Benchmark for anonymous video analytics

AbstractOut-of-home audience measurement aims to count and characterize the people exposed to advertising content in the physical world. While audience measurement solutions based on computer vision are of increasing interest, no commonly accepted benchmark exists to evaluate and compare their performance. In this paper, we propose the first benchmark for digital out-of-home audience measurement that evaluates the vision-based tasks of audience localization and counting, and audience demographics. The benchmark is composed of a novel, dataset captured at multiple locations and a set of performance measures. Using the benchmark, we present an in-depth comparison of eight open-source algorithms on four hardware platforms with GPU and CPU-optimized inferences and of two commercial off-the-shelf solutions for localization, count, age, and gender estimation. This benchmark and related open-source codes are available at http://ava.eecs.qmul.ac.uk.

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Sibling Snapshots: Living with Youth who have Autism or Down syndrome

International Journal of Integrative Pediatrics and Environmental Medicine ◽

10.36013/ijipem.v2i0.17 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 13-30

Author(s):

Barbara Mandleco ◽

Jessica Rosemann ◽

Aimee Palicharla ◽

Tammy Rampton ◽

Tina Dyches ◽

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Keyword(s):

Down Syndrome ◽

Young People ◽

Family Members ◽

Typically Developing ◽

Age And Gender ◽

The People ◽

Younger Age ◽

Family Photographs ◽

And Gender ◽

Gathering Data

This study used photography to capture important symbols in the lives of 14 siblings of 13 youth with autism (ASD) and 16 siblings of 15 youth with Down syndrome (DS) and then determine if there were differences in the photographs taken according to the type of developmental disability, age, and gender of the sibling. Analysis revealed two types of photographs: people, including family members and non-family, and non-people, including objects, animals, and buildings/scenery. Siblings of youth with DS took a higher percentage of photographs of people and a higher percentage of photographs of family members than siblings of youth with ASD. There were also differences according to age and gender in the people/non people and within family photographs. The 7-9 year olds took a higher percentage of snapshots of typically developing siblings and him/herself whereas the 10- 12 year olds and the 13-16 year olds took a higher percentage of photographs of the youth with the disability than the younger age group. Sisters took a higher proportion of people photographs than brothers; whereas brothers took a higher proportion of family photographs than sisters. Indeed, results validate the importance of gathering data in an open-ended manner directly from young people, confirm the use of photography as a method of facilitating communication with young people about important symbols in their lives, and indicate there are differences in the percentage of photographs taken of people/non people and family/non family according to disability, age and gender of siblings.

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Everyday and ceremonial greeting etiquette of the karakalpak

Вестник антропологии (Herald of Anthropology) ◽

10.33876/2311-0546/2019-45-1/88-104 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 88-104

Author(s):

Madiyar Utebayev

Keyword(s):

Social Status ◽

Central Asia ◽

Traditional Society ◽

Age And Gender ◽

Gender Differentiation ◽

The People ◽

And Gender ◽

Moral Attitudes ◽

Ceremonial Life

The article analyzes the traditional etiquette of Karakalpaks. Special attention is paid to the customs of greeting on meeting and when performing some ceremonial activities. In both cases, the Karakalpak etiquette is based on the moral attitudes and habits of a traditional society. As with other peoples of Central Asia, the principles of age and gender differentiation and reverence for elders come to the fore. Greeting rituals are addressed to the elders and those who have higher social status, taking place within the framework of the institution of hospitality, as a principle of tolerance and benevolence characteristic of the daily and ceremonial life of the people.

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Relationship between age and gender with cholesterol levels of Taro villagers

World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews ◽

10.30574/wjarr.2022.13.1.0010 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 255-260

Author(s):

Nadya Meta Harlinda ◽

Bahar Khusni ◽

Reido Dafa Annafis ◽

Rayhan Muhammad Basyarahil ◽

Widati Fatmaningrum

Keyword(s):

Univariate Analysis ◽

P Value ◽

High Cholesterol ◽

Age And Gender ◽

Cholesterol Levels ◽

The People ◽

Total Respondent ◽

Study Results ◽

And Gender ◽

Spearman Test

Introduction: COVID-19 is a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus 2), an outbreak in the world in 2019 until now. High cholesterol levels correlate with increasing disease severity in SARS-CoV-2 infection because there is a surge of cases in Gianyar Regency, a district of Taro Village. This study aimed to examine the relationship between age and gender to cholesterol levels which are expected to become information for the people of Taro Village as a basis for health screening to prevent comorbid diseases that increase mortality in SARS-CoV-2 infection and increase awareness of the people of Taro Village to maintain health and implement a healthy lifestyle. Method: Capillary blood was taken and then checked for cholesterol levels using a standardized tool on 44 respondents. The cholesterol check was conducted in Gianyar Regency, precisely in Taro Village, Tegalalang District, and Bali. The data obtained will be analyzed using univariate analysis followed by bivariate analysis using the Spearman correlation test for variables of age and cholesterol levels. In contrast, for variables gender and cholesterol levels, the Mann-Whitney test is performed. Results: A total of 44 individual respondents in this study, the distribution of data, namely the age of the repondent is more in the 41-50 year age group, the number of female respondents is 33 or 75.0% of the total respondent, and 70.5% of the respondent or 31 have normal cholesterol levels. The results of the Spearman test on the variables of age and cholesterol levels obtained a P value>0, 05, and the results of the Mann Withney test on the variables gender and cholesterol levels obtained a P value>0, 05. Conclusion: Most taro villagers have normal cholesterol levels obtained as many as 31 people, or 70.5% of the total respondent. It may be influenced by the work factor of taro villagers who work a lot in the agriculture and plantation sectors. Based on the study results, there is also no significant relationship between age and gender with the cholesterol levels of Taro Villagers. However, high cholesterol levels were only found in females as many as five people.

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The Relationships Between COVID-19 Anxiety, Ageism, and Ableism

Psychological Reports ◽

10.1177/00332941211018404 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 003329412110184

Author(s):

Amanda A. Arcieri

Keyword(s):

Terror Management Theory ◽

Terror Management ◽

The Elderly ◽

Economic Stress ◽

Management Theory ◽

Social Connection ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Age And Gender ◽

The People ◽

And Gender

The COVID-19 pandemic is a source of anxiety globally, and lockdowns have increased anxiety symptoms, contributed to economic stress, and influenced an increase in prejudice, particularly prejudice directed at the elderly and people with disabilities. Terror management theory serves as an explanation for the association between COVID-19 anxiety, ageism, and ableism. Recruiting participants from Amazon MTurk, I assessed anxiety about COVID-19, ageism, and ableism. Hierarchical linear regression analyses demonstrate that COVID-19 anxiety is significantly associated with ageism, and with ableism, as well as age and gender. The results of this study have implications for the effect of COVID-19 anxiety on those who are most vulnerable in the current pandemic, particularly with regards to isolation and social connection; those who are most anxious about the pandemic might spend less time trying to connect with their older friends and relatives, and likewise for the people in their lives who might have a disability.

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Public Feelings toward ASEAN

Asian Survey ◽

10.1525/as.2020.60.5.803 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 60 (5) ◽

pp. 803-829

Author(s):

Hyo Won Lee ◽

Sijeong Lim

Keyword(s):

Policy Implications ◽

Economic Interests ◽

Age And Gender ◽

Regional Powers ◽

The People ◽

Positive Assessment ◽

Asean Countries ◽

And Gender ◽

Context Shape ◽

Legitimacy Crisis

What determines how ASEAN is perceived by the citizens of its member states? Most studies on ASEAN take a state-centric and elite-oriented viewpoint. We improve on this by bringing the people of ASEAN into the center of the analysis. Considering lessons from the European Union’s internal legitimacy crisis, we develop hypotheses on how skill-based economic interests, sociocultural beliefs, and assessments of national context shape people’s attitude to ASEAN. Our hypotheses are tested using the latest data from the Asian Barometer Survey, covering eight of the 10 ASEAN countries. We find that citizen confidence in domestic governance and a positive assessment of major extra-regional powers are associated with a closer identification with ASEAN. Our analysis also identifies age and gender cleavages. ASEAN affinity is higher among older rather than younger and male rather than female respondents. Our findings have important policy implications for the proponents of ASEAN.

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A report that Fukushima residents are concerned about radiation from Land, Food and Radon

Journal of Radiation Research ◽

10.1093/jrr/rrw017 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 57 (4) ◽

pp. 418-421 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Yuki Tamari ◽

Yujiro Kuroda ◽

Ryu Miyagawa ◽

Kanabu Nawa ◽

Akira Sakumi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Radioactive Materials ◽

Age And Gender ◽

The Public ◽

Nuclear Disaster ◽

The People ◽

Different Types ◽

Fukushima Daiichi ◽

And Gender ◽

One Year ◽

Public Concerns

Abstract The Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster occurred on 11 March 2011, which caused the leakage of radioactive materials into the environment. In this study, we report public concerns about radiation in Fukushima and Tokyo almost one year after the nuclear disaster. We examined the public concerns by analyzing the data from 1022 participants, 555 in Fukushima and 467 in Tokyo. They were asked whether they were concerned about radiation from some of six different types of sources, which could be answered in a binary way, ‘yes’ or ‘no’. We found not only similarities, but also significant differences in the degrees of concerns between Fukushima residents and Tokyo ones. Fukushima residents more concerned about radiation from land, food and radon in larger rate than that of Tokyo ones, while Tokyo residents were concerned about radiation from medical care. Residents in neither location were concerned about radiation from space. Our results suggested that careful risk communication should be undertaken, adaptively organized depending on location and other factors, e.g. comprehension about radiation, presence of the experience of evacuation, and also age and gender of the people.

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