This paper provides a review of shape analysis methods. Shape analysis methods play an important role in systems for object recognition, matching, registration, and analysis. Research in shape analysis has been motivated, in part, by studies of human visual form perception systems. Several theories of visual form perception are brie y mentioned. Shape analysis methods are classi ed into several...

This paper addresses the problem of determining which 3D shape is present, and more importantly, the dimensions of the shape in a scene. This is performed in an active vision system because it reduces the complexity of the problem through the use of gaze stabilisation, choice of foveation point and selective processing by adaptively processing regions of interest. In our case only a small numbe...

Depth inclusion as an important parameter for dynamic selective visual attention is presented in this article. The model introduced in this paper is based on two previously developed models, dynamic selective visual attention and visual stereoscopy, giving rise to the socalled dynamic stereoscopic selective visual attention method. The three models are based on the accumulative computation prob...

The increasing complexity in particle science and technology requires the ability to deal with multidimensional property distributions. We present theoretical background for fractionations by transferring concepts known from one dimensional higher separations. Particles fluids are separated acting forces or velocities, which commonly induces external fields, e.g., gravitational, centrifugal ele...

Area-selective atomic layer deposition (ALD) is of interest for applications in self-aligned processing nanoelectronics. Selective generally enabled by functionalization the area where no growth desired with inhibitor molecules. The packing these molecules, terms molecule arrangement and surface density, plays a vital role deactivating blocking precursor adsorption. In this work, we performed r...

That shape is important for perception has been known for almost a thousand years (thanks to Alhazen in 1083) and has been a subject of study ever since by scientists and phylosophers (such as Descartes, Helmholtz or the Gestalt psychologists). Shapes are important object descriptors. If there was any remote doubt regarding the importance of shape, recent experiments have shown that intermediat...

SHAPE (Selective 2'-hydroxyl acylation analysed by primer extension) technology has emerged as one of the leading methods of determining RNA secondary structure at the nucleotide level. A significant bottleneck in using SHAPE is the complex and time-consuming data processing that is required. We present here a modified data collection method and a series of algorithms, embodied in a program ent...

In numerous of studies, dielectrophoresis (DEP) has proven that its high selectivity and versatility make it a promising separation technique in variety fields. So far, however, only few processes the bioanalytics have made to commercial use. One main challenges is achieve technically relevant throughput while maintaining selectivity. We present novel approach mesh-based DEP filter with ordered...

This article analyses how the characteristics of recipient countries shape individual support for international redistribution in Europe. Whilst a growing body research has looked into determinants redistribution, we argue that individuals may not be willing to redistribute equal measure any foreign country. We use data from survey asking respondents 14 European whether they think their governm...