We study the task of recognizing human actions in video whilst paying attention to the shot and thread editing structure. Most existing action recognition algorithms ignore this structure, but it is generally present in edited TV and film material. To this end, we make the following contributions: first, we introduce a new dataset of human actions to study the occurrence/reoccurrence of pattern...

Predictive models for the exponential growth rate (EGR) and germination, outgrowth, and lag times (GOL) of Bacillus stearothermophilus previously developed in our laboratory were expanded to include higher salt (1.5%) formulations. The expanded models were validated in 7 military meals-ready-to-eat incubated at temperatures from 45 °C to 60 °C, and tryptic soy broth incubated from 37.5 °C to 70...

Real world protocols often involve human choices that depend on incentives, including when they fail and require fail-safe or fail-deadly mechanisms. We look at three example systems (the EMV protocol, consensus in cryptocurrencies, and Tor) in this context, paying particular attention to the role that incentives play in fail-safe and faildeadly situations. We argue that incentives should expli...

Background & Aims of the Study:  Environment health of schools described is one of the primary determinants of students’ health. Undoubtedly, physical environment has a very important role on the education efficiency of children in the schools and nobody can neglect the importance. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate conditions of environment health in scho...

Background. Knowledge management in successful sports organizations is associated with their sustainability, continuity, and achievement of long-lasting competitive sports results. Objectives. This study aims to identify athletic knowledge management and its role in achieving a competitive advantage in the sports work environment in Jordan. Methods. The study sample consists of (60) male and ...

Research in plant disease management focuses on developing safe methods for humans and the environment in order to prevent the entry of harmful chemicals in food. Simple inorganic salts have low cost and are safe enough to be used as pesticides. Phytophthora genus causes crown and root rot (gummosis) in crops and leads to great losses in some pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) produ...

 Purchase sandbags labeled with either the MR Safe or MR Conditional icon to indicate they’re safe for use in the MRI room.1 See Coming to terms for MRI safety for more information.  If your facility also uses ferromagnetic sandbags, be certain they’re labeled as MR Unsafe so they won’t be used in the MRI environment.  Don’t take unlabeled sandbags into the MRI environment; assume that sandb...