Our approach describes any digital image qualitatively by detecting regions/objects inside it and describing their visual characteristics (shape and colour) and their spatial characteristics (orientation and topology) by means of qualitative models. The description obtained is translated into a description logic (DL) based ontology, which gives a formal and explicit meaning to the qualitative t...

OBJECTIVES To examine how the contraceptive behavior of women in rural southern Mozambique is shaped by their individual and household characteristics; community characteristics; access to family planning services; and characteristics of health facilities. METHODS Quantitative and qualitative data were collected mostly between January 20 and December 15, 2011, in rural areas of four districts...

The aim of this study was to identify the qualitative characteristics Bali cattle at Breeding Center. samples used were 136 heads. Qualitative data analysed based on percentage for each trait and analyzed descriptively. results showed that characteristic with highest brick red females (84,81%), black males (86.66%), dominant thick back line (79.74%) females, while not clear (86,67%), strict bod...

The particular characteristics associated with qualitative longitudinal research in the disciplines of psychology and social science have prompted the development of informed consent. There are analogies between these characteristics and the collection and analysis of data in online settings. How and why informed consent has developed in qualitative longitudinal research, both theoretically and...