Destructive fires are not just Indonesia's problem

Edges Are Not Just Steps

Images contain step edges, line features and many feature types that are somewhere between the two. Traditional gradient based edge operators are tuned to detect step edges, and hence are unable to properly detect and localize other feature types. The Phase Congruency detector is used as a tool to identify the different feature types found in images. It is shown that there is a continuum of fea...

Homelessness Is Not Just a Housing Problem

Editorial H omelessness is about more than rooflessness. A home is not just a physical space: it provides roots, identity, security, a sense of belonging and a place of emotional wellbeing. " So says the United Kingdom charity Crisis [1]. This Editorial's title comes from another charity, Shelter [2], which breaks down the causes of homelessness into individual factors such as drug and alcohol ...

The Problem: Not Just Bacteria–Bacterial Biofilms

Bacteria will stick to almost any surface in an industrial water system and will almost always produce a slimy polysaccharide matrix. This state of microorganism activity is now universally known as biofilm. Biofilm poses numerous problems in water processes, including corrosion, loss of process efficiency such as heat transfer, and health issues such as Legionella infection. Biofilm is not onl...

Jets are not just 4 - momenta !

Documents Are Not Just for Printing

Modern use has emphasized the written/printed nature of documents to the extent that today documents imply writing on paper. This trend is well reeected by document processing systems that can produce high quality paper output. The world of electronic documents currently abounds with a plethora of markup languages, document encodings and typesetting systems designed to facilitate the production...