BACKGROUND While tobacco use reduction remains a major public health goal, little evidence exists on how citizens in North Carolina view policy issues related to tobacco control. This research examines attitudes toward tobacco policies among North Carolina parents. METHODS Randomly selected North Carolina adults with a child living in his or her household were invited to participate in the Ch...

L’histoire culturelle du champ de la bande dessinée suppose prendre en compte les spécificités nationales relatives au contexte éditorial, aux traditions culturelles et représentations propres à chaque aire nationale : ainsi, sein l’aire anglophone, Grande-Bretagne États-Unis se distinguent par leur propension privilégier des genres, thèmes formats qui font écho socioculturel propre. Cependant,...

This paper deals with changes of the geometric field of view on speed perception. This study has been carried out using the SAAM dynamic driving simulator (Arts et Métiers ParisTech). SAAM provides motion cues thanks to a 6 DOF electromechanical platform and is equipped with a cylindrical screen of 150°. 20 subjects have reproduced 2 speeds (50 km/h and 90 km/h) without knowing the numerical va...

The association of statistical models and multiresolution data analysis in a consistent and tractable mathematical framework remains and intricate theoretical and practical issue. Several consistent approaches have been proposed recently to combine Markov Random Field (MRF) models and multiresolution algorithms in image analysis: renormalization group, subsampling of stochastic processes, MRFs ...