978 resultados para Orvis Brothers
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In the digital age, the hyperspace of virtual reality systems stands out as a new spatial notion creating a parallel world to the space we live in. In this alternative realm, the body transforms into a hyperbody, and begins to follow the white rabbit. Not only in real world but also in the Matrix world. The Matrix project of Andy and Larry Wachowski started with a feature film released in 1999. However, The Matrix is not only a film (trilogy). It is a concept, a universe that brings real space and hyperspace together. It is a world represented not only in science fiction films but also in The Animatrix that includes nine animated Matrix films directed by Peter Chung, Andy Jones, Yoshiaki Kawajiri and others, four of which are written by the Wachowskis. The same universe is used in Enter the Matrix, a digital game whose script was written and directed by the brothers and a comic book, The Matrix Comics, which includes twelve different stories by artists like Neil Gaiman and Goef Darrow. The Wachowskis played an active role in the creation and realization of all these products of different media. The comic book came last (November 2003), however it is possible to argue that everything came out of comics the storyboards of the original film. After all the Wachowskis have a background in comics.<br/><br/>In this study, I will focus on the formal analysis of the science fiction world of The Matrix - as a representation of hyperspace - in different media, feature film, animated film, digital game and comic book, focusing on diverse forms of space that come into being as a result of medium differences. To unfold the different formal characters of film, animation, game and comics, concepts and features including framing, flattening, continuity, movement, montage, sound/text, light and color will be discussed. An analysis of these products will help to open up a discussion on the relation of form, media and representation.
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Introduction. Sibling relationships have been described as intimate, <br/>congenial, loyal, apathetic or hostile but little is known about <br/>sibling relationships in very old age.Weasked nonagenarian brothers <br/>and sisters from the EU-funded Genetics of Healthy Ageing <br/>(GeHA) project whether they had felt supported by having a living <br/>sibling to have better coping abilities. <br/>Methods and results. Nonagenarian siblings were a convenience <br/>sample from four countries from the GeHA studyItaly, Poland, <br/>N Ireland, Finland. All were consented willing participants. Most <br/>male/female dyads demonstrated healthy respect for each others <br/>opinion and their sibling relationship fits the loyal type, though <br/>with a clear sense of independence.Noneof the eight female/female <br/>nor the one male/male dyad seemed to fit the intimate description; <br/>two might be described as apathetic, while the other two <br/>seemed to show aspects of family loyalty, alongside other traits <br/>perhaps best described as congenial. There were apparent different <br/>cultural influences across Europe with siblings in Italy and <br/>Poland more likely to report supportive siblinghood, compared to <br/>sibling pairs/trios in Finland or N Ireland where self-resilience and <br/>independence seemed more common. Polish and Italian nonagenarians <br/>often felt supported by their religious faith and church. <br/>Conclusions. In general, nonagenarian siblings most often demonstrated <br/>loyal family relationships, which may have helped each <br/>others coping and survival mechanisms. However, there was <br/>widespread evidence of tolerance for individual decision-making. <br/>Perhaps rather, these 90-year-olds survive because they are <br/>resilient and independent and dont need to depend on each other!
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Swift often noted his aversion to coffee-house conversation and to tavern talk, to gossip and company, and to being buried in Dublin in the years of his Deanship. Yet the popular myth of a morose, unsociable Swift belies both his engagement with various literary and political clubs in his early career and his participation in collaborative and experimental poetic games in his Dublin circles. This essay considers Swifts involvement with three clubs in London (the Saturday Club, the Brothers Club, and the Scriblerians) and his writings on a number of fictional clubs (the Athenian Society, the Calves-Head Club, and a putative Society for the correction of the English language). While Swift wrote very little of his experience of actual clubs, the latter three, in addition to the Scriblerian Club as an imagined, rather than actual clubs, resulted in a number of defining poems and works in his career. When Swift settled in Dublin, poetry written and exchanged in a number of sociable circles characterised much of his published verse and gave glimpses of the circles and informal clubs which he formed among friends there. Although these poems are often dismissed as trifles, the essay argues that the poems are crucial for our understandings of conversational culture or sociability in Swifts Dublin.
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Dissertao de mest., Finanas Empresariais, Faculdade de Economia, Univ. do Algarve, 2012
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Polystichum drepanum (Sw) C. Presl is a threatened fern endemic to a few forest areas in the north-west of Madeira Island. The aims of this work were to establish suitable culture conditions for in vitro germination of spores, and to evaluate short-term storage conditions for P drepanum spores. The highest frequency of germination was obtained in Murishage and Skoog (MS) liquid medium, without agitation. However, gametophytes maintained in MS liquid medium did not grow and, after 4 weeks, became anoxic and died. Thus, after germination in liquid medium, gametophytes were transferred to an MS double-phase culture system for further growth. The effects of storage period, temperature, and relative humidity during storage on in vitro spore germination were studied. Spore viability was assessed after 2, 4 and 6 months, and high viability (> 94%) was observed in all the assays. However, germination capability decreased with increased storage periods. The number of sporophytes obtained also decreased with prolonged storage periods. The results indicate that spores of R drepanum stored for 4 months at 21 degrees C maintain high viability and high germination frequency. ne sporophytes obtained were acclimatised in a mixture of peat and vermiculite [2:1 (v/v)] under high relative humidity (90-95%). Seventy-five sporophytes were successfully acclimatised to ex vitro conditions and showed active growth in the glasshouse.
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Tese de mestrado, Estudos Romnicos (Cultura Portuguesa), Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, 2011
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Dissertao de Mestrado apresentado ao Instituto de Contabilidade e Administrao do Porto para a obteno do grau de Mestre em Auditoria sob orientao do Mestre Carlos Mota
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Summary Several studies have demonstrated that the number of pollen donors siring seeds of individual fruits is frequently greater than one and, consequently, that plants have multiple mates. Multiple paternity can have important consequences at the population level. It influences the genetic variability of a population, the reproductive success of males and the fitness of females and future generations. It also influences male-male interactions for fertilization and it is fundamental in providing opportunity of female choice. I investigated the occurrence and the importance of multiple paternity within fruits in natural populations of the dioecious Silene latifolia using microsatellite DNA markers, especially developed for this study. I found that multiple paternity occurs in all populations investigated in the European range of the species, varying from one to nine sires per fruit with a mean of three, suggesting that multiple paternity is highly prevalent in natural populations. In the presence of multiple paternity I investigated if there was a female genotype influence on siring success of the males. I used the same pollen mixture from two males and applied it to three replicate females of different relatedness (two full sisters and one unrelated). I found female genotype influence in one of the two populations investigated, which might reflect different population history. Since these results suggested some degree of female choice, we investigated whether the occurrence of multiple paternity and post-pollination selection could provide opportunity for inbreeding avoidance. First, I measured inbreeding depression at different life-cycle stages for offspring obtained by single-donor crosses with brothers or unrelated males replicated on distinct flowers on the same female plant. To address inbreeding avoidance, I determined paternity in crosses using mixed pollen loads of the two males. I found significant inbreeding depression in the studied population, even under benign experimental conditions, and although the unrelated male did not sire significantly more offspring, there was an effect of genetic dissimilarity on paternity. This suggests that paternity is affected by relatedness among mates, but maybe additionally affected by other factors such as pollen competitive ability or male-female interactions. Using inbred and outbred crosses, I further investigated sex ratio bias inheritance in this species, and found that sex ratio bias of the parental generation was significantly correlated to pollen germination success of the F2 generation, which suggests that sex ratio bias in this species results from the specific X/Y combination and not only on Y performance. An effect of X and Y is consistent with sex chromosome meiotic drive. In conclusion, I found multiple paternity to be widespread in the study species and that females of similar genotype produce similar paternity shares. I found that inbreeding depression is substantial, therefore receiving pollen from several donors might lead to fewer inbred offspring, I also found an effect of genetic dissimilarity on paternity shares, which indicates that there is some ability to discriminate against related pollen, although this seems not to be the only determinant of paternity outcome. Finally I found sex ratio bias to be dependent on both X and Y chromosomes as predicted by sex chromosome meiotic drive. Rsum Plusieurs tudes ont dmontr qu'il n'tait pas rare que les graines contenues dans un mme fruit soient issues de la fcondation par plusieurs pollens provenant de mles diffrents, ce qui sous-entend que les plantes peuvent avoir plusieurs partenaires sexuels. La paternit multiple peut avoir d'importantes consquences au niveau populationnel dans la mesure o elle peut influencer le degr de variabilit gntique de la population, le succs reproducteur des mles, la fitness des femelles et des futures gnrations. La paternit multiple peut galement avoir un impact sur les interactions mle-mle lors de la fertilisation et peut tre considre comme fondamentale vis--vis de la femelle, qui y trouve alors une opportunit de choisir son ou ses partenaires. Dans le cadre de ce travail de thse j'ai cherch dterminer si la paternit multiple tait un phnomne observable et important dans les populations naturelles de l'espce dioque, Silene latifolia. Pour ce faire, j'ai utilis des marqueurs microsatellites, spcialement dvelopps pour cette tude. J'ai observ des phnomnes de paternit multiple dans toutes les populations de l'tude, rparties dans l'aire de distribution europenne de l'espce. Le nombre de pres par fruit varie de un neuf, avec un nombre moyen de trois, ce qui signifie que la paternit multiple est trs rpandue dans les populations naturelles. En raison de ces rsultats, je me suis demande si le gnotype de la femelle influence le succs de paternit des mles. J'ai alors ralis des pollinisations manuelles sur la base d'un mlange de pollens issus de deux mles, que j'ai appliqu sur trois femelles (rplicats) prsentant diffrents degrs d'apparentement (deux soeurs. et une femelle trangre). Il ressort de cette exprience que le gnotype de la femelle peut influencer la paternit dans l'une des deux populations tudies, ce qui pourrait reflter des diffrences en terme d'histoire des populations. Dans la mesure o ces rsultats suggrent un certain degr de choix chez la femelle, j'ai cherch savoir si la paternit multiple et la slection post-pollinisation pouvaient tre des moyens d'viter les croisements consanguins. Dans un premier temps, j'ai valu la dpression de consanguinit diffrentes tapes du cycle de vie chez des descendants issus de croisements un seul donneur, celui-ci tant alternativement un frre ou un tranger, rpliqus sur plusieurs fleurs d'une mme plante femelle. Afin d'estimer l'vitement de croisements consanguins, j'ai effectu des croisements dont le pollen tait un mlange des deux mles (frre et tranger), puis j'ai dtermin la paternit dans les fruits obtenus. J'ai pu mettre en vidence un effet de dpression de consanguinit- significatif dans les populations tudies, mme dans des conditions exprimentales moins rudes qu' l'extrieur. Bien que le mle tranger n'ait pas engendr un nombre significativement plus important de graines, il y avait un effet de dissimilarit gntique sur la paternit. Ceci suggre que la paternit est affecte par le degr d'apparentement entre les partenaires, mais qu'elle peut aussi tre affecte par d'autres facteurs tels que la comptitivit du pollen ou encore par les interactions mles-femelles. L'utilisation de croisements consanguins et hybrides m'a galement permis d'tudier l'hritabilit du biais de sex ratio chez cette espce. Il s'est avr que le biais de sex ratio de la gnration parentale tait significativement corrl au succs de germination du pollen de la gnration F2, ce qui signifie que, chez cette espce, le biais de sex ratio rsulte d'une combinaison spcifique de X/Y et non uniquement de la performance de Y. Un effet de X et Y est compatible avec l'hypothse de distorsion de sgrgation miotique des chromosomes sexuels. En conclusion, il ressort de mes rsultats que la paternit multiple est un phnomne largement rpandu chez S. latifolia et la paternit accomplie par un mle est plus similaire entre soeurs qu'avec une femelle trangre J'ai galement mis en vidence que la dpression de consanguinit a un impact considrable; aussi, recevoir du pollen de plusieurs donneurs diffrents pourrait permettre la femelle de produire moins de descendants consanguins. J'ai aussi trouv un effet de la dissimilarit gntique sur le partage de paternit, ce qui indique que la discrimination contre le pollen d'apparents est possible, bien que cela ne semble pas tre le seul facteur dterminant dans le rsultat de la paternit. Enfin, j'ai trouv que le biais de sex ratio est dpendant des deux chromosomes X et Y, conformment la thorie de distorsion de sgrgation miotique des chromosomes sexuels.
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Titre original : The Hungarian brothers
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Titre original : The Hungarian brothers
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Titre original : The Hungarian brothers
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Studio portrait of Charles Clarke Chapman with his brothers and sisters, 1890. Back row: Charles C. Chapman, Emma Johnson [Mrs. Lewis], Franklin Marion Chapman. Front row, left to right: Colum C. Chapman, Dolla [Harris], Louella [Thamer], Samuel James.
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