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Kadono, Shinya, Choong Seng Boon, and Minoru Etoh. "Motion compensation method for moving pictures with binary shape." Signal Processing: Image Communication 16, no. 3 (October 2000): 295–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0923-5965(99)00059-4.
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Chang, Shyang Jye, and Wen Hao Cai. "Study of the Dynamic Image Stabilizer." Applied Mechanics and Materials 764-765 (May 2015): 1275–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.764-765.1275.
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Most anti-shake technologies can compensate the hand shake when taking a static picture. When people use the camera in the dim environment, the shutter opening time will be extended to increase exposure. However, the hand shake will cause the photos blurry if the shutter opening time was too long. The hand shake problem is even more serious when people doing the dynamic image recording. In the past years, the mobile phones with the digital camera and portable video camera were developed vigorously. Taking pictures and recording dynamic image have become the basic functions of mobile phones since the development of the 3G mobile phone. While the specifications of cameras become high resolution and high magnification optical zoom, the traditional electronic anti-shake technology will not be applied in the digital camera because of the large amount of computing power. It is also difficult to apply the optical anti-shake technology in thin 3C products because the volume of optical anti-shake module is too large. Thus, developing a new anti-shake technology which can be applied in the thin 3C products to enhance the photo and video quality is very important. In this paper, the image processing technologies will be applied to calculate the motion signal. Then, the voluntary and involuntary motion signals will be separated by the signal separation algorithm, and finally the dynamic image will be reconstruction by compensating the involuntary shake of each frame to enhance the quality of the dynamic image.
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Chisholm, Darlene C., and George Norman. "Spatial competition and market share: an application to motion pictures." Journal of Cultural Economics 36, no. 3 (May 17, 2012): 207–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10824-012-9168-4.
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Geranfar, Babak. "The Malick Viewed." Conversations: The Journal of Cavellian Studies, no. 5 (February 27, 2018): 70–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.18192/cjcs.v0i5.2408.
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The question of the relation between Film and philosophy has been at the center of many intellectual debates since the foundation of cinema. It has been paraphrased and articulated in many disciplines such as Philosophy of Film, Film-Philosophy, Philosophy of Motion Pictures, Philosophy of Moving Images, even Film Theory. Nevertheless, as much as the technical aspects of the movies developed rapidly, the philosophical questions around it became more and more specific and the answers became more fallible by the end of the day. If you could agree before with some of the ontological conclusions of Bazin, Deleuze, Badiou or Cavell about celluloid-based Film, you certainly cannot share that agreement to generalize that to the kind of digital imagery that we call ‘Film’ today, nor can you justify the Hologram or 3D IMAX footage as constituents of a motion picture. The irony is that the old question, ‘what is Film?’, is as often and as rapidly revised as the question, “what is philosophy?”.
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Chi, Zhigang, Kenji Yamauchi, Toshifumi Kimura, and Kennichi Hatakeyama. "Motion Compensation and Shape Adaptive Coding of Moving Pictures by Cubic Curve Model." IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems 120, no. 10 (2000): 1502–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1541/ieejeiss1987.120.10_1502.
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Rathore, Mihir Raj, Tarun Sharma, Prince Kumar Singh, and Angara Sai Sriram. "A Review of Fluid Sloshing in Cylindrical and Rectangular containers under varied motions." International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research 12, no. 5 (May 25, 2021): 421–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.14299/ijser.2021.05.02.
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This paper illustrates detailed study of various methods and solutions that effects of liquid sloshing. The study includes the prismatic and cylindrical containers while in motion and in stationary. This gives us a picture about how sloshing can affect depending upon various parameters like velocity and acceleration of container, velocity of fluid inside moving container, viscosity of fluid, length of container and specific density of the fluid. The sloshing can be measured by using different approaches depending on the shape and motion of the container.
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Kostromitin, Konstantin I., Vasiliy D. Buchelnikov, Vladimir V. Sokolovskiy, and Peter Entel. "Theoretical Study of Magnetic Properties and Twin Boundary Motion in Heusler Ni-Mn-X Shape Memory Alloys Using First Principles and Monte Carlo Method." Advances in Science and Technology 78 (September 2012): 7–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/ast.78.7.
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In this paper we firstly propose and study a microscopic model of twin boundary motion in the Heusler Ni-Mn-X (X= Ga, In, Sb, Sn) alloys on real tetragonal lattice using the first principles and Monte Carlo simulations. The two variants of the low temperature martensite which divided by twin boundary are considered. The Heisenberg model for magnetic subsystem and the Blume-Emery-Griffiths (BEG) one for structural subsystem with magnetostructural interaction between these subsystems are used. The influence of external magnetic field and anisotropy on the twin boundary motion is studied. It is shown that proposed model gives the picture of twin boundary motion as in experiments.
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Kostromitin, K. I., Vasiliy D. Buchelnikov, Vladimir V. Sokolovskiy, Alexander P. Kamantsev, Victor V. Koledov, Vladimir G. Shavrov, and P. Entel. "Theoretical Study of Magnetic Properties and Multiple Twin Boundary Motion in Heusler Ni-Mn-X Shape Memory Alloys Using First Principles and Monte Carlo Method." Materials Science Forum 738-739 (January 2013): 461–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.738-739.461.
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In this paper we firstly propose and study a microscopic model of multiple twin boundary motion using the first principles and Monte Carlo simulations in Heusler Ni-Mn-X (for example, X = Ga) alloys on real tetragonal lattice. The two variants of the low temperature martensite which divided by twin boundary are considered. The Heisenberg model for magnetic subsystem and Blume-Emery-Griffiths (BEG) one for structural subsystem with magnetostructural interaction between these subsystems are used. The influence of external magnetic field and anisotropy on the twin boundary motion is studied. It is shown that proposed model gives the picture of twin boundary motion as in experiments.
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Krider, Robert E., and Charles B. Weinberg. "Competitive Dynamics and the Introduction of New Products: The Motion Picture Timing Game." Journal of Marketing Research 35, no. 1 (February 1998): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002224379803500103.
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The extremely short life cycle and the rapid decay in revenues after opening coupled with the rapid and frequent introduction of new competitive products makes the timing of new product introductions in the motion picture industry critical, particularly during the high-revenue Christmas and summer seasons. Each studio wants to capture as much of the season as possible by opening early in the season. At the same time, each wants to avoid head-to-head competition. The authors model competition between two motion pictures in a share attraction framework and conduct an equilibrium analysis of the product introduction timing game in a finite season. The following three different equilibrium configurations emerge: (1) a single equilibrium with both movies opening simultaneously at the beginning of the season, (2) a single equilibrium with one movie opening at the beginning of the season and one delaying, and (3) dual equilibria, with either movie delaying opening. A key factor is the product life cycle, which can be captured well with a two-parameter exponential decline. The authors relate the life-cycle parameters to these possibilities with the general result that the weaker movie may be forced to delay opening. These results are related to case studies of the opening of recently released movies. A statistical analysis of the 1990 summer season in North America provides support for the conclusions and suggests that current release timing decisions can be improved. The authors discuss the rationale of “avoiding the competition” in the general context of product introduction timing.
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Halaby, Samia. "The Political Basis of Abstraction in the 20th Century As Explored by a Painter." Manazir Journal 1 (October 1, 2019): 94–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.36950/manazir.2019.1.1.7.
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The political nature of abstraction presented from an artist’s point of view – one who considers the most advanced task is the exploration of the language of pictures. Such exploration is understood as a separate discipline from the many others that employ pictures for practical functions. The author examines the development of 20th century abstraction as an effect of revolutionary social motion. Historic steps to abstraction, taking shape as rising and receding artistic movements, are correlated to revolutionary motion. The materialist underpinning of abstraction is distinguished from the idealism of Post-Modernism. The paper ends with an examination of contemporary discourse in the Western art world that attempts to erase the internationalism of abstraction and, thereby, marginalize non-Western practitioners.
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Aminsobhani, Mohsen, Arvin Rezaei Avval, and Fatemeh Hamidzadeh. "Evaluation of Curved Canal Transportation Using the Neoniti Rotary System with Reciprocal Motion: A Comparative Study." International Journal of Dentistry 2021 (November 24, 2021): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/4877619.
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The ideal root canal preparation is where the original canal morphology is maintained during the biomechanical preparation. Preparation of curved canals has always been a challenge to clinicians. Better results have been suggested for a single NiTi instrument with reciprocating motion than the conventional continuous rotation method in the preparation of curved root canals. Although the Neoniti rotary system is not suggested to be used with reciprocal motion, running a pilot study, we found that it could be possible. The present study aimed to investigate if shaping curved canals using the Neoniti rotary system with reciprocal motion leads to better results in terms of root canal transportation. One hundred acrylic j-shape canal simulator endoblocks were used in this study. Five preparation sequences were applied: GPS followed by A1#20 (GPS + A1#20), GPS followed by A1#20 and then A1#25 (GPS + A1#20 + A1#25), GPS followed by A1#25 (GPS + A1#25), hand file followed by A1#20 (hand file + A1#20), and GPS followed by A1#20 (with reciprocal motion) (GPS + A1#20(reciprocal)). Pictures were taken from blocks once before and once after preparation from two dimensions. Before-and-after pictures were superimposed in Photoshop software. Measurements were performed in Digimizer. The number of autoreverses and pecking motions was recorded after reviewing the recorded videos. Data were analyzed in SPSS, version 26. A p value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The group GPS + A1#20 + A1#25 had more transportation compared with the others, at apical, middle, and coronal thirds not only in the frontal view but also in the lateral view. Other groups were not significantly different. The number of peckings and autoreverses was significantly less when A1#25 was used after GPS and A1#20. When A1#20 was used with reciprocal motion, it had less peckings compared with the same file with continuous rotation, and no autoreverses were observed in that group. Using Neoniti files with reciprocal motion might result in less instrument fatigue and favorable results, with respect to canal anatomy preservation. Using A1#20 before A1#25 also will decrease the stress on the instrument during preparation. However, this may lead to significantly more canal transportation.
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Younes, George, Samuel K. Lander, Matthew G. Baring, Teruaki Enoto, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Zorawar Wadiasingh, Wynn C. G. Ho, et al. "Pulse Peak Migration during the Outburst Decay of the Magnetar SGR 1830-0645: Crustal Motion and Magnetospheric Untwisting." Astrophysical Journal Letters 924, no. 2 (January 1, 2022): L27. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac4700.
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Abstract Magnetars, isolated neutron stars with magnetic-field strengths typically ≳1014 G, exhibit distinctive months-long outburst epochs during which strong evolution of soft X-ray pulse profiles, along with nonthermal magnetospheric emission components, is often observed. Using near-daily NICER observations of the magnetar SGR 1830-0645 during the first 37 days of a recent outburst decay, a pulse peak migration in phase is clearly observed, transforming the pulse shape from an initially triple-peaked to a single-peaked profile. Such peak merging has not been seen before for a magnetar. Our high-resolution phase-resolved spectroscopic analysis reveals no significant evolution of temperature despite the complex initial pulse shape, yet the inferred surface hot spots shrink during peak migration and outburst decay. We suggest two possible origins for this evolution. For internal heating of the surface, tectonic motion of the crust may be its underlying cause. The inferred speed of this crustal motion is ≲100 m day−1, constraining the density of the driving region to ρ ∼ 1010 g cm−3, at a depth of ∼200 m. Alternatively, the hot spots could be heated by particle bombardment from a twisted magnetosphere possessing flux tubes or ropes, somewhat resembling solar coronal loops, that untwist and dissipate on the 30–40 day timescale. The peak migration may then be due to a combination of field-line footpoint motion (necessarily driven by crustal motion) and evolving surface radiation beaming. This novel data set paints a vivid picture of the dynamics associated with magnetar outbursts, yet it also highlights the need for a more generic theoretical picture where magnetosphere and crust are considered in tandem.
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Watanabe, Hiroshi, and Yutaka Suzuki. "Structure and coding characteristics of adaptive gain/shape vector quantizer for low bit-rate motion picture coding." Electronics and Communications in Japan (Part I: Communications) 74, no. 6 (June 1991): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecja.4410740601.
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Carroll, Mary, Katja Weimar, Monique Flecken, Monique Lambert, and Christiane von Stutterheim. "Tracing trajectories." Language, Interaction and Acquisition 3, no. 2 (December 19, 2012): 202–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/lia.3.2.03car.
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Although the typological contrast between Romance and Germanic languages as verb-framed versus satellite-framed (Talmy 1985) forms the background for many empirical studies on L2 acquisition, the inconclusive picture to date calls for more differentiated, fine-grained analyses. The present study goes beyond explanations based on this typological contrast and takes into account the sources from which spatial concepts are mainly derived in order to shape the trajectory traced by the entity in motion when moving through space: the entity in V-languages versus features of the ground in S-languages. It investigates why advanced French learners of English and German have difficulty acquiring the use of spatial concepts typical of the L2s to shape the trajectory, although relevant concepts can be expressed in their L1. The analysis compares motion event descriptions, based on the same sets of video clips, of L1 speakers of the three languages to L1 French-L2 English and L1 French-L2 German speakers, showing that the learners do not fully acquire the use of L2-specific spatial concepts. We argue that encoded concepts derived from the entity in motion vs. the ground lead to a focus on different aspects of motion events, in accordance with their compatibility with these sources, and are difficult to restructure in L2 acquisition.
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Foutz, Natasha Zhang, and Wolfgang Jank. "Research Note—Prerelease Demand Forecasting for Motion Pictures Using Functional Shape Analysis of Virtual Stock Markets." Marketing Science 29, no. 3 (May 2010): 568–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mksc.1090.0542.
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Lonnie, Gilroy. "The Hot Daga (2017–present, USA: BuzzFeed Motion Pictures), Shane Madej and Ryan Steven Bergara (showrunners)." Australasian Journal of Popular Culture 9, no. 1 (March 1, 2020): 109–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ajpc_00020_5.
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Chisholm, Darlene C. "Two-Part Share Contracts, Risk, and the Life Cycle of Stars: Some Empirical Results from Motion Picture Contracts." Journal of Cultural Economics 28, no. 1 (February 2004): 37–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/b:jcec.0000009808.60007.ea.
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Jacobs, Ruud S., Ard Heuvelman, Somaya Ben Allouch, and Oscar Peters. "Everyone's a critic: The power of expert and consumer reviews to shape readers’ post-viewing motion picture evaluations." Poetics 52 (October 2015): 91–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poetic.2015.07.002.
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Sherstiuk, O. O., V. H. Hryn, Ya A. Tarasenko, O. A. Tykhonova, and V. V. Lytovka. "INTERPRETATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL PICTURE OBSERVED IN HISTOLOGICAL PREPARATIONS FROM THE POINT THE VIEW OF STEREOLOGY." Актуальні проблеми сучасної медицини: Вісник Української медичної стоматологічної академії 22, no. 2 (September 27, 2022): 92–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.31718/2077-1096.22.2.92.
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The study of a biological microobject from the standpoint of three-dimensionality gives more correct and realistic vision. The study material included 8 preparations of the palatine and labial salivary glands of adult human individuals fixed in 4% glutaraldehyde solution in phosphate buffer (pH 7.4). Following pre-fixation, the object was cut into individual slices and fixed in a freshly prepared similar fixator adding 1% calcium chloride solution at 4 °C for 12 hours. The tissue was washed after the fixation and then processed according to the requirements for electron microscopy. Tissues enclosed in epoxy resin were used to obtain semi-thin series of histological sections for further graphic and plastic reconstruction of epithelial components (including tubular) glands. Semi-thin sections were stained with 0.1% toluidine blue in phosphate buffer with different pH (from 5.5 to 8.5). Spiral, corkscrew, tortuous, arched and other forms of biological tubular structures at the microscopic level are no exception and, as our study shows, are natural phenomena along with their rectilinear shape. It can be assumed that the interdependence between the shape of the tubular transport microchannels and the laminar motion of the fluid naturally reflects the elements of curvilinear symmetry and, in particular, its spiral property. Conclusion. Thus, we could assume that the tortuous shape of transport channels of human and animal tissues is a useful stereomorphological device, and their study and three-dimensional modelling is of great scientific interest, in particular, for understanding the mechanism of laminar fluid movement through biological tubes.
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Katul, G. G. "The anatomy of large-scale motion in atmospheric boundary layers." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 858 (October 31, 2018): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.731.
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The atmospheric boundary layer is the level of the atmosphere where all human activities occur. It is a layer characterized by its turbulent flow state, meaning that the velocity, temperature and scalar concentrations fluctuate over scales that range from less than a millimetre to several kilometres. It is those fluctuations that make dispersion of pollutants and transport of heat, momentum as well as scalars such as carbon dioxide or cloud-condensation nuclei efficient. It is also the layer where a ‘hand-shake’ occurs between activities on the land surface and the climate system, primarily due to the action of large energetic swirling motions or eddies. The atmospheric boundary layer experiences dramatic transitions depending on whether the underlying surface is being heated or cooled. The existing paradigm describing the size and energetics of large-scale and very large-scale eddies in turbulent flows has been shaped by decades of experiments and simulations on smooth pipes and channels with no surface heating or cooling. The emerging picture, initiated by A. A. Townsend in 1951, is that large- and very large-scale motions appear to be approximated by a collection of hairpin-shaped vortices whose population density scales inversely with distance from the boundary. How does surface heating, quintessential to the atmospheric boundary layer, alter this canonical picture? What are the implications of such a buoyancy force on the geometry and energy distribution across velocity components in those large eddies? How do these large eddies modulate small eddies near the ground? Answering these questions and tracking their consequences to existing theories used today to describe the flow statistics in the atmospheric boundary layer are addressed in the work of Salesky & Anderson (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 856, 2018, pp. 135–168). The findings are both provocative and surprisingly simple.
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Amin, Khunsa, Jinzi Mac Huang, Kevin J. Hu, Jun Zhang, and Leif Ristroph. "The role of shape-dependent flight stability in the origin of oriented meteorites." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 33 (July 26, 2019): 16180–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1815133116.
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The atmospheric ablation of meteoroids is a striking example of the reshaping of a solid object due to its motion through a fluid. Motivated by meteorite samples collected on Earth that suggest fixed orientation during flight—most notably the conical shape of so-called oriented meteorites—we hypothesize that such forms result from an aerodynamic stabilization of posture that may be achieved only by specific shapes. Here, we investigate this issue of flight stability in the parallel context of fluid mechanical erosion of clay bodies in flowing water, which yields shapes resembling oriented meteorites. We conduct laboratory experiments on conical objects freely moving through water and fixed within imposed flows to determine the dependence of orientational stability on shape. During free motion, slender cones undergo postural instabilities, such as inversion and tumbling, and broad or dull forms exhibit oscillatory modes, such as rocking and fluttering. Only intermediate shapes, including the stereotypical form carved by erosion, achieve stable orientation and straight flight with apex leading. We corroborate these findings with systematic measurements of torque and stability potentials across cones of varying apex angle, which furnish a complete map of equilibrium postures and their stability. By showing that the particular conical form carved in unidirectional flows is also posturally stable as a free body in flight, these results suggest a self-consistent picture for the origin of oriented meteorites.
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Hegyi, Ádám István, Péter Dusán Ispánovity, Michal Knapek, Dániel Tüzes, Kristián Máthis, František Chmelík, Zoltán Dankházi, Gábor Varga, and István Groma. "Micron-Scale Deformation: A Coupled In Situ Study of Strain Bursts and Acoustic Emission." Microscopy and Microanalysis 23, no. 6 (October 17, 2017): 1076–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927617012594.
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AbstractPlastic deformation of micron-scale crystalline materials differs considerably from bulk samples as it is characterized by stochastic strain bursts. To obtain a detailed picture of the intermittent deformation phenomena, numerous micron-sized specimens must be fabricated and tested. An improved focused ion beam fabrication method is proposed to prepare non-tapered micropillars with excellent control over their shape. Moreover, the fabrication time is less compared with other methods. The in situ compression device developed in our laboratory allows high-accuracy sample positioning and force/displacement measurements with high data sampling rates. The collective avalanche-like motion of the dislocations is observed as stress decreases on the stress–strain curves. An acoustic emission (AE) technique was employed for the first time to study the deformation behavior of micropillars. The AE technique provides important additional in situ information about the underlying processes during plastic deformation and is especially sensitive to the collective avalanche-like motion of the dislocations observed as the stress decreases on the deformation curves.
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Guerin, Antoine, Antonio Abellán, Battista Matasci, Michel Jaboyedoff, Marc-Henri Derron, and Ludovic Ravanel. "Brief communication: 3-D reconstruction of a collapsed rock pillar from Web-retrieved images and terrestrial lidar data – the 2005 event of the west face of the Drus (Mont Blanc massif)." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 17, no. 7 (July 18, 2017): 1207–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1207-2017.
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Abstract. In June 2005, a series of major rockfall events completely wiped out the Bonatti Pillar located in the legendary Drus west face (Mont Blanc massif, France). Terrestrial lidar scans of the west face were acquired after this event, but no pre-event point cloud is available. Thus, in order to reconstruct the volume and the shape of the collapsed blocks, a 3-D model has been built using photogrammetry (structure-from-motion (SfM) algorithms) based on 30 pictures collected on the Web. All these pictures were taken between September 2003 and May 2005. We then reconstructed the shape and volume of the fallen compartment by comparing the SfM model with terrestrial lidar data acquired in October 2005 and November 2011. The volume is calculated to 292 680 m3 (±5.6 %). This result is close to the value previously assessed by Ravanel and Deline (2008) for this same rock avalanche (265 000 ± 10 000 m3). The difference between these two estimations can be explained by the rounded shape of the volume determined by photogrammetry, which may lead to a volume overestimation. However it is not excluded that the volume calculated by Ravanel and Deline (2008) is slightly underestimated, the thickness of the blocks having been assessed manually from historical photographs.
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Petrovič, Dušan, Anita Anželak, Tilen Urbančič, and Dejan Grigillo. "Comparison of Valentin Hodnik’s Stone Model of Triglav and the Actual Shape of the Mountain." Kartografija i geoinformacije 17, no. 30 (December 31, 2018): 28–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.32909/kg.17.30.3.
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In Ribčev Laz near Lake Bohinj there is a model of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia. Made of stones, it is the work of the painter Valentin Hodnik from Bohinj. Although it is a work of art, we wanted to evaluate the correctness of its shape compared to the actual mountain. We photographed it and created a point cloud model using the Structure from Motion process (SfM). By transforming the point cloud to actual size, we were able to compare it with the actual shape of the Triglav mountain range obtained from Laser Scanning of Slovenia (LSS). As expected, the shape of the model varied considerably from the actual shape of the mountain, and the scale of the individual slopes and ridges was not the same. For a qualitative evaluation of the model, we calculated the distances between the transformed model and actual surface. The average absolute distance between the nearest points in both point clouds was 41.8 m (6 cm at a built-model scale) with a standard deviation of 38.0 m (5.4 cm). The results are represented by a picture of absolute distances. We also produced a smaller 3D print of the Triglav model and the actual shape of the mountain.
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Raj, Yashaswi, and Rajat Sharma. "Snake Game Using Hand Recognition System." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 10, no. 5 (May 31, 2022): 1289–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2022.42523.
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Abstract: This paper presents engineering and execution nuances of a hand's movement furthermore motion acknowledgment framework which has been created at Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology. The framework utilizes live 15-piece shading video from an arranged camera, runs in genuine time (On a DEC Alpha, 25 edges per second), and adapts well to foundation mess. Following is accomplished utilizing the 2D deformable Active Shape Models (savvy snakes), what's more a genetic calculation is utilized to play out an underlying worldwide picture search. The Point Distribution Model, which was used for both the snakes and the hereditary calculations, is a nonexclusive and extensible model that can be used to follow any 2D deformable object. Keywords: OpenCv, Feature tracking, Saavy Snakes, Genetic Algorithm, Lightning issues.
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Parthasarathy, R. N., and G. M. Faeth. "Turbulent dispersion of particles in self-generated homogeneous turbulence." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 220 (November 1990): 515–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022112090003366.
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Turbulent dispersion of particles in their self-generated homogeneous turbulent field was studied both experimentally and theoretically. Measurements involved nearly monodisperse spherical glass particles (nominal diameters of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mm) falling with uniform particle number fluxes in a nearly stagnant water bath. Particle Reynolds numbers based on terminal velocities were 38, 156, and 545 for the three particle sizes. The flows were dilute with particle volume fractions less than 0.01%. Measurements included particle motion calibrations, using motion-picture shadowgraphs; and streamwise and cross-stream mean and fluctuating particle velocities, using a phase-discriminating laser velocimeter. Liquid-phase properties were known from earlier work. Particle properties were predicted based on random-walk calculations using statistical time-series methods to simulate liquid velocities along the particle path.Calibrations showed that particle drag properties were within 14% of estimates based on the standard drag correlation for spheres, however, the particles (particularly the 1.0 and 2.0 mm diameter particles) exhibited self-induced lateral motion even in motionless liquid due to eddy-shedding and irregularities of shape. Particle velocity fluctuations were primarily a function of the rate of dissipation of kinetic energy in the liquid since this variable controls liquid velocity fluctuations. Streamwise particle velocity fluctuations were much larger than cross-stream particle velocity fluctuations (2–5:1) largely due to varying terminal velocities caused by particle size variations. Cross-stream particle and liquid velocity fluctuations were comparable owing to the combined effects of turbulent dispersion and self-induced motion. Predicted mean and fluctuating particle velocities were in reasonably good agreement with the measurements after accounting for effects of particle size variations and self-induced motion. However, the theory must be extended to treat self-induced motion and to account for observations that this motion was affected by the turbulent environment.
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Hatzithomas, Leonidas, Panagiotis Gkorezis, Athina Y. Zotou, and George Tsourvakas. "The impact of atmospherics on WOM about short life-cycle products: the case of motion pictures." Journal of Product & Brand Management 27, no. 5 (August 20, 2018): 471–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpbm-01-2017-1401.
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Purpose This paper aims to empirically examine how atmospherics affect word of mouth (WOM) about the brand. The authors focus primarily on uncovering the causal mechanism in which such effect is serially mediated by both perceived positive emotions evoked by atmospherics and attitude toward the brand. Design/methodology/approach To test the research hypotheses, 314 Greek moviegoers were drafted to participate in a survey. Data were analysed using confirmatory factor analysis (AMOS) and the SPSS macro (PROCESS tool). The model was applied to motion pictures, as they provide a particularly good example of short life-cycle products. Findings Findings indicate that atmospherics are related to WOM about the brand through perceived emotions evoked by atmospherics and, in turn, attitude toward the brand. Research limitations/implications The present study extends the relevant literature by providing both direct and indirect links between atmospherics and WOM about a brand. Practical implications The model of the present study could be applied to other short life-cycle products that share key characteristics with motion pictures. Moreover, the present study increases movie producers and exhibitors’ understanding of the effects of theatre atmospherics on WOM about the movie and leads to practical suggestions and implications. Originality/value WOM is one of the key variables that can affect the profitability of short life-cycle products. To date, there was no evidence that atmospherics can influence WOM about a short life-cycle product.
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Jing, Yang, and Yang Song. "Application of 3D Reality Technology Combined with CAD in Animation Modeling Design." Computer-Aided Design and Applications 18, S3 (October 20, 2020): 164–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.14733/cadaps.2021.s3.164-175.
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Computer three-dimensional animation is a new type of animation with the development of computer software and hardware technology in recent years. Three-dimensional animation should apply the software of three-dimensional animation technology to establish a virtual world in the computer. In this virtual three-dimensional world, designers build animated character models and scene models according to the shape and scale of the objects to be represented. Then set the motion trajectory of the character model, the motion of the virtual camera and other animation parameters according to the requirements, and then assign specific materials to the model and add lights to the model. Then the computer can automatically calculate and generate the final continuous picture. Under this background, the research on 3D animation character shaping in this paper is to analyze and study the market situation from the standpoint of small-scale 3D animation companies (teams) with relatively weak technology, and through the author's own creative practice, this paper summarizes some principles for the design and production of 3D animation characters, and tries to improve the education system of 3D animation character design. It promotes the production and dissemination of 3D animation and distinct 3D animation characters. Starting with the comparative research method, this paper summarizes the differences of 3D animation character shaping from the comparison of the characteristics of 3D animation and traditional animation, and then summarizes the efficient ways and methods of how to shape 3D animation characters by combining practice with theory.
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Shinde, Sandesh. "Human Motion Imitation using Generative Adversarial Networks." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 10, no. 4 (April 30, 2022): 218–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2022.41041.
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Abstract: Within a unified framework, we handle human image synthesis, including human motion imitation, appearance transfer, and new view synthesis. It indicates that after the model has been trained, it can do all of these jobs. To estimate the human body structure, existing task-specific techniques mostly employ 2D key-points (position). However, they can only represent location data and have no ability to define the person's unique shape or simulate limb rotations. To untangle the position and form, we suggest using a 3D body mesh recovery module in this study. It may define the customized body form as well as model joint placement and rotation. We present a Liquid Warping GAN technique that propagates source information in both image and feature spaces to the synthesized reference in order to retain source information such as texture, style, colour, and face identity. A denoising convolutional auto-encoder extracts the source characteristics in order to accurately characterize the source identity. In addition, our approach allows for more flexible warping from many sources. A one/few-shot adversarial learning is used to increase the generalization capacity of the unseen source pictures. In particular, it begins by putting a model through a rigorous training process. The model is then fine-tuned in a self-supervised manner by using one/few unseen images to create high-resolution (512x512 and 1024x1024) outputs. In addition, we created the imitation dataset to assess human motion imitation and unique view synthesis. Extensive testing has shown that our approaches work better in retaining facial identification, form consistency, and outfit details. Keywords: Human Image Synthesis, Motion Imitation, Novel View Synthesis, Generative Adversarial Network
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Liu, Kai, Qinghan Yang, Yuhao Lu, Taoyu Zhang, and Shuo Chen. "Research on the Computer Case Design of 3D Human Animation Visual Experience." Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing 2021 (November 3, 2021): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8809036.
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In the animation industry, with the development of computer software and hardware technology, a new technology began to emerge, that is, three-dimensional animation. Three-dimensional animation software first creates a virtual world in the computer. In this virtual three-dimensional world, the designer builds the model and scene according to the shape and size of the object to be represented and then sets the motion trajectory of the model, the motion of the virtual camera, and the scene according to the requirements. When setting other animation parameters, we need to assign specific materials to the model and turn on lights. When all this is completed, the computer can automatically calculate and generate the final picture. The software Maya can just help animators to complete this work. When using Maya, we can apply many professional courses such as action design, scene design, and storyboarding script design that we have learned. Maya is a 3D software with convenient operability. It can combine the rendered sequence frames with AE to show unique animations. Therefore, the three-dimensional production method is preferred in the production method. The production of animation based on the 3D software Maya brings infinite challenges. At the same time, it also helps everyone grow and has a good position for our employment direction.
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Aziz al-Quraishi, Zuhair Abbas, and Shaker Nima Harz Alaak. "The role of television in activating the behavior of recreational tourists in the city of Baghdad." Iraqi Administrative Sciences Journal 1, no. 1 (March 30, 2017): 246–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.33013/iqasj.v1n1y2017.pp246-284.
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TV is considered the strongest media in comparison with other means, therefore, its effects were and are still the strongest in human and his social, economic, purchasing and tourist behaviors. Studies emphasized the importance of TV and its distinct from other traditional media, in that it can mix between the picture, voice and motion in a more perfected way through color, shape and motion as well as it made the audience watch what is going on in the world directly. It also employed the rest of traditional communication means for its interest, in that it became a new means for information, recreation and education, it was able to effectively impress the audience because it reaches millions of audiences at the same moment. Thus, it represents the greatest revolution in the field of human communication, The tourist's behavior represents a study on the individuals' choices, their purchasing and using goods and services to satisfy their needs and desires. Hence, the employees of the tourist activity should have a full understanding of all facts and internal and external factors affecting the tourist's behavior which is influenced by a big collection of factors, including psychological, social, personal factors which should be taken into consideration when trying to motivate or push consumers or tourists to buy .
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Auzinsh, Marcis. "The evolution and revival structure of angular momentum quantum wave packets." Canadian Journal of Physics 77, no. 7 (November 1, 1999): 491–503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/p99-050.
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In this paper, a coherent superposition of angular-momentum states created by absorption of polarized light by molecules is analyzed. Attention is paid to the time evolution of wave packets representing the spatial orientation of the internuclear axis of a diatomic molecule. Two examples are considered in detail. Molecules absorbing light in a permanent magnetic field experiencing the Zeeman effect and molecules absorbing light in a permanent electric field experiencing the quadratic Stark effect. In a magnetic field, we have a wave packet that evolves in time exactly as a classical dipole oscillator in a permanent magnetic field (classical-physics picture of the Zeeman effect). In the second case, we have a wave packet that goes through periodical changes of shape of the packet with revivals of the initial shape. This is pure quantum behavior. The classical motion of angular momentum in an electric field in the case of a quadratic Stark effect is known to be a periodic. Solutions obtained for wave packet evolution are briefly compared with Rydberg-state coherent wave packets and harmonic-oscillator wave packets. Zeeman and Stark effects in small molecules continuously attract the attention of researchers, theoreticians, as well as experimentalists. These investigations allow us to obtain a deeper understanding of the interaction of molecules with stationary external fields and also can be used as a practical tool to measure different molecular characteristics, such as permanent electric or magnetic dipole moments, intramolecular perturbations, etc. It is worthwhile analyzing these effects as an evolution of wave packets. All this motivates a comparison of the quantum and classical picture of Zeeman and Stark effects in molecules.PACS No.: 33.55.Be
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Knecht, Stefan, Michal Repisky, Hans Jørgen Aagaard Jensen, and Trond Saue. "Exact two-component Hamiltonians for relativistic quantum chemistry: Two-electron picture-change corrections made simple." Journal of Chemical Physics 157, no. 11 (September 21, 2022): 114106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0095112.
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Based on self-consistent field (SCF) atomic mean-field (amf) quantities, we present two simple yet computationally efficient and numerically accurate matrix-algebraic approaches to correct both scalar-relativistic and spin–orbit two-electron picture-change effects (PCEs) arising within an exact two-component (X2C) Hamiltonian framework. Both approaches, dubbed amfX2C and e(xtended)amfX2C, allow us to uniquely tailor PCE corrections to mean-field models, viz. Hartree–Fock or Kohn–Sham DFT, in the latter case also avoiding the need for a point-wise calculation of exchange–correlation PCE corrections. We assess the numerical performance of these PCE correction models on spinor energies of group 18 (closed-shell) and group 16 (open-shell) diatomic molecules, achieving a consistent [Formula: see text] Hartree accuracy compared to reference four-component data. Additional tests include SCF calculations of molecular properties such as absolute contact density and contact density shifts in copernicium fluoride compounds ([Formula: see text], n = 2,4,6), as well as equation-of-motion coupled-cluster calculations of x-ray core-ionization energies of [Formula: see text]- and [Formula: see text]-containing molecules, where we observe an excellent agreement with reference data. To conclude, we are confident that our (e)amfX2C PCE correction models constitute a fundamental milestone toward a universal and reliable relativistic two-component quantum-chemical approach, maintaining the accuracy of the parent four-component one at a fraction of its computational cost.
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Ciccone, Michael A., and Joann K. Wells. "Improper Shoulder Belt Use by Maryland Drivers." Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 30, no. 3 (June 1988): 359–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001872088803000309.
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This study was undertaken to determine the types and frequency of improper shoulder belt use–with particular emphasis on belt slack—in a state where belt use is mandatory. Motion picture films of drivers approaching stop signs in Maryland were analyzed by a trained panel to ascertain belt use and misuse. Over half the drivers of 1974–1987 model vehicles were observed to be belted. Slack in shoulder belts was the most common type of misuse and was much more prevalent among drivers of domestic cars than of imported cars. For belted drivers of domestic cars, 27% had 25–50 mm of slack in their belts, and 8% had 75 mm or more. By contrast, only 5% of belted drivers of imported cars had 25–50 mm of slack, and none had 75 mm or more. The window shade slack mechanism, found only in domestic vehicles, was most often associated with the slack.
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Radas, Sonja, and Steven M. Shugan. "Seasonal Marketing and Timing New Product Introductions." Journal of Marketing Research 35, no. 3 (August 1998): 296–315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002224379803500302.
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Virtually every product is seasonal; seasonality often dictates business strategy. In this article, the authors (1) show how to add known seasonal patterns to any dynamic model parsimoniously and without changing the fundamental model assumptions, (2) illustrate how their method provides strategic implications for timing new product introductions, and (3) provide an empirical application. The authors transform time so that, during high seasons, time is moving faster than normal time. Traditional methods only adjust sales, independent of the underlying sales model. The authors’ method also changes the product's growth along its life cycle and suggests that timing introduction decisions are dependent on the shape of the product's life cycle. The authors’ empirical work compares their theoretical results with empirical observations. With data for all major films released between July 1993 and 1995 (673 films), the authors estimate the seasonal pattern for the motion picture industry and compare their theory with studio behavior.
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Grigoryeva, V. N., and K. A. Mashkovich. "Metamorphopsia in neurological practice." Neurology, Neuropsychiatry, Psychosomatics 11, no. 4 (December 8, 2019): 111–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.14412/2074-2711-2019-4-111-116.
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Metamorphopsia is distortion of the visual perception of environmental objects (shape, sizes, orientation, color, and/or motion parameters), but without affecting their essential characteristics. It can be observed in the clinical picture of a number of diseases, interfering with daily activities and restricting the behavior of patients due to fear of its sudden occurrence. However, the importance of metamorphopsia is underestimated in practice, which is associated with both patients' tendency to be reticent about it and with physicians' unawareness about this condition. The review presents the classification of visual distortions, the clinical characteristics of peripheral (in eye structural pathology) and central (in brain damage) metamorphopsia. The most detailed discussion focuses on palinopsia. The Pulfrich phenomenon and the visual snow symptom are briefly described. The review considers metamorphopsia concurrent with illusions in the Alice-in-Wonderland syndrome. It characterizes the neurophysiological mechanisms of distorted vision and the pathology in which the latter can occur. There is evidence that it is important to timely detect metamorphopsia.
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Walter, Fabian. "The Violent Interstellar Medium of Nearby Dwarf Galaxies." Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 16, no. 1 (1999): 106–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/as99106.
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AbstractHigh resolution HI observations of nearby dwarf galaxies (most of which are situated in the M81 group at a distance of about 3·2 Mpc) reveal that their neutral interstellar medium (ISM) is dominated by hole-like features most of which are expanding. A comparison of the physical properties of these holes with the ones found in more massive spiral galaxies (such as M31 and M33) shows that they tend to reach much larger sizes in dwarf galaxies. This can be understood in terms of the galaxy's gravitational potential. The origin of these features is still a matter of debate. In general, young star forming regions (OB-associations) are held responsible for their formation. This picture, however, is not without its critics and other mechanisms such as the infall of high velocity clouds, turbulent motions or even gamma ray bursters have been recently proposed. Here I will present one example of a supergiant shell in IC 2574 which corroborates the picture that OB associations are indeed creating these structures. This particular supergiant shell is currently the most promising case to study the effects of the combined effects of stellar winds and supernova explosions which shape the neutral interstellar medium of (dwarf) galaxies.
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Baltodano Román, Gabriel. "La literatura y el cine: una historia de relaciones." LETRAS, no. 46 (July 29, 2009): 11–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.15359/rl.2-46.1.
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La literatura y el cine se relacionan en cuatro aspectos básicos: la literatura determina, en sus orígenes, la naturaleza de los filmes, sus motivos y estrategias; la literatura y el cine son formas narrativas, por lo que comparten estructuras míticas, populares y de relato; ambos se vinculan mediante el problema de la adaptación; y el cine ejerce una influencia estética en las obras literarias y en el concepto tradicional de literatura. Este artículo examina estos vínculos desde una perspectiva conceptual e histórica.Literature and cinema are related in four main aspects: in its origins literature determines the nature of films; literature and motion pictures are narratives, and share mythical, popular and narrative structures; both are linked because of the issue of adaptation; and movies influence literary works and the traditional concept of literature. This article examines these relationships from a conceptual and historic perspective.
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Costa, Stefano, and Francesco Ripanti. "Excava(c)tion in Vignale. Archaeology on stage, archaeology on the Web." AP: Online Journal in Public Archaeology 3 (January 6, 2017): 97. http://dx.doi.org/10.23914/ap.v3i0.31.
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As an orchestra or a rock star, archaeologists have their audience too. This paper wants to highlight an integrated approach between fieldwork, its account and its dissemination to the public in different ways, including social media. This potential integration has come to life in the 2011 excavation of the Roman mansio of Vignale (Italy) and it has been named “Excava(c)tion”. It doesn’t mean a new way of digging but another way of approaching the excavation, an approach integrated toward and with the public, both on site and on the social Web. “Excava(c)tion” conceives the site as a stage and digging as a performance, through a continuous dialogue between archaeologists and the public. Archaeologists share their work in the form of guided tours (live, theatrical-like performances), communicative diaries and videos (edited, motion-picture performances) and on a blog (www.uominiecoseavignale.it). They receive back comments and oral accounts from the local community about the main themes of common interest. “Excava(c)tion” means engagement both of archaeologists and the public in the pursuit of a global multivocality during archaeological excavation.
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Gerstner, David A. "Past the Post?: Screening Progress and Fascism's Return." tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society 15, no. 1 (January 23, 2017): 73–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.31269/triplec.v15i1.838.
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The 2016 presidential election triggers many unanticipated responses. Emotions run high. Political activists discover newfound energy. One’s place in the world has been unfixed, troubled, and unsettled. Philosophers and artists, stunned, rethink the terms for their critical positions and the formal aesthetics that shape their work. The moment is thus rife with anxiety in search of a response. As a film scholar, I find myself driven to script a response. Ironically, as I write I feel paused in time and space. My unfixedness in the shadow of the election put in motion what can best be described as quivering stasis. From my troubled place, an intellectual processing unfolded. I conjured ideas and images that invariably failed to yield a satisfactory response to what had come to pass. What had I seen? Felt? My psychical and physical response to current events might be likened to what Adorno refers to as “the capacity to shudder, as if goose bumps were the first aesthetic image” (437). It’s not a pretty picture. But we’ve known this all along.
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BEZVESILNA, Olena, Serhii NECHAY, and Igor GORJY. "METHODS OF STABILIZATION." Herald of Khmelnytskyi National University 303, no. 6 (December 2021): 174–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.31891/2307-5732-2021-303-6-174-180.
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The article is devoted to the analysis of methods of stabilization of photo-video camera and image, advantages and disadvantages of different methods of camera stabilization in order to improve the quality of photo and video shooting. The optical image stabilization system is an automated control system. In its composition, it must have a motion sensor, such as a gyroscope or accelerometer, analog or digital computing device and an actuator for motion compensation (motor). The purpose of such a control system is to maintain a fixed position relative to the inertial coordinate system, line of sight or light beam that passes through the camera lens and falls on the light-sensitive matrix. It is possible to realize it by means of the electric motor on the basis of the information from sensors. The electric motor rotates a certain stabilized optical unit, which in turn refracts the light beam. This unit is made with the possibility of rotation around the vertical and horizontal axes or the axes of the course and pitch. The optical unit rotates so that the projection of the image on the film or light-sensitive matrix fully compensates for camera shake during exposure. As a result, the projection always remains stationary with respect to the light-sensitive matrix for small oscillations of the camera. This provides the necessary image clarity. The steadic camera stabilization device provides smooth camera movement in different planes. Steadicams are used in film and video shooting, as it is the easiest way to get a quality picture in motion without shaking with minimal cost. To ensure high accuracy of image stabilization, it is proposed to use an optical stabilization system based on image stabilization. It can be used for photo and video equipment and even in systems such as binoculars and sights.
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Walton, J. F., J. A. Walowit, E. S. Zorzi, and J. Schrand. "Experimental Observation of Cavitating Squeeze-Film Dampers." Journal of Tribology 109, no. 2 (April 1, 1987): 290–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.3261353.
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This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation intended to observe cavitation in squeeze-film bearing dampers representative of those commonly found in aircraft gas turbine engines. Two different squeeze-film damper geometries were tested with both high-speed motion pictures and stroboscopic video recordings acquired at speeds up to 20,000 r/min. The results presented are limited to 8000 r/min due to the increased clarity of the photos acquired at the lower speeds and the similarity of trends at the higher speeds. Comparisons are also made with analysis formulated to handle the dynamics of the film rupture for the “short” damper case. The test results confirmed several of the commonly held “short” bearing assumptions (i.e., predominant axial flow and the effect of supply pressure and eccentricity on the cavitation zone). However, the test results demonstrated that significant flow reversals and film rupture were experienced in the feed/drain grooves in contradiction to the assumed boundary conditions. While agreement between analysis and test is of the right order of magnitude in predicting the cavitation zone shape and circumferential extent, current analyses do not adequately account for the observed variations in the boundaries and change in shape of the cavitation zone.
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Williamson, Colin. "The Garden in the Laboratory: Arthur C. Pillsbury’s Time-Lapse Films and the American Conservation Movement." Philosophies 7, no. 5 (October 18, 2022): 118. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/philosophies7050118.
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From the 1910s through the 1930s, the American naturalist and photographer Arthur C. Pillsbury made time-lapse and microscopic films documenting what he, in common parlance, called the “miracles of plant life”. While these films are now mostly lost, they were part of Pillsbury’s prolific work as a conservationist and traveling film lecturer who used his cameras everywhere from Yosemite National Park to Samoa to promote both public understanding of plants and a desire to protect the natural world. Guiding this work was Pillsbury’s belief that the nonhuman optics of the film camera, which revealed the animacy of plants, could also incite viewers to sympathize with them. In the context of the early American conservation movement, that sympathy stemmed in complicated ways from longstanding transcendental and pastoral ideas of nature that were entangled with imperialist visions of controlling nature. With an eye to that context, I show that Pillsbury’s filmmaking was not simply about using motion picture technologies to shape attitudes toward plants and nature more broadly; it was also about using nature to think through the techno-scientific possibilities of the cinema in the early part of the twentieth century.
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TOPALSKA, NINA. "„ВЪВ ВЕЧНО ДВИЖЕНИЕ БЪДЕЩЕТО Е“ (МЕТАФОРИЧНА РЕПРЕЗЕНТАЦИЯ НА КОНЦЕПТА COVID-19 В БЪЛГАРСКИЯ МЕДИЕН ДИСКУРС) / “ALWAYS IN MOTION IS THE FUTURE” (METAPHORICAL REPRESENTATION OF COVID-19 IN BULGARIAN MEDIA DISCOURSE)." Journal of Bulgarian Language 69, no. 01 (May 3, 2022): 174–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.47810/bl.69.22.01.11.
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The coronavirus pandemic declared in March 2020 has caused a global crisis not only in the health, economic and psychological spheres but also in the cognitive do-main. Due to the rapid exchange of information in the electronic media, the “new reality” has emerged in clear outlines in just a few weeks. The virus has been described in both international and Bulgarian media mostly figuratively, by means of known conceptual metaphors. The language material for this study was excerpted from items published on the news websites dir.bg, blitz.bg and novini.bg over the period March – July 2020 – the time of the most heated public de-bates, in which the metaphorical concept of COVID-19 took its basic shape. The rich illustrative material allows for a relatively complete reconstruction of the concept, one that highlights elements both universal and specific to the Bulgarian linguistic picture of the world. The figurative representation is interpreted within a particular stylistic frame-work defined by a specific speech strategy. Keywords: the concept of COVID-19, metaphorical representation, Bulgarian me-dia discourse
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Lee, Edward T., and Fred Y. Wu. "Algorithms for simple object reconstruction using the largest possible object approach." Robotica 10, no. 4 (July 1992): 377–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0263574700008213.
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SUMMARYRecently, three-dimensional motion analysis and shape recovery have attracted growing attention as promising avenues of approach to image understanding, object reconstruction as well as computer vision for robotic Systems. The image generation problem and the model generation problem are presented. More specifically, the inputs to the image generator are an old image, object model, motion specification, and hidden line and hidden surface algorithms. The output is a new image. Since the object model is given, the top-down approach is usually used. On the other hand, for the model generation problem, the input is an image sequence while the output is an object model. Since the object model is not given, and bottom-up approach is usually used.In this paper, the largest possible object approach is proposed and the advantages of this approach are stated. They are:1. This approach may be applicable to objects with planar surfaces as well as nonplanar surfaces.2. This approach may be applicable to the case that there are more than one face change per frame.3. This approach may be applicable when the camera is moving.4. This approach may be applicable when the object is measured by several measuring stations.By using this approach, algorithms for simple object reconstruction given a sequence of pictures are presented together with illustrative examples. The relevance and importance of this work are discussed.The results of this paper may have useful applications in object reconstruction, pictorial data reduction and computer vision for robotic Systems.
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Oliva, A., and P. G. Schyns. "Diagnostic Colours Influence Speeded Scene Recognition." Perception 25, no. 1_suppl (August 1996): 114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/v96l1007.
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A critical aspect of early visual processes is to extract shape data for matching against memory representations for recognition. Many theories of recognition assume that this is achieved by luminance information. However, psychophysical studies have revealed that colour is being used by low-level visual modules such as motion, stereopsis, texture, and 2-D shapes. Should colour really be discarded from theories of recognition? Here we present two studies which seek to throw light on the role of chromatic information for the recognition of real scene pictures. We used three versions of scene pictures (gray levels, normally coloured and abnormally coloured) coming from two broad categories. In the first category, colour was diagnostic of the category (eg beach, forest, and valley). In the second category colour was not diagnostic (eg city, road, and room). In the second category colour was not diagnostic (eg city, road, and room). Results revealed that chromatic information is being registered and facilitates recognition even after a 30 ms exposure to the scene stimuli. However, influences of colour on speeded categorisations were only observed with the colour-diagnostic categories. No influence of colour was observed with the other categories. A similar pattern of results was observed with 120 ms exposure. However, there was an interference of the wrong colour on recognition in colour-diagnostic categories. In sum, colour, when it is diagnostic of the category, influences speeded scene recognition.
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Katalo, Kamel. "Love and Hate in a Sample of Palestinian Females Children's Drawings and their Emotional Assimilation." Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences 49, no. 1 (August 2, 2022): 325–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.35516/hum.v49i1.1662.
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The study aims to identify emotional Assimilation (love and hate) in a sample of drawings by Palestinian refugee children(female). The sample consisted of 68 pictures drawn by girls, aged 9 and 10, from Al-Arroub Refugee Camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Each girl provided two drawings: one representing love and one representing hate. The study used the descriptive approach and the content analysis method. A model was designed for analysis, and its validity and consistency were calculated. The study checked for the emotional assimilation of love and hate in all symbolic expressions, whether they were political, social, natural, national, evaluative or religious according to the elements of the artistic composition: dominance of the element, position of the drawing, motion, method of expression, background of the drawing, the lines, the colors, number of shapes, and type of the shape: human, animal, plant, etc. The results for the detailed elements were discussed in the light of the previous literature and the theoretical framework of the present study, and some recommendations were made.
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N, Rahul, and Dr Nagaraj G. Cholli. "Image Reconstruction Using Deep Neural Networks Models." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 10, no. 8 (August 31, 2022): 1188–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2022.46251.
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Abstract: Image restoration is the process of restoring the original image. It can be challenging to eliminate image blur in a variety of contexts, including photography, radar imaging, and the removal of motion blur brought on by camera shaking. Image noise is unintentional signal that enters an image from a sensor,such as a thermal or electrical signal or an external factor like rain or snow. The image degradation may be caused by transmission noise, object motion, resolution restrictions, coding artefacts, camera shake, or a combination of these factors. In order to distinguish between HF and LF artefacts, image decomposition is employed to divide the deformed image into a texture layer and a structure layer (Low Frequency LF Component) The current approach utilises the frequency characteristics of various forms of artefactsthrough a configurable deep neural network structure. Therefore, by changing the architecture, the same method may be applied to a number of picture restoration tasks. A quality enhancement network that uses residual and recursive learning is suggested for decreasing the artefacts with comparable frequency characteristics. Residuallearning is used to enhance performance and speed up the training process. Recursive learning is used to both improve performance and drastically cut down on the amount of training parameters. This Project aims to build systems for reconstructing the old images from under sampled one and mismatched Pixels to form a proper image to increase its visible quality and its pixels quality by using a Deep Neural network Models and it can improve the integration of various feature representations from many photos. Result Shows Improved Training accuracy of 92%.When compared to the two-frame designs now in use, the multi-frame architecture will be used which prevents repetitive computations caused by multiple inferences when aligning multiple images
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Christensen, Louise. "Metaphors of change." Journal of Organizational Ethnography 6, no. 2 (July 10, 2017): 116–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joe-04-2017-0019.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how a study of a practice can lay the foundation to describe this very practice whilst transformations of it were taken place. Descriptions of changes to the practice of social work which was observed empirically serve as a starting point for experimenting with how social scientists, though often exploring transformative study objects, can remain focused on describing the object, under study. Design/methodology/approach The study was done through circa one year of fieldwork conducted with participant observation in two Danish municipal units offering services to socially marginalized people and interviews with social workers and employees in drug/alcohol treatment and psychiatric units. Findings The object of study within social sciences, though changing, is able to be described. Through the theories of “Social Navigation” (Vigh) and “Strategy and Tactics” (de Certeau), the practice of social work can be described as one concrete bounded practice but one which is performed within a transformative/changeable environment that are capable of influencing it. In this case, the experience of a changeable seascape might serve as a metaphor for how study objects change within an environment of change; how they can be viewed as “motion within motion” (Vigh). Originality/value Even though fields such as anthropology and organizational studies seem to rid themselves from their objects of study (culture and organization, respectively) and dissociate themselves from descriptions thereof these objects might still be of value to us. Even though the objects of study in postmodern anthropology and organizational studies are defined as unbounded, anti-essential, ephemeral, ever-changing non-objects, this might not be the entire picture. Despite their ever-changing shape, we might still be able to study and describe them if we take their changeable form and environment into account.
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MCNABB, ALEX. "A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR THE ORIGINS OF GEOTHERMAL AND VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND." ANZIAM Journal 50, no. 3 (January 2009): 421–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1446181109000182.
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AbstractThe current geothermal and volcanic activity in the North Island of New Zealand is explained as a consequence of Pacific and Australian plate interactions over the last 20 million years. The primary hypothesis is that the Kermadec subduction zone has for the last 20 million years or more been retreating in a south-easterly direction at about five centimetres per year. It is surmised that this motion and interaction with another subduction zone almost at right angles to it under the North Island resulted in plate tearing due to the incompatibility of the plate geometry where these subduction zones interacted. The nature and consequences of this plate tearing are partially revealed in published maps of the plate currently under the North Island. If the subducted parts of this plate, as shown in Eiby’s maps, [G. A. Eiby, “The New Zealand sub-crustal rift”, New Zeal. J. Geol. Geophy.7 (1964) 109–133] are straightened, then the plate edge lies on a curve giving a rough picture of their position before being torn and subducted by the Kermadec trench motion. This map of the tear suggests the shape of the edge of a missing plate segment torn from the plate, and implies a rotation of the upper North Island, clockwise approximately 20 degrees, about a point just south of the Thames estuary. A consequence of this plate tearing is that the solid retreating crustal wave generating magma pressure beneath the crest of the solid wave has the potential to inject significant basaltic magma into the crust through the tears. These intrusive magma fluxes have the ability to generate geothermal fields and rhyolitic lavas from crustal melts. This could explain the geothermal activity along the Coromandel peninsula five to seven million years ago, the ignimbrite outcrops about Lake Taupo and the current geothermal and volcanic activity stretching from Taupo to Rotorua.