Abstract Among the most major potential attacks against fingerprint authentication systems are those that target stored reference templates. These threats extremely damaging as they can lead to invasion of user privacy. The countermeasures secure templates therefore an indisputable necessity. In literature, although there so many approaches address this kind vulnerability, it turns out be very ...

This paper presents a methodology for shape analysis of anatomical structures. A template shape is used as a unit, and a shape transformation mapping the template to a particular structure is used to quantify the shape of the structure with respect to the template. The geometric characteristics of the boundaries of the template and the individual structure are used to define point correspondenc...

 Methodology for Building Extraction Templates for Russian Language in Knowledge-Based IE Systems. Valery Solovyev, Vladimir Ivanov, Rinat Gareev, Sergey Serebryakov, Natalia Vassilieva HP Laboratories HPL-2012-211 event extraction; dictionaries; rules; patterns; meaning-text model; Chomsky grammars In this technical report we describe methodology for building information extraction (IE) rules...

The structure of patient information leaflets (PILs) supplied with medicines in the European Union is largely determined by a regulatory template, requiring a fixed sequence of pre-formulated headings and sub-headings. The template has been criticized on various occasions, but it has never been tested with users. This paper proposes an alternative template, informed by templates used in the USA...

PURPOSE To gain insight into the methodology of different computer-aided design-computer-aided manufacturing (CAD-CAM) applications for the reconstruction of cranio-maxillo-facial (CMF) defects. METHODS We reviewed and analyzed the available literature pertaining to CAD-CAM for use in CMF reconstruction. RESULTS We proposed a classification system of the techniques of implant and cutting, d...

One of the critical steps in designing a secure biometric system is protecting the templates of the users that are stored either in a central database or on smart cards. If a biometric template is compromised, it leads to serious security and privacy threats because unlike passwords, it is not possible for a legitimate user to revoke his biometric identifiers and switch to another set of uncomp...

metal complexes, ml (m=ni, cu, co and zn) of unsymmetrical tetradentate schiff base have been synthesized by the template reaction of the half-units n-(1-hydroxy-2-acetonaphthone)-1-amino-2-phenyleneimine)(hl1) with 2-pyrroleca-rbaldehyde. the complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, ir, 1h nmr and uv spectroscopy. the crystal structure of the ni(ii) complex has been determine...

the use of value engineering (ve) methodology in construction industry has grown significantly, mainly in view of its extensive benefits. the main task in evaluation phase of ve workshop is to assess alternative ideas, proposed for each function. this phase of ve, hence, could be deemed as a multi criteria decision making (mcdm) problem. this paper presents a fuzzy decision support system (dss)...

The OASIS TOSCA specification [OAS13b] aims at enhancing the portability and interoperability of cloud-based applications by providing a language to describe and manage them across heterogeneous clouds. A cloud-based application is modelled by a service template, an orchestration of typed nodes which can be in turn instantiated by matching [BS13] other service templates. In this paper we presen...