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Generative Cutout Animation

open access: yesComputer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract Cutout animation is one of the earliest forms of animation, and to this day remains a popular technique featured in numerous films including Monty Python and South Park series. Most computer animation systems, however, focus on different styles, including cel animation, making cutout animation somewhat underexplored.
Ivan Puhachov   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trustable Environmental Monitoring by Means of Sensors Networks on Swarming Autonomous Marine Vessels and Distributed Ledger Technology. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Robot AI, 2020
Berman I   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sick leave in the United Kingdom Post Office, 1850–1908

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses a large individual‐record‐level dataset on sick leave to examine adult morbidity in the United Kingdom between 1850 and 1908. From 1859 onwards postal workers were eligible to receive a pension or gratuity when they retired or were forced to stop working due to ill health.
Harry Smith   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The many prices of war and occupation: Black markets and the cost‐of‐living index in France, 1938–1949

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract When studying French prices between 1938 and 1949, economists and historians face a paradox: whilst a vast black market shaped daily life, official indices recorded only state‐controlled prices. This article addresses the issue by introducing a new consumer price index that incorporates both official and black market prices.
Patrice Baubeau, Matéo Teixeira
wiley   +1 more source

IOTA-Based Distributed Ledger in the Mining Industry: Efficiency, Sustainability and Transparency. [PDF]

open access: yesSensors (Basel)
Gligoric N   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Risk premia reconsidered: Illiquidity and selection bias for stocks and corporate bonds in the pre‐First World War period

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Financial history is plagued by a visibility trap. Using the Brussels Stock Exchange (1850–1913), we demonstrate that asset illiquidity introduced selection bias, which systematically inflated historical risk premia. Applying a latent return model, we argue that correcting for this illiquidity decreases the equity and corporate bond risk ...
Justin Case   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnosis and surgical treatment of four radiographically incomplete, articular, proximal third metatarsal bone fractures

open access: yesEquine Veterinary Education, EarlyView.
Summary The objective was to describe the diagnosis, surgical repair and outcome of four radiographically incomplete, articular, proximal third metatarsal bone fractures with an uncommon, dorsomedial–plantarolateral oblique configuration and this is a retrospective analysis of four racehorses presenting for surgical treatment of this uncommon fracture ...
M. J. S. Duggan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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