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To enable high-level semantic indexing of video, we tackle the problem of automatically structuring motion pictures into meaningful story units, namely scenes. In our recent work, drawing guidance from Film Grammar, we proposed an algorithmic solution for extracting scenes in motion pictures based on a shot neighborhood color coherence measure. In this paper, we extend our work by presenting va...

The visual processing of objects in natural scenes is fast and efficient, as indexed by behavioral and ERP data [Nature 381 (1996) 520]. The results from a recent experiment suggested that such fast routines work in parallel across the visual field when subjects were presented with two natural scenes simultaneously [Nature Neurosci. 5 (2002) 629]. In the present experiment, the visual system wa...

Work was conducted among traditional, subsistence whale hunters in Lamalera, Indonesia, in order to test if strict biological kinship or lineage membership is more important for explaining the organization of cooperative hunting parties ranging in size from 8 to 14 men. Crew identifications were collected for all 853 hunts that occurred between May 3 and August 5, 1999. Lineage identity and gen...

background: scenes depicting smoking are among the causes of smoking initiation in youth. the present study was the first in iran to collect some primary information regarding the presence of smoking scenes in movies and propagation of tobacco use. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted by polling audience about smoking scenes in persian movies on theaters in 2011. data were collecte...

As media technologies have developed over time, generating novel methods of creating, presenting and interacting with visual information, artists began experimenting with new concepts and possibilities by producing artworks which moved conventional borders of art expression. New media technologies have introduced new opportunities for artistic creation and have brought the computer created desi...

Human memory for visual scenes varies according to a number of factors. These include the novelty of the scene, its behavioral relevance, and the subject’s attention. Often, people will clearly remember details of the context in which they received shocking news—for example, remembering where they were and what they were doing when they heard that Elvis had died. This raises the possibility tha...

Aim. to characterize the mechanisms, patterns, and outcomes of nonfatal hunting-related injuries in patients presenting to Bern University Hospital, Switzerland, and compare these to reports of hunting injuries worldwide. Methods. patients presenting with hunting-related injuries to the Emergency Department at Bern University hospital from 2000 to 2014 were identified by retrospectively searchi...