In this paper we describe a novel integration of Hierarchy Theory and Linear Scale-Space for automatically visualizing, and modeling dominant landscape structures at multiple scales. Specifically, we describe 3D methods for modelling and visualizing landscape scale-domains by using scale-space events as critical domain thresholds. This novel approach provides the capacity to automatically defin...

Understanding scale is fundamental in science education, but scale comprehension is difficult. One reason difficulties may arise is a disconnect between the linear scale of magnitude and how scale information is cognitively represented. An intervention was designed to foster a linear representation of magnitude, based on the theory that people represent magnitude information in a hierarchically...

A matched samples design was employed to compare WAIS and WAIS-R IQ in UK subjects. The WAIS yielded significantly higher mean Full Scale, Verbal and Performance IQs. The mean differences were 7.5, 6.4 and 7.9 IQ points respectively. The WAIS and WAIS-R samples were broadly representative of the UK adult population in terms of age, sex and social class distribution, and therefore provide tentat...

DESCRIPTION. The Home & Community Social Behavior Scales (HCSBS) is a 64-item behavior rating scale that is completed by parents “and other home-based raters” of children and youth between ages 5 and 18. In contrast to the “highly clinical” nature of many child behavior rating instruments, the HCSBS is designed to emphasize “routine or commonly occurring social competencies and problems” (user’...

WAIS-R Verbal-Performance IQ difference scores for Ward's (1990) seven subtest short form and the complete WAIS-R were examined in patients with lateralized and diffuse lesions. For both versions, the expected Performance > Verbal pattern was observed in the right hemisphere lesion group, while no summary score differences were seen in the left hemisphere group. Verbal-Performance IQ discrepanc...

ÐThis paper deals with a novel way for representing and computing image features encapsulated within different regions of scale-space. Employing a thermodynamical model for scale-space generation, the method derives features as those corresponding to ªentropy richº image regions where, within a given range of spatial scales, the entropy gradient remains constant. Different types of image featur...

The factor structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fifth Edition (WISC-V; Wechsler, 2014a) standardization sample (N = 2,200) was examined using confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) with maximum likelihood estimation for all reported models from the WISC-V Technical and Interpretation Manual (Wechsler, 2014b). Additionally, alternative bifactor models were examined and variance ...

Psychophysical studies have shown that human perception of the frequency content of sounds, either for pure tones or for speech signals, does not follow a linear scale. This research has led to the idea of defining subjective pitch of pure tones. Thus for each tone with an actual frequency, f, measured in Hz, a subjective pitch is measured on a scale called ''Mel'' scale. As a reference point, ...

Research on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III) suggests that practicing clinical psychologists and graduate students make item-level scoring errors that affect IQ, index, and subtest scores. Studies have been limited in that Full-Scale IQ (FSIQ) and examiner administration, recording, and scoring tasks have not been syste...

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