This paper describes a data compression system using Evolvable Hardware (EHW) for digital color electrophotographic (EP) printers. EP printing is an important technology within digital printing, which is currently having a significant impact on the printing and publishing industry. Although, it requires data-compression to reduce the cost for transferring and storing large EP images, traditiona...

DOC Science Internal Series is a published record of scientific research carried out, or advice given, by Department of Conservation staff or external contractors funded by DOC. It comprises reports and short communications that are peer-reviewed. Individual contributions to the series are first released on the departmental website in pdf form. Hardcopy is printed, bound, and distributed at reg...

Are Workers in the Cultural Industries Paid Differently? Wage differentials between three sub-industries of the cultural industries and their respective main industry: The case of the Netherlands This paper aims to explore wage differentials between employees in three sub-industries of the cultural industries compared with the main (1-digit level) industry to which they belong. We use data from...

digital publishing, variable data printing, layout and composition, automatic image cropping, XSL-FO One recurring problem in Variable Data Printing (VDP) is that the existing contents cannot satisfy the VDP task as-is. So there is a strong need for content fitting technologies to support high-value digital publishing applications, in which text and image are the two major types of contents. Th...

User attitudes towards a hospital virtual nurse agent are described, as evaluated in a randomized clinical trial involving 764 hospital patients. Patients talked to the agent for an average of 29 minutes while in their hospital beds, receiving their customized hospital discharge instructions from the agent and a printed booklet. Patients reported very high levels of satisfaction with and trust ...

Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology has revolutionized tissue engineering field because of its excellent potential of accurately positioning cell-laden constructs. One of the main challenges in the formation of functional engineered tissues is the lack of an efficient and extensive network of microvessels to support cell viability. By printing vascular cells and appropriate biomaterials,...