The writer presents a parametric study devoted to investigate the behavior of nonprismatic members having T-sections by using three-dimensional ~3D! finite-element models ~FEMs!. Fixed-end moments and stiffness coefficients were computed from the 3DFEMs considering thrust effects. As a result of the parametric study, the writer proposed a practical modeling technique based on two-noded beam ele...

As suggested by modern paleography, the width of ink traces is a powerful source of information for off-line writer identification, particularly if combined with its direction. Such measurements can be computed using simple, fast and accurate methods based on pixel contours, the combination of which forms a powerful feature for writer identification: the Quill feature. It is a probability distr...

In this paper we have presented the NPen ++ system, a neural recognizer for writer dependent and writer independent on-line cursive handwriting recognition. This system combines a robust input representation, which preserves the dynamic writing information, with a neural network integrating recognition and segmentation in a single framework. This architecture has been shown to be well suited fo...

Most existing online writer-identification systems require that the text content is supplied in advance and rely on separately designed features and classifiers. The identifications are based on lines of text, entire paragraphs, or entire documents; however, these materials are not always available. In this paper, we introduce a path-signature feature to an end-to-end text-independent writer-id...

Writer identification is a process which aims to identify the writer of a given handwritten document. Its implementation is needed in applications such as forensic document analysis and document retrieval which involved the use of offline handwritten documents. With the recent advances of technology, the invention of digital pen and paper has extended the field of writer identification to cover...

We give an adaptive algorithm in which processes use multi-writer multireader registers to acquire exclusive write access to their own single-writer, multi-reader registers. It is the first such algorithm that uses a number of registers linear in the number of participating processes. Previous adaptive algorithms require at least Θ(n)

Background: The publication of articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals is a fairly complex and stepwise process that involves responding to referees’ comments. Little guidance is available in the biomedical literature on how to deal with such comments. Objective: The objective of this article is to provide guidance to notice writers on dealing with peer review comments in a way that maxim...

The writer explores Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments, where Smith presents a rich and provocative account of morality. The writer offers an explication of Smith's moral psychology as a stage theory of moral development, with the intention of generating critical points on both mattes of detail and larger implications.

A new weak shared coin protocol yields a randomized waitfree shared-memory consensus protocol that uses an optimal O(n) expected total work with single-writer registers despite asynchrony and process crashes. Previously, no protocol was known that achieved this bound without using multi-writer registers.

Writer def = new Writer :getid(i):id Writer (i):(ClassDec 0 Writer j run:(LocY j (t stat) :idle:Body 0 Writer;i)) n LY Body 0 Writer;i def = calli;start(j):(LocX jwriteX(j):run:reti;start(true): (t stat) :idle: run:(hcallj;put(^ 1):retj;put(x):reply(x):0 ; abort:0i3 j hreply(y):writeY (y): (t stat) :idle: 1 1 1 1 1 1Body 0 Writer;i ; reply(y):0 + abort:0 j write Y (error): (t stat) :idle: 1 1 1...