We present a generative appearance-based method for recognizing human faces under variation in lighting and viewpoint. Our method exploits the fact that the set of images of an object in fixed pose, but under all possible illumination conditions, is a convex cone in the space of images. Using a small number of training images of each face taken with different lighting directions, the shape and ...

A linear programming (LP) routine was implemented to model optimal energy storage dispatch schedules for peak net load management and demand charge minimization in a grid-connected, combined photovoltaic-battery storage system (PV+ system). The LP leverages PV power output and load forecasts to minimize peak loads subject to elementary dynamical and electrical constraints of the PV+ system. Bat...

Gabryele Bärenwald, Bernd Schneider, and Horst-Robert Schütte Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Institut für Biochemie der Pflanzen, 4050 Halle/Saale, Weinberg 3, Deutsche Demokratische Republik Z. Naturforsch. 42c, 486—490 (1987); received September 10, 1986 Dedicated to Professor Helmut Simon on the occasion o f his 60th birthday Metabolism, Herbicide, Hydroxylation, Conjugation The metabo...

I nferior myocardial infarctions account for 4050% of all acute myocardial infarctions1l2 and are generally viewed as having a more favorable prognosis than anterior wall infarctions. Data from a number of recent trials of thrombolytic therapy in acute infarction appear to support this view, with mortality rates of 2-9% reported among patients with inferior infarctions assigned to the "standard...

− 497 − 1 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 2 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, 3 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine †This manuscript was presented in the 2nd meeting of Kor...

BACKGROUND Smoking has not been confirmed as a risk factor for cancers of the liver and stomach. The authors examined prospectively the relationship between smoking and these cancers in an endemic region. METHODS The data used were a cohort study on the relationship between lifestyle and health in the region having the highest liver cancer mortality in Japan. Of the cohort members, 4050 males...

Our purpose is to analyse the effectiveness and efficiency of a Partial Climate Agreement with open entry under a non-cooperative Nash-Equilibrium framework. We evaluate a partial agreement policy in which non-signatory countries can decide to join or to leave a coalition of the willing at any point in time. By means of a simple analytical model and of a numerical integrated assessment model, w...

Threats from landfill leachate leakage to groundwater quality in remote areas is a major concern globally. Buffering distance (BFD) maintained between site and supply wells important prevent drinking water contamination of hazardous pollutant. Ignoring the increase end life leads an underestimate BFD demand, posing potential threat safety. This paper constructs framework for prediction with con...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the cost effectiveness and equity of a community based cardiovascular disease prevention programme. DESIGN A prospective cross sectional design. SETTING A community based intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease in the district of Norsjö (n = 5500), Sweden. The intervention was aimed at both the general population and at individuals thought to be at special ...