Human actions in movies and sitcoms usually capture semantic cues for story understanding, which offer a novel search pattern beyond the traditional video search scenario. However, there are great challenges to achieve action-level video search, such as global motions, concurrent actions, and actor appearance variances. In this paper, we introduce a generalized action retrieval framework, which...

Free time 18:00h to 18:15h Conference close and farewell 19:30h to close Conference Banquet Playful Interaction with Voice Sensing Modular Robots B.Heesche, E.MacDonald, R.Fogh, M.Pacheco & D.Christensen “It Don’t Matter If You’re Black or White”? Effects of Robot Appearance and User Prejudice on Evaluations of a Newly Developed Robot Companion F.Eyssel & S.Loughnan Sharing spaces, sharing live...

Poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) was attached on both termini of Pluronic P85 copolymer (EO27PO39EO27)) via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) to produce a novel block copolymer, PAA-b-P85-b-PAA (P85PAA). The P85PAA-DOX complex formation and drug loading were strongly dependent on the PAA segment and pH, where the protonation of the carboxyl groups in the PAA segment at pH<7.2 reduced the bind...

We present follow-up spectroscopy of the galaxy cluster MS 1054–03 (z = 0.83) confirming that at least six of the nine merging galaxy pairs identified by van Dokkum et al. (1999) are indeed bound systems: they have projected separations of Rs < 10h −1 kpc and relative line-of sight velocities of ∆v < 165 km s. For the remaining three pairs, we were unable to obtain redshifts of both constituent...

PURPOSE EEG interpretation is a fundamental procedural skill in the practice of neurology, but there is no standardized method for educating residents. One-to-one instruction is commonly employed, but is time intensive for supervising physicians, provides arbitrary exposure to normal and abnormal EEG patterns, and often lacks immediate and detailed feedback on performance. Here, we investigated...

Tissue wet weight, nucleic acid content and epithelial and stromal cell numbers were measured in the seminal vesicles of sexually mature male rats. After castration, tissue weight and RNA decreased rapidly and in aprallel to reach, after 14 days, values only 15-20% of those in control (not castrated) animals. During this period, DNA decreased to a much lesser extent (by about 40%), but this cha...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Physicians in general, and anesthesiologists in particular, have long working hours. Residents of Anesthesiology may present significant fatigue and stress. This study aimed at investigating first and second year residents sleep latency after a period on duty. METHODS Participated in this study 11 residents in different situations: at 7:00 am, after a normal night sl...

Many studies are currently underway on the quest to make synthetic bone-like materials with composites of polymeric materials and hydroxyapatite (HA). In the present work, we use wetting experiments and surface tension measurements to determine the work of adhesion between biodegradable polymers and HA, with specific reference to the role of humid environments. All the polymers are found to exh...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of exposure to bright light on sleepiness during evening hours among college students. METHODS Twenty-seven healthy college students, all males, with ages ranging from 21 to 24years, working during the day and studying in the evening, participated in this study. During the 3week study, the students wore actigraphs and recorded levels of sleepiness. In a cross...

Bird mixed flocks including Cypsnagra hirundinacea and Neothraupis fasciata as species with sentinels were studied in "campo-cerrado" in order to investigate the possible relationship between alertness and the mixed flock leadership. This study was conducted from March to September 1996 and mixed flocks were observed on average for 2:30h. The time with sentinels were recorded for C. hirundinace...