The aim of this paper is to attain a fast and realistic 3D face reconstruction, when only a limited set of images taken from multiple views, is available. Instead of much relying on merely 2D images as suggested by image-based modeling approaches, we investigate the used of several shape-from-shading (SFS) techniques, which have been studied extensively in computer vision researches. This is be...

with a camera geometry transformation and by incorporating the stereo data as an initial estimate were investigated Based on the traditional problem formulation, it is difficult to integrate the two important vision cues, i.e., shading and by Shao et al. [17] and Leclerc and Bobik [9], respectively. stereo, for shape reconstruction due to conflicting albedo and Recently, Cryer et al. [2] propos...

 The present study is a theoretical attempt to illustrate how Fillmore's Scenes and Frames Semantics (SFS) could be employed as a framework to portray the process of understanding and translating hybrid texts. It first reviews the origin of SFS; then it maps SFS onto Nida’s linguistic model of translation process and the Interpretive Theory of Translation; it examines in the next section, withi...

Objective—The aim of this study was to investigate the concentrations of T cell derived cytokines in the synovial fluids (SFs) of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in comparison with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). Methods—Th1 type cytokines (interleukin 2 (IL2), tumour necrosis factor â (TNFâ), and interferon ã (INFã)) and Th2 type cytokines (IL4, IL10) were measured b...

Actin stress fibers (SFs) of cells cultured on cyclically stretched substrate tend to reorient in the direction in which a normal strain of substrate becomes zero. However, little is known about the mechanism of this reorientation. Here we investigated the effects of cyclic stretch waveform on SF reorientation in osteoblastic cells. Cells adhering to silicone membranes were subjected to cyclic ...

Wind power forecasting is pivotal in optimizing renewable energy generation and grid stability. This paper presents a groundbreaking optimization algorithm to enhance wind through an improved al-Biruni Earth radius (BER) metaheuristic algorithm. The BER algorithm, based on stochastic fractal search (SFS) principles, has been refined optimized achieve superior accuracy prediction. proposed denot...

It is hypothesized that interplay of earthquake, soil, foundation and structure (SFS) dynamic characteristic, and their interaction in time domain, control the behavior of SFS system during earthquakes. Moreover, (passive and active) control of spatial and temporal location of seismic energy dissipation (preferably in soil) can improve safety and economy of SFS systems. Such energy dissipation ...

In order to enable the non-cooperative rendezvous, capture, and removal of large space debris, automatic recognition of the target is needed. Video-based techniques are the most suitable in the strict context of space missions, where low-energy consumption is fundamental, and sensors should be passive in order to avoid any possible damage to external objects as well as to the chaser satellite. ...

Scirrhous gastric carcinoma (SGC) has the worst prognosis of all gastric cancers, owing to its rapid expansion by invasion and frequent peritoneal dissemination. Due to the increased proliferation of stromal fibroblasts (SFs) that occurs within SGC lesions and the peritoneal metastatic sites, SFs have been proposed to support the progression of this disease. However, the biological and molecula...

UNLABELLED (18)F-fluoride PET/CT offers the opportunity for accurate skeletal metastasis staging, compared with conventional imaging methods. (18)F-fluoride is a bone-specific tracer whose uptake depends on osteoblastic activity. Because of the resulting increase in bone mineralization and sclerosis, the osteoblastic process can also be detected morphologically in CT images. Although CT is char...