The present research work proposes a new fast fixed-point averaging algorithm on the compact Stiefel manifold based on a mixed retraction/lifting pair. Numerical comparisons between fixed-point algorithms based on the proposed non-associated retraction/lifting map pair and two associated retraction/lifting pairs confirm that the averaging algorithm based on a combination of mixed maps is remark...

Lossless compression schemes with secure transmission play a key role in telemedicine applications that helps in accurate diagnosis and research. Traditional cryptographic algorithms for data security are not fast enough to process vast amount of data. Hence a novel Secured lossless compression approach proposed in this paper is based on reversible integer wavelet transform, EZW algorithm, new ...

Due to the great interest of stereo images in several applications, it becomes mandatory to improve the efficiency of existing coding techniques. For this purpose, many research works have been developed. The basic idea behind most of the reported methods consists of applying an inter-view prediction via the estimated disparity map followed by a separable wavelet transform. In this paper, we pr...

Modern compilers for ML-like polymorphic languages have used explicit run-time type passing to support advanced optimizations such as intensional type analysis, representation analysis and tagless garbage collection. Unfortunately, maintaining type information at run time can incur a large overhead to the time and space usage of a program. In this paper, we present an optimal type-lifting algor...

An experimental and simulation flight test has been carried out to evaluate the longitudinal gliding characteristics of a lifting body with blunted half-cone geometry. The novelty here is the lifting body's pitch control mechanism, which consists of a pair of leading-edge rotating cylinders. Flight simulation uses aerodynamic data from computational fluid dynamics supported by wind-tunnel test....

manual material handling is identified as one of the musculoskeletal disorders risk factors. the aims of this study were to evaluate lifting activities by niosh equation and mac method and the correlation of these two methods. this cross-sectional study was conducted in a rubber industry. studied subjects were 136 male workers selected from various sections by proportional-to size sampling meth...

This paper proposes a generic lifting technology (Barbell Lifting), where each predicting or updating signal is generated with a Barbell function instead of always a sample from single direction or bi-direction, to incorporate various motion alignment methods into temporal wavelet transform. The proposed lifting technology embraces fractional pixel motion alignment, variable block size motion a...

The maximum acceptable weights of lift (MAWL) of obese and non-obese participants were empirically investigated. Three obesity levels were considered: nonobese (18.5 kg/m body mass index (BMI) 24.9 kg/m), moderately obese (35 kg/m BMI 39.9 kg/m) and extremely obese (BMI 40 kg/m). Ten male and 10 female participants were recruited for each obesity level. The participants determined their MAWL fo...

BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF ASYMMETRIC AND DYNAMIC LIFTING TASK by Xiaopeng Jiang Lifting tasks is one of the leading causes of occupational lower back disorders (LBD). Aimed at deriving internal forces of human musculoskeletal system during lifting, biomechanical models are utilized to address this problem. This thesis provides an indepth literature review of such modeling, and the results of ex...