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...
Various vision tasks are usually confronted by appearance variations due to changes of illumination. For instance, in a recognition system, it has been shown that the variability in human face appearance is owed to changes to lighting conditions...
Chapter I . Seven novel head-to-tail cyclic pentapeptides and pseudopentapeptides containing the arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) tripeptide motif were synthesized. All of the peptides were constructed using solid phase peptide synthesis....
"With its somewhat distant-looking quality and distinctive crown of olive leaves, this statue is most likely a memorial portrait. Although the head and body originally came from two separate statues, they are chronologically consistent. The...
Contamination can be very difficult to remove from water. Once this water seeps into the ground, the difficulty grows exponentially. The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, located in Paducah, Kentucky, has contaminated the groundwater. The...
Four girls wearing matching print calico dresses and three boys (two wearing suspenders, and the youngest wearing a vest) pose outdoors with hills as a backdrop. Two of the girls wear bonnets and hold banjos. All of the girls are barefoot. Title...
Three boys (two wearing suspenders, and the youngest wearing a vest) pose outdoors with hills as a backdrop. Two of the boys hold banjos. Title supplied by cataloger.
Three boys (two wearing suspenders, and the youngest wearing a vest) pose outdoors with hills as a backdrop. Two of the boys hold banjos. Title supplied by cataloger.
Two boys and a girl, wearing pioneer costumes, pose outdoors. The girl, standing, wears a calico dress and bonnet and carries a basket. The boys, seated, wear overalls and play guitar and fiddle. Title supplied by cataloger.
Two boys and a girl, wearing pioneer costumes, pose outdoors. The girl, standing, wears a cotton dress and bonnet and carries a basket. The boys, seated, wear overalls and play guitar and fiddle. Title supplied by cataloger.
Women; Costumes; Stringed instruments; Banjos; Mandolins; Guitars; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
The Sloane sisters of Rowan County, Kentucky pose in long dresses, two in gingham and one in white, and bows in their hair, likely for a performance at the American Folk Song Festival. They each hold a stringed instrument: from left to right,...
The Sloane sisters of Rowan County, Kentucky, wearing mid-calf-length print dresses, pose in front of a picket fence with stringed instruments: from left to right, Bessie Sloane with guitar, Nannie Sloane with banjo, and Ada Sloane with mandolin....
The Sloane sisters of Rowan County, Kentucky, pose in a field with stringed instruments. From left to right: Ada Sloane with guitar; Bessie Sloane with guitar; and Nannie Sloane with banjo). Title supplied by cataloger.
The Walters sisters, wearing matching cotton dresses with white collars, pose outdoors with musical instruments (two guitars and a banjo). A Gulf Oil sign is visible in the background. Title supplied by cataloger.
The Walters sisters, wearing matching cotton dresses with white collars, pose outdoors with musical instruments (two guitars and a banjo). Title supplied by cataloger.
The Walters sisters, wearing matching cotton dresses with white collars, pose outdoors with musical instruments (two guitars and a banjo). Title supplied by cataloger.
Jean Thomas' sister, Trixy Lydia Ross Bell, and two other women identified as "Bess" and "Sade" pose outside a two-story frame house that belonged to Thomas' father or grandfather, Dr. "Doc" Bell. The house is located...
Two young women in costumes pose in a garden. One wears a red tunic and is standing by a sundial. The other, in a dark hat and dress, is sitting by a little pond and is about to pick a lily to add to the flowers in her basket. Kate Matthews...
