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	Human scale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Human scale means "of a scale comparable to a human being".
		The fields of human perception systems, like perceptual psychology and cognitive psychology, are not exact sciences, because human information processing is not a purely physical act, and because perception is affected by cultural factors, personal preferences, experiences, and expectations.
		So human scale in architecture can also describe buildings with sightlines, acoustic properties, task lighting, ambient lighting, and spatial grammar that fit well with human senses, with the important caveat that human perceptions are always going to be less predictable and less measurable their physical dimensions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Human_scale (701 words)

	paper6
		Scale variations have long been known to constrain the detail with which information can be observed, represented, analyzed, and communicated.
		Attempts to describe scaling behavior by fractals or self-affine models, which mathematically relate complexity and scale, have proven ineffective because the properties of many geographic phenomena are not strictly repeated across multiple spatial or temporal scales.
		Issues of scale affect nearly every GIS application and involve questions of scale cognition, the scale or range of scales at which phenomena can be easily recognized, optimal digital representations, technology and methodology of data observation, generalization, and information communication.
	www.ncgia.ucsb.edu /other/ucgis/research_priorities/paper6.html (2286 words)

	Anna's Fantasy Fudge: Scale System
		Humans are of Scale 0, unless some other race is the game-world norm.
		In these cases, the PCs' race is Scale 0, and humans would be a different Scale.) Non-human races can have a positive or negative number for Scale, depending on whether they are stronger (or bigger or faster) or weaker (or smaller or slower) than humans.
		The Strength/Mass Scale number is figured into damage in combat, and all weapons and armor are assumed to be of the same Scale as the wielder.
	www.moglit.demon.co.uk /rpg/fudge/fdgscale.htm (2259 words)

	Scale and Perception\
		The human scale is the main reason why there is a difference between a cube of 3 feet or a cube of 300 feet, architectonically.
		The human scale is, within the system world, the point of reference, allowing an absolute statement what is tall and what is small (always concerning architecture).
		The parcellar scale and the economic scale are in a certain way outer limits, within the architect is free to move.
	www.iit.edu /~vachmar/497002/assgnt03.htm (674 words)

	genome.gov \| Use of Human Subjects in DNA Sequencing
		If the initial human sequence is a "mosaic" or "patchwork" of sequenced regions derived from a number of different individuals, rather than that of a single individual, there would be considerably less interest in who the specific donors were.
		The policy was developed to ensure that the Federal regulations for the protection of human subjects in research (45CFR46) was being appropriately applied to the development of the first complete human DNA sequence as part of the Human Genome Project.
		Human genomic DNA libraries that are not "approved" or approved for "continued use" are categorized as "unapproved" libraries.
	www.genome.gov /10000921 (4271 words)

	Aztec motives for mass sacrifice
		The Aztecs practiced human sacrifice on a scale which revolted the soldiers of Imperial Spain, a culture which in other respects was very similar to that of the Aztecs, as Cortes remarked in his letters to King Charles (Cortes, 1962).
		Yet, if myth admitted objection to human sacrifice, it argued even more forcefully in favor of the practice by making it the wish of the reigning gods of the cosmos: the three sorcerers had driven Quetzalcoatl from Tula precisely because he was against human sacrifice.
		That human sacrifice was a major part of Aztec culture is testified to by the many stone receptacles for hearts and depictions of human sacrifice in Aztec art.
	www.wynja.com /arch/aztec.html (4157 words)

	From Rudolph: Should human scale be ignored after 100 feet? (...
		The greatest example of human scale in a high-rise beyond the 5th floor is Wright's Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma (Featured in Resources, Frank Lloyd Wright).
		It is in fact this very scale in the higher floors that lets one understand not only the true height of the building, but also it's purpose.
		So my answer is no, human scale should never be ignored regardless of how far people are able to see from any given point.
	www.gibson-design.com /interactive/_arch1/0000000f.htm (549 words)

	Scale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Scale would, I feel, cover all ground from the very smallest (size) and shortest (duration) to the very largest and longest, including "small" and "long" (duration) and "large" and "short" (duration).
		Since any number of processes (observing entities) at different scales may be observing (interacting with) another, arbitrarily-selected process at the precise same instant[18], the observed process will react as though it is centred at the same number of different scales simultaneously.
		Hence, discrete-system "error" is generally catastrophic at one scale or another; its effects cross through the entire scale dimension as reflected in the behaviour of the operator , and may not be directly detectable by human* senses in real-time.
	www.ideatree.net /articles/scale.htm (3048 words)

	The Human Assembly
		Humans, with the right system, can make a world worth living in; humans, with the wrong system, become little more than cogs in a machine.
		The Human Assembly can be created with only two (2) hours per week of commitment from each Citizen, where one hour is spent amiably among friends, and the other in casual promotion to other friends.
		Trust is a human feeling that we extend in varying degrees to people that we know, and we get to know people over time by having a personal relationship with them.
	humanassembly.org /tHA (13971 words)

	University Architect (Master Plan: Human Scale) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The complexities of human psychology that govern spatial perception, and lead to either acceptance or rejection of an environment, are too little known to permit precise explanation.
		In direct contravention of the age, NMSU grew and preserved human qualities in appearance, in its unspoken philosophy and in a way of life.
		It may be there is an ideal size to an institution of higher learning and, once we exceed this size, we decrease the quality, attractiveness and the human content of the campus.
	www.ppd.nmsu.edu /architect/human.html (371 words)

	NCHGR-DOE Guidance on Human Subjects Issues in Large-Scale DNA Sequencing
		As approximately 99.9% of the human DNA sequence is common between any two individuals, most of the fundamental biological information contained in the human DNA sequence is common to all people.
		Another implication of the fact that 99.9% of the human DNA sequence is shared by any two individuals is that the backgrounds of the individuals who donate DNA for the first human sequence will make no scientific difference in terms of the usefulness and applicability of the information that results from sequencing the human genome.
		Many academic human genetics units have considerable experience in dealing with research subjects and obtaining informed consent, while the laboratories that are likely to be involved in making the libraries for sequencing have, in general, much less experience of this type.
	ornl.gov /sci/techresources/Human_Genome/archive/articles/nchgrdoe.html (3327 words)

	The Human Behavioral Ecology Bibliography
		Heritability and genetic constraints of life-history trait evolution in preindustrial humans.
		Human prenatal investment affected by maternal age and parity.
		In The Biodemography of Human Reproduction and Fertility, J. Rodgers and H.P. Kohler, eds., pp.
	faculty-staff.ou.edu /A/Kermyt.G.Anderson-1/HBE (8385 words)

	FUDGE: Freeform, Universal, Donated Gaming Engine -- Chapter 3
		The Strength/Mass Scale number is figured in to damage in combat, and all weapons and armor are assumed to be of the same Scale as the wielder.
		This can be anywhere from Scale 4 (five times as strong as the average human) to Scale 13 (200 times as strong as the average human) or even higher, depending on the power level of the campaign.
		For Scales below the human norm, each step of Mass Scale includes a fault equivalent to Easily Wounded, and the GM may allow this to be used to balance other traits like any other fault - see Section 2.64, Trading Traits.
	www.cs.pdx.edu /~trent/frp/fudge.3.html (5008 words)

	Human Scale Education - Education because people matter
		Human Scale Education is an education reform movement committed to small scale learning communities based on the values of democracy, fairness and respect.
		HSE works directly with schools and parents to promote human scale learning environments where children and young people are known and valued as individuals.
		Fiona was, until recently Human Scale Education's Small School Project Officer.
	www.hse.org.uk (213 words)

	Human Scale Chess Project
		the human scale chess game was invented by brooklyn-based artist sharilyn neidhardt.
		each participant plays the role of a human chess piece.
		the human scale chess project offers an opportunity to see the game from the unique perspective of a single piece.
	humanchess.typepad.com /project (556 words)

	FF: Fudge Supernormal Powers
		A race (or individual) of greater than human average strength, for example, would be Scale 1 Strength or more, while a race of lesser average strength than humans would be Scale -1 Strength or less.
		In this case, they would have a harder time hurting each other than humans would, since their Strength Scale (ability to give out damage) is lower than their Mass Scale (ability to take damage).
		For Scales below the human norm, each step of Mass Scale includes a fault equivalent to Easily Wounded, and the GM may allow this to be used to balance other traits like any other fault - see Section 1.64, Trading Traits.
	www.fudgefactor.org /rules/plain_fudge2.html (4900 words)

	BrainConnection.com - Robert Sylwester's November 2000 Column: Human Scale, Curiosity, and Technological Extensions: ...
		A monthly column that explores scientific and technological developments that pose problems and possibilities for educational policy and practice.
		By Robert Sylwester, Ed.D. We necessarily function at a human ability scale when we assess the magnitude of challenges we confront.
		Adults are fascinated by those who make the dedicated effort to extend the human scale.
	www.brainconnection.com /topics?main=col/sylwester00nov (523 words)

	II Journal: Peter Rice: building to a human scale
		What is needed is something which returns the human scale and human involvement to buildings.
		It is an example of the use of new materials to change the feeling and scale of a large and monumental building.
		What is often missing is the evidence of human intervention, the fl box syndrome.
	www.umich.edu /~iinet/journal/vol2no3/rice.html (1369 words)

	human-scale chess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		we are currently planning a human chess game to be played in vancouver on sunday, november 2 2003.
		It raises questions about fatalism versus determinism and the value of a human being against the enormity of civilization.
		a segment of the next big thing on PRI covered the human chess game on sunday, may 18.
	mysite.verizon.net /johnnieutah/chess/humanchess.html (412 words)

	Education Book Review/High Schools on a Human Scale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		High Schools on a Human Scale is organized as a quick reference book with answers that are concise, workable, and easy to implement in any high school.
		High Schools on a Human Scale is a useful tool that should be on the shelf of anyone who is involved with the educational system today.
		The high school human scale and achievement scale need to coincide to bring back the success of American education once again.
	www.lib.msu.edu /corby/reviews/posted/toch.htm (443 words)

	Arch131 - Human Figure
		This is about modeling a representation of a human figure and insert it into the design models to give a relationship of the scale of your project to the human scale of a person.
		Scale it to the Grid to make the figure 5'-6" to 6'-0" tall.
		If your virtual human figure appears similar to that in fig.3 you are ready to move it into the 3D model files.
	isc.temple.edu /arch131/01hsf.html (441 words)

	Human-scale Planck Units
		A seven-year-old human being is apt to have mass around a millionth of a quad, namely 22 kilograms, and as adults our masses are apt to be a few millionths.
		Frequency and temperature are related in our scale model of the Planck units in a way that is similar to, and parallels, the way they are related in the natural units.
		Somewhat less formally, normal human body temperature is 2.19 grade and the conventional norm for atmospheric pressure translates into ton-pace-minute units as 21.9 tons per square pace.
	www.planck.com /humanscale.htm (4849 words)

	Human-Scale Education
		The job of a teacher and parent is like that of a forester or gardener, to support, encourage, protect, inspire, and provide.
		Human Scale Education is a grassroots English organization devoted to restructuring large schools into smaller ones, gaining public funds for small alternative schools, and encouraging parental participation.
		Its 3 times yearly newsletter, Human Scale Education News, reports on the activities of its members, from "eco-kitchen" building to schoolwide theatrical productions.
	www.utne.com /cgi-bin/udt/im.display.printable?client.id=utne&story.id=11450 (1245 words)

	The Sanger Institute: Human Epigenome ProjectHuman Epigenome Consortium
		The Human Epigenome Consortium is a public/private collaboration that aims to identify and catalogue Methylation Variable Positions (MVPs) in the human genome.
		As a prelude to the full-scale Human Epigenome Project (HEP), we have recently completed a pilot study of the methylation patterns within the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) - a region of chromosome 6 that is associated with more diseases than any other region in the human genome.
		Analysis and quantification of methylation patterns is achieved by mass spectrometric and microarray assays.
	www.sanger.ac.uk /PostGenomics/epigenome (179 words)

	New Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rat Genome Map is released by the Human Genome Center of the University of Tokyo as part of the Genome Databases in Japan.
		The sequence data are made available by the JST large-scale human genome sequencing projects.
		Human chromosome 21 sequence map by HGC was released.
	www.genome.jp /WhatsNew/NewService.html (3694 words)

	Opinion: Work on a human scale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Human capital -- Companies ave a whole range of remuneration techniques at present – Performance Based Pay, Competence Based Pay, Profit Sharing, Team Based Pay and Seniority Based Pay, to name just a few.
		At the moment companies are focusing almost exclusively on return on equity, a good measure of the return for shareholders.
		But if you look at these companies’ annual reports, they all repeat the chorus that human capital is the prime source of competitive advantage.
	www.aslm.org /news/magazine/jun2002/opinion.htm (1309 words)

	Politics.434 - Human Scale? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Not only is the size of physical surroundings important in human actions, but also the size of the population of an area, the size of a bureaucracy or organization, etc.
		Regional scale, say the scope of New England (10 million people) is a rational scale to organize economy on.
		In contrast, the US as a jurisdiction scale is functionally global, and functionally unregulatable at a natural economy level.
	www.utne.com /motet/guest/motet?show+-ukp4cU+-ilad+Politics+434 (1052 words)

	Eric Freeman's Blog: Java, Coolness, Human Scale and Creative Environments
		As with real architecture, when things aren't built to human scale, people find them oppressive, uninspiring, difficult to use and in the end these environments do not create vibrance (or perhaps Christopher Alexander would say such environments do not have the "Quality without a Name").
		I'd argue further, these lightweight choices, which in my opinion are built to human scale, may help Java recapture vibrance, which leads to coolness.
		I read with interest the idea of scaling back Java - I've seen this debate before, and has always thusfar sided with the camp that does not want to fragment Java is a miriade of tiny downloads.
	weblogs.java.net /blog/ericfreeman/archive/2004/12/java_coolness_h_1.html (2383 words)

	Homepage - Francisco J. Gil-White (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This sets in motion emergent phenomena that can explain why human brains have evolved to erroneously essentialize ethnic groups as 'natural' categories.
		The uniquely human capacity for direct social learning has resulted in selection pressures to choose models who are above-average in skills/knowledge and to buy access to them through deference in order to learn better.
		J., and P. Richerson (2003) "Large scale human cooperation and conflict," in Encyclopedia of cognitive science.
	www.psych.upenn.edu /~fjgil (693 words)

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