main aspects: the first is the sub-shot detection, which is performed without a priori constraints on the number or length of the shots. The algorithm is based on color histograms and motion features, and employs fuzzy c-means with variable number of clusters. The second aspect is an in depth discussion on the annotation of summaries with the MPEG-7 standard. Results on mixed genres TV material...

In th i s paper we present a novel improvement to existing schemes for a b r u p t shot change detection. Existing schemes declare a shot change whenever t h e f rame to f rame histogram difference (FFD) value is above a particular threshold. In such a n approach, a high value for t h e threshold results in a small number of false a larms a n d a large number of missed detections while a low va...

Control over the charge states of color centers in solids is necessary to fully utilize them quantum technologies. However, microscopic dynamics deep defects wide-band-gap semiconductors are complex, and much remains unknown. We a single-shot charge-state readout an individual nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center probe surrounding diamond. show that NV state can be converted through capture holes produ...

i ntroduction: calcium hydroxide (ch) is one of the most common intracanal medications. corticosteroids (cs) are used in endodontics because of their anti-inflammatory activity. this study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial effect of ch+betamethasone and ch+saline against enterococcus faecalis ( e. faecalis ) using agar diffusion test and measuring the microbial zone of inhibition (zoi). metho...

Primordial black holes, if considered to constitute a significant fraction of cold dark matter, trace the inhomogeneous large-scale structure Universe. Consequently, stochastic gravitational-wave background, originating from incoherent superposition unresolved signals emitted by primordial hole binaries, is expected display anisotropies across sky. In this work, we investigate angular correlati...

\Scene retrieval method for video database applications using temporal condition changes," in Proc. 5 Summary and future work In this work, two important problems of video databases were addressed. For each problem, a solution based on information readily available in compressed video was presented. As the performance of the shot detection scheme suggests, it is possible to locate shot boundari...

Our project analyzes the United States domestic airport network. We attempt to determine which airports are most vital in maintaining the underlying infrastructure for all domestic flights within the United States. To perform our analysis, we use data from the first quarter of 2010 and use several methods and algorithms that are frequently used in network science. Using these statistics, we ide...

A mathematical model is developed and tested with plant data for the ammonia cold shot converter of Razi Petrochemical Complex. The model is based on a material and energy balance in a differential element of beds and is subjected to the assumptions of uniform distribution of temperature and composition through a general cross section and negligible mass and heat transfer in axial direction. Th...