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A Neural Network Approach To Key Frame Extraction, Rajesh Narasimha, Andreas Savakis, Raghuveer M. Rao, Ricardo De Queiroz

Articles

We present a neural network based approach to key frame extraction in the compressed domain. The proposed method is an amalgamation of both the MPEG-7 descriptors namely motion intensity descriptor and spatial activity descriptor. Shot boundary detection and block motion estimation techniques are employed prior to the extraction of the descriptors. The motion intensity (“pace of action”) is obtained using a fuzzy system that classifies the motion intensity into five categories proportional to the intensity. The spatial activity matrix determines the spatial distribution of activity (“active regions”) in a frame. A neural network is used to pick those frames as …

Murray Ledger And Times, December 18, 2003, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Utb/Tsc Board Of Trustees - Minutes - 2003-12-18, University Of Texas At Brownsville And Texas Southmost College. Vice President For Administration And Partnership Affairs.

UTB/TSC Archives - UTB/TSC Board of Trustees Meetings 2003-2011

No abstract provided.

The Weekly Challenger, December 18, 2003, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 18, 2003, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Reglamento Prestamista De Ultima Instancia: Cuarta Resolución De Fecha 18 De Diciembre De 2003, Central Bank Of The Dominican Republic

Documents

No abstract provided.

Republican Leaders Save Travel Ban, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

No abstract provided.

Rotc Joint Commissioning Onboard Uss Belleau Wood (Lha-3), Office Of Public Information

News Releases (1968-2004)

No abstract provided.

12/17/2003 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 12/17/2003. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

Faculty Mission Statement, Department Of Technical Services (2003), William T. O'Malley

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

No abstract provided.

December 17th 2003, Hispanic News

Inland Empire Hispanic News

No abstract provided.

An In Vitro Analysis Of Neuronal Survival In Response To Hormones And Photoperiod In The Hvc Of The Songbird Junco Hyemalis, Catherine Martin Humphries

Chemistry and Biochemistry

The ability of songbirds to sing is essential for their survival, proper reproductive behavior, and territorial establishment. Male and female juvenile passerine songbirds learn their song through the formation of a song template in their earliest days of life, first by listening to their parents, and then followed by auditory feedback against their own templates to crystallize their individual songs. However, in most passerine species, only the adult males actually sing on a seasonal basis with little to no singing during winter, followed by a phase of song production in the spring in correlation with increased plasma testosterone concentration and …

Chemical And Mass Spectral Studies Of 2,2-Dialkylglycine Decarboxylase, Julie Ann La Rocca-Brigham

Chemistry and Biochemistry

2,2-Dialkylglycine Decarboxylase, DGD, is a decarboxylating transaminase that is dependent on a vitamin B6 cofactor, pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP). DGD catalyzes the decomposition of 2-methylalanine in two steps. DGD was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation and ion-exchange chromatography. The enzyme was reduced to form a covalent bond between the enzyme and the PLP. Also, [alpha]-(Trifluoromethyl) Alanine, a suicide mechanism based inhibitor was reacted with DGD until the enzyme was completely inactivated. The nonmodified DGD and these two modified forms of the enzyme were subjected to enzymatic digestion by trypsin. Finally, all three peptide mixtures were analyzed by LC/MS/MS. The mass spectra …

Two Unh Fraternities Found, Kim Billings

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

The Limitations Of Service Members' Constitutional Rights, Dene Ray Leonard

Justice

This thesis reviews the constitutional rights of service members and how they are limited by the military. These affected rights include the First Amendment's rights to free speech, religious exercise and the ability to petition the government for redress of grievances; the Fifth Amendment's due process clause; and the Sixth Amendment's right to a jury of one's peers. The discussion section of this thesis argues two justifications used by the military for limiting service members' rights. The first justification is in support of good order, discipline and morale. The second justification is in support of uniformity. The latter discussion also …

Fluid Flow In Oscillating Cavities, Srivathsan Ragunathan

Engineering

Oscillatory flows have gained considerable research attention in the recent decades following an interest in transport enhancement in micro-electronic devices. Heat transfer enhancement due to flow modulation has an inherent advantage over conventional mechanical heat transfer components in terms of reduction in weight and space. The present work is aimed at studying fluid flow in oscillating square cavities as a first step towards heat transfer enhancement. A commercial CFD code, Fluent, was used to model a test case consisting of Stokes' second problem, with a source code written in the C programming language. The simulated results were in good agreement …

Assembly Of Α4Β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Assessed With Functional Fluorescently Labeled Subunits: Effects Of Localization, Trafficking, And Nicotine-Induced Upregulation In Clonal Mammalian Cells And In Cultured Midbrain Neurons, Raad Nashmi, Mary E. Dickinson, Sheri Mckinney, Mark Jareb, Cesar Labarca, Scott E. Fraser E. Fraser, Henry A. Lester

Biology Faculty Publications

Fura-2 recording of Ca²⁺ influx was used to show that incubation in 1 μM nicotine (2–6d) upregulates several pharmacological components of acetylcholine (ACh) responses in ventral midbrain cultures, including a MLA-resistant, DHβE-sensitive component that presumably corresponds to α4β2 receptors. To study changes in α4β2 receptor levels and assembly during this upregulation, we incorporated yellow and cyan fluorescent proteins (YFPs and CFPs) into the α4 or β2 M3–M4 intracellular loops, and these subunits were coexpressed in human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293T cells and cultured ventral midbrain neurons. The fluorescent …

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes 2003-12-16, Bowling Green State University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

The official meeting minutes of Bowling Green State University's Board of Trustees.

Expert Source On School Lunch Programs Available For Interviews, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

School lunch programs are under fire across the country for serving too much fat, refined carbohydrates and processed foods. According to the Associated Press, critics charge that schools offer too much junk food, rely too heavily on government commodities and don't do enough to educate students and cafeteria managers about healthy eating. The problem often is compounded by tight funding, lax enforcement of guidelines and public apathy.

Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2003 December 16, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

Minutes

Minutes of the Teleconference of The Clemson University Board of Trustees. E-305 Martin Hall, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.

International Criminal Court Delegate Available To Discuss Hussein Capture, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The capture of Saddam Hussein is being hailed as a milestone in the war against terrorism, but it marks only the beginning of a process to bring the deposed Iraqi leader to justice. The U.S. government is working with the Iraqi Governing Council to determine how and when Hussein will be tried for his actions.

The Bg News December 16, 2003, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 16, 2003. Volume 94-Issue 75.

Improved Methods And System For Watermarking Halftone Images, Phil Sherry

Theses

Watermarking is becoming increasingly important for content control and authentication. Watermarking seamlessly embeds data in media that provide additional information about that media. Unfortunately, watermarking schemes that have been developed for continuous tone images cannot be directly applied to halftone images. Many of the existing watermarking methods require characteristics that are implicit in continuous tone images, but are absent from halftone images. With this in mind, it seems reasonable to develop watermarking techniques specific to halftones that are equipped to work in the binary image domain. In this thesis, existing techniques for halftone watermarking are reviewed and improvements are developed …

Arbiter, December 15, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Columbia Chronicle (12/15/2003), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from December 15, 2003 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 32 pages and is listed as Volume 37, Number 13. Editor-in-Chief: Chris Coates

Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 38, No. 1, Winter 2004, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

The Fight Club in the Field House
The “sweet science” never gained a lasting foothold on The Hill, but the College does possess a pugilistic history.
By Michael E. Neagle ’98

Becoming Partners in Mission
Holy Cross Jesuits have been traveling to Bolivia, where an innovative network of educational initiatives is changing lives.
By Paul E. Kandarian

Heroes of the Gridiron
A new book by Wally Carew recalls the football rivalry between Holy Cross and Boston College that lasted almost a century.
By Patrick Maloney ’02

“Drive and determination”
Susie Whelan ’07 puts everything on the line every time she …

Examining Economic Impact And Recovery In South Dakota From The 2002 Drought, Matthew Diersen, Gary Taylor

Economics Staff Paper Series (1969 - 2017)

During the 2002 drought, farm sector economic factors were monitored to assess the likely statewide economic impacts. Timely moisture during the spring of 2003 resulted in a sizeable wheat harvest relative to recent years. Prices in the fall of 2003 have also been significantly higher for cattle and soybeans compared to prices in recent years. As a result, there have been inquiries as to the extent of economic recovery in the farm sector of South Dakota. The purpose of this paper is to outline the estimation procedure used to assess the drought in 2002, validate the extent of the impact, …

Ada News - 12/15/2003, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Monitor Newsletter December 15, 2003, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

December 15, 2003 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Impaired Antigen Receptor Induced Calcium Mobilization In A Phospholipase C-Gamma1 Deficient B Cell Line., Natarajan Muthusamy, Do Joon Park, Hei-Won Rho, Sue Goo Rhee, Subbarao Bondada

Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications

B lymphocytes express phospholipase C-gamma(1) (PLC-gamma(1)) and phospholipase C-gamma(2) (PLC-gamma(2)) isozymes. However, the relative importance of these two isozymes in B cell signaling is not known. We report here the identification and analysis of a B cell line deficient in PLC-gamma(1). Mature splenic B lymphocytes and a panel of cell lines representing pre-B, immature and mature B cell stages expressed phospholipase C-gamma (PLC-gamma), but not the beta or delta isoforms of phospholipase C (PLC). While all the tested B cell lines and primary splenic B cells expressed PLC-gamma(1) and PLC-gamma(2) isozymes, the L1.2 B cell line exclusively expressed PLC-gamma(2), but …