a successful software should be finalized with determined and predetermined cost and time. software is a production which its approximate cost is expert workforce and professionals. the most important and approximate software cost estimation (sce) is related to the trained workforce. creative nature of software projects and its abstract nature make extremely cost and time of projects difficult ...

The problem of initialising and tracking three dimensional human hand motion from monocular view is addressed in this thesis. We aim to solve the initialisation and tracking in a unified framework. To that end, tracking is formulated as pose estimation of human hand at every frame. The estimated poses at each frame are then combined into smooth trajectories. Template matching forms the basic bu...

Templates derived from an optical tree crown model have been used with good results in the estimation of individual spruce tree top positions in aerial photographs. The method can nd tree tops from a wide range of viewing angles including extreme oo-nadir views, but a requirement has been that the number of trees was estimated in advance and that various parameters were well calibrated. A devel...

BACKGROUND External anal sphincter (EAS) electromyography (EMG) abnormalities can distinguish multiple system atrophy (MSA) from Parkinson's disease in the first five years after disease onset. However, the prevalence of the abnormalities in the early stages of MSA is unknown. OBJECTIVES To present EAS-EMG data in the various stages of MSA. METHODS 84 patients with "probable" MSA were recru...

Industry lobbying remains an obstacle to effective health-oriented alcohol policy. In 2013, an increase in excise tax on spirits was announced by the Polish government. This article presents a qualitative analysis of the public debate that ensued on the potential economic, health and social effects of the policy. It focuses on how competing groups, including industry actors, framed their positi...

Male house mice produce large quantities of major urinary proteins (MUPs), which function to bind and transport volatile pheromones, though they may also function as scavengers that bind and excrete toxic compounds ('toxic waste hypothesis'). In this study, we demonstrate the presence of an industrial chemical, 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol (DTBP), in the urine of wild-derived house mice (Mus musculu...

2167. Relatedness of MRSA and VRE Strains Isolated from Post-acute Care Patients and Their Environment: a Longitudinal Assessment Marco Cassone, MD, PhD1; Chelsie Armbruster, PhD; Evan S. Snitkin, PhD; Kristen Gibson, MPH; Julia Mantey, MPH, MUP; Katherine C. Reyes, MD, MPH; Sarah Altamimi, MD; Mary Beth Perri, MT; Marcus J. Zervos, MD and Lona Mody, MD, MSc; University of Michigan Medical Scho...

An AlN template layer is required for growth of AlGaN-based deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs). However, the crystal quality of AlN templates grown on both flat and patterned Si substrates has so far been insufficient for replacing templates grown on sapphire substrates. In this work, we grew a high-quality AlN template on 2 in. micro-circle-patterned Si substrate (mPSiS) with two...

Template attacks and machine learning are two popular approaches to profiled side-channel analysis. In this paper, we aim to contribute to the understanding of their respective strengths and weaknesses, with a particular focus on their curse of dimensionality. For this purpose, we take advantage of a well-controlled simulated experimental setting in order to put forward two important intuitions...