It is now recognized in many domains that content based image retrieval CBIR from a database of im ages cannot be carried out by using completely auto mated approaches One such domain is medical ra diology for which the clinically useful information in an image typically consists of gray level variations in highly localized regions of the image Currently it is not possible to extract these regi...

In this paper we explore, extend and simplify the localization of the description ability of the well-established MPEG-7 (SCD, CLD and EHD) and MPEG-7-like (CEDD) global descriptors, which we call the SIMPLE family of descriptors. Sixteen novel descriptors are introduced, that utilize four different sampling strategies for the extraction of image patches to be used as points-of-interest. Design...

This research defines a method for developing eXtended Markup Language (XML)-based content management services for global product manufacturers and distributors. Content management services for multi-channel trades play an important role in e-business because it enables the seamless flow of product information between suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and customers. In today’s business wor...

A combination of several classifiers using global features for the content description of medical images is proposed. Beside well known texture histogram features, downscaled representations of the original images are used, which preserve spatial information and utilize distance measures which are robust with regard to common variations in radiation dose, translation, and local deformation. The...

After a traumatic event like a stroke, people need to find meaning and control again. This study enhances knowledge on one of the driving principles behind meaning-making processes: global meaning. Global meaning refers to individuals' general orienting systems, comprising fundamental beliefs and life goals. Little is known about global meaning in people with stroke and whether global meaning c...

Microsatellites are highly mutable, repetitive sequences commonly used as genetic markers, but they have never been studied en masse. Using a custom microarray to measure hybridization intensities of every possible repetitive nucleotide motif from 1-mers to 6-mers, we examined 25 genomes. Here, we show that global microsatellite content varies predictably by species, as measured by array hybrid...

Observational data from the Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Program were used to calculate the upper ocean heat content (OHC) anomaly. The thickness of the upper layer is taken as 300 m for the Pacific/Atlantic Ocean and 150 m for the Indian Ocean since the Indian Ocean has shallower thermoclines. First, the optimal spectral decomposition scheme was used to build up monthly synoptic tem...

Digital content publishers traditionally authored content in one source language and distributed it to native speakers of that source language (usually, but not always, based in the same region as that of the publisher). Digital content was usually only translated for regions that displayed sufficient potential for increasing international sales. Even then, the cost of translation, combined wit...

A combination of several classifiers using global features for the content description of medical images is proposed. Beside well known texture histogram features, downscaled representations of the original images are used, which preserve spatial information and utilize distance measures which are robust regarding common variations in radiation dose, translation, and local deformation. These fe...

A country’s human capital and economic productivity increasingly depend on the Internet due to its expanding role in providing information and communications. This has prompted a search for ways to increase Internet adoption and narrow its disparity across countries – the global “digital divide.” Previous work has focused on demographic, economic, and infrastructure determinants of Internet acc...