafts. From project re-engineering to educational modernization, it promotes the allowance of the value and innovative apparatus of arts and dexterities, so as to realize its defensible expansion in the Artificial Intelligence atmosphere. Artificial Intelligence creativity escalations for empathetic art and artistes in the 21st century. Sponsored by our training in computer science and art history , we claim for the reflexion of AICAN’s works as art, relate AICAN works to the fashionable art context, and itch a reassessment of how we might define human and machine inventiveness. Our effort in emerging Artificial Intelligence progressions for art creation, flamboyance investigation, and peculiar large-scale style decorations in art antiquity has commanded us to judiciously consider the antiquity and delicacies of human art-making and to perceive how those summaries can be exhibited and trained to the machine. We campaigner for a assembly between machine imagination and art broadly defined as parallel to but not in conflict with human artists and their passionate and social targets of art making. Rather, we urge a partnership between human and machine imagination when called for, seeing in this alliance a means to capitalize on both partners’ imaginative strengths.

FloRunTM ‘331’ Peanut Variety

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry L. Tillman
Keyword(s):  
Seed Size ◽  
Growth Habit ◽  
Yield Potential ◽  
High Yield ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
High Oleic ◽  
Central Stem ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
The University ◽  
High Yield Potential

FloRunTM ‘331’ peanut variety was developed by the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, North Florida Research and Education Center near Marianna, Florida.  It was released in 2016 because it combines high yield potential with excellent disease tolerance. FloRunTM ‘331’ has a typical runner growth habit with a semi-prominent central stem and medium green foliage.  It has medium runner seed size with high oleic oil chemistry.

2011 BEEF FORAGE SURVEY RESULTS

EDIS ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja C. Crawford ◽  
Christa L. Kirby ◽  
Tycee Prevatt ◽  
Brent A. Sellers ◽  
Maria L. Silveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Organizational Development ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
South Florida ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Development Unit ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
County Extension ◽  
Ranch Management ◽  
The University

The University of Florida / IFAS South Florida Beef Forage Program (SFBFP) is composed of county Extension faculty and state specialists.  The members, in conjunction with the UF/IFAS Program Evaluation and Organizational Development unit, created a survey in 1982, which is used to evaluate ranch management practices.  The survey is updated and distributed every 5 years to ranchers in 14 South Florida counties: Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Okeechobee, Polk, and Sarasota.  The responses are anonymous.  

SOCIAL PROJECT AS A PLATFORM FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS OF FUTURE INFORMATICS TEACHERS

2019 ◽  
pp. 16-22
Author(s):  
E. V. Klimenko ◽  
N. S. Buslova
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Professional Skills ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Theoretical Reasoning ◽  
Social Project ◽  
The University

The article is devoted to the consideration of ways to solve one of the actual problems in theory and methodology of training and upbringing — the problem of developing professional skills of future informatics teacher. As a way to adapt students to the profession, the possibility of their involvement in social designing was chosen. Participation in social projects contributes to the approbation and introduction of new forms and methods in teaching informatics. Expanding the experience of future teachers in carrying out large-scale events contributes to the formation of a socially adapted personality competitive in modern society. The potential of a social project in consolidating the knowledge and skills obtained during the theoretical training at the university is indicated. In the article, theoretical reasoning is accompanied by examples of real social projects and activities aimed at the formation of professional competencies of future informatics teachers.

Disruptive innovation and operationalization in local and sustainable food systems: Examining the University of Toronto-Local Food Plus partnership

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-139
Author(s):  
Lori Stahlbrand
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Food System ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Disruptive Innovation ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The University

This paper traces the partnership between the University of Toronto and the non-profit Local Food Plus (LFP) to bring local sustainable food to its St. George campus. At its launch, the partnership represented the largest purchase of local sustainable food at a Canadian university, as well as LFP’s first foray into supporting institutional procurement of local sustainable food. LFP was founded in 2005 with a vision to foster sustainable local food economies. To this end, LFP developed a certification system and a marketing program that matched certified farmers and processors to buyers. LFP emphasized large-scale purchases by public institutions. Using information from in-depth semi-structured key informant interviews, this paper argues that the LFP project was a disruptive innovation that posed a challenge to many dimensions of the established food system. The LFP case study reveals structural obstacles to operationalizing a local and sustainable food system. These include a lack of mid-sized infrastructure serving local farmers, the domination of a rebate system of purchasing controlled by an oligopolistic foodservice sector, and embedded government support of export agriculture. This case study is an example of praxis, as the author was the founder of LFP, as well as an academic researcher and analyst.

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