Modulation frequency and orientation tuning of second-order mechanisms underlying the detection of modulation in local spatial-frequency information are assessed by using an oblique-masking paradigm. Stimuli were Gabor-filtered noise patterns in which the local carrier spatial frequency was modulated about an average value of 4.7 cycles per degree (cpd) according to sinusoidal function. Thresho...

We investigate a mean-eld model which has previously been used to explain the response properties of orientation selective neurons in the primary visual cortex of monkeys and cats 2]. Two mutually coupled orientation hypercolumns are setup as local ampliiers based on local recurrent excitation and inhibition. We rst investigate the individual hypercolumns. The model correctly predicts contrast ...

One of the most important aspects of visual attention is its flexibility; our attentional "window" can be tuned to different spatial scales, allowing us to perceive large-scale global patterns and local features effortlessly. We investigated whether the perception of global and local motion competes for a common attentional resource. Subjects viewed arrays of individual moving Gabors that group...

This study extends prior researches by exploring the effect of organizational orientations on export performance. Building on the already extensive literature, we developed a model of relationship. A total of 120 usable questionnaires were received from the Iranian food industry SMEs. The results indicated that entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation and learning orientation positively ...

in this paper, a new method for determining position and orientation of a coordinate system using its image is presented. this coordinate system is a three dimensional non-orthogonal system in respect to the two dimensional and orthogonal camera coordinate system.  in real world, it’s exactly easy to select three directions on an object so that they don’t be orthogonal and on a plane. the image...

In this paper, the effects of carbon nanotube (CNT) orientation and aggregation on the static behavior of functionally graded nanocomposite cylinders reinforced by CNTs are investigated based on a mesh-free method. The used nanocomposites are made of the straight CNTs that are embedded in an isotropic polymer as matrix. The straight CNTs are oriented, randomly or aligned or local aggregated int...

‎let $m$ be a non-zero finitely generated module over a commutative noetherian local ring $(r,mathfrak{m})$ with $dim_r(m)=t$‎. ‎let $i$ be an ideal of $r$ with $grade(i,m)=c$‎. ‎in this article we will investigate several natural homomorphisms of local cohomology modules‎. ‎the main purpose of this article is to investigate when the natural homomorphisms $gamma‎: ‎tor^{r}_c(k,h^c_i(m))to kotim...

Quadrature filters are a well known means for local spectral analysis of images and to extract relevant structure. Recently, there has been the discovering of an isotropic quadrature filter for images that does not need steering with respect to orientation and provides the user with geometric (local orientation) and structural (local phase) information. Here, we present a further extension of t...