Surveillance of targets from infrared (IR) satellite observations is a major concern for modern defense systems, especially for the detection and tracking of dim ballistic missiles. In such systems, track formation (or track initialization) is a crucial phase. The evaluation of the reliability of the track formation process (TFP) is important because of the disastrous effects the threat can hav...

Guanine-rich DNA sequences can form G-quadruplexes. These four-stranded structures are known to form in several genomic regions and to influence certain biological activities. Sometimes, the instability of G-quadruplexes causes the abnormal biological processes. Mutation is a culprit for the destabilization of G-quadruplexes, but the details of mutated G-quadruplexes are poorly understood. In t...

In this paper we propose a kinematic approach for tracked mobile robots in order to improve motion control and pose estimation. Complex dynamics due to slippage and track–soil interactions make it difficult to predict the exact motion of the vehicle on the basis of track velocities. Nevertheless, real-time computations for autonomous navigation require an effective kinematics approximation with...

The authors apply the research profiling method to review all the research that has been published in the SBGames Culture Track, between 2007 and 2011. After the capture of the articles was assembled a database with the following criteria: Year of publication; article’s type (Full paper, Short paper); authors; affiliation of the authors; Keywords; subject area; and Type of study. A descriptive ...

We describe a computer system that allows real-time tracking of facial expressions. Sparse, fast visual measurements using 2-D templates are used to observe the face of a subject. Rather than track features on the face, the distributed response of a set of templates is used to characterize a given facial region. These measurements are coupled via a linear interpolation method to states in a phy...

In this paper we propose a kinematic approach for tracked mobile robots in order to improve motion control and pose estimation. Complex dynamics due to slippage and track–soil interactions make it difficult to predict the exact motion of the vehicle on the basis of track velocities. Nevertheless, real-time computations for autonomous navigation require an effective kinematics approximation with...