So far, many types of location models have been developed to find optimal spatial patterns according to different spatial metrics such as cost, coverage and availability.  The initial focus of these models is on the location availability of service providers and demand estimates, and some of these models are within the framework of multi-objective programming models.  After the advent of scienc...

BACKGROUND We have previously proposed a theoretical model for studying physical disability and other outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The purpose of this paper is to test a model of impairment and functional limitation in (RA), using empirical data from a sample of RA patients. We based the model on the disablement process framework. METHODS We posited two distinct types of impairment ...

We propose a fully-automatic 3D model generating method of individual people from multi-view images. An automatically constructed 3D model can be deformed and animated by controlling the joint. An animatable 3D personalized model of individual people is generated by transferring the joint-skeleton structure and appearance of a generic 3D human model to an individual 3D volumetric model reconstr...