This paper proposes object-based moving visual representations for quick browsing of video content. These representations are hierarchical, such that at the coarse level a sequence of alpha planes provides a moving representation of object shape and motion information for object contours. Alternatively, a 2D mesh representation provides a complete visual representation of object mot ion and sha...

Both in the componentand object-based contexts it is extremely important to derive as early as possible suitable test cases based on the UML specifications available during development. In this paper we focus on the integrated use of Sequence and State Diagrams for deriving a “reasonably” complete reference model, which will then be used for automatically deriving the test cases. The approach i...

a proficiency test is one of the language tests with the goal of assessing/evaluating the language learners' achievement. this test does not deal with language teaching and learning methods. in fact, in a proficiency test, we concentrate on determining the level of the testee’s ability in applying language at the time of administrating the test and for the test taker, it is not important t...

During the past two decades, an increasing number of European countries have introduced language requirements for residency, citizenship, and sometimes even entry to country family reunification. As a result, democratic rights as well basic human come depend upon individual’s ability obtain certain score on test consequences failing may be detrimental. In field testing, this use tests is often ...

the purpose of the present study was to determine gender differences in the language development and skills of first grade students of primary schools in marivan-iran. to do this, 260 first grade students (140 males and 120 females) were chosen by multi stage cluster sampling and stratified random sampling methods among the first grade students in elementary schools in the 2011-2012 academic ye...