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...
Traditionally, fingerprint image acquisition was based on contact. However
the conventional touch-based fingerprint acquisition introduces some problems
such as distortions and deformations to the fingerprint image. The most recent
technology for...
"As an African-American who is able to pass as 'white', Piper has written eloquently of the social and institutional prejudices that surface when she divulges her racially mixed identity. In a text entitled 'Flying' of 1987 she wrote: 'I am...
"Artaud's late drawings have been a comparatively recent discovery. His poetry and writings on the theatre were better known previously. In the latter respect, his notions of catharsis had a decisive impact on the Body Art of the 1970s. After...
"Soon after the creation of Composition VII, in late November, Kandinsky painted Dreamy Improvisation [Träumerische Improvisation] on 3 December 1913 followed by Light Picture [Helles Bild] and Black Lines [Schwarze Striche] in mid-December....
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...
Heuristic; Production management; Personnel management--Data processing
The Naval Surface Warfare Center wishes to create a task assignment schedule
with a minimal training cost for workers to raise their skills to the required levels. As the
number of workers, skills, and tasks increase, the problem quickly becomes...
A new procedure has been developed for determining
the location of the source of certain EEG discharges
given the measured surface potentials. The
source is modeled as a single current dipole with arbitrary
position and orientation, while the head...
Portraits; Group portraits; Families; Men; Children; Boys; Bookcases
Portrait of Adolph Reutlinger of Louisville, Kentucky posed in front of a large bookcase with sons Albert and Kenneth. The photograph has been painted on, accenting small details, and has small cracks along the surface. Stamped on back of image:...
Portraits; Group portraits; Men; Government officials
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1931-1935 and Governor of Kentucky from 1935-1939 (and again from 1955-1959), seated at a desk with two unidentified men, with eleven men standing behind them. Photograph...
Portraits; Crowds; Men; Government officials; Governors; Inaugurations
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler, Governor of Kentucky from 1935-1939 (and again from 1955-1959), amidst a crowd of people, possibly on the occasion of his inauguration. Photograph a lot of surface cracks. Handwritten on back of image: December...
Albert Ivison of Louisville, Kentucky holding the handle to a trophy, wearing a tuxedo. The photograph has been cut so that only his image is visible, there are small cracks over the entire surface, and it's yellowing from age. Handwritten on back...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Women; School principals; People associated with education & communication
Portrait of Alma Steedman of Louisville, Kentucky, President of the Steedman Academy of Music & Fine Arts in Louisville. Her hair is short and curly. The photograph has small cracks along the surface around her face. Stamped on back of image:...
Over the last 15 years, researchers have explored the use of piezoresistive microcantilevers/resonators as gas sensors because of their relative ease in fabrication, low production cost, and their ability to detect changes in mass or surface stress...
Portraits; Women; Physicians; Government officials; Ocean travel; Ships
Dr. Annie S. Veech of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a long coat, gloves, and a brimmed hat. The photograph has remnants of the newspaper article attached to the top edge, small cracks along the surface, and a yellow discoloration from age....
Portrait of Bill Thomas of Louisville, Kentucky in the boxing ring, wearing boxing gloves. The photograph has some damage along the edges and surface, also marks of discoloration. Handwritten on back of image: Louisville Professional boxer. Stamped...
Portraits; Men; Wrestlers; People associated with entertainment & sports
Billy Love of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing wrestling shorts and shoes. The photograph is cracked, creased and torn all along the surface. Handwritten on back of image: Billy Love, Louisville wrestler. Stamped on back: December 10, 1935.
Falls (Accidents); Children's accidents; Children--Wounds and injuries; Child abuse--Investigation
Pediatric short-distance falls, especially from beds or other furniture, are common
false histories given by caretakers to cover up abusive trauma. However, short-distance
falls are also a common occurrence in young children. Knowledge of the types...
Chronic periodontitis is strongly associated with composition of the oral biofilm
occupying the gingival crevicular aspect of the tooth and its associated root. Some gram-negative,
"red complex" bacteria instigate periodontal bone loss in...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Colonel Brent Arnold, Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a suit and printed tie, posed sitting in a chair. The photograph is cracked along the surface and discolored from age. Handwritten on back of image: L&N (railroad).
