Calibrations of a high-suction tensiometer S. D. N. LOURENçO, D. GALLIPOLI, D. G. TOLL, C. E. AUGARDE, F. D. EVANS and G. M. MEDERO (2008).

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Over the past decade, there has been a significant increase in the phenomenon known as ”predatory lending.” In a forthcoming paper, we argue that predatory lending emerged when market incentives that historically led lenders to engage in credit rationing gave way to a market where lenders could easily exploit unsophisticated borrowers. Our specific focus is on the home loan market, i.e., closed...

G a M E S a N D L O G I C S F O R I N F O R M at I O N a L C a S C a D E S Msc in Logic

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A method for analyz ing the structu re of the white backgr ound in docu ment images is describ ed, along with applic ations to the proble m of isolati ng blocks of machine -printe d text. The appro ach is based on computa tionalgeometry algorith ms for off-li ne enumera tion of maximal white rectan gles and on-line rectan gle unific ation. These suppo rt a fast, simple, and gener al heuri stic ...