Please cite this article in press as: C. Galleguillos doi:10.1016/j.cviu.2010.02.004 The goal of object categorization is to locate and identify instances of an object category within an image. Recognizing an object in an image is difficult when images include occlusion, poor quality, noise or background clutter, and this task becomes even more challenging when many objects are present in the s...

Microcirculatory alterations are frequently observed in critically ill patients undergoing major surgery and those who suffer from trauma or sepsis. Despite the need for adequate fluid administration to restore microcirculation, there is no consensus regarding optimal fluid therapy for these patients. The recent recognition of the importance of the endothelial glycocalyx layer in capillary flui...

A full-factorial study of the effects of rates of temperature change and start temperatures was undertaken for both upper and lower critical thermal limits (CTLs) using the tsetse fly, Glossina pallidipes. Results show that rates of temperature change and start temperatures have highly significant effects on CTLs, although the duration of the experiment also has a major effect. Contrary to a wi...

A. Background: Fitch & Hauser (2004; see also Hauser, Chomsky & Fitch 2002:1578 and O’Donnell, Hauser & Fitch 2005) claim tamarins can learn finite-state (FS) string patterns but not context-free (CF), while humans can learn both. Liberman (2004, 2006) suggests alternative explanations. Perruchet & Rey (forthcoming) disagree about humans. Gentner (2006) suggests starlings can learn strictly CF ...

1. An animal’s perceptual range defines the spatial extent of the landscape for which information is available to make movement decisions. Ecologists studying and modelling animal dispersal have commonly assumed that individual movements arise from a predefined set of local decision rules operating within a static isotropic (i.e. circular) perceptual range. 2. We discuss how this assumption fai...

Commentators variously infer or describe the nexus of modern Information Technology law (hereafter, IT law) as lying with computers, software or the Internet: what they have in common is that they identify this nexus as being technological, not legal. One can regard IT Law, therefore, as sitting on the shifting sands of technology, rather than on the traditional, firm regulatory bedrock, which,...

In this study, a discriminative detector for object context is designed and tested. The context-feature is simple to implement, feed-forward, and effective across multiple object types in a street-scenes environment. Using context alone, we demonstrate robust detection of locations likely to contain bicycles, cars, and pedestrians. Furthermore, experiments are conducted so as to address several...