526 research outputs found
Esthétique de l'horreur et influence des motifs lovecraftiens dans le cinéma de Stuart Gordon et Brian Yuzna
No full textFrom the 1980s and throughout their careers, the two American filmmakers Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna have continually made films adapted and inspired by the author H.P. Lovecraft. Considered as “unadaptable”, Lovecraft’s work, although it has greatly inspired cinema, has been the subject of few official adaptations over time. The burlesque, comic, erotic and gory dimension of Gordon and Yuzna's films moves away from the obsessions of the American author - who writes in a sustained style, leaning towards science fiction and horror -, while by adopting figures and atmospheres. Gordon and Yuzna use every means to create an excessive, violent, organic show, which features metamorphoses of human bodies. To do this, an abundance of special effects, viscous materials, as well as a chromatic riot are put to the service of their films. This dissertation aims to provide a portrait and analysis of the aesthetics of Gordon and Yuzna's films, while requiring us to understand how this aesthetic borrows and adapts the texts of H.P Lovecraft.À partir des années 1980 et tout au long de leur carrière, les deux cinéastes américains Stuart Gordon et Brian Yuzna n’ont eu de cesse de réaliser des films adaptés et inspirés de l’auteur H.P. Lovecraft. Considérée comme « inadaptable », l’œuvre de Lovecraft, si elle a beaucoup inspiré le cinéma, a fait l’objet de peu d’adaptations officielles au cours du temps. La dimension à la fois burlesque, comique, érotique et gore des films de Gordon et Yuzna s’éloigne des obsessions de l’auteur américain – lequel écrit dans un style soutenu, lorgnant vers la science-fiction et l’horreur –, tout en en adoptant figures et atmosphères. Gordon et Yuzna se saisissent de tous les moyens pour faire un spectacle excessif, violent, organique, qui met en scène des métamorphoses de corps humains. Pour ce faire, une abondance d’effets spéciaux, de matières visqueuses, ainsi qu’une débauche chromatique sont mises au service de leurs films. Ce mémoire vise à dresser un portrait et une analyse de l’esthétique des films de Gordon et Yuzna, tout en essayant de comprendre en quoi cette esthétique emprunte et adapte les textes d’H.P. Lovecraft
John Stuart Mill’s projected science of society: 1827-1848
No full textThe purpose of the thesis is to examine John Stuart Mill’s political thought from
about 1827 to 1848 as an exercise in intellectual history. It focuses, first, on Mill’s view,
formulated by the late 1830s, that contemporary society was ‘civilized’, and second, on
his project of a science of society, which he aspired to develop in the late 1830s and
early 1840s.
By the late 1830s, Mill came to the view that his contemporary society was a
‘commercial society or civilization’, dominated by the middle, commercial class. The
first part of my thesis, constituted by Chapters 2-4, discusses the way in which Mill
formed his notion of civilization, and what he meant by the term ‘civilization’. Mill paid
attention to the implications of the rise of the middle class, and regarded such
phenomena of contemporary society as the corruption of the commercial spirit and
excessive social conformity as an inevitable consequence of the rise of the middle class.
The second part of the thesis, constituted by Chapters 5-9, examines Mill’s
projected science of society. In the late 1830s and early 1840s, Mill attempted to
develop a new science of society whose subject-matter was the nature and prospects of
commercial, civilized society. This aspiration culminated in A System of Logic,
published in 1843. In examining Mill’s projected science, I pay particular attention to
the fact that he conceived new sciences of history and of the formation of character,
both of which were indispensable in his project, although he failed to give a complete
account of these sciences. My thesis shows that the implications of his interest both in
history and in the formation of character are more significant than Mill scholars have
assumed
Student wellbeing for those with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: Same, same but different?
No full textThe nature of student wellbeing, although now subject to some consensus, continues to engender debate. To improve student wellbeing, widely regarded to be an overarching non-academic outcome of schooling, it is generally argued that it must be consensually conceptualised in order to be operationally defined and made measurable. The new Australian Curriculum puts forward common educational curriculum and outcomes for all students – including those outcomes implicitly and explicitly related to student wellbeing, but for students with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities this is, argues the author, philosophically and practically problematic. The author puts forward a research-based conceptualisation of subjective wellbeing for these students and recommends this as a basis for guiding a continuing research agenda to improve their wellbeing
"THE QUIET AND STABILITY OF THIS FREE STATE": A NEW LOOK AT THE "INDEPENDENT WHIGS," JOHN TRENCHARD AND THOMAS GORDON (TORY, JACOBITE, LOCKE, WALPOLE, ENGLAND)
No full textHistorians usually view John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, early Hanoverian publicists, as "Country" opposition writers. They consider Trenchard and Gordon's criticisms of Court corruption an outstanding expression of "Country" opposition ideology. This view fails to encompass Trenchard and Gordon's major concerns and objectives.Trenchard and Gordon collaborated in the writing and publishing of The Independent Whig and Cato's Letters, weekly essays that first appeared in the London press for almost four years in the early 1720s, with "a View to the Quiet and Stability of this Free State." The assiduous inculcation, by High Churchmen, of doctrines antithetical to the security of English Protestantism in the House of Hanover and seditious High-Tory exploitation of popular discontents deeply disturbed Trenchard and Gordon. As "Cato" and "the Independent Whig," they sought to secure the constitutionally limited English monarchy in the recently established, Protestant House of Hanover against a popular High-Tory Church party whose propaganda and agitation threatened the destruction of political and religious liberty with the Stuart restoration High Tories desired.The authors of The Independent Whig and Cato's Letters combatted High-Tory doctrines and methods. As Independents they challenged High-Church politico-religious orthodoxy in order to vitiate the Anglican lower clergy's capacity to destabilize society with treasonable, "popish" dogma. As "Cato" and convinced that High Tories manipulated popular discontents to serve Jacobite aims, Trenchard and Gordon instructed the King and his Whig ministry to fully redress grievances. "Cato" took up the people's cause against the corruption surrounding the South Sea crisis and made a concerted effort to lead popular discontents down loyal, legal paths and deter what "Cato" considered the seditious political ploys of High Tories who merely exploited libertarian rhetoric to serve the Stuart cause. Trenchard and Gordon publicly propagated Lockean political and religious principles when contractarianism, natural rights, and resistance theory remained anathema and most Whigs would not publicly espouse them.John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon wrote as concerned, Hanoverian loyalists. They provided a libertarian defense of the Protestant religion and the limited English monarchy in the House of Hanover against High-Tory counterrevolution and counterreformation.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-12, Section: A, page: 4489.Ph.D. American University 1986.Englis
Analysis of Homeland Security Regulations, Small Steps Forward, Giant Leaps to Go
No full textThis paper reviews the use of cost-benefit analysis in evaluating homeland security regulations. Until the recent use of "break-even analysis" by the Department of Homeland Security, analysis of regulations to reduce the risk of a terrorist attacks have been severely lacking. The costs were likely to be understated particularly because the costs of restrictions on immigration and of the curbing of civil liberties are omitted. Benefits were often left uncalculated leaving it impossible to meaningfully evaluate the policies being promulgated. The use of break-even analysis has improved the ability to evaluate homeland security policy. However, DHS needs to provide this information in a more consistent format in order to allow comparison of regulatory initiatives. DHS also needs to provide its own assessment of what the break-even analysis tells us about the likelihood that the benefits of their regulations outweigh their costs.
Filtering systems of coupled stochastic differential equations partially observed at high frequency
No full textWe consider online analysis of systems of stochastic differential equations (SDEs),
from high-frequency data. The class of SDEs we focus on have constant volatility and
a drift function that is of gradient form. For these models we present a particle filter
that is able to analyse the full data, but whose computational cost does not increase
as the frequency of the data increases. The method is based on novel extensions
of the exact algorithm for simulation and inference of diffusions, and the filters do
not need to introduce any approximations through time-discretisation of the process.
The new methods have important practical and theoretical advantages over existing
filtering methods for this problem. We demonstrate our method on a number of
simulated examples, including two motivated by molecular dynamics
Survey report 1995/96 summer Australian Antarctic Division Author - Tom Gordon / AUSLIG
No full textProgress Code: completedStatement: The values provided in spatial coverage are approximate only.
See the report for more information.
Originally the report was in two parts - a report and an addendum. The report contained a number of blank pages, which appeared to be contained in the addendum. In the pdf available for download at the URL given below, the two reports have been combined, and a large number of the blank pages from the main report have been deleted.
AUSLIG now known as Geoscience Australia.
Taken from sections of the report:
To complete the ground control of the off shore islands in Holme Bay it may be necessary to undertake the survey whilst the sea ice is still there or use a larger boat, maybe in conjunction with the Navy Hydrographic Unit. The main problem with the Zodiac boats is that they can not be used when the wind is exceeding 15 knots and at Mawson there are very few days when this occurs.
The new arrangements with the photographic equipment have worked well this summer, one of the main components of this being the Flight program written by Stuart Smith. The only improvement to the program would be to display the planned heading of the selected photo run and by including this information in the Log file.
Having the VDU and cross track display made flying the photo runs easier for the pilot as he could see himself in the scheme of things with the VDU and then once on the photo run use the cross track display to maintain the line.
The equipment setup in the rear of the aircraft has been a big improvement on previous surveys. The equipment can be installed or removed within an hour allowing for quick turn around in the use of the aircraft. One problem that has been noticed since the survey is that if the camera is tilted too far forward or backward the resulting photo has a small amount of the image covered by the camera well. This problem can be avoided if the camera's adjusting screws are screwed down after installation.Taken from sections of the report:<br/><br/>Introduction<br/><br/>The purpose of the 95/96 Antarctic survey season was to provide survey control and to acquire aerial photographs for topographic mapping in locations around Mawson, Beaver Lake, Davis and at Casey in support of the ANARE mapping program as well as providing survey support for other ANARE science programs. The following team carried out this survey work:<br/><br/> Roger Handsworth - Antarctic Division Engineer,<br/> Natasha Adams - Antarctic Division Volunteer Surveyor,<br/> Tom Gordon - AUSLIG Surveyor.<br/><br/>Project Outline<br/><br/>The Antarctic Division's Brief to Surveyors which outlines the details of the program is included in Appendix A. A number of the tasks detailed were not undertaken, and they include:<br/> -Aerial photography of ice sheets for Melbourne University,<br/> -Beaver Lake Program,<br/> -Casey aerial photography.<br/><br/>The main survey program for Antarctica in 95/96 was at Mawson Station, it included the survey control and aerial photography of the Framnes Mountains, Mawson Station and offshore islands in Holme Bay. Secondary tasks included assisting with survey requirements of the tide gauge and placing 2 sets of 3 bench marks for the new tide gauge site at Mawson, ground control for the Scullin and Murray Monoliths, ground control and photography of Taylor Rookery and detail surveying at Mawson.<br/><br/>At Davis Station the program included aerial photography of the station and areas in the Vestfold Hills missed in 94/95, survey support as requested by the engineer working on the ASP building and levelling associated with the tide gauge.<br/><br/>The limited time at Casey Station was to be spent using the Laser Terrain Profiler (LTP) and levelling associated with the tide gauge
European justice: the Scottish contribution.
No full textOf the eleven UK members of the Court of Justice from 1973 until 2020, three have been Scottish jurists, namely AJ Mackenzie Stuart, David Edward and Ian Forrester. Each of them has played an important role at the Court and they all contributed to the shaping of EU Law while there. In particular, Scottish judges' names can be associated with important judicial statements in the fields of free movement of goods and EU Citizenship. In so doing, the three Scottish judges can be said to have made a unique and enduring contribution to the moulding of EU legal principles. Can it be asserted that this contribution was facilitated by the Scots law background and connections of these three judges? That may be not easily proven but by looking at some of the factors which shaped the three Scottish judges and by examining some individual judgments with which they are connected, a picture emerges of an especially robust level of influence exerted by the Scottish judges at the EU Court, an influence which endures there even after UK membership has ended. Perennial sovereignty v supranationalism frictions have long been at the heart of European integration. Scots lawyers and judges willingly entered that fray and sought resolutions from within. None of this is a co-incidence; from the time of the Act of Union, Scots lawyers have adapted to and used their unique heritage of mixed legal traditions and their intellectual rigour and values of the Scottish Enlightenment in order to take their place outwith their jurisdictional boundaries
A necessary fiction: The ritualisation of stakeholder practices in New Zealand cinema
No full textThis thesis argues that stability of the concept ‘national cinema’ is located in the discursive positioning of individual films in such a way that they are connected to a national ‘common ground’, one which is ritually accessed via engagement with media such as cinema. This positioning, however, is not quantifiable and may not be identified as arising from any particular production practice, dimension of popularity, theme, style, characteristic of production personnel, and so on. By synthesising the work of several theorists and applying this synthesis to a selection of films, a framework of ideas (around the ritualised ‘flagging’ of the national via the expression of stakeholder interests) is applied to cinema in New Zealand. In particular, an ideoscape is ultimately mapped as a result of applying this framework of ideas. The normative assumptions of national cinema are examined in this way and found to be lacking despite the weight that the term ‘national cinema’ continues to have
Collaborative stretching: A research agenda for enhancing the quality of lives of people with severe cognitive impairments
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