Pattern recognition systems; Cluster analysis; Data mining
Despite the large number of existing clustering methods, clustering remains a challenging task especially when the structure of the data does not correspond to easily separable categories, and when clusters vary in size, density and shape. Existing...
Background: Light cured composite resin can be time consuming for bonding orthodontic brackets. A new Blue light diode laser may reduce curing times for composite resins. Hypothesis: The laser will achieve similar bond strengths in half the time...
To manage large image databases, Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) emerged as a new research subject. CBIR involves the development of automated methods to use visual features in searching and retrieving. Unfortunately, the performance of most...
The main purpose of this research is to make a comparative study of the physical mechanisms related to highway noise barrier insertion loss and to evaluate and improve the accuracy of insertion loss of FHWA Traffic Noise Model (TNM) 2.5 comparedw...
Objective . To compare the in vitro reliability and accuracy of linear measurements between cephalometric landmarks on CBCT 3D images with varying basis projection images to direct measurements on human skulls. Methods . Sixteen linear dimensions...
Map of Kentucky shows mountain ranges, counties, cities and towns, rivers, large creeks, canals, stage roads, and railroads. Counties and frame are hand colored and relief is shown by hachures. Distances between towns are noted by numbers along the...
Coal-fired power plants--Environmental aspects--United States; Mercury wastes--Environmental aspects--United States
This dissertation tests whether or not mercury emissions from electric power plants are not a significant contributor to mercury measurements in rainfall and argues that the current United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
For complex classification systems, data is usually gathered from multiple sources of information that have varying degree of reliability. In fact, assuming that the different sources have the same relevance in describing all the data might lead to...
College dropouts--Indiana; Educational attainment--Indiana; College freshmen--Indiana; Community college students--Indiana
The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine if student background variables (age, gender, race, academic preparation); student status (part/full-time student), and student circumstances (commuting distance, independent/dependent...
German map of Kentucky shows mountain ranges, rivers, large creeks, counties, cities, and towns plus existing and proposed canals, streets and railroads. State borders are traced in color and relief is shown by hachures. Distances between towns are...
Computer vision; Pattern recognition systems; Human face recognition (Computer science)
Humans have the uncanny ability to perceive the world in three dimensions (3D), otherwise known as depth perception. The amazing thing about this ability to determine distances is that it depends only on a simple two-dimensional (2D) image in the...
Postal service--History; Postal service--Southwest, Old
In every civilization of which any record has been preserved, there is known to have been some organized plan for maintaining communication by couriers who were either post runners or riders mounted. The relaying of these couriers was an obvious...
Map of Kentucky shows mountain ranges, rivers, creeks, counties, cities, and towns plus existing and proposed canals, streets, and railroads. Counties are hand colored and relief is shown by hachures. Distances between towns are noted by numbers...
Map of Kentucky shows mountain ranges, rivers, large creeks, counties, cities and towns plus existing and proposed canals, streets, and railroads. Counties and frame are hand colored and relief is shown by hachures. Distances between towns are...
Map of Kentucky shows canals, railroads, rivers, creeks, counties, cities, and towns. Counties are hand colored and relief is shown by hachures. Distances between towns are noted by numbers along the roadways. A table lists distances via steamship...
No current microfabrication technique exists for producing room-temperature, high-precision, point-to-point polymer nanofibers in three dimensions. Producing rounded structures in a third dimension is particularly difficult to accomplish with...
Map of Kentucky and Tennessee shows mountain ranges, rivers, creeks, salt licks, counties, major roads, cities, and towns. Counties are hand colored and relief is shown by hachures. Distances between county towns and the state capital are noted by...
View of farm with track in background at C. V. Whitney Farm, Lexington, Kentucky. A dark four-board fence is in the foreground and several low white fences are visible across the fields at different distances.
Map of Kentucky and Tennessee shows rivers, roads and distances between cities and towns. State borders are hand colored. Printed below map frame, "J. Knight Sc." According to the collector's notes, this map was published by Darby in...
"One of the ironies of the anti-market strategies of certain Land Artists was that to view their works other than via photographs spectators had to travel large distances. This could be costly, especially when specialized transport was...
