Translating Dialects in Search: Mapping between Specialized Languages of Discourse and Documentary Languages by Vivien Petras Doctor of Philosophy in Information Management and Systems University of California, Berkeley Professor Michael K. Buckland, Chair The biggest problem in searching an information system is to find the appropriate search terms that not only represent the searcher’s inform...

Archival images and audiovisual testimony-Negotiating the end of empire in the documentary films Guerra Colonial. Hist6rias de Cam pan ha em Mo~ambique {1998) and Natal71 {1999) 1 ABSTRAa KEYWORDS This article analyses Portuguese documentary films from the 1990s, when public archive discussions about the war of decolonization gained a new dynamic. The video series documentary film Guerra Coloni...

In contrast to the well-established scientific evidence linking negative emotional states (e.g., depression, anxiety, or anger) to increased risk for cardiovascular disease, much less is known about the association between positive emotional states (e.g., laughter, happiness) and cardiovascular health. We determined the effects of mirthful laughter, elicited by watching comic movies, on endothe...

We consider the use of a mobile agent to monitor stochastic, transient events that occur in discrete locations in the environment with the objective of maximizing the number of event observations in a balanced manner. We assume that the events of interest at each station follow a stochastic process with an initially unknown and station-specific rate parameter; Consequently, we are faced with a ...

This paper presents a new theoretical framework for examining the relationship between the hand-held camera and the camera operator’s body in autobiographical documentary. While many documentary scholars have written extensively on cinema vérité and direct cinema, they have not examined how the camera can embody the movements and perceptions of the cinematographer. In this analysis, I reexamine...