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Determining Affinity Scores For Live Video Content

Defensive Publications Series

Disclosed herein is a mechanism for determining affinity scores for live video content. The mechanism can include identifying a live video stream and a target user. The mechanism can then determine viewership scores for users similar to the target user based on a number of users viewing the live video stream. The mechanism can update the viewership scores over time to determine whether the number of users is increasing or decreasing and whether users prefer to watch the video content when it is live or after it has already aired. The mechanism can determine an affinity of the target user …

Connecting Devices Based On Captured Image Data, Joseph Cohen, Justin Lewis

Defensive Publications Series

Disclosed herein is a mechanism for connecting devices based on captured image data. A streaming media device can transmit content information indicating content that is currently being presented on a display associated with the streaming media device to a server device. A user device can transmit image data (e.g., captured by a camera associated with the user device) to the server device that represents content that is currently being presented on a display device. The server device can, in turn, compare the content information received from multiple streaming media devices with the image data received from the user device to …

Pull-Based Casting Of Media Content Items, Thomas Price, Justin Lewis

Defensive Publications Series

Disclosed herein is a mechanism for transferring the playback of media content from a user device to a media device. A media content item can be presented on a user device, and a media device can receive an input from a user indicating that the playback of the media content item is to be transferred from the user device to the media device. The media device can record ambient sounds that may include audio content corresponding to the media content item being presented on the user device, and can transmit the recorded ambient sounds to a server for identification. The …

Presenting Indications Of Alternative Search Results Associated With A Voice Query, Justin Lewis, Thomas Price

Defensive Publications Series

Disclosed herein is a mechanism for presenting indications of available alternative search results associated with a voice query. In response to receiving a voice query on a user device that instructs a system to cause a media content item to be presented on a particular media device (e.g., "play Artist A on bedroom television", the mechanism can parse the query to identify a group of candidate media content items each corresponding to a result in a group of results associated with the query and can assign a keyword to each of the results in the group of results. The mechanism …

Synchronizing Media Content In A Shared Virtual Reality Environment, Bryce Reid, Samuel Keene, Erin Teague, Joshua Austin, Cong Li

Defensive Publications Series

Disclosed herein is a mechanism for synchronizing media content in a shared virtual reality environment. The mechanism can cause a shared virtual reality space to be presented on multiple user devices corresponding to multiple users participating in the shared virtual reality space. In some instances, users in the shared virtual reality space can be viewing different media content items. The mechanism can cause indications of the media content items being viewed by each user to be presented within the shared virtual reality space. In response to receiving a selection from a first user device of an indication of a media …

Detecting Spam Content By Clustering Media Channels Having Similar Thumbnail Images, Bing Jian, Charles Curry

Defensive Publications Series

Disclosed herein is a mechanism for detecting spam content by clustering media channels having similar thumbnail images. In some instances, the mechanism can construct an index of video thumbnail images. For example, the index of thumbnail images can be a unique set of the most frequently used thumbnail images from the thumbnail images associated with each video in a corpus of videos. The mechanism can use the index of thumbnail images to cluster videos having thumbnail images that are the same or substantially similar to those in the index of thumbnail images. The mechanism can then, based on the video …

Generating Viewing Histories Including Casted Media Content, Justin Lewis, Richard Rapp

Defensive Publications Series

Disclosed herein is a mechanism for generating viewing histories including casted media content. The mechanism can receive information indicating that a first user device is casting a media content item to a display device. The mechanism can add the media content item to a viewing history associated with the first user device. The mechanism can additionally receive, from a second user device, an indication that the second user device is connected to the display device and/or that the second user device is capable of casting content to the display device. The mechanism can then add the media content item to …

Indexing User Uploaded Videos For Late Arriving Reference Content, Johan Granstrom, Matthias Konrad

Defensive Publications Series

Disclosed herein is a mechanism for indexing user uploaded videos. This mechanism can be used, for example, to detect unauthorized media content items in instances where the reference content is uploaded or otherwise received after the receipt of user uploaded video content. More particularly, the mechanism can create a video index of user uploaded video content or a subset of user uploaded video content that has met one or more criterion (e.g., a video that has been viewed at least a predetermined number of times) and a reference index of reference content including references files that have been activated subsequent …

Optimizing Procedural Tov-112 Ovarian Carcinoma Cell Transfection Via Initial Seeding And Pbabe/Pei Jet Ratio Variations, Cassondra Walker

Honors Theses

Cell transfection is an exemplary tool in protein analysis and examining transcription factor activity. While general procedures are commonly followed, each cell line requires slight differentiation in pBABE/PEI JET ratios and initial cell count for optimal transfection results. This research focusses on determining a successful procedure for TOV-112 carcinoma cells for future work with 2-methoxyestradiol and NFkB. 2-methoxyestradiol is an angiogenesis inhibitor believed to decrease inflammatory processes. NFkB promoter controls the luciferase gene on the MetLuc plasmid and is pro-inflammatory. The objective of this experiment is to modify the variables until successful results at 24 and 48 hours are observed. …

Transform Presentation, Lisa Johnston, Jennifer Moore

IASSIST & DCN - Data Curation Workshop

The Transform step to curate research data is explained in this presentation.

On The Borders Of The Document: Trip To Turakia, Sabine Roux, Caroline Courbieres

Proceedings from the Document Academy

Analysis of documentary boundaries through the study of a set of documents related to the French Theater Company Turak. We describe as artistic documents the different documents that circulate during the creation of a play. There is an initial documentary collection comprised of the documentation for the performance on which the company relies to stage the play itself. At different stages of artistic creation, the company designs documents that are useful for the pursuit of creative reflection. The theater company also develops documents aimed at promoting the play for professionals and the public. Finally, the spectators also produce many documents …

Representativity And Complementarity In Tai Chi As Embodied Documentation, Joacim Hansson

Proceedings from the Document Academy

The aim of this paper is to investigate what happens if we leave the criteria of materiality and permanence behind in the study of documents. How far can we stretch the definition of a document or define a documentation process in a situation where neither the originary fact, or object, nor that by which this is represented is material or permanent? Empirically, the paper is constructed as a case study of the traditional Chinese practice of Tai Chi and presents a formulation of the Tai Chi form as an immaterial document and Tai Chi pratice as a doumentation process. The …

[For The System, Alternate Title: If It Sort Of Looks Like A Duck: Reflecting On Bad Photographs And Chains Of Custody], Jodi Kearns, Brian C. O'Connor

Proceedings from the Document Academy

Though the system will not permit it, our abstract is an out-of-focus photograph of ducks at 1900 pixels wide and black and white, which is approximately 20% the size of the original color photograph we use for our title. By most technical standards, it is a bad picture. Straightening the horizon, cropping the image to emphasize the two foremost ducks, brightening the image to highlight the feet, and adding a caption that indicates activity might yield a “better” picture for some viewers. This piece captures nearly 20 years of conversations about good and bad pictures, and continues the conversation from …

Digital Film Preservation: The Search For The Original, Roswitha Skare

Proceedings from the Document Academy

No abstract provided.

Training The Masses In “Informational Awareness”, Carol Choksy

Proceedings from the Document Academy

The frameworks for “information literacy” and “media literacy” require a complex understanding of authority and context and neglect the most basic of ideas, that all sources have a perspective. Whether that perspective is useful or not is dependent upon its purpose. If a student is researching conspiracy theories, they will be looking at a vast array of perspectives. If a student is researching active measures, they will be looking at an even broader array. Beyond learning to determine whether a news article is “Fake News” students must be able to filter the snippets of information that inundate them on a …

Before The Antelope: Robert Pagès On Documents, Michael K. Buckland

Proceedings from the Document Academy

In 1951 Suzanne Briet wrote, with minimal explanation, that an antelope could become a document. In 1948 Robert Pagès (1919-2007) published an explanation of the same and related ideas. Textual and other graphic documents are about something, hence descriptive and derived. Animals and other objects are informative because they are illustrative of themselves either as specimens of a class (tokens of a type) or simply as particular individuals (“autodocuments”). Pagès’ career and ideas are briefly discussed.

Promoting Trustworthiness And Discoverability In An S-Town Of Osn Documents, Laurie J. Bonnici

Proceedings from the Document Academy

The realm of online social networks (OSN) has evolved rapidly over the last decade. While literature has primarily focused on Twitter, Facebook presents a unique forum for seeking secondhand knowledge on highly specialized topics including life-threatening medical conditions. Cognitive authority expressed through accounts of personal experiences augments authoritative resources that often are inaccessible or non-existent. OSN posts in Facebook groups appear as a plethora of documents thrown upon the virtual floor, disorganized and unsearchable. This paper offers ideas of what could be possible when interaction design (Ixd) is applied to Facebook groups to promote trustworthiness and discoverability for the information …

The Spider: Anaylsis Of An Automaton, Susannah N. Munson

Proceedings from the Document Academy

[Editors' note: This paper is the 2017 winner of the Student Paper Award in Document(ation) Studies, http://documentacademy.org/award. Susannah Munson wrote the paper as a Kent State University, School of Information, Museum Studies student.]

The physical objects that surround us document vast amounts of information about themselves, their histories, and their roles in broader social and cultural contexts. To reveal this sometimes hidden information, we examine these objects through analytical frameworks that go beyond descriptive accounts to explore how an object existed and was culturally understood throughout its history. Document phenomenology (Gorichanaz and Latham, 2016), conceived in two Acts, …

Machine Learning To Select Media Playback Volume, Thomas Price, Eytan Lerba

Defensive Publications Series

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to setting a media playback volume of an electronic device. In particular, in some implementations, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage one or more machine-learned models to predict an appropriate media playback volume based on device usage data.

Machine Learning To Select Screen Brightness Level, Thomas Price, Eytan Lerba

Defensive Publications Series

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to setting a brightness of a screen of an electronic device (e.g., during media viewing or media playback). In particular, in some implementations, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage one or more machine-learned models to predict an appropriate screen brightness level based on device usage data.

Machine Learning To Automatically Lock Device Screen At Opportune Time, Thomas Price, Eytan Lerba

Defensive Publications Series

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to determining when to lock a screen of an electronic device such as, for example, a smartphone. In particular, in some implementations, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage one or more machine-learned models to predict an appropriate lock screen behavior based on device usage data.

Generating Travel Itineraries Based On Travel History Of Similar Users, Alexandre Chinien

Defensive Publications Series

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to generating a travel itinerary for a user based on travel history of similar users. In particular, in some implementations, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage one or more machine-learned models to generate a travel itinerary for a user based on travel history data from one or more users.

School Of Culinary Arts & Food Technology - Winter Newsletter 2017, James Peter Murphy

Other resources

The School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, Winter Newsletter captured the many events, research, awards, significant contributions and special civic and community activities which the students and staff members of the school have successfully completed leading up to the Winter period of 2017. The successful completion of these activities would not be possible without the active and on-going support of the 'INSPIRED' Friends of Culinary Arts (sponsors).

Constructing A Cinematic World: The Role Of Architecture In Park Chan Wook's Feature Films, 1992-2016, Minhae Shim Roth

Open Access Theses

Park Chan Wook is one of South Korea’s foremost contemporary film directors. This thesis examines the evolving role of architecture in nine of Park’s feature-length films, beginning with his directorial debut in 1992 with The Moon is…the Sun’s Dream to his most recent work in 2016, The Handmaiden. Through the lens of auteur theory, the thesis draws connections between Park’s personal relationship to architecture and the representation and use of buildings and their spaces in his films. Analyzing the films in chronological order, the thesis documents how Park’s use of architecture changes throughout his oeuvre. The thesis weaves together biographical …

Motivations Of Americans To Be Fans Of Non-U.S. Sports Teams, Trent Maurer

Sport Management Undergraduate

This research was conducted to gain a better understanding of why American sports fans chose to follow international teams and how they consumed the international sports product. The results provided can assist sports marketers learn about the various ways to expand their business internationally and the key factors that most influence non-domestic fans. By understanding fan motivations in an international context, marketers can more effectively execute their business plans when trying to sell in foreign markets. Previous information was gathered regarding fan motivations and behavior, but little was known about fandom abroad.

The data were measured through a 13 question …

Towards Rational Chemosensor Design Through Improved Understanding Of Experimental Parameter Variation And Tolerance In Cyclodextrin-Promoted Fluorescence Detection, Dana Discenza, Ella Culton, Molly Verderame, Julie Lynch, Nicole Serio, Mindy Levine

Chemistry Faculty Publications

We have previously developed a highly efficient fluorescence-based toxicant-detection method that operates in complex environments to detect aromatic toxicants and toxicant metabolites with high sensitivity and selectivity. This method relies on the ability of γ-cyclodextrin to act as a supramolecular scaffold, and uses a variety of non-covalent interactions between the cyclodextrin, toxicant, and fluorophore to enable efficient detection. Reported herein is an investigation of the effect of various experimental parameters, including host concentration, temperature, pH, salt, and solvent, on the observed energy-transfer efficiencies. These results advance our understanding of γ-cyclodextrin-based association complexes and provide crucial information for the development of …

Pathological Diagnosis Of Skin Biopsies For Different Outbreaks Of Camel Pox Virus Infection In Egypt And Uae, Abdullah Morsi, Ahmed Elnagaar, Mohamed Moustafa

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

In this study, skin biopsies of two outbreaks of camel pox infection in camels were collected from Belbeis, Sharkeya governorate, Egypt and Al Ain city, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for histopathological diagnosis and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) CHARacterization and identification. Camel pox virus (CPV) reported as a specific viral disease of camel. CPV is highly contagious mainly in calf camels and usually mild in intensity.The mild form, CHARacterized by papular, pustules on the lips, nostrils, cheeks and different parts of skin. CPV usually associated by lymphadenopathy and nasal discharge . This study declared numerous outbreaks of mild pathogenicity …

Women’S Body Image In The Media: An Analytical Study Of Recent Body Image Movements Across Media Platforms, Mikayla Matheson

Honors Program Theses and Projects

Body Image and the Modern Women: Investigating Positive Body Image Movements on Instagram

Instagram is one of the fastest growing social networking sites with over 600 million active users to date and approximately 70 million daily photo updates (instagram.com/press). While many Instagram users archive and document fat shaming, body loathing, and unhealthy beauty ideals, including images from Pro-Anorexia groups, an increasing number of posts reflect the new popularity of the Body-Positive Movement. Body-positive groups such as Body Positivity, Fat Acceptance, and “Fitspiration” have millions of followers. This research dissects the rhetoric used in Instagram posts related to self-love and positive …

Robert Wellman, Jr. V. Butler Area School District

2017 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Improvement Of Buffalo Embryo Development In Vitro; Effect Of Different Culture Media, Amira Mostager, Abd El-Moneim Montaser, Magdy Badr, Abd El-Raouf Hegab, Samy Zaabel

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

The aim of the present study to compare 4 different types of media, SOF, TCM-119, CR1aa and KSOM, for in vitro culture of buffalo embryo. This study was under taken in the Department of Artificial insemination and embryo transfer, Animal Reproduction Research Institute (ARRI), Al-Haram, Giza .The selected cumulus oocyte complexes(COCs) with a compact cumulus cells and evenly granulated ooplasm were in vitro matured at 38.5°C in atmosphere of 5% CO2 with high humidity .After 24h of culture, oocyte were used for in vitro fertilization . Following 18h of insemination, oocyte were randomly assigned to investigate the effect of different …