A framework for validating the images produced by the USARSim simulation is set up. A standart college dormitory room is modeled in the simulation to produce a controlled virtual environment. Four basic image processing algorithms Canny edge detection, template matching, active contours and optical character recognition are implemented and metrics for evaluating their performance are defined. T...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated the importance of environmental influences in explaining weight gain and related behaviors among freshman college students. METHODS We exploited a natural experiment that takes place on most college campuses in the United States--randomized dormitory assignments. We estimated the effects of living in dormitories with varying physical environment characterist...

In the early 20 th century Japan, coal mining firms took an intermediary organization of labor, “dormitory system.” Given traditional technology that required high manual skills unknown to managements, firms relied on the intermediary organization both for screening and monitoring workers. This study focuses on referrers of miners, who took an essential role of signaling in the coal mining indu...

The generic medicines market in Australia is continuously growing and there is a push by the government towards generic substitution. However, generic dispensing places additional time constraints on pharmacists. There is also an increased need for professional judgement, and hence increased risk of error. Generic dispensing consequently places an increased responsibility on pharmacists, with a...

Stay points are important for recognizing significant places from a mobile user’s GPS trajectory. Such places are often located indoors and in urban canyons, where GPS is unreliable. Consequently, mapping a user’s stay point to a Place of Interest (POI) using only GPS data is particularly challenging. Our novel algorithm employs both spatio-temporal density estimation and line count inference t...

undoubtedly, pottery is among the most important information types that can help understand societies and cultures better. despite introducing pottery known as sultān abād and its classification over the last few decades, very limited information has been published so far on the origin of its type and about archeological sites containing them. the main reason for this seems to be that container...