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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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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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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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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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Kontje, Timothy. "Zero Line." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2019. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/797.
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An action-adventure script about a hard-driving journalist named Jen who teams up with a talented but fainthearted Iraqi archaeologist and a cynical renegade soldier turned smuggler to track down antiquities looted by ISIS after the death of her war correspondent fiancé.
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Sexton, Max. "Celluloid television culture : the specificity of film on television : the action-adventure text as an example of a production and textual strategy, 1955-1978." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2013. http://bbktheses.da.ulcc.ac.uk/25/.
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The aim of this thesis is to re-examine the use of film on British television, 1955-78, in order to demonstrate that the production of drama on British television was more complex than in the existing supposition, that television drama was either shot ‘live’ or co-existed with the recording medium of film. Instead, the types of interaction will raise questions about the process of production and how the recording of programmes on film addressed the audience watching a domestic medium. The thesis attempts to answer these questions by examining a form and mode of popular entertainment on British television that existed on film. The shot-on-film television series was a form that had been imported from the United States in the 1950s, but had been modified in Britain. The type of modification is shown to reveal how notions of value and quality were assigned to a television programme when a public service ethos determined the cultural discourse set by British television. The development of an export market and the internationalisation of British television will raise questions about the exact appeal of these programmes. At the same time, indigenous modes of film production designed for the domestic consumption of television existed side-by-side with the professional ideologies associated with commercial film-making. These professional ideologies allowed for the development of television as an international commodity. However, they created a tension between separate modes of fictional television production. The thesis concludes that the creation of separate modalities in the British adventure series at various times interacted in the 1960s and 1970s, and led to it becoming a less stable object of analysis, which requires an exploration of the often contradictory ways in which a number of key programmes functioned.
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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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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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Carter, Joseph. "Extreme sports as filmed entertainment: Understanding aesthetic form, style and characteristics of extreme sports films." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2022. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/235392/1/Joe%2BCarter%2BThesis%281%29.pdf.
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This study examines the evolution of the production characteristics and textual elements of successful contemporary extreme sports films in the last 15 years. This knowledge is applied to the study’s creative practice component, a 57-minute documentary film (The Strez, 2021). Based on the practice led research, and the insights gained, a set of creative principles are developed to assist other filmmakers in the extreme sports film genre.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Freitas, Ricardo Jorge da Silva. "Plano de negócios para o Madeira e-Motions Camp." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19932.
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Mestrado em Ciências EmpresariaisO Trabalho Final de Mestrado consiste num plano de negócios para a criação de um campo de férias radical na ilha da Madeira. Este projeto tem como finalidade atrair e conectar diferentes indivíduos com espírito aventureiro, dos quais se poderão destacar os praticantes de desportos radicais. Esta atração é possibilitada através da oferta de espaços e serviços que permitem praticar novos desportos radicais e melhorar a aprendizagem de alguns já desenvolvidos na ilha. Organizou-se o plano de negócios segundo a metodologia de Kuratko (2009) e fundamentou-se os resultados através de um inquérito aplicado a 250 indivíduos, documentos estratégicos e bases de dados. A análise financeira do projeto demonstrou dados positivos que comprovam a viabilidade do negócio.
This master final dissertation consists in a business plan for the creation of a Radical Summer Camp in Madeira Island. This project aims to attract and connect diferent types of individuals with an adventure spirit, mostly action sports'athletes. This attraction is possible by offering infrastructures and services which allow the practice of new action sports and a better development of some that already exists in the island. The business plan was organized according to Kuratko's methodology (2009) and was based on the results provided by an inquiry applied to 250 individuals, strategic documents and databases.The financial analyses showed positive data which proves the viability of the project.
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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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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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Karppinen, S. J. (Seppo J. A. ). "Seikkailullinen vuosi haastavassa luokassa:etnografinen toimintatutkimus seikkailu- ja elämyspedagogiikasta." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2005. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9514277554.
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Abstract This study aims at enhancing the understanding of outdoor adventure education and experience pedagogy as an alternative teaching method in schools. The purpose of the study is to develop outdoor adventure education, describe its practical implementation and report on the pupils' experiences. The sample is formed by the pupils of a single class in a fairly large town (N = 6, aged 10–12). The pupils had been classified as maladjusted for regular education. The research was carried out during one school year in the late 1990's. The research approach is an application of the ethnographic research tradition and action research. In this study the researcher has an active role shaping the research and trying to develop an alternative teaching method to make the pupils' action and experiences understandable by watching, listening and taking part in the activities. The study develops a method of outdoor adventure education and experience pedagogy, tests its functionality and describes the pupils' experiences of the method as it was applied into practice. The study is not about competition for the superiority or justification of the school's teaching, and the teaching culture is only discussed in terms of a single method. The study at hand consists of a theoretical and empirical part so that outdoor adventure education constitutes the theoretical frame of reference, while the research observations, analysis and interpretation form the empirical part of the study. The research background is described in Chapters 1 to 3, the research observations and their summaries in Chapter 4, conclusions of the analysis and interpretation of the observations in Chapter 5, consisting of discussions of reliability and repeatability. The last chapter of the study, Chapter 6, consists of discussions of the pedagogical conclusions. The observations would appear to show that outdoor adventure education and experience pedagogy is connected with the reform-pedagogical approach, constructivist interpretation of learning and reflective learning. Through these pedagogical approaches outdoor adventure education could be added in the comprehensive school curriculum as an alternative teaching and learning method. It could be implemented as a rehabilitative method of special education without any massive projects or resources. The pupils thought that their experiences of outdoor adventure education and experience pedagogy were positive from the viewpoint of their own development, social interaction and school satisfaction. We can maintain on the basis of the current study that the method implemented here provides one way to add to school motivation and thus to prevent exclusion from education. The observations would appear to show that the method could help to integrate the goals of growth and learning in the modern educational system so heavily focused on information and technology. "But the walking of which I speak has nothing in it akin to taking exercise, as it is called, as the sick take medicine at stated hours—as the swinging of dumb-bells or chairs; but is itself the enterprise and adventure of the day." (Henry Thoreau 1817—62)Tiivistelmä Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan seikkailu- ja elämyspedagogiikkaa kasvatus-, opetus- ja oppimisnäkemyksenä sekä peruskoulun yleiseen opetussuunnitelmaan sisältyvänä vaihtoehtoisena käytännön opetus- ja oppimismenetelmänä. Tehtävänä on kehitellä ja selkiyttää seikkailu- ja elämyspedagogiikan ilmiötä, kuvata sen käytännön toteutumista koulussa ja tuoda esille oppilaiden kokemuksia. Kohteena on suurehkon kaupungin erityiskoulun yhden luokan oppilaat (N = 6, ikä 10–12 v.). Oppilaat oli luokiteltu yleisopetukseen sopeutumattomiksi. Tutkimusajankohta oli yksi lukuvuosi 1990-luvun loppupuolella. Tutkimusotteena on etnografisen tutkimustradition, toimintatutkimuksen ja konstruktiivisen tutkimusotteen sovellus. Tutkimusessa tutkijalla on aktiivinen rooli. Hän koettaa kehitellä vaihtoehtoista opetusmenetelmää ja saada oppilaiden toimintaa ja kokemuksia ymmärrettäväksi katselemalla, kuuntelemalla ja ottamalla osaa toimintaan. Esitys on vain yksi esimerkki siitä, miten vaihtoehtoista opetusta voidaan tutkia ja kokeilla, eikä tarkoitus ole vertailla toisiinsa eri opetusmenetelmiä tai kulttuureita. Käsillä oleva tutkimus koostuu teoreettisesta ja empiirisestä osiosta niin, että seikkailu- ja elämyspedagogiikkaan liittyvä traditio muodostaa tutkimuksen teoreettisen viitekehyksen ja tutkimushavainnot empiirisen osan, joista analyysin ja tulkinnan avulla laaditaan pedagogiset johtopäätökset. Seikkailu- ja elämyspedagogiikka kytkeytyy reformipedagogiseen suuntaukseen, konstruktivistiseen oppimisen tulkintaan ja reflektiiviseen oppimiseen. Näiden pedagogisten näkemysten avulla seikkailu- ja elämyspedagogiikka voitiin liittää peruskoulun opetussuunnitelman sisään kuuluvaksi vaihtoehtoiseksi opetus- ja oppimismenetelmäksi. Tutkimuksen perusteella näyttää, että seikkailu- ja elämyspedagogiikan avulla oli mahdollista tukea kouluoppiaineiden ulkopuolelle jääviä persoonallisen kasvun ja sosiaalisen toiminnan tavoitteita. Kokemukset seikkailu- ja elämyspedagogiikasta olivat oppilaiden mukaan myönteisiä oman kehittymisen, sosiaalisen vuorovaikutuksen ja kouluviihtyvyyden ja kannalta. Voidaan todeta, että seikkailu- ja elämyspedagogiikka on yksi vaihtoehtoinen menetelmä haastavien oppilaiden kuntouttavassa kasvatuksessa, koulumotivaation lisäämisessä ja syrjäytymisen ehkäisemisessä. Havaintojen perusteella näyttäisi, että menetelmän avulla voidaan eheyttää kasvu- ja oppimistavoitteita tämän päivän tieto- ja teknologiapainotteisessa koulujärjestelmässä. "Mutta se kävely, josta minä puhun, ei muistuta lainkaan niin kutsuttua liikunnan harjoitusta, ei lääkkeiden nauttimista määrätunnein eikä käsipainojen tai tuolien nostelua, vaan on päivän tehtävä tai seikkailu" (Henry Thoreau 1817–62)
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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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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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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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Barnett, Vanessa. "Tasha: A practice-based problematisation of Australian comedy cinema’s representation of gender, family and nationhood." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2014. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1411.
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Between 2007 and 2012, 140 fictional feature films were financed with the assistance of Australian film funding bodies. Of these 140 films, only 31 featured female protagonists and of these 31 films, only 8 were comedies (see Appendix B). These figures show statistically, Tasha, the creative film component of this research project, is not a typical Australian comedy film; it is the story of Tasha, an unemployed girl from Girrawheen in her early twenties, who has lost her sense of identity. As Australian films such as Little Fish¸ Candy, Jedda and Muriel’s Wedding would suggest, this is certainly not an uncommon premise in Australian national cinema. However, this is not all there is to know about Tasha; she is preoccupied, not by a love interest or by a drug addiction, but by ninjutsu, and vigilantism. This is where Tasha finds its unique approach to Australian cinema’s historic treatment of the woman-centred narrative. That said, beneath Tasha’s unconventional surface arguably lies a truly Australian comedy film.
The exegesis component of this project re-interprets Bazin’s question, “Qu'est-ce que le cinéma?” (What is cinema?), with a theoretical framework inspired by Australian film theorist Tom O’Regan’s influential text, Australian National Cinema. The exegesis begins by looking at Australian national cinema as a whole, then narrowing the focus to Australian comedy cinema. O’Regan (1996) describes Australian cinema as a national cinema; a cinema that embodies Australian culture, society and history. The focus is on Australian comedy film texts, and their social, political and cultural contexts. Tasha, the creative film project, is what O’Regan would term a “problematisation” of Australian comedy cinema.
The key argument of this project is that Australian national comedy films are uniquely Australian, cinematic explorations of individual identity, socio-cultural identity, landscape and family. Australia laughs about what it knows best, these four narrative and aesthetic preoccupations being central to Australian socio-cultural values and attitudes, to understanding the concept of Australianness. Australian comedy cinema is a problematic genre unto itself. The theoretical component of this project is a profile of Australian comedy cinema’s homogenised representation of Australianness. Tasha is then presented as an alternative. This investigation aims to both improve, and demonstrate an understanding of Australian comedy cinema as a problematisation of gender, culture, landscape, family and identity.
Tasha responds to the research question, “What is Australian comedy cinema?” by revealing that even an Australian action comedy with exciting stunts and fight scenes, is still a story of an individual’s sense of identity, family, and place. Such stories are arguably the hallmark of Australian comedy cinema; this carries a uniquely Australian sense of quirkiness. It remains the domain of the underdog: the battlers, larrikins, and of course the ockers. It still carries the same messages; never forget who you are, who your friends and family are, or where you came from. Despite its unconventional narrative, subject matter, soundtrack and aesthetics, Tasha proves to be no exception; it is still easily identified as a truly Australian comedy film.
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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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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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Pieri, Jean-Etienne. "Hollywood et Hong Kong : transferts culturels, de 1979 à nos jours." Paris 3, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008PA030070.
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Cette thèse est consacrée aux échanges entre le cinéma hongkongais et Hollywood. Depuis le début des années 90, un certain nombre de réalisateurs, d’acteurs et de chorégraphes de scènes de combat originaires de Hong Kong sont effectivement venus travailler aux États-Unis. Les films tournés à Hollywood par ces artistes hongkongais ne représentent cependant que la part la plus manifeste des transferts entre les deux industries cinématographiques. Ces transferts n’ont en fait cessé de prendre de l’ampleur depuis l’émergence, en 1979, de ce que l’on a appelé la « Nouvelle Vague » hongkongaise (un mouvement de jeunes réalisateurs ayant pour la plupart étudié dans des pays anglo-saxons). Dans cette thèse sont analysés les tentatives d’hybridation (notamment sur un plan générique), les remakes et les différentes formes d’emprunts narratifs et stylistiques qui ont contribué à cette circulation des formes entre les deux cinématographiesThis thesis examines the exchanges between Hong Kong cinema and Hollywood. Since the beginning of the 1990s, several Hong Kong directors, actors and fight scenes choreographers have indeed emigrated to the United States. But the movies made in Hollywood by these filmmakers and stars from Hong Kong only represent the most obvious part of the transfers between the two film industries. These transfers have actually constantly increased since the emergence, in 1979, of what have been called the “New Wave” of Hong Kong (a movement of young directors, mostly educated in North America and England). In this thesis are studied the attempts to create hybrid works (especially on a generic level), the remakes and the different kinds of narrative and stylistic borrowings which contributed to the circulation of forms between the two film industries
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Martinez, Teran Maria Esther. "Development and evaluation of controlled release pellets in orodispersible tablets for pediatric use." Thesis, Lille 2, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LIL2S051/document.
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Dans la dernière décennie, les autorités de santé ont promulgué une réglementation pédiatrique orientée sur le développement et la disponibilité des formulations adaptées à l'âge, la taille, l'état physiologique et les besoins de la population pédiatrique. Généralement, l'administration de médicaments par la voie orale est toujours préférée aux autres voies d'administration car elle est pratique, économique et bien acceptée. Au cours des dernières années, de nouvelles formulations solides ont été développés comme par exemple les comprimés orodispersibles car ils sont faciles à administrer, ne nécessitent pas d'eau et, dès lors que la dispersion est rapide, la biodisponibilité du médicament peut être significativement supérieure à celle observée avec les comprimés classiques offrant ainsi des solutions alternatives pour les enfants. D’autre part, les mini-granules présentent de nombreux avantages par rapport aux formes galéniques solides unitaires car ils se dispersent à travers le tractus gastro-intestinal, réduisant ainsi l'irritation locale du principe actif, et permettent l'amélioration de l'absorption du médicament ainsi que la diminution des fluctuations de concentration plasmatique. De plus, avec ces formes multiparticulaires, il est possible de contrôler la vitesse de libération du médicament, ce qui réduit les effets indésirables. Quelques études ont porté sur la compression des mini-granules non enrobés, ce qui pourraient limiter les problèmes pendant la compression comparativement aux mini-granules enrobés pour lesquels l’enrobage pourrait être détruit.L'objectif global de ce travail était de développer un comprimé multiparticulaire orodispersible (MUP-ODT) qui permet la libération contrôlée d'acétaminophène (APAP), utilisé comme principe actif modèle, contenue dans les mini-granules des comprimés orodispersibles.La première partie a déterminé les propriétés mécaniques des mini-granules d’APAP obtenus par la technique d’extrusion-sphéronisation en contenant différents types d'excipients et différents pourcentages de principe actif pour produire un système matriciel à libération contrôlée.La seconde partie de cette étude a examiné la faisabilité de comprimer des mini-granules non enrobés à base de cellulose microcristalline (MCC) dans différentes formulations orodispersibles et d’étudier l'influence du pourcentage de mini-granules, le type de désagrégant et la force de compression.La troisième partie a été dédiée à la production des MUP-ODTs qui permettent la libération contrôlée d’APAP en utilisant différents pourcentages d’Eudragit® pour créer un système matriciel sans changement significatif dans le profil de libération après la compression.Enfin, dans la dernière partie, un plan d'expérience a été effectué pour déterminer les paramètres optimaux pour produire les MUP-ODTs. L'évaluation du masquage de goût a été réalisée par la langue électronique et la méthode de dissolution à l'aide d'une pompe à seringues qui utilise de fiables volumes de milieu afin de simuler le comportement dans la bouche d’un enfant. Plusieurs polymères ont été utilisés avec succès pour produire des mini-granules d’APAP de type matriciel avec différents pourcentages de principe actif. Les MUP-ODTs ont été obtenus en montrant la faisabilité de leur production et l’obtention de bonnes propriétés mécaniques. Ils permettent la désagrégation très rapide et la possibilité de libération modifiée, tout en offrant une déglutition facile pour un enfant et une flexibilité de posologieIn the last decade, medical agencies have promoted a pediatric regulatory focusing on the development and availability of age-appropriate formulations suitable for age, size, physiological condition and treatment requirements for the pediatric population. In general, oral drug delivery is still preferred over the other drug delivery routes since it is convenient, economical and user friendly. In recent years, a number of new solid oral drug delivery platforms such as orodispersible tablets have been developed as they are easy to administer, do not require additional water and, as long as dispersion is rapid, the bioavailability of the drug can be significantly greater than those observed in conventional tablet dosage forms offering a potential alternative for pediatric patients. In parallel, multiparticulate products present many advantages compared to single-unit dosage forms as they distribute fast through the gastrointestinal tract, thus reducing local irritation caused by the active ingredient, enhancing drug absorption and decreasing fluctuation of plasma peaks. Moreover, it is possible to control the drug release rate, resulting in fewer adverse effects. Only few studies have dealt with the compaction of uncoated pellets, which potentially could provide fewer problems during compaction than coated pellets, in particular by reducing damages on the coating.The overall objective of this study was to develop a Multiple-Unit Pellet Orodispersible Tablet (MUP-ODT) allowing for the controlled release of acetaminophen (APAP), used as a model drug, which is contained in the pellets of the orodispersible tablets.The first part determined the mechanical properties of APAP pellets produced by the extrusion-spheronization technique containing different types of excipients and different drug load percentages to produce a controlled release matrix system.The second part of this study examined the feasibility to compress uncoated free drug MCC pellets with different orodispersible formulations to assess the influence of the percentage of pellets, type of disintegrants and compression force.The third part was dedicated to produce MUP-ODTs which allowing for controlled-release of APAP using different percentages of Eudragit® to create the matrix system without significant changes in the release profile after compression.Finally, a design of experiments was carried out to determinate the optimal parameters to produce MUP-ODTs.Taste-masking evaluation was realized using the electronic tongue. Dissolution test was performed using a syringe pump and small volumes of aqueous medium at low flow rates to mimic the behavior in the mouth of the child.Different polymers were successfully used to produce APAP matrix pellets with different drug loadings. MUP-ODTs were successfully obtained demonstrating their feasible production with good mechanical properties. They enable very fast disintegration and modified release properties, but also offer easy swallowing for children and dose flexibility
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Oplatková, Hana. "Žiju tarot." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta výtvarných umění, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-232344.
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Private deck of cards created during six-month survey and documentation of daily experiences. The package contains 49 cards and it is inspired by a set of 78 tarot cards. Text content - reverse side of the card was created using diary notes. Face side of the card was chosen as a representation of processes taking place usually in days when the card was read.
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Christie, Elizabeth. "Explosions in the narrative action films with Lacan /." 2006. http://catalogue.flinders.edu.au/local/adt/public/adt-SFU20071121.092301/index.html.
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Pascoe, Gerald James. "A qualitative textual and comparative analysis of the representation of masculinity in the action and romantic comedy genres." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9027.
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This study is an exploration of the representation of masculinity in film, with particular focus on the way in which the leading male characters in a purposive sample of action genre and romantic comedy genre films represent masculinity. It is posited that masculinity is a construct, the meaning of which is dependent on the social context of the individual. Film being a social artefact could then possibly influence individuals understanding of the construct. Therefore an exploration of the kind of masculinity, the variations thereof across genres, and masculine characteristics of masculinity prevalent in each genre, is a first step in understanding possible influences of the definition of masculinity.
In order to accomplish this exploration, a combination of methods is used to analyse these fictional characters according to a set of codes and „real‟ world norms. The real world norms are based on seven theoretically derived norms of masculinity developed from previous research on masculinity conducted by Levant, Hirsch, Celentano, Cozza, Hill, MacEachern, Marty and Schnedekerl (1992).
The results of the findings from this study indicate that the way in which male characters are created for each genre are different, with male lead characters from the action genre having more characteristics that align with the „real‟ world norms of masculinity (Levant et al 1992). Alternatively, the male lead characters from the romantic comedy genre, have fewer characteristics that align with the seven theoretically derived norms of masculinity. The masculinity represented in the romantic comedy genre is more emotionally available and expressive, less aggressive, more compromising and reliant on others; while in the action genre masculinity is more independent, stoic, aggressive and more physically adventurous. The male lead characters in the romantic comedy genre are more about the emotional aspects of masculinity while the male lead characters in the action genre are more about the physical aspects of masculinity.Communication Science
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Ji, Yao Li, and 姚麗吉. "An Action Research of Adventure Education Merging into Integrative Activity Learning Area in Elementary Schools." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/m26789.
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碩士國立臺東大學
教育學系(所)
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A teaching material “The program of adventure education merging into integrative activity learning area in elementary schools” was adopted in this study. The course of adventure education was taken for 9 weeks during each 1st and 2nd semester, including a lesson of preparation and review. The subjects are 35 6th graders (18 boys and 17 girls) in the researcher’s school, through the method of Action Research. The purposes of this study were to: 1. develop a serious of unit teaching activity. The course of adventure education was merged into integrative activity learning area for 6th graders. Through the methods of introspection, thinking, clearance, practice and discussion, relationships toward selfhood, interpersonal and environment were reconstructed. 2. provide a reference for the teaching of adventure education merging into integrative activity learning area in elementary schools. In the 9-week course in each semester, curricula have been designed and revised. In addition to observation and investigation, interviews were also adopted to the students, homeroom teachers and co-teachers. Through analyses of observation records, word-by-word manuscript, focus interview memos, introspection notes, student reports and learning sheets, the findings are concluded as follows: 1. When teachings conform to the Competency Standards of integrative activity learning area and adventure education principles, the program of adventure education courses can integrate integrative activity learning area naturally. 2. Through the implement of adventure education courses, students participated in this program can understand themselves more, result in self-identifications and appreciation toward others. 3. Students revealed phenomenon of team cooperation and mutual help; also promoted the ability of problem solving. 4. Students can feel the mystery of nature, deeply show the sentiment of nature loving, and evaluate risks applying nature environment. 5. Students can apply what they learned into daily life. Lastly, according to the findings in this study, suggestions are provided to school administrations, curriculum designs adopting adventure education in integrative activity learning area in elementary schools, and future researches.
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TONG, QIAN，, and 錢桐. "Live-action Films of The Fairy Tale Cinderella." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31953725714376989159.
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碩士輔仁大學
德國語文學系碩士班
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The four live-action movies examined in this study are: Cinderella, by Walt Disney Studios (2015); Cinderella radiated at ZDF on 24 December; A Cinderella Story, by Warner Brothers Pictures (2004); and Ella Enchanted, produced by Miramax Films (2004). All of these films are updated revisions of the Cinderella fairy tale from the last 15 years, and have been brought to the market by the most influential film groups with great success. An analysis of the narration of the four live-action films, and a comparison of the traditional fairy tale with each film will show traces of times. This thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter gives an overview of the aims and the methods used in this work. Chapter 2 explains the origin of the fairy tale Cinderella and the two tales of Cendrillon ou la Petite Pantoufle de Verre (Cinderella or the little glass slipper) from 1697 by Charles Perrault, and Cinderella (KHM21) from 1857 by The Brothers Grimm. Chapter 3 presents the four live-action movies. In this chapter, the changes to characters and plot, and the transmedian description in each film and their meaning are interpreted. The four live-action films are all based on the traditional fairy tale Cinderella, but change the plot and presentation. On the one hand, they reflect conventional culturally-related meanings; on the other hand, they also use modern social educational values. The look of the woman and her extraordinary beauty doesn’t play an outstanding role any more. Great value is placed on independence and personal character. In the fourth chapter, the film adaptations are analysed. The four films have clearly shown that the traditional Cinderella fairy tale reflects the former social relationships. The female role is characterized by passivity and thus dependence on the male world, which basically determines her life. The main role shows the self-realization of a modern woman. In contrast, the female main characters in the four films are portrayed as independent to the Unconventional, which in turn depicts the improved position of women in the child’s education.
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Ouyang, Hsuan, and 歐陽萱. "An Action Research of the Influences of Adventure Activity on the Subjective Well-being for Elder." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/42600166471545880235.
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碩士中國文化大學
心理輔導研究所
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According to the investigation of UN Census Bureau, the worldly population has been doubled from 1980 to 2005. As also shown in the investigation, the Pacific and Asian areas will become the center of elderly people more than 65 years old. The increasing population of venerable age has been the challenging factors for the 21st century. In addition to the dealing with the dangers of being diseased and disabled, “ successful aging” means that the elder people must have positive lives and adaptation, which serves as an important task for the aging society. The following are the goals of this research: A. To design a series of adventure education for the healthy elderly. B. To analyze the influence of the adventure education activity on the subjective well-being of the elderly. C. To discuss the contribution of the activities to the happiness of the elderly. After two pretests, the adventure education was designed into eight sessions of activities. In using MUNSH in Chinese version, GRABBSS, member discussions, the researcher’s reflections and 3 interviews after adventure education, the analysis of these data refered to the following points: A. Following the rules of the physical situations of the elderly and of the educational activities, a natural design of the educational program can be made. B. The adventure education activity has a positive influence on the subjective well-being, the self-acceptance, personal growth, creative and the environment mastery of the elderly. C. The activities of adventure education have positive contribution to the happiness of the elderly and thus are helpful to their success adaptation to the aged period. In the end of this report , some conclusions and suggestions are offered for further studies and practices.
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LIEN, CHIEN-HAO, and 連建皓. "An Action Research of Applying Adventure Education to Enhance 6th Graders’ Self-concept and Frustration Tolerance." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25539747806330105017.
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碩士靜宜大學
教育研究所
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The current action research aimed to explore the process of applying adventure education to enhance 6th graders’ self-concept and frustration tolerance, specifically focusing on the effects of the given course program on self-concept and frustration tolerance among elementary school students. The study was carried out in the Integrated Activity Curriculum in the 6th Grade level in the Spring Semester, covering 8 activities in 16 class meetings. The results of the current study were as follows: 1. The effect of adventure education on self-concept Students demonstrated self-recognition and self-affirmation in academic self, physical self, family self, and social self. 2. The effect of adventure education on frustration tolerance Students showed corresponding strategies and positive attitudes while facing frustration in academic risk taking, academic action taking, academic emotion feeling, interpersonal risk taking, interpersonal action taking, and interpersonal emotion feeling. 3. Researcher’s reflection and professional growth The teacher in the current study, serving as the curricular guidance, guided the students through the curriculum and self-reflection for further application in their daily life. The curriculum enhanced the teacher’ ability of curriculum design, increased professional competence related to adventure education, and strengthened relevant capacities for classroom management. In the teacher-student interaction, the teacher gained the students’ trust and received their positive feedback concerning the curricular program. The study concluded with the statement that adventure education enhanced the self-concept and frustration tolerance among elementary school students.The data indicated that students could apply what they have learned from the curriculum to their daily life, thus improving their self-concept and frustration tolerance.
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Hui, Kang-shu, and 康淑惠. "Action Research: The Application of Adventure Education in Learning Area of Integrated Activities in Junior High Schools." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7vv8r7.
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碩士國立中山大學
教育研究所
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Action Research: The Application of Adventure Education in Learning Area of Integrated Activities in Junior High Schools Abstract The current research was conducted based on a self -constructed curriculum, The Lesson Plans of Application of Adventure Educationin Learning Area of Integrated Activities, on 37 (male = 20, female = 17) seventh graders for twelve weeks (a total of 24 formal sessions). One orientation and one review session were also conducted prior to and after the formal curriculum. The goals of the current action research are six-folded: (a) to design an age-appropriate Adventure Educationin curriculum in the application of Learning Area of Integrated Activities; (b) to examine how this curriculum may help students establish interpersonal connection and reach consensus among each other within a short time; (c) to investigate how this curriculum may help students understand and affirm self as well as appreciate others; (d) to explore how this curriculum may improve students’ teamwork and problem-solving capacities; (e) to study how this curriculum may help students discover the mystery of Nature and subsequently elicit the emotions and behaviors of cherishing Nature; and (f) to provide concrete recommendations to the implementation of Adventure Educationin curriculum in junior high schools. In addition to on-site observation, focus interviews were conducted on the students, lead teachers, subject teachers, and co-investigators. Information gathered from the observation notes, interview transcripts, reflection diary, student posters, self-portrait, and learning sheets was analyzed and interpreted. The research findings confirmed the six goals listed above. Specifically, the results revealed that: (a) it is feasible to design an age-appropriate Adventure Educationin curriculum in the application of Learning Area of Integrated Activities through the indicators of Learning Area and the principles of experiential learning; (b) the students in the current study established mutual understanding and interpersonal connection, discussed group-oriented ground rules, as well as reached consensus in a short time; (c) the students in the current study enhanced their self-understanding, active listening, as well as a sense of self-appreciation and appreciation to others; (d) the students in the current study developed a sense of teamwork, trust, and safety as well as positive problem-solving capabilities; (e) the students in the current study discovered the mystery of Nature, yielded emotions and behaviors of cherishing Nature, and learned how to create joy through the natural environment; and (f) the students in the current study learned how to apply what they have learned in the curriculum to daily life. At last, recommendations and implications regarding application of Adventure Educationin curriculum in junior high school settings are discussed. Key Word：Adventure Education、Integrated Activities Learning Area
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謝玉珍. "An Action Research on Application of Adventure Education in Learning Area of Integrated Activities in Elementary School." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23087713998997202650.
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HUI, CHEN YA, and 陳雅惠. "Promoting the group cohesiveness by means of adventure education—an action research on the fifth-grade class." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/56094898878898418890.
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碩士國立新竹教育大學
人資處課程與教學碩士班
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Abstract Adopting action research method, the study aims to develop instructional design in the classroom on the ground of adventure education and employ such a design into managing a fifth-grade class, so as to explore the process of the execution and any problems involved, and observe the direction of change regarding the cohesiveness of the class. The implementation duration encompasses 2 semesters, with 17 activities and 38 sessions. Four purposes of research are as follows: first, to formulate an adventure education program (referred to as the Program) that are suitable to fifth-graders; second, to explore the process of the execution and any problems involved; third, to evaluate the performance and cohesiveness of the class after the implementation of the Program; and fourth, to understand the thinking and professional growth of the researcher after the implementation of the Program. The research results are as follows: 1. Regarding the development of the Program: It is appropriate to combine adventure educational activities with class management, so the goals of class management can be included in the adventure education; furthermore, the virtual and imaginary scenarios in textbooks are replaced with practical experience activities, and through transfer of learning, the knowledge can be applied to future’s life and the scope of learning. 2. Regarding the process of the execution: Be cautious when team contests are conducted. Full value contracts can be applied to pupils, on condition that the strategies are altered to meet their needs. The encouragement and praise from teachers and peers should be the key to facilitating cooperation and cohesiveness among students. Moreover, regular feedback and sharing shall be undertaken in a more diversified way, so as to encourage pupils to share what they think and to take part in all sorts of activities. 3. Regarding student performance: When adventure education is incorporated into class management, the cohesiveness of students in work and social interaction increases. 4. Regarding the researcher’s thinking and growth: The teacher takes helm of the instructional development in the beginning; yet during the course of execution, the teacher gives the leading voice back to the students; that is, a teacher shall be patient with students in the course of growth. In summation, the researcher, according to discussions and research results, proffers suggestions for the educational agencies, school’s events and instructional activities as well as the direction for future’s research. Keywords: adventure education, cohesiveness, action research
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CHIEN, MIAO-CHUAN, and 簡妙娟. "THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP MODEL OF EDUCATION ADVISORY GROUP AND THE EFFECTS OF ADVENTURE EDUCATION：A PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47276454911801005587.
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碩士輔仁大學
教育領導與發展研究所
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The purposes of this study were to construct the instructional leadership model of Education Advisory Group and to explore effects of adventure education. First, it is explored that the implementation of Adventure Education teaching given by Education Advisory Group to the general teacher with the process of instructional leadership；and then, to evaluate the teaching efficiency of Adventure Education through observing the students’ learning experiences. Finally, to assess the effects of the instructional leadership of Education Advisory Group through reflection upon the process of consulting teacher’s Adventure Education teaching. This study launches research mainly with the method “Participatory Action Research”. With the researcher and research participants’ collaborative participating in the study, from drafting the strategies, taking action, and then discussing and evaluating the research results together; afterwards, the process of instructional leadership action is given feedback to Compulsory Education Advisory Group. The conclusions of this study were as followings: In terms of the goals and strategies of the Education Advisory Group, the goals should be set according to the local current situations in the learning areas of Integrative Activities. Then, the strategies are made according to instructional leadership goals. The training courses for enhancing teacher’s professional efficiency must address teachers’ needs and include the following components: (1) To guide the students to reflect with Bloom’s Value Learning. (2) To remember what needs to be aware in application of the 5Qs. (3) To help students to practice in the daily life. (4) Joseph Cornell’s Flow Learning. (5) The types and tools of reflections. (6) Self-learning and Leaning Contract. The guidance of using reflection skills demonstrated by the advisors help teachers to comprehend and reach the instructional goals, as well as to enhance the teachers to improve their teachings. The teacher’s instruction in Adventure Education needs to include the followings: (1) To take every chance to guide the students to reflect. (2) To encourage ths students to share their experience of success and reflect the causes of failure. (3) To facilitate students to think about the most impressive things in the activities. (4) To build up teamwork. (5) To achieve successful teamwork through appropriate grouping and cooperation. (6) To take every team member’s feeling into consideration when leading the team. Meanwhile, to comprehend the teaching effects, the Education Advisory Group can check the teaching results from student’s accomplishments in the classroom and their reflection journals. They can also know how the teamwork is built from the self and mutual evaluations as well as interviews with the students. The teaching demonstration of the Education Advisory Group can help to improve the teacher’s teaching skill. The positive feedback to the teacher and class given by students can affirm the teaching efficiency. The professional dialogues and reflection can improve the teaching efficiency. The instructional leadership of the Compulsory Education Advisory Group is to make strategies including teachers’ in-service training, instructional demonstration, professional dialogue and reflections, on-site observation for the evaluation about the instructional leadership. All the above are in a cycle and need to be applied repeatedly until the goal is achieved. The suggestions of this study were as following: the Advisory Group of the Integrated Activities has to build up a suitable instructional model for the learning areas. The leadership strategies include teachers’ in-service training, instructional demonstration, professional dialogue and reflections. The adventure education is suitable to be applied in integrated activities. The demonstration of the Advisory Group should include the skills about clarify the goal, comprehend instruction process, and reflection guidance. The demonstration can help the new teachers to understand the goal of adventure education. Teachers should take every chance to guide the students to reflect and share their experiences of success and failure, to help them to build up a team, and to consider every student’s feeling. The effects of the adventure education can be evaluated from classroom observations, reflection journals, self-evaluation, peer evaluation and personal interviews. Adventure Education can help students to have their confidence, self/group identity and teamwork. More demonstrations and professional dialogues are needed in order to develop a well-rounded instructional leadership model. Keywords：Education Advisory Group, Instructional Leadership, Adventure Education, Participatory Action Research
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Hsu, Tzu-Miao, and 許自懋. "The Action Research of Cycling Adventure Education Courses on Class Group Cohesion for Fourth Grade Elementary School Students." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/30388494544226907352.
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碩士國立屏東科技大學
休閒運動健康系所
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This study used action research methodand,the aim was to integrate adventure education and cycling education to develop a set of instructional courses for fourth-grade students class managing to discuss the implementation process and to observe changes in the situation after the course for class cohesion. The implementation duration encompasses 8 weeks, a total of 30 lessons including 17 adventure education and 6 cycling education activities. Three purposes of research were as follows: first, to formulate an adventure education program that are suitable to fourth grade elementary school students. Second, to record the process of implementation and the change for the situation of class cohesion after adventure education. Third, to share the thinking and professional growth of the researcher. The research results are as follows: 1. The cycling adventure education programs: adventure education courses design was based on portable adventure activities and about 40 minutes each activity.After the implementation of the adventure education, it could contribute to the implementation of cycling education activities. 2. Regarding class cohesion performance: Adventure education can increase the cohesiveness of students in work and social interaction and perform the class teamwork in cycling activities. 3. Regarding the researcher’s growth and thinking: Teacher need to strengthen the guiding ability of adventure education and give students timely encouragement, praise and inclusiveness, you can see the kids grow up. Keywords: adventure education, cycling education, Cohesion
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Chiang, Yu-Chun, and 江玉群. "The action research of implementing Adventure Education Program to senior elementary school students and the effects on classroom climate." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/28312666596522811194.
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碩士國立體育大學
休閒產業經營學系碩士班
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This action research was conducted by the researcher, one classroom teacher in senior elementary school, who had found the interaction problem among students. The purpose of this study was implementing adventure education program to senior elementary school students and understand the effects on classmate climate. Hope this study could contribute to teachers who try to improve class climate. This study had reviewed relevant literature and designed “Adventure Education Program” that had twenty sub-programs. This program had been carried out to 31 senior elementary school students (16 male and 15 female) for six weeks. This study was an action research and quality-oriented research. Data had been collected from a number of different sources: classroom teaching video, observation, interview, diary, reflection journals and paper. This study had found that the “Adventure Education Program” could improve classroom climate and the group dynamics. Through classroom teacher’s leading, and the program could also improve students’ interaction and the class had became more cohesivein the class. The teacher and students in this study had agreed that implementing adventure education program was a good way to improve the classroom climate. The results suggest that action research can enhance researcher’s professional development and education institutes may implement adventure education program in the class.
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Hsieh, Hsiang-Ting, and 謝湘婷. "An Action Research on the Application of Adventure Education Project into Character Education for Third Grade Elementary School Students." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36408647783274901759.
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碩士國立臺北教育大學
教育學系教育創新與評鑑碩士班在職專班
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An Action Research on the Application of Adventure Education Project into Character Education for Third Grade Elementary School Students Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the application of adventure education project into character education for third grade elementary school students by an action research. First, we documented the process of applying the adventure education project to develop a character education instructional program appropriate for third-grade students. And then, students’ performance and changes in the cognition, affection and behavior dimensions of “respect” and “cooperation” characters were evaluated. The researcher was their homeroom teacher and the participants were third-grade students in an elementary school in northern Taiwan. The participants attended 18 classes between March and April, 2014. Data-collection methods were included moral practice checklist, class teaching video tapes, collaborators interviews, teaching notes, students interviews, documents, anecdotal records. The results were as follows: An action research approached was adopted. The participants were third-grade students in an elementary school in northern Taiwan. The researcher was theirhomeroom teacher. The participants attended 18 classes between March andApril,2014. Data-collection methods included moralpracticechecklist, class teaching video tapes, collaborators interviews,teaching notes,students interviews, documents,anecdotal records. The results were as follows: 1.The instructional program by the application of adventure education project into character education was developed in accordance with Tsai Jiu-Tze’s experiential instructional model of character education and five step adventure education curriculum guide "Apple model". 2.The most appropriate character education instructional model was proposed based on the results of action research. 3.There were significant progresses in the behavior dimension and teaching objectives in the cognition and affection dimensions of “respect” and “cooperation” character were achieved. 4.The researcher obtained professional growth in character education and adventure education through reflections on the research process. Finally, based on findings, some recommendations for character education, adventure education and future research were provided. Key words: character education,adventure education, respect, cooperation
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Jang, Jung-ming, and 張忠民. "The Editing Art of Action Films—John Woo's Movies as an Example." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/b843dn.
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碩士世新大學
廣播電視電影學研究所(含碩專班)
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Since the invention of motion pictures, the focus of cinematography has been shifted from pure recording, duplicating wonders in reality to applying editing to express a complete narrative. This new emerging medium has gradually escaped the conventional framework of its functions to demonstrate the unique features of film art, and such unique features are rooted in the foundation of editing. Former Soviet director Pudovkin once stated “The foundation of film art is editing”. Shot is the minimum unit in film narration. Putting together two shots to form a new meaning is called montage. Montage brings infinite possibilities of presentation of film art and allows tremendous creativity in film art. Such infinite possibilities have also helped create various film styles. Since the development of action films, editing has been heavily relied on to achieve the continuity and tempo of actions, create visual stimulations, and present the unique meanings and styles of films. Therefore, this study focused on the editing art of action movies and selected John Woo’s films as an example to explore how film styles can be presented through the use of editing. From a review of John Woo’s works shot in Hong Kong and America, it could be discovered that presentation forms of actions are more emphasized than their substantial meanings. In other words, expression of the beauty of actions is a central element in John Woo’s actions films. The beauty of actions depends on the design of actions. The design of actions is inherited from the performance of Chinese martial art and actions in Peking operas, where the beauty of smooth actions is pursued, and the substantial function of the actions and martial art is less stressed. Presentation of actions is aimed at exploring the forms of film presentation and fulfilling aestheticism and formalism. This is the essence of violence aesthetics in contemporary films, where both the beauty of actions and visual stimulations are of equal importance. Thus, from John Woo’s films, it can be concluded that he is a follower of expressionism. Complete formalization and exaggeration are deemed as more important than realistic descriptions. To present the beauty of violent actions, various rhetoric skills in editing are needed, so as to highlight the beauty of actions. The major editing techniques used in John Woo’s action films can be summarized as follows: 1. The three-shot or the two-shot editing method can best express a complete action. The three-shot method describes the three stages of an action, launch—unleash—result. The two-shot method describes only the two stages of an action, launch and result. In other words, by putting together the launch of an action and a reaction to the action, a complete action can be produced. 2. To highlight a certain action stage, the three-shot method or the two-shot method will use slow motion or multi-angle overlapping editing to express the beauty of actions. 3. Diffusion of the beauty of actions relies on slow motion editing to express the power, emotion, and aesthetics of actions. In slow motion editing, exaggeration and close-up of the exchange of gunfire are applied to achieve the diffusion of beauty and emotion of actions. 4. “Constructive editing” is to reorganize a series of local shots of an action to construct a complete action.
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Liu, Ling-Yu, and 劉玲佑. "Promoting the Group Cohesiveness by Means of Adventure Education—An Action Research in the Student-Club of the Junior High School." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37458924065901902819.
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碩士國立臺中教育大學
教育學系
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Adopting action research method, this study aimed to formulate an adventure education program that contributed to group cohesiveness, so as to explore the process of the execution and any problems involved, and observed the direction of change regarding the cohesiveness of the student club. Three purposes of the research were as follows: first, to formulate an adventure education program that cotributed to group cohesiveness; second, to assess the performance and cohesiveness of the club after the implementation of the program; and third, to understand the reflection and professional development of the researcher after the implementation of the program. The research results were as follows: (a) The programs of adventure education could be developed to improve group cohesiveness. (b) There were positive effects in cohesion in an secondary club with adventure education. (c) The results suggested that action research could enhance the researcher’s professional development. Based on the conclusions, some suggestions for teachers and future researchers were offered.
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Espírito, Santo Manuela Leong do. "Womens´s role in action films : a study of female stereotype and representation." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/26671.
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Luo, Gwo-Jiunn, and 羅國俊. "An Action Research of Character Education Teaching in Junior High School: Taking The Small Group of Adventure Education Teaching as An Example." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15584832825483150677.
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碩士國立高雄師範大學
教育學系
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The main purposes of this study were to explore the application of experiential learning-based adventure education on character education teaching in a junior high school and to know if it is feasible to be the character education teaching materials. In order to achieve the purposes, the researcher took “honesty,” “responsibility,” “caring,” and “self-control” as the subjects to design eight “character education teaching programs ” which integrate adventure education. Ten junior high school students were selected to participate in the eight programs of this study. The study adopted action research. The data were collected from methods of observation, focus group interview and document analysis. The main findings and conclusions are as follows: 1. After participating in “character education teaching programs,” students grow up in individuals and group. 2. Students could experience the subjects of character after participating in “character education teaching programs.” 3. Compare with themselves, students make progress in the practice of character after participating in “character education teaching programs.” 4. “Character education teaching programs” which integrate adventure education are applicable character education teaching materials. Based on above conclusions, this research makes some suggestions 1. Suggestions to instruction (1)The guiding teacher should pay attention to the safety and intervene in the activities at the good time. (2)The guiding teacher could join the activities and encourage the students. (3)The guiding teacher should control the time well in each step. (4)It needs ample time in focus group interview, and the leader should guide the students to focus on the subject. 2. Suggestions to the design of adventure education programs (1)Combine the fashionable news with the adventure education to promote the learning motive of students. (2)Program feedback sheets could offset the effect on focus group interviews. 3. Suggestions to character education teaching in the future (1)Do team teaching with other correlative learning area teachers. (2)The spirit of “action research” should be put in practice in experiential learning-based adventure education on character education teaching. (3)Teachers should spend a long time finding out the effect of character education teaching and practice.