1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990001244620403321

Autore

Howie, John Mackintosh

Titolo

Fundamentals of semigroup theory / John M. Howie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1995

ISBN

0-19-851194-9

Descrizione fisica

x, 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Collana

London Mathematical Society monographs , New series ; 12

Disciplina

512.2

Locazione

MA1

Collocazione

C-65-(NS-12

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911018765803321

Autore

Eder Jens

Titolo

Characters in Film and Other Media : Theory, Analysis, Interpretation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, UK : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2025

©2025

ISBN

1-80064-249-0

1-80064-250-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (0 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

LowryStephen

Disciplina

791.436

Soggetti

Characters and characteristics in motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Research on characters : an overview -- What are characters, how are they created and experienced? -- A basic model for analysis : the



character clock -- Grasping represented beings : forming mental models of characters -- Analysing represented beings : an anthropological heuristic -- Shaping characters with cinematic means : sensuality and structure -- Characters as artefacts : aesthetic qualities and conventions -- Motivation and plot : characters' needs, goals, and actions -- Character constellations as social and aesthetic systems -- Characters as symbols : how characters convey higher-level meanings -- Characters as symptoms : how characters interact with reality -- Imaginative involvement with characters : a matter of perspective -- Affective involvement with characters : sympathy, empathy, and beyond -- Summary : fundamentals of character theory and analysis -- A challenging case : characters and the weight of reality in death and the maiden.

Sommario/riassunto

"Characters are central to the creation and experience of films and other media. Their cultural significance is profound, but they also raise a wide range of questions.This book provides a comprehensive theory that guides the analysis and interpretation of characters across four dimensions: as represented beings with physical, psychological, and social characteristics; as artefacts with aesthetic structures; as meaningful symbols; and as symptoms of socio-cultural origins and effects. Integrating insights from film, media, and literary studies as well as philosophy, psychology and sociology, the book offers a broad range of approaches for understanding characters and the emotional responses they evoke.Richly illustrated and offering practical tools, along with case studies of numerous characters from different genres of films, this book will be invaluable to scholars and students of film and media studies and related disciplines, as well as artistic practitioners"-- From Open Book Publishers.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910886991603321

Autore

Talukdar Swapan

Titolo

Environmental Risk and Resilience in the Changing World : Integrated Geospatial AI and Multidimensional Approach / / edited by Swapan Talukdar, Atiqur Rahman, Somnath Bera, G. V. Ramana, Atish Prashar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

3-031-62442-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 pages)

Collana

GIScience and Geo-environmental Modelling, , 2730-7514

Altri autori (Persone)

RahmanAtiqur

BeraSomnath

RamanaG. V

PrasharAtish

Disciplina

910.02

Soggetti

Physical geography

Geographic information systems

Ecology

Environmental management

Physical Geography

Geographical Information System

Environmental Sciences

Environmental Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

A changing environmental landscape -- Impact of environmental risk on society -- Integrated risk mitigation and resilience measures.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides huge knowledge and data in the fields of geospatial sciences, earth environmental sciences, humanities, and social sciences, which target a diverse range of readers, such as academics, scientists, students, environmentalists, meteorologists, urban planners, remote sensing, and GIS experts. Earth environment (ecological envelope of geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and cryosphere) faces a significant challenge from different risks and threats due to due to rapid changes in global land use, population increase and pollution. They might drastically impair the ecosystem's



ability to maintain long-term service levels while bolstering the economic, social, and environmental pillars of sustainable development. Therefore, risk assessment (RA) has lately become a prominent research topic and a powerful mechanism for enforcing legal activities-related environmental restoration and health improvements to do sustainable development. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) first used the risk assessment approach in 1980, and since then, it has expanded and become standard practice in many areas of ecological research. Some practices are air quality assessment, land degradation assessment, natural hazards risk assessment, urban surface ecological health condition, wetland and forest health assessment and drinking water quality assessment. However, recently risk assessment alone is not sufficient to propose any sustainable management plans. Also, there is no universal strategy for conducting risk assessments, and insufficient expertise with the methodology may result in erroneous findings. Therefore, scientists are increasingly interested in developing resilience strategies with AI and geospatial-based risk assessment to lower environmental risk. Different resilience approaches make different assumptions about the system dynamics involved in resilience-based environmental risk and impact assessment. Therefore, this book seeks to showcase the most current advances in risk and hazards assessment of environments with resilience strategies to mitigate the prevailing environmental issues with the help of remote sensing, GIS, artificial intelligence, and state-of-the-art frameworks like PSR, VIOR, nature-based solutions. .