In a single-chip digital color camera, a color filter array (CFA) is used to obtain sampled spectral components (red, green and blue) in an interleaved fashion. A color demosaicing operation is then carried out to determine the missing spectral components at every location. One of the problems in color demosaicing is that many of the interpolated images are affected by colored artifacts near th...

In this paper we describe role of expert systems in the natural resource management and present the utility of prolog based expert system shell ESTA (Expert System shell for Text Animation) in the development of such an expert system. ESTA programming is based on logic programming approach. The ESTA programme has some advantages compared to other available expert system shell such as the C Lang...

Fusion techniques can be applied to multispectral and higher spatial resolution panchromatic images to create a composite image that is easier to interpret than the individual images. Wavelet transform-based multisensor, multiresolution fusion (a type of band sharpening) was applied to Landsat thematic mapper (TM) multispectral and coregistered higher resolution SPOT panchromatic images. The ob...

PURPOSE Factors that support self-efficacy in family-centered care (FCC) must be understood in order to foster FCC in trainees. Using social cognitive theory, the authors examined (1) how three supportive experiences (observing role models, practicing for mastery, and receiving feedback) influence self-efficacy with FCC during rounds and (2) whether the influence of these supportive experiences...

introduction monitoring of salt lake dry areas is an important parameter for sustainable development and environmental protection. monitoring of dried areas of the salt lake requires extraction of thematic maps at different times. powerful tool for remote sensing of the earth different ecosystems, such as playa environments, is to produce valuable and useful data. the major causes of widespread...

Consumers’ prior experiences shape an episodic memory which largely influences their decision-making process. This episodic memory is mainly linked to cognitive and emotional perception and we know that a brand image influences our cognitive and emotional perception. Nevertheless, it has not been well described how autobiographical memories of brand images differ from those of other types of im...

In-situ investigation of phase formation in nanocrystalline (Co97.5Fe2.5)89Zr7B4 alloy by high temperature x-ray diffraction Crystallization and phase evolution in an (Co 97.5 Fe 2.5) 89 Zr 7 B 4 amorphous alloy was studied by high temperature x-ray diffraction (HTXRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Co-based nano-composite alloys have zero magnetostriction and a strong response to ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : there is a lack of data on familial aggregation of colorectal cancer (crc) in iran. we aimed to determine the frequency of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (hnpcc) and familial colorectal cancer (fcc) and to determine the frequency of extracolonic cancers in these families in isfahan. methods : we rev...