Remote sensing and field spectroscopy of natural waters is typically performed under clear skies, low wind speeds and low solar zenith angles. Such measurements can also be made, in principle, under clouds and mixed skies using airborne or in-situ measurements; however, variable illumination conditions pose a challenge to data analysis. In the present case study, we evaluated the inversion of h...

Total suspended particulate matter (TSM) in estuarine and coastal regions usually exhibits significant natural variations. The understanding of such variations is of great significance in coastal waters. The aim of this study is to investigate and assess the diurnal and seasonal variations of surface TSM distribution and its mechanisms in coastal waters based on Geostationary Ocean Color Imager...

Time-scale modification (TSM) algorithms have the purpose of stretching or compressing the time-scale of an input audio signal without altering its pitch. Such tools are frequently used in scenarios like music production or music remixing. There exists a large variety of different algorithmic approaches to TSM, all of them having their very own advantages and drawbacks. In this paper, we presen...

aMedia Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA bDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA cDepartment of Psychology, Harvard University, MA, USA dDepartment of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA eToulouse School of Economics (TSM-R), CNRS, University of Toulouse, France fInstitute for Data, Syste...

road traffic accident (rta) is a global burden of disease. more than 1.25 million people per year are killed by rtas. more than half of the fatalities strike vulnerable road users (e. g. pedestrians, skaters, cyclists and other non-protected road users). the ongoing challenge is to protect vulnerable road users (vru). as a vru is neither shielded by seatbelts or crumple zones nor by airbags, th...

"Killing men, shooting them, slaughtering children, raping women, burning and looting houses" these are only some human rights crimes that occur against Muslims in Myanmar but up to now, none of the international community has made a substantial contribution. In 2001, International Law Commission realized that the UN charter did not have much success in overcoming human rights violations,...