Scale is one of the major challenges in recognition problems. For example, a face captured across large distances is considerably harder to recognize than the same face at small distances. Local binary pattern (LBP) and its variants have been successfully used in face detection, recognition, and many other computer vision applications. While LBP features are shown to be discriminative in face r...

Heterogeneous distribution of metallic residues in surface soils creates unique challenges for collecting soil samples that provide representative and reproducible results. In particular, soils containing metal fragments at military training ranges, such as small-arms ranges, are especially problematic to analyze owing to their large compositional and distributional (i.e., spatial) heterogeneit...

This study aims to determine and analyze the effect of customer experience on loyalty with satisfaction as an intervening variable for users online transportation services in Medan City. The population this is people City, especially Amplas District who have used Grab, Gojek Maxim. sampling technique was non-probability 180 respondents. data analysis method uses Structural Equation Modeling-Par...

We are interested in the task of speech beamforming in conference room meetings, with microphones built in the electronic devices brought and casually placed by meeting participants. This task is challenging because of the inaccuracy in position and interference calibration due to random microphone configuration, variance of microphone quality, reverberation etc. As a result, not many beamformi...

"Coastal grab" refers to the contested appropriation of coastal (shore and inshore) space and resources by outside interests. This paper explores the phenomenon of coastal grabbing and the effects of such appropriation on community-based conservation of local resources and environment. The approach combines socialecological systems analysis with socio-legal property rights studies. Evidence of ...

Lack of access to clean water and adequate sanitation continues to be a major brake on development. Here we present the results of a 12-month investigation into the dynamics of Escherichia coli, a commonly used indicator of faecal contamination in water supplies, in three small, rural catchments in Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. We show that land use and hydrology are major controlling factors of ...

In the present study we have attempted to verify a theoretical model of grab versus strip strengths of fabrics [Textile Research Journal, 2003, 73(2), 165–171] through experimental investigation. Five different fabrics were included in this study, and three related parameters were investigated including the modulus ratio of the specimen (shear versus tensile moduli), the specimen gauge length a...

Currently, there is an effort under way to encourage remedial project managers at contaminated sites to use passive sampling to collect freely dissolved concentrations (Cfree ) of hydrophobic organic contaminants to improve site assessments. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the use of passive sampling for measuring water column Cfree for several hydrophobic organic contaminant...

We are interested in the task of speech beamforming in conference room meetings, with microphones built in the electronic devices brought and casually placed by meeting participants. This task is challenging because of the inaccuracy in position and interference calibration due to random microphone configuration, variance of microphone quality, reverberation etc. As a result, not many beamformi...

Groundwater radon levels of 83 Bq/L (2240 PC&) generated indoor radon levels >3300 Bq/m3 (89 pCi/L) at a commercial fish hatchery. Passive and active mitigation strategies to reduce the waterborne radon levels included a packed column, a waterfall through perforated grates, surface aeration, and bottom bubblers. Though waterborne co~centrations were reduced up to 83% using a combination of miti...