This paper provides a comprehensive survey of the technical achievements in the research area of Image Retrieval , especially Content-Based Image Retrieval, an area so active and prosperous in the past few years. The survey includes 100+ papers covering the research aspects of image feature representation and extraction, multi-dimensional indexing, and system design, three of the fundamental ba...

This study presents a comprehensive solution to the collection management, which is based on the model for Cultural Objects (CCO). The developed system manages and spreads the collections that are safeguarded in museums and galleries more easily by using IT. In particular, we present our approach for a non-structured search and recovery of the objects based on the annotation of artwork images. ...

Allium ekimianum is described here as a new species. This taxon belongs to the genus Allium section Allium and grows in Elazığ Province (East Anatolia, Turkey). It is a narrowly distributed species and morphologically most similar to Allium asperiflorum and Allium sintenisii, and Allium erzincanicum but it is clearly differentiated due to the curved stem, smooth pedicel surfaces, bracteole arra...

Motor deficits are the most common outcome of brain damage. Although a large part of such disturbances arises from loss of elementary sensorimotor functions, several syndromes cannot be explained purely on these bases. In this article, we briefly describe higher-order motor impairments, with specific attention to the characteristic ability of the human hand to interact with objects and tools. D...

In this paper, we introduce a system named Comparative Molecular Interaction Profile Analysis system (CoMIPA) that utilizes virtual docking study for comprehensive analysis of molecular interactions. Research of RNA aptamer is very useful to creation of functional molecules, because RNA aptamer is excellent in binding selectivity and the stability of structure. By using 3-bases RNA fragment, th...

We work out the phase-space structure for a system of n qubits. We replace the field of real numbers that label the axes of the continuous phase space by the finite field GF(2n) and investigate the geometrical structures compatible with the notion of unbiasedness. These consist of bundles of discrete curves intersecting only at the origin and satisfying certain additional properties. We provide...

We work out the phase-space structure for a system of n qubits. We replace the field of real numbers that label the axes of the continuous phase space by the finite field GF(2n) and investigate the geometrical structures compatible with the notion of unbiasedness. These consist of bundles of discrete curves intersecting only at the origin and satisfying certain additional properties. We provide...

This paper presents a comprehensive procedure to design multimedia storage systems for on-demand playback. The design stresses effective utilization of disk bandwidth with minimal data buffer to minimize overall system costs. The design procedure is most distinctive in the following two aspects: 1. It bases on a tight upper bound of the lumped disk seek time for the Scan disk scheduling algorit...