Character, Global and Local

Character , Global and Local

Philosophers have recently argued that we should revise our understanding of character. An individual’s behaviour is governed not by a set of ‘global’ traits, each elicited by a certain kind of situational feature, but by a much larger array of ‘local’ traits, each elicited by a certain combination of situational features. The data cited by these philosophers supports their theory only if we co...

Online Arabic Character Recognition Using Global And Local Features

In this paper, we present a new method to describe online Arabic characters. This is based on a vector of sequence sets features per point to be fed to classifier. After the preprocessing step, the x and y coordinates of online signal are used to extract a some of local and global features such as : direction, curvature, down or up of the pen, normalized chain code and the Fourier descriptors. ...

ProcDef: Local-to-global Deformation for Skeleton-free Character Animation

Animations of characters with flexible bodies such as jellyfish, snails, and, hearts are difficult to design using traditional skeleton-based approaches. A standard approach is keyframing, but adjusting the shape of the flexible body for each key frame is tedious. In addition, the character cannot dynamically adjust its motion to respond to the environment or user input. This paper introduces a...

Fasting and diabetes from a local and global perspective- commentary

  Fasting is a common practice among people with diabetes (PWD). As healthcare providers we are in a position to assist those who choose to fast to manage their diabetes effectively. Diabetes self-management education for PWD is needed both prior and during the time of fasting to best metabolic control.  

Global Knowledge, Local Solutions: Interest Rate and Monetary Policy