One of the effective ways to manage large collections of digital photos is to tag names of people appearing in those photos. However, the number of people appearing in photo collections may range in the hundreds and the names of tagged people are usually presented in alphabetical order or on a first-tag first-place basis. As a result, it is difficult to quickly search for name tags that a user ...

A B S T R A C TIntroduction: Craving to methamphetamine is a significant health concern and exposure to methamphetamine cues in laboratory can induce craving. In this study, a task designing procedure for evaluating methamphetamine cue-induced craving in laboratory conditions is examined. Methods: First a series of visual cues which could induce craving was identified by 5 discussion sessions b...

Cognitive processes are complex and difficult to study because multiple variables can interact and confound the effect of the independent variable. To avoid this potential problem, experimental conditions are rigorously controlled and normative stimuli from standardized data-sets are preferably used. However, norms characterize the stimuli, but they do not prevent potential confounding effects....

Historic aerial photos are typically very popular, sought-after collections in library archives. Their ability to be used in GIS is limited, however, by the laborious and painstaking georeferencing process. A method is presented for automating the georeferencing of historic aerial photography. In this method, the Harris Corner Detector is used to detect corner points in already-georeferenced an...

Image organizers such as imgSeek and GIFT allow query by image content (QBIC). QBIC help users find duplicate and similar photos. However, the similarity is measured based on color, texture and shape, not in terms of people. We implemented a “query by face” feature for organizing personal digital photos, using face detection and recognition techniques. We used the OpenCV library to extract face...

Sharing photos through mobile devices has a great potential for creating shared experiences of social events between co-located as well as remote participants. In order to design novel event sharing tools, we need to develop indepth understanding of current practices surrounding these so called ‘event photos’photos about and taken during different social events such as weddings picnics, and mus...

Insight into tourist travel behaviors is crucial for managers engaged in strategic planning and decision making to create a sustainable tourism industry. However, they continue to face significant challenges in fully capturing and understanding the behavior of international tourists. The challenges are primarily due to the inefficient data collection approaches currently in use. In this paper, ...