The present research tests a model derived from self-determination theory to explain why self-concealment (the tendency to keep distressing personal information secret) is associated with negative well-being outcomes. Two studies tested a model in which self-concealment predicts the thwarting of basic needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness, which then results in negative psychological ...

We introduce the concept of “marketing avoidance” – consumer efforts to conceal themselves and to deflect marketing. The setting is one where sellers market some item through solicitations to potential consumers, who differ in their benefit from the item and suffer harm from receiving solicitations. Concealment by one consumer induces sellers to shift solicitations to other consumers, while def...

Error concealment for stereoscopic images receives little attention in research of image processing. While many methods have been proposed for monocular images, this paper considers a concealment strategy for block loss in stereoscopic image pairs, utilizing the information of the associated image to fulfill the higher quality demand. We present a hybrid approach, combining a 2D projective tran...

The problem of error control and concealment in video communication is becoming increasingly important because of the growing interest in video delivery over unreliable channels such as wireless networks and the Internet. This paper reviews the techniques that have been developed for error control and concealment in the past 10–15 years. These techniques are described in three categories accord...

Transmission of a compressed video signal over a lossy communication network exposes the information to losses and errors, which leads to significant visible errors in the reconstructed frames at the decoder side. In this paper we present a new hybrid error concealment algorithm for compressed video sequences, based on temporal and spatial concealment methods. We describe spatial and temporal t...

OBJECTIVES Despite the rapid expansion of the antiaging cosmetic industry in recent years, little is known about the current social judgment consequences of concealing one's age. In two studies, we examined perceivers' evaluations and mental representations of individuals who engage in age concealment. METHODS In Study 1, we assessed young and older adults' reactions toward a middle-aged or o...

Parent and adolescent (M = 15.7 years) beliefs regarding parents’ right to know (RTK) about adolescents’ activities were examined in 174 middle-class U.S. families. Mean differences and associations with latent changes in teens’ concealment were assessed. RTK was greatest about risky prudential activities, least for personal activities for parents and romantic activities for teens, and higher f...

The new high efficiency video coding standard (HEVC) includes structures and tools that were not available in previous standards. The macrobock concept was replaced by a quad-tree structure that includes: coding units, prediction units and transform units; also, new parallelization tools are now available. Video transmissions over error prone environments have the need of reliable and efficient...