As the resolution of output device increases, the demand of high resolution contents has become more eagerly. Therefore, the image superresolution algorithms become more important. In digital image, the edges in the image are related to human perception heavily. Because of this, most recent research topics tend to enhance the image edges to achieve better visual quality. In this paper, we propo...

We determined the effects of a commonly used mosquito (Culicidae) larvicide (Califor­ nia Golden Bear Oil�, also GB-1111) on body mass and survival of mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) ducklings and on target and nontarget invertebrates. Field studies con­ ducted on natural ponds located in salt marshes in south San Francisco Bay indicated that GB-1111 had an initial impact on potential invertebrate...

Pyrolysis of fibrous biomass followed by alkali (KOH and K2CO3) chemical activation the pyrolysis char for production activated carbon fibre matting material has been investigated. For KOH, initially involved melting KOH reaction with disorganised/volatile char, producing hydrogen gas K2CO3 further developing existing pore structure char. At higher temperatures (>700 °C), widening occurs due to...

Conducting realistic interactions while communicating efficiently in online conferences is highly desired but challenging. In this work, we propose a novel pixel-style virtual avatar for interacting with objects that can be generated real-time. It consists of 2D segmented head video stream real-time facial expressions and 3D point cloud body interactions, both which are from RGB input monocular...

This paper presents a method of image-based 3D modeling for intricately-shaped objects, such as a fur, tree leaves and human hair. We formulate the imaging process of these small geometric structures as volume rendering followed by image matting, and prove that the inverse problem can be solved by reducing the nonlinear equations to a large linear system. This estimation, which we call inverse ...

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