The development of Affect 3D is a major step forward in the history of technology. The possibilities for visual representation and simulation that this cutting-edge technology provides have sparked a revolution in many fields. This article explores the inner workings, uses, and promise of Affect 3D, illuminating its far-reaching effect across several fields.
Evolution of Affect 3D Technology
Years of work in the field of three-dimensional imagery have led to the creation of Affect-3D. It has progressed from early 3D modeling techniques to a sophisticated technology that can produce photorealistic images. This development has enabled several fields, such as medicine and the arts.
Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR, Apr 6 2006 (IPS) – A parasitic skin disease spread by a hairy fly, that thrives in insanitary conditions, has assumed epidemic proportions in Afghanistan and across the border in camps for Afghan refugees in Pakistan.
HealthNet International (HNI), which has been running clinics with support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the war-destroyed country since 1993, has estimated that the illness, cutaneous leishmaniasis, which causes large ulcers on the body, is prevalent in seven percent of the population (roughly 75,000 people) in Kabul alone.
According to WHO s Dr Quaid Saeed, many among the estimated two million Afghan refugees in Pakistan, also suffer from active leishmaniasis, spread by the female sandfly.
Leishmaniasis i…
Ashfaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR, Apr 6 2006 (IPS) – A parasitic skin disease spread by a hairy fly, that thrives in insanitary conditions, has assumed epidemic proportions in Afghanistan and across the border in camps for Afghan refugees in Pakistan.
HealthNet International (HNI), which has been running clinics with support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the war-destroyed country since 1993, has estimated that the illness, cutaneous leishmaniasis, which causes large ulcers on the body, is prevalent in seven percent of the population (roughly 75,000 people) in Kabul alone.
According to WHO s Dr Quaid Saeed, many among the estimated two million Afghan refugees in Pakistan, also suffer from active leishmaniasis, spread by the female sandfly.
Leishmaniasis i…
Ignatius Banda
TSHOLOTSHO, Zimbabwe, Jan 31 2008 (IPS) – They left the country in search of jobs to better their lives, but village elders in rural Tsholotsho, say young men who left home to fend for their families are losing their lives at alarming rates to HIV/AIDS related ailments.
Tsholotsho, about 150 kilometres south-east of Bulawayo, is one of many rural outposts in Matebeleland that have seen thousands of young men making the trek to neighbouring South Africa and Botswana in search of jobs.
But this immigration while helping sustain families back home has come at a high price, village elders say.
In Zimbabwe, female life expectancy stands at 34 years, while for males it is 37 years, according to U.N. statistics. Zimbabwe has the lowest life expectancy …
Suvendrini Kakuchi
TOKYO, May 22 2010 (IPS) – Junko Hamada, 59, is now in her 12th year as an elected member of the city council of Isehara, a sprawling bed town west of Tokyo with an estimated population of 150,000.
The former women s rights activist, married and with three adult children and a grandchild, exudes energy and elegance and talks quietly. She shows no sign of what analysts say she represents today s breed of plucky Japanese women who are making inroads into politics, one of Japan s toughest male-dominated arenas.
Their determination, says Nori Araki, is all the more valuable when you consider that Japanese women, 65 years ago, had not a single female politician to represent them.
National women s suffrage was enacted after Japan lost World War …
Alicia is one of the millions of Chilean women who have had an illegal, unsafe abortion because in their country terminating a pregnancy is punishable with up to five years in prison, regardless of the circumstances. Now the country is moving towards legalising therapeutic abortion. Credit: Marianela Jarroud/IPS
SANTIAGO, Sep 24 2014 (IPS) – Chile, one of the most conservative countries in Latin America, is getting ready for an unprecedented debate on the legalisation of therapeutic abortion, which is expected to be approved this year.
In Chile, more than 300,000 illegal abortions are practiced annually – a scourge that is both cause and effect of many other social pro…