Grouping is often intended as a general-purpose early vision stage which gathers together image features of perceptual salience, usually having a well-deenable structure. This work addresses the problem of generic part-based grouping and recognition from single two-dimensional edge images following a strategy that employs generic part models at all stages: the key underlying idea is to perform ...

This paper examines the experiences of mothers caring for a child with Down syndrome in the Malaysian (Sarawak) context. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 26 biological mothers of children with Down syndrome aged 18 years and below. They were accessed through selected child health clinics, community-based rehabilitation centres and schools using purposive sampling within two regions in...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of the Nozovent device in Pakistani subjects at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore from 15 January 2001 to 15 January 2002. METHODS Sixty males and 40 females were selected by non probability purposive sampling, from OPD of ENT Department, complaining of nasal obstruction due to various reasons, e.g. vasomotor rhiniti...

In this paper we present an approach for using vision as the primary source of sensing to guide a mobile robot in an unknown environment. We define a set of primitive visual behaviours for navigating a mobile robot in realtime. By combining such behaviours with a purposive map, our mobile robot exhibits a goal seeking behaviour. We present a fast segmentation technique for vision processing. Th...

This paper proposes a method that acquires the purposive behaviors based on the estimation of the state vectors. In order to acquire the cooperative behaviors in multi robot environments, each learning robot estimates local predictive model between the learner and the other objects separately. Based on the local predictive models, robots learn the desired behaviors using reinforcement learning....

This talk explores three concepts of system in engineering: systems theory, systems approach, and systems engineering. They are exemplified in three dimensions of engineering: science, design, and management. Unifying the three system concepts is the idea of function: functional abstraction in theory, functional analysis in design, and functional requirements in management. Signifying what a sy...

Feedback is central to the development of student learning, but within the constraints of modularized learning in higher education it is increasingly difficult to handle effectively. This article makes a case for sustainable feedback as a contribution to the reconceptualization of feedback processes. The data derive from the Student Assessment and Feedback Enhancement project, involving indepth...

This paper looks at the use of recitals in the interpretation of EU legislation, and mechanisms for connecting them to normative provisions. The purposive approach to the interpretation of EU legislation taken by the European Court of Justice makes frequent references to recitals as helping to establish the purpose of normative provisions. Our research uses a cosine similarity based approach to...

A modified version of the first-order logic of probability presented in (Halpern 1990) – with probability on possible worlds – makes it possible to formulate an alternative characterisation of fuzzy sets. In this approach, fuzzy sets are no longer seen as primitive entities with an intuitive justification, but rather as structured entities emerging in a suitable logical framework. Some fuzzy te...

Method: A qualitative approach using a cross-sectional descriptive design was adopted. The target population was all HCWs from the seven hospitals of Vhembe district. A purposive sampling approach was used to select 57 participants. The approval to conduct this study was obtained from the relevant authorities and participants. Data was collected through seven focus group discussions comprising ...