Unlike in traditional approaches to parallel or distributed processing where normally well struc-tured problems are implemented completely in some programming environment we are faced with the problem of integrating existing heterogeneous software systems. Furthermore, pattern analysis stresses special aspects of communication capabilities. Therefore, we propose a new communication framework de...

Article history: This paper employs a struc Received 1 December 2007 Received in revised form 21 November 2008 Accepted 22 November 2008 Available online 7 December 2008

Two types of large, branched struc tures from the Lower Pleis to cene (Calabrian) high-en ergy calcarenites of Favignana Is land are de scribed: Faviradixus robustus gen. et sp. nov. and Egadiradixus rectibrachiatus gen. et sp. nov. They may be in ter preted as root struc tures of large plants, i.e., trees and trees or shrubs, re spec tively. The for mer taxon co-oc curs with the ma rine an i m...

It is common to use sound insulation as a last resort for noise control in an urban city. Sound insulation of air-conditioned building is of importance. The stiffeners have important effects on the sound insulation properties of a stiffened structure. The experimental studies on the stiffened structures are vital for the study of the stiffener effects. Based on this concern, a simple stiffened ...

In this paper we show how the cost of a structured light, range nding system can be substantially reduced by visually tracking the structured light source. To be able to recover range measurements using a structured light range nder the relative positions of the struc-tured light source and light sensor must be known. This is typically achieved by carefully controlling the position of at least ...