Film Noir: (Re)Constructing the Definition

shadow aesthetics in film-noir

in a fictional movie, shadow is not only a technical and thematic concept, but also one of the most illustrative and expressing aesthetic elements of the movie. shadows vast dimensions have led to various discussions and studies along the history of cinema. the main theory of this essay is that a shadow is a comprehensible phenomenon whose interpretation and understanding are greatly essential ...

Plant Immunity and Film Noir What Gumshoe Detectives Can Teach Us about Plant-Pathogen Interactions

Plant cells practice constant vigilance using resistance (R) proteins to monitor pathogenic processes. Three papers published recently in Cell and one in Science provide support for a model in which plant cells set up surveillance of signal transduction pathways, preparing to destroy the cell if any untoward fiddling with cellular physiology is detected. The demonstration of three separate exam...

Acceleration of Tear Film Map Definition on Multicore Systems

Dry eye syndrome is a public health problem, and one of the most common conditions seen by eye care specialists. Among the clinical tests for its diagnosis, the evaluation of the interference patterns observed in the tear film lipid layer is often employed. In this sense, tear film maps illustrate the spatial distribution of the patterns over the whole tear film and provide useful information t...

Reconstructing the Past: Memories of the Resistance in Italian Literature, Film and History

The historical debate on the Italian Resistance (1943-1945) continues to be a controversial one, particularly because it is inextricably mixed with the assessment of Fascism. The marked politicisation of the debate has often led the “victors” to raise the partisan struggle to the status of a myth, while the “vanquished” have on various occasions tried to diminish it and gain moral rehabilitatio...

Nosocomial Infections: The Definition Criteria