Sequential data mining is a technology for acquiring useful information and patterns from large quantities of sequential data. Research into industrial and commercial applications of sequential data mining is flourishing. The aim of this study is to propose a new method for detecting groups of patterns that appear in a linked manner across multiple sequential data and repeat along a time axis. ...

This paper describes the application of techniques derived from text retrieval research to the content-based querying of image databases. Speci cally, the use of inverted les, frequency-based weights and relevance feedback is investigated. The use of inverted les allows very large numbers ( O(10)) of possible features to be used, since search is limited to the subspace spanned by the features p...

Air refractive index alteration is an important research technique used to examine blast density and pressure. However, precise time-course measurements of changes at a fixed point caused by air waves are challenging due the necessity for high precision noise immunity. This study proposes dual-probe, dual-frequency fiber-optic displacement interferometer that achieves nanometer-level accuracy c...

Many different methods of reporting animal diets have been used in ecological research. These vary greatly in level of accuracy and precision and therefore complicate attempts to measure and compare diets, and quantitites of nutrients in those diets, across a wide range of taxa. For most birds, the carotenoid content of the diet has not been directly measured. Here, therefore, I use an avian ex...

Text interpretation can be considered as the process of extracting deep-level semantics from unstructured text documents. Deeplevel semantics represent abstract index structures that enhance the precision and recall of information retrieval tasks. In this work we discuss the use of ontologies as valuable assets to support the extraction of deep-level semantics in the context of a generic archit...

The group refractive-index difference of cladding modes excited by a long-period fiber grating is characterized by use of the technique of optical low-coherence reflectometry, with a precision of <10(-4) . Very good agreement between theoretical and experimental results is demonstrated.

air spindles are one of the main elements of precise machine tools. vibration of these spindles is one of the vital issues necessary for investigation. among parameters which influence air spindle vibrations are rotational speed, compression air method, input nozzle diameter, air gap pressure. in this study using ansys, the effects of air gap thickness on air spindle vibrations have been invest...

precision forging process is widely used for the production of spur gears due to its advantages such asimproved strength and surface finish, little waste of materials and reduction in the machining time ofthe gear. an important aspect of precision forging process is the load required to perform the processsuccessfully and design the forging tools. in this research, a new kinematically admissibl...

Cytotoxic drugs may have specific effects on oncogenes and their downstream targets. Increase of cancer cell sensitivity due to repression of an oncogene downstream target can be specifically addressed by combined precision chemotherapy, increasing the therapeutic index of chemotherapy and overcoming resistance to highly selective targeted therapies.

We use digital holographic microscopy and Mie scattering theory to simultaneously characterize and track individual colloidal particles. Each holographic snapshot provides enough information to measure a colloidal sphere's radius and refractive index to within 1%, and simultaneously to measure its three-dimensional position with nanometer in-plane precision and 10 nanometer axial resolution.