This research shows the dependence of number average degree of polymerization (DPn) of mung bean starch (MBS) on starch slurry concentration, acid/starch slurry ratio, time and temperature in acid modification process. Optimizing these factors to earn as low as possible DPn was evaluated by using the Response Surface Methodology (RSM) with reduced Central Composite Face-Centered (reduced CCF) m...

The role of self-relevance has been somewhat neglected in static face processing paradigms but may be important in understanding how emotional faces impact on attention, cognition and affect. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of self-relevant primes on processing emotional composite faces. Sentence primes created an expectation of the emotion of the face before sad, hap...

Online therapy, defined as the provision of mental health services through the Internet, is a growing field that has sparked an abundance of interest and controversy. A primary concern in the practice of online therapy is whether a working alliance, considered a central component of successful therapy, can develop when participants are geographically separated. Working alliance scores were comp...

Image posterization is converting images with a large number of tones into synthetic images with distinct flat areas and a fewer number of tones. In this technical report, we present the implementation and results of using fuzzy logic in order to generate a posterized image in a simple and fast way. The image filter is based on fuzzy logic and bilateral filtering; where, the given image is blur...

Reconstruction of severe composite defects of the face is challenging for reconstructive surgeons. Despite several reconstructive techniques, the functional and aesthetic results of these patients are not acceptable. As a major organ, face, has an utmost importance in daily life. The specific characteristics of face require not a reconstruction, but a replace with same tissue. With the evolutio...

Face detection and recognition have wide applications in robot vision and intelligent surveillance. However, face identification at a distance is very challenging because long‐distance images are often degraded by low resolution, blurring and noise. This paper introduces a person‐specific face detection method that uses a nonlinear optimum composite filter an...

Lignin is a valuable biomaterial. It is both naturally abundant and readily available as a byproduct of the pulping processes, and the proper reprocessing of lignin is an effective way to achieve waste recovery. Lignin fiber mats with web structures can be produced using electrospinning techniques. Such fiber mats are a promising material for use in the production of filter products. This study...

The present study aimed to investigate whether human body forms--like human faces--undergo holistic processing. Evidence for holistic face processing comes from the face composite effect: two identical top halves of a face are perceived as being different if they are presented with different bottom parts. This effect disappears if both bottom halves are shifted laterally (misaligned) or if the ...

This paper presents comprehensive experimental and numerical studies on the face-on and edge-on impact behavior of composite laminates. Experimental work is focused on finding the impact energy limits for barely visible impact damage (BVID) when a laminated composite plate is impacted either on its face or an edge. High-fidelity finite element analysis (FEA) model utilizing Enhanced Schapery th...

Meditative mindfulness practices, promoting sustained attention and reducing mind-wandering, have been associated with improvements in cognitive abilities memory. The present study explored whether a non-meditative practice could be successfully applied forensic application; specifically, instructions can embedded the face-composite construction process to facilitate identification. Twenty part...