In this paper, we show that a better performance can be achieved by training a keypoint detector to only find those points that are suitable to the needs of the given task. We demonstrate our approach in an urban environment, where the keypoint detector should focus on stable man-made structures and ignore objects that undergo natural changes such as vegetation and clouds. We use WaldBoost lear...

Many recent studies using healthy adults document enhancements in perception and cognition from playing commercial action videogames (AVGs). Playing action games (e.g., Call of Duty, Medal of Honor) is associated with improved bottom-up lower-level information processing skills like visual-perceptual and attentional processes. One proposal states a general improvement in the ability to interpre...

High risk special operations often require that the team is trained in advance in an environment similar to the target area. It would be ideal if a replica could be built and the team could be trained in the operational environment. However, it is usually difficult to do so in a timely manner, especially when intelligence constantly changes. Traditionally, a scaled-down model of the target area...

With the emergence of high-performance speaker-independent systems, a great barrier to man-machine interface has been overcome. This work describes our next step to improve the usability of speech recognizers---the use of vocabulary-independent (VI) models. If successful, VI models are trained once and for all. They will completely eliminate task-specific training, and will enable rapid configu...


 The physical training of the military must be extremely hard, as it is a support for programs. Moreover, prepare to deal with any situation they may encounter on battlefield: from climbing 3-meter-high wall under enemy fire running varied ground, 30 kg backpack and individual weapons in his hands. In addition, maintaining or improving performance professional personnel various settings c...

background: a great deal of attention has been given to the study of learning disorders. hence, the aim of this research was to study the effect of emotion regulation training in decreasing emotion failures and self-injurious behaviors among students suffering from specific learning disorder. methods: this was an experimental study with the pre-test, post-test and a control group. research popu...