The digital moving image: Revising indexicality and transparency

Cinema as the projected filmic image has been the focus of moving image theory for over a century. Television and video have taken a back seat for several reasons; in particular that they are often considered as inferior moving image mediums in some aspects, both conveying a lesser degree of transparency and, more recently in digital form, being devoid of indexicality as theorised by Charles Sanders Pierce. That is, they supposedly possess a weaker connection to the real or, what Jay David Bolter calls, “the authentic”. This paper, via Tom Gunning’s work on digital media and the claim to photographic truth, will explore and problematise these notions with the aim of challenging the longstanding primacy of the cinematic moving image as well as softening the analog/digital divide

Influence of Tip Clearance on the Flowfield in a Compressor Cascade with a Moving Endwall

The effects of changing the blade tip clearances on the velocity and pressure flowfields within a compressor cascade were investigated in this experimental thesis. All moving endwall measurements were taken at a constant flow coefficient of 0.5 and tip clearances of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 percent chord. Hot-wire/film probes were used to determine the three-dimensional velocity vector components in various transverse planes - one upstream of the leading edges of the blades, three within the blade cascade and one downstream of the trailing edges of the blades. The transverse velocity vector plots showed a scraping of the tip leakage vortex from the suction surface of one blade across the blade pitch to the pressure surface of the adjacent blade. A total pressure rake placed downstream of the trailing edges of the blades measured the pressure flowfield at the exit of the cascade. The mass-averaged values of total pressure loss coefficient decreased for reduced gaps. Finally, the tests performed on a crenulate blade geometry at a tip clearance of 0.01 chord showed a 15.5% reduction in the total pressure losses as compared to the straight blade geometry

Recommended oat varieties, 1964

THE varieties Kent, Ballidu, Avon, Dale and Fulmark are recommended for sowing in 1964 by the Department of Agriculture and the Coarse Grains Advisory Committee

The Representation of the Individualism-Collectivism Cultural Value Dimension In Film Portrayals of Intercultural Communication

Globalization and modernization have changed the world in which we live, bringing intercultural communication to the forefront in our daily lives. Cultural values vary around the world, and these values impact the way people communicate with one another. This study focused on the cultural value of individualism-collectivism and how it impacts intercultural, interpersonal communication and the way it is presented in film. The aim of this study was to conduct quantitative analyses of data gathered from intercultural films to identify the way in which nations\u27 individualism-collectivism tendencies are displayed in film in comparison to a cultural value dimension scale and in relation to intercultural conflict and miscommunication. A sample was created of nations and films by using a country comparison scale of individualism-collectivism and an intercultural film database. The data were analyzed quantitatively. Ultimately, films were shown to portray nations in alignment with their cultural value dimension of individualism-collectivism, and interpersonal, intercultural interactions were shown to most often highlight the differing views on the value dimension. As a result, this study contributes to the field of intercultural communication by contributing to the way we understand how films portray cultures and how individualism-collectivism plays a role in intercultural interactions

Recommended oat varieties, 1966

THE varieties Avon, Fulmark, Irwin, Kent and Ballidu are recommended for sowing in 1966 by the Department of Agriculture and the Coarse Grains Advisory Committee. The areas suitable for these varieties, when planted for various purposes, are given in the map and tables

Recommended oat varieties

THE varieties Kent, Ballidu, Avon and Fulmark are recommended for sowing in 1965 by the Department of Agriculture and the Coarse Grains Advisory Committee. The areas suitable for these varieties, when planted for various purposes, are given in the map and tables

Oat variety trials, 1962 and 1963

OAT variety trials were located on a number of Research Stations and, in 1963, on three other properties in the higher rainfall areas. These three trials contained only varieties of midseason maturity. The location of the test centres is given in the tables, while brief details of the varieties and crossbreds under test in the period 1962-64, inclusive, are given in Table 1

Barley variety trials, 1962 and 1963

TO ASSESS their yielding ability and grain quality, varieties of barley are grown each year by the Department of Agriculture. The trials are located on Research Stations in the cereal-growing areas