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- Resource Type:
- Article
- Creator:
- Loiselle, Andre
- Abstract:
- In their book, Grand-Guignol: The French Theatre of Horror (2002), Richard J. Hand and Michael Wilson argue that horror plays performed at the Théâtre du Grand-Guignol from the late 19th century to the theatre’s closure in the early 1960s generally oscillated in style between realism and melodrama. The former would prevail during most of the drama, as the “normal” narrative would unfold, until the “moment of horror” when the tone would switch drastically to melodramatic dread. This article argues that a similar shift operates in Quebec horror films, especially those films that deal with Satanism. At “moments of horror,” these films replicate the theatricality of stylized melodrama, breaking with the realism of secure normality. The shift from realism to theatricality is all the more unsettling in French Canadian horror films that Quebec cinema has traditionally tended towards realism and has generally avoided the “fantastique”. This break from the realist tradition of Quebec cinema parallels the films’ break from French Canada’ religious tradition, as moments of horror coincide with moments of blasphemy. Looking at three Quebec “Satanist” films from the past thirty-five years (Le Diable est parmi nous, The Pyx, and Sur le seuil), the author identifies elements of montage and mise-en-scène that represent instances of cinematic theatricality, where the set, the cinematography, the editing, the actor’s gestures and speech, through theatrical artifice, stand out as aberrations within the realistic, Catholic milieu depicted on screen.
- Date Created:
- 2008-03-20
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- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Creator:
- Henighan, Michael
- Thesis Degree:
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Thesis Degree Discipline:
- Psychology
- Date Created:
- 2008
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- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Creator:
- Harada, Susan
- Thesis Degree:
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Thesis Degree Discipline:
- Law
- Date Created:
- 2008
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- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Creator:
- Griffin, Ryan Hunter
- Abstract:
- A passive direct-reading radon monitor utilizing a custom a particle detecting MOS integrated circuit and electrostatic radon progeny concentrator has been designed, built and successfully tested. Experimental results reveal that quantum efficiency for α detection is unity within experimental error. Radon concentrations of 150 Bq/m3 can be detected in 30 hours with ±10% accuracy. This monitor appears suitable for low-cost, high-volume production.
- Thesis Degree:
- Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)
- Thesis Degree Discipline:
- Engineering, Electrical
- Date Created:
- 2008
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- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Creator:
- Ghannad, Maryam
- Abstract:
- I began this study intending to explore how new media and digital medium in particular might help us to better understand and interact with real spaces as artifacts — particularly in a museum setting. As I searched for the nonobvious effects to which digital media might be used to represent spaces, a few questions arose: how might new media help us to engage the untouchable aspects of places that have changed over time? What are the advantages of using new media when we cannot access the real? As I considered these issues, I became increasingly interested in the co-existence of a virtual and real version of an artifact.The relationship between the real and the virtual has always been a subject of concern mainly related to the fear that the virtual might threaten or devalue the real. On the other hand despite the increase use of sophisticated virtual environments, there seems to be an increase demand for the face-to-face interaction. This suggests a need for the virtual to co-exist with the real -- in order to augment rather than to replace it.This thesis addresses specific problems reflected to placing an architectural artifact into a museum or gallery setting where it is both de-contextualized and re-contextualized. It also talks about the role that museum plays with respect to artifacts. It explores how a virtual version might augment the real version of an artifact and investigates the forms that the virtual might take when the two versions co-exist side by side. The "Firestone House and Collection" is used as a case study to explore issues and possibilities.
- Thesis Degree:
- Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)
- Thesis Degree Discipline:
- Architecture
- Date Created:
- 2008
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- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Creator:
- Abaza, Hussam
- Thesis Degree:
- Master of Applied Science (M.App.Sc.)
- Thesis Degree Discipline:
- Engineering, Systems and Computer
- Date Created:
- 2008
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- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Creator:
- Combden, David J.
- Thesis Degree:
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Thesis Degree Discipline:
- Psychology
- Date Created:
- 2008
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- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Creator:
- Chigodaev, Alexander.
- Abstract:
- The Fat Higgs Model (FHM) is an extension of the Standard Model (SM) introduced to explain the physics at the electroweak scale. The Higgs sector of this contains two doublets, as in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), plus an additional gauge singlet. There are three CP-even, two CP-odd and two degenerate charged Higgs bosons in the theory. The distinct feature of this model is the fact that the trilinear coupling λ, which controls the masses, is allowed greater than unity due to the fact that the Higgs bosons are composites of a set fundamental fermions. The mass of the lightest CP-even Higgs boson can be raised to as high as 450 GeV without resorting to any loop induced mass corrections. In this thesis the SM-like Higgs boson of the FHM is identified and its couplings, branching fractions and total width are studied. The possibility of distinguishing SM-like Higgs boson of the FHM from the Higgs boson of the SM at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is also examined for a benchmark set of the free parameters. It found, for the chosen set of free parameters, that the distinction can be made using: the total width measurement above a Higgs mass of 310 GeV at the 4-5 σ level, the rate of the qqH -> W+W- -> l±vjj process below a mass of 200 GeV at the 2 σ level and the WW decay width in the Higgs mass range 190 - 250 GeV at the 3 σ level.
- Thesis Degree:
- Master of Science (M.Sc.)
- Thesis Degree Discipline:
- Physics
- Date Created:
- 2008
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- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Creator:
- Brennan, Jordan Paul
- Abstract:
- Evidence implicates chronic psychological stress as a precipitating factor in the development of a depressive disorder, as well as decreases in cellular plasticity within the brain. Concordantly, pro-inflammatory cytokines elicit changes in both neurochemistry and behavior reminiscent of psychological stressors, and thus may have a detrimental impact upon neuroplasticity. As previous findings have shown that cytokines and stressors may induce such changes through synergistic interactions, the present study consisted of a series of 3 experiments regarding the role of chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) in tandem with either intraperitoneal injection (1.0 :g) or gene knock-out of cytokines Interleukin-6 (IL-6) or Interferon-gamma (IFN-(). Results indicate that mice exposed to CUS in the absence of cytokine injection demonstrate increased neuron birth within the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus as measured by immunohistochemical doublecortin (DCX) staining, and that CUS in tandem with IFN-( gene knock-out has a similar effect. Results also indicate that CUS exposure produces increases of dentate brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression, which may contribute in part to observed alterations in dentate neurogenesis. Concordantly, treatment with IFN-y decreases immunological and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis activity, whereas treatment with IFN-y increases cdl lb+ staining, as well as IL-6 administered in the absence of CUS. Probable mechanisms underlying the present results are addressed in the discussion, along with suggestions for profitable future research. Finally, our results are discussed within the larger context of how altered hippocampal neurogenesis might serve as a causal factor in a depressive episode.
- Thesis Degree:
- Master of Science (M.Sc.)
- Thesis Degree Discipline:
- Psychology
- Date Created:
- 2008
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- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Creator:
- Bombay, Amy
- Abstract:
- Stressful events have been implicated as a fundamental factor that promotes and exacerbates depressive symptoms. Given that discrimination has been suggested to be a powerful stressor, the present investigation examined the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms among First Nations adults in Canada (A = 158). As marked individual differences exist regarding experiences of discrimination and depressive symptoms, it was considered that ethnic identity and social support could serve as potential resilience/vulnerability factors. Regression analyses confirmed that perceived discrimination was associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms, but levels of perceived discrimination, depressive symptoms, and the consequences of this relationship varied as a function of ethnic identity (in-group affect, in-group ties, centrality). High levels of centrality (i.e., importance of heritage to one's self-concept) were associated with higher levels of perceived discrimination and intensified the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms. In contrast, high levels of in-group affect (i.e., positive feelings regarding one's heritage) were associated with lower levels of perceived discrimination. In addition, high levels of in-group affect and in-group ties were associated with reduced depressive symptoms and buffered against the negative impact of discrimination on depressive symptoms, though many of these relations were more pronounced among males than females. Social support did not buffer against perceived discrimination when considered alone. However, tangible support interacted with in-group affect in reducing depressive symptoms associated with perceived discrimination. These data underline the importance of examining different aspects of identity and different types of social support in determining the relation between discrimination and depressive symptoms.
- Thesis Degree:
- Master of Science (M.Sc.)
- Thesis Degree Discipline:
- Psychology
- Date Created:
- 2008