sSfS: Segmented Shape from Silhouette Reconstruction of the Human Body by Wiktor Krajnik, Łukasz Markiewicz, Robert Sitnik

“…Three-dimensional (3D) shape estimation of the human body has a growing number of applications in medicine, anthropometry, special effects, and many other fields. Therefore, the demand for the high-quality acquisition of a complete and accurate body model is increasing. …”
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Learning and Using the Arrow of Time by Wei, Donglai, Lim, Joseph, Zisserman, Andrew, Freeman, William T

“…Lastly, we use the trained ConvNet for two applications: Relf-supervision for action recognition, and video forensics - determining whether Hollywood film clips have been deliberately reversed in time, often used as special effects.…”
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Enhanced Seamless Video Fusion: A Convolutional Pyramid-Based 3D Integration Algorithm by Yueheng Zhang, Jing Yuan, Changxiang Yan

“…It plays a key role in areas such as video editing and special effects production. The challenge is to ensure the quality and naturalness of synthetic video, especially when dealing with footage of different sources and qualities. …”
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Evaluation of some genetic variability associated traits of 32 rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes in three different planting spacing by path coefficient analysis by Deepak Katkani, Shiv Kumar Payasi, Aidin Hamidi, Yogendra Singh, Rahul Patidar

“…The experimentation was carried out to explore the parameters of hereditary & variability for yield along-with yield components, to study the extent of association and direct and indirect special effects of different yield components on grain yield in rice. …”
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Interactive Simulation of Realistic Fluid Movement Based on SPH Method by J L Miao, L J Long, Y H Miao, Y Qin

“…With the continuous progress of computer simulation technology, fluid simulation has been developed rapidly, and it has beeen widely used in many fields, especially in engineering compution, game and special effects in movie. Nevertheless, with the increasing requirements of fidelity of the motion and interaction of subjects, fluid simulation requires more realistic simulation results. …”
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A Weak Target Detection Algorithm IAR-STFT Based on Correlated K-distribution Sea Clutter Model by Y. Liu, X. Rao, X. Zhu, H. Yi, J. Hu

“…The detection performance of weak target on sea is affected by the special effects of sea clutter amplitude. Aiming at the time and space correlated of sea clutter, the correlated K-distribution sea clutter model is established by the sphere invariant random process algorithm. …”
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THE EU AS A GLOBAL ACTOR IN SUSTAINABILITY POLICY: ANALYZING THE EU’S LIMITED BUT POTENTIAL INFLUENCE IN IRAQ AND SYRIA by Paiman Ahmad, Bosede Ngozi Adeleye, Elena Tilovska-Kechedji

“…At the same time, oil has special effects on domestic conditions like authoritarianism and the temptation for civil war. …”
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e_motions in process by Barbara Rauch

“…Building on her research into consciousness studies and emotions, she has developed a new artwork to reveal characteristic aspects of human emotions (i.e. laughing, crying, frowning, sneering, etc.), which utilises new technology, in particular digital scanning devices and special effects animation software. The proposal is to use a 3D high-resolution laser scanner to capture animal faces and, using the data of these faces, animate and then combine them with human emotional facial expressions. …”
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" The effect of using decorative threads on the aesthetic aspect of women's fabrics produced on knitting machines according to the structural compositions " by Naglaa Fathi Mustafa Pharaoh, Ahmed Mahmoud Abdo Sheikh, adel Abdel Moneim AboKhozaim, Nour Afifi Hassan Abdel Wahab

“…Fancy Yarns is a term that is given to yarns with special effects, this yarn may be single or plied, and these effects can be added during the spinning process, plying process, or after producing the yarn, i.e. during the painting or printing process.Producing fancy yarns aims to decorate the fabrics with which they are woven, and the use of fancy warns helps the designer to present the best fancy innovations for woven fabrics, whether they are clothing or furniture fabrics. …”
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Point of View of Jean Baudrillard on the Philosophy of Cinema Survival by Mahdi Attarzadeh, Maryam Jamali, Mohammad Zaimaran

“…Among the operational approaches that can assist it, one would refer to frequent use of digital special effects or “doubled simulation” toward the exposition of cinema’s simulation.…”
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The Dynamic Train–Track Interaction on a Bridge and in a Tunnel Compared with the Simultaneous Vehicle, Track and Ground Vibration Measurements on a Surface Line by Lutz Auersch

“…The interaction has been analysed by the simultaneous measurements of vehicle, track and ground vibrations during test runs with varied train speeds. The special effects of the passage over a bridge and through a tunnel are studied and compared with the measurements on a conventional ballasted surface line. …”
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The Video Mesh: A Data Structure for Image-based Video Editing by Durand, Fredo, Cohen, Michael, Chen, Jiawen, Paris, Sylvain, Wang, Jue, Matusik, Wojciech

“…We demonstrate the effectiveness of our representation with a number of special effects including 3D viewpoint changes, object insertion, and depth-of-field manipulation.…”
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Frames of TikTok’s Book Trailers by I.V. Bugaeva, T.D. Taradenko

“…Each TikTok’s book trailer’s slot is a frame, fragments of video or audio material, sound and visual special effects; some images that are subjected to a socio-cultural factor.…”
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An Analytical-Descriptive Study of Color and Light in Ala ud-Daula Simnani's View by Hossein Taheri, Zarrin Varedi

“…As a result of the ascension of the traveler on the mystic path in approximately different exaltations of change of heart, as well as stable and systematic phenomena, these three colors, which are considered primary in nature, are regulated according to their messages and special effects, according to metaphysics. The purpose of our analysis and investigation of color recognition is to demonstrate that, despite the effectiveness and reality of the seven lights, their colors and colorful spectra possess a sense of balance and equilibrium or, in other words, order and regulation within their horizons. …”
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Visualization Simulation of Branch Fractures Based on Internal Structure Reconstruction by Meng Yang, Yi Zhang, Benye Xi

“…In addition, the realistic fractured tree branch model generated by this algorithm can be widely applied in fields such as animation film special effects, game scene simulation, virtual reality scene construction, and mechanical research on broken tree branches.…”
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Women in the audiovisual industry. The case of Spain as the new hub of European production by Mercedes Herrero-De-la-Fuente, Rocío Gago-Gelado, Marta Saavedra-Llamas

“…Twelve professionals participated in the third phase, representing the following categories: director, screenwriter, producer, composer, actress, cinematographer, sound engineer, editor, make-up artist-hairdresser, special effects, art director, and wardrobe. We observed that the gender gap is still present; most of the professions are still male-oriented, and only wardrobe, make-up, and hairdressing, escape from this discrimination. …”
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Wearability Factors for Skin Interfaces by Liu, Xin, Canepa Vega, Katia, Maes, Patricia, Paradiso, Joseph A

“…We discuss these factors in the context of two different example skin interfaces: A rigid board embedded into special effects makeup and skin-mounted soft materials connected to devices.…”
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The Different impacts of video production practices on filmmakers and filmed subjects in the “end-of-life care” documentaries filmed Zhejiang Communication University by Guanghe, Ge, Shazleen Mohamed, Muhammad Nurhafiz Hassim, Wenting, Wang

“…Most of the current video production practices are focusing on filming, editing, storytelling or special effects, and the articles on video production also put the emphasis on tourism, business or natural scenery. …”
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Telenada y el imperio del reality show. La (an)estética del "día de la marmota" y sus anécdotas picnolépsicas / Tele-Nothingness and Reality-Show Rule. The (An)aesthetics of Groun... by Fernando Castro Flórez

“…This causes culture to turn into a deployment of special effects, and nothing else. We have a false feeling of transmedia property, but our sensations are taken to the extreme by digital culture, and genuine everyday life ceases to reach us. …”
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Phenolic profiles and antioxidant activity in different organs of Sinopodophyllum hexandrum by Wei Liu, Zheng Zhang, Tong Zhang, Qi Qiao, Xiaogai Hou

“…Sinopodophyllum hexandrum is a perennial anti-cancer medicinal plant as unique phytochemical composition podophyllotoxin, and it has special effects on the treatments of pneumonic, cervical and testicular cancers. …”
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