Research on automatic leaf classification has been active since 2000. Lots of hand-crafted features have been proposed, ranging from shape based, to statistical texture and margin related [2] [3] [1]. Also generic computer vision object recognition features, such SIFT[32] and HOG[33], are studied for this problem. Most of such manually engineered features achieve excellent accuracy on clean ima...

Programme Committee A. Al-Dubai, Napier University, UK Hamid R. Arabnia, Univ. of Georgia, USA Frank Ball, Bournemouth University, UK Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada Jeremy Bradley, Imperial College London, UK Songqing Chen, George Mason University, USA Karim Djemame, University of Leeds, UK Jose Gil, Motorola, UK Wei Guo, Nokia Rese...

The prediction uncertainty of a hydrologic model is closely related to model formulation and the uncertainties in model parameters and inputs. Currently, the foremost challenges concern not only whether hydrologic model outputs match observations, but also whether or not model predictions are meaningful and useful in the contexts of land use and climate change. The latter is difficult to determ...

The lubrication regime in which artificial hip joints operate adds complexity to the prediction of wear, as the joint operates in both the full fluid film regime-specifically the elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) regime-and the mixed or boundary lubrication regimes, where contact between the bearing surfaces results in wear. In this work, a wear model is developed which considers lubrication...

OBJECTIVE To determine the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice of food hygiene among primary, intermediate and high school students and explore association, if any, with socio-demographic differences. METHODS The observational cross-sectional study was conducted at boy's schools in Majmaah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from February to May 2014. Data was collected using stratified random s...

Background: Diabetes mellitus has been linked to various gastrointestinal motility disorders, including gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).This study aimed determine the proportion of GERD in patients with diabetes mellitus.Method: This descriptive cross-sectional was conducted at medical outpatient department Sharif Medical City Hospital, Lahore, from October December, 2020. Patients previ...