Istanbul 2004

Istanbul Declaration

2. However, it is with deep disappointment that, at the conclusion of this process, it is clear our voices have not been heard and reflected in the conference outcomes. The negotiations started with analyses of the failings of the Brussels Programme of Action, also reflected in UNCTAD’s LDC report 2010. These showed that development partners failed to deliver their commitments to provide adequa...

The Greening of Istanbul

Istanbul, August 1955

Istanbul Technical University at TRECVID2008

In this paper we describe the system designed by the ITU MSPR Group for content based video fingerprinting as applied to the TRECVID 2010 Content Based Copy Detection (CBCD) benchmark. This year focus of the system was on integration of audio and video fingerprinting to improve the robustness to attacks. The proposed system consists of three main modules: Audio/video fingerprint extraction, aud...

Hantavirus Infection in Istanbul, Turkey

To the Editor: More than 20 serotypes of hantavirus have been identifi ed, and 11 infect humans. Puumala virus (PUUV), Dobrava virus (DOBV), and Seoul virus cause different forms of hemorrhagic renal syndrome (1,2). DOBV is endemic to Turkey and countries in the Balkan region. Approximately 10,000–12,000 cases of infection with PUUV and DOBV occur in European Russia each year (3). Initial case ...