Ecommerce web sites are increasingly introducing personalized features in order to build and retain relationships with customers and increase the number of purchases made by each customer. While survey data, (Personalization Consortium, 2000; Personalization Consortium, 2001), user studies (Karat, et al, 2003), and experience (Manber, 2000) indicate that many individuals appreciate personalizat...

Instance segmentation is a challenging task aiming at classifying and segmenting all object instances of specific classes. While two-stage box-based methods achieve top performances in the image domain, they cannot easily extend their superiority into video domain. This because usually deal with features or images cropped from detected bounding boxes without alignment, failing to capture pixel-...

This paper examines the interaction of law and policy making on prostitution, with that of BDSM (bondage and discipline, sadism and masochism). Recent policy and legal shifts in the UK mark out prostitutes as vulnerable and in need of ‘rescue’. BDSM that amounts to actual bodily harm is unlawful in the UK, and calls to decriminalise it are often met with fears that participants will be left vul...

the present study aimed to investigate and identify factors affecting the intention to buy of islamic azad university students to foreign brands of clothing among the students of this university in tehran has been carried out. in which the impact of individual characteristics (unique needs and brand attitude) and normative characteristics of students (normative influence and brand awareness) on...