Why Size Matters: Feature Coding as Nystrom Sampling

Adaptive Contour Sampling and Coding Using Skeleton and Curvature

This paper presents a new binary shape sampling and coding method. Within the framework of MPEG-4 standard, the binary shapes in Video Object Plans have to be coded with a near to lossless approach in order to obtain a perfect spatial and temporal localization. For this purpose, a new sampling method based on the object skeleton is developed. The ”r-sampling” is defined function of the Local Fe...

On Management Matters: Why We Must Improve Public Health Management Through Action; Comment on “Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health”

Public health management is a pillar of public health practice. Only through effective management can research, theory, and scientific innovation be translated into successful public health action. With this in mind, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed an innovative program called Improving Public Health Management for Action (IMPACT) which aims to address th...

Why Learning How to Chase Butterflies Matters: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Progress Report Size Matters Mechanical Properties of Materials at the Nano-scale

At the nano-scale, yield and fracture strengths, for example, have been found to deviate from classical mechanics laws and, therefore, can no longer be inferred from the bulk (large-scale) response or from the literature. Unfortunately, the few existing conventional experimental techniques for assessing mechanical properties at this scale are insufficient, not easily accessible, and generally l...

Size Matters. Does Bias?

Most empirical disciplines promote the reuse and sharing of datasets, as it leads to greater possibility of replication. While this is increasingly the case in Empirical Software Engineering, some of the most popular bug-fix datasets are now known to be biased. This raises two significants concerns: first, that sample bias may lead to underperforming prediction models, and second, that the exte...