ORL procedures are the most common operations in children - an optimal anesthetic management provides an uncomplicated, safe perioperative process with as little discomfort for the child as possible. Children at risk must already be identified preoperatively: the combination of ORL surgery, airway susceptibility and age below 3 years can increase the risk of perioperative respiratory adverse ev...

In optical experiments one-sided reflectionless (ORL) and coherent perfect absorption (CPA) are unusual scattering properties yet fascinating for their fundamental aspects and for their practical interest. Although these two concepts have so far remained separated from each other, we prove that the two phenomena are indeed strictly connected. We show that a CPA-ORL connection exists between pai...

This paper presents a frontal view face recognition method by using fractal codes which are determined by a fractal encoding method from the edge pattern of the face region which covers eyebrows, eyes and a nose. In recognition process, these fractal codes are fed ass inputs to a Backpropagation neural network for learning and identifying a person. The experiments were performed with one in-roo...

For over 12 years, machine learning is used to extract opinion-holder-target structures from text to answer the question Who expressed what kind of sentiment towards what?. However, recent neural approaches do not outperform the state-ofthe-art feature-based model for Opinion Role Labelling (ORL). We suspect this is due to the scarcity of labelled training data and address this issue using diff...

Face recognition is always a hot topic in research. In this paper, we represent a robust method of face recognition using gabor feature extraction, kernel PCA and K-NN classifier. Gabor features are calculated for each face images then it’s polynomial kernel function is calculated, it is directly applied to the K-NN classifier. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated by the exp...

This article describes and analyzes the new feature extraction technique, Random Local Descriptor (RLD), that is used for Permutation Coding Neural Classifier (PCNC), compares it with Binary Pattern (LBP-based) extraction. The paper presents a model of face detection using local descriptors, an improvement on PCNC recognition plane rotated small displaced images, as applied to three databases, ...

A face recognition system based on 2-D DCT features and pseudo-2D Hidden Markov Models is presented. The system achieves a recognition rate of 99.5 % on the Olivetti Research Laboratory (ORL) face database. This recognition rate is much better than the recognition rate of a previous pseudo 2-D HMM approach. It represents also the best rate ever reported on this database. In fact, only one singl...

Knowledge is lacking among Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeons (ORL-HNS) regarding basic ethical situations in corporate-provider relationships. A pilot educational program demonstrates the need and potential for improvement by structured intervention. "At risk" areas specifically identified regard acceptable gifts, and payments for meetings and travel. Recommendations are made to educate o...

Abstract Impairments in decision-making have been suggested as a predisposing factor to obesity development. Individuals with excess weight display riskier decisions than normal people. Furthermore, adolescence is period of life which risky behavior may increase. We aimed investigate decision making applying the Outcome-Representation-Learning (ORL) model Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) adolescents we...