Benito Pérez Galdós en el cine argentino : El abuelo salteño

En 1954 el director Román Viñoly Barreto adaptó la novela El abuelo (1897) del escritor español Benito Pérez Galdós al cine argentino. En dicho film el texto galdosiano se 'argentinizó' por medio de las actuaciones estelares de dos íconos del cine nacional de la época, Enrique Muiño y Mecha Ortiz, y en el manejo de los exteriores, el lenguaje, las costumbres y el folclore de la provincia de Salta. Por lo general en la película se sigue el argumento galdosiano, pero el aristócrata venido a menos del original, el Conde de Albrit, es convertido en un estanciero gaucho, D. Rodrigo de Achával, y el desenlace melodramático ocurre en medio de la fiesta del Señor y la Virgen del Milagro en Salta. El espíritu del film corresponde a la ideología conciliatoria peronista de la época

Benito Pérez Galdós en el cine argentino : El abuelo salteño

En 1954 el director Román Viñoly Barreto adaptó la novela El abuelo (1897) del escritor español Benito Pérez Galdós al cine argentino. En dicho film el texto galdosiano se 'argentinizó' por medio de las actuaciones estelares de dos íconos del cine nacional de la época, Enrique Muiño y Mecha Ortiz, y en el manejo de los exteriores, el lenguaje, las costumbres y el folclore de la provincia de Salta. Por lo general en la película se sigue el argumento galdosiano, pero el aristócrata venido a menos del original, el Conde de Albrit, es convertido en un estanciero gaucho, D. Rodrigo de Achával, y el desenlace melodramático ocurre en medio de la fiesta del Señor y la Virgen del Milagro en Salta. El espíritu del film corresponde a la ideología conciliatoria peronista de la época

Benito Pérez Galdós en el cine argentino : El abuelo salteño

En 1954 el director Román Viñoly Barreto adaptó la novela El abuelo (1897) del escritor español Benito Pérez Galdós al cine argentino. En dicho film el texto galdosiano se 'argentinizó' por medio de las actuaciones estelares de dos íconos del cine nacional de la época, Enrique Muiño y Mecha Ortiz, y en el manejo de los exteriores, el lenguaje, las costumbres y el folclore de la provincia de Salta. Por lo general en la película se sigue el argumento galdosiano, pero el aristócrata venido a menos del original, el Conde de Albrit, es convertido en un estanciero gaucho, D. Rodrigo de Achával, y el desenlace melodramático ocurre en medio de la fiesta del Señor y la Virgen del Milagro en Salta. El espíritu del film corresponde a la ideología conciliatoria peronista de la época

Designing interaction for local communications : an urban screen study

This paper discusses the ongoing design and use of a digital community noticeboard situated in a suburban hub. The design intention is to engage residents, collect and display local information and communications, and spark discussion. A key contribution is an understanding of Situated Display navigation that aids retrieval from a long-term collection created by and for suburban community, and engaging qualities of this collection.

Developing a quick and practical screen to improve the identification of poor hydration in geriatric and rehabilitative care

Dehydration has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Dehydration risk increases with advancing age, and will progressively become an issue as the aging population increases. Worldwide, those aged 60 years and over are the fastest growing segment of the population. The study aimed to develop a clinically practical means to identify dehydration amongst older people in the clinical care setting. Older people aged 60 years or over admitted to the Geriatric and Rehabilitation Unit (GARU) of two tertiary teaching hospitals were eligible for participation in the study. Ninety potential screening questions and 38 clinical parameters were initially tested on a single sample (n=33) with the most promising 11 parameters selected to undergo further testing in an independent group (n=86). Of the almost 130 variables explored, tongue dryness was most strongly associated with poor hydration status, demonstrating 64% sensitivity and 62% specificity within the study participants. The result was not confounded by age, gender or body mass index. With minimal training, inter-rater repeatability was over 90%. This study identified tongue dryness as a potentially practical tool to identify dehydration risk amongst older people in the clinical care setting. Further studies to validate the potential screen in larger and varied populations of older people are required

CARRS-Q screen profiles

Staff from QUT’s Creative Industries Faculty (Drama, Film & TV) collaborated with CARRS-Q (Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland) to research, develop and produce a series of screen products. These products are designed to profile CARRS-Q for a variety of Australian and international audiences including potential students, research colleagues and collaborators, industry partners and professional bodies. They are designed for multiplatform display, including web, DVD and mobile devices. This project entails the adoption of practice-led research methodologies to explore and apply innovative screen production techniques including multi-image display; rapid-cut editing; and a combination of trained and non-trained talent.

Film, cinema, screen

Screen industries around the globe are evolving. While technological change has been slower to take effect upon the Australian film industry than other creative sectors such as music and publishing, all indications suggest that local screen practices are in a process of fundamental change. Fragmenting audiences, the growth of digital video, distribution and exhibition, the potential for entirely new forms of cultural expression, the proliferation of multi-platforms, and the importance of social networking and viral marketing in promoting products, are challenging traditional approaches to ‘film making’. Moreover, there has been a marked transition in government policy rationales and funding models in recent years, resulting in the most significant overhaul of public finance structures for the film industry in almost 20 years. Film, Cinema, Screen evaluates the Australian film industry’s recent development – particularly in terms of Australian feature film and television series production; it also advocates new approaches to Australian film, and address critical issues around how screen production globally is changing, with implications for local screen industries.

A functional screen identifies lateral transfer of beta-glucuronidase (gus) from bacteria to fungi

Lateral gene transfer (LGT) from prokaryotes to microbial eukaryotes is usually detected by chance through genome-sequencing projects. Here, we explore a different, hypothesis-driven approach. We show that the fitness advantage associated with the transferred gene, typically invoked only in retrospect, can be used to design a functional screen capable of identifying postulated LGT cases. We hypothesized that beta-glucuronidase (gus) genes may be prone to LGT from bacteria to fungi (thought to lack gus) because this would enable fungi to utilize glucuronides in vertebrate urine as a carbon source. Using an enrichment procedure based on a glucose-releasing glucuronide analog (cellobiouronic acid), we isolated two gus(+) ascomycete fungi from soils (Penicillium canescens and Scopulariopsis sp.). A phylogenetic analysis suggested that their gus genes, as well as the gus genes identified in genomic sequences of the ascomycetes Aspergillus nidulans and Gibberella zeae, had been introgressed laterally from high-GC gram(+) bacteria. Two such bacteria (Arthrobacter spp.), isolated together with the gus(+) fungi, appeared to be the descendants of a bacterial donor organism from which gus had been transferred to fungi. This scenario was independently supported by similar substrate affinities of the encoded beta-glucuronidases, the absence of introns from fungal gus genes, and the similarity between the signal peptide-encoding 5' extensions of some fungal gus genes and the Arthrobacter sequences upstream of gus. Differences in the sequences of the fungal 5' extensions suggested at least two separate introgression events after the divergence of the two main Euascomycete classes. We suggest that deposition of glucuronides on soils as a result of the colonization of land by vertebrates may have favored LGT of gus from bacteria to fungi in soils.

Journalism's screen test

I’ve been researching, teaching and writing about journalism for more than two decades. Throughout that time I’ve used feature films to illustrate howthe journalist is represented in popular culture.