In this article, a probabilistic fusion concept for road extraction from multi-aspect SAR images, which incorporates sensor geometry and context information, is proposed. Before fusion, the uncertainty of each extracted line segment is assessed by means of Bayesian probability theory. This assessment is performed on attribute-level and is based on predefined probability density functions learne...

Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations of specific-absorption rate (SAR) have several uncertainty factors. For example, significantly varying SAR values may result from the use of different algorithms for determining the SAR from the FDTD electric field. The objective of this paper is to rigorously study the divergence of SAR values due to different SAR calculation algorithms and to e...

There has been a rapid expansion of the professional literature in risk assessment with sexual offenders over the past 20 years. However, recent professional experience suggests that risk assessment reports often fail to be as relevant or useful as they might be for judicial decision-makers. Research with large samples of offenders has refined our understanding of identifiable subgroups with di...

Introduction The aim of hydrography is basically to chart the underwater topography. A precise knowledge of the sea-bottom features has great relevance mainly in shallow waters, where navigational safety must be assured at any cost. Ideally, one should have available a complete series of maps of the sea-bottom topography. approximately 100 km x 100 km. Although the basic information provided by...

The Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) collects output from global coupled ocean–atmosphere general circulation models (coupled GCMs). Among other uses, such models are employed both to detect anthropogenic effects in the climate record of the past century and to project future climatic changes due to human production of greenhouse gases and aerosols. CMIP has archived output from bot...

BACKGROUND Thermal effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (REMF) exposure of humans may be assessed by calculations of the parameter recognized as SAR (specific energy absorption rate) in virtual human body models, which actually do not represent anthropometric properties of the entire population. Therefore, it is important to determine the relations between SAR values and anthropomet...