provides means of quantitative estimation of facial weakness. Graphic presenta tion of the dynamic aspects of facial weakness was made possible by recording of interlabial pressure through a pressure transducer during whistle action, recording of resistance changes between two electrodes produced by wrinkle and smile actions, and by recording of blinking speed with an electronystagmography. The...

In this paper, a method of structuring the multi-media recording of a small-sized meeting based on various information such as sound source localization, multiple-talk detection, and the detection of non-speech sound events, is proposed. The information from these detectors is fused by a Bayesian network to estimate the state of the meeting. Based on the estimated state, the recording of the me...

Data-parallel algorithms are presented for polygonizing a collection of line segments represented by a data-parallel bucket PMR quadtree, a data-parallel R-tree, and a data-parallel Rþ-tree. Such an operation is useful in a geographic information system (GIS). A sample performance comparison of the three data-parallel structures for this operation is also given. 2003 Published by Elsevier B.V.

We study how firms can use a knowledge management system to optimally leverage employeegenerated know-how. In particular, we consider the following practical strategic questions for the manager of a knowledge-intensive firm: should her firm develop a formal knowledge system? And if so, how should it be managed, particularly in terms of what information to record? We find that firms benefit more...

14 15 In this paper the implementation of a tool was considered, based on Machine Learning (ML) techniques to improve 16 the detection of subclinical mastitis in dairy herds. The analysed population included 71 dairy farms in Asturias 17 (Northern Spain) and a total of 2,407 lactating cows. Four sources of information were available: a) a questionnaire 18 survey describing facilities, milking r...

GUNWOONG LEE is a Ph.D. candidate of Information Systems at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. His research interests include digital content management in mobile platforms, information and communication technology for development, and technologydriven healthcare innovations. His research has appeared in major conferences and journals including Decision Support System...

This article describes some theoretical and practical aspects regarding the process of personalizing services and content for an e-learning environment, issued within the national research project “Innovative System for Personalized and User-centered Learning with Application to Project Management (SinPers)” developed by the National Institute for R&D in Informatics, the Academy of Economic Stu...

OUTLINE 1. What is information revolution? 2. What are the advantages of information in electronic form? 3. What is hyper-text? 4. Where are Indian languages in the information revolution? 4.1 Digital content 4.2 Machine translation 4.3 Speech 4.4 Optical character recognition 4.5 Search and knowledge organization 4.6 Other applications 5. Relevant technologies 5.1 Basic research 6. Are compute...

The MIRACLE (Making Institutional Repositories a Collaborative Learning Environment) Project team investigated issues and trends related to institutional repository planning and implementation, such as the purposes and roles of an institutional repository (IR), system selection criteria, system features, policies, services, and sustainability. Data were collected through telephone interviews wi...