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A Reintroduction to the American Horror Film
Authors: Lowenstein Adam 
Published: November 2011

AbstractOne of the most important innovations affecting the American horror film during the years 1976–1988 belongs not to any one particular film, but to a film festival. In 1979, the critic Robin Wood (collaborating with Richard Lippe) organized The American Nightmare, a special retrospective at the Toronto International Film Festival (then the Festival of Festivals) highlighting what he saw as evidence that “the true subject of the horror genre is the struggle for recognition of all that our civilizationrepresses oroppresses” (Wood 1979, 10). By arranging screenings of films by, and discussions with, directors such as Wes Craven, Brian De Palma, George A. Romero, Stephanie Rothman, and David Cronenberg (the lone Canadian), Wood set out to locate the contemporary American horror film at the center of American culture. The American Nightmare bravely sought to move beyond the conventional associations attached to the horror genre: heartless exploitation, slipshod filmmaking, gratuitous violence, unrelieved misogyny, and an inherent silliness that precludes any substantial aesthetic or political ambitions. Against all odds, Wood wanted to take the horror film seriously. In fact, he titled his wide‐ranging essay that opens the program notes “An Introduction to the American Horror Film,” with its unmistakable connotations of wiping the slate clean, of showing us anew something we thought we understood perfectly well (or never deigned to understand at all).
OliverStone
Authors: Rosenstone Robert A. 
Published: November 2011

AbstractFor anyone who lived through the 1960s on a campus, there has to be a shock of recognition on seeing the antiwar demonstration inBorn on the Fourth of July, Oliver Stone's film based on the life of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic. A feeling that you were once present at this very scene, saw these very students on the steps of a university hall, with their long hair, Afros, beards, Levi's, bandannas; witnessed these very gestures, the clenched fists, heard this speechifying by blacks and whites, the denunciations of war, the shouted words “Nixon, On strike, Shut it down, right on.” Even that middle‐aged figure on the steps, wearing a dashiki and calling for a March on Washington, looks strangely familiar — but at the same time somehow too old and out of place. Before the tear gas bombs explode and the cops descend with swinging clubs we (who were around in the sixties) may realize: That is Abbie Hoffman, King of the Yippies, saying precisely the kind of things he had said at such demonstrations 35 years before.
The Coen Brothers and the Post–Hollywood Studio Era
Authors: Luhr William 
Published: November 2011

Abstract
Joel and Ethan Coen are among the post–studio era American filmmakers whose careers followed the collapse of the Hollywood studio system around 1960 but whose work reveals nostalgia for films, genres, and production practices of that system's “Golden Age” (the 1930s–1950s). Many of these filmmakers learned their craft not as their predecessors had done, by working their way up from within the industry, but instead in university film schools. The first generation of such directors includes Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg; the Coens are among the second generation. Members of the first generation often allied themselves with major studios or production enterprises, produced films in the classical style, and welcomed opportunities to make big‐budget films that evoked nostalgia for popular Hollywood genres. Some of them sought production power comparable to that held by studio moguls of the past, such as Jack L. Warner, Samuel Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer, Harry Cohn, and Daryl F. Zanuck, and even established their own studios or production facilities, like American Zoetrope (Coppola and Lucas), Industrial Light and Magic (Lucas), and DreamWorks (Spielberg).
Truthiness Is Stranger than Fictition
Authors: Sicinski Michael 
Published: November 2011

Abstract
Before turning to a consideration of the odd prevalence of “biopics” (or biographical films about well‐known historical or cultural figures) among recent Hollywood and Indiewood prestige pictures, it may be useful to consider some aspects of the larger cultural landscape into which they insert themselves. Filmmaker Michael Moore, who in many ways has revitalized the documentary form precisely by adopting the stylistic mannerisms of sketch comedy and specious reasoning by montage one finds in every bit of propaganda from Eisenstein to Fox News, took the podium at the 2002 Academy Awards to loudly declare that “we are living in fictitious times.” In some sense this contention is fairly obvious, although whether the period from 1999 to the present represents some unique nadir of deceit is highly debatable. Still, from Bill Clinton's minor obstructions of justice through the fraudulent 2000 election and the seemingly limitless, deadly prevarications of the Bush forty‐third presidency, one can easily say that the public sphere is one governed by falsehood and fabrication (or, as Moore misspoke that night, “fictition”).
Cinema and the Age of Television, 1946–1975
Authors: Hilmes Michele 
Published: November 2011

Abstract
Hollywood's relationship with broadcasting goes deep, back to the days of the 1920s, before radio networks had yet established themselves. Far‐sighted entrepreneurs like Harry Warner of Warner Bros. set up radio stations as publicity vehicles for films and film stars, and advertisers turned to the glamour of Hollywood to promote their products on air. Indeed, American broadcasting could not have developed as it did without the influence of the movie industry, nor would Hollywood be what it is today without its considerable connection to broadcasting. Unlike Britain, where film producers regarded the public monopoly British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as purely a competitor, likely to use up film properties and celebrities without adequate compensation, Hollywood studios and stars eagerly teamed up with radio in the early 1930s in the mutual pursuit of profit, not only as a medium of publicity but in the development of sound technology and practices and as a vibrant venue of mutual creative interaction. This continued and intensified as television debuted in the late 1940s, bringing visual aesthetics and techniques of film production to the serial forms of broadcasting. By the late 1970s, it had become impossible to speak of the film and television industries as separate entities: television networks both produced and aired movies; film studios originated the vast majority of prime‐time programs on the networks; and cable television had begun to transform both industries as a new site of hybrid creativity.
Thermal, hydrolytic, anticorrosive, and tribological properties of alkyd‐silicone hyperbranched resins with high solid content
Authors: Murillo Edwin A. , López Betty L. , Brostow Witold 
Published: November 2011

AbstractNovel alkyd hyperbranched resins (AHBRs) modified with a Z‐6018 silicone (a polysiloxane intermediate) and with high solid content were synthesized by etherification reaction using an acid catalyst. Different molar ratios of AHBR to silicone were used. Structural, thermal, hydrolytic, anticorrosive, and tribological properties were studied using infrared (IR) analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), vapor pressure osmometry (VPO), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), acid value, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and pin‐on‐disk friction. IR and NMR provide evidence of grafting of the silicone on AHBR; the efficiency of grafting was quantified by TGA. Thermal stability was studied also by acid value analysis. Grafting increases the number average molecular mass, enhances thermal stability, and improves significantly hydrolytic stability. Corrosion resistance on steel is improved by two orders of magnitude, hence our modified materials can be used as highly effective anticorrosion coatings. Grafting lowers dynamic friction dramatically, more so at higher concentrations of silicone. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2012
Biodegradable poly(glycerin citrate) and its application to controlled release of theophylline
Authors: Liu Shixin , Jiang Man , Ye Sai , Xu Xiaohong , Lu Ping , Dong Jian 
Published: November 2011

AbstractThis study reports properties of a class of biodegradable polyesters based on citric acid and glycerin, both of which are safe ingredients in food, and their usefulness for drug control release applications. Transparent thin films of poly(glycerin citrate) (PGC) prepared by condensation polymerization were characterized by dynamic mechanical analysis, tensile testing, and FTIR spectroscopy. Depending on the acid‐to‐glycerin molar ratios, the crosslinked films could have glass transition temperatures varying from 30 to 81°C as shown by dynamic mechanical analysis. The ductile PGC films were more prone to hydrolytic degradation than poly(lactic acid). The controlled release properties of the PGC films were evaluated by a permeation study of an exemplary drug theophylline. The diffusion of theophylline in PGC film follows a Super Case II mechanism, but in PGC film modified with PEG4000, the diffusion follows approximately a Case II mechanism (near zero‐order release mechanism). © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2012
The posterior meniscofemoral ligament: Morphologic study and anatomic classification
Authors: Han Seung‐Ho , Kim Deog‐Im , Choi Seung‐Gyu , Lee Jun‐Hee , Kim Yi‐Suk 
Published: November 2011

AbstractThe meniscofemoral ligaments (MFLs) run from the medial femoral condyle to the posterior horn of the lateral meniscus and consist of anterior MFL (aMFL) and/or posterior MFL (pMFL) components according to whether it passes anterior or posterior to the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL). The purpose of this study was to analyze the incidence and morphologic features of the MFLs in Koreans and formulate an anatomic classification system of MFLs to aid the detailed interpretation of medical imaging or biomechanical data. One hundred knees from 52 cadavers were studied. Eighty‐seven knees had pMFLs, whereas an aMFL was only found in one knee from a male cadaver. The pMFLs and PCLs were longer in males than in females (P < 0.05). The most common type of MFL was the high crossing of a typical pMFL against the PCL in both genders. Regarding other types, the incidence of absent pMFLs was higher in males than in females and the oblique bundle of the PCL was easily confused with the pMFL in several cases in both genders. These results provide the basis for the classification system of the MFL and will contribute to better outcomes for evaluating the MFL and PCL when using medical imaging such as arthro‐CT scan or MRI through a better understanding of the anatomy of the MFL and PCL. Clin. Anat. 25:634–640, 2012. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Closure of multiple fenestrations in an aneurismal atrial septum using overlapping GORE® HELEX septal occluders
Authors: Lockhart C.J. , Magee Alan G. 
Published: November 2011

AbstractComplex atrial septal anatomy can continue to present a challenge for transcatheter closure. We present the successful use of overlapping GORE® HELEX atrial septal defect occluders in an adult patient with five distinct fenestrations in an aneurismal septum and how 3D echo can aid device positioning. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Intracoronary thrombolytic therapy
Authors: Gallagher Sean , Jain Ajay K. , Archbold R. Andrew 
Published: November 2011

AbstractThe benefit of the routine application of aspiration thrombectomy in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is now well established. The optimal management of patients who have “failed” thrombectomy characterized by a large residual thrombus burden after repeated mechanical thrombectomy, however, is not known. We report a case of failed aspiration thrombectomy in a 66‐year‐old woman who was admitted to our institution with chest pain associated with inferior ST segment elevation. Coronary angiography showed a thrombotic occlusion of the right coronary artery. Aspiration thrombectomy did little to reduce thrombus load and so the patient was treated with intracoronary tenecteplase. Repeat coronary angiography 18 hr later revealed marked thrombus resolution with thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) grade 3 anterograde flow and patency of the infarct‐related artery was maintained at 2‐month follow up. This case demonstrates the potential for intracoronary thrombolytic therapy as a treatment option for the management of patients following failed thrombectomy in PPCI. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Donor‐π‐Acceptor Fluorescent Dyes with a Pyridine Ring as an Electron‐Withdrawing‐Injecting Anchoring Group
Authors: Ooyama Yousuke , Nagano Tomoya , Inoue Shogo , Imae Ichiro , Komaguchi Kenji , Ohshita Joji , Harima Yutaka 
Published: November 2011

AbstractA new‐type of donor–acceptor π‐conjugated (D‐π‐A) fluorescent dyes NI3–NI8 with a pyridine ring as electron‐withdrawing‐injecting anchoring group have been developed and their photovoltaic performances in dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are investigated. The short‐circuit photocurrent densities and solar energy‐to‐electricity conversion yields of DSSCs based on NI3–NI8 are greater than those for the conventional D‐π‐A dye sensitizers NI1 and NI2 with a carboxyl group as the electron‐withdrawing anchoring group. The IR spectra of NI3–NI8 adsorbed on TiO2 indicate the formation of coordinate bonds between the pyridine ring of dyes NI3–NI8 and the Lewis acid sites (exposed Tin+ cations) of the TiO2 surface. This work demonstrates that the pyridine rings of D‐π‐A dye sensitizers that form a coordinate bond with the Lewis acid site of a TiO2 surface are promising candidates as not only electron‐withdrawing anchoring group but also electron‐injecting group, rather than the carboxyl groups of the conventional D‐π‐A dye sensitizers that form an ester linkage with the Brønsted acid sites of the TiO2 surface.
Characterization of G‐Quadruplex/Hemin Peroxidase: Substrate Specificity and Inactivation Kinetics
Authors: Yang Xiaojuan , Fang Canliang , Mei Hongcheng , Chang Tianjun , Cao Zehui , Shangguan Dihua 
Published: November 2011

AbstractRecently, G‐quadruplex/hemin (G4/hemin) complexes have been found to exhibit peroxidase activity, and this feature has been extensively exploited for colorimetric detection of various targets. To further understand and characterize this important DNAzyme, its substrate specificity, inactivation mechanism, and kinetics have been examined by comparison with horseradish peroxidase (HRP). G4/hemin DNAzyme exhibits broader substrate specificity and much higher inactivation rate than HRP because of the exposure of the catalytic hemin center. The inactivation of G4/hemin DNAzyme is mainly attributed to the degradation of hemin by H2O2 rather than the destruction of G4. Both the inactivation rate and catalytic oxidation rate of G4/hemin DNAzyme depend on the concentration of H2O2, which suggests that active intermediates formed by G4/hemin and H2O2 are the branch point of catalysis and inactivation. Reducing substrates greatly inhibit the inactivation of G4/hemin DNAzyme by rapidly reacting with the active intermediates. A possible catalytic and inactivation process of G4/hemin has been proposed. These results imply a potential cause for the hemin‐mediated cellular injury and provide insightful information for the future application of G4/hemin DNAzyme.
Description of Fluid Dynamics of Sandwich Packings
Authors: Brinkmann Ulf , Kaibel Björn , Jödecke Michael , Maćkowiak Jerzy , Kenig Eugeny Y. 
Published: November 2011

AbstractAnstaupackungen sind ein neuer Typ von Strukturpackungen für nicht‐reaktive und reaktive Trennapparate. Die Kombination unterschiedlicher spezifischer Oberflächen verursacht ein lokal begrenztes Fluten. Daraus resultieren eine Erhöhung des Flüssigkeitsinhalts und eine stark verbesserte Trennleistung der Packung. In dieser Arbeit wird ein Modell zur Beschreibung der komplexen Fluiddynamik in Anstaupackungen vorgestellt, um die Dimensionierung industrieller Apparate zu ermöglichen.
Making Universities More Entrepreneurial: Development of a Model
Authors: Kirby David A. , Guerrero Maribel , Urbano David 
Published: November 2011

AbstractEntrepreneurial universities where multifaceted efforts are made to ensure their contribution to regional economic development have been the focus of many case studies. Using institutional economics as the theoretical framework, we conducted two empirical investigations to advance the literature concerning entrepreneurial universities. First, experts in the field evaluated the appropriateness of several competing definitions of the entrepreneurial university. They also rated facilitators and barriers to universities becoming more entrepreneurial and suggested criteria for evaluating the success of such efforts. Second, the facilitators and barriers previously identified were examined for their relationship to the entrepreneurial success criteria using ratings from the faculty at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain). Although the facilitating factors were positively associated with success indices of the entrepreneurial university, the expected negative relationship between the barriers and success criteria was not observed. Copyright © 2011 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Dynamics of Stream Water Quality during Snowmelt and Rainfall – Runoff Events in a Small Agricultural Catchment
Authors: Fučík Petr , Kaplická Markéta , Kvítek Tomáš , Peterková Jana 
Published: November 2011

AbstractSurface water quality can vary a lot with fluctuating discharge during a Rainfall – runoff event. This paper uses a set of hydrological and hydrochemical variables to explain concentration–discharge loops and hysteresis of ${\rm NO}_{3}^{- } $, ${\rm NH}_{4}^{ + } $ and total suspended solids in a brook dewatering a small upland agricultural catchment in the Czech Republic. Our study is based on data collected by a continuous monitoring approach provided by an automatic ISCO sampler both from snow thawing and rainfall – runoff events. Methods of correlation, regression and principal component analysis (PCA) were employed to reveal possible relationships among the variables. For ${\rm NO}_{3}^{- } $ and ${\rm NH}_{4}^{ + } $, we found several types of concentration–discharge loops due to the loop rotation direction and also the loop curvature shape, in mutual combinations, no matter which type of a hydrological event it was related to. PCA indicated that ${\rm NO}_{3}^{- } $ loops correlated mostly with the length of a rising hydrograph limb and with the slope of the initial phase of a falling hydrograph limb, 5‐day amount of precipitation and runoff coefficient. In case of ${\rm NH}_{4}^{ + } $, the concentrations usually increased with elevated discharge, whereas PCA did not detect any closer linkages. For suspended solids, an unambiguous positive monotonic relationship was discovered. Although no definite pattern was found, this study showed the necessity of a continuous water quality monitoring system as an approach for capturing and understanding relationships between solute concentrations and runoff formation for tracing and modelling catchment pollution sources and describing transport processes.
Effects of neck damping properties on brain response underimpact loading
Authors: Dirisala V. , Karami G. , Ziejewski M. 
Published: November 2011

SUMMARYIn this paper, head–neck boundary conditions and modeling of the head are studied circumspectly. The neck is modeled using discrete elements and the head model is three‐dimensional. In the study presented here, a viscoelastic foundation (i.e., foundation defined by both springs and dampers) concept is introduced to simulate the head–neck boundary conditions during the impact load to the head. Time histories of the brain response in finite element head models with a viscoelastic neck are compared with the corresponding solutions of finite element head models with an elastic neck, and without a neck. It is observed that the magnitude of peaks in the brain's response time histories, at a later stage (i.e., 6 to 15 ms) of the simulation, decreases when dampers are induced to the elastic neck. A parametric study is also conducted to examine the brain response while varying different damping coefficient values for the neck. The magnitude of peaks in the brain's response time histories for models with different neck damping coefficients is observed to maintain some form of proportionality. In other words, the magnitude of peaks in the brain's response time histories decreases with an increased damping coefficient of the neck at the later stage of the simulation (i.e., 6 to 15 ms). From the outcomes of this study, it can be determined that the head–neck boundary conditions during head impact loading are important for studying the brain's response at the later stages of the head impact. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Catalytic Partial Oxidation and Membrane Separation to Optimize the Conversion of Natural Gas to Syngas and Hydrogen
Authors: Capoferri Daniela , Cucchiella Barbara , Iaquaniello Gaetano , Mangiapane Alessia , Abate Salvatore , Centi Gabriele 
Published: November 2011

AbstractThe multistep integration of hydrogen‐selective membranes into catalytic partial oxidation (CPO) technology to convert natural gas into syngas and hydrogen is reported. An open architecture for the membrane reactor is presented, in which coupling of the reaction and hydrogen separation is achieved independently and the required feed conversion is reached through a set of three CPO reactors working at 750, 750 and 920 °C, compared to 1030 °C for conventional CPO technology. Obtaining the same feed conversion at milder operating conditions translates into less natural gas consumption (and CO2 emissions) and a reduction of variable operative costs of around 10 %. It is also discussed how this energy‐efficient process architecture, which is suited particularly to small‐to‐medium applications, may improve the sustainability of other endothermic, reversible reactions to form hydrogen.
Conversion of Biomass‐Derived Levulinate and Formate Esters into γ‐Valerolactone over Supported Gold Catalysts
Authors: Du Xian‐Long , Bi Qing‐Yuan , Liu Yong‐Mei , Cao Yong , Fan Kang‐Nian 
Published: November 2011

AbstractThe utilization of biomass has recently attracted tremendous attention as a potential alternative to petroleum for the production of liquid fuels and chemicals. We report an efficient alcohol‐mediated reactive extraction strategy by which a hydrophobic mixture of butyl levulinate and formate esters, derived from cellulosic biomass, can be converted to valuable γ‐valerolactone (GVL) by a simple supported gold catalyst system without need of an external hydrogen source. The essential role of the supported gold is to facilitate the rapid and selective decomposition of butyl formate to produce a hydrogen stream, which enables the highly effective reduction of butyl levulinate into GVL. This protocol simplifies the recovery and recycling of sulfuric acid, which is used for cellulose deconstruction.