...Through studying the impact of Value-Driven Attentional Capture (VDAC) on adolescents, researchers are more able to understand the correlation between learned stimulus-reward associations and the behaviours that follow. Roper, Vecera, & Vaidya’s (2014) study is highly relevant and applicable to gaining an understanding of the difference in attentional capture between adolescents and adults. The use of dynamic visual cues to present reward-stimuli and distractors to the subjects produce clear results comparing the attentional capture of both adolescents and adults. Although this study has a clear and useful methodology and produces results relevant to the hypothesis, certain improvements could be made which would enhance the study. The inclusion of a variety of arousing stimuli for the other senses rather than only testing visual cues; the use of more...
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...enough to take out of the studio and deep into a real forest. And long enough that moviemakers no longer need to give a recognizable Hollywood star top billing to bring in audiences. In fact, if you passed the leading man of Dawn—Andy Serkis—on the street, you wouldn't recognize his face at all, for you never see it on the screen. That's because his performance in the woods (actually, forests near Vancouver, not San Francisco) wasn't fillmed traditionally, it was motion captured, and used as a framework for a computer-created realistic digital ape, Caesar. And, for the first time in my knowledge, it's the performances of the motion capture actors, not the regular actors portraying humans, that are getting all the good reviews from critics; there is even talk of the first best-actor Oscar nomination for a motion-capture performance. Motion capture enables moviemakers to create realistic non-human characters—including Gollum in Lord the Rings, the Na’vis of Avatar, and the intelligent chimpanzees and orangutans of Rise of the Planet the Apes. It has also let moviemakers digitally tweak human characters, aging...
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...Reaction Paper The animation film “Frozen” has been the talk of the town since the Christmas season of 2013. And up ‘til now, it is still gaining a wider audience captivating the hearts of many, transcending from generations to generations. I’ve only come to watch Frozen around 2 weeks ago and I thought to myself, “Wow, ako nalang ata ang nilalang na hindi pa nakakapanood nito hahaha” but it’s never too late! I’ve watched it with my sisters and I can’t help but notice how it was made. I kept analyzing the background, the character design, and the movement itself. Let me elucidate my thoughts and insights on this 3D animated film. First, I guess we can’t take the critique out of us MMA individuals for we are already inculcated with theories and have applied our knowledge and skills into concrete work that repetition, it is already natural for us to notice things in animated films people wouldn’t normally notice. I love the character design of Elsa and Anna, two contrasting designs yet with striking similarity all the while making them both stand out in their own respective characters. There was also a great transition in the character growth of the two; I also adored the colours used for each character that evidently manifested all throughout the film. My favourite 3D mind bogglers are the amazing frozen icicles, soft cloud like snow, and the beautiful map design of Arendelle. I must say that the animators of Frozen are superb! The overall theme is perfectly executed. Second...
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...In finance, the efficient-market hypothesis (EMH), or the joint hypothesis problem, asserts that financial markets are "informationally efficient". In consequence of this, one cannot consistently achieve returns in excess of average market returns on a risk-adjusted basis, given the information available at the time the investment is made. There are three major versions of the hypothesis: "weak", "semi-strong", and "strong". The weak form of the EMH claims that prices on traded assets (e.g., stocks, bonds, or property) already reflect all past publicly available information. The semi-strong form of the EMH claims both that prices reflect all publicly available information and that prices instantly change to reflect new public information. The strong form of the EMH additionally claims that prices instantly reflect even hidden or "insider" information. Critics have blamed the belief in rational markets for much of the late-2000s financial crisis.[1][2][3] In response, proponents of the hypothesis have stated that market efficiency does not mean having no uncertainty about the future, that market efficiency is a simplification of the world which may not always hold true, and that the market is practically efficient for investment purposes for most individuals.[4] In political science and economics, the principal–agent problem or agency dilemma concerns the difficulties in motivating one party (the "agent"), to act in the best interests of another (the "principal") rather than...
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...Enhancing the Animated Movie-goers Experience with the Science of Gas Dynamics Angelia Romero Intro to Physical Science Professor Paquette Enhancing the Animated Movie-goers Experience with the Science of Gas Dynamics The goal of animated films has been immerse the audience in a fantasy world while maintaining some semblance of reality in those worlds. Various techniques are used to generate motion picture animation but they have all taken advantage of a phenomenon called “persistence of vision”. The “persistence of vision” is where the brain reads a rapid series of images as an unbroken movement. From the beginning, the animation was achieved by filming thousands and thousands of still images that were edited together to produce one continuous reel of film. Teams of artists meticulously drew each frame were tasked with capturing the aesthetic of the film while also mimicking the physics of the real world. Animation where each frame or cell is hand drawn and then compiled is called traditional or classical animation. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, generally considered the first full length animated feature using tradition animation, required 1,500,000 hand-drawn and colored frames to make the movie. As computing technology grew less expensive, movie studios like Disney gradually transitioned from the millions of hand paintings to computer based animation. Pixar finally broke the mold for animated films by releasing the world’s first computer animated feature...
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...Skills Paper : “The importance of using Video/Photo Reference in 3D Animation” By: Jeremy Smith Using Video/Photo reference in 3D Animation is the most accurate way to produce high quality Animations. Getting up and actually physically acting out and recording a few scenes or taking pictures of yourself blocking out poses is very beneficial when animating. Being able to convey what you see in a video or in a photograph into a pose or a full-fledged animation is a great skill to have when animating. “Free handing” animations or animating without reference is not just tricky and hard to do, but is a poor way to animate. Not using reference when animating can lead to many problems and difficulties when making animations. Personally I extensively use reference when animating. The majority of the time I will actually get up and physically record myself walking around or doing certain poses in front of a camera. . Doing this is not just good reference, but allows you as the animator to kind of walk in the shoes of the character and get a certain feel for what the animation should look and feel like. Most of the time animations are done at a frame rate of 24 FPS (Frames Per Second). Lets say you are animating a simple walk cycle – having a character walk a distance – and say you want the walk cycle to be 3 seconds long, recording yourself doing the walk cycle will tell you the timing of the animation and what poses should be at what frames(the pose at second 1 of the recording...
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...The Impact of Evolving Technologies Computer generated imagery has spanned the verge of acceptability. “CGI frequently plays an essential role in the creation of the believable alternate reality necessary for the enjoyment of a film” (Goodyer, 2012). The animation cartoon looks is replaced with subtle distinction of movement and expression. “Motion capture represents a wholly new form of filmmaking, one that cannot and should not be limited by our previously held definitions of synthetic versus recorded cinema” (Freedman, 2012). The once was a drawing, that was made into several to produce a cartoon seen in films, times have changed with technology, now it is becoming more realistic and believable to audiences. “But no matter how impressive the trappings used to surround the audience–all the tricks of lighting and make–up and acting and computer–generated imagery–the root of all movies is the story, and without it, nothing else matters. If a story works, if it engages the audiences for two hours, then there is no wrong way to tell it. If the story doesn’t work, then the opposite is true” (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2011). Avatar (2009), was an American Science Fiction film set in the 22-century. “Avatar cost somewhere between $250 million and $500 million to make, yet weeks after its release, it had already grossed more than $1 billion worldwide for the Twentieth Century–Fox Film Corporation” (Gray, 2010). While to create such a costly movies was a big risk for...
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...using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.IO; namespace Project { public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void label2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void label17_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void label20_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void label21_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void label19_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void label22_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { } int numkChesney, numjBoog, numCitizens, numGovt, numMacy; double pricekChesney = 0, pricejBoog = 10.00, priceCitizens = 31.00, priceGovt = 29.50, priceMacy = 30.75; double costkChesney, costjBoog, costCitizens, costGovt, costMacy, subtotal, discountAmount, discountRate, servicecharge, tax, total; double taxRate = 0.075; private void checkoutButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Button b = (Button)sender; ...
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...is complete, take a screenshot of the result (see below) Instructions to take a screenshot 1. When you have the information open your desktop, please press PRINT SCREEN on your keyboard. 2. Open PAINT on your computer (Found in accessories) 3. Paste into PAINT (using Ctrl V) 4. Save file to a location you will remember like your desktop. Alternative: You can also use the Snipping Tool (Windows 7&8) as an option. Click on your start button Click on accessories Then snipping tool. You will draw over the area you want to copy Save to desktop and then upload.. Windows 8 Keyboard shortcut for windows 8 for capturing screenshots. If you click the keyboard combination of the Windows Key + Print Screen, Windows 8 will capture the current screenshot and save it automatically in the Pictures Library Post to your support page 1. You then need to log into your profile at www.workatsykes.com 2. Click on HELP, located at the top of the page. 3. In the body of the message you can type in Screen Shot 4. Then click on the Browse Button. 5. Navigate to the spot you saved your screen shots, and click on the screen shot. 6. Click on the file and then choose “Open”. 7. Then click on “ Send Message”...
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...References 1. Aitken, D. (2000). Global Warming and Local Economic Perspective. Available at www.daylighting.org/pubs/global_climate.pdf 2. Avery, D. (n.d.). Three Big Hurricanes In A Row: Is It Global Warming? Available at: http://www.cgfi.org/materials/articles/2004/sept_17_04.htm 3. Bailey, R. (2002). Global Warming and Other Eco Myths: How the Environmental Movement Uses False Science to Scare Us to Death. Prima Lifestyles. 4. Briggs, H. (2005). Global 'Warming link' to big hurricanes. Available at:http://www.independentmedia.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=11963&fcategory_desc=Global%20Warming%20/%20 Climate%20Change 5. BENCHMARKING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE AT AUTOMOBILE ASSEMBLY PLANTS. (2005). Available at http://www.managementfirst.com/quality/articles/automobile.php 6. Carter, A. (2005). Global Warming and Storm Chasing. Available at: http://www.firstscience.com/SITE/ARTICLES/carter.asp 7. Global Warming: A Perspective from Earth History. (N.d.) Available at: http://ebulletin.le.ac.uk/features/2000-2009/2004/12/nparticle-vkt-hgf-t4c 8. French, I. (2004). Carbon Sequestration - Bridging the Gap between Kyoto and a Viable Global Carbon Management Programme? Available at: http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_print.cfm?a_id=633 9. Greens Call New Oil Drilling a Global Warming Risk, (2005). Urge Congressmembers to Do Everything Possible to Thwart ANWR and All New Drilling. http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0322-16.htm 910...
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...of ‘‘Clean Coal’’: Expanding the National Conversation on Carbon Capture and Storage Technology to Include an Analysis of Potential Environmental Justice Impacts” I have come to agree with the article that coal will never be clean in a way that is feasible to anyone that has to live near these coal plants. First let’s define clean coal, clean coal as Liebert says is “The term ‘‘clean coal’’ is used to refer to burning coal in a way that reduces emissions or otherwise lessens coal’s environmental impact. ‘‘Clean coal’’ technology includes ‘‘washing’’ coal of minerals and other polluting components, gasification, and the treating of flue gases to lessen sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx), and mercury emissions. In the context of climate change, the term ‘‘clean coal’’ is used most frequently as shorthand for technology that burns coal more efficiently and or decreases its CO2 emissions. While some might read that and think that we could find a way to get coal without having any CO2 emissions which is not the case. While carbon capture and storage sounds like fantastic technology that has three stages of capture, transport and storage. The technology to get CO2 out of the ground has not even been fully developed to get CO2 of the ground efficiently. There are three different ways to get CO2 but none are considered economical or have the required technology to make it feasible. With pre-combustion capture the CO2 is captured and then converted to gas which can be efficient...
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...piloting the carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technology to reduce the emitted CO2 into the atmosphere by storing the captured CO2 underground, it could reduce GHG by 14-19% before 2050. Shell Ltd. Quest project is the first project to use CCS technology in the Athabasca oil sand projects in Canada. The Post combustion method is being used today at a smaller scale than desired. It is estimated that if post-combustion was to occur at a large industrial scale, it required energy of 25-37% of the total energy, and an estimate of about $3500/kW for the capital cost of an IGCC capture plant installation. Pre-combustion capture has a lower cost in carbon capture and higher capture percentage (90-95%) than the post-combustion capture, but requires more expense on the equipment in order for the process to work. Oxyfuel has the best efficiency (~90%) but requires 15% or more of the overall energy with a capital cost for oxyfuel installation of $1000/kW and a $60/MWh retrofit cost. Geological storage is a favourable method, where the captured CO2 travels to the storage site usually through pipelines and injected underground. An estimate of 600 million tonne of CO2/ year can be stored within the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. The CO2 injected into the ground have a storage rate of more than 99% over 1000 years in well geological reservoirs. Geohazards are the main concern with CCS technology; leakage could occur during any stage of the CCS (i.e. capture, transport, and storage)...
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...from 2040 and reforming planning law to ensure new developments are designed around walking, cycling and public transport. Climate change Pass a Zero Carbon Britain Act to set a new legally binding target to bring net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. Set a legally binding decarbonisation target range for 2030 for the power sector of 50g-100g of CO2 per kWh, with an indicative target of 60 per cent electricity from renewable sources by 2030. Prepare a national resilience plan to help the UK adapt to the likely impacts of a 3°C to 4°C global average temperature rise. Energy Regulate to end the use of unabated coal in electricity generation by 2025 and require any new gas stations built after 2030 to be fitted with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology. End "ideologically...
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...Carbon Sequestration and Carbon Sink More than 40 percent of CO2emissions in the US are due to electric power generation. Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and sequestration (CCS) technology could reduce these emissions from power plants by 80 to 90 percent. For example, if CCS technology was applied to a 500 MW coal-fired power plant, emitting 3 million tons of C02 per year, the amount of greenhouse gas emissions avoided is equal to: • Planting more than 62 million trees, and waiting at least 10 years for them to grow • Avoiding annual electricity-related emissions from more than 300,000 homes CCS technology would also significantly reduce emissions from other industrial processes such as gas operations and cement facilities (EPA, 20xx). The world has lost 50 to 70 percent of its original carbon stock. This translates into a huge amount of soil carbon released into the atmosphere. Not long ago, in the 19th century, the US was home to vast tracts of prairie grass with rich, fertile soils. Today only three percent of those prairies are in existence. Current studies on carbon sinks center on soil carbon, how it escaped from the earth and how this process can be reversed. To take the research further, investigators are interested in how this knowledge can be used to slow rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is a known cause global warming. There is hope that carbon can be placed back into the soil in places like the North China Plain, the interior of Australia and the...
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...Automatic identification and data capture known as AIDC is the process of identifying and collecting data, while processing information automatically without the need for manual input. This automated process reduces labor cost, increases efficiency, insures accuracy and proficiency (if done properly), and leads to greater innovation. There are three types of AIDC technologies are barcodes, cards, and radio frequency identification known as RFID. Barcode technologies are the oldest and most successful AIDC technologies. There are two main sub categories of barcodes. The first category is linear barcodes which are made up of lines and spaces of multiple widths that create specific patterns recognizable to scanners by storing information vertically. These cards are used in many applications where the use of a simple numeric code can provide the key to a database such as product inventory. The limitation to these barcodes is that it can only hold up to eighty five characters or less. Figure 1 to the left is an illustration of a linear barcode that are used in the industry. The second sub category of barcode technologies is 2D barcodes which is a graphical image that stores information both horizontally and vertically. These barcodes allow large amounts of data to be stored in small spaces. These images are commonly found on app advertisement barcodes, which allow the user to access the full capabilities of the app. The 2D barcodes can hold several hundred to thousands of characters...
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