This paper describes the research activities for the localization of human shapes using visual information carried on at the University of Parma, Italy, in the frame of a common project with the TACOM Department of U. S. Army. The paper proposes the application of a stereoscopic technique as a preprocessing for the localization of humans in generic unstructured environments. Each row of the lef...

INTRODUCTION Arthroscopic repair of the rotator cuff is a demanding surgery. Accurate placement of anchors is key to success. CASE PRESENTATION A 38-year-old woman received arthroscopic repair of her rotator cuff using a double row suture anchor technique. Postoperatively, she developed impingement syndrome which resulted from vertical displacement of a suture anchor once the shoulder was mob...

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine if multidetector-row computed tomography angiography is an effective and non-invasive method for diagnosing anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of 2905 cases from July 2003 to November 2007 in which cardiac multidetector-row computed tomography was used. Of the cases, 393 evaluated congenital cardiopath...

We present a hierarchical technique, based on integer linear programming (ILP), to generate area-efficient layouts of relatively large complex CMOS cells in the twodimensional (2-D or multi-row) style. First, the CMOS circuit is partitioned into subcircuits called clusters. Next, the set of all minimum-width 1-D placements (chain covers) are generated for each cluster, and form the input to the...

Object-Relational Data Model (ORM) has included various Object-Oriented (OO) conceptual implementations in a relational environment. One of the advances is the inclusion of ROW type feature to facilitate nested relation structure. In this paper, we propose a new normalization technique for relations with single nested structure using ROW type attribute. In our best knowledge, there is no work o...