This work presents a new method for image compression, using Tritree decomposition (TT). TT have been originally proposed by Wille for generation of non-structured finite elements meshs, for numerical solution of differential equation systems [1]. TT decomposition is similar to the Quadtree decomposition (QT), which has been broadly used by image processing algorithms, mainly for segmentation a...

Previous research has demonstrated that the speech of psychopaths is more disorganized than that of nonpsychopaths ðWilliamson\ S[ E[ "0880#[ Cohesion and coherence in the speech of psychopathic criminals[ Unpublished doctoral dissertation\ University of British ColombiaŁ[ This paper attempts to explain Wil! liamson|s _ndings and examines the speci_c hypotheses that "a# psychopaths are poor at ...

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the tolerance to low temperatures and tuber soft rot in hybrids between Solanum com! mersonii and Solanum tuberosum[ The experimental materials consisted of F0 triploid\ BC0 pentaploidÐnear pentaploid and BC1 tetraploidÐ near tetraploid hybrids[ The F0 triploids had a freezing tolerance and acclimatization capacity closest to S[ commersonii[ This in...

A slow rate of intrauterine or prenatal growth is known to be a major risk factor for several noncommunicable diseases, including coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes (1–7). A small body size at birth, markers of which include a low birth weight, thinness, and shortness at birth, is commonly recognized as a manifestation of slow prenatal growth. However, it is not the small body size per ...