Knowledge discovery techniques have not been widely used with macroeconomic data despite the social and political importance inherent in accurate economic forecasting. Rather, economic forecasting is currently perform...
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Given a set of n points in Rd with nonnegative weights, we consider the weighted rectilinear min-sum facility problem to minimize the sum of weighted rectilinear distance between the given points and a new added point...
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We study flip graphs of triangulations whose maximum vertex degree is bounded by a constant k. Specifically, we consider triangulations of sets of n points in convex position in the plane and prove that their flip gra...
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The Object Constraint Language (OCL) is the established language for the specification of properties of objects and object structures in UML models. One reason that it is not yet widely adopted in industry is the lack...
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Subdivision surfaces are rapidly gaining popularity in computer graphics, modeling, simulation and animation. Existing of subdivision algorithms is suffer from the lack of precise definition of the schemes with guaran...
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Subdivision surfaces are rapidly gaining popularity in computer graphics, modeling, simulation and animation. Existing of subdivision algorithms is suffer from the lack of precise definition of the schemes with guaranteed behavior for a sufficiently general type of control meshes, non-smoothness due to the existence of regular and non-regular face types during the subdivision process and incapability of optimizing mesh subdivision up to user-controlled criteria. This paper proposes a new algorithm for unifying surface types and optimizing the surface continuity consequently increases the smoothness of the generated mesh surface. Comparisons with existing techniques are included;advantages of our proposed technique over previous algorithms are examined. Our approach is supported by discussions and illustrations of some experimental results.
The aim of this paper is analysis the black-white pixels ratio in medial temporal lobe (MTL) brain structure in digitized transcranial B-images using own developed software BMODE Assist. This ratio could be a correspo...
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(数字)9781728170732
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(纸本)9781728170749
The aim of this paper is analysis the black-white pixels ratio in medial temporal lobe (MTL) brain structure in digitized transcranial B-images using own developed software BMODE Assist. This ratio could be a corresponding marker with the echogenicity grade. In transcranial sonography, the MTL in B-image is anechogenic structure but increased echogenicity of surrounding cortex is detectable in the case of MTL atrophy which predicts Alzheimer's Disease. Totally of 97 B-images were analyzed. The goal is to verify the reproducibility in two. Firstly, between two observers and to show that the ratio is not significantly different between original image and a magnified segment. In parallel in the case of constant brightness increasing. The ratio should be independent on image resolution and brightness. To select MTL, a 20mm square-shaped Region of Interest is used. The correlation coefficient r =0.69 was achieved between two independent, non-experienced observers. Between two non-experienced observers the error of 27.95 % was achieved and between the measurements from the same observer the error was only 11.2 %. Meanwhile, the variance and the range were computed, both almost equal. These results have been judged by an experienced sonographer. In the future, the ratio could be an usable value to determine the MTL atrophy risk using the ratio value and possibility to create a rule-based expert system as a software tool to evaluate probability of Alzheimer's Disease using transcranial sonography.
The electronic markets vs. electronic hierarchies debate initiated by (Malone et al. 1987) has been superseded by the discussion about dis- or reintermediation in the electronic marketplace. Many of the arguments give...
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The electronic markets vs. electronic hierarchies debate initiated by (Malone et al. 1987) has been superseded by the discussion about dis- or reintermediation in the electronic marketplace. Many of the arguments given for either side are equally correct - because the arguments have been applied to different domains in different situations from specific perspectives - and yet the debate falls short of covering the complexity and dynamics of the ongoing market structure change. The goal of this paper is therefore to develop a more differentiated framework that facilitates the understanding of chances and threats resulting from inter- and cybermediation. The framework suggests to distinguish roles, opportunities and threats for cybermediaries in different situations. While the framework is meant to structure the debate in general, we will focus on public sector procurement to show its application.
The objective of the presented study is to introduce analysis the black-white pixels ratio in medial temporal lobe (MTL) brain structure in digitized transcranial B-images using our developed software B-MODE Assist. T...
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(数字)9789532900996
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(纸本)9781728175386
The objective of the presented study is to introduce analysis the black-white pixels ratio in medial temporal lobe (MTL) brain structure in digitized transcranial B-images using our developed software B-MODE Assist. This ratio could be a significant marker related to the echogenicity grade. In B-image, the MTL is stable anechogenic structure but increased echogenicity of surrounding cortex is detectable in the case of MTL atrophy; the atrophy predicts Alzheimer's Disease. Within this study, a set of 97 B-images is used. There are two key goals of this pilot study; verify the reproducibility of the ratio between two observers and to show that the ratio is not much different in the case of original image in comparison with a magnified segment and using constant brightness increasing; the ratio should be independent on image resolution and brightness. To select medial temporal lobe structure, a 20mm square-shaped Region of Interest is used. The correlation coefficient r=0.69 was achieved between two independent, non-experienced observers. The error does not exceed 28 % between 2 non-experienced observers and does not exceed 12 % between the measurements from the same observer. Also, the variance and the range were computed. Achieved results have been judged by an experienced sonographer. In the future, the ratio could be an effective value to determine the MTL atrophy based on the ratio value and possibility to create a rule-based expert system which should help evaluate probability of Alzheimer's Disease based on the cortex echogenicity grade. In general, this approach could be a reliable way to detect risk of Alzheimer's Disease using neurosonological imaging.
The theory of worm routing (rather than packet routing) recently attracts an increased attention as an abstraction of the underlying communication mechanisms in many parallel machines. Routing the worms in the hot-pot...
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The theory of worm routing (rather than packet routing) recently attracts an increased attention as an abstraction of the underlying communication mechanisms in many parallel machines. Routing the worms in the hot-potato style is a desired form of communication in high-speed optical interconnection networks. The authors develop a simple method for the design of parallel hot-potato worm routing algorithms. The basic approach is to simulate known packet routing algorithms, so that in each step worms are moved around instead of packets. For hot-potato permutation routing of worms of size k the authors have the following results. They get a O(k/sup 2.5/n) algorithm for the n*n mesh, and a O(k/sup 1.5/n) algorithm for the corresponding offline problem. For the 2/sup n/-nodes hypercube they get a O(k/sup 3/n log /sup 2/n) deterministic algorithm, and a O(k/sup 3/n) randomized algorithm. Although the results are given for permutation routing on the mesh and the hypercube, the general method can be applied to many other networks and to more general communication patterns as well. Moreover, once better routing algorithms are found for the underlying network, the worm routing algorithm improves, too.< >
Let B be a set of n unit balls in 3. We show that the combinatorial complexity of the space of lines in 3 that avoid all the balls of B is O(n3+Ε), for any Ε > 0. This result has connections to problems in visibi...
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Let B be a set of n unit balls in 3. We show that the combinatorial complexity of the space of lines in 3 that avoid all the balls of B is O(n3+Ε), for any Ε > 0. This result has connections to problems in visibility, ray shooting, motion planning and geometric optimization.
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