Theories of perceptual transparency have typically been developed within the context of a physical model that generates the percept of transparency (F. Metelli's episcotister model, 1974b). Here 2 fundamental questions are investigated: (a) When does the visual system initiate the percept of one surface seen through another? (b) How does it assign surface properties to a transparent layer? Resu...

Liquid droplet whispering-gallery-mode microresonators open a new research frontier for sensing, optomechanics and photonic devices. At visible wavelengths, where most liquids are transparent, a major contribution to a droplet optical quality factor is expected theoretically from thermal surface distortions and capillary waves. Here, we investigate experimentally these predictions using transie...

The permeability anisotropy that results from a shear displacement ~u between the complementary self-affine walls of a rough fracture is investigated. Experiments in which a dyed fluid displaces a transparent one as it is radially injected into a transparent fracture exhibit a clear anisotropy in the presence of shear displacements, and allow us to estimate the ratio of the permeabilities for f...

We present SmallWorlds, a visual interactive graph-based interface that allows users to specify, refine and build item-preference profiles in a variety of domains. The interface facilitates expressions of taste through simple graph interactions and these preferences are used to compute personalized, fully transparent item recommendations for a target user. Predictions are based on a collaborati...

The reflectance factors of transparent fibers, free delustering agent, are predicted by geometric as well as Kubelka-Munk models. Transparent fibers are simulated by a net of glass capillary tubes containing different solutions of dyestuffs. Based on the results, prediction of the reflectance factor of capillary net by geometric model is relatively better than those obtained from Kubelka-Munk...

We report the results of one acceptability rating study and two self-paced reading studies on form-meaning mismatch in interpretation past-under-past complement clauses English. Across three experiments, we find an off-line on-line preference for backward-shifted interpretation, line with predictions structural approach to ambiguity when assuming a processing morphological transparent interpret...

The quickly rising development of autonomous vehicle technology and increase (semi-) vehicles on the road leads to an increased demand for more sophisticated human–machine-cooperation approaches improve trust acceptance these new systems. In this work, we investigate feeling discomfort human passengers while driving autonomously automatic detection with several model approaches, using combinati...

This paper introduces a new high-performance machine learning tool named Silas, which is built to provide more transparent, dependable and efficient data analytics service. We discuss the aspects of Silas demonstrate advantage in its predictive computational performance. show that several customised algorithms yield better predictions significantly shorter time compared state-of-the-art. Anothe...