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Auto Coloring with Enhanced Character Registration

open access: yesInternational Journal of Computer Games Technology, 2008
An enhanced character registration method is proposed in this paper to assist the auto coloring for 2D animation characters. After skeletons are extracted, the skeleton of the character in a target frame is relocated based on a stable branch in a ...
Jie Qiu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding consumer responses to special event entertainment (SEE) in shopping centres [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper reviews the literature on the use of entertainment in shopping centres and outlines the constructs believed to impact upon consumer’s responses to special event entertainment. Special event entertainment (SEE) refers to entertainment events or
Johnson Morgan, Melissa   +2 more
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Light Therapy Alleviates Addiction‐Related Symptoms and Reshapes Habenula and Midbrain Pathways

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study investigates light therapy for treating Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). Functional MRI (fMRI) data reveal that light therapy enhances brain connectivity, particularly between the habenula and the medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC). These changes are associated with reduced withdrawal symptoms and addiction severity, highlighting the ...
Jinhui Li   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Oomplet dataset toolkit as a flexible and extensible system for large-scale, multi-category image generation

open access: yesScientific Reports
The modern study of perceptual learning across humans, non-human animals, and artificial agents requires large-scale datasets with flexible, customizable, and controllable features for distinguishing between categories.
John P. Kasarda   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extracting Features of Entertainment Products: A Guided Latent Dirichlet Allocation Approach Informed by the Psychology of Media Consumption

open access: yesJournal of Marketing Research, 2018
The authors propose a quantitative approach for describing entertainment products, in a way that allows for improving the predictive performance of consumer choice models for these products.
Olivier Toubia   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

From Nascar to Cirque du Soleil: Lessons in Audience Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Examines marketing trends and principles in entertainment and performance. Case studies include nonprofit arts organizations, mega-concert promoters, for-profit entertainment conglomerates, sports promoters and religious ...

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The Financial Status and Local Credit Market Conditions of U.S. Farms Engaged in Multiple Borrowing

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural producers often borrow from multiple lenders, raising concerns about credit risk and monitoring. We construct detailed farm‐level measures of how debt is distributed across lenders and examine how farm financial status and the physical presence of local lenders are linked to this practice.
Sylvanus Gaku   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Computing Games: Bridging the Gap Between Search and Entertainment

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2021
Over history, games have served multiple purposes. It serves as a fun activity for players who need the entertainment to become test-beds for artificial intelligence.
Anggina Primanita   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Triboelectric Tactile Transducers for Neuromorphic Sensing and Synaptic Emulation: Materials, Architectures, and Interfaces

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
Triboelectric nanogenerators are vital for sustainable energy in future technologies such as wearables, implants, AI, ML, sensors and medical systems. This review highlights improved TENG neuromorphic devices with higher energy output, better stability, reduced power demands, scalable designs and lower costs.
Ruthran Rameshkumar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effectiveness of using entertainment education narratives to promote safer sexual behaviors of youth: A meta-analysis, 1985-2017

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
Background Risky sexual behaviors are associated with the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancies, both major health concerns for youth worldwide.
Victor Orozco-Olvera   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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