Abroad-at-Home: Identifying domestic tourism locations for overseas-like travel experiences by leveraging concept modeling

Some countries have places with foreign-like scenery that attracts domestic visitors to enjoy overseas-like travel experiences. However, such overseas-like travel experiences have not been widely utilized for domestic tourism development. This is likely due to the lack of awareness among the scientific community and tools for effectively identifying such travel experiences. To address the related gaps and technical challenges, this paper investigates the potential of abroad-at-home as a type of domestic tourism for promoting domestic tourism. This paper also introduces a novel technique called concept modeling that identifies abroad-at-home travel experiences from travel photos taken within a country. A case study on a large-scale dataset of more than 265,000 geotagged travel photos taken in Australia demonstrated the effectiveness of this method. The proposed method and findings are valuable for tourism organizations that use abroad-at-home travel experiences for domestic tourism development.     

How to enhance the image of edible insect restaurants: Focusing on perceived risk theory

Although edible insects are getting attention all over the world, consumers are still reluctant to visit edible insect restaurants. Thus, the objective of this research is to explore what risks customers perceive in edible insect restaurants and how those risks affect the image of edible insect restaurants. More specifically, First, the results of principal components analysis showed that 21 perceived risk items were divided into seven factors: quality, psychological, health, financial, environmental, time-loss, and social risks. Second, five sub-dimensions of perceived risk had a negative effect on image, with the exception of financial and environmental risks. Lastly, image was found to increase intention to use, word-of-mouth intention, and willingness to pay more.     

The role of brand strength,type, image and product-category fit in retail brand collaborations

Retailer brand collaborations are an underexploited way for retailers to expand product lines and target new segments relatively quickly and cheaply, yet little work has explored the area and the influence of important factors in the image inheritance process remains unknown. Using data from two experiments involving 240 subjects, we examine the role of brand type, brand strength and the fit between parent and brand collaboration product categories to show that a new retail product's image inherits more characteristics from a symbolic parent brand (even when the brand is weak) and when there are higher degrees of parent retailer-image fit. However, fit between the new retail collaboration's product category and that of the parent brands is only important for functional brands. The results help retailers decide which partner to choose to maximize image inheritance.     

一种新的基于二尺度分解的图像和谐融合方法

介绍了一种新颖的图像融合算法。该方法首先将图像的亮度通道进行分解,然后对分 解后的层使用不同的方式进行处理。该方法使用均值插值法来解决图像融合问题。实验表明 ,该方法在外观不同的图像上能够获得比较满意的结果,融合结果和目标图像的细节纹理匹 配完好且无缝。此外,基于图形处理器（GPU）的并行实现提高了算法的效率。     

Antecedents and consequences of destination image gap

The purpose of this study is to examine the antecedents that explain changes to the image that first-time tourists have (pre- and post-visit image gap) of a destination and its impact on satisfaction and loyalty through the design and validation of a model. The research has been carried out using a sample of 411 tourists in Tenerife (Spain). The involvement with the trip, the time dedicated to the search for information, and the number of attractions visited influence the change in cognitive image. The factors that explain the time spent searching for information are uncertainty, involvement, and duration and intensity of the visit. The positive gap in the image generates greater satisfaction, which has a positive impact in the loyalty.     

编组站提钩自动化智能识别设计

为了提升编组站解编效率与现场作业安全性,进一步提高编组站作业自动化技术水平,针对解编自动化技术瓶颈,提出一种基于深度学习的编组站提钩自动化智能识别设计方案。阐述编组站提钩自动化智能识别的设计需求,从位置信息获取、作业过程监控、图像数据采集、信息数据处理等环节研究图像信息处理方法,重点研究智能识别流程,利用深度卷积神经网络模型与算法研究图像特征值提取与图像匹配识别技术实现方案。经验证,智能识别方案在试验中的平均可靠度达99.37%,为编组站解编自动化提供了一种有效技术手段。     

Four Mexican dreams: What will drive the Mexican millennial to invest?

The American Dream is a well-researched concept, but what would be its equivalent for Mexico? We investigate the Mexican Dream for young adults (25 to 35 year old Mexicans). The aim of the study is to develop an understanding of the core values of young Mexican adults reflected in their consumer behavior in the financial sector. We implement a cross-cultural consumer behavior framework by David Luna, in order to consider factors like culture, and value systems to uncover the Mexican Dream for young Mexican adults. In order to gather data for this study, six focus group discussions of key informants were carried out in specific areas, such as consumer behavior, futures images and Mexican culture among others. The results suggest that the core drivers of the Mexican Young adults, known as Generation Y, differ from the traditional cultural values in several ways. The results are used to create four images of the future in order to understand the young Mexican adults core drivers for the future: 1) Following the North Americans image describes a future based on the traditional Mexican values updated with a modern twist; 2) The Muddling Through image describes a future where the most important aspects of life go wrong; 3) the Telenovela combines positive and negative aspects in an image of the future; and 4) the Going European image strives for a civilized individualism within a welfare state.     

基于卫星中继的无人机图像传输系统

基于卫星中继的无人机图像传输系统在遥感图像的传输中有着十分重要的作用。首先讨论了这种系统的应用意义 ,然后提出了一种具体的实现方案 ,对系统中的几个关键部分的设计进行了详细分析。目前的实验成果表明 ,这种基于卫星中继的无人机图像传输系统方案是可行的。     

Turbo码在无线图像传输系统中的应用

通过Matlab仿真,信源编码采用矢量量化法,对静止图像通过无线瑞利(Rayleigh)衰落信道传输时,不采用信道编码和采用Turbo码作为信道编码两种情况进行了研究。依据失真度的主观评价,对两种情况下重构的图像进行了比较和分析。结果表明,Turbo码具有很强的抗衰落和抗多径效应能力,它不仅有效地提高了无线图像传输的可靠性,而且大大节省了系统发射功率。     

基于内存直接写入的数字图像采集接口电路的设计

本文介绍了基于内存直接写入的数字图像采集接口方法。对于要求实时进行图像处理的系统,直接写入内存法可以在不需要处理器干预的情况下,直接将图像数据写入系统存储区内,实现高速图像采集。