Imaging parameters such as focus strongly innuence data quality and the performance of content extraction techniques. Narrow depth of eld gives clear focus but only over a short range of depths. This paper shows results from an algorithm that uses computer-controlled focus and pan camera movement in order to obtain a scene image that is a composite which is in focus at every point. The goal is ...

Google Fusion Tables (GFT) brings big data collaboration and visualization to data-experts who possess neither large data-processing resources nor expertise. In this paper we highlight our support for map visualizations over large complex geospatial datasets. Interactive maps created using GFT have already been used by journalists in numerous high-profile stories.

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data are effective and efficient for monitoring urban dynamics such as urban cover change and thermal anomalies, but the spatial resolution provided by MODIS data is 500 m (for most of its shorter spectral bands), which results in difficulty in detecting subtle spatial variations within a coarse pixel—especially for a fast-growing city. Give...

We describe the power and potential of data journalism, where news stories are reported and published with data and dynamic visualizations. We discuss the challenges facing data journalism today and how recent data management tools such as Google Fusion Tables have helped in the newsroom. We then describe some of the challenges that need to be addressed in order for data journalism to reach its...

a generalization of the known results in fusion frames and $g$-frames theory to continuous fusion frames which defined by m. h. faroughi and r. ahmadi, is presented in this study. continuous resolution of the identity (cri) is introduced, a new family of cri is constructed, and a number of reconstruction formulas are obtained. also, new results are given on the duality of continuous fusion fram...

abstract  background: spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis can be associated with significant  low back pain, especially in physically active adolescents. non-operative management  is usually successful in improving symptoms, but surgical intervention is  occasionally required. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of in situ posterolateral  fusion in the treatment of refractory case...

splenogonadal fusion is a rare entity with approximately 150 reported cases until the year 2005. the entity is a rare congenital anomaly in which there is fusion of splenic and gonadal anlagen or mesonephric derivatives. splenogonadal fusion has two continuous and discontinuous types. about ten cases have been reported to be associated with bilateral cryptorchidism in literature. very few cases...