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Christie, Elizabeth, and elizabeth christie@unisa edu au. "Explosions in the Narrative: Action films with Lacan." Flinders University. Screen Studies, 2006. http://catalogue.flinders.edu.au./local/adt/public/adt-SFU20071121.092301.
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Since the late seventies, the violence, speed and spectacle associated with the genres of war films, Westerns and the spectacular melodramas of early cinema have developed into a distinct genre of its own the action film. With the development of the stylistic language at the core of this generic universe came derogatory generalisations and a tendency to categorise simplistically. To overcome these simplifications, this thesis explores the shifts in generic language to distinguish its subtleties and complexities of logic. Overwhelmingly the genre is considered masculine, but the purpose of this thesis is to explore the logic of this masculinity and analyse the effect of the feminine upon it.
Beginning with overviews of the theoretical attempts to grasp the concept of genre that focus primarily on the limitations of the view of their having distinct boundaries, the theory that genre theory has failed is investigated. Leaving this view of boundaries through an exploration of symbolic universes that have translucent boundaries, the filmic movement of genre passes back and forth through the theoretical frameworks. The intention is not to analyse the overall concept of genre, but to focus on the symbolic universe and the language intrinsic to action films. The rules of action cannot be simply transposed onto other generic categories but stand-alone. Genre theory does not fail if approached from a perspective of discourse analysis focusing on the development of symbolic universes. Using Jacques Lacans theory of the four discourses, and focusing primarily on the oppositions of the Masters and the Analysts discourse, the question moves from the listing of conventions as the markers of the boundaries of genre, to exploring why the combination of certain conventions and signifiers coming together created the genre.
Through Lacanian discourse analysis it becomes apparent that the generally acknowledged logic of masculine and feminine are limited. The masculine is the norm that appears to need no explanation, but the feminine has transgressed the norm and shown the construction of fantasy inherent in the genre. This has led to post-action films that are ambiguous both in their generic structure and symbolic language.
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Withey, A. "Antifoam action in thin films and bubble dispersions." Thesis, Swansea University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.636678.
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The first procedure involved bubbling air at a superficial velocity of 7mm/s through a twice filtered concentrated dispersion of silicone antifoam, both in a foam column and in an agitated tank. The rate of removal from the solution of emulsion droplets, which were deposited as an oily layer at the surface, was determined by measuring the volume concentrations and size distributions of droplets in the liquid by means of a Malvern "MasterSizer" particle size analyser. The following general trends for the rates of removal of M30 antifoam drops were found. In a 30mm diameter foam column, rates of removal were in the following order of drop diameters: 100 μm > 50 μm > 35 μm > 20 μm > 10 μm > 5 μm In a 50mm diameter foam column and the agitated tank, the order was: 10 μm > 5 μm > 20 μm > 35 μm > 50 μm > 100 μm The second procedure involved bubbling air at various superficial velocities through solutions containing different concentrations of M30 antifoam and 0.2 g/L BSA. This procedure demonstrated that foam growth was linked to the extent of droplet removal from the solution. As the effectiveness of the antifoam decreased with time, foam height increased rapidly due to accumulation of bubbles at the base of the foam layer. The third procedure involved forming two captive hemispherical bubbles of 0.8 mm diameter which were almost touching. One bubble was very rapidly expanded by the injection of a further quantity of air, producing a thin film. Laser interference patterns formed by the film draining were studied by video image analysis techniques. Whenever, an antifoam droplet appeared to be present in or near the film rapid thinning and collapse of the film occurred.
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Goulden, Jan. "The western, the buddy movie and noir : lesbian re-readings of the American action movie." n.p, 1999. http://library7.open.ac.uk/abstracts/page.php?thesisid=13.
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Esmail, Ayad M. S. "Surface organisation and transistor action in naphthalocyanine and porphyrin nanoring thin films." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40406/.
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In this thesis, the growth of metal-free naphthalocyanine (Nc) and copper naphthalocyanine (CuNc) on both bare Si/SiO2 and octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) modified Si/SiO2 surface were studied. The effects of the substrate temperature on morphology and structure of Nc and CuNc thin film growth were presented. For these purposes thin films of Nc and CuNc prepared by thermal vacuum evaporation were studied using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). We observed that the increase of substrate temperature during growth affects the morphology, preferential molecular orientation and degree of crystallinity of both Nc and CuNc thin film, which were used as active layers in organic field effect transistor (OFET) devices. Organic thin film transistors (OFETs) were fabricated using these molecules as the active layers and their electrical characteristics were measured under both vacuum and atmospheric conditions and they were found to exhibit p-type transistor action. A series of samples of the Nc and CuNc thin films were grown on Si/SiO2 and OTS-modified oxide surface at different substrate temperature but fixed equivalent deposited thickness. The growth conditions, particularly the substrate temperature strongly affect nucleation size and shape of the organic thin film. In general, the thin film morphology shows a near circular grain and elongated grain shape at low substrate temperature, while the thin Nc film shows small needle-like structure and extended needle-like crystalline structures with large gaps at high substrate temperature. The optimum substrate temperature during the growth of Nc on both surfaces is achieved at 200 °C, and this occurs for growth of CuNc at 180 °C and 160 °C on Si/SiO2 and OTS surfaces, respectively, for which the naphthalocyanine thin film shows the best morphological and electrical properties. We used Nc and CuNc thin films prepared at different substrate temperatures as active layers to fabricate bottom and top-contact organic field effect transistors. Their electrical characteristics were measured at room temperature in vacuum and air in the dark. We plotted the output characteristic and transfer characteristic of all OFET devices so that the effects of grain size and crystal structure on the performance characteristic of Nc OFET device could be investigated. Then we studied the effects of hysteresis and charge traps on device performance when exposed to air. We found that the changes generated by exposure of the device to atmosphere may be reversed by annealing the thin film to ∼100 °C in vacuum. We reported the highest mobility of (5.16 ± 0.23) × 10-2 cm2 /Vs for top-contact Nc device prepared at 200ºC on SiO2 after annealing in vacuum, and also we reported the highest mobility of (3.56 ± 0.14) × 10-2 cm2 /Vs for top-contact CuNc device prepared at 180ºC on SiO2 after annealing in vacuum. We found that the top-contact device always performs better than the bottom-contact device. We attributed this to the change of morphology of active layer in the interface between contact metal and SiO2. Solvent induced self-assembly, self-trapping, and self-organizing of c-P30 cyclic porphyrin polymers on the Au surface that are deposited from two solutions and various concentrations in ambient condition was also studied. This results in the arrangement of cyclic polymers in different configurations such as stacking columnar, supramolecular nesting and uniform height hexagonal close packed structure. These conformations are observed using scanning tunnelling microscopy. Highly covered surface stacking columnar like porous array is also observed. We show that toluene:methanol mixture can play a crucial role in self-assembly of supramolecular structure in two dimensions, π-π stacking conformation perpendicular over surface in three dimensions and single in double nested nanoring conformation. Cyclic porphyrin polymers deposited from toluene shows nested nanorings structure, such as single nanoring self-trapped inside a near-circular shape single ring on surface. Diluted solutions using a large volume of methanol relative to the toluene can suppress the adsorption of nanorings to the surface. Interestingly, adsorption of the cyclic polymer from toluene:methanol 3:5 can result in the formation of uniformly height hexagonal close packing on surface, where nanorings aggregate as columnar stacks in two layers, dependent on concentration. Our results show that the self-assembly of artificial cyclic polymers is dependent on solvent and concentration provides a significant step towards control of the three-dimensional arrangement of supramolecular conformation on surfaces using non-covalent interactions.
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McKahan, Jason Grant. "Hollywood counterterrorism: violence, protest and the Middle East in U.S. action feature films /." Tallahassee, Florida : Florida State University, 2009. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11162009-124125/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2009.Advisor: Andrew Opel, Florida State University, College of Communication and Information, School of Communication. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed on May 26, 2010). Document formatted into pages; contains x, 370 pages. Includes bibliographical references.
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Perazzo, Barbosa Vania. "La Parole en action : trois exemples de «mise en scène du réel»." Paris 10, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA100169.
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L’étude de la mise en scène du réel à partir de la réflexion sur 3 films réalisés dans des conditions assez différentes: Romão (Super-8, Brésil, portrait d'un joueur de "berimbau"), Magda, 3eme étage à droite, Super-8, France, les activités d'une voyante) et Carnaval Sujo (16mm, Brésil, ayant comme sujet un évènement). Premièrement, nous avons fait une réflexion à propos de la stratégie employée dans la réalisation de chaque film. Ensuite, nous avons procédé a l'analyse des 3 films, justifiant la mise en scène du point de vue du choix d'angles et cadrages des mouvements de la camera et aussi de la stratégie employée dans l’élaboration de chaque séquence. Finalement, nous avons traite du problème de la mise en scène de la réalité: -l'interview ou le témoignage, la parole en action, la chanson et l'action proprement dite. La mise en scène a une relation très étroite avec le sujet du film, mais la force du sujet ne présuppose pas l'effacement du cinéaste en tant que personnalité créatriceA study of the "mise en scene" of the reality starting from the reflexion of three films which are made in many different conditions: Romao (Super 8, Brazil), Magda, 3eme étage à droite (Super 8, France) and Carnaval Sujo (16mm, Brazil). Firstly, it was made a reflexion of the strategy used when making each film. Secondly, it was made the analysis of the three films, justifyins the "mise en scene", taking into account the choice of angles, framing and movement of the camera, as well as the strategy used in the elaboration of each sequence. Next, it was discussed the problem pf the "mise en scene" of reality: in each film four options were available to present: interviews or testemonies; the word in action (moments where the word, having an important role was obtained through different kind of interviews); the song; the action in itself. The films were then a result of these four options of "mise en scene", which have a very close relation with the theme of the film. Nevertheless, the respect to the theme, to the characters end to reality, does not imply in the invalidation of the film-maker's creativity
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Martin, Jennifer Gail. "Portrayal of Older People in Disney Live Action Films from the 1990s and 2000s." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2009. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1817.
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Children as young as three years old are scared of the idea of growing old, and negative stereotypes about older people have started to develop by the time children enter elementary school. Negative stereotyping of older characters has been found to be prevalent in all forms of media. Because children use media to figure out who they are and what the world is like, this study looks at some of the most popular films of the past two decades aimed toward children. This study is a content analysis of older major and minor characters from the 60 top grossing Disney live action films in the 1990s and 2000s. This study is a continuation of an earlier study conducted analyzing the same subject in Disney animated films. The two studies will be compared throughout in order to identify trends in Disney's portrayal of older characters. The results of this study found an even more disparate underrepresentation of women and minorities than previous studies. However, this study found a majority of positive portrayals of older people. The majority of older characters in Disney live action films were identified with: the personality traits of “friendly” and “intelligent”; the primary roles of “friend” and “boss”; the health status of “active” or “very active” and in good health; and the stereotypes of “Perfect Grandparent”, “John Wayne Conservative”, and “Golden Ager”. These positive portrayals in all areas are in sharp contrast to many previous studies conducted concerning the portrayal of older characters in the media and are even more positive than the results from the previous study conducted on Disney animated films. As children interpret their social reality based on the media they watch, including Disney live action films, this research postulates that children will cultivate a more positive image of older people as they are portrayed in these films.
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Hensley, Katharine Elizabeth. ""Terrorism Is Theater": How Antagonist Portrayals in Action Films Affect Stereotyping and Impression Formation." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32667.
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This study examined portrayals of terrorists in several action films and their effects on participantsâ thoughts concerning the films and their characters. A 2 x 2 x 2 factorial experiment was used to test the effects of antagonist ethnicity (white or non-white), antagonist portrayal type (sympathetic or non-sympathetic), and mortality salience (treatment or control) on narrative transportation, attitude toward the antagonist, attitude toward the video, stereotype endorsement, and response time for attitude toward the antagonist. Gender differences were also investigated.Participants viewed one 15-minute clip from an action film that manipulated antagonist ethnicity and antagonist portrayal. Then, participants answered several questionnaires surrounding the previously mentioned dependent variables. White terrorists and sympathetic portrayals were preferred over non-white terrorists and non-sympathetic portrayals. Participants in the mortality salience control condition evaluated Arabs more favorably than those exposed to the mortality salience treatment. In addition, males rated antagonists more favorably than females, and males were also less likely to engage in stereotyping of Arabs and African Americans. Implications for theory and suggestions for future research were discussed.Master of Arts
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Malape, Maibi Aaron. "Low temperature growth of Amorphous Silicon thin film." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2007. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_7768_1254727160.
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The growth of amorphous hydrogenated silicon (a-Si:H) thin films deposided by hot wire chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD) has been studied. The films have been characterised for optical and structural properties by means of UV/VIS,FITR,ERDA, XRD.XTEM and Raman spectroscopy. Low subtrate heater temperatures in the range form 130 to 200 degrees celcius were used in this thesis because it is believed to allow for the deposition of device quality a-Si:H which can be used for electronic photovoltaic devices. Furthermore, low temperatures allows the deposition of a-Si:H on any subtrate and thus offers the possibility of making large area devices on flexible organic substances. We showed that the optical and structural properties of grown a-Si:H films depended critically upon whether the films were produced with silane gas or silane diluted with hydrogen gas. We also showed that it is possible to to deposit crystalline materials at low temperature under high hydrogen dilution ratio of silane gas.
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Waeselmann, Sven H. [Verfasser]. "Waveguiding and Laser Action in Rare-Earth-Doped Sesquioxide and Sapphire Films / Sven H. Waeselmann." München : Verlag Dr. Hut, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1113335122/34.
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Solis, Israel. "(Re)Creating a Hero's Narrative through Music: Different Musical Landscapes in Six Live Action Batman Films." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/311589.
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This dissertation uses an interdisciplinary approach that analyzes and compares the film scoring processes of Danny Elfman, Elliot Goldenthal, James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer in characterizing the fictional hero Batman in film. This is accomplished by applying Classical Hollywood film scoring principles from the golden age of cinema, Juan Chattah's pragmatic and semiotic typologies regarding musical metaphoric expression, and psychology. This amalgamation demonstrates how the aforementioned film composers consider varying structural aspects of their music, i.e., formal design, melodic contour, harmonic gestures, and cadential formulas, in (re)creating and establishing their individual artistic trademarks on a comic book character within canonical and non-canonical storylines. The study includes soundtracks from Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns, Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, and Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. The result is an analysis that: 1) enhances what little is known about the music for these films; 2) allows for the recognition of the film scoring creative process behind film sequelization; 3) enhances musical and psychological interpretations of the Batman character; and 4) offers an expansion of Chattah's metaphorical typologies.
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Solis, Israel. "(Re)creating a hero's narrative through music| Different musical landscapes in six live action Batman films." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3606914.
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This dissertation uses an interdisciplinary approach that analyzes and compares the film scoring processes of Danny Elfman, Elliot Goldenthal, James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer in characterizing the fictional hero Batman in film. This is accomplished by applying Classical Hollywood film scoring principles from the golden age of cinema, Juan Chattah's pragmatic and semiotic typologies regarding musical metaphoric expression, and psychology. This amalgamation demonstrates how the aforementioned film composers consider varying structural aspects of their music, i.e., formal design, melodic contour, harmonic gestures, and cadential formulas, in (re)creating and establishing their individual artistic trademarks on a comic book character within canonical and non-canonical storylines. The study includes soundtracks from Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns, Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, and Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. The result is an analysis that: 1) enhances what little is known about the music for these films; 2) allows for the recognition of the film scoring creative process behind film sequelization; 3) enhances musical and psychological interpretations of the Batman character; and 4) offers an expansion of Chattah's metaphorical typologies.
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Derouiche, Nadir. "Propriétés électriques de films de polypyrroles dopé, action des gaz, utilisation en capteur de NH#3." Clermont-Ferrand 2, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990CLF21240.
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Après avoir synthétisé des films de polypyrrole (ppy) en présence d'ions ferricyanure, nous confrontons les résultats expérimentaux obtenus sur ce matériau avec plusieurs modèles théoriques de saut de charges, pour préciser et interpréter les mécanismes de conduction mis en jeu. Nous décrivons, ensuite, les manipulations effectuées sur ce matériau, en vue de tester ces potentialités de fonctionnement en capteur de gaz
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Wagenheim, Christopher Paul Ph D. "Male Bodies On-Screen: Spectacle, Affect, and the Most Popular Action Adventure Films in the 1980s." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1479480931551239.
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Lui, Joyce (Joah). """Redefining Canadian"": a participatory filmmaking, action research project with immigrant and refugee youth /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2005. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/2378.
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(Communication) Project (M.A.) - Simon Fraser University, 2005.(Communication) Project (School of Communication) / Simon Fraser University. Also issued in digital format and available on the World Wide Web.
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Hubner, Patricia. "Desenvolvimento de filmes de gelatina contendo zeólita clinoptilolita impregnada com íons prata e avaliação das propriedades antimicrobianas." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/163888.
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Curativos utilizados no tratamento de feridas crônicas e queimaduras devem apresentar carac terísticas antimicrobianas. Sabe-se que compostos de prata são utilizados há muito tempo como antissépticos, mas apresentam alguns problemas relacionados ao modo de liberação. A fim de controlar essa liberação, os íons Ag+ podem ser imobilizados em suportes, como por exemplo, zeólitas, que por sua vez devem estar dispersas no filme que é utilizado como curativo. Nesse contexto, este trabalho tem como objetivo o desenvolvimento e a caracterização de filmes à base de gelatina, adicionados de zeólita clinoptilolita impregnada com íons prata e a avaliação das propriedades antimicrobianas, visando à aplicação no tratamento de ferimentos. Filmes com 5,7 e 10% (m/v) de gelatina e 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 e 25% (v/v) de glicerol foram produzidos e caracterizados quanto à espessura, teor de umidade, capacidade de absorção de água (CAA), caráter hidrofílico, propriedades mecânicas, permeabilidade ao vapor de água (PVA), fluxo de permeação de vapor de água (FPVA), morfologia por microscopia eletrônica de varredura (MEV) e espectroscopia de infravermelho por transformada de Fourier (FTIR). Com base nas características determinadas, foi possível selecionar três formulações para incorporação das zeólitas (10% de gelatina e 15, 20 e 25 % de glicerol). A zeólita comercial clinoptilolita foi caracterizada e impregnada com íons Ag+. Na sequência, por meio de um ensaio antimicrobiano preliminar, foi definido que as zeólitas seriam adicionadas aos filmes nas concentrações de 0,5; 1 e 2 % (m/v). Os filmes à base de gelatina com zeólitas foram caracterizados pelos mesmos ensaios citados e também por análise tennogravimétrica (TGA), calorimetria exploratória diferencial (DSC) e quantiticação de íons prata por espectrometria de absorção atômica com chama (FAAS). Através da avaliação antimicrobiana qualitativa, percebeu-se que a ação antimicrobiana é decorrente da presença dos íons Ag+, porém não foram identificadas diferenças expressivas entre o tamanho dos halos de inibição formados para as diferentes concentrações de clinoptilolita-Ag. Através do ensaio microbiológico quantitativo verificou-se que não havia carga bacteriana na solução onde o filme estava imerso. Os resultados obtidos mostram que os filmes desenvolvidos neste estudo têm potencial para serem aplicados como curativos, atuando como antimicrobiano, auxiliando, desta forma, na cicatrização dos ferimentos.Dressings used in treatment of bums and chronic wound must present antimicrobial characteristics. It is known that silver compounels are used for long time as antiseptics, but they have some problems related to release mode. To control this release, Ag+ ions may be immobilized in supports, as zeolites, that must be disperseel in the film used as wound dressing. In this sense, this work objectives the development and characterization of gelatin based-films added of clinoptilolite zeolite impregnated with silver ions and antimicrobial properties evaluation, aiming the application in wound treatment, as burns, for example. Films with 5,7 anel 10% (w/v) of gelatin anel 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 anel 25 % (v/v) of glycerol were produced and characterized by the thickness, moisture content, water absorption capacity (CAA), hydrophilic character, mechanical properties, water vapor permeation (PVA), water vapor permeation flux (FPVA), morphology by scanning electron microscopy (MEV) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Based on the determined characteristics, it was possible select three formulations for zeolites incorporation (10% of gelatin and 15, 20 and 25 % of glycerol). Commercial clinoptilolite zeolite was characterized and impregnated with Ag+ ions. Subsequently, by a preliminary antimicrobial assay, it was defined that the zeolites would be added to the films in the concentrations of 0.5, 1 and 2 % (w/v). Gelatin based films with zeolites were characterizeel by the same assays cited and, also, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and silver ions quantification by flame atomic absorption spectroscopy (FAAS). Characterization tests demonstrated that the zeolite concentration of 0.5% resulted in films with properties more suitable for wound dressing application. By the qualitative antimicrobial evaluation, it was noticed that the antimicrobial action is due to the Ag+ ions, but no significant differences between the size of the inhibition halos formed were observed for the different concentrations of clinoptilolite-Ag. By the quantitative antimicrobial evaluation, it was found that there was no bacterial load in the solution where the film was submerged. The results show that the films developed in this stuely have potential to be applied as wound dressings, acting as an antimicrobial, thus helping the wound healing.
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Collins, Ryan William. "It's All Coming Back to You: 1980s Retro Film Culture and the Masculinity of Cult." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1011874/.
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The 1980s is a formative decade in American history. America sought to reestablish itself as a global power and to reassert the dominant ideology of white, patriarchal capitalism. Likewise, media producers in the 1980s sought to reassert the dominance of the white, male, muscled body in filmic representations. The identity politics of the 1980s and the depictions of the white, muscled body once prominent in the 1980s have been the site of conservative nostalgia for a young, male-dominated, cult audience that is a subset of a larger cultural trend known as retro film culture. This thesis provides historical context behind the populist 1980s B-action films from Cannon Group, Inc that celebrate violent masculinity in filmic representations with white, male action heroes. Equally important is the revival of VHS collecting and how this 1980s-inspired subculture reinforces white, patriarchal capitalism through the cult films they valorize and their capitalistic trading practices despite their claims of oppositionality against mainstream taste and Hollywood films. Lastly, this thesis reveals how a new cycle of contemporary films primarily produced outside of Hollywood reasserts and celebrates the dominance of the white, male, muscled body in filmic representations despite a postmodern and hyperconscious exterior. Overall, I argue how these areas of nostalgia are distinct, yet not unrelated, because they reassert white, patriarchal capitalism through the revival of conservative nostalgia for the 1980s.
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Vanhala, Helena. "Hollywood portrayal of modern international terrorism in blockbuster action-adventure films : from the Iran hostage crisis to September 11, 2001 /." view abstract or download file of text, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3181135.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2005.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes filmography (leaves 435-448) and bibliographical references (leaves 454-471). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Mak, Monica. "Racial diversity's journey to constancy : initiatives for redressing the colour imbalance in documentary filmaking at the National Film Board of Canada." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32928.
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This thesis explores the National Film Board's Cultural Diversity in Action Initiatives (1997-- ) whose aim is to redress the under-representation of filmmakers of colour in the English Program's documentary film production streams. Focusing on how these strategies and objectives have broadly tried to promote racial diversity (for instance, one way is through the goal of having one of four filmmakers be a person of colour), this thesis proposes that these initiatives represent the NFB's most prominent and socially progressive raison d'etre for the late 1990s and the new millennium.
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Hubbard, Ariel Elizabeth. "Stagnant Supers: Amplifying the Superhero Genre Through Novelistic Maturity." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6755.
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Few superhero scholars, if any, are discussing physical age or definitions of maturity. It seems Hollywood and consumers are reluctant to associate "adult" content with anything other than pornography, immature language, and excessive violence—a reluctance that should be explored by scholars and critics alike. Most superhero characters only reflect the insecurities of audiences who are currently undergoing the transition between adolescence and young adulthood. There are very few older, middle-aged, or retired superheroes depicted juggling the demands of a family along with their daring rescues. It is possible that superhero films could continue to enjoy longer, lasting success if they include more than the previously targeted immature audience. Live-action superhero films can target all ages more efficiently by avoiding the static "mature" audience narratives and presenting relatable and realistic adulthood with novelistic maturity along with adolescence and childhood.
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Pandelakis, Pia. "L'héroïsme contrarié : formes du corps héroïque masculin dans le cinéma américain 1978-2006." Thesis, Paris 3, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA030076/document.
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Cette recherche se propose d'examiner la figure du héros américain de cinéma, en tant que figure héroïque et pas seulement en tant que personnage principal. Refusant le motif d'un Âge d'or du héros (qui correspondrait au cinéma classique hollywoodien) suivi d'une décadence anti-héroïque (que serait le nouvel Hollywood des années 70), nous avons voulu traiter, au-delà des héros eux-mêmes, de l'héroïsme qui leur était associé, notamment dans un genre considéré comme le vivier par excellence des nouveaux Hercules : le film d'Action.Cet héroïsme nous est apparu comme critique, c'est-à-dire en crise - autrement dit, les héros vivent leur héroïsme sur un mode conflictuel, qui se traduit notamment dans la mise en image de corporéités impossibles, où le corps est poussé vers des états limites. Nous avons ainsi travaillé cette notion d'héroïsme en creux, en cherchant à définir son ailleurs ; à cet égard,c'est le nerd, figure stéréotypée prégnante dans la culture américaine, qui s'est imposée. Ce contre-héroïsme du nerd n'est pas seulement un contre-modèle, mais aussi un terme nécessaire dans l'équation héroïque. Les super-héros qui peuplent aujourd'hui les écrans de cinéma forment à priori une image sublimée de l'héroïsme au cinéma, mais réaffirment, par le jeu des identités doubles, l'intrinsèque fragilité d'un héroïsme qui ne peut émerger qu'à la condition d'intégrer son contraireThis research aims to examine the figure of the american hero in cinema, understood as aheroic figure and not just a main character. By waving aside the idea of a Golden Age for thehero (which could be embodied by classic Hollywood characters) followed by a decadent era(the new Hollywood), we wish to focus - beyond the heroes themselves - on their heroism,especially in a genre considered as the ideal context for harvesting new Herculeses: the actionfilm. Heroism is revealed as being critical, meaning in crisis - in other words, heroes live theirheroism on a conflictual mode, which results in images showing impossible corporeities,where the body is pushed to borderline states. We have thus treated this concept of heroismby searching for its opposites; in this framework, the stereotypical figure of the nerd,dominant in the American culture, imposed itself. The nerd presents a counter-heroism that isnot only a reversed model, but also a necessary term in the heroic equation. The super-heroesthat we see nowadays on movie screens seem to present a sublime image of heroism in thecinema, but thanks to the interplay of their dual identity, they also reaffirm the inner fragilityof heroism, which can only emerge when it accepts its contrary
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Gordon, Derek, and David Rogoff. "Action Jacksons." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2011. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/72.
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Blose, Chris. "Ideas in action : film theory in film criticism /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p1421115.
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Mendonça, Carlos Miguel Nóbrega. "Interactions between ionic liquids and cell membrane models." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/13836.
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Mestrado em Biotecnologia MolecularThis work proposes the study of the interactions, at a molecular level, between diverse ionic liquids (ILs) and the membrane cells, by applying membrane cell models, namely Langmuir-Blodgett technique. We intend to establish a better understanding about the role of the interactions of ILs with membrane cells, in specific, the imidazolium and choliniumcholinium families. Hence, we propose the evaluation of the effect of the concentration as well as of the alkyl chain lengths of imidazolium ILs, on the lipid monolayers organization and stability and compare it with the behaviour of choliniumcholinium ILs. Summing up, this work is expected to provide an insight into the molecular mechanism contributing to the IL toxic activity that should help in the design of less toxic ILs.
Este trabalho propõe o estudo das interações, ao nível molecular, entre diversos líquidos iónicos (ILs) e membranas celulares mediante a aplicação de modelos de membrana celular segundo a técnica de Langmuir Blodgett. Pretendemos estabelecer uma melhor compreensão sobre o papel fundamental das interações de ILs com as membranas celulares, em particular os ILs da família imidazólio e colina. Assim, propõe-se a avaliação do efeito da concentração, bem como dos comprimentos da cadeia alquílica de ILs da família imidazólio, na organização e estabilidade de monocamadas lipídicas e a comparação com o comportamento de líquidos iónicos da família das Colinas. Em suma, este trabalho pretende fornecer uma visão sobre os factores moleculares que contribuem para a toxicidade dos ILs, que possam ajudar no desenvolvimento de ILs menos tóxicos.
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Wells, Zachery D. "We Should Be Together: An Exploration of Acting in and Directing the Same Film." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1402947699.
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Sánchez, Mirna Inés Mosquera. "Interação de moléculas biologicamente ativas com filmes de Langmuir de fosfolipídios." Universidade de São Paulo, 2000. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/76/76132/tde-08112013-102613/.
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A interação de várias substancias bioativas com monocamadas de fosfolipídios foi investigada usando isotermas de pressão e potencial de superfície, incluindo as drogas farmacológicas dipiridamol (DIP), clopromazina (CPZ) e trifluoperazina (TFP), além da melatonina (MEL) e o colesterol (COL). Os fosfolipídios empregados foram o zwiteriônico dipalmitoil fosfatidil colina (DPPC) e o aniônico dipalmitoil fosfatidil glicerol (DPPG) espalhados na superfície de água ultrapura, sendo que as monocamadas servem como modelo simples de membranas. A cooperatividade na interação entre fosfolipídios e moléculas com atividade biológica foi essencial para entender os acentuados efeitos na expansão (ou condensação) das monocamadas e as mudanças no momento de dipolo (até 10% de aumento na expansão em relação à monocamada do fosfolipídio puro para as misturas DIP/DPPC) que ocorreram a concentrações molares muito baixas entre 0,2-0,4% do DIP. Tais efeitos foram observados para todas as cinco substâncias investigadas, em todos os regimes de pressão. Nas altas concentrações, o comportamento da interação depende do tipo de mólecula e também de se a monocamada é de DPPC ou DPPG. Para o DPPC, as drogas farmacológicas foram expelidas da interface em vários graus a altas pressões, e existia um máximo de concentração da droga acima do qual ocorria a saturação, provavelmente porque as moléculas em excesso foram para a subfase. Essas concentrações críticas foram de 2% em mol para o DIP e a CPZ e de 5% em mol para a TFP. Para o DIP, em particular, os resultados das isotermas foram correlacionados com experimentos de espectroscopia de FTIR e microscopia de fluorescência \"in situ\", realizados por colaboradores, os quais permitiram a determinação de uma localização precisa da droga estudada. Não existe inserção do DIP na região da cauda hidrofóbica da monocamada do DPPC, com a interação ocorrendo com o grupo fosfato no zwiteríon, cujas pequenas mudanças na orientação induzidas pelo DIP levam a grandes mudanças no momento de dipolo. Como o DPPG está carregado negativamente sobre a superfície da água pura, não existe saturação nos efeitos de expansão com o aumento da concentração das drogas. O aumento do momento de dipolo efetivo na monocamada mista é atribuído a alterações na densidade de carga superficial pela adsorção da droga catiônica, que reduz a contribuição negativa do potencial da dupla camada, quando comparado com o da monocamada de DPPG puro. Os resultados do COL e a MEL devem ser considerados separadamente devido a sua natureza distinta, embora um comportamento cooperativo também tenha observado com grandes efeitos nas baixas concentrações. Tanto o COL como o MEL induzem mudanças na expansão das monocamadas de DPPC até a máxima concentração empregada, 20% molar. Para o COL foi observado um efeito de condensação a baixas concentrações, o qual foi seguido por uma expansão a altas concentrações, confirmando assim resultados prévios da literatura. Todas as monocamadas mistas COL/DPPG apresentavam-se expandidas, também confirmando alguns resultados da literatura para lipídios (diferentes do DPPC) quando misturados com o COL. A interação da MEL com o DPPC foi essencialmente similar à do COL, apesar do fato de a MEL pura não formar monocamadas estáveis. Sua interação com o DPPG foi peculiar já que o efeito que esta induz satura a 5% em mol. Isto também difere do comportamento das drogas farmacológicas. A MEL é neutra em todos os pHs, portanto, sua intenção com as membranas modelo de DPPG e DPPC só pode ocorrer via dipolo. O mesmo se aplica ao colesterol, o que justifica as diferenças no comportameto destas duas moléculas quando comparadas com as drogas (DIP, CPZ, TFP), que são carregadas sobre a água pura, nas misturas com os dois fosfolipídios (DPPG e DPPC).The interaction of various bioactive substances with phospholipids monolayers has been investigated using surface pressure and surface potential isotherms, which include the pharmaceutical drugs dipyridamole (DIP), chlorpromazine (CPZ) and trifluoperazine (TFP), in addition to melatonin (MEL) and cholesterol (COL). The phospholipids employed were the zwitterionic dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl choline (DPPC) and the anionic dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl glycerol (DPPG) spread onto ultra pure water surfaces, where the monolayers served as simple model membrane systems. Cooperativity in the interaction between phospholipid and bioactive molecules was essential to account for the large effects of expansion (up to 10% increase in area in relation to the pure phospholipid monolayer for the DIP/DPPC mixture) of the monolayers and changes in dipole moment, which occurred at very low concentrations, e.g. 0.2 - 0.4 mol% of the substance. Such large effects were observed for all 5 substances investigated, at all surface pressure regimes. At higher concentrations, the interaction behavior depended on the type of molecule and also on whether the host monolayer was DPPC or DPPG. For DPPC, the pharmaceutical drugs were expelled at varying degrees from the interface at high surface pressures, and there was a maximum drug concentration above which the effects saturated, probably because the molecules in excess were lost to the subphase. These critical concentrations were 2mol% for DIP and CPZ and 5mol% for TFP. For DIP, in particular, the results from isotherm were correlated with in situ FTIR spectroscopy and fluorescent microscopy experiments, carried out by collaborators, which allowed the precise location of the drug to be determined. There is no insertion of DIP into the hydrophobic tail region of the DPPC monolayer, with interaction taking place with the phosphate group in the zwitterion, whose small changes in orientation induced by DIP lead to the large changes in dipole moment. Because DPPG is negatively charged on a pure water surface monolayer, there is no saturation of the expansion effects with the increase in drug concentration. The increase in the effective dipole moment of the mixed monolayers are attributed to alterations in the surface charge density by adsorption of the cationic drugs, which then reduces the negative contribution of the double-layer potential as compared to the pure DPPG monolayer. The results for COL and MEL must be considered separately owing to their distinct nature, even though a cooperative behavior was also observed with large effects at low concentrations. Both COL and MEL induce changes in the DPPC monolayers up to the highest concentration employed, viz. 20mol%. For COL, a condensation effect was observed at low concentrations, which was followed by monolayer expansion at high concentrations, thus confirming previous results in the literature. All COL/DPPG monolayers were more expanded than pure DPPG, also confirming previous results from the literature. While the interaction of MEL with DPPC was essentially similar to that of COL, in spite of the fact that MEL does not form stable monolayers on its own, its interaction with DPPG was somewhat peculiar in that the effects it induced saturate at 5mol%. This also differs from the behavior of the pharmaceutical drugs. MEL is neutral over a wide range of pHs, and therefore its interaction with DPPC and DPPG monolayers must occur via dipole interaction. The same applies to COL, and this explains why the behavior of these two substances is different from the drugs (DIP, CPZ and TFP) that are charged on the water surface, in the interaction with DPPC and DPPG.
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Prévoteau, Karine. "Relations internationales, politiques publiques, marché de l’Art et Essai, trois questions préalables pour une étude de la diffusion des inédits du Sud en salle en France de 1990 à 2007." Thesis, Paris 3, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA030175.
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Les inédits du Sud révèlent une double qualité pour fonder une recherche en cinéma : ils sont à la fois les expressions marquées et les filtres d’observation privilégiés des environnements de trois grands domaines : les Relations internationales, la politique publique et le contexte français du marché de l’Art et Essai. Autour et grâce à un corpus de 430 films de longs métrages distribués commercialement pour la première fois en salles en France entre 1990 et 2007 [Afrique subsaharienne, Mena Iran, Asie centrale, Asie, Amérique Latine] cette thèse propose :- une étude de la construction de la scène culturelle de la diplomatie au sein des politiques étrangères bilatérales et multilatérales, à l’échelle française et européenne et de la place assignée au cinéma par le phénomène des fonds d’aide à la production [Fonds Sud, HBF, ACPFILMS…] dans l’action plus vaste en faveur de l’audiovisuel extérieur ;- une mise en perspective de la construction de la politique publique cinématographique, de ses problématisations successives en lien avec les activités professionnelles et le marché , de la question du paritarisme de ses cadres de décision et d’une conception propre de l’action culturelle et surtout de l’Art et Essai comme projet, mouvement et système puis comme spécialisation éditoriale de la distribution ;- une étude plus monographique des trajectoires de quelques cinématographies du Sud selon la problématique d’une symétrie supposée autour d’un indicateur de production entre marché de provenance et marché français [Chine, Iran, Argentine, Brésil, Mexique] et selon la problématique des small cinemas [Tunisie, Liban, Maroc, pays d’Afrique subsaharienne]The study of newly released films from the ‘South’ opens up interesting new perspectives for research in cinema studies. These films not only inform us about international relations, public policy and the art house cinema market in France but have also led to some original conclusions.This thesis is based on a study of 430 long feature films released in France between 1990 and 2007 from Subsaharan Africa, the MENA region, Iran, Central Asia, Asia and Latin America. In this dissertation, we propose:- an analysis of the construction of cultural diplomacy in the context of bilateral and multilateral foreign politics. This treatment operates at the levels of French and European politics and examines the place of cinema with respect to the agencies that finance film production [Fonds Sud, HBF, ACPFILMS…] as well as the larger context of external funding for audio-visual productions in general;- an assessment of the construction of public policy concerning film, with an examination of the successive strategies for coping with professional activities and the market. Here, we examine industrial relations and cooperative decision making as well as the reflections concerning the conception of cultural activity and, above all, art house cinema as a project, movement and system then later as a specialist form of production and distribution;- a study of the trajectories of a selected group of film cultures from the south. This study turns around two issues; the purported symmetry between the market of the country where the film is made and the French market as measured by production statistics [China, Iran, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico] and the question of ‘small cinemas’ [Tunisia, Lebanon, Morocco, sub-Saharan Africa]
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Iahnke, Aline Oliveira e. Silva. "Filmes biodegradáveis com propriedades funcionais produzidos a partir de resíduos industriais." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/129775.
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Filmes e coberturas comestíveis têm recebido cada vez mais atenção e interesse por parte de indústrias e pesquisadores pois eles representam uma alternativa para substituir plásticos comumente utilizados para embalagens em indústrias alimentícias. Nesse contexto, filmes biodegradáveis foram produzidos a partir de resíduos da fabricação de cápsulas nutracêuticas compostas por gelatina, glicerina e água e combinados com farinhas de resíduos da indústria de minimamente processados de cenoura e beterraba. Todos os filmes elaborados foram caracterizados quanto às propriedades físico-químicas, mecânicas, de barreira, ópticas e antioxidantes. Dentre os filmes desenvolvidos, os que apresentaram essas características aprimoradas e com maior funcionalidade, foram selecionados para serem estudados quanto a sua estrutura, estabilidade térmica e proteção contra oxidação primária em óleo de girassol embalado pelos filmes. Em geral, a adição de farinhas aos filmes gelatinosos ocasionou: redução de umidade, solubilidade em água, swelling, permeabilidade ao vapor de água e elongação; aumento de opacidade, porcentagem de inibição do radical DPPH; maior proteção aos efeitos da luz e da oxidação primária de óleo de girassol; e estrutura menos lisa e homogênea quando comparado aos filmes sem adição de farinhas. Além disso, os filmes estudados apresentaram estabilidade térmica até aproximadamente 200 °C. Com isso, foi possível desenvolver filmes biodegradáveis com propriedades funcionais a partir de resíduos industriais e colaborar com o desenvolvimento de tecnologias sustentáveis.Edible films and coatings have gained increasing attention and interest from the industry and researchers, as they represent an alternative to replace commonly used plastics for packaging in the food industry. In this context, biodegradable films were produced from the residues from the manufacture of nutraceutical capsules, mainly composed of gelatin, glycerin and water, and combined with different residue flour derived from the minimal processing of carrot and beet root. All the prepared films were characterized regarding their physicochemical, mechanical, barrier, optical and antioxidant properties. The films which presented improved characteristics and greater functionality were selected to be studied regarding their structure, thermal stability and protection against primary oxidation of sunflower oil packed in the films. In general, the addition of the flour into the gelatin-based films caused: reduction in the moisture content, water solubility, swelling, water vapor permeability and elongation at break; increase in the opacity and percentage inhibition of DPPH radical; greater protection against the effects of light and primary oxidation of sunflower oil; and less smooth and homogeneous structure when compared to films without addition of flours. Furthermore, the studied films showed thermal stability up to approximately 200 ° C. Thus, it was possible to develop biodegradable films with functional properties from industrial residues and contribute to the development of sustainable technologies.
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Said, Emanuel. "Insight into action : how firms use customer insight." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2014. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9274.
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Customer insight is fundamental for market oriented organizations to understand their markets. However, the use of customer insight in marketing decisions is poorly understood, partly due to the difficulties in obtaining research access within organizations. But in part because under the perspective of market-based learning (MBL) theory, knowledge is a fixed asset so while there has been interest in insight acquisition, there has been less interest in the processes of insight use.
This doctoral research focuses on managers’ use of customer insight within the organisation. It applies the case research method within two organisations using multiple sources of data, including interviews with multiple individuals and real-time experience tracking over a period of time. A framework of the process of insight use is developed from a review of literature and then explored and expanded upon through case study analysis.
The emergent framework provides a more granular understanding of the multiple stages of the customer insight use cycle within an organization. It identifies that the insight use process is a perpetual feedback loop learning mechanism and involves several stages identified as: acquiring, filtering, transforming, sharing, analysing/interpreting, actioning and storing. The study finds that some phases are more likely to involve an individual manager while others are more likely to involve managers working collectively. For instance, the stages of acquisition and transforming tend to be individual while the stages relating to interpretation and actioning of insight tend to be collective. Managers may also opt to store insight as their next step for potential actioning at a later stage after any of the process stages. In addition to identifying the stages of insight use, this study identifies the pivotal role of organizational memory in the insight use process. Enablers and blockers of insight use are identified including that managers may respond to perceived information overload by (consciously or unconsciously) blocking information.A key contribution of this thesis is that it incorporates the first use in an organizational behaviour context, of the real-time experience tracking (RET) method. This pioneering use of RET demonstrates that this method may address some of the limitations that plague traditional participant observation techniques in organizational settings, such as active or moderate participation. It demonstrates that RET can be used to track the insight use process of individuals in organizations over time, helping to understand their individual and collective insight use processes.
This multi-informant, multi-method study of customer insight use thus provides a deeper understanding of the processes of customer insight use than most previous MBL studies, which have typically employed single-informant, cross-sectional survey approaches. Practitioner implications include that new individual competencies in information use may be needed and that organisations may need to foster a new code of etiquette for information sharing and feedback between peers in organizations operating in today’s information rich environment.
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Marty, Stéphanie. "Communication et processus décisionnel : le choix du film des jeunes publics au cinéma." Thesis, Toulouse 2, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014TOU20045/document.
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Le cinéma est, depuis sa création, au centre des débats qui animent les sociétés. Il attise la curiosité et l’intérêt d’une multitude d’individus : des publics, des critiques, des acteurs économiques, des professionnels, des chercheurs… Ces derniers s’intéressent aux publics, à leurs pratiques, et y consacrent de nombreux travaux. Pourtant, malgré le volume foisonnant de publications, une question reste entière : comment les publics choisissent-ils leur film au cinéma ? L’approche des publics reste parcellaire et le choix du film reste inexploré, alors qu’il préoccupe un ensemble d’acteurs, qui multiplient les initiatives pour intervenir dans ce choix, l’équiper ou l’orienter. La présente recherche entend remédier à ce paradoxe, en cherchant à mettre au jour les logiques sous-jacentes du processus de choix du film mené par les jeunes publics au cinéma. Ancrée dans une démarche exploratoire et compréhensive, elle envisage ce choix dans une perspective communicationnelle, qui prend en compte sa complexité et l’étudie de manière globale et transversale. Nous appréhendons le choix en train de se faire, au cinéma ; cette perspective permet de porter un regard distancié sur les théories dominantes mobilisées sur le cinéma et sur la décision, notamment en Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication. Elle nous permet de comprendre combien le choix du film des publics est une action située, qui dépend du contexte et des circonstances du moment. En outre, en articulant le théorique et l’empirique, et en donnant la part belle à une triangulation de données, notre démarche délivre des clefs pour comprendre les processus de choix en particulier, et les processus décisionnels en généralSince its creation, cinema is at the heart of discussions within societies. It arouses curiosity and attracts interest from many: publics, critics, professionals, main economic actors, researchers… While these latter have contributed to a huge amount of works based on cinema’s audiences and practices, only one question remains: How cinema audiences make their film selection? Although many actors and initiatives are developed to help, support, advice and orient the audiences, the approach and the decision-making process of a movie remain misunderstood and unexplored. This research aims to remedy to this contradiction, by highlighting the underlying motivations present in the decision-making process of the young cinema audience. Anchored in a both exploratory and comprehensive process-based approach, this research conceives this process in a communicational perspective by taking in account its complexity, and by analyzing it globally and transversally. We study the “on-going decision-making process” – the decision “as practice” - made inside the cinema. This perspective allows having a look distant from the dominants theories. Furthermore, by articulating theoretical and empirical points of view, and by giving special attention to the triangulation of data, our approach delivers keys to rightfully understand the decision-making process in general and in particular
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Kobow, Beatrice. "See what I mean : understanding films as communicative actions." Paderborn Mentis, 2007. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=3001257&prov=M&dokv̲ar=1&doke̲xt=htm.
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Saranti, Tascila Ferreira da Silva. "Desenvolvimento de novos filmes comestíveis de gelatina contendo nanoemulsão de óleo essencial de pimenta preta ou manjerona reforçados com cloisite Na+ /." Ilha Solteira, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/182375.
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Orientador: Márcia Regina de Moura AouadaResumo: A crescente preocupação em se consumir produtos que sejam ecologicamente corretos tem motivado pesquisas no desenvolvimento de novos materiais. Nesse sentido, filmes à base de polímeros naturais têm sido desenvolvidos com o objetivo de substituir parcialmente a utilização dos polímeros tradicionais. A utilização desses filmes, além de diminuir a geração de resíduos plásticos descartados no meio ambiente, podem ainda exercer a função de embalagem ativa, estendendo a vida útil dos alimentos. O presente trabalho consiste na elaboração de novos filmes comestíveis à base de gelatina e nanoemulsão de óleos essenciais de manjerona e de pimenta-preta. A gelatina é um polímero natural, biocompatível e biodegradável, possuindo boa capacidade de formar filmes flexíveis. Os óleos essenciais de manjerona e de pimenta-preta possuem boa aceitação por parte dos consumidores, além de excelentes propriedades antioxidantes e antimicrobianas. Quando adicionados às matrizes poliméricas em forma de nanoemulsão, pode contribuir para a diminuição da permeabilidade a vapores de água e aumentar a tenacidade dos filmes. Visando a melhoria da resistência mecânica dos filmes, dispersão de argilas vem sido incorporadas as dispersões filmogênicas. Nesse trabalho, foi utilizada a cloisite Na+. Os filmes produzidos foram caracterizados quanto à análise subjetiva, permeabilidade ao vapor de água, propriedade mecânicas, propriedades térmicas, difração de raios-x, ângulo de contato e microestruturais. As nanoem... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: The growing concern to consume products that are ecologically correct has motivated the study in the development of new materials. In this sense, films based in natural polymers have been created with the aim of replacement of the traditional polymers. The use of these films behind to decreasing the generation of plastic waste in the environment, it can still be active packaging, extending the food shelf-life. This present study consists in the elaboration of a film based in gelatin and marjoram and black pepper essential oils nanoemulsions. Gelatin is a natural, biocompatible and biodegradable polymer, it has good flexible and film forming ability. The marjoram and black pepper essential oil has a good acceptance by the consumers, as well as excellent antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. When incorporated to polymer matrices by the nanoemulsions way, they can contributed to the reduction of water vapor permeability and increase film tenacity. By the aim of improve the mechanical proprieties, clay dispersions had been incorporated in the film dispersions. In this study Na+ cloisite was used. The produced films were characterized by the subjective analysis, water vapor permeability, mechanical properties, thermal properties, x-ray diffusion, contact angle and microstructural. The nanoemulsions characterized by the particle size, presented results between 250 and 181nm to black pepper, and 82 and 47nm to marjoram essential oil. Related to the water vapor permeability and t... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Méndez, Laura María Reyes. "Produção, caracterização e estudo da estabilidade de filmes à base de gelatina e extrato de própolis vermelha enriquecidos com óleos essenciais de manjericão (Ocicum basilicum), cravo (Syzygium aromaticum) ou hortelã (Mentha piperita)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/74/74132/tde-18042017-110434/.
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Os óleos essenciais e a própolis vermelha são reconhecidos pela atividade antimicrobiana e capacidade antioxidante, e têm sido utilizados em filmes à base de biopolímeros como agentes ativos. O objetivo geral desta tese foi o desenvolvimento de filmes à base de gelatina contendo extrato etanólico de própolis vermelha (EEP) e óleo essencial de cravo (OE cravo), de manjericão (OE manjericão) ou de hortelã (OE hortelã), e aplicação na conservação de carne bovina moída. O EEP e OE´s foram caracterizados em relação ao conteúdo de fenóis totais, atividade antioxidante (ABTS e DPPH) e atividade antimicrobiana contra bactérias Gram (+) S. aureus, L. monocytogenes e bactérias Gram (-) E. coli e S. enteritidis. Foram elaborados filmes com diferentes concentrações de OE´s (8 tratamentos) seguindo um delineamento experimental simplex com dois componentes, e quatro filmes controles: gelatina; gelatina e EEP, gelatina e OE cravo, gelatina e OE manjericão. Os filmes foram caracterizados em relação a conteúdo de fenóis, capacidade antioxidante, atividade antimicrobiana, umidade e solubilidade, propriedades mecânicas (tração e perfuração), propriedades óticas e barreira à luz, permeabilidade ao vapor de água (PVA). Também foram realizadas análises por espetroscopia de infravermelho com transformada de Fourier (FTIR), por difração de raios x (DXR), por calorimetria diferencial de varredura (DSC), e por microscopia eletrônica de varredura (SEM) e microscopia de força atômica (AFM). O filme ativo que apresentou melhor atividade antimicrobiana e capacidade antioxidante e os filmes controles, foram acondicionados a 4 °C e 58%UR por quatros semanas para avaliação da estabilidade antioxidante e antimicrobiana. Amostras de carne bovina moída foram recobertas com o filme ativo e filmes controles, e acondicionadas a 4 ± 2 °C por 10 dias, com avaliações nos dias 0, 3, 7 e 10 de parâmetros cromáticos, índice de peróxidos (IP) e atividade antimicrobiana frente a coliformes totais, aeróbios mesófilos e S. aureus. Observou-se que o EEP apresentou capacidade antioxidante e atividade antimicrobiana, dependentes do tratamento de extração. Foram adicionados no filme de gelatina o EO cravo e OE manjericão por apresentarem atividade antimicrobiana e capacidade antioxidante maior que OE hortelã. A adição de EEP e OE´s na matriz de gelatina proporcionou um aumento no conteúdo de fenóis totais nos filmes. As propriedades mecânicas foram alteradas com a adição dos OE´s e propriedades óticas e barreira a luz UV-Vis pela adição de EEP. A umidade, solubilidade, PVA não foram modificadas drasticamente com a adição dos compostos ativos. Propriedades térmicas, cristalinidade e os resultados das análises espectrofotométricas FTIR apresentaram discretas modificações. O filme ativo e filmes controles diminuíram o crescimento microbiano nas amostras de carne bovina moída comparado com à amostra controle, além de apresentar diminuição no IP ao longo do tempo. Pode-se concluir que a adição de EEP e OE´s melhorou algumas propriedades físicas, além de conferir atividade antimicrobiana e antioxidante aos filmes de gelatina que podem ser aplicados na conservação de alimentos de baixa ou intermediária umidade e susceptíveis à oxidação lipídica.Essential oils and red propolis are recognized by its antimicrobial activity and antioxidant capacity, and have been used in films based on biopolymers as active agents. The general objective of this thesis was the development of gelatin-based films added with red propolis ethanolic extract (EEP) and essential oil of clove (OE clove), basil (OE basil) and mint (OE mint), and its application for conservation of ground beef. The EEP and OE\'s were characterized in relation to the total phenol content, antioxidant capacity (ABTS and DPPH) and antimicrobial activity against Gram (+) bacteria S. aureus, L. monocytogenes and Gram (-) bacteria E. coli and S. enteritidis. Films with different concentrations of EO clove and EO basil (8 treatments), following a simplex experimental design with two components, and four control films were prepared: gelatin, gelatin and EEP, gelatin and OE clove, gelatin and OE basil. The films were characterized in relation to phenols content, antioxidant capacity, antimicrobial activity, moisture and solubility, mechanical properties (tensile strength and puncture tests), optical properties and light barrier, water vapor permeability (WVP). Moreover, analyses were performed by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), by X-ray diffraction (DXR), by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The active film that showed better antimicrobial and antioxidant capacity and controls films were stored at 4 °C and 58% RH for four weeks to evaluate antioxidant and antimicrobial stability. Ground beef were coated with active film and controls films and conditioned at 4 ± 2 ° C for 10 days, with evaluations on days 0, 3, 7 and 10 of the color parameters, peroxide value (PV) and antimicrobial activity against total coliforms, aerobic mesophiles and S. aureus. The EEP presented antioxidant capacity and antimicrobial activity, depending on the extraction treatment. OE clove and OE basil were added to the gelatin film because they presented antimicrobial activity and antioxidant capacity higher than OE mint. The addition of EEP and OE\'s in the gelatin matrix provoked an increase in the content of total phenols in films. The mechanical properties were altered with the addition of OE\'s and optical properties and UV-Vis light barrier by addition of EEP. The moisture, solubility, PVA did not change strongly with the addition of the active compounds. Thermal properties, crystallinity and FTIR spectrophotometric results presented slight modifications. The active film and control films decreased the microbial growth in ground beef samples compared to the control sample, besides showing decrease in the PV over time. It can be concluded that the addition of EEP and OE\'s improved some physical properties, besides conferring antimicrobial and antioxidant activity to the gelatin films that can be applied in the preservation of foods of low or intermediate moisture and susceptible to lipid oxidation.
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Gallagher, Mark. "Action figures : spectacular masculinity in the contemporary action film and the contemporary American novel /." view abstract or download file of text, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p9978590.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2000.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 320-335). Includes filmography (leaves 335-337). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Cheng, Nancy Shui-Yen. "Getriebene Melancholiker Helden - Körper - Action in Hollywood." Frankfurt, M. Berlin Bern Bruxelles New York, NY Oxford Wien Lang, 2005. http://d-nb.info/990745465/04.
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Cheng, Nancy Shui-Yen. "Getriebene Melancholiker : Helden - Körper - Action in Hollywood /." Frankfurt, M. ; Berlin ; Bern ; Bruxelles ; New York, NY ; Oxford ; Wien : Lang, 2008. http://d-nb.info/990745465/04.
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Euphrasie, Sébastien. "Dépôts de films actifs épais pour micro-systèmes." Valenciennes, 2002. https://ged.uphf.fr/nuxeo/site/esupversions/5a016950-2a68-47c3-b9f7-2922bb08fe96.
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Ce mémoire traite de deux méthodes permettant la réalisation de films actifs épais : la synthèse hydrothermale et le dépôt par Ablation Laser de Microparticules (LAM). Les techniques hydrothermales sont présentées pour mieux comprendre la synthèse de films de PZT. Ses avantages sont la croissance (à T<200ʿC) de films de PZT (5-30 æm d'épaisseur) sur des substrats de Ti non-plans. L'importance de la mise en solution est soulignée. Une étude, notamment par EXAFS, nous renseigne sur le gel précurseur. Des caractérisations piézoélectriques, diélectriques et ferroélectriques sont aussi exposées. Le dépôt par LAM consiste en la formation de films (1-100 æm d'épaisseur) par l'impact, à température ambiante, de nanoparticules produites par ablation laser d'un aérosol de microparticules. Le dépôt de films par l'ablation laser de cibles plates et le matériel utilisé par le LAM sont présentés. Les premiers dépôts de films actifs (PZT et Terfenol-D) et leurs caractérisations sont alors étudiésThis dissertation deals with two methods of obtaining thick active films: the hydrothermal synthesis and the deposition by Laser Ablation of Microparticles (LAM). Hydrothermal techniques are presented to have a better understanding of the phenomena occurring during hydrothermal synthesis of PZT films. The advantage is to grow (at T<200ʿC) PZT films (5-30 thick) on non-planar titanium substrates. The importance of the way of putting precursors into the solution is stressed. A study, using in particular EXAFS, gives us information about the gel leading to the films. Piezoelectric, dielectric and ferroelectric characterizations are also shown. Deposition by LAM is characterized by the formation of 1-100æm-thick films by impacting nanoparticles made of laser ablation of a microparticles aerosol. Pulsed laser deposition (on flat target) and the apparatuses used by LAM are described. First film depositions of active material (PZT and Terfenol-D) and their characterizations are studied
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Archer, Jared Rausch. "Synthesis, characterization, and application of thin films and mesostructured materials using self-asssembled surfactant templates." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1111694248.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xvi, 161 p.; also includes graphics (some col.). Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-161). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
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Pagno, Carlos Henrique. "Efeito da adição de nanoestruturas, óleos essenciais e quitosana no desenvolvimento de filmes e coberturas biodegradáveis com propriedades antioxidantes e antimicrobianas." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/139454.
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A principal função das embalagens tradicionais utilizadas pela indústria de alimentos é a proteção dos alimentos de contaminações externas sem interagir com o mesmo. No entanto, a maioria dessas embalagens é produzida a partir de fontes não biodegradáveis e não renováveis. Para atender à crescente demanda em relação à sustentabilidade ambiental, os filmes e coberturas comestíveis têm despertado o interesse e atenção por parte de indústrias e pesquisadores. Além disso, tais filmes ou coberturas podem ser acrescidos de diferentes compostos, para conferir as mesmas um caráter ativo, com interação positiva com os alimentos, para auxiliar a conservação. Dessa forma, este trabalho teve por objetivo (1) desenvolver filmes ativos pela técnica de casting a partir de matrizes biodegradáveis, com atividade antimicrobiana devido a incorporação de nanopartículas de ouro (AuNPs) e óleos essenciais, além de filmes com atividade antioxidante pela adição de nanocápsulas de bixina, (2) avaliar as características mecânicas, físicas e de barreira dos filmes ativos, além da atividade antimicrobiana e antioxidante, e (3) verificar a eficiência na aplicação de coberturas comestíveis na conservação de alimentos. Os filmes com atividade antimicrobiana utilizaram como matérias primas o amido e a farinha integral de grãos quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa W.). Os filmes de amido de quinoa foram preparados com 4 % de matéria prima e 1 % de glicerol como plastificante e incorporados com solução de nanopartículas de ouro nas concentrações de 2,5 % e 5 % (v/v). A presença de AuNPs levou a uma melhoria nas propriedades mecânicas, ópticas e morfológicas dos filmes, sem alterar as propriedades térmicas e de barreira, além de exibirem forte atividade antibacteriana contra agentes patogênicos de origem alimentar, com porcentagens de inibição de 98 % contra E. coli e S. aureus. Nos filmes ativos elaborados com a farinha de quinoa (6 % de matéria prima e 1 % de glicerol como plastificante em 100 g de solução filmogênica), foram adicionados os óleos essenciais (OE) de orégano (Origanum vulgare L.) e tomilho (Thymus vulgaris L.) (0,5 %, 1 % e 2 % p/p). Observou-se que o tipo de OE não interferiu significativamente nos parâmetros físicos e de barreira dos filmes. Já o aumento na concentração dos OEs, produziu filmes mais elásticos e menos resistentes, bem como, menos solúveis em água e com menor permeabilidade aos vapores de água. Os filmes com 1 % e 2 % de OEs exibiram um efeito inibidor sobre o crescimento de S. aureus e E. coli. No entanto, o S. aureus mostrou-se mais sensível a ambos os OEs; e os filmes com orégano foram mais eficazes na inativação de ambos os microrganismos. As embalagens antioxidantes foram elaboradas a partir de amido de mandioca (4 % de matéria prima e 1 % de glicerol como plastificante em 100 g de solução filmogênica) incorporadas com solução de nanocápsulas de bixina (0 %, 2 %, 5%, 8 % e 10 %). Os filmes foram caracterizados em relação as suas propriedades de barreira, mecânicas e físicas e a atividade antioxidante foi avaliada pelo efeito protetor do óleo de girassol exposto a condições de oxidação aceleradas (13 dias a 65 % UR / 35 ºC). Embalagens com maiores concentrações de nanocápsulas demonstraram maior resistência e elasticidade, bem como, uma melhora significativa na proteção contra os raios UV e luz visível. O óleo de girassol embalado nos filmes contendo nanocápsulas de bixina apresentaram índices de peróxidos abaixo dos estipulados pelo Codex Alimentarius (<10 meq. O2 kg-1) para óleos frescos para o período de armazenamento testado. A cobertura comestível foi preparada à base de quitosana (1,5 %) e foi aplicada sobre tomates armazenados por 14 dias (20 ° C), com acompanhamento da perda de peso, sólidos solúveis totais (SST), firmeza e acidez titulável (AT), taxa de respiração, produção de etileno e quantificação de carotenoides e compostos fenólicos por CLAE. Os frutos revestidos demonstraram retardo no processo de amadurecimento com a diminuição da taxa respiratória e produção de etileno, bem como menores perdas de peso, firmeza -caroteno e menor degradação de compostos fenólicos durante o armazenamento, em comparação com frutos controle (não revestidos). Os resultados sugerem que o desenvolvimento de filmes ativos para conservação de alimentos é um campo promissor, pois além do forte apelo ambiental, filmes ativos podem auxiliar na conservação dos alimentos, para retardar a proliferação de microrganismos patogênicos e degradações oxidativas. Em relação a aplicações de coberturas comestíveis, os resultados indicaram ter potencial para uma utilização comercial no auxílio de prolongamento da vida útil de tomates.The principal function of traditional packaging used by the food industry is the protection of food against external contamination without interacting with it. However, most of these packages are produced from non-biodegradable and non-renewable sources. Films and edible coatings have attracted the interest and attention from industries and researchers due increasing demand on environmental sustainability. In addition, this films and coatings can be added with different compounds to confer an active character, with positive food interaction and increased of preservation. This study aimed to (1) to develop active films by casting technique from biodegradable matrices with antimicrobial activity, incorporated of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and essential oils, as well as films with antioxidant activity by addition of nanocapsules of bixin, (2) evaluate the mechanical, physical and barrier characteristics of active films, and capacity antimicrobial and antioxidant, and (3) verify the efficiency in the application of edible coatings in food preservation. The active antimicrobial films it was used as raw material starch and flour quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, W.). Starch quinoa films were prepared with 4 % raw material and 1% glycerol as plasticizer (100 g filmogenic solution), incorporating gold nanoparticles at concentrations of 2.5% and 5% (v / v). The presence of gold nanoparticles produces improvement in the mechanical, optical and morphological properties, maintaining the thermal and barrier properties unchanged when compared to the standard biofilm. The active biofilms exhibited strong antibacterial activity against food-borne pathogens with inhibition percentages of 99 % against E. coli and 98 % against S. aureus. The active films produced with flour quinoa (6% of raw material and 1% glycerol as a plasticizer in 100 g of filmogenic solution), incorporated with oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) and thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) essential oils (EO) (0.5%, 1% and 2% p/p). It was observed that the kind of EO was not significant for the physical and barrier parameters of the films, however, the increase in the EOs concentration promote increase in the elongation but decrease in the tensile strength, solubility and water vapor permeability. Films containing 1% and 2 % EOs, inhibit the growth of S. aureus and E. coli. However, S. aureus was more sensitive to both EOs and the oregano oil was more efficient in the inactivation to both microorganisms. The antioxidant packages were prepared from cassava starch (4% raw material and 1% glycerol as plasticizer in 100 g of filmogenic solution), incorporated with solution of different concentrations of bixin nanocapsules (0 %, 2 %, 5%, 8 % e 10 %). Films with higher concentrations of bixin nanocapsules exhibited significant reduction tensile strength and increases in elongation at break, well as, improvement in protection against UV and visible light and decreased water solubility and increased water vapor permeability. The sunflower oil packed in films containing nanocapsules bixin exhibited lower oxidation rates, thus maintaining its freshness according to Codex Alimentarius guidelines (< 10 milliequivalent.kg-1), for the storage time tested (13 days / 65 % RH / 35 ºC). The edible coating was prepared based on chitosan (1.5 %), and it was applied on tomatoes stored for 14 days (20 °C). The analyses carried out on tomato fruit were: weight loss, total soluble solid (TSS), firmness, and titratable acidity (TA), respiration rate, ethylene production and quantification of carotenoids and phenolics by HPLC. Coated fruit delayed the ripening process by decrease of the rate of respiration and ethylene production, as well changes of weight, firmness and TSS concentration and delay peak of lycopene and b-carotene accumulation and degradation of phenolic compounds during storage, compared to uncoated control. The results suggest that the development of active films for food preservation is a promising field, because besides the strong environmental appeal, active films can increase the food preservation, to decrease the proliferation of pathogenic microorganisms and oxidative degradation. Regarding the edible coatings applications, the results indicated that coating is a promising tool for commercial use in helping to prolong the storage of tomatoes.
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Assis, Renato Queiroz. "Filmes biodegradáveis com adição de licopeno ou β-caroteno livres e nanoencapsulados." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/157535.
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Filmes biodegradáveis são uma alternativa ao uso de embalagens não biodegradáveis, relacionado ao aumento do uso deste material, impacto e descarte inadequado. Para produção de filmes diversos polímeros podem ser utilizados, em que o amido apresenta boas características e propriedades para obtenção. A adição de antioxidantes naturais nanoencapsulados, como carotenoides, pode auxiliar no desenvolvimento de filmes biodegradáveis com atividade antioxidante, com maior estabilidade e solubilidade destes compostos. Assim, filmes biodegradáveis ativos foram obtidos a partir do amido de mandioca com adição de licopeno ou β-caroteno livres e nanoencapsulados. Diferentes formulações foram desenvolvidas, nos quais os antioxidantes naturais livres ou nanoencapsulados foram adicionados a mesma concentração. Os filmes com adição dos pigmentos nanoencapsulados apresentaram características diferentes da adição dos pigmentos livres, com maior espessura, permeabilidade ao vapor de água, opacidade, propriedades mecânicas, menor transmissão de luz UV/Vis e maior interação do aditivo com a matriz. Os filmes com nanocápsulas também apresentaram maior efeito protetor sobre a estabilidade do óleo de girassol armazenado sob condição acelerada de oxidação, com menor formação de produtos de oxidação e potencial aplicação como embalagem de alimentos. Os filmes foram utilizados para avaliar a estabilidade oxidativa de manteiga, que apresentou maior estabilidade e manutenção da qualidade durante o armazenamento sob incidência de luz quando armazenada nos filmes com adição de nanocápsulas. Além disso, independente da adição de licopeno ou β-caroteno livres e nanoencapsulados, todos os filmes apresentaram estabilidade térmica e rápida biodegradabilidade após 15 dias. Filmes biodegradáveis com adição de carotenoides, licopeno e β-caroteno, apresentaram resultados promissores para o desenvolvimento de embalagens com antioxidantes naturais e manutenção da estabilidade de alimentos com alto teor de gordura durante o armazenamento.Biodegradable films are an alternative to use of non-biodegradable packaging, related to increased use of this material, impact and inappropriate disposal. For film production, various polymers may be used, wherein the starch has good characteristics and properties for obtaining. The addition of natural nanoencapsulated antioxidants, such as carotenoids, may aid the development of biodegradable films with antioxidant activity, with greater stability and solubility of these compounds. Thus, active biodegradable films were obtained from cassava starch with the addition of free and nanoencapsulated lycopene or β-carotene. Different formulations were developed, where free or nanoencapsulated natural antioxidants were added at the same concentration. The films with the addition of nanoencapsulated pigments presented different characteristics of free pigment addition, with greater thickness, permeability to water vapor, opacity, mechanical properties, lower transmission of UV/Vis light and greater interaction of the additive with the matrix. The films with nanocapsules also had a greater protective effect on the stability of the sunflower oil stored under accelerated oxidation conditions, with less formation of oxidation products and potential application as food packaging. The films were used to evaluate the oxidative stability of butter, which presented higher stability and maintenance of the quality during storage under light incidence when stored in the films with the addition of nanocapsules. In addition, independent of the addition of free and nanoencapsulated lycopene or β-carotene, all films showed thermal stability and rapid biodegradability after 15 days. Biodegradable films with the addition of carotenoids, lycopene and β-carotene, presented promising results for the development of packages with natural antioxidants and maintenance of the stability of foods with high-fat content during storage.
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Nugent-Williams, Rosalind Louise. "Thespioprudence : Australian film directors and Film performance." Queensland University of Technology, 2004. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15999/.
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"...we, directors and actors, put into practice the practice - we don't practice the theory. I think that if there is no theory of acting, at least there are theoretical laws that we may find, curiously enough, in all traditions of acting. It is true that the term "theory of acting" does not seem fundamentally wrong, but it seems always somewhat imperialistic and pretentious. I prefer to use fundamental laws which we sometimes know but then sometimes lose and forget. It is only practice that all of a sudden can make law or tradition rise to the surface. I will not say then that there is no theory of acting; on the contrary, there have been many of them. Of course, what interests me in these multiple theories are the essential laws that are common to all of them." - Ariane Mnouchkine (from "Building Up the Muscle" in Re:direction edited by R. Schneider and G. Cody, Routledge, London, 2002.) I come to filmmaking from an actor's perspective and believe that the power of each individual performance is the key to audience engagement with a feature film. The technical aspects of filmmaking, for me, exist primarily to serve the story as revealed through the actors' performances. Because performance in film has been a neglected area of research, I set out to explore the different approaches to performance theory which might apply to film performance in an Australian context. In this dissertation, I have asked a number of key questions about how the director communicates with the actor to elicit the desired performance. I framed this thesis around one overarching question: What is the dominant approach used by Australian film directors when working with actors on performance? This study reveals that many Australian filmmakers have been most influenced by a wide variety of approaches to working with actors, particularly because of the way actors are trained in Australia. My interest in this project was partially triggered by my observation that many filmmaking students at QUT seem driven by the technical aspects of filmmaking. Given the complex demands made on actors, filmmakers who do not learn to speak the actor's language arguably fail to capitalize on their working relationships with actors. I have attempted to express my findings in plain English because the whole purpose of this project was to ensure that my findings would be of use to new filmmakers in a practical sense.
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Nyh, Johan. "From Snow White to Frozen : An evaluation of popular gender representation indicators applied to Disney’s princess films." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-36877.
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Simple content analysis methods, such as the Bechdel test and measuring percentage of female talk time or characters, have seen a surge of attention from mainstream media and in social media the last couple of years. Underlying assumptions are generally shared with the gender role socialization model and consequently, an importance is stated, due to a high degree to which impressions from media shape in particular young children’s identification processes. For young girls, the Disney Princesses franchise (with Frozen included) stands out as the number one player commercially as well as in customer awareness. The vertical lineup of Disney princesses spans from the passive and domestic working Snow White in 1937 to independent and super-power wielding princess Elsa in 2013, which makes the line of films an optimal test subject in evaluating above-mentioned simple content analysis methods. As a control, a meta-study has been conducted on previous academic studies on the same range of films. The sampled research, within fields spanning from qualitative content analysis and semiotics to coded content analysis, all come to the same conclusions regarding the general changes over time in representations of female characters. The objective of this thesis is to answer whether or not there is a correlation between these changes and those indicated by the simple content analysis methods, i.e. whether or not the simple popular methods are in general coherence with the more intricate academic methods.Betyg VG (skala IG-VG)
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Hedman, Anna Elisa. "Morphology of the Action Babe Cinema : En strukturell studie av 2000-talets filmer med kvinnliga actionhjältinnor." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Cinema Studies, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-7030.
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The subject of my thesis is what I have chosen to call the “action babe cinema” of the 21st century, essentially action-movies featuring a female heroine in the lead role. Inspired by the theories of Vladímir Propp, author of Morphology of the Folktale, I have tried to reveal the underlying structure of these films. I have chosen eleven films which form my material, and from these extracted a number of functions (which means the actions of a character), that reoccur frequently. The heroines’ transformation can be seen as a central theme of the action babe cinema, and I have divided the films into two groups depending on the course of the transformation, either from soft to hard or the other way around. One of my findings is how there seems to be a constant need to explain the hard and tough characteristics of the female action-heroine, implying that it isn’t a natural trait for a woman. The functions have been further visualised and exemplified throughout the text, and I have found that the functions tend to be repeated in a similar pattern depending on which group they belong to. I also use the functions in an extended analysis of Kill Bill vol. 1 and Kill Bill vol. 2. The application of Propp is discussed and I present my point of view on the subject. Finally I discuss the results of my study, and what binds these films together and set them apart.
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Monk, Ryan Michael. "Pretty/Violent: Cinematic Action Heroines From 2015 to 2020." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1617382007581432.
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Briggs, Gordon. "White Masculinity in the American Action Film Pre and Post 9/11." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1180709652.
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Campos, Natália di Loreto. "Produção e caracterização de filmes biodegradáveis ativos de amido de semente de jaca." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/74/74133/tde-07122017-152954/.
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O uso indiscriminado dos plásticos tem gerado graves problemas ambientais de acúmulo de material na natureza, poluição das águas, além de ser proveniente do petróleo, um recurso não renovável. Isso tem causado preocupação e, portanto, os cientistas e indústrias vêm buscando alternativas ao uso desses materiais, como por exemplo o emprego de materiais naturais e/ou biodegradáveis e o aproveitamento de subprodutos desperdiçados. O amido é um polímero natural que tem aspectos que o tornam promissor, como sua biodegradabilidade, baixo custo e disponibilidade. Para prolongar a vida útil dos alimentos, investigou-se o amido como matéria prima para a produção de filmes biodegradáveis e revestimentos comestíveis ativos. Além de atuar como barreira a gases e como proteção mecânica, as embalagens também podem carrear substâncias ativas como antioxidantes, antimicrobianos, entre outros. Foi estudado o efeito da incorporação de (0,3; 0,5 e 1,0) g de α-tocoferol/100 g de dispersão filmogênica nas propriedades morfológicas, mecânicas, ópticas, de superfície, de barreira ao vapor d\'água e à luz UV/Visível e antioxidantes dos filmes de amido de semente de jaca. A adição de α-tocoferol aumentou a resistência à tração e o módulo de elasticidade nos filmes com até 0,5% de α-tocoferol. Também aumentou a barreira ao vapor d\'água, possivelmente devido à natureza hidrofóbica do α-tocoferol e ao efeito de tortuosidade causado por ele na matriz polimérica, embora a solubilidade em água não tenha diferido significativamente entre os filmes. O α-tocoferol proporcionou aumento na barreira contra a luz UV, especialmente nos comprimentos de onda entre (200 e 310) nm. A opacidade e o parâmetro de cor b* aumentaram significativamente, o que significa que a incorporação de α-tocoferol tornou os filmes mais opacos e amarelados. A hidrofobicidade da superfície aumentou significativamente (p < 0,05) com adição de α-tocoferol, principalmente no filme com 0,5% de α-tocoferol. A capacidade antioxidante aumentou significativamente com adição de até 0,5% de α-tocoferol. O filme controle (sem α-tocoferol) não apresentou capacidade antioxidante. Concluiu-se que o material de amido de semente de jaca incorporado de α-tocoferol tem potencial para ser usado como revestimento ativo para alimentos com alto teor de gordura. Entre as formulações produzidas, a de 0,5% de α-tocoferol foi a melhor, porque apresentou atividade antioxidante tão boa quanto o filme 1,0% de α-tocoferol e propriedades mais interessantes, como a microestrutural, mecânica, óptica e de superfície.Indiscriminate use of plastics has been generating environmental problems, like accumulation of materials, water pollution, as well as depleting a non-renewable resource (crude oil). This has been causing concern, therefore scientists and industries are seeking alternatives for these materials, for example, the employment of natural and/or biodegradable materials and the reuse of wasted byproducts. Starch is a natural polymer with many promising aspects, like its biodegradability, low cost and availability. Aiming at prolonging shelf-life of food products, starch has been investigated as a feedstock for development of edible active films and coatings. Besides acting as a barrier against gases and as mechanical protection, packages also may carry active substances (antioxidants, antimicrobials, etc.). The effects of the incorporation of (0.3; 0.5 and 1.0) g α-tocopherol/100 g filmogenic dispersion on the morphological, mechanical, optical, surface, water vapor permeability, barrier to UV/Visible light and antioxidant properties of jackfruit seed starch films were studied. Addition of α-tocopherol increased the tensile strength and the elastic modulus up to 0.5%. It also increased the water vapor barrier, possibly due to α-tocopherol\'s hydrophobic nature and because it caused a tortuosity effect in the polymer matrix, although the film solubility was not significantly affected. α-tocopherol improved the UV light barrier, especially in the wavelengths between (200 and 310) nm. The opacity and the color parameter b* increased significantly, which means that films with α-tocopherol became more opaque and yellowish. Surface hydrophobicity increased with the incorporation of α-tocopherol, especially for the 0.5% α-tocopherol film. The antioxidant activity increased significantly up to 0.5% α-tocopherol. The film without α-tocopherol presented no antioxidant capacity. Therefore, jackfruit seed starch films incorporated with α-tocopherol have potential to be used as edible active coatings for high fat content foods. Between the formulations produced, the one with 0.5% of α-tocopherol was the best, because it presented an antioxidant activity similar to the film with 1.0% of α-tocopherol and superior characteristics, like microstructural, mechanical, optical and surface properties.
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Roesch, Matthew. "Les Sensations fortes: The phenomenological aesthetics of the French action film." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1499821478202158.
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Mannsperger, Georg. "James Bond will return der serielle Charakter der James-Bond-Filme ; wiederkehrende Elemente in 40 Jahren Action-Kino /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2003. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=96871501X.
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Finkelstein, Seth. "Toonmates." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2021. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/987.
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It's a dream come true when flesh-and-blood fanboy Alex Kepple moves in with cartoon former child star Roy Thompson. Now, he just has to hide that his family are the ones gentrifying the toon town he now calls home.
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Maxwell, Nicholas Elliott, and nmaxwel1@bigpond net au. "Black Comedy and the Principles of Screenwriting/The Actions." RMIT University. Creative Media, 2008. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20081212.123034.
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This exegesis will aim to research and analyse the conventions of writing a black comedy in a feature film script. As a screenwriter with a particular interest in black comedy, my aim is to explore the technical structures of black comedy in order to facilitate the writing of a tragicomic screenplay. We will attempt to define the components of black comedy and survey its origin in theatre and literature. The exegesis will aim to explore what components comprise the middle ground between drama and humour and position it in relation to the classical genres of tragedy and comedy. The exegesis will also aim to examine the function of black comedy in relation to the psychology of the protagonist and the audience, as well as defining the characteristics of the genre in the context of Screenwriting. The exegesis will observe the film adaptation of the renowned play, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as a case study. The research will inform the writing of the feature length screenplay entitled The Actions.