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On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director

A priceless examination of the filmmaker's craft, from the renowned director of "Sweet Smell of Success"After more than twenty years in the film industry as a screenwriter, storyboard editor, and director of memorable films such as "The Ladykillers," Alexander Mackendrick turned his back on Hollywood and began a new career as the Dean of one of the country's most demanding and influential film schools. His absolute devotion to the craft of filmmaking served as a powerful impetus to students at the California Institute for the Arts for almost twenty five years, with a teaching style that included prodigious notes, neatly crafted storyboards, and handouts containing excerpts of works by Kierkegaard, Aristotle, and others. At the core of Mackendrick's lessons lay a deceptively simple goal: to teach aspiring filmmakers how to structure and write the stories they want to tell, while using the devices particular to the medium of film to tell their stories effectively. In this impressive volume, edited by Paul Cronin, the myriad materials that made Mackendrick's reputation as an instructor are collected for the first time, offering a chance for professionals as well as students to discover a methodology of filmmaking that is challenging yet refreshing in its clarity. Meticulously illustrated and drawing on examples from such classic films as "North by Northwest," " Citizen Kane," and "Touch of Evil, " Mackendrick's elegant lessons are sure to provide inspiration for a new generation of filmmakers.
Cardiovascular findings by echocardiography in canine model of Chagas disease immunized with DNA Trypanosoma cruzi genes.

Background: Chagas disease (ChD) is nowadays considered as an emerging disease in the USA and Europe. pBCSP and pBCSSP4 plasmids, containing Trypanosoma cruzi genes encoding a trans -sialidase protein and an amastigote-specific glycoprotein, respectively, were tested as vaccines in canine model. Echocardiography studies for determining the prophylactic effect of these genes in experimentally infected dogs were evaluated to compare with findings obtained by other techniques performed previously. Hemodynamic parameters after DNA-immunization were performed. Results: Low fractional-shortening values of non-vaccinated dogs suggested an impairment in general cardiac function. Low Left-Ventricular-Ejection-Fraction values found in infected dogs suggested myocardial injury regardless of whether they were vaccinated or not. Low Left-Ventricular-Diastolic/Systolic-Diameters in vaccinated dogs suggested that progressive heart damage or heart dilation could be prevented by DNA vaccination. Systolic-Peak-Time was higher in non-vaccinated groups increasing vulnerability to malignant arrhythmias and sudden death. High Left-Ventricular-Volume in infected groups suggested a decrease in wall thickness that might lead to increased size of the heart cavity, except in the pBCSP plasmid-vaccinated dogs. Conclusions: The use of echocardiography allowed a more complete follow-up the pathological process in the living patient than with other techniques like electrocardiography, anatomopathology and histopathology, being the method of choice for characterizing the clinical stages of ChD.
Synthesizing of Hand-drawn Electrical Circuits Using Machine Learning Techniques

A circuit outline in electrical science is a graphical representation of an electrical circuit with a fundamental picture to address the electrical fragments and their accessibility between parts. For example, an electrical diagram resistor has a value and is connected to two separate sections. These electrical components can be seen by the people from their new understanding. From here on, you can insert the portions into your console to play the relevant game, although the diagram is confused by vast quantities of fragments. If an occurrence with uncommon graphics may occur, this is not a feasible method. In this paper we have suggested another technique for circuit validation by which the computer can arrange a vertical circuit contour. There is an electrical circuit by integrating different symbols of components and their connections. This is a technique for fragmenting images that perceives the diagrams of the hand drawing circuit. The hand-drawn image will be inspected, and the filtered image of the hand-drawn circuit board prepared so that the unwanted pieces in the graph can be removed and converted into bilayers. An electrical circuit typically consists of portion images and their memberships. This project proposes a changed validation system for the hand drawing of electric circuits that are subject to the division of images and game schemes. -- part of the picture is removed from the associated wires, so each part of the image is verified by a distinctive process. The machine output is a netlist that senses the types of pictures and their interconnections. You may use the netlist to render Printed Circuit Board (PCB) circuit schemes
Collapsed 12-Node Triangular Elements as Crack Tip Elements for Elastic Fracture

Abstract : For the 12-node bicubic, quadrilateral, isoparametric elements, it is shown that the inverse square root singularity of the strain field at the crack tip can be obtained by the simple technique of collapsing the quadrilateral element into triangular elements around the crack tip and placing the two mid- side nodes of each side of the triangles at 1/9 and 4/9 of the length of the side from the tip. This is analgous to placing the mid-side nodes at quarter points in the vicinity of the crack tip for the quadratic, isoparametric element. The advantages of this method are that the displacement compatibility is satisfied throughout the region and that there is no need of special crack tip elements. The stress intensity factors can be accurately obtained by using general purpose programs having isoparametric elements such as NASTRAN. The use of 12-node isoparametric element program APES may be simplified by eliminating the special crack tip elements.
Assessing Relative Sustainability of Different Packaging Sizes

The classical method to compare the environmental impact or eco-burden of different packaging designs is to use life cycle assessment (LCA). LCA requires a functional unit to compare unequal concepts on an ‘equal’ footing, for instance by comparing three 0,5 litre bottles, with one 1,5 litre bottle. Creating this ‘equal’ footing usually ignores the very reason for having the differences in the first place. This paper uses the ecocosts/value ratio, or EVR, as a methodology for dealing with the environmental assessment of packaging design alternatives with unequal functionality, while incorporating their different value. The value is here the price of an existing product, or the Willingness to Pay of a new product design. The EVR model will be applied to several product portfolios, namely for bottled water and for table salt. These portfolios consist of groups of products, where the product, the brand and the retail outlet are identical, and only the contained volume, the packaging design and the value differ. Previous work by the authors demonstrated the use of the EVR method for design choices for a fixed volume of packed product. This paper elaborates who the EVR can be useful in assessing the sustainability of different pack-sizes. It will thus demonstrate how an EVR perspective connects better to business decision making than classical LCA.
Evaluating Ontario immigration detention centres through the lens of non-governmental organizations

This Masters Research Paper provides a critical analysis of the behavioural practices of immigration detention centres and how that affects the abilities of NGOs to support immigration detainees. This paper aims to identify the covert racism that is embedded within immigration detention centres in Canada, exploring how racialized detainees are susceptible to longer detention periods and mal-treatment due to increasing securitization. There will be focus on Ontario immigration detention centres in particular since many of Canada’s asylum claims and detention processes occur in Toronto and the greater Toronto area. This research fills the gap in directly addressing the impacts of racist practices of detention and how it impacts detainees’ ability to seek proper legal aid and interferes with NGOs abilities to aid detainees through their detention process. The methodology used begins with a theoretical framework using Critical Race Theory and background content on immigration detention centres, while drawing out the process of the criminalization of refugees. For this study there were one-on-on interviews conducted with 3 participants who are NGO representatives. Key words: immigration detention centre, detainees, national security, criminalization
Effective Layer Temperature Prediction Model and Temperature Correction via Falling Weight Deflectometer Deflections

Surface deflections and backcalculated layer moduli of flexible pavements are significantly affected by the temperature of the asphalt concrete (AC) layer. The correction of these deflections and moduli to a reference temperature requires the determination of an effective temperature of the AC layer. In light of this, a new temperature prediction model for determination of the AC temperature on the basis of a database approach is presented, and temperature correction factors for AC modulus are developed. Temperature datum points (n = 317) and deflection profiles (n = 656) were collected from the six in-service test sites in Michigan. Temperature datum points (n = 197) from three of the test sites were used to develop the temperature prediction model, and data from the remaining sites were used for validation. The temperature prediction model developed has an R2 value greater than 90 percent and an F-statistic significantly greater than 1.0. For further validation of the temperature prediction model, temperature datum points (n = 18,444) from seven Seasonal Monitoring Program sites (Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Nebraska, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Texas) were obtained from DATAPAVE, version 2.0 (Long-Term Pavement Performance program database). The validation results suggested that the model could be adapted to all seasons and other climatic and geographic regions. The major improvements over existing models are that (a) the model does not require temperatures for the previous 5 days, (b) it takes into account temperature gradients due to diurnal heating and cooling cycles, and (c) it needs fewer parameters than other published models. The effect of temperature prediction error on the performance prediction was also investigated.
Communication and control : case studies in Australian telecommuting

This paper discusses the results of in-depth semi-structured interviews with 39 telecommuters from 12 Australian organisations. The paper serves two broad aims: firstly, it identifies current trends in telecommuting and offers a perspective on Australian developments. Secondly, it provides a focus on significant communication aspects of the Australian telecommuting experience. Findings are that the majority of interviewees reported overall satisfaction with telecommuting as an important contributor to their improved work and lifestyle outcomes. Overall, telecommuters appear to cope with communication aspects of their work environments. They also were not overreliant on advanced communications media when telecommuting. Difficulties as reported by telecommuter interviewees included: perceived discomfort over lack of management support for their telecommuting; reduced levels of interpersonal communication suggesting the likely need to adopt a ‘media mix’ approach to servicing their communication needs; problems of information access; and telecommuters’ reported levels of difficulty with their uses of some computer and communication technologies. Problems relating to telecommuters’ perceived professional and social isolation, were also identified. Finally, the paper underscores where organisational communication theorists and practitioners need to more energetically embrace the concepts of virtual work and telecommuting
Low voltage circuit design techniques for cubic-millimeter computing

Cubic-millimeter computers complete with microprocessors, memories, sensors, radios and power sources are becomingly increasingly viable. Power consumption is one of the last remaining barriers to cubic-millimeter computing and is the subject of this work. In particular, this work focuses on minimizing power consumption in digital circuits using low voltage operation. Chapter 2 includes a general discussion of low voltage circuit behavior, specifically that at subthreshold voltages. In Chapter 3, the implications of transistor scaling on subthreshold circuits are considered. It is shown that the slow scaling of gate oxide relative to the device channel length leads to a 60% reduction in Ion/Ioff between the 90nm and 32nm nodes, which results in sub-optimal static noise margins, delay, and power consumption. It is also shown that simple modifications to gate length and doping can alleviate some of these problems. Three low voltage test-chips are discussed for the remainder of this work. The first test-chip implements the Subliminal Processor (Chapter 4), a sub-200mV 8-bit microprocessor fabricated in a 0. 13μm technology. Measurements first show that the Subliminal Processor consumes only 3.5pJ/instruction at Vdd=350mV. Measurements of 20 dies then reveal that proper body biasing can eliminate performance variations and reduce mean energy substantially at low voltage. Finally, measurements are used to explore the effectiveness of body biasing, voltage scaling, and various gate sizing techniques for improving speed. The second test-chip implements the Phoenix Processor (Chapter 5), a low voltage 8-bit microprocessor optimized for minimum power operation in standby mode. The Phoenix Processor was fabricated in a 0. 18μm technology in an area of only 915x915μm2. The aggressive standby mode strategy used in the Phoenix Processor is discussed thoroughly. Measurements at Vdd=0.5V show that the test-chip consumes 226nW in active mode and only 35.4pW in standby mode, making an on-chip battery a viable option. Finally, the third test-chip implements a low voltage image sensor (Chapter 6). A 128x128 image sensor array was fabricated in a 0. 13μm technology. Test-chip measurements reveal that operation below 0.6V is possible with power consumption of only 1. 9μW at 0.6V. Extensive characterization is presented with specific emphasis on noise characteristics and power consumption.
CFD Optimization of Small Gas Ejectors Used in Navy Diving Systems

CFD Optimization of Small Gas Ejectors Used in Navy Diving Systems by Jacob Kenneth Cornman Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Laurens E. Howle, Supervisor ___________________________ Donald B. Bliss ___________________________ Edward J. Shaughnessy An abstract of a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science in the Graduate School of Duke University 2012 Copyright by Jacob Kenneth Cornman 2012
Low-technology techniques for seismic isolation

This project sought to improve the seismic performance of low-rise buildings by the introduction of a simple, low cost seismic isolation system at the time of construction, or re-construction. The main advantage of the friction sliding isolation layer is that the seismic base shear force transmitted from the ground to the isolated structure can be controlled at the level of the friction force in the sliding layer. This project tested five potential isolation materials for their frictional features by both semi-dynamic and dynamic shake table experiments. The materials were sand, lighting ridge pebble, polypropylene and PVC sheet and polythene membrane. The isolation effect levels of the materials serving as the sliding layer were obtained from the experimental results. Three computer models, using Working Model 2D, Nonlin and SAP2000, were developed to simulate the sliding system. Attempts were also made to verify the validity of the seismic performance of the system theoretically solving the equations of motion for both single- degree-of-freedom and two-degree-of-freedom sliding system.
Genetic variation characterization of the boreal tree Acer ginnala population in response to environmental change of Northern China

Background: Acer ginnala is a deciduous shrub/small tree that primarily distributed across the northern regions of China. It comprises a foundation species in many terrestrial ecosystems and has significant ornamental and economic value. Owing to its increased use as an economic resource, overexploitation and environmental destruction have resulted in the vulnerability of this species. Thus, the elucidation of the genetic differentiation and influence of environmental factors on A. ginnala is very critical for its management and future utilization strategies. Results: Our results revealed that high genetic variation occurred in A. ginnala species while low genetic diversity was observed at the population level. Most differentiation has found among populations. A significant correlation existed between genetic and environmental distances. Seven climate variables (bio1, bio2, bio3, bio4, bio13, bio15 and bio18) might explain the substantial levels of genetic variation (> 40%) in populations. The most suitable areas of this species appeared in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Anhui Provinces, and Northeastern China based on ENM results. Compared to the last interglacial (LIG) period, A. ginnala migrated toward Northern and Northeastern China, and extended to the most suitable areas during the last glacial maximum (LGM) period. Shanxi and Anhui Provinces might have served as refugium owing to their relatively high genetic variation. Conclusions: Low genetic diversity at the population level that may be the source of its vulnerability. Climate heterogeneity would play an important role in the pattern of genetic differentiation in A. ginnala populations. The A. ginnala population was isolated by a heterogeneous climate and subsequently began to adapt to local selection processes resulted in high genetic divergence.
Investigation of the Applicability of the L-FWD for Flexible Pavement Layer Materials

The use of the Light Falling Weight Deflectometer (L-FWD), actually dedicated to the evaluation of soils and unbound pavement materials, is an acceptable practice worldwide nowdays. However, the use of the L-FWD on bound materials is still questionable. The present research study focuses on the investigation of the applicability of the L-FWD for the structural assessment of pavements including bound layer materials. For this purpose two representative cases are examined (i) flexible pavement materials and (ii) the quality control of CIPR using foamed asphalt treatment. According to the field data analysis, presented and discussed in the present work, there might be cases under certain circumstances where the L-FWD technique can provide an alternative to the traditional falling weight deflectomer (FWD) devices at least as far as the overall structural assessment of asphalt pavements is concerned.
Parametricism and the Societal Function of Architecture

Patrick Schumacher is partner at Zaha Hadid Architects and a founding director at the AA Design Research Lab. He joined Zaha Hadid in 1988 after studying philosophy and architecture in Bonn, London, and Stuttgart, where he received his Diploma in architecture in 1990. In 1999, he completed his PhD at the Institute for Cultural Science, Klagenfurt University. Schumacher has taught at architectural schools in Britain, continental Europe, and the United States since 1992. In 1996, he founded the Design Research Laboratory with Brett Steele, at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, and he continues to serve as one of its codirectors.
A Variable, Fully Flexible Dynamic Response Tool for Special Investigations (VarLoads)

A simulation environment is presented for special structural dynamics investigations. The environment is characterised by a modular software structure and an object-oriented data-structure. The aircraft model and equation of motion can easily be adapted to the required level of detail. An integrated, fully flexible aircraft model is the basis for the simulations. The novelty of the approach lies in the combination of the above mentioned characteristics. It is demonstrated that this combination makes the software environment ideally suited for special studies ranging from the preliminary design stage on to in-flight incident investigations.
x-OSC: A versatile wireless I/O device for creative/music applications

This paper introduces x-OSC: a WiFi-based I/O board intended to provide developers of digital musical instruments with a versatile tool for interfacing software to the physical world via OSC messages. x-OSC features 32 I/O channels supporting multiple modes including: 13-bit analogue inputs, 16-bit PWM outputs and serial communication. The optimised design enables a sustained throughput of up to 370 messages per second and latency of less than 3 ms. Access to settings via a web browser prevents the need for specific drivers or software for greater cross-platform compatibility. This paper describes key aspects x-OSC’s design, an evaluation of performance and three example applications.
Measurement of applied force to dislodge orthodontic temporary anchorage devices

Aims: To measure the force required to dislodge three different orthodontic temporary anchorage devices (TADs) from artificial test blocks and to investigate whether varying the cortical thickness of the test block will affect these forces. Materials and Method: The TADs were embedded into test blocks consisting of polyurethane foam, laminated with either 2mm or 3mm short-fibre-filled epoxy sheets and a horizontal dislodging force applied, using an Instron universal testing machine. The maximum force applied before the TAD was fully dislodged was recorded. Three TADs were tested: InfinitasTM, Ancor ProTM and Ortho ImplantTM. 150 of each design were tested in the 2mm thickness test block and a further 150 of each were tested in the 3mm thickness test block. Results: The mean force required was 468N in the 2mm test blocks and 567N in the 3mm test blocks. No significant difference was observed between the InfinitasTM and Ancor ProTM TADs, however there was a significant difference (P>0.05) between both of these TADs and the Ortho ImplantTM. The force required in the 3mm test blocks was significantly higher than the force required in the 2mm test blocks. Conclusion: All of the TADs were functionally acceptable, in terms of resistance to dislodgement forces. The Ortho ImplantTM required a significantly higher force to be dislodged from both the 2mm and 3mm test blocks. The thickness of the test block had a significant effect on the force required to dislodge each of the TADs.