Portuguese film, 1930-1960 : the staging of the new state regime / / Patricia Vieira; translated by Ashley Caja

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787686703321
• Autore: Vieira Patricia I. <1977->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-62892-887-5; 1-62356-899-4; 1-62356-735-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (467 p.)
• Classificazione: PER004000
• Disciplina: 791.4309469
• Soggetti: Fascism and motion pictures - Portugal - History; Motion pictures in propaganda - Portugal - History; Motion pictures - Portugal - History - 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-248) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Cinema in the New State -- 1. Propaganda in the New State: The May Revolution (A Revolução de Maio) -- 1.1. Propaganda in Portuguese Cinema -- 1.2. Salazar's Truth as Ideology -- 1.3. The Primacy of Art: António Ferro's Politics of the Spirit -- 1.4. The Staging of the Leader -- 2. Poets on the Silver Screen: Bocage, Camões, and the Heroes of the Regime -- 2.1. Literature and Film in the Politics of the Spirit -- 2.2. The Heroes of the New State -- 2.3. Against Political Inconstancy: The Hero as a Serious Man -- 3. Rural Life in Cinema: In Defense of a Natural Society -- 2.1. Regional and Folkloric Films -- 2.2. A Natural Cinema -- 2.3. The Countryside and the City -- 2.4. Capitalism, Communism, Corporatism -- 4. The Miracle of Salazarism: Fátima, Land of Faith (Fátima, Terra de Fé) -- 4.1. Fátima in the New State -- 4.2. Reason, Faith and Politics in Film -- 4.3. Balancing Reason and Religion -- 4.4. Beyond Reason and Faith: The Danger of Nihilism -- 5. Gender Stereotypes in New State Cinema -- 5.1. Women in New State Films -- 5.2. Singing as a Transgression -- 5.3. Fado, Fatalism and the Portuguese Femme Fatale -- 6. The Empire as Fetish: Spell of the Empire (Feitiço do Império) -- 6.1. Portugal and its Colonies -- 6.2. The Magic of Africa -- 6.3. The Empire as a Fetish ; -- 6.4. Spell of the Empire and Colonial Propaganda -- 7. The Spirit of the Empire in Chaimite -- 7.1. Spirituality and Materiality in Salazarism -- 7.2. The Spirit of Portuguese Colonization -- 7.3. The Politics of the Spirit in Chaimite -- Epilogue: New State Cinema Today -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "Portuguese Film, 1930-1960: The Staging of the New State Regime provides groundbreaking analysis of Portuguese feature films produced in the first three decades of the New State (Estado Novo), a right-wing totalitarian regime that lasted between 1933 and 1974. These films, sponsored by the National Propaganda Institute (Secretariado Nacional de Propaganda), convey a conservative image of both mainland Portugal and the country's overseas African colonies (Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and St. Thomas and Principe). The films about the mainland emphasize traditional values, the importance of obedience to authorities and a strict division of gender roles, whereby women are relegated to the domestic sphere. The Portuguese countryside, where age-old customs and a strong social hierarchy prevailed, is presented in these movies as a model for the rest of the country. The films about the colonies, in turn, underline the benefits of the Portuguese presence in Africa and portray the colonized as docile subjects to Portuguese rule. The book includes chapter summaries in the introduction, in-depth analyses of the most important Portuguese films produced between 1930 and 1960, a discussion of the main topics of Portuguese cinema from the New State, and a comprehensive bibliography that guides students who wish to read further on a specific topic. First published in Portuguese to wide acclaim, Portuguese Film, 1930-1960: The Staging of the New State Regime fills a gap in English-language scholarship on the history of the national cinema of the Iberian peninsula. Films covered include Fatima, Land of Faith (Terra de Fe), Spell of the Empire (Feitico do Imperio), and Chaimite."--

Chemometrics and numerical methods in LIBS / / edited by Vincenzo Palleschi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910831166903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 1-119-75961-7; 1-119-75957-9; 1-119-75956-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (381 pages)
• Disciplina: 543.015195
• Soggetti: Chemometrics; Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction and Brief Summary of the LIBS Development -- Part I Introduction to LIBS -- Chapter 1 LIBS Fundamentals -- 1.1 Interaction of Laser Beam with Matter -- 1.2 Basics of Laser-Matter Interaction -- 1.3 Processes in Laser-Produced Plasma -- 1.4 Factors Affecting Laser Ablation and Laser-Induced Plasma Formation -- 1.4.1 Influence of Laser Parameters on the Laser-Induced Plasmas -- 1.4.2 Laser Wavelength (λ) -- 1.4.3 Laser Pulse Duration (τ) -- 1.4.4 Laser Energy (E) -- 1.4.5 Influence of Ambient Gas -- 1.5 Plasma Properties and Plasma Emission Spectra -- References -- Chapter 2 LIBS Instrumentations -- 2.1 Basics of LIBS instrumentations -- 2.2 Lasers in LIBS Systems -- 2.3 Desirable Requirements for Atomic Emission Spectrometers/Detectors -- 2.4 Spectrometers -- 2.4.1 Czerny-Turner Optical Configuration -- 2.4.2 Paschen-Runge Design -- 2.4.3 Echelle Spectrometer Configuration -- 2.5 Detectors -- 2.5.1 Photomultiplier Detectors -- 2.5.2 Solid-State Detectors -- 2.5.3 The Interline CCD Detectors -- 2.5.3.1 The Image Intensifier -- References -- Chapter 3 Applications of LIBS -- 3.1 Industrial Applications -- 3.1.1 Metal Industry -- 3.1.2 Energy ; Production -- 3.2 Biomedical Applications -- 3.3 Geological and Environmental Applications -- 3.4 Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Applications -- 3.5 Other Applications -- References -- Part II Simplications of LIBS Information -- Chapter 4 LIBS Spectral Treatment -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Baseline Correction -- 4.2.1 Polynomial Algorithm -- 4.2.2 Model-free Algorithm -- 4.2.3 Wavelet Transform Model -- 4.3 Noise Filtering -- 4.3.1 Wavelet Threshold De-noising (WTD) -- 4.3.2 Baseline Correction and Noise Filtering -- 4.4 Overlapping Peak Resolution.; 4.4.1 Curve Fitting Method -- 4.4.2 The Wavelet Transform -- 4.5 Features Selection -- 4.5.1 Principal Component Analysis -- 4.5.2 Genetic Algorithm (GA) -- 4.5.3 Wavelet Transformation (WT) -- References -- Chapter 5 Principal Component Analysis -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) -- 5.2 The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) -- 5.3 PCA in Some LIBS Applications -- 5.3.1 Geochemical Applications -- 5.3.2 Food and Feed Applications -- 5.3.3 Microbiological Applications -- 5.3.4 Forensic Applications -- 5.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Time-Dependent Spectral Analysis -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Time-Dependent LIBS Spectral Analysis -- 6.2.1 Independent Component Analysis -- 6.2.2 3D Boltzmann Plot -- 6.2.2.1 Principles of the Method -- 6.3 Applications -- 6.3.1 3D Boltzmann Plot Coupled with Independent Component Analysis -- 6.3.2 Analysis of a Carbon Plasma by 3D Boltzmann Plot Method -- 6.3.3 Assessment of the LTE Condition Through the 3D Boltzmann Plot Method -- 6.3.4 Evaluation of Self-Absorption -- 6.3.5 Determination of Transition Probabilities -- 6.3.6 3D Boltzmann Plot and Calibration-free Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy -- 6.4 Conclusion -- References -- Part III Classification by LIBS -- Chapter 7 Distance-based Method -- 7.1 Cluster Analysis -- 7.1.1 Introduction -- 7.1.2 Theory -- 7.1.2.1 K-means Clustering -- 7.1.2.2 Hierarchical Clustering -- 7.1.3 Application -- 7.2 Independent Components Analysis -- 7.2.1 Introduction -- 7.2.2 Theory -- 7.2.3 Application -- 7.3 K-Nearest Neighbor -- 7.3.1 Introduction -- 7.3.2 Theory -- 7.3.3 Application -- 7.4 Linear Discriminant Analysis -- 7.4.1 Introduction -- 7.4.2 Theory -- 7.4.2.1 The Calculation Process of LDA .(Two Categories) -- 7.4.3 Application.; 7.5 Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis -- 7.5.1 Introduction -- 7.5.2 Theory -- 7.5.3 Application -- 7.6 Principal Component Analysis -- 7.6.1 Introduction -- 7.6.2 Theory -- 7.6.3 Application -- 7.7 Soft Independent Modeling of Class Analogy -- 7.7.1 Introduction -- 7.7.2 Theory -- 7.7.3 Application -- 7.8 Conclusion and Expectation -- References -- Chapter 8 Blind Source Separation in LIBS -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Data Model -- 8.3 Analyzing LIBS Data via Blind Source Separation -- 8.3.1 Second-order BSS -- 8.3.2 Maximum Noise Fraction -- 8.3.3 Independent Component Analysis -- 8.3.4 ICA for Noisy Data -- 8.4 Numerical Examples -- 8.5 Final Remarks -- References -- Chapter 9 Artificial Neural Networks for Classification -- 9.1 Introduction and Scope -- 9.2 Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) -- 9.3 Cost Functions and Training -- 9.4 Backpropagation -- 9.5 Convolutional Neural Networks -- 9.6 Evaluation and Tuning of ANNs -- 9.7 Regularization -- 9.8 State-of-the-art LIBS Classification Using ANNs -- 9.9 Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 10 Data Fusion: LIBS + Raman -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Data Fusion Background -- 10.3 Data Treatment -- 10.4 Working with Images -- 10.4.1 Vectors Concatenation -- 10.4.2 Vectors Co-addition -- 10.4.3 Vectors Outer Sum -- 10.4.4 Vectors Outer Product -- 10.4.5 Data Analysis -- 10.5 ; Applications -- 10.6 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Quantitative Analysis -- Chapter 11 Univariate Linear Methods -- 11.1 Standards -- 11.2 Matrix Effect -- 11.3 Normalization -- 11.4 Linear vs Nonlinear Calibration Curves -- 11.5 Figures of Merit of a Calibration Curve -- 11.5.1 Coefficient of Determination -- 11.5.2 Root Mean Squared Error of Calibration -- 11.5.3 Limit of Detection -- 11.6 Inverse Calibration -- 11.7 Conclusion -- References.; Chapter 12 Partial Least Squares -- 12.1 Overview -- 12.2 Partial Least Squares Regression Algorithms -- 12.2.1 Nonlinear Iterative PLS -- 12.2.2 SIMPLS Algorithm -- 12.2.3 Kernel Partial Least Squares -- 12.2.4 Locally Weighted Partial Least Squares -- 12.2.5 Dominant Factor-based Partial Least Squares -- 12.3 Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis -- 12.4 Results of Partial Least Squares in LIBS -- 12.4.1 Coal Analysis -- 12.4.2 Metal Analysis -- 12.4.3 Rocks, Soils, and Minerals Analysis -- 12.4.4 Organics Analysis -- 12.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13 Nonlinear Methods -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Multivariate Nonlinear Algorithms -- 13.2.1 Artificial Neural Networks -- 13.2.1.1 Conventional Artificial Neural Networks -- 13.2.1.2 Convolutional Neural Networks -- 13.2.2 Other Nonlinear Multivariate Approaches -- 13.2.2.1 The Franzini-Leoni Method -- 13.2.2.2 The Kalman Filter Approach -- 13.2.2.3 Calibration-Free Methods -- 13.3 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14 Laser Ablation-based Techniques - Data Fusion -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Data Fusion of Multiple Analytical Techniques -- 14.2.1 Low-level Fusion -- 14.2.2 Mid-level Fusion -- 14.2.3 High-level Fusion -- 14.3 Data Fusion of Laser Ablation-Based Techniques -- 14.3.1 Introduction -- 14.3.2 Classification of Edible Salts -- 14.3.2.1 LIBS and LA-ICP-MS Measurements of the Salt Samples -- 14.3.2.2 Mid-Level Data Fusion of LIBS and LA-ICP-MS of Salt Samples -- 14.3.2.3 PLS-DA Classification Model for Salt Samples -- 14.3.3 Coal Discrimination Analysis -- 14.3.3.1 LIBS and LA-ICP-TOF-MS Measurements of the Coal Samples -- 14.3.3.2 Mid-Level Data Fusion of LIBS and LA-ICP-TOF-MS of Coal Samples -- 14.3.3.3 PCA Combined with K-means Cluster Analysis for Coal Samples -- 14.3.3.4 PLS-DA and SVM for Coal Samples Analysis.; 14.4 Comments and Future Developments -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part V Conclusions -- Chapter 15 Conclusion -- Index -- EULA.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The LIBS community is constantly growing and it now widely recognized that LIBS techniques provide large sets of data statistical methods for simplification and analysis are essential; however, there is still some confusion on the proper application of these methods to LIBS analysis and, most of all, on the procedures that must be applied for the validation of the results obtained. The book will be organized in three parts, dealing with the main applications of chemometrics in LIBS: simplification of the spectral information, classification of spectra, quantitative analysis. Each part will be divided in sections, describing the different techniques with practical examples. For example, in Part 2, the techniques described will be discussed in the perspective of waste sorting by LIBS and LIBS micro-imaging of geological material, to mention just two of the main applications which exploits at the best the chemometric techniques of classification."--

Identity and power in the ancient Andes : Tiwanaku cities through time / / John Wayne Janusek

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910973274403321
• Autore: Janusek John Wayne <1963->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Routledge, 2004
• ISBN: 1-135-94088-6; 1-135-94089-4; 1-280-05924-9; 0-203-32461-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 p.)
• Disciplina: 984/.1201
• Soggetti: Tiwanaku culture; Indians of South America - Urban residence - Bolivia - Tiwanaku River Valley; Indians of South America - Ethnic identity - Bolivia - Tiwanaku River Valley; Indians of South America - Bolivia - Tiwanaku River Valley - Social life and customs; Tiwanaku Site (Bolivia); Lukurmata Site (Bolivia); Tiwanaku River Valley (Bolivia) Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-311) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Identity and power in the past -- Identity and power in the Altiplano -- Investigating and interpreting Tiwanaku -- Ritual, society, and the rise of urbanism -- Tiwanaku : urbanism and social diversity -- Lukurmata : urbanism and community identity -- Urban transformation in Tiwanaku -- Transformation in the Katari Valley and beyond -- State collapse and cultural revolution -- Conclusions.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Tiwanaku state was the political and cultural center of ancient Andean civilization for almost 700 years. Identity and Power is the result of ten years of research that has revealed significant new data. Janusek explores the origins, development, and collapse of this ancient state through the lenses of social identities--gender, ethnicity, ; occupation, for example--and power relations. He combines recent developments in social theory with the archaeological record to create a fascinating and theoretically informed exploration of the history of this important civilization.