We present a novel image feature descriptor for rotationally invariant 2D texture classification. This extends our previous work on noise-resistant and intensity-shift invariant median binary patterns (MBPs), which use binary pattern vectors based on adaptive median thresholding. In this paper the MBPs are hashed to a binary chain or equivalence class using a circular bit-shift operator. One bi...

We propose computationally efficient and numerically reliable algorithms to compute minimal realizations of periodic descriptor systems. The main computational tool employed for the structural analysis of periodic descriptor systems (i.e., reachability and observability) is the orthogonal reduction of periodic matrix pairs to Kronecker-like forms. Specializations of a general reduction algorith...

Four novel color Local Binary Pattern (LBP) descriptors are presented in this chapter for scene image and image texture classification with applications to image search and retrieval. Specifically, the first color LBP descriptor, the oRGB-LBP descriptor, is derived by concatenating the LBP features of the component images in an opponent color space — the oRGB color space. The other three color ...

This article offers a brief overview of the state-of-the-art ODR domain by presenting the contributions to the field made by the participants in this volume. It also examines some of the challenges that ODR face at present with regard to interoperability and the new evolutions of the Web 2.0. Finally, it also considers the need for a new vision of ODR that, while keeping pace with the technolog...

The study investigates the reliability and user feedback about rubrics to evaluate English – Vietnamese consecutive interpreting tests taken by undergraduates at VNU-ULIS created Tran Do (2022). Five raters two experienced three novice ones independently rated ten different provided their on rubrics. results reveal newly is mostly considered user-friendly practical application for evaluation. O...

BACKGROUND Age-related differences in spinal excitability during response preparation were assessed by eliciting either a 50% H-reflex or an Achilles tendon reflex preceding the onset of a right plantar flexion contraction in 20 young adults (23.1 +/- 1.64 yrs) and 20 old adults (68.5 +/- 5.53 yrs). METHODS On each simple reaction time trial, the test reflex was elicited at a specific test in...

Acoustic-reflex growth functions (ARGFs) were obtained from 20 normal-hearing listeners. Contralateral acoustic reflexes (ARs) were elicited with pure tones of 2000 Hz. The magnitude of changes in static compliant susceptance (BA) and conductance (GA) were monitored with probe-tone frequencies of 226 Hz, 678 Hz and 1000 Hz. ARGFs were obtained with six combinations of probe-tone frequency/admit...