This paper proposes an online segmentation scheme for broadcasted American football TV programs. The TV video streams are online partitioned into a series of play-break patterns with a relatively short delay. All the detected plays form an event-based summarization which contains complete information about the original match. The main contributions of the proposed scheme are twofold. First, an ...

We propose a new test for superior predictive ability. The new test compares favorable to the reality check for data snooping (RC), because the former is more powerful and less sensitive to poor and irrelevant alternatives. The improvements are achieved by two modifications of the RC. We employ a studentized test statistic that reduces the influence of erratic forecasts and we invoke a sample d...

This paper applies time distance, suggested by Granger and Jeon (1997), to models of in ation. The commonly used metric of forecast performance, mean squared forecasting error, measures how vertically close the forecast is to the series to be predicted; time distance instead measures the leading and lagging properties, often leading to significantly di erent conclusions about relative performan...

Introduction Endocardial lead–related tricuspid regurgitation (ELTR) is an increasingly recognized complication of cardiac device implantation that can result in right ventricular (RV) dysfunction and right heart failure. Several mechanisms of ELTR have been proposed, including lead impingement on tricuspid valve (TV) leaflets; leaflet perforation; entanglement within the valve apparatus; adher...

My previous young doctor host Walking quickly away Head down, embarrassed Scolded by a nurse—where was his mask? Too busy and careless, poor fool He still serves me well, dragging me into his wake. Here I go, following and fl oating A door nearby opens—negative pressure! In I go, but on a cancer ward, This should be positive pressure! To keep bugs out, not draw them in. I cannot complain All go...

television viewing (tv) is associated with an in-creased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular dis-eases, and all-cause mortality (1). in particular, ex-cessive tv viewing was found to be more preva-lent among older adults aged over 55 years than among younger age groups (2). moreover, it has been emphasized the importance of identifying at-risk populations with excessive tv viewing time and ...

Review: Anna Mik, Signs of Exclusion. Monsters Inspired by Greek and Roman Mythology as Symbols Rejected Minorities in Literature, Film, TV-Series for Children Young Adults: From Mid-20th Until Early 21st Century, Wydawnictwo DiG, Warszawa 2022.

Movies and TV are a rich source of diverse and complex video of people, objects, actions and locales “in the wild”. Harvesting automatically labeled sequences of actions from video would enable creation of large-scale and highlyvaried datasets. To enable such collection, we focus on the task of recovering scene structure in movies and TV series for object tracking and action retrieval. We prese...

This paper examines the impact of a 12-episode television series, "Families", on disruptive child behavior and family adjustment. This media intervention comprises the first of a five-level early intervention parenting and family support strategy, known as Triple P (Positive Parenting Program). Fifty-six parents of children aged between 2 and 8 years were randomly assigned to either watching th...