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To Encompass the Unseeable’: Foreign Film, Taste Culture, and the American Encounter with the Postwar Holocaust Film.
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Anthropomorphic Animals and Animation
No full textFrom Felix the Cat to Judy Hopps, the animation industry is full of anthropomorphic animal characters. For my poster presentation, I will make a comprehensive study that explores both the history of these characters and the success of their designs. In doing this, I will be putting a spotlight on why these types of characters exist, as well as the influence they’ve had on their audience. Here is what I’ll need to do to achieve that goal: z
1. Study the origins and history of these characters.2. Analyze several different characters’ personality and design.3. Compare and contrast anthropomorphic characters to similar human characters in how they exchange behavioral, psychological, and acting performances. 4. Replicate analytic findings with one or more example characters.
This project will help me grow as an animator in a professional setting, as so many large animation companies use these characters for their projects. Additionally, the conclusion of this project will be applied to other creative endeavors outside of animation such as character design for animal-based costumes and animal characters in comics and graphic novels.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1026/thumbnail.jp
Infection with Soybean Vein Necrosis Virus Alters Soybean Thrips’ Feeding Patterns
No full textThrips are economically damaging plant pests. Not only does the thrips feeding on crops cause damage but they also serve as vectors for plant diseases such as tospoviruses. These viruses cause diseases that damage crops and lead to severe yield loss around the world. Studies with tospovirus, Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus have shown that virus infection changes the feeding behavior of thrips, causing them to probe three times as often as uninfected thrips. The tospovirus, Soybean Vein Necrosis Virus is an emerging disease that is vectored by soybean thrips (Neohydatothrips variabilis). The objective of this study is to determine whether infection with SVNV causes changes in the feeding behavior of the soybean thrips vector. The feeding behaviors of thrips, either infected or uninfected with SVNV, are monitored using the electrical penetration graph (EPG) technique. Electrical penetration graphs (EPGs) record electrical signals or waveforms when mouthparts of piercing-sucking insects, such as thrips, probe into a plant. Different feeding activities produce different waveforms, which can be analyzed to determine insect feeding patterns. Our results show that feeding behavior of infected thrips is significantly different compared to uninfected thrips. It is found that the most common probe type for the infected thrips was non-ingestion probes. Non-ingestion probes not beneficial for the thrips because they not ingesting the cell content. However, non-ingestion probes are beneficial for the virus because they allow the virus to be transferred. These results emphasize the coordinated evolution between topsoviruses and their thrips vector.http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1024/thumbnail.jp
Identification and Characterization of Soybean Aphid Amino Acid Transporters Involved in Glutamine Transport at the Aphid/Buchnera symbiotic interface
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Developing a Monte Carlo Simulation for Time-Series Analysis of Actinium-225 Decay
Get PDFThis report describes the development of a script programmed in the Python language designed to simulate radioactive decay using Monte Carlo methods. This is to conduct analysis on the equilibrium behavior of a specific radioactive decay chain, replacing the traditional method of deriving a mathematical representation via differential equations. The resulting script produces a stacked histogram illustrating the decay of Actinium-225 over time and more closely models the potential for irregularities in the natural phenomenon. The script has potential applications in nuclear imaging and medical physics