Although most digital cameras acquire images in a raw format, based on a Color Filter Array that arranges RGB color filters on a square grid of photosensors, most image compression techniques do not use the raw data; instead, they use the rgb result of an interpolation algorithm of the raw data. This approach is inefficient and by performing a lossless compression of the raw data, followed by p...

A 62-year-old woman presented with 3 months of insidious-onset, persistent headache focused around the left temple. She had left-sided pulsatile tinnitus and the affected area was warm to touch. Neurologic examination, including hearing, was normal with no objective bruit. A minimally elevated alkaline phosphatase (282 U/L) was the only blood abnormality. Imaging (figure) revealed osteoporosis ...

Wird in einem Unternehmen die Entwicklung einer SOA geplant, so stellt sich schnell die Frage der richtigen Einführungsstrategie. Ist es sinnvoll, eine übergreifende Strategie zu fahren und ein allumfassendes Servicemodell als Ausgangspunkt festzulegen, um in einem Top-down-Ansatz die eigenen Produkte SOA-fähig zu machen? Oder sollen Investitionen in Legacy-Systeme geschützt werden, indem beste...