Modeling Multimodal Communication as a Complex System

2008 ◽  
pp. 143-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristinn R. Thórisson
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
Multimodal Communication

scholarly journals A Socio Semiotic Approach to Multimodal Discourse of Selected Nollywood Film Advertisement Posters

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-45
Author(s):  
Monsurat Aramide Nurudeen ◽  
Ebenezer Oluseun Ogungbe ◽  
Moshood Zakariyah
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
Visual Communication ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Multimodal Communication ◽  
Generic Structure ◽  
Multimodal Discourse ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
Semiotic Resources ◽  
Complex Forms

Film posters are complex forms of visual communication basically employed to promote films so as to seek for patronage from prospective viewers. Nollywood film poster designers or marketers employ a complex system of modes of multimodal communication to achieve their intended objectives. This study therefore investigates how these semiotic resources reveal the intention of the film poster designers and how other contextual variables influence the ability of the viewers to comprehend the messages embedded in film posters. The objectives of the study are to uncover the visual and linguistic semiotic resources in the film advertisement posters and their interaction. The study adopts a qualitative approach to the analyses of six randomly selected Nollywood film advertisement posters of three genres, namely: drama, thriller and comedy. Yuen’s Generic Structure Potential and Royce’s Ideational Intersemiotic Complementarity serve as the basis for the analysis of the selected texts. The study reveals that visual modes are more salient and frequently employed in the advertisement posters than the linguistic modes. However, both the visual and the linguistic modes offer complementary relationship for effective meaning-making in the selected Nollywood advertisement posters. The meanings derived are often contextual which appeal to the audience reasoning and sustain their interests. The study concludes by emphasizing the importance of the synergy of both linguistic and visual multimodal resources or modes of signification in the successful meaning-making and meaning-comprehension in the study of visual communication.

A Reproducible Selective Stain for Cardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 214-215
Author(s):  
R. A. Waugh ◽  
J. R. Sommer
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscope ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Cardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Transmission Electron

Cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is a complex system of intracellular tubules that, due to their small size and juxtaposition to such electron-dense structures as mitochondria and myofibrils, are often inconspicuous in conventionally prepared electron microscopic material. This study reports a method with which the SR is selectively “stained” which facilitates visualizationwith the transmission electron microscope.

Art as a Self-Organizing Complex System

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Apenova ◽  
Igor Yevin
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
Self Organizing

Implementation of Fuzzy Logic Control on Battery Charging System

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prihangkasa Yudhiyantoro
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Fuzzy Logic Control ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Rule Base ◽  
Battery Charging ◽  
Charging System ◽  
Logic Control ◽  
Charging Control

This paper presents the implementation fuzzy logic control on the battery charging system. To control the charging process is a complex system due to the exponential relationship between the charging voltage, charging current and the charging time. The effective of charging process controller is needed to maintain the charging process. Because if the charging process cannot under control, it can reduce the cycle life of the battery and it can damage the battery as well. In order to get charging control effectively, the Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC) for a Valve Regulated Lead-Acid Battery (VRLA) Charger is being embedded in the charging system unit. One of the advantages of using FLC beside the PID controller is the fact that, we don’t need a mathematical model and several parameters of coefficient charge and discharge to software implementation in this complex system. The research is started by the hardware development where the charging method and the combination of the battery charging system itself to prepare, then the study of the fuzzy logic controller in the relation of the charging control, and the determination of the parameter for the charging unit will be carefully investigated. Through the experimental result and from the expert knowledge, that is very helpful for tuning of the  embership function and the rule base of the fuzzy controller.

THE CONSTRUCTION OF LOGISTICS CHAINS FOR THE DELIVERY OF GOODS IN CONTAINERS

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (26) ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
Y. Y. Eglit ◽  
◽  
К. Y. Eglit ◽  
A. A. Kovtun ◽  
А. А. Golovenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Technological Systems ◽  
Container Transport ◽  
Cargo Transportation

The article presents the construction of logistics chains for the delivery of goods in containers. Container transport and technological systems are cost – effective, as modern vessels and transshipment equipment are used. Keywords. Containers, port, complex system, logistics, cargo, transportation.

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