This paper introduces new database for Arabic handwritten words. The Arabic handwritten database (AHD/AMSH) represents a utility to facilitate the experiments of the character recognition algorithms. It contains three types of images: word, isolated character, and digit images. The AHD/AMSH can be used for baseline detection, characters segmentation, normalization, thinning, training and testin...

Abstract Stigma by association, also referred to as “courtesy stigma,” involves public disapproval evoked as a consequence of associating with stigmatized persons. While a small number of sociological studies have shown how stigma by association limits the social support and social opportunities available to family members, there is a paucity of research examining this phenomenon among the larg...

In many group-living primates, males are dominant over females, but despite this dominance, they allow females access to resources during the period when females are sexually attractive but only then and not otherwise. Conventionally, such male ‘courtesy’ is explained as a special strategy to gain mating access to females. In the present paper I propose a simpler hypothesis that is based on an ...

In spite of rapid evolution of electronic techniques, a number of large–scale applications continue to rely on the use of paper as the dominant medium. This is especially true for processing of bank checks. This paper examines the issue of reading the numerical amount field. In the case of checks, the segmentation of unconstrained strings into individual digits is a challenging task because of ...

The processing of bank checks is one application that continues to rely heavily on the movement of paper. Checks are currently read by human eyes and physically transported to the bank of the payer, involving significant time and cost. Since paper checks constitute a popular mechanism for noncash payments, and the volume of checks continues to be high, there is a significant interest in the ban...

ARTHouse, Homewood, PA. Image courtesy of the artist and Pavel Zoubok Fine Art, New York.Editorials, like art teaching, are written in anticipation what is yet to come. As described my earlie...

This study employed social exchange theory to examine the connection between one of the elements of teaching strategies, that is, lecturers’ organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and students’ academic achievement. Student needs for achievement was used as moderator. Analysis was conducted on a survey data of 196 students in one of the local public institutions of higher learning. The resul...

the present study aimed at determining the relationship between servant leadership as well as its dimensions and organizational citizenship behaviour (ocb) of employees at valiasr academic complex (islamic azad university, central tehran branch). the research was applied, descriptive and correlational. statistical population included 230 employees in first semester of educational year (2012- 20...

Jeff McLane, courtesy the artist and Anton Kern Gallery, New York The stories of NHS workers contending with covid pandemic in Liverpool have been celebrated a series portraits by internationally famous Aliza Nisenbaum. The Mexican born, York based painter met her sitters over video calls that lasted many hours. …