Instant Casting Movie Theater: The Future Cast System

An Auction Mechanism Considering Seat Reservations in Movie Theater Services

This paper proposes a new auction mechanism with seat reservations in movie theaters using an interdisciplinary approach. In movie theater services, the movie price is generally fixed, not depending on the quality of contents or the theater seat. It implies that such a service mechanism by fixed pricing might not reflect the value of movie contents. In this study, a new mechanism of theater ser...

The Remote Media Immersion System Internet Meets the Future Home Theater

The Remote Media Immersion (RMI) system is the result of a unique blend of multiple cutting-edge media technologies to create the ultimate digital media delivery platform. The main goal is to provide an immersive user experience of the highest quality. RMI encompasses all end-to-end aspects from media acquisition, storage, transmission up to their final rendering. Specifically, the Yima streami...

Fly Movie Theater Reveals Secrets of How Insects See the World

An off-the-shelf instant contact casting device for the management of diabetic foot ulcers: a randomized prospective trial versus traditional fiberglass cast.

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to test the safety, effectiveness, and costs of off-loading with a novel, off-the-shelf irremovable device in the management of diabetic foot ulceration (DFU). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We prospectively evaluated off-loading of neuropathic plantar ulcers in 40 diabetic outpatients attending our diabetic foot clinic and compared healing rates at the 12-week ...

Estimating a War of Attrition: The Case of the U.S. Movie Theater Industry∗

This paper estimates the impact of competition and exogenous demand decline on the exit process of movie theaters in the U.S. from 1949 to 1955. I modify Fudenberg and Tirole (1986)’s model of exit in a duopoly with incomplete information to be used in an oligopoly. I estimate this model with panel data, using variations in TV diffusion across households and other market characteristics to iden...