Lecture capture with real‐time rearrangement of visual elements: impact on student performance

The primary goal of this study is to create and test a lecture‐capture system that can rearrange visual elements while recording is still taking place, in such a way that student performance can be positively influenced. The system we have devised is capable of integrating and rearranging multimedia sources, including learning content, the instructor and students' images, into lecture videos that are embedded in a website for students to review after school. The present study employed a two‐group experimental design, with 153 participants (145 females and 8 males) making up an experimental group in which lecture courses were recorded using the new lecture‐capture system, and 149 participants (140 females and 9 males) forming a control group whose lectures were recorded by traditional means. All participants were in the freshman college and studying Introduction to Computer and Information Science in one of six classes, and were randomly assigned to one of the two groups. The participants' midterm examination and final examination scores were collected as indicators of their academic performance, with their mathematics entrance scores used as a pre‐test. The findings obtained from analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) suggest that appropriate rearrangement of visual elements in lecture videos can significantly impact students' learning performance.     

数据库新技术浅析

介绍了数据库技术的发展及现状，数据库技术与多学科技术的有机结合，根据数据库技术的延伸与发展，论述了数据库建设中应注意的几个问题。     

Discrete Wavelet Transform: Architectures, Design and Performance Issues

Due to the demand for real time wavelet processors in applications such as video compression [1], Internet communications compression [2], object recognition [3], and numerical analysis, many architectures for the Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) systems have been proposed. This paper surveys the different approaches to designing DWT architectures. The types of architectures depend on whether the application is 1-D, 2-D, or 3-D, as well as the style of architecture: systolic, semi-systolic, folded, digit-serial, etc. This paper presents an overview and evaluation of the architectures based on the criteria of latency, control, area, memory, and number of multipliers and adders. This paper will give the reader an indication of the advantages and disadvantages of each design.     

A semantic modeling approach for image retrieval by content

We introduce a semantic data model to capture the hierarchical, spatial, temporal, and evolutionary semantics of images in pictorial databases. This model mimics the user's conceptual view of the image content, providing the framework and guidelines for preprocessing to extract image features. Based on the model constructs, a spatial evolutionary query language (SEQL), which provides direct image object manipulation capabilities, is presented. With semantic information captured in the model, spatial evolutionary queries are answered efficiently. Using an object-oriented platform, a prototype medical-image management system was implemented at UCLA to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach.     

Bandwidth Adaptation Algorithms for Adaptive Multimedia Services in Mobile Cellular Networks

The fluctuation of available link bandwidth in mobilecellular networks motivates the study of adaptive multimediaservices, where the bandwidth of an ongoing multimedia call can bedynamically adjusted. We analyze the diverse objectives of theadaptive multimedia framework and propose two bandwidth adaptationalgorithms (BAAs) that can satisfy these objectives. The firstalgorithm, BAA-RA, takes into consideration revenue and``anti-adaptation' where anti-adaptation means that a user feelsuncomfortable whenever the bandwidth of the user's call ischanged. This algorithm achieves near-optimal total revenue withmuch less complexity compared to an optimal BAA. The secondalgorithm, BAA-RF, considers revenue and fairness, and aims at themaximum revenue generation while satisfying the fairnessconstraint defined herein. Comprehensive simulation experimentsshow that the difference of the total revenue of BAA-RA and thatof an optimal BAA is negligible. Also, numerical results revealthat there is a conflicting relationship between anti-adaptationand fairness.     

B737机务CBT系统建设方案的探讨

通过对AICC制订的CBT课件开发规范的探讨，阐述了CBT的基本概念和波音737飞机机务CBT的开发制作过程，以及利用Authorware开发软件制作多媒体课件的技术难点。     

广播电视中心发展新趋势——多媒体化初探

本文讨论了多媒体技术所需的软硬件基础和网络传输技术，及其在数字化广播电视中心节目制作中的应用，展望了无磁带广播电视中心有美好前景，在此基础上提出了完整的广播电视中心多媒体系统结构图。     

计算机多媒体技术在水利行业中的应用

文章详细介绍了计算机多媒体技术的特点和该技术在水利工程中记录施工、图纸资料保存、声像文字资料保存、大型工程管理等工作中的应用,阐述了制作多媒体软件的方法和应注意的问题.     

存储媒体的媒体内同步反馈控制算法

本文提出了一种存储媒体的媒体内同步反馈控制算法，该方案是建立在缓冲区占用率控制基础上，通过周期性地检查缓冲区的占用情况来检测失步，并将其反馈给发送方，由发送方对发送帧速率进行调整。文章给出了接收方所需缓冲区的设计准则及发送帧速率的调整方法，并分析了算法中各参数对同步性能的影响。实验表明该方案能够处理由于网络传输时延特性变化引起的失步，与其它反馈控制方案相比具有更低的数据丢弃率，从而使接收端播放平滑连续，具有良好的视频播放质量。     

H.323同步控制实现研究

提出并实现了一种H.323多媒体通信系统音视频同步控制算法,算法以正常语音播放为基准,利用H.263码流语法信息,通过调整视频播放帧率实现媒体间同步, 不增加通信冗余度。实际测试结果表明,算法有效地提高了多媒体通信系统音视频媒体同步性能和多媒体的感知服务质量,并已应用于实际多媒体通信系统。