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Qos Scalability For Streamed Media Delivery, Charles Krasic, Jonathan Walpole

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Applications with real-rate progress requirements, such as mediastreaming systems, are difficult to deploy in shared heterogenous environments such as the Internet. On the Internet, mediastreaming systems must be capable of trading off resource requirements against the quality of the media streams they deliver, in order to match wide-ranging dynamic variations in bandwidth between servers and clients. Since quality requirements tend to be user- and task-specific, mechanisms for capturing quality of service requirements and mapping them to appropriate resource-level adaptation policies are required. In this paper, we describe a general approach for automatically mapping user-level quality of service specifications onto resource …

The Daily Egyptian, August 31, 1999, Daily Egyptian Staff

August 1999

No abstract provided.

Talents Of Ud Visual Arts Faculty Showcased At Annual Rike Center Gallery Exhibition

News Releases

News release announces that the University of Dayton faculty exhibit will be on display at UD's Rike Center Gallery.

149th Commencement, Summer

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

1999 Summary Report On Institutional Effectiveness, Clemson University

Institutional Effectiveness Reports

No abstract provided.

Careers For Women In Design, Nitza Nater Arvelo

Theses

Careers for Women in Design is an interactive application created in order to help, guide and support women in their search for professional goals towards a career in design or related field. Although this project was especially designed for women, men also can benefit from it.

Deaf Children, Self-Esteem, And Parents' Communication Patterns, Lynn Marie Bloom

Theses and Graduate Projects

The purpose of this study was to analyze the responses from high school students who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing regarding self-esteem, and communication methods used in the family. The quantitative design examines how the parents' communication methods affect the Deaf child's level of self-esteem. Several studies have reported there is a relationship between the family's communication method and the deaf child's level of self-esteem. Parents whose sign language skills were more proficient had children whose self-esteem scores were higher than those of parents who were less skilled in sign language. Also, parents have an important role to play in preparing …

Monitor Newsletter July 19, 1999, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

Washington University Record, July 15, 1999

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Univercity News (1999-07-12)

UniverCity News, 1998-2001

VCU Today, the University’s first official administrative organ, began as a somewhat irregular monthly publication but moved to a bi-weekly newspaper format in the 1980s. The newspaper changed its name to VCU Voice in 1988 and ten years later it appeared under the title UniverCity News. As it neared the end of its run as a physical newspaper, the publication became simply VCU News. These four publications were essentially the same periodical published under different titles by the Office of University Relations. VCU News appeared online for the first time in 2002.

Vol.27 N.24 July 1st 1999, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

Commencement Program 1999, Newark State College

Commencement Programs

This Commencement Program is for Newark State Teachers College's Class of 1999. The college created this brochure to showcase the Program, Honorary Degrees, Honorary Graduates, Degree Candidates, Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts, Master of Arts, Class Officers, Psychology Diploma, Academic Costume, Board of Trustees, Battle Hymn of the Republic, and the Alma Mater.

Self-Portrait: The Integrity And Interdependence Of Objective Information And Subjective Experience In The Representation Of Memory, Katherine Hannigan

Theses

This thesis is concerned with the subjective experience and the objective quantifiers of life events. It explores the awareness and the representation of the rational and emotional, the quantitative and qualitative, or the objective and subjective aspects of experience in memory. The works in the thesis are self-portraits.

Communicating Through Photographs: A Guide For Public Relations Professionals, Carol Ann Desimine

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of preparing this guide was to create a resource for public relations professionals to refer to when faced with the task of placing photographs in publications. The assumption is that most public relations professionals are not trained to think visually, partly because their education is focused on writing and virtually ignores aesthetics. Since readership surveys find that people prefer photographs over the written word, and that pictures capture attention quicker than headlines, it is essential that public relations people know how to use visuals to enhance a message. The primary research methods of this study were examination of …

Sketch-Based Image Queries In Topographic Databases, James Carswell

Articles

In this paper we present the development of a system prototype for sketch-based queries for the content-based retrieval of digital images from topographic databases. We discuss our overall strategy and associated algorithmic and implementation aspects, and present associated database design issues. The query tools devised in this research are employing user-provided sketches of the shape and spatial configuration of the object(s) which should appear in the images to be retrieved. Our matching tool is inspired by least-squares matching (lsm), and represents an extension of lsm to function with a variety of raster representations. Our strategy makes use of a hierarchical …

On The Geometries Of Conic Section Representation Of Noisy Object Boundaries, Qiuming Zhu

Computer Science Faculty Publications

This paper studies some geometrical properties of conic sections and the utilization of these properties for the generation of conic section representations of object boundaries in digital images. Several geometrical features of the conic sections, such as the chord, the characteristic point, the guiding triangles, and their appearances under the tessellation and noise corruption of the digital images are discussed. The study leads to a noniterative algorithm that takes advantage of these features in the process of formulating the conic section parameters and generating the approximations of object boundaries from the given sequences of edge pixels in the images. The …

1999 May 15

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, May 11, 1999, Daily Egyptian Staff

May 1999

No abstract provided.

149th Commencement, Spring

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Active Learning And Direct Instruction On College Students Enrolled In Two Classes Of Introductory Photography, Deborah A. Hughes-Gallinelli

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to learn about teaching methods and their effects on achievement and skill. The problem was to investigate the effects of both active learning and direct instruction (lecture/demonstration) on students' ability to produce a continuous tone, ten step gray scale, black and white photographic print.

The researcher arranged for a college instructor of photography to teach two intact classes of General Photography using the two instructional methods. The objectives for both classes were the same. Each student in both groups completed eight photographic assignments. After twelve (12) weeks of instruction and studio/lab work, each student …

The Goddess Sells: The Impact Of Archetypes In Visual Communications, Martha M. Torres Donovan

Theses

Graphic design is the process of connecting with an audience by creating visual communication that appeals to a audience's intellect and aesthetic sensibility. the use of archetypes as a form of connection is a familiar process. This thesis explores the use of the goddess archetype in visual communications, specifically in advertising.

Cross-Cultural Visual Communication, Chia-Wen Tsao

Theses

Explores how visual elements, such as ancient symbols and characters, have been used in visual communication across both Chinese and Western cultures. Analyzes existing cross-cultural packaging design examples. Compares packaging from a USA-based food company with a Taiwan-based food company in order to explore whether or not the design decisions communicate with ethnic audiences who are not familiar with these food products.

The Impact Of Graphic Design On The Target Audience: Designing An Effective Social Marketing Campaign, Cynthia Childs

Theses

The goal of this thesis is to determine how to best design visual communications within the context of a social marketing campaign in order to most effectively reach the target audience. This study uses the promotion of breast feeding as content for a social marketing campaign.

Graphic Design And Architecture At Their Intersection, Kathleen Kaminski

Theses

This thesis will explore the increasingly important role played by graphic design in architecture. Traditionally thought of as a two-dimensional applied art, graphic design has relevant applications in the design of places. This is sometimes known as environmental graphic design. The premise of this investigation is that by extending graphic design into the world of architecture, both disciplines are strengthened. Graphic design in an architectural context benefits from a more long-lasting medium, in material and duration, than its more common forms in print, film or digital media. Architecture, in its turn, gains another way to communicate to an audience, one …

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet May 1999, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The May 1999 Monthly packet includes the May agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held April 1999.

Using Television & Video To Teach English For Bilingual Students, Thu N. Nguyen

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the visual program was to stimulate the learning ability in an interesting way. Twenty bilingual students were organized into three condition groups; group A read with videotapes, group B read along and group C read textbook only. Group A and B were students of mixing levels of limited to close mastering level of speaking. Group C mixed students of limited English to none. There were six units of twelve lessons. The students of three groups took the same pretest and posttest for each unit. A final test was given out to measure the reading skills of previous …

Washington University Record, April 22, 1999

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Mixed Media April 22, 1999, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The April 22, 1999 issue includes articles on NATO's recent actions, the Kosovo War, the planned cancellation of the scriptwriting workshop, and man's evolution, along with the comics "Ben" by Frenzer, 3x4 by Evan Larson, "Die" by Paul, game "Name that Affliction" by Cristina Spiridakis, event notices, and other announcements. The issue also includes a paper doll series featuring RISD President Roger Mandle.

Orpheus, Spring 1999, University Of Dayton

Orpheus: UD's Literary and Artistic Magazine

No abstract provided.

Comprehensive Analysis Of Edge Detection In Color Image Processing, Shu-Yu Zhu, Konstantinos N. Kostas Plataniotis, Anastasios N. Venetsanopoulos

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications

Various approaches to edge detection for color images, including techniques extended from monochrome edge detection as well as vector space approaches, are examined. In particular, edge detection techniques based on vector order statistic operators and difference vector operators are studied in detail. Numerous edge detectors are obtained as special cases of these two classes of operators. The effect of distance measures on the performance of different color edge detectors is studied by employing distance measures other than the Euclidean norm. Variations are introduced to both the vector order statistic operators and the difference vector operators to improve noise performance. They …