This study develops models for illumination and surface reflectance for use in outdoor color vision, and in particular for predicting the color of surfaces under outdoor conditions. Existing daylight and reflectance models have limitations that reduce their applicability in outdoor contexts. This work makes three specific contributions: (i) an explanation of why the current standard CIE dayligh...

This paper is a summary of the results we presented at the Feature Panel Session of the 1997 ASME Computers in Engineering Conference. Five participating groups submitted a total of nine test parts for feature recognition. To these test parts, we have applied our feature recognition method using a convex decomposition method called Alternating Sum of Volumes with Partitioning (ASVP). By applyin...

The status of video cotton trash and cotton color measurement work at Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory (SWCGRL) is presented. New accomplishments are in the areas of video measurement of absolute color in CIE XYZ and Hunter’s Rdab color spaces and improvements of bark trash type identification.

As a result of litigation, the 1998 Large Coastal Shark Evaluation Workshop Report was sent out for external peer-review. Two organizations, the Center for Independent Experts (CIE) and the National Resources Consultants (NRC), were selected to implement the review process, which resulted in a total of seven reviews. The present document addresses some of the criticisms and recommendations cont...

Subjects examined image pairs consisting of an original and a reproduction created using either JPEG compression or digital halftoning. Subjects marked locations on the reproduction that differed detectably from the original. We refer to the distribution of error marks by the subjects as image distortion maps. The empirically obtained image distortion maps are compared to the visible difference...

Background/Aims: There are few studies in the literature that have evaluated the etiological factors in boys with central precocious puberty (CPP), and these studies are limited in terms of the sample size. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the etiological factors in male CPP cases. Methods: One hundred male CPP subjects, aged between 9 months and 10.5 years, were included. The medical...

• Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of antimicrobialassociated central venous catheters (CVCs) and to estimate costs related to their use. • Method: Review of the literature. The clinical database from the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) was used to conduct a retrospective analysis of clinical and economic outcomes in adult patients who had a CVC placed while in the intensive ca...

Radial access for central arterial catheterization was first described in 1948, but it was not until 1989 that Lucien Campeau published his experience of 100 successful coronary angiograms via the radial route. In 1993, the transradial approach for coronary angiography took a significant step forward when Kiemeneij and Laarman described the use of radial access for successful percutaneous coron...

Objectives: To compare data requirements and their availability for health economic (HE) evaluations in five countries in Central/Eastern Europe (CEE) (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania) and five countries in Western Europe (WE) (the United Kingdom, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and Sweden). Methods: A questionnaire was developed and distributed to market access per...

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