This work presents first quantitative results of a method for automatic liver segmentation from CT data. It is based on a 3D deformable model approach using a-priori statistical information about the shape of the liver gained from a training set. The model is adapted to the data in an iterative process by analysis of the grey value profiles along its surface normals after nonlinear diffusion fi...

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is often characterized as separate from climate change mitigation. Discussion of CDR governance – despite enjoying growing interest tends to overlook how key provisions on mitigation apply. Similarly, many policy processes have ignored CDR. may been discursively held ‘mitigation’ due a partial conceptual overlap with ‘geoengineering’. We unpack the ‘mitigation chang...

In recognizing characters written on forms, it often happens that characters overlap with pre-printed form lines. In order to recognize overlapped characters, removal of the line and restoration of the broken character strokes caused by line removal are generally conducted. But it is not easy to restore the broken character strokes accurately especially when the direction of the line and the ch...

Protonated or Ca-form Sargassum seaweed biomass bound up to 40 mg/g of Cr(III) by ion exchange at pH 4. An ion-exchange model assuming that the only species taken up by the biomass was Cr(OH)2+ successfully fitted the experimental biosorption data for Cr(III). The maximum uptake of Cr(VI) by protonated Sargassum biomass at pH 2 was explained by simultaneous anion exchange and Cr(VI) to Cr(III) ...

With the increased requirement of miniaturization structures on hard and brittle substrates, micro abrasive air jet turning technology has become a promising machining for manufacturing structures. This paper presents an investigation multi-pass radial-mode fused silica. The effect parameters depth cut materials removal rate was analyzed. waviness striation formation mechanisms were studied. It...

The distribution and abundance of swift foxes (Vulpes velox) has declined from historic levels. Causes for the decline include habitat loss and fragmentation, incidental poisoning, changing land use practices, trapping, and predation by other carnivores. Coyotes (Canis latrans) overlap the geographical distribution of swift foxes, compete for similar resources, and are a significant source of m...

We examined home range behavior of female feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in a heavily hunted population on Fort Benning Military Reservation in west-central Georgia, USA. We used Global Positioning System location data from 24 individuals representing 18 sounders (i.e., F social groups) combined with mark–recapture and camera-trap data to evaluate evidence of territorial behavior at the individual and...

In this paper, we describe the duplicate removal component of Infolab’s1 question answering system that contributed to CSAIL’s entry of TREC-152 Question Answering track. The goal of the Question Answering Track is to provide short, succinct answers to English sentences posed by users. In answering definition questions, we are asked to retrieve new and relevant information, in the form of short...