Depth map super-resolution (DSR) has been a fundamental task for 3D computer vision. While arbitrary scale DSR is more realistic setting in this scenario, previous approaches predominantly suffer from the issue of inefficient real-numbered upsampling. To explicitly address issue, we propose novel continuous depth representation DSR. The heart our proposed Geometric Spatial Aggregator (GSA), whi...

Article history: Received 12 May 2010 Received in revised form 6 March 2011 Accepted 26 May 2011 Available online 7 June 2011

Peer review is regarded as one of the mainstays of academic publishing. It is conceivably the most trusted method (Nicholas et al., 2015) to weed out invalid and suspicious research and improve the quality of published research. Therefore, journals across disciplines have adopted peer review as a core part of the publishing process to uphold academic standards of ethics, validity, and reliabili...

*Reader, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Rajarajeshwari Dental College& Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India **Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Rajarajeshwari Dental College & Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India ***Reader, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Rajarajeshwari Dental College& Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India †Senior Lecturer...

The purpose of this article is to review léderal policy on deposit interest rate ceilings over the 53 year’s since they first were imposed. The article describes the objectives of Congress in establishing ceiling rates on deposits, examines their effects on the I’mnancial system and economic activity, and, finally, assesses the effect that phasing them out has had ~n tile coniposition of deposi...

this paper examines how information provided by online reviews influences firms’ pricing strategy for repeat purchase products. It is commonly understood that online reviews can reduce consumer uncertainty about product characteristics and, therefore, have the potential to increase product demand and firm profits. However, when considering repeat purchase products, online reviews have an additi...

Drug use remains endemic among the incarcerated populations. There are especially strong links between between opioid use and crime. Several models have been proposed to explain the complex nature of this relationship. Various factors e.g. street culture and socio-demographic profile may modify the relationship between opioid use and crime. The article will provide an overview of substance use ...

This paper is the first of two from the Monetary Services Indices (MSI) Project at the Federal Reserve Bank ofSt. Louis. The second paper, Working Paper 96-008B, summarizes the methodology, construction and data sourcesfor the an extensive new database of monetary services indices, often referred to as Divisia monetary aggregates, for the United States. This paper surveys the microeconomic theo...