In this paper, a method for measuring the perceptual image quality of JPEG-2000 coded images has been proposed. The image quality is characterized by the average edgespread in the image, or more specifically the average extent of the slope’s spread of an edge in the opposing gradients’ directions. The proposed method is, in effect, a way of measuring the amount of blurring in the image. The eff...

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JPEG2000 is the latest international standard for compression of still images. Although the JPEG2000 codec is designed to compress images, we illustrate that it can also be used to compress other signals. As an example, we illustrate how the JPEG2000 codec can be used to compress electrocardiogram (ECG) data. Experiments using the MITBIH arrhythmia database illustrate that the proposed approach...

When and how the collision between India-Asia occurred continue to be debated. We report new paleomagnetic data (Ds = 158.8°, Is 7.8°, ks 81.3, α95 5.1°, N 11 sites) from limestone of Zongpu Formation Member I in Tingri, which indicate that Tethyan Himalaya was situated at 3.9 ± 2.6°S during 62-59 Ma. This implies Greater India ∼900 km did not break off India, left a ∼2,000 Neo-Tethys Ocean cha...

Nutrient supplementation could improve the biomethane production of different biomass feedstocks during anaerobic digestion. In this study, impact nutrient on digestion West African Gamba and Guinea Grass for is presented. This was undertaken in 6 separate continuous stirred tank reactors a hydraulic residence time 25 days under regime with trace elements (TE), cocoa pod (CP) ash-extract, comme...

Publicly owned companies, their officers and major investors are required to file regular disclosures with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). To improve accessibility to these public documents, the SEC began developed the EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval) electronic disclosure system. This system provides ready, free access to all electronic filings made since...

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