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Nwonka, Clive James. "Has the fire burnt out? : New Labour and the end of British social realism." Thesis, Brunel University, 2014. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9058.
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This thesis is a retrospective analysis of British social realism. It combines conventional academic research with professional screenwriting practice in the genre. By definition, at its advent Social Realism employed documentary realist devices to explore the inequalities of society with the objective of stimulating socio-political debate about this imbalance and thus social reform. However, contemporary forms of social realism have emerged much more depoliticised, drawing on similar subject matter but using decontextualised narrative strategies. The commitment to truth now seems to consist of an aesthetic, as opposed to a sociological imperative.
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Christie, Laura Mary. "Domain processes of four magnetic thin film systems." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.300660.
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Erlich, Jane. "Victor Sjoestroem : four films 1913-1919." Thesis, Royal College of Art, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.328287.
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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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Egues, Magdalena. "Memory [Architecture] Film: Four Cinematic Events in the City." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31491.
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Cities involve several systems that work together as a network of urban relationships. These systems are in balance, and they work as a whole that articulates urban life.
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But what makes a city memorable and special are its events: those magical situations where the uniformity of the experience stops and something unique arise.
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Those are the moments where our memory is deeply engraved by a particular situation that will come back in our dreams and imaginative processes as an agent image.
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Four urban events â a space for film edition and writing, an urban stage, a footage archive and park, and a projection space- whose locations have been determined by a Cartesian game dictated by the Plan of Washington DC; and one common discipline, Film, will be the main focus of this research and a way of understanding the relations among Memory and its spaces, Architecture and Film in the City.<p>
Each event will respond to the particularities of its context by understanding first the sites and their relation with the city. These sites will be located in the four quadrants of Washington DC- NE, SE, SW and NW- and they will be consider as different communities that, by keeping their own idiosyncrasy, create one city.
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The question of urban scale as well as the concept of detail as part of an architectural cosmology will be present throughout the process of the thesis by the alternation of micro and macro analysis of each stage of the research. The question of scale will be present as well when comparing the four projects with their differences in shape and size.
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Characterization and monstrosity as architectural concepts will be incorporated into the project too, by understanding the role of Architecture in the city and what it wants to show or â monstrareâ to its inhabitants.<br>Master of Architecture
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Berger, Aurore. "The transparitions of time in space in four fiction films by Knut Erik Jensen." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Cinema Studies, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-1122.
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<p>Knut Erik Jensen’s oeuvre is often described from a typical Norwegian point of view. The corpus of films studied is restricted to his documentary production and to the breakthrough of Stella Polaris in 1993. But as I discovered Knut Erik Jensen through his posterior fiction films, I had to focus on this under esteemed production, even if I remain convinced that the dichotomy between the documentary and fiction films is not very pertinent. As Passing Darkness had blurred my reading of Gilles Deleuze’s books dedicated to cinema, I started to focus on both this film and Deleuze’s philosophical approach. I linked then Knut Erik Jensen’s films to other filmmakers who in my sense had the same concerns.</p><p>As history is first a matter of geography, I based the reflection on the works by Alain Resnais, Jean-Daniel Pollet and the texts by Jean Epstein. But as the study went on, I realized that a classical study could not validate Jensen’s aesthetic as the alchemical concerns of both Jean Epstein, Edgar Morin or Gilles Deleuze were dealing with either a source or a result. Living at the era of the networks and influenced by some seminars in France regarding the figure and the networks inside the image, I focused on the philosopher stone in order to find an alternative to the crystal image and other postulates. Using some previous knowledge regarding the alchemy, I used the cycle of the azoth in the sea, one of the main characters in Jensen’s aesthetic as being a way to consider the loss of the source and of the result. Instead of opposing time, space and then a questioning of the space/time continuum, I refuted the organic regime (which has been dead for about forty years in film) to focus on the mineral one (through the crystal image and other reflections) and the gaseous one (the development of the transparitions).</p>
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Quinn, Anthony Leo. "Juliet : a role in four movies." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/10580.
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Over a period of sixty years, between 1936 and 1996, there were numerous filmed versions of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, but four in particular were made for and obtained a worldwide commercial release. George Cukor’s lavish production of 1936 with Norma Shearer as Juliet was the first feature length, big budget, ‘talkie’ of Shakespeare’s play to be made by a major studio and aimed at the cinema going public. Shearer remains, to this day, the only actress of the modern age who was a major film star when cast in the role of Juliet. In direct contrast to this, Renato Castellani’s Anglo Italian neo-realist, retrospective 1954 adaptation featured an unknown Susan Shentall, who had never acted before filming and, on completion of the film, retired and never acted again. Franco Zeffirrelli’s sweeping 1968 production with Olivia Hussey as Juliet was a worldwide commercial success and is still revered by many as being the authoritative film experience of the play. Baz Luhrmann’s1996 version, with Claire Danes playing opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, was initially decried as an affront to Shakespeare’s masterpiece and the director was accused of sacrificing the text for a highly stylised and bombastic shallow content. It is only recently that this film has been viewed by critics and academics alike in a more sympathetic and positive manner. These films, taken individually, present to us a particular performance of the ‘Juliet’ of Shakespeare’s text; but in addition to this they allow us a comparative study of the portrayal of Juliet as a celluloid reflection of the idealised woman shaped by the progressive demands of the contemporary phallocentric society in the western world. Patricia White examined this reflection theory in Feminism and Film and, in turn, referred to the studies of Molly Haskell and Marjorie Rosen in the early 1970s, and quoted them on the basis that film ‘reflects social reality, that depictions of women in film mirror how society treats women, that these depictions are distortions of how women ‘“really are” and what they “really want” ’(White 118). The theory explores the supposition that women are repeatedly and systematically portrayed in a catalogue of images that compels the viewer to see and accept them in a typology of roles which, according to White, reinforces the phallocentric ideology of women as an array of ‘virgins, vamps, victims, suffering mothers, child women and sex kittens’(White 118). A question that therefore arises and which is central to this thesis is how, specifically, has Juliet been portrayed in film? Has the Juliet of the screen been nothing more than an object of visual stimulation, an object of the scopophilic gaze and male sexual fantasy? If this is the case, how does this vary in each of the filmed versions listed? We must also consider how Juliet exists in relation to other characters in the play beyond her direct involvement with Romeo. Juliet’s role is pivotal within the play even though she does not have the most lines. She has a direct influence on Mercutio and his relationship to Romeo, even though Juliet and Mercutio fail to exchange a single line of dialogue in the entire play. Juliet’s relationship with Romeo is altered dramatically in the aftermath of Mercutio’s death. Juliet’s life is also influenced by her relationships with others such as the Nurse and Friar Laurence, each of whom will abandon her at some point in the play. How are these relationships played and interpreted in each of the films in question? One cannot write extensively of Juliet if one limits oneself to writing exclusively of her. Each of these characters and how they are portrayed needs also to be examined. So too must the directors, all male, be examined in some detail. How much do they alter the Juliet of Shakespeare’s text and for what purpose?
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Taylor, Kate Elizabeth. "Filming the body : somatechnics in the work of four female film-makers." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.439807.
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Martino, Mariarita. "An analysis of scopophilia in an intersemiotic context : four Italian film adaptations." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2011. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/49036/.
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The thesis contributes to the current debate in the fields of adaptation studies and intersemiotic translation. Recent critical stances invite the re-evaluation of the traditional hierarchy which subordinates the target text to its original, and promote a description-oriented textual analysis of a key issue which is common to the texts involved in the adaptation process. By considering the relationship between literature and cinema, the present thesis explores scopophilia, or the love for looking at sexually stimulating scenes, as a key issue in the textual analysis of intersemiotic translation in four significant novels adapted to Italian cinema. Specifically, to put them in the order of the chapters, the thesis analyses scopophilia in Alberto Moravia’s L’uomo che guarda (1985) and the Italian translation of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s novel La chiave (1956), two literary works adapted to cinema by the Italian director of erotic cinema Tinto Brass (in 1994 and 1983 respectively), and Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Teorema (1968) and Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron (c. 1350-53), adapted for the screen by Pasolini himself (in 1968 and 1971 respectively). The case studies tackle issues related to adaptation of novels to films, but also issues concerned with the erotic, control and discovery, as well as other psychoanalytic notions which are related to scopophilia (e.g. sexual fetishism, Oedipus complex).
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Graour, Kristina. "Then it happened; The four degrees of narrative separation : exploring the process of adaptation through biolographical texts." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13252.
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Includes bibliographical references.<br>To write critically about any given text is very different to writing critically about the process of that text’s creation. Given that this essay will deal closely with representations of the self, perhaps it is not out of place for me to open with an autobiographical confession: while I greatly enjoy the former, relishing opportunities to analyse both literary and filmic texts, I have no such fond feelings for the latter, especially when the situation calls for a critical analysis of my own writing process. The task seems to intrude on a sacred space that I imagine most writers value greatly, a time when what will eventually become the ‘finished product’ is still in formation, is still incomplete. Due to the very nature of the process, it is a time when everything is still in flux, when ideas are still seeking their final form. Therefore, subjecting this tenuous process to critical examination seems somewhat like a betrayal of its nature, a desire to fix in meaning that which has no such absolute meaning. As a result, I have strategically avoided such undertakings in the past as much as possible. It then comes as a surprise to me that after completing the screenplay for Then It Happened, I have the desire to do just that. The reason, I believe, is revealing. It is not the aforementioned final product (the screenplay) that has inspired the ideas that will be discussed in this essay, but the process of creating it, for it is the process that brought me into contact with the three incarnations of the biographical narrative that will be discussed below: autobiography, biography and the biopic (in the form of both the screenplay and the final film). If I have done my job as a storyteller relatively well, then – hopefully – upon reading the screenplay, the reader will receive it as one coherent narrative, with a unity of purpose and style. They will not see it as a collage, composed out of several key sources, namely, Frank Capra’s autobiography The Name Above the Title, Joseph McBride’s biography of Capra, The Catastrophe of Success, as well as six other biographies of the key players: Harry Cohn, Robert Riskin, Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. The reader might – again, hopefully – glean the sense that a significant amount of research has gone into the screenplay, and from this might infer that multiple sources have been used, but the story should not feel in any way disjointed or 2 fragmented. The purpose of this essay, then, will be precisely to take this story apart and to reveal the collage. In this critical analysis of my writing process, I would like to reverse that very process: instead of stitching together the information gathered through my research, attempting to make the connections invisible, I will magnify those very seams and examine the act of their creation. For I believe that these seams can inform the way that we think about the processes of writing, reading, adaptation as well as the intimate connections between the three, ultimately revealing the importance of narrative in our lives. I will begin, in sections one and two, by examining the forms of autobiography and biography in their own right as well as in their relationships to one another. These sections of the essay will be used to establish a foundation on which the discussion of key questions may be based – questions about subjectivity, interpretation, adaptation and fidelity. Then, in sections three and four, I will look more closely at my own writing process and its intersection with the autobiographical and biographical writings of others. Here I will examine the biopic genre and connect it with reflections on theories of adaptation, furthering this discussion by exploring alternate ways in which both my screenplay, as well as biopics in general, may be read in relation to the contested issue of fidelity.
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Bransford, Stephen Henry. "Unstable Compounds: Progressive and Regressive Impulses in Four Contemporary American Documentaries and the Prospect for Social Change." W&M ScholarWorks, 1996. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626023.
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Dunn, John T. "Scoring for the Specter: Dualities in the Music of the Ghost Scene in Four Film Adaptations of Hamlet." Thesis, view full-text document, 2002. http://www.library.unt.edu/theses/open/20022/dunn%5Fjohn%5Ft/index.htm.
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Schlotterbeck, Jesse Keith. "The popular musical biopic in the post-studio era: four approaches to an overlooked film genre." Diss., University of Iowa, 2010. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/3530.
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The mid-2000s saw a surge in the popularity of musical biopics: films such as Ray (2004) which tell the story of a star musician. While academic studies have addressed biopics treating classical and jazz composers, the popular musical biopic (encompassing blues, folk, pop, country, rap, and rock) is not only the least studied subtype of the musical biopic, but the most profitable and frequently made. I analyze four different aspects of the musical biopic that illustrate its significance: Chapter One addresses the musical biopic in the context of the post-studio era entertainment industry. I study A Hard Day's Night as a film which reconciles artistry with the commercial imperative of cross-promotion. Chapter Two surveys the increased presence of minority entertainers in post-studio era musical biopics, covering films featuring African American musicians, as well as films which pair a black mentor with a white musician or producer. Chapter Three examines the relationship between storytelling, particularly the portrayal of love relationships, and song performances. I find in that the post-studio era musical biopic often reconciles narrative structures inherited from the classical Hollywood musical with post-classical film styles. Chapter Four, a psychoanalytic study of the contemporary musical biopic, theorizes the genre's turn to the representation of flawed and scandalous subjects.
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Vaughn, Benjamin. "Competing Narratives in Contemporary Japanese War Cinema : Comparing representations of World War II and the military in four recent films." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-74968.
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In Japan, the question of how to best remember the events of World War II is often a politically sensitive issue. Japan has occasionally been accused of glossing over its history of war crimes and acts of aggression in textbooks, official statements and other areas. This essay looks at representations of World War II and the military in contemporary Japanese war films, and discuss how they deal with these necessarily political subjects. I use Akiko Hashimoto's categorization of Japanese war narratives - the hero, victim and perpetrator-narratives - to analyze and compare four movies released during the last five years. These movies are The Eternal Zero, The Wind Rises, Kancolle the Movie and The Emperor in August. I look at these films in the context of Japanese film history and current political debates around the role of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and similar issues. Rather than any clear march towards nationalism, pro-militarism or any other political ideology, these films indicate that directors often avoid politically sensitive issues or taking explicit moral stances. There is often a lack of historical context to events portrayed. The dominant interpretation of history is the victim-narrative in Hashimoto's sense, while perpetrator-narratives are usually absent and hero-narratives are mostly visible in films that are heavily fantasy-based and removed from reality.
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Kerry, Lucyann Snyder. "Genre and globalization : working title films, the British romantic comedy and the global film market." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/4142.
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This thesis seeks to better understand the relationship of film genre to globalization through an examination of the use of the British romantic comedy and other related genres by the production company Working Title Films (WTF) from the 1900s through the 2000s. Because of the sudden and unexpected global success of British romantic comedies by Working Title Films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, the 1990s is a significant period for the study of the genre. In this examination the process of globalization is understood as one of complex connectivity postulated by John Tomlinson in Globalization and Culture as ‘the rapidly developing and ever-densening network of interconnections and interdependences that characterize modern social life’. This theory of globalization is used as a methodological framework to understand the complex network of global and local interconnections that has driven the development of Working Title Films over the past twenty five years to becoming one of the most important British production companies in the international film industry. Through a detailed analysis of the practices of development, production, distribution and exhibition by Working Title Films and the Hollywood dominated global film industry, this thesis seeks to understand the function of genre and genre films as cultural products, economic products and meaningful representations in the global market and to better understand Hollywood, mainstream film and cinema as social institution. The analysis in the following chapters serves as evidence to support the central argument of this thesis that the use of genre in the film industry’s production, distribution and exhibition processes of globalization was the critical area for Working Title Films to master in order to produce value as meaningful audience appeal and connectivity to global audiences for on-going economic success.
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KARAGULEFF, CHRIS. "DEGENERATE FOUR WAVE MIXING IN THIN FILM OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES (NONLINEAR OPTICS, INTEGRATED, PHASE CONJUGATION, SIGNAL PROCESSING)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187908.
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The incentive for conducting Degenerate Four Wave Mixing (DFWM) within guided wave devices is two-fold: (1) By coupling the optical beams into guided wave devices, the optical power densities can be increased orders of magnitude due to the tight confinement of the beams. Such an increase in power density means a concomitant increase in conversion efficiency of the signal beam. (2) The potential signal processing applications of DFWM (logic gates, switching, correlation/convolution), particularly for ultra-fast serial processing, would be better exploited, and adjoined to existing integrated circuit technology, by such an integrated optic/guided wave approach. In this dissertation we describe experiments and present data confirming the presence of DFWM within a planar glass thin film with carbon disulphide as the nonlinear cover medium. Optical pulses from a Q-switched, frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser are coupled into the glass film. The nonlinear polarization required to produce the desired conjugate signal is generated within the CS₂ by the evanescent tails of the guided input beams as they probe the nonlinear cover medium. The signals measured agree well with theory, but because they were so small in magnitude, signal-to noise ratios were small due to stray background radiation scattering from beamsplitters and other associated optics. Additionally, recent studies (Jain & Lind, 1983) indicate nonlinear responses in semiconductor (CdS/Se) doped glasses, commercially available as color glass filters, that are orders of magnitude higher than corresponding nonlinearities within CS₂, in addition to possessing subnanosecond response times. We have performed experiments upon such glasses in an effort to fabricate nonlinear optical waveguides within them via ion-exchange techniques. We have successfully fabricated single mode planar guides, but they are currently too lossy to allow demonstration of any guided wave nonlinearities. Also, we describe experiments in which we have measured (bulk) DFWM grating lifetimes with greater precision than previously reported. Results indicate a fast (20 to 50 pico-seconds, depending on the particular glass) electronic response, superimposed upon, but clearly distinguishable from, a slower (10's of nanoseconds) thermal response.
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Fisher, Lauren. "Ending in the same catastrophe : dominance of the romance plot in four film adaptations of Jane Eyre /." Title page, abstract and table of contents only, 2005. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arf5331.pdf.
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Stigsdotter, Ingrid Maria. "British audiences and approaches to European cinema: four cases of responses to French and Swedish film in the UK today." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.494642.
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Hector, Audrey. "Four Square: A Short Animation based on The Struggles of Growing Up with a Bounded Racial Identity." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1106.
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For my thesis I discussed the struggles of growing up with a bounded racial identity through the medium of animation. Portraying through the personal stories I have endured, I explain to my viewers how often I struggled with my internal and external identities that either ignored or confronted the ignorance and racial mistreatment I faced growing up. The hope for my animation is to have viewers acknowledge the issue of the bounded racial identity and hopefully begin a dialogue that ignites change.
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Ouedraogo, Modeste. "Contribution à l'étude des mouvements de brassage turbulents dans le four à creuset à induction, par traitement du signal d'une sonde anémométrique à film chaud." Paris 6, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986PA066131.
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Cette étude a pour but d'approfondir les connaissances sur les fluctuations turbulentes de vitesse de façon à fournir les données les plus fiables possible pour la modélisation de la turbulence. Une étude expérimentale dans un four à induction est effectuée, il en ressort que l'intensité du courant inducteur contrôlé l'amplitude des vitesses moyenne et turbulente. L'analyse spectrale des fluctuations de vitesse avec un programme utilisant le tfr directe et inverse est proposée.
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Ouedraogo, Modeste. "Contribution à l'étude des mouvements de brassage turbulents dans le four à creuset à induction, par traitement du signal d'une sonde anémométrique à film chaud." Grenoble 2 : ANRT, 1986. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37600178k.
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聶智康 and Chi-hong Paul Lip. "Investigating Form 6 students' responses to four different critical analysis activities with film to develop their critical thinkingskills: a case study of a Hong Kong languageclassroom." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43250476.
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ITO, Toshimasa, Keisuke TANAKA, Yoshiaki AKINIWA, Takahiro ISHII, and Yasuhiro MIKI. "X-Ray Study of Mechanical Properties of TiN Thin Films Coated on Steel by Ion Beam Mixing Method." The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/9182.
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Lip, Chi-hong Paul. "Investigating Form 6 students' responses to four different critical analysis activities with film to develop their critical thinking skills a case study of a Hong Kong language classroom /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43250476.
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Carter-Hansen, Jill, University of Western Sydney, and of Performance Fine Arts and Design Faculty. "Travelling light - with a case for discovery : the making of the film Songs of the Immigrant Bride." THESIS_FVPA_XXX_CarterHansen_J.xml, 1997. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/680.
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This paper examines the background, development and production of the film ‘Songs of the immigrant bride’ and explains the general decisions made throughout the creation of the film. It proposes the idea that visuals, combined in an abstract narrative with music/sound, can create a language outside that generally accepted in real-time film (generally) and animation (specifically) to create a communicating ‘mythopoetic’ film-style from combined, selected elements, of both genres. Some of the issues presented and examined are: how relevant background experiences and influences directed the image-making in the production of the film; the experimental use of symbols and metaphor for an ‘evocative’ narrative in both visuals and sound, and the use of these within the film; the relevance of the theme of journey to viewers of the film; the part played by ‘Chance’ as an accepted phenomenon in shaping the direction of the film; production considerations, other than those of image and sound, to enhance audience perception and understanding of the film; ‘understanding’, as a physical as well as an intellectual phenomenon<br>Master of Arts (Hons)
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Garg, Akhilesh. "Organic Self-Assembled Films for Nonlinear Optics: Film Structure, Composition and Kinetics of Film Formation." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28872.
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Organic materials exhibiting second-order non-linear optical (NLO) properties are a key to the development of advanced electro-optic (EO) modulators used in fiber-optic communications system. This work addresses the fabrication and characterization of organic materials with NLO properties using a self-assembly approach by alternately dipping a charged substrate into positively and negatively charged polymers to build up layer-by-layer (LbL) films.
The effect of solution pH on the formation of LbL films fabricated using the polycation poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and the polyanion poly{1-[p-(3–-carboxy-4–-hydroxyphenylazo)benzenesulfonamido]-1,2-ethandiyl} (PCBS) was studied using a quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) monitoring, ellipsometry, absorbance, and second harmonic generation (SHG) measurements. PCBS has an azo-benzene chromophore side group that, when sufficiently oriented, results in measurable SHG. Films of PAH/PCBS fabricated at neutral pH where both PAH and PCBS are highly charged led to thin bilayers, ~1 nm, with a 1:1 molar ratio of PCBS:PAH. This molar ratio was found to be important for long-range polar ordering of PCBS in these films. Increasing the rate of convection was found to reduce the time required for complete adsorption of the polyion. This can have a significant impact on fabrication of films with high bilayer numbers.
A variation of the above technique, which involves adsorbing one of the constituents electrostatically and another covalently, was studied using PAH and a reactive dye, Procion Brown (PB), which has a significantly higher hyperpolarizability than PCBS. It was found that a high pH, ~10.5, was important for achieving covalent attachment of the PB to the underlying PAH films. This resulted in much higher SHG intensities compared to when PB was deposited pH at 8.5-9.5 where the attachment of PB was due to a combination of electrostatic and covalent interactions. QCM-D results for PAH/PB films revealed the presence of a high percentage of unreacted amine groups in the underlying PAH film. A rate constant value for PB attachment step to the underlying PAH was also calculated.
To enhance the SHG intensity of these films, silver nanoprisms were synthesized and deposited onto films using physisorption. An enhancement in the SHG intensity was observed for both PAH/PCBS and PAH/PB films.<br>Ph. D.
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Kieran, Jonathan P. "For Want Of: A Punk Rock Short Film." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2015. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1992.
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In light of the specific challenges of assessing a thesis film—a project which contains artistic and academic components—the author examines his own short film For Want Of as a prototype for future work in film and as an opportunity for introspective investigation into the nature of filmmaking and personal artistic process. Reference is made to specific episodes during the film’s conception and production, as well as higher-level insight gained from following the film through an 18-month production cycle.
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Kashani, Mohammad Mansour Riahi. "Formulation, development, and characterization of magnetic pastes and epoxies for thick film inductors." Diss., This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10042006-143843/.
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Han, Sanggil. "Cu2O thin films for p-type metal oxide thin film transistors." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/285099.
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The rapid progress of n-type metal oxide thin film transistors (TFTs) has motivated research on p-type metal oxide TFTs in order to realise metal oxide-based CMOS circuits which enable low power consumption large-area electronics. Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) has previously been proposed as a suitable active layer for p-type metal oxide TFTs. The two most significant challenges for achieving good quality Cu2O TFTs are to overcome the low field-effect mobility and an unacceptably high off-state current that are a feature of devices that have been reported to date. This dissertation focuses on improving the carrier mobility, and identifying the main origins of the low field-effect mobility and high off-state current in Cu2O TFTs. This work has three major findings. The first major outcome is a demonstration that vacuum annealing can be used to improve the carrier mobility in Cu2O without phase conversion, such as oxidation (CuO) or oxide reduction (Cu). In order to allow an in-depth discussion on the main origins of the very low carrier mobility in as-deposited films and the mobility enhancement by annealing, a quantitative analysis of the relative dominance of the main conduction mechanisms (i.e. trap-limited and grain-boundary-limited conduction) is performed. This shows that the low carrier mobility of as-deposited Cu2O is due to significant grain-boundary-limited conduction. In contrast, after annealing, grain-boundary-limited conduction becomes insignificant due to a considerable reduction in the energy barrier height at grain boundaries, and therefore trap-limited conduction dominates. A further mobility improvement by an increase in annealing temperature is explained by a reduction in the effect of trap-limited conduction resulting from a decrease in tail state density. The second major outcome of this work is the observation that grain orientation ([111] or [100] direction) of sputter-deposited Cu2O can be varied by control of the incident ion-to-Cu flux ratio. Using this technique, a systematic investigation on the effect of grain orientation on carrier mobility in Cu2O thin films is presented, which shows that the [100] Cu2O grain orientation is more favourable for realising a high carrier mobility. In the third and final outcome of this thesis, the temperature dependence of the drain current as a function of gate voltage along with the C-V characteristics reveals that minority carriers (electrons) cause the high off-state current in Cu2O TFTs. In addition, it is observed that an abrupt lowering of the activation energy and pinning of the Fermi energy occur in the off-state, which is attributed to subgap states at 0.38 eV below the conduction band minimum. These findings provide readers with the understanding of the main origins of the low carrier mobility and high off-state current in Cu2O TFTs, and the future research direction for resolving these problems.
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Harris, Joel Mark. "Static characteristics and rotordynamic coefficients of a four-pad tilting-pad journal bearing with ball-in-socket pivots in load-between-pad configuration." [College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-3194.
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Hercules, Laura Carvalho. "Sob o domínio da cor: análise dos filmes Pierrot le fou e Le bonheur." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27161/tde-06052014-105814/.
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O estudo da cor no cinema tem alcançado relevantes dimensões de pesquisa ao longo da primeira década dos anos 2000. Diversas publicações mapearam os mais amplos temas em que a cor é posta na análise fílmica. Desta maneira, é possível revisitar algumas obras do passado e partir para novas interpretações e olhares. Sob o domínio da cor é que proponho a análise dos filmes Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard) e Le bonheur (Agnès Varda). Na investigação do sistema cromático desses cineastas, é possível avaliar questões interdisciplinares como a representação da França dos anos 60 e as relações de gênero.<br>The study of color in the cinema has reached relevant research dimensions throughout the first decade of the 00\'s. Several publications have mapped the broadest theme in which color is put in film analysis. Therefore, it is possible to revisit some past works and move on to new looks and interpretations. Under the domain of the color, I propose the film analysis of Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard) and Le bonheur (Agnès Varda). In the investigation of the chromatic system of these moviemakers, it is possible to evaluate interdisciplinary questions like the representation of France in the 60\'s and gender relations.
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Lau, Kenneth Ka Shun 1972. "Chemical vapor deposition of fluorocarbon films for low dielectric constant thin film applications." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16748.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 2000.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Pulsed plasma enhanced and hot filament chemical vapor deposition have produced fluorocarbon films with the potential use as low dielectric constant interconnect materials in microelectronic circuits. Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy was demonstrated as a valuable film characterization tool to understand structure-property processing fundamentals, quantifying film bonding environments and tracing structural instabilities. Thermal lability in fluorocarbon films was attributed to terminal end groups and low molecular weight molecules. High temperature thermal stability was achieved by minimizing such labile sources through a clean deposition of high molecular weight chains of poly(tetrafluoroethylene). Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) film porosity was introduced and controlled through the competition between nucleation and growth of film. Porous poly(tetrafluoroethylene) films were further integrated into a bridge layer and air gap dielectric interconnect scheme. With fluorocarbon materials deposited through such chemical vapor deposition methods, dielectric constants ranging from 2.1 to below 1.5 were conceivably attainable, thus potentially satisfying dielectric interconnect requirements to beyond the 0.1 [mu]m technology node.<br>by Kenneth Ka Shun Lau.<br>Ph.D.
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Horst, Stephen Jonathan. "Low cost fabrication techniques for embedded resistors on flexible organics at millimeter wave frequencies." Thesis, Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006, 2006. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-11162006-171058/.
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Thesis (M. S.)--Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007.<br>Dr. John Cressler, Committee Member ; Dr. John Papapolymerou, Committee Chair ; Dr. Manos Tentzeris, Committee Member.
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Sedgwick, John. "The British film industry and the market for feature films in Britain 1932-37." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.260284.
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Rauschmayer, Joseph T. "A complementary thin film process for digital applications." Ohio : Ohio University, 1985. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1184074634.
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Walters, Ryp R. "A control system for laser trimming thick film resistors and the reliability effects." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01312009-063402/.
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Houcken, Robin. "The international feature film industry : national advantage and international strategies for European fim companies /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1999. http://aleph.unisg.ch/hsgscan/hm00111812.pdf.
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Hoffman, Sarah G. "Not Just Entertainment: Hollywood Animation and the Corporate Merchandising Aesthetics and Narratives for a Children’s Audience." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1490966620486322.
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Abusabee, K. M. "Thin film engineering for transparent thin film transistors." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2014. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/127/.
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Zinc oxide (ZnO) and Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide (IGZO) thin films are of interest as oxide semiconductors in thin film transistor (TFT) applications, due to visible light transparency, and low deposition temperature. There is particular interest in ZnO and IGZO based transparent TFT devices fabricated at low temperature on low cost flexible substrates. However, thermal annealing processes are typically required to ensure a good performance, suitable long term stability, and to control the point defects which affect the electrical characteristics. Hence there is interest in post deposition processing techniques, particularly where alternatives to high temperature thermal treatments can be utilised in combination with low temperature substrates. This thesis presents the results of a series of experimental studies as an investigation into photonic (excimer laser) processing of low temperature ZnO and IGZO thin films deposited by RF magnetron sputtering and/or by high target utilisation sputtering (HiTUS), to optimise the microstructure and electrical properties for potential use in thin film electronic applications. ZnO thin films were grown at various deposition parameters by varying oxygen flow rates, RF power, oxygen concentration, and growth temperatures. Subsequently, the films were subjected to three different annealing processes: (i) Thermal Annealing (furnace): samples were thermally annealed in air at temperatures ranging from 300 °C to 880 °C for 1 hour. (ii) Rapid Thermal Annealing: samples were annealed in nitrogen and oxygen environment at temperatures of 600 °C, 740 °C, 880 °C, and 1000 °C, and dwell times of 1-16 s. (iii) Excimer laser annealing: samples were annealed at ambient conditions using a Lambda Physik 305i 284 nm, 20 ns pulse KrF excimer laser with a beam delivery system providing a homogenised 10 mm x 10 mm uniform irradiation at the sample plane. Processing was undertaken at fluences in the range of 0 to 350 mJ/cm2 at single and multiple pulses. IGZO thin films were also investigated following RF magnetron deposition without intentional substrate heating and at various other deposition conditions, followed by laser processing in air at laser energy densities in the range of 0 to 175 mJ/cm2 with single pulse. Processed ZnO films were characterised by room temperature photoluminescence excitation which exhibited that laser annealing at high fluences resulted in suppression of the observed visible deep level emission (DLE) with evolution of a strong UV near band emission (NBE) peak, indicating a reduction of intrinsic defects without film degradation or materials loss that occurred by thermal and rapid thermal annealing. Also the intensity of the NBE peak was strongly influenced by the films growth temperature, with the results showing that as the growth temperature increased beyond ambient; the intensity of the resultant NBE peak decreased as a function of laser energy. TEM studies demonstrate that laser processing provides a controlled in-depth crystallisation and modification of ZnO films. Therefore, laser processing is shown to be a suitable technique to control the crystal microstructure and defect properties as a function of two lasers processing parameters (fluence, number of pulses) - realising optimised film properties as a localised region isolated from the substrate or sensitive underlying layers. In terms of electrical properties, the results indicated a significant drop in sheet resistance as a function of laser anneal from highly resistive (>5 MΩ/sq.) to about 860 Ω/sq. To produce IGZO thin films without intentional substrate heating with lowest sheet resistance as a function of laser processing, low deposition pressure, low oxygen concentration, and high RF power are required. Room temperature Hall effect mobility of 50 nm thick IGZO increased significantly as the laser energy density increased from 75 mJ/cm2 to 100 mJ/cm2 at single pulse reaching values of 11.1 cm2/Vs and 13.9 cm2/Vs respectively.
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Montgomery, John Willard III. "Calibrating Schlieren imaging for understanding local film deformation for a range of wetting and intrusions in soap films." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/127123.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, May, 2020<br>Cataloged from the official PDF of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-56).<br>Bubbles and films play a pivotal role in the dispersion of pathogens. Intrusions in thin films directly affect the final spray size and concentration of droplets. In this study, we seek to develop a method that can inform the direct observation of contaminants interacting with the film in which they are trapped. We develop an apparatus to directly observe microscale interactions within films from a macroscopic perspective. We penetrate soap films with rods (d rod >> h film) to investigate which properties affect the size of the optical spot created by the intrusion into the soap film. The experimental design is careful to account for parameters that could confound results by ensuring consistent environmental parameters, precise positioning of the object, and accounting for thickness of the film over time. We use high levels of pure surfactant to generate films that can sustain themselves despite being punctured by large objects. Using this approach, we are able to validate and extend the results found by Su and Bourouiba [30] by showing that the Schlieren spot size produced by large objects is not affected by size or wetting properties of the object. The spot size in soap films is primarily affected by the film thickness, consistent with prior results on water films (without surfactant).<br>by John Willard Montgomery, III.<br>S.M.<br>S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Sainju, Deepak. "Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Studies of Ag and ZnO Thin Films and Their Interfaces for Thin Film Photovoltaics." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1430326934.
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Four, Sandrine Autran Jean-Luc. "Elaboration et caractérisation de films minces de Ta2 O5 pour la réalisation de structures capacitives intégrées sur silicium." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2000. http://csidoc.insa-lyon.fr/these/2000/four/index.html.
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Jones, Timothy Russell. "Manufacturing Gallium Doped ZnO Thin Films Suitable for Use in Thin Film Transistors Using Unbalanced Magnetron Sputtering." OpenSIUC, 2013. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1117.
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Gallium doped zinc oxide (GZO) thin films were deposited onto Si (100) substrates. Depositions were performed at relatively low temperatures suitable for use in manufacturing thin films on plastic substrates. Substrates were thermally oxidized, and then thin films were deposited via radio frequency (RF) unbalanced magnetron sputtering. ZnO thin films were also sputtered in order to act as a seed layer for growing nanostructures by the hydrothermal method. Sputtering parameters evaluated independently include pressure, gas composition, power, temperature and the presence of an external magnetic field. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was performed on hydrothermally produced samples. Sputtered films used to compare sputtering parameters were grown at thicknesses of 33-64 nm as measured by ellipsometry. The GZO sputtering target had a 5% gallium content, which was deposited on the thin films. This was confirmed by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). Films were also evaluated using Raman spectroscopy and four-point probe terminal sensing. Using a comparison of the X-ray diffraction (XRD) of the films, it was possible to evaluate the sputtering parameters in order to minimize their crystallite size. It was calculated that the optimum power to apply to the target in order to minimize crystallite size was 128W. Films also minimized crystallite size by several other independent factors, such as not being in the presence of oxygen, being in the presence of an external magnetic field, being at a higher temperature, or being at a higher pressure during sputtering.
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Paleker, Gairoonisa. "Creating a 'black film industry' : state intervention and films for African audiences in South Africa, 1956-1990." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8259.
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Includes abstract.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 217-239).<br>This thesis examines one aspect of cinema in South Africa, namely, the historical construction of a 'black film industry' and the development of a 'black' cinema viewing audience. It does so by focusing on films produced specifically for an African audience using a state subsidy. This subsidy was introduced in 1972 and was separate from the general or A-Scheme subsidy that was introduced in 1956 for the production of English- and Afrikaans-language or 'white' films. This thesis is a critical assessment of the actual film products that the B-Scheme produced. The films are analysed within the broader political, economic and social context of their production and exhibition. The films are used as historical sources for the way in which African identities were constructed. Through critical analyses of the selected films, the thesis examines the manner in which African people, culture, gender and family relations, as well as class and/or political aspirations were represented in film. Africans had very little opportunity or power to represent themselves and where this had been possible, it was within the ideological and political boundaries set by the apartheid government.
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Chapman, Sharon Jeanette. "Classical Hollywood film directors' female-as-object obsession and female directors' cinematic response: A deconstructionist study of six films." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1996. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1258.
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Steele, Geoge. "Scoring silent film : music/nation/affect /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2009. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3380539.
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Jiang, Dianlu, and n/a. "Studies of Photocatalytic Processes at Nanoporous TiO2 Film Electrodes by Photoelectrochemical Techniques and Development of a Novel Methodology for Rapid Determination of Chemical Oxygen Demand." Griffith University. School of Environmental and Applied Science, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040723.155003.
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In this work, a series of simple, rapid and effective photoelectrochemical methodologies have been developed and successfully applied to the study of kinetic and thermodynamic characteristics of photocatalytic oxidation processes at TiO2 nanoparticulate films. As an application of the systematic studies of photocatalytic processes by photoelectrochemical techniques, a rapid, direct, absolute, environmental-friendly and accurate COD analysis method was successfully developed. In this work, the TiO2 nanoparticles colloid was prepared by the sol-gel method. The TiO2 nanoparticles were immobilized onto ITO conducting glass slides by dip-coating method. Thermal treatment was carried out to obtain nanoporous TiO2 films of different structures. At low calcination temperature (below 600°C), nanoporous TiO2 films of pure anatase phase were prepared. At high calcination temperature (above 600°C), nanoporous TiO2 films of mixed anatase and rutile phases were obtained. At these film electrodes, the work was carried out. By employing steady state photocurrent method and choosing phthalic acid as the model compound, the photocatalytic activity of the TiO2 nanoporous films calcined at various temperatures and for different lengths of time was evaluated. It was found that the films with mixed anatase and rutile phases calcined at high temperature exhibited high photocatalytic activity. Based on semiconductor band theory, a model was proposed, which explained well this finding. By employing linear sweep voltammetry (under illumination) and choosing glucose (an effective photohole scavenger) as a model compound, the characteristics of the photocatalytic processes at nanoparticulate semiconductor electrodes were investigated. Characteristics of the nanoporous semiconductor electrodes markedly different from bulk semiconductor electrodes were observed. That is, within a large range of electrode potentials above the flat band potential the electrodes behaved as a pure resistance instead of exhibiting variable resistance expected for bulk semiconductor electrodes. The magnitude of the resistance was dependent on the properties of the electrodes and the maximum photocatalytic oxidation rate at TiO2 surface determined by the light intensity and substrate concentration. A model was proposed, which explained well the special characteristics of particulate semiconductor electrodes (nanoporous semiconductor electrodes). This is the first clear description of the overall photocatalytic process at nanoparticulate semiconductor electrodes. The investigation set a theoretical foundation for employing photoelectrochemical techniques to study photocatalytic processes. By using the transient technique (illumination step method analogous to potential step method in conventional electrochemistry), the adsorption of a number of strong adsorbates on both low temperature and high temperature calcined TiO2 nanoporous films was investigated. Similar adsorption characteristics for different adsorbates on different films were observed. In all the cases, three different surface bound complexes were identified, which was attributed to the heterogeneity of TiO2 surface. The photocatalytic degradation kinetics of the pre-adsorbed organic compounds of different chemical nature was also studied by processing the photocurrent-time profiles. Two different photocatalytic processes, exhibiting different rate characteristics, were observed. This was, again, attributed to the heterogeneity of the TiO2 surface corresponding to heterogeneous adsorption characteristics. The catalytic first order rate constants of both fast and slow processes were obtained for different organic compounds. It was found that for different adsorbates of different chemical nature the magnitudes of rate constant for the slow kinetic process were very similar, while the magnitudes of rate constant for the fast process were significantly affected by the photohole demand characteristics of different adsorbates. Photohole demand distribution that depends on the size and structure of the adsorbed molecules was believed to be responsible for the difference. By employing steady state photocurrent method, the photocatalytic degradation kinetic characteristics of both strong adsorbates and weak adsorbates of different chemical structures were compared at pure anatase TiO2 nanoporous TiO2 films as well as at anatase/rutile mixed phase TiO2 nanoporous film electrodes. At the former electrodes for all the different organic compounds studied, the photocatalytic reaction rate increased linearly with concentration at low concentrations. Under such conditions, it was demonstrated that the overall photocatalytic process was controlled by diffusion and was independent of the chemical nature of organic compounds. However, the linear concentration range and the maximum photocatalytic reaction rate at high concentrations were significantly dependent on the chemical nature of the substrates. This was explained by the difference in the interaction of different organic compounds with TiO2 surface, the difference in their photohole demand distributions at the TiO2 surface and the difference in their nature of intermediates formed during their photocatalytic mineralization. In contrast, at the latter electrodes for the photocatalytic oxidation of different organic compounds the linear ranges (diffusion control concentration range) and the maximum reaction rates at high concentration were much larger than at the former electrodes and much less dependent on the chemical nature of the organic compounds. The spatial separation of photoelectrons and photoholes (due to the coexistence of rutile phase and anatase phase) and the increase in the lifetime of photoelectrons and photoholes are responsible for the excellent photocatalytic activity of the electrodes. By employing the thin-layer photoelectrochemical technique (analogous to the thin-layer exhaustive electrolytic technique), the photocatalytic oxidation of different organic compounds at the mixed phase TiO2 nanoporous electrodes were investigated in a thin layer photoelectrochemical cell. It was found that the charge derived from exhaustive oxidation agreed well with theoretical charge expected for the mineralisation of a specific organic compound. This finding was true for all the compounds investigated and was also true for mixtures of different organic compounds. The photocatalytic degradation kinetics of different organic compounds of different chemical identities in the thin layer cell was also investigated by the photoelectrochemical method. Two kinetic processes of different decay time constants were identified, which were attributed to the degradation of preadsorbed compounds and the degradation of compounds in solution. For the degradation of compounds in solution, a change in the overall control step from substrate diffusion to heterogeneous surface reaction was observed. For different organic compounds, the variation of the rate constant was determined by the photohole demand rather than by the chemical identities of substrates. The kinetics of the fast kinetic process, on the other hand, was greatly affected by the adsorption properties of the substrates. For the strong adsorbates, the rate was much larger than for weak adsorbates. However, the rate constant of the process was independent of the chemical identities of the substrates and the variation of the constant was also determined by the photohole demand. Based on the principles of exhaustive photoelectrocatalytic degradation of organic matter in a thin layer cell, a novel, rapid, direct, environmental-friendly and absolute COD analysis method was developed. The method was tested on synthetic samples as well as real wastewater samples from a variety of industries. For synthetic samples with given compositions the COD values measured by my method agree very well with theoretical COD value. For real samples and synthetic samples the COD values measured by my method correlated very well with those measured by standard dichromate COD analysis method.
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Gledhill, Sophie E. "Spray deposition of thin semiconductor films for use as buffer layers in CuInSâ†2 thin film solar cells." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.393550.
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Gomes, Francis Oliver Vinay [Verfasser], Veit [Akademischer Betreuer] Wagner, Veit [Gutachter] Wagner, Thomas [Gutachter] Heine, and Ralf [Gutachter] Anselmann. "Film growth and characterization of solution processed MoS2 semiconductor films for thin film transistors / Francis Oliver Vinay Gomes ; Gutachter: Veit Wagner, Thomas Heine, Ralf Anselmann ; Betreuer: Veit Wagner." Bremen : IRC-Library, Information Resource Center der Jacobs University Bremen, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1190888181/34.
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Ostrowicki, Gregory Thomas. "Magnetically actuated peel test for thin film interfacial fracture and fatigue characterization." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45870.
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Delamination along thin film interfaces is a prevalent failure mechanism in microelectronic, photonic, MEMS, and other engineering applications. Current interfacial fracture test techniques specific to thin films are limited by either sophisticated mechanical fixturing, physical contact near the crack tip, non-representative test specimens, or complicated stress fields. Moreover, these techniques are generally not suitable for investigating fatigue crack propagation under cyclical loading.
A fixtureless and noncontact experimental test technique is thus proposed and implemented to study interfacial fracture for thin film systems. The proposed test incorporates permanent magnets surface mounted onto micro-fabricated released thin film structures. An applied external magnetic field induces noncontact monotonic or fatigue loading to initiate delamination along the interface between the thin film and underlying substrate. Characterization of the film deflection, peel angle, and delamination propagation is accomplished through in situ optical techniques. Analytical and finite-element models are used to extract fracture parameters from the experimental data using thin-film peel mechanics. The developed interfacial fracture test has been demonstrated for Cu thin films on a SiO₂/Si substrate.