OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility of minimally invasive transapical beating heart aortic valve implantation (TAP-AVI) for high-risk patients with aortic stenosis. METHODS TAP-AVI was performed via a small anterolateral minithoracotomy in 50 patients from February 2006 to March 2007. A balloon expandable transcatheter xenograft (Edwards SAPIEN THV, Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA) wa...

This paper addresses an automatic knowledge discovery process from a database of images in a context of Automated Visual Inspection (AVI). AVI is the field of computer vision addressing quality inspection of industrial products, even under informal quality models. When modelling informal knowledge, one of the most critical point turns out to be the correct and efficient translation of human exp...

The goal of our project Chrysalis is to develop a simple, inexpensive, and accurate video motion capture system. This system takes an AVI video file and creates a 3D reconstruction of the human figures in the video. Overview

Article history: Received 14 April 2011 Accepted 1 March 2012 Available online xxxx Submitted by N. Shaked-Monderer In admiration, to Avi Berman, Moshe Goldberg, and Raphi Loewy AMS classification: 05B20 05C22 05C50 15B36

Asynchronous Video Interviewing (AVI) is considered one of the most recent and promising innovations in recruitment process. Using AVI combination with AI-based technologies enables recruiters/employers to automate many tasks that are typically required for screening, assessing, selecting candidates. In fact, automated assessment selection process a complex uncertain problem involving highly su...

Although scholars of international security share a skepticism for the extent to which agreements can be externally enforced, much existing game-theoretic work involves strong forms of commitment. Building on the canonical model of crisis bargaining we study the role of two forms of commitment in bargaining—the ability to commit to a settlement and the ability to commit to end negotiations and ...

Vol. L (February 2013), 4–23 *Brett R. Gordon is Class of 1967 Associate Professor of Business, Columbia Business School, Columbia University (e-mail: brg2114@ columbia. edu). Avi Goldfarb is Professor of Marketing, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (e-mail: agoldfarb@ rotman. utoronto. ca). Yang Li is Assistant Professor of Marketing, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, B...