This study investigated whether there could be a biological determinant of the judged gender of handwriting. It further investigated the potential interplay between these variables and sex role identification. The biological marker used was 2D:4D digit ratio (of index to ring finger length) which is negatively associated with prenatal testosterone and positively with prenatal oestrogen. Handwri...

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Existing document decomposition models fail in well iepctrqting the zone areas of printed text and handwritten :ext when they are close or even touching each other This :taper presents a simple and robust algorithm to flter out :he printed content in a mlxecl document. Following the :raditional bottom-up approach, the printed text candilates are extracted and detected in the connected comPo,:en...

-Preprocessing and normalization techniques for on-line handwriting analysis are crucial steps that usually compromise the success of recognition algorithms. These steps are often neglected and presented as solved problems, but this is far from the truth. An overview is presented of the principal on-line techniques for handwriting preprocessing and word normalization, covering the major difficu...

Analysis of handwritten word images is closely tied to the method of representing the images. Diierent representations have their own sets of advantages and disadvantages. In this paper, we propose a novel method of encoding handwritten images using vertical runs that signiicantly simpliies the implementation of several image-processing tasks pertaining to handwriting recognition. We demonstrat...

With this presentation, we want to introduce the recently started TRIGRAPH project. The aim of this project is to develop techniques that can be used for forensic writer identification, using recent advances in pattern recognition and image processing, new insights in automatically derived handwriting features, user interface development, and innovations in forensic writer identification system...

analysis Katrin Franke, Mario K oppen Fraunhofer Institute for Produ tion Systems and Design Te hnology IPK, Pas alstr. 8-9, D-10587 Berlin, Germany, Fon: +49 30 39006194, Fax: +49 30 3917517, E-mail: fkatrin.franke, mario.koeppeng ipk.fhg.de We propose an open layered framework, whi h might be adapted to ful ll sophisti ated demands in forensi handwriting analysis. Due to the ontradi ting req...

As the title of this volume suggests, it is intended to showcase the current situation of systemic functional linguistics (hereafter SFL) research in China. Apart from a foreword by Guowen Huang, an editors’ preface as well as an introduction by Zhuanglin Hu, the collection comprises 21 chapters. The first two chapters, with M.A.K. Halliday and J.R. Martin as the author respectively, function a...

Handwriting analysis is useful for understanding the personality characteristics through the patterns created by the handwriting and can reveal features such as mental and emotional instability. On the other hand, it is difficult to determine the personality, especially when it is associated with the law because there is no threshold or scale being able to make detailed results of the analysis....