3 Volume 3, Issue 1, May 006 The notion of a ‘frame’ of video data has become so embedded in computer vision that it is taken for granted. This is natural, given that the only available input devices have always been frame-based—from drum scanners and videcon tubes to CCDs (chargecoupled devices) and CMOS (complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor) imagers. Also, frame-based imagers have undeniab...

This paper deals with computer supported cooperative work in the context of untethered scenarios typical of mobile environments. The scenario envisions a number of homogeneous peers that are able to provide the same services, disconnect frequently from the net, and perform part of their work while disconnected. The application we choose is Configuration Management (CM), a critical cooperative a...

the work of architecture is believed to depend on the governing thought in the process of architectural designing. this thought can be analyzed, developed, experienced, and interpreted. creativity is the only domineering force in the idea of designing which is in quest for freeing architecture from the routine methods, and also finding the novel systems to answer the questions in architecture. ...

This article discusses nurse-led discharge and provides guidance. Robust implementation of nurse-led discharge requires a thorough understanding of the 'discharge planning' process, and also requires educational support, training and achievement of discharge competencies. Without these, nurse-led discharges are at risk of becoming yet another quick-fix remedy for freeing up hospital beds.

Catalytic action of Ni atoms in the growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes is investigated using tight-binding molecular dynamics and ab initio methods. Our results demonstrate this to be a two step process in which the Ni atom first creates and stabilizes defects in nanotubes. The subsequent incorporation of incoming carbon atoms anneals the Ni-stabilized defects freeing the Ni atom to repeat ...