The performance of an automatic fingerprint verification approach relies heavily on the quality of the fingerprint image. Enhancement of the fingerprint image is then a crucial step in automatic fingerprint verification. This paper discusses the fingerprint image processing methods for automatic verification and proposes an adaptive oriented low pass filter to enhance the fingerprint image qual...

Italy's digital Covid certificate, known nationally as the ‘Green Pass,’ was enforced through unusual restrictions for a liberal democracy, part of government's effort to bolster Covid-19 vaccination campaign. Since July 2021, Green Pass provided main authorizing tool public access wide spectrum social spaces and activities, from leisure transport education workplaces. The therefore served norm...

An endogenous growth model of human capital accumulation with a private alternative to public education is studied. Public education is tax ...nanced and determined endogenously through a voting process. A tension between private consumers, who do not want to contribute to public education, and public consumers who want relatively large contributions is identi...ed. Public education consumers e...

PURPOSE This study aimed to compare selectivity characteristics among institution characteristics to determine differences by institutional funding source (public vs. private) or research activity level (research vs. non-research). METHODS This study included information provided by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) and the Federation of State Boards of Phy...

There is a need for a coordinated, sustainable, in-service, training programme in surveillance and other public health activities. This should be available for all levels of health personal throughout the Pacific. The model advocates continuing education and in-service training that immediately and directly enhances surveillance. Specific educational objectives for surveillance should be based ...

INTRODUCTION Interest in public health in the “Arab World” has intensified following the political and social changes that have affected the Middle East since 2010. A new textbook has been published (1), an international meeting has been held (2), a network of experts has been formed, and a special edition of major medical journal has been published (3). But how useful is the “Arab World” as a ...

Our mission is to inculcate an ethos of online learning and communicating, moving it from the margins to mainstream. A skilled health workforce is crucial to better practices. Face-to-face teaching still dominates learning across NSW Health, despite remarkable developments worldwide in using technology for learning. Health is slow to embrace this renaissance due partly to lack of exposure among...