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"Disney is the Tiffany’s and I am the Woolworth's of the business": A critical re-analysis of the business philosophies, production values and studio practices of animator-producer Paul Houlton Terry
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Animator-producer Paul Houlton Terry has been portrayed as having little passion for the animation he produced and being more concerned with making a profit than producing entertaining cartoons with high production values. The purpose of the dissertation is to re-evaluate Terry‘s legacy to animated cartooning by analyzing his business philosophies, production values, and studio practices.
Application of four psychodynamic factors to the early life and career of Terry, 1887-1929, found that his economic decision making was characterized by: an external locus of control, risk-averse financial behaviour, extreme saving behaviour through precaution, and shrewd money management practices. Based on Terry‘s historical responses to twelve major economic, technological, or institutional forces of change for the period 1929-1955, the psychodynamic factors were found to provide accurate explanations for his studio practices and production decisions.
There was no evidence to support the conclusion that three early career disappointments undermined Terry‘s intrinsic motivation to create animated cartoons. Rather, Terry‘s lack of risk taking, external locus of control, tight studio production schedule, desire to compete with neighbour studio Fleischer, difficulty in separating financial rewards from creative processes in animation, and practice of undertaking surveillance measures on staff may have undermined his and his studio‘s creativity. Archival research found Terry to possess strong passions for and to have made significant creative contributions to the field of animation.
Biographical research found that Terry retained a stable nucleus of highly talented artists who dedicated a significant portion of their working careers to the studio. An analysis of the cel aesthetics of a random sample of animated cartoons produced during the years 1930-1955 found that Terry created animated cartoons with above average cel aesthetics when compared to the other studios thereby supporting an inference that Terry was motivated to producing quality crafted animation. Further research is suggested into the role psychodynamic factors and economic decision-making play in the film production process and a clarification of Terry‘s legacy to the field of animated cartoons
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No full textCan archives of audiovisual TV interviews be used to make authors more visible to students, and thereby reduce the learning gap between native and non-native language speakers in college classes? We examined students in a college course who learned about one scholar's ideas through watching an audiovisual TV interview (i.e., visible author format) and about another scholar's ideas through reading a formal text description (i.e., invisible author format). For the invisible author, native language speakers scored significantly higher than the non-native language speakers on a corresponding exam question (i.e., a cognitive measure), generated more words on the exam question (i.e., a motivational measure), and mentioned the author's name more often in answering the exam question (i.e., an affective measure). For the visible author, the groups did not differ on any of these measures. These findings provide evidence for the idea that making the author visible through audiovisual TV interviews can eliminate the learning gap between native and non-native language speakers. 3 Universities around the world serve students who are non-native speakers of th
Soil ecological system: soil and the environment: a land judging handbook and training guide
No full textBulletin no. 753 Moscow, Idaho :University of Idaho, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension System, 1994-02-01. Author(s): Tindall, Terry A
Neural Field Models: A mathematical overview and unifying framework
No full textMathematical modelling of the macroscopic electrical activity of the brain is highly non-trivial and requires a detailed understanding of not only the associated mathematical techniques, but also the underlying physiology and anatomy. Neural field theory is a population-level approach to modelling the non-linear dynamics of large populations of neurons, while maintaining a degree of mathematical tractability. This class of models provides a solid theoretical perspective on fundamental processes of neural tissue such as state transitions between different brain activities as observed during epilepsy or sleep. Various anatomical, physiological, and mathematical assumptions are essential for deriving a minimal set of equations that strike a balance between biophysical realism and mathematical tractability. However, these assumptions are not always made explicit throughout the literature. Even though neural field models (NFMs) first appeared in the literature in the early 1970's, the relationships between them have not been systematically addressed. This may partially be explained by the fact that the inter-dependencies between these models are often implicit and non-trivial. Herein we provide a review of key stages of the history and development of neural field theory and contemporary uses of this branch of mathematical neuroscience. First, the principles of the theory are summarised throughout a discussion of the pioneering models by Wilson and Cowan, Amari and Nunez. Upon thorough review of these models, we then present a unified mathematical framework in which all neural field models can be derived by applying different assumptions. We then use this framework to i) derive contemporary models by Robinson, Jansen and Rit, Wendling, Liley, and Steyn-Ross, and ii) make explicit the many significant inherited assumptions that exist in the current literature.<br/
13 ways of looking at a blackbird
No full textShort fiction printed letterpress from Bembo types on Curtis Rag paper. Calligraphy for folios, cover and title page, as well as several small drawings printed relief. Foil stamping and embossing on paper wrap. Smythe sewn and pasted in paper wrapperUNL SPEC copy--Limited ed. of 250 copies numbered and signed by the author; this is no. 225; calligraphy: Terry McGrath; monotype composition: Mackenzie-Harris, Inc.; binding: Cardoza-Jame
13 ways of looking at a blackbird
No full textShort fiction printed letterpress from Bembo types on Curtis Rag paper. Calligraphy for folios, cover and title page, as well as several small drawings printed relief. Foil stamping and embossing on paper wrap. Smythe sewn and pasted in paper wrapperUNL SPEC copy--Limited ed. of 250 copies numbered and signed by the author; this is no. 225; calligraphy: Terry McGrath; monotype composition: Mackenzie-Harris, Inc.,; binding: Cardoza-Jame
Effects of intervention upon precompetition state anxiety in elite junior tennis players: The relevance of the matching hypothesis
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Terry, P., Coakley, L., & Karageorghis, C. Effects of intervention upon precompetition state anxiety in elite junior tennis players: the relevance of the matching hypothesis. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1995, 81, 287-296. © Perceptual and Motor Skills 1995The matching hypothesis proposes that interventions for anxiety should be matched to the modality in which anxiety is experienced. This study investigated the relevance of the matching hypothesis for anxiety interventions in tennis. Elite junior tennis players (N = 100; Age: M = 13.9 yr., SD = 1.8 yr.) completed the Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 before and after one of four randomly assigned intervention strategies approximately one hour prior to competition at a National Junior Championship. A two-factor multivariate analysis of variance (group x time) with repeated measures on the time factor gave no significant main effect by group but indicated significant reductions in somatic anxiety and cognitive anxiety and a significant increase in self-confidence following intervention. A significant group by time interaction emerged for self-confidence. The results question the need to match intervention strategy to the mode of anxiety experienced
13 ways of looking at a blackbird
No full textShort fiction printed letterpress from Bembo types on Curtis Rag paper. Calligraphy for folios, cover and title page, as well as several small drawings printed relief. Foil stamping and embossing on paper wrap. Smythe sewn and pasted in paper wrapperUNL SPEC copy--Limited ed. of 250 copies numbered and signed by the author; this is no. 225; ; calligraphy: Terry McGrath; monotype composition: Mackenzie-Harris, Inc.,; binding: Cardoza-Jame
Global Trends in Lawyer Regulation
No full textThis is a recording of a talk about Global Trends in Lawyer Regulation that was delivered at the University of Saskatchewan in 2013 as the Gertler Family Lectureship in Law Honouring the Robert McKercher Family. The subsequent article was entitled Laurel S. Terry, Trends in Global and Canadian Lawyer Regulation, 76 Saskatchewan L. Rev. 145 (2013).
In 2012, Australian regulators Steve Mark and Tahlia Gordon and the author, who is a U.S. academic, documented a number of global trends in lawyer regulation. See Laurel S. Terry, Steve Mark, & Tahlia Gordon, Trends and Challenges in Lawyer Regulation: The Impact of Globalization and Technology, 80 Fordham L. Rev. 2661 (2012). Their article concluded that regulators face issues in common regarding “who” is regulated, “what” is regulated, “when” and “where” regulation occurs, “how” it occurs, and “why” it occurs.
Terry\u27s Gertler lecture and the resulting article examined Canadian lawyer regulation in light of the global trends Terry, Mark, and Gordon previously identified. The lecture and article asked whether there is evidence in Canadian lawyer regulation of these same who-what-when-where-why-and-how issues. They conclude that these trends are indeed present in Canada and explains why it is important for Canadian lawyers, regulators, clients, and other stakeholders to be aware of these global trends. The article also addressed the issue of whether these trends matter in a jurisdiction such as Saskatchewan that is not a global financial center on the order of New York, London or Toronto. The answer the article provided was “yes” – these trends are relevant to Saskatchewan and to jurisdictions throughout the world that care about lawyer regulation
(Psycho-)Analysis of Benchmark Experiments
No full textIt is common knowledge that certain characteristics of data sets -- such as linear separability or sample size -- determine the performance of learning algorithms. In this paper we propose a formal framework for investigations on this relationship.
The framework combines three, in their respective scientific discipline well-established, methods. Benchmark experiments are the method of choice in machine and statistical learning to compare algorithms with respect to a certain performance measure on particular data sets. To realize the interaction between data sets and algorithms, the data sets are characterized using statistical and information-theoretic measures; a common approach in the field of meta learning to decide which algorithms are suited to particular data sets. Finally, the performance ranking of algorithms on groups of data sets with similar characteristics is determined by means of recursively partitioning Bradley-Terry models, that are commonly used in psychology to study the preferences of human subjects. The result is a tree with splits in data set characteristics which significantly change the performances of the algorithms. The main advantage is the automatic detection of these important characteristics.
The framework is introduced using a simple artificial example. Its real-word usage is demonstrated by means of an application example consisting of thirteen well-known data sets and six common learning algorithms. All resources to replicate the examples are available online
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