Fast Training-Based Redundant Predictor Elimination Scheme for Intra Coding in H.264/AVC Tseng-Jung Lin, Kuo-Liang Chung, Po-Chun Chang, and Wei-Jen Yang National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan 10672, R. O. C. E-mail: {D9715002, k.l.chung, D9915014, wjyang}@mail.ntust.edu.tw Abstract—Currently, Laroche et al. presented an efficient method to eliminate redundant predictors for intra coding in H.264/AVC. Their proposed method has a bitrate advantage reduction under a
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Rhetorical Analysis Call of duty: Black ops II is a new game that is coming out in November. There are a lot of people that are looking forward to this game. This game appeals to many people in many different ways. The main purpose of this billboard is to see as many copies of this Activision game as possible. The company Activision has been around for many years and they have been making tons of games and many continue to make them for many years. Activision uses ethos, pathos and logos in
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Metaru Gia Soriddo?) is an action-adventure stealth video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and first published by Konami for the PlayStation in 1998. The game was directed, produced and co-written by Hideo Kojima and serves as a sequel to the MSX2 versions of Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, which Kojima also directed.[5] The suffix Solid has several meanings as it not only references the game's protagonist, Solid Snake, but also alludes to the "solid" 3D graphics, and
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capital 136 Risky business, causes of business closure 137 Managing a small buss. ( using outside consultants, hiring & retaining employees, going global) 139 Advantages of small buss. 140 Small buss. Administration SBA 141 Small buss. Investment comp. SBICs 142 Trends in intrepreneurship & small buss. 142 Management , efficiency & effectives 156 Good manage. 4 activities 157 Planning: 4 basic types of planning 157 Strategic planning 157 Mission & mission
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done about infidelity issue and identify gaps in the literature where further research is needed. These studies are categorized into eight groups: 1) Different types of infidelity 2) Gender difference in infidelity 3) Education level and infidelity 4) Genetic effect on infidelity 5) Personality and infidelity 6) Reasons of infidelity 7) Consequences of infidelity 8) Infidelity and treatments. The existing body of knowledge relating to these groups of studies will be summarized in this paper. Key
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different cultures all over the world (Buss, 2001). Having a wide variety of implications, jealousy is most often associated with negative, anxiety induced behaviours, and in relationships it is most often in response to a relationship threat by a third party with desirable qualities. Current literature on the topic suggests that there is a general consensus that the main function of jealousy is to protect a valuable relationship from loss to a desirable rival (Buss & Haselton, 2005). However despite
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which characteristics in a male potential partner a female values more when looking at financial stability and health when considering that partner as a contender in a committed romantic relationship. With a sample of 56 single heterosexual females and 4 single bisexual females all with a mean age of 20, a 2x2 factorial design study was conducted on relationship commitment with financial stability and health in mind. The study found that females looked at health more in the consideration of a male as
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1998, Vol. 74, No. 5, 1337-1349 Copyright 1998 by the American Psychological Association, Inc. 0022-3514/98/$3.00 Do People Know How They Behave? Self-Reported Act Frequencies Compared With On-Line Codings by Observers Samuel D. Gosling, Oliver E John, and Kenneth H. Craik University of California, Berkeley Richard W. Robins University of California, Davis Behavioral acts constitute the building blocks of interpersonal perception and the basis
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Topics, Issues, and Controversies in Corporate Governance and Leadership S T A N F O R D C L O S E R L OO K S E R I E S stanford closer look series 1 Tesla Motors: The Evolution of Governance From Inception to IPO Tesla Motors In June 2010, Tesla Motors raised over $225 million in an initial public offering that valued the electric car manufacturer at $2 billion. It was the first time a U.S. automobile company went public since Ford Motor in 1956. The evolution of Tesla—first incorporated
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on Human Mating Summary Because of the lower level of minimum parental investment incurred by men, short-term mating will represent a larger component of men’s sexual strategies than women’s sexual strategies (Buss & Schmitt, 1993). An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Mating by Buss & Schmitt examines the background on evolutionary theory when it relates to the human mating strategies. The article expands on how both men and women have particular psychological mechanism that triggers which
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