Geometric reconstruction of dynamic objects is a fundamental task of computer vision and graphics, and modeling human body of high fidelity is considered to be a core of this problem. Traditional human shape and motion capture techniques require an array of surrounding cameras or subjects wear reflective markers, resulting in a limitation of working space and portability. In this dissertation, a complete process is designed from geometric modeling detailed 3D human full body and capturing shape dynamics over time using a flexible setup to guiding clothes/person re-targeting with such data-driven models. As the mechanical movement of human body can be considered as an articulate motion, which is easy to guide the skin animation but has difficulties in the reverse process to find parameters from images without manual intervention, we present a novel parametric model, GMM-BlendSCAPE, jointly taking both linear skinning model and the prior art of BlendSCAPE (Blend Shape Completion and Animation for PEople) into consideration and develop a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) to infer both body shape and pose from incomplete observations. We show the increased accuracy of joints and skin surface estimation using our model compared to the skeleton based motion tracking. To model the detailed body, we start with capturing high-quality partial 3D scans by using a single-view commercial depth camera. Based on GMM-BlendSCAPE, we can then reconstruct multiple complete static models of large pose difference via our novel non-rigid registration algorithm. With vertex correspondences established, these models can be further converted into a personalized drivable template and used for robust pose tracking in a similar GMM framework. Moreover, we design a general purpose real-time non-rigid deformation algorithm to accelerate this registration. Last but not least, we demonstrate a novel virtual clothes try-on application based on our personalized model utilizing both image and depth cues to synthesize and re-target clothes for single-view videos of different people.

Vibracijų diagnostika yra pagrindinis metodas, naudojamas įrenginių parametrų stebėjimui, kadangi būtent ši priemonė padeda nustatyti ir įvertinti mechaniniuose įrenginiuose kylančias problemas bei gedimus. Dirbančio pramoninio įrenginio su besisukančiomis dalimis vibracijų lygis yra vienas iš patikimiausių jų mechaninės būklės, surinkimo ir reguliavimo kokybės požymių. Maksimalių leidžiamų eksploatacinių vibracijų lygių nustatymas ir nuolatinė automatinė jų kontrolė leidžia padidinti įrenginių darbo patikimumą, jų aptarnavimo saugumą, sumažinti avarinių prastovų laiką ir sugadintų mechaninių dalių nuostolius. / Vibration refers to mechanical oscillations about an equilibrium point. The oscillations may be periodic such as the motion of a pendulum or random such as the movement of a tire on a gravel road. Vibration is occasionally "desirable". For example the motion of a tuning fork, the reed in a woodwind instrument or harmonica, or the cone of a loudspeaker is desirable vibration, necessary for the correct functioning of the various devices. More often, vibration is undesirable, wasting energy and creating unwanted sound – noise. For example, the vibrational motions of engines, electric motors, or any mechanical device in operation are typically unwanted. Such vibrations can be caused by imbalances in the rotating parts, uneven friction, the meshing of gear teeth, etc. Careful designs usually minimize unwanted vibrations.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T18:23:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LAEL - Daniela Penharvel de A Campos.pdf: 4723832 bytes, checksum: 14c560da8b70f42b1b03a93cb970d7ae (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-11-24 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The main aim of this study was to investigate the phraseology of the verbs try and like in English and confront the information gathered through the analysis of the data with the usage suggested by the course book Inside Out- Upper-Intermediate, adopted by the school I work for. In order to do so, the main theoretical support was provided by Corpus Linguistics, which is the area concerned with the collection and analysis of criteriously selected corpora, by means of computers. Although there are a number of studies based on the use of corpora in teaching, there is not any study concerned with describing what has been described in this one, mainly in respect of the use of the data gathered to the teaching of a foreign language. Therefore, this study aims at closing this gap in literature. Three questions were investigated in order to study the phraseology of the verbs try and like, in order to reach the objective of the study. The corpus used in the study was the BNC (British National Corpus), which is a corpus of native speakers of British English, of different linguistic varieties, that has more than 100 million words. The corpus analysis led us to the observation of differences between the usage suggested by the course book and the usage made by native speakers of English, which was the main aim of this study. The study presented may have contributed to the existing corpus-based research, especially in the area of Corpus Linguistics and the Teaching of English as Foreign Language, as it shows how the use of real data can be an important and essential tool to the teaching of English as a foreign language / O trabalho teve como objetivo principal investigar a fraseologia dos verbos try e like em inglês e confrontar as informações obtidas por meio da análise dos dados com a prescrição de uso sugerida pelo livro didático Inside Out- Upper- Intermediate, adotado pela escola em que trabalho. Para tanto, o trabalho utilizou o suporte teórico da Lingüística de Corpus, que é a área que se preocupa com a coleta e exploração de corpora eletrônicos, por meio de computadores, de maneira criteriosa. Apesar de haver muitos trabalhos baseados no uso de corpora para o ensino, não há qualquer pesquisa que busque descrever o que foi descrito neste trabalho, principalmente no tocante ao uso dos dados obtidos para o ensino de língua inglesa. Portanto, esta pesquisa procura preencher esta lacuna. Foram levantadas três perguntas de pesquisa relativas à fraseologia dos verbos try e like, a fim de alcançar o objetivo proposto. O Corpus empregado nesta pesquisa foi o BNC (British National Corpus), um corpus de falantes nativos de inglês britânico, com diversas variedades lingüísticas, que conta com mais de 100 milhões de palavras. A análise do corpus permitiu que fossem observadas diferenças entre o uso prescrito pelo livro didático e o uso feito por falantes nativos de língua inglesa, o que era o objetivo deste trabalho. A pesquisa pretende ter contribuído para a área de Lingüística de Corpus e Ensino ao demonstrar como a utilização de dados reais pode ser uma ferramenta importante e essencial no ensino de língua estrangeira

In the southeastern United States, skimmer trawls, pusher-head trawls, wing nets, and small try nets (headrope length less than 12-ft (3.66-m)) are exempt from using a turtle excluder device (TED) and instead must adhere to tow time restrictions as a mode to mitigate sea turtle bycatch. However, observer and stranding data indicate that these tow times may often be exceeded and result in mortality of sea turtles. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published a notice of proposed rulemaking in December 2016 to extend TED requirements to other trawl types, however there has been limited development of specialized TEDs for these smaller trawls. In anticipation of a regulatory change, we developed and identified multiple versions of a top-opening TED with a minimum width of 28-in (71-cm) and height of 24-in (61-cm) as the best option for small trawl gears. Prototypes were initially equipped within small try nets and tested for gear performance and sea turtle exclusion in Panama City, Florida. The final designs were then tested for target shrimp retention, bycatch reduction, and general usability of TEDs in the commercial fisheries. A paired comparison test was conducted in 8-ft (2.44-m) and 10-ft (3.05-m) try nets aboard the NMFS R/V Caretta, three commercial skimmer trawls in vesselsFarfantepenaeus duorarum) fishery. There was a general reduction of shrimp and bycatch averaging from a minimum loss of 3.31% in the Miami wing net fishery (FV FL-01) to 22.07% in the skimmer trawl fishery (FV LA-01). This dissertation research indicates that TEDs can function properly in small trawl types, however additional studies are recommended to minimize the shrimp loss and improve the overall TED effectiveness specific to each fishery and trawl type evaluated.

Childhood obesity rates are on the rise. There are detrimental physical and psychological health effects associated with childhood obesity. Society needs proven methods of delivering nutrition and physical activity education to children. The Teens Reaching Youth (TRY) 4-H model has been shown to be effective at delivering curriculum in a variety of topics. To assess the effectiveness of the TRY 4-H model at delivering nutrition and physical activity education to youth, grades third through sixth. The program's objectives were to increase youth participants' nutritional knowledge, improve youth participants' eating and fitness habits, and improve leadership and life skills of the teens involved in the TRY 4-H program. We compared three groups of youth grades third through sixth in Northern Utah. We looked at the youth's nutrition knowledge and food preferences as well as their parents/guardians' behaviors. Then two of the groups participated in a nutrition and physical activity education program. One group was taught by TRY 4-H teams and the other group was taught by adult volunteers from the community. After participating in the program, the youth's nutrition knowledge and food preferences and their parents/guardians' behaviors were re-assessed. The control group was unavailable for re-assessment due to limited access. Teen leadership was assessed using a teen leadership and life skills assessment tool. At baseline, the three samples had no statistical differences. The TRY 4-H treatment and Adult Volunteer treatment were found to produce statistically similar nutrition knowledge out-comes. Parents/guardians reported improvements in youth participant nutrition and physical activity habits. Teen members of the TRY teams experienced an increase in leadership and life skills. Teens from the TRY 4-H program are as effective as adult volunteers at teaching younger youth about nutrition. This education delivery method should be utilized in additional communities to aid in the fight against childhood obesity.

This bachelor thesis explores a virtual try-on interface in the context of the fashion product category. It is argued that virtual representations of product offerings can stimulate consumers’ purchase intentions, and thus, enact an online transaction. The purpose is to investigate how market-based AR/VR influences the behavior of consumers along the customer journey. A qualitative research approach was undertaken to answer the exploratory question. The context of the empirical bachelor thesis is the virtual try-on Synsam Style Lab where two qualitative research methods were conducted. These methods consisted of a document study on Synsam Style Lab and three synchronous online focus group interviews that laid the foundation of the thematic analysis. The purpose of conducting these qualitative research methods was to shed light on whether or not Synsam Style Lab could facilitate consumers’ online buying decision process. Consumers who saw convenience in Synsam Style Lab often expressed reasons related to the theme Alleviate. On the contrary, if consumers interaction with Synsam’s virtual try-on yielded negative experience, then their reasons were often in connection with the theme Insufficiency.  The context of this bachelor thesis is restricted to the fashion eyewear segment and does not represent the total fashion industry. Only members of Generation Y, also known as millennials, participated in the synchronous online focus group interviews. Therefore, incorporating the perspectives of other demographics could contribute to a diversified discovery of findings. Previous research has not explicitly investigated the influence of AR/VR applications on consumers’ engagement in a fashion retail setting. Hence, this bachelor thesis provides new dimensions within the field of market-based AR/VR applications.

The intention of this thesis is to describe the process of putting together a performance of a lecture recital on the song cycle Try Me, Good King: Last words of the wives of Henry VIII by modern composer Libby Larsen, and to conduct an in depth exploration of the characters of the first five wives of King Henry VIII of England. Each wife’s character will be investigated in relation to their roles in this song cycle which draws its’ text from the final words of these five women. Each wife’s character will be investigated from three perspectives, that of history, that of Libby Larsen, my own perspective (Morgan Tingle). The ultimate result will be a solid developed character for each wife that is the culmination of my studies portrayed by myself, soprano Morgan Tingle, in the final lecture recital.

線上購物已成為現代人生活上不可或缺的一種購物工具，但透過網路購買服飾時，常常會有風險，例如：可能會買到尺寸不合或是不適合自己的服飾，因此為了解決這樣的問題，本研究希望提出一種創新的經營模式，透過手機應用程式讓消費者體驗「搭檔虛擬體驗穿搭服務」，提供消費者進行線上試穿，讓每個消費者都能在網路上輕鬆買到對的尺寸以及適合自己的服飾。 為了找出可行之商業模式，本研究透過市場需求分析及產業競爭分析，了解目前台灣線上購物市場之現況，並藉由質性以及量化研究來探討本創新提案之市場需求大小、目標客群以及現階段廠商對於本創新提案之看法與未來可能的合作意願。最後，經由前述分析，本研究提出了專屬於「搭檔虛擬體驗穿搭服務」的創新提案，其中包括消費者的使用方式、廠商合作模式、收費方式，以及未來可能推出之服務。 / As a shopping tool, online shopping has been an integral part of modern life but when consumers buy apparel through the Internet, there are often risks. For example, consumers may buy clothes, which are not right sizes for them, or they may buy clothes, which are not suitable for them. In order to solve this problem, this study wants to propose an innovative business model. When consumers use cell phone application called “Dressing Agent Virtual Experience Service”, they can virtual try-on on the Internet. Every consumer can easily buy the right size and suitable clothes for them. In order to find a viable business model, I study the analysis of market demand and industry competitive analysis to understand the current status of Taiwan's online shopping market. Also, I use qualitative and quantitative researches to explore the market demand for innovative proposal for the target customers and know more about manufacturers’ cooperative willingness for innovative proposal in the future. Through the preceding description, this study presents an exclusively innovative proposal called “Dressing Agent Virtual Experience Service”. It includes the using method for consumers, cooperation and charging methods for manufacturers, and some future services.