Series Of Dunes Research Articles

Exploring the Development of Soft Science Fiction Films in the Chinese Film Market: Taking Dune 2 as an Example

Following the cessation of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese film industry has experienced a resurgence, leading to fresh prospects for the Chinese science fiction film market. On March 8, 2024, the Chinese mainland will host the release of Dune 2, which has garnered significant popularity in the Chinese science fiction cinema market. The goal of this study was to investigate whether the popularity of the Dune series of movies in the Chinese film market persists. The objective of this study was to investigate the potential influence of the Dune series of movies on the Chinese science fiction film industry. This article provided an in-depth examination of the film "Dune 2" as a specific example. This analysis utilized the distinctive attributes of the "Dune 2" film series, as well as the commercial performance and value demonstrated in the Chinese film market. It combined fundamental business theory and cinematic art knowledge to conduct a thorough examination and observation. The study yields three key outcomes: the successful adaptation of movies based on popular intellectual properties, achieved by appropriately innovating the original IP; the advancement in filming technology, which propels the growth of science fiction movies by establishing a dedicated technology park for the film industry; the influence of film music on the coherence of movie narratives, through the creation of music that aligns with the unique style of each film. This study aimed to investigate the attributes of the Chinese science fiction film market and offers recommendations for the advancement of Chinese science fiction films.

DOĞU-BATI EKSENİNDE ŞARKİYATÇILIK ÇEVİRİLERİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ: KURGUSAL FREMEN DİLİ ÖRNEĞİ

Bu çalışma, Herbert’ın Dune, Dune Messiah ve Children of Dune eserlerinin Türkçe ve Almanca çevirilerini kültürel çeviri ve şarkiyatçılık kapsamında karşılaştırmalı olarak incelemekte ve çevirilerle elde edilen etkiyi Doğu-Batı perspektifiyle değerlendirmektedir. İngilizce devam eden hikâye akışı içerisinde Fremen halkının konuştuğu Fremen dilindeki baskın Arap kültürü ve Fremen sosyal kimliğini betimleyen birçok Arapça sözcük, Herbert’ın şarkiyatçı söyleminin en belirgin göstergesidir. Türk ve Alman çevirmenlerin Arapça sözcükleri erek metinlere aktarım şekilleri ve sosyal kimliklerinin doğal sonucu olarak erek kültür içinde yakaladıkları etki, Edward Said’in “Şarkiyatçı Söylem Analizi” ve Tajfel ile Turner’ın “Sosyal Kimlik Kuramı” çerçevesinde yorumlanmakta ve ötekinin çevirisine yeni bir bakış açısı kazandırmak hedeflenmektedir. Çalışma içerisinde Arapça sözcüklerin Türkçe ile Almanca metinlere aktarımları Newmark’ın kültürel öğe çevirileri için önerdiği çeviri stratejileri çerçevesinde ve çevirmenlerin erek kültürlerde “iç grup” ya da “dış grup” şeklinde yarattıkları etki açısından karşılaştırmalı olarak incelenmiştir. Arapça izlenimli Fremen sözcüklerin çevirilerinde en çok tercih edilen çeviri stratejileri Aktarım ve Doğallaştırma olarak belirlenmiştir. Dune serisinin 1995 yılı Türkçe çevirilerinde bu çeviri stratejilerinin kullanım oranları sırasıyla %41’e %58 ile 2015 yılına %75’e %22 ve Almanca çevirisinde ise %95’e %2 şeklindedir. Türkçe çeviri metinlerde Arapça sözcüklerin çoğunlukla kurgusal bir dilin parçası gibi değil de doğal bir dil olan Arapçadan Türkçede yer aldıkları halleriyle aktarıldığı gözlenmiş ve bu durum hâlihazırda yabancı olunmayan Arap dili ve kültürü sebebiyle Türkçe içinde doğallaştırılarak kaybedilen bir Fremen diline neden olmuştur. Alman erek kültür için ise çoğu Fremen sözcüğünün olduğu gibi aktarılması ve Alman sosyal kimliği gereği Herbert’ın hayali Doğu algısının Alman okuyucuya tüm yabancılığıyla götürülmesi erek okuyucu kitlesi için kaynak metindeki eşdeğer kültürel etkiyi sağlamıştır denilebilir.

Applications of Permaculture in Terraforming the Ecology of Arrakis in Frank Herbert’s Dune

Frank Herbert’s magnum opus, namely the eponymous first novel in the Dune series, tells the story of the house of Atriedes. Right from the start, the members of this line are beset by misfortune, that ranges from assassination attempts to coups. Apart from that, the patriarch of the family, the Duke Leto Atriedes, is seen by the Padishah emperor, Shaddam Corrino IV, as a threat to his reign. In order to get rid of the duke and his family, he sends them en masse to the desert planet of Arrakis. This paper aims to analyze the terraforming techniques used by Pardot Kynes in Dune and compare them with the techniques used by permaculturists to regenerate failing ecosystems. This in turn will highlight some similarities between real-world incidents pertaining to the environment and the conditions on Arrakis, and in turn lead to an ecocritical understanding of the text.

Crip Gholas

Michael Bérubé has recently argued that representations of disability in science fiction are almost ubiquitous but heavily underrecognized. The article builds on Bérubé’s remark to discuss the constructive effects of adding critical disability studies to the approaches that have focused on Frank Herbert’s Dune series. The argument is that a disability-informed reading of the character Duncan Idaho across all six original Dune novels exposes a range of ableist assumptions upon which the narrative relies. Genetically engineered, the reincarnations of Idaho might be read as implying posthuman possibility. In contrast, the article demonstrates the ways in which Herbert’s characterization of Idaho and the latter’s relationship to Dune’s society represent ableist ideologies. By discussing Idaho’s storyline and Dune’s ableist social constructions, the article highlights a series of narrative anxieties and strategies of containment that undermine any possible interpretation of Idaho’s disability as socially acceptable and limit the ways in which Herbert’s portrayal of Idaho may be used to imagine a positive presence of disabled people in future scenarios.

The Law of Frank Herbert’s Dune: Legal Culture between Cynicism, Earnestness and Futility

Frank Herbert’s Dune series has been analyzed with regard to various issues, such as politics, ecology and religion. Its legal aspects have been neglected so far. Contrary to the seemingly common perception that law does not play a significant role in Dune, this article will first show that law is indeed ubiquitous in Dune and shapes the narrative in important ways. Dune develops different legal cultures: a cynical rule by law in the Imperium and an earnest rule of law among the native Fremen. It reflects on the limits of law in a way that is heavily influenced by a type of collective determinism first developed in Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, a source of inspiration that has not been noticed until now. Dune reflects a profound distrust of organized authority. Ultimately, it undervalues the fact that law can serve to prevent abuse of power. But to do so, the law needs independent guardians which are conspicuously absent in Dune.

Experiment sheds light on dune hydrodynamics

Researchers observed how flow vorticity and turbulence structures form a series of dunes

Impacts of different rainfall patterns on hyporheic zone under transient conditions

The hyporheic zone (HZ) plays an important role in stream ecology. Previous studies have mainly focused on the factors influencing the HZ in the steady state. However, the exchange between surface water and groundwater in the HZ can become transient during a storm. This study investigates the impacts of different rainfall patterns (varying in intensity and duration) on the HZ under transient conditions. A two-dimensional numerical model of a 10-m long and 2-m deep domain is developed, in which the streambed consists of a series of dunes. Brinkman-Darcy and Navier-Stokes equations are respectively solved for groundwater and surface water, and velocity and pressure are coupled at the interface (i.e., the streambed surface). To compare the results under different transient conditions, this study proposes two indicators, i.e., the influential time (IT, the time required for the HZ to return to its initial state once it starts to change) and the influential depth (ID, the maximum increment in the HZ depth). To detect the extent to which the HZ undergoes significant spatial changes, moving split-window and inflection point tests are conducted. The results indicate that rainfall intensity (RI) and rainfall duration (RD) both display logarithmic relationships with the IT and ID with high coefficients of determination, but only between certain lower and upper thresholds of the RI and RD. Moreover, the distributions of the IT and ID as a function of the RI and RD are mapped using the surface spline and kriging interpolation methods to facilitate future prediction of the IT and ID. In addition, it is observed that the IT has a linear negative correlation with the groundwater response while the ID is not affected by different groundwater responses. All of the derived relationships can be used to predict the impacts of a future rainfall event on the HZ.

Large eddy simulation of water flow over series of dunes

Large eddy simulation was used to investigate the spatial development of open channel flow over a series of dunes. The three-dimensional filtered Navier-Stokes (N-S) equations were numerically solved with the fractional-step method in sigma coordinates. The subgrid-scale turbulent stress was modeled with a dynamic coherent eddy viscosity model proposed by the authors. The computed velocity profiles are in good agreement with the available experimental results. The mean velocity and the turbulent Reynolds stress affected by a series of dune-shaped structures were compared and analyzed. The variation of turbulence statistics along the flow direction affected by the wavy bottom roughness has been studied. The turbulent boundary layer in a complex geographic environment can be simulated well with the proposed large eddy simulation (LES) model.

Pattern Formation inside a Rotating Cylinder Partially Filled with Liquid and Granular Medium

The paper focuses on the experimental study of the dynamics of liquid and granular medium in a rapidly rotating horizontal cylinder. In the cavity frame gravity field performs rotation and produces oscillatory liquid flow, which is responsible for the series of novel effects; the problem corresponds to “vibrational mechanics”—generation of steady flows and patterns by oscillating force field. The paper presents the initial results of experimental study of a novel pattern formation effect which is observed at the interface between fluid and sand and which takes the form of ripples extended along the axis of rotation. The initial results of experimental research of a novel effect of pattern formation at the interface between fluid and sand in the form of ripples extended along the axis of rotation are presented. The spatial period of the patterns is studied in dependence on liquid volume, viscosity, and rotation rate. The experimental study of long time dynamics of pattern formation manifests that regular ripples transform into a series of dunes within a few minutes or dozens of minutes. The variety of patterns is determined by the interaction of two types of liquid flows induced by gravity: oscillatory and steady azimuthal flows near the sand surface.

Community dependency on sand dunes for household income: Evidence from two coastal villages in Pottuvil

The eastern coast of Sri Lanka contains the longest stretch of sand dunes in the country. The Pottuvil sand dunes are a part of the sand dune series which extends from Pottuvil to Panama seashore. Sand dunes were excessively mined for commercial purposes in Pottuvil, both for sand and turtle egg poaching. The main purpose of this study was to determine the economic dependency of the community on the sand dunes.Through a survey using structured questionnaires for personal interviews, data on coastal community dependence on the coastal resources and income gained were collected. A multi-stage random sampling method was used, and 45 people were selected from two coastal villages of Pottuvil. The income dependency level of the community was analyzed through a linear regression model (double Log model).The average family size was 5 persons, with about 68.9% of the respondents involved in fishing for their livelihood. 57.8% of respondents had been educated above the secondary level. Around 84.5% of the families were recipients of Samurdhi benefits. The families earned an average of Rs.6,746.7 per month from fishing and coastal resources exploitation. The linear regression results indicated that there was a significant relationship between total income of households and income from exploiting coastal resources (sand mining and turtle egg poaching). Although 95.5% of respondents had good knowledge about the importance of the coastal resources and its’ conservation, only 20% had the view that these resources were deteriorating over time due to exploitation. Results also indicated that about 86.5% of the respondents shared an optimistic behaviour to adopt environment friendly attitudes towards coastal resource conservation.Coastal community seemed to have a more positive attitude towards the coastal resources, but was ignorant of conservation issues or impact of their actions on the environment. Hence, there is an urgent need to create awareness among the community for adopting participatory conservation activities to sustain the coastal resources.

Chaos theory, Asimov's Foundations and Robots, and Herbert's Dune: the fractal aesthetic of epic science fiction

Introduction Asimov's Foundation Series Psychohistory and Chaos Theory: Metaseries' Architecture and the Foundation Series' Premise and Plot Structure The Back-up Plan, Guardian ship, and Disguise: Interrelated Fractal Motifs on the Same and Descending Levels of Scale The Persistence of Prejudice: Asimov's Crusade Against Bigotry as a Fractal Theme Asimov's Robot Stories and Novels Chaor-Theory Concepts in the Robot Stories and Novels Reiterated and Themes in the Robot Novels Integrating the Metaseries Herbert's Dune Series Plots Within Plots...Patterns Within Patterns: Chaos-Theory Structures and Concepts in the Dune Series The Monomyth as Fractal Pattern in the Dune Series The Monomyth and Chaos Theory: Perhaps we should believe in magic Endnotes Bibliography Index

Luminescence and radiocarbon dating of a dune series at Cape Kiwanda, Oregon, USA

The coastal dunes of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America are dynamic systems in a seemingly constant state of change. The cycles of stabilization and re-activation may be connected to changes in climate. There has been much discussion and speculation about the source of these sands and the timing and nature of the episodic events that have shaped the present dune landscape. Holocene development of these dune systems is based primarily on the evidence of previous and present episodes of stabilization and re-activation. One of the best locations for dating these events is the dune system of Cape Kiwanda, where a parabolic dune is eroding on a broad front making six paleosols visible. Eight sediment samples for OSL analysis were taken from the eroding west face of the parabolic dune at Cape Kiwanda, seven being associated with the six exposed paleosols, and the eighth from the base of the dune. Four wood and/or charcoal samples for radiocarbon dating were taken from the paleosols. OSL dating of separated quartz was done using a single-aliquot regeneration technique. The dates cover a time period from a few hundred to around seven thousand years. Radiocarbon dating of charcoal from paleosol layers embedded in the dunes provided separate time markers. The results from the two dating methods are in agreement and provide valuable information about the dynamics of this coastal dune system.

Lunette dunes in the northeast Cape, South Africa, as geomorphic indicators of palaeoenvironmental change

Three lunette dunes occur on the southern shore of a pan on the farm Buffelsfontein above the Great Escarpment in the northeastern part of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The two inner lunettes are formed of silt and clay, and the third of fine sand. The location of these dunes is anomalous as lunette dunes are rare in the wetter parts of the southern African subcontinent. The two inner lunette dunes lie along the downwind margin of a present day pan, while the third lunette is associated with the margin of a large palaeopan. The morphometry of the Buffelsfontein pan/lunette dune series was investigated using aerial photography and field surveys. Sedimentological and geochemical techniques were applied to investigate the lunette and pan floor sediments and to assist in the elucidation of processes responsible for the development of the lunettes. Sedimentological differences in the pan fringing lunettes suggest two very different sediment sources related to changing geomorphic conditions, possibly since the last glacial maximum. The pan/lunette complex offers a unique opportunity to quantify these changes as local rainfall records are available for the past 100 years.

Pollen diagram from the Nebraska Sandhills and the age of the dunes

Radiocarbon dates of organic alluvium beneath as much as 40 m of dune sand along the Dismal River have led to the suggestion that the Nebraska Sandhills date from the Holocene rather than the last glacial period. On the other hand, the basal layers of lake and marsh deposits in interdune depressions at three localities date in the range of 9000 to 12,000 yr B.P., implying a pre-Holocene age for the sand dunes. A pollen diagram for one of these sites, Swan Lake, indicates prairie vegetation throughout the last 9000 yr, with no suggestion that the landscape was barren enough to permit the shaping of the massive dunes characterizing the area. Sand was not transported across the site during the Holocene, either during the marsh phase, which lasted until 3700 yr B.P., or during the subsequent lake phase. The sand that buries the alluvium along the Dismal River may represent only local eolian activity, or it may indicate that the younger of the two main dune series identified by H. T. U. Smith (1965, Journal of Geology 73, 557–578) is Holocene in age, and the older one Late Wisconsin in age.

A Survey of the Western Coastal Dune Lakes of the North Island, New Zealand

A biological survey of 26 lakes of the western dune series of the North Island was made during the summers of 1949 and 1950. At each lake a shore-line and bathymetric survey was made and contour maps have been prepared. Temperature and transparency measurements were also taken. Analysis for essential chemicals, particularly oxygen, was made. Thermal stratification and deoxygenation of the hypolimnion was found in five lakes. Details of emergent and submerged aquatic plants have been included on the contour maps. Qualitative and quantitative samples were taken of plankton and bottom fauna. The present stocks of fish were examined and waterfowl were noted. All the lakes with an outlet supported eels. The Northland series contained no stocks of game fish, but in the Wellington series limited stocks of perch and trout occurred.

Sur le Quaternaire marin de Mazagan a Mogador et sur la non-existence de l'etage "ouljien" [with discussion

Abstract A detailed restudy of the Quaternary sections at Jorf er Reraba and Cantin cape reaffirms the conclusion that Quaternary marine deposits along the Atlantic coast of Morocco, between Mazagan and Mogador, are the product of continuous deposition in a synclinal zone which was in process of constant deformation. The so-called Ouljian stage merely represents a series of dunes which were successively sculptured by the wind out of the Quaternary sediments as they became exposed by retreat of the sea.

A Tentative Classification of Sand Dunes Its Application to Dune History in the Southern High Plains

Part I. Existing sand dunes fall naturally into two groups-complex and simple, the former being much the more common. Variable factors, such as wind direction, depth of sand, irregularity of vegetal growth, etc., are responsible for the rarity of the simple dunes. It is only by first studying simple forms, however, that one can discern the origin and history of surfaces of complex form. Following is a basic classification of simple dunes which is at the same time genetic and naturalistic. It is based on the assumption that the sand-moving wind blows with unvarying direction. Simple Dunes A. Bare Surfaces or Loose Sand I. The barcan dune. An isolated bare-sand hill on a nonsandy base II. The transverse dune series. Formed on bare, loose sand of "unlimited" surface area and "unlimited" depth III. The isolated transverse dune ridge. Formed (frequently with human aid) from bare, loose sand of unlimited surface area, but shallow depth IV. Lee dunes 1. Wind-shadow dunes ("umbracer" dunes). Longitudinal dunes. Formed from a continuing (unlimited) sand supply in the lee of a bedrock obstacle 2. Shrub-coppice dunes (see p. 124) 3. Source-bordering lee dunes ("umbrafon" dunes, lee-source dunes). Formed from a continuing (unlimited) sand supply leeward from a source of sand of limited area (e.g., stream flood plain) B. Formed by Wind in Conflict with Vegetation I. Shrub-coppice dune cluster. Formed in and to leeward from bunch or clump vegetation, such as mesquite bush, on an unlimited and smooth surface of very shallow sand II. (a) Blowout or parabolic dunes; (b) elongate-blowout dunes; and (c) windrift dunes. Formed by gentle, moderate, and strong winds, respectively, on deep sand with shrub- or grass-covered surface Under the heading "Complex Dune Forms" is considered the ideal simple case of two equally effective sand-moving winds blowing at right angles. It is pointed out that even this degree of complexity is much simpler than that of many of the well-known sand-dune areas. PART II. A study of dunes in the southern High Plains by means of vertical aerial photographs reveals: 1. Up to the decade from 1920 to 1930, active sand dunes were insignificant in number and total area, compared to the anchored dunes of Recent or post-Pleistocene age. 2. There has been a systematic shift in the direction of the prevailing sand-moving wind during the last 15,000 years (estimate), such that winds which formerly blew toward S. 70° E. have been replaced gradually by modern winds blowing N. 20° E. in most of the region. For convenience in description these dunes are divided into three series: I, II, and III, from youngest to oldest. 3. An unusual series of large parallel windrift dunes, indicating strong persistent winds, was formed around 15,000 years ago. Sand dunes of this type (Series III) are apparently not forming at present to any noteworthy degree, either in the interior of North America or along the coasts.

Note on the Edaphic Succession in Some Dune Soils with Special Reference to the Time Factor

FROM the examination of a large number of samples from successive dune ridges on Blakeney Point the writer was able to demonstrate, (a) the progressive leaching of the carbonates with increasing age, (b) the passage from an alkaline to an acid condition, and (c) the progressive increase in the organic content. It was moreover shown that these changes were accompanied by changes in the flora which, broadly, consisted in diminution of calcicole species and the advent of calcifuge types'. In the Blakeney area the age of the successive dune ridges can only be inferred (except in the case of the youngest) from their relative position and it seemed therefore desirable to find some dune area where the respective ages of the dune ridges could be ascertained with a reasonable degree of accuracy. For this purpose a visit was made to the Southport dune system. The ages of the ridges in this dune system have been assessed partly by the examination of old maps (e.g. Speed's map of 1610, the Bold Estate map of 1736) and descriptions. In this way it has been possible to fix the approximate age of certain points and to establish the average rate of advance of the dunes on this coast. Secondly, the very early arrival of Salix repens in the hollows between the dune ridges makes it possible to utilise the number of annual rings in the thickest and oldest axes as a check on the estimates. In connection with the documental evidence I would record my indebtedness to the Public Library officials of Southport, whose help was ungrudgingly placed at my disposal, and to the authorities of the British Museum Library, also to W. Ashton's admirable book, The Evolution of a Coastline. The area chiefly examined was the dune series extending from Mad Wharf to Formby Golf Links and Freshfield. The youngest ridge (a) on the sea face consisted of embryo dunes scarcely coalesced, and colonised by Triticum junceum and Psamma (Ammophila) arenaria. The latter appears to be the later arrival, as is to be expected from its less halophytic characteristics. This ridge was estimated to be about two years old.