conclusions family members are valuable components in the therapeutic process of delirium. effective use of family members in the delirium caring process can be considered to be one of the key non-medical nursing components in the therapeutic process. results two main themes from two different perspectives emerged, 'patients' perspectives' (experiences during icu hospitalization) and 'family me...

In this paper, a robust and efficient face recognition system based on luminance distribution by using maximum likelihood estimation is proposed. The distribution of luminance components of the face region is acquired and applied to maximum likelihood test for face matching. The experimental results showed that the proposed method has a high recognition rate and requires less computation time.

In multi-agent systems, there is the need to exchange uncertain information between distinct and independently developed software components. This requires that such components share a common uncertainty interchange format and poses, therefore, a serious and still poorly considered problem, in face of the variety of existing uncertainty theories. In fact, imposing that all components adopt the ...

the main objective of this research was identifying an appropriate model for the work values in public services of iran within the framework of islamic value system. the basic in this study is: what are components and dimensions of the work values in public services of iran within the framework of islamic value system? in this basic research, data was gathered through filed and library data col...

This paper proposes an algorithm of a face and facial component detection for face recognition. For efficient extraction using image processing, we analyze and improve detecting facial components that are the basis of an image characteristic. The proposed algorithm includes face region detection without the effect of skin color hairs, eye region detection with weighted template matching, eyebro...

This paper describes the design and implementation of a hardware-software embedded system for face recognition applications in images and/or videos. The system has hardware components to speed up the face detection and recognition stages. It is a system suitable for applications requiring real-time, due that the response times are deterministic and bounded. The system is based on a previous imp...

Several methods for detecting the face and extracting the facial features and components exist in the literature. These methods are different in their complexity, performance, type and nature of the images and the targeted application. The facial features and components are used in security applications, robotics and assistance for the disabled. We use these components and characteristics to de...

Whether and how the parts of a visual object are grouped together to form an integrated ("holistic") representation is a central question in cognitive neuroscience. Although the face is considered to be the quintessential example of holistic representation, this issue has been the subject of much debate in face perception research. The implication of holistic processing is that the response to ...

Contrast-related signals from the eye region are known to be important for the processing of facial identity. Individuals with developmental prosopagnosia (DP) have severe face recognition problems, which may be linked to deficits in the perceptual processing of identity-related information from the eyes. We tested this hypothesis by measuring N170 components in DP participants and age-matched ...

The range of specificity and the response properties of the extrastriate face area were investigated by comparing the N170 event-related potential (ERP) component elicited by photographs of natural faces, realistically painted portraits, sketches of faces, schematic faces, and by nonface meaningful and meaningless visual stimuli. Results showed that the N170 distinguished between faces and nonf...