We address the problem of navigation in topometric maps created by using odometry data and visual loopclosure detection. Based on our previous work [6], we present an optimized version of our loop-closure detection algorithm that makes it possible to create consistent topo-metric maps in real-time while the robot is teleoperated. Using such a map, the proposed navigation algorithm performs qual...

Systems supporting situation awareness typically integrate information about a large number of real-world objects anchored in time and space provided by multiple sources. These sources are often characterized by identical, incomplete, and even contradictory information. Because of that, duplicate detection methods are of paramount importance, allowing to explore whether or not information conce...

objective : the aim of study was to develop a rapid assay, dye labelled monoclonal antibody assay (dlmaa), using non-radioactive organic synthetic dyes for identification of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (tsst-1) producing strains of staphylococcus aureus. materials and methods: the assay protocol required only two simple steps; addition of tsst-1 antigen to a nitrocellulose membrane and then ad...

in recent years due to improvements of technology within automobile industry, design process of advanced driver assistance systems for collision avoidance and traffic management has been investigated in both academics and industrial levels. detection of traffic signs is an effective method to reach the mentioned aims. in this paper a new intelligent driver assistance system based on traffic sig...

Change detection is a technology ascertaining the changes of specific features within a certain time interval. It provides the spatial distribution of features and qualitative and quantitative information of features changes. The quantitative analysis and identifying the characteristics and processes of surface changes is carried through from the different periods of remote sensing data. There ...

The ParalensTM (PL) microscope attachment converts a light microscope into an epi-fluorescence microscope. We compared the PL to standard fluorescence microscopy for detection of Mycobacteria in clinical and spiked samples. Overall agreement between the two systems was 100%. Quantitative and qualitative performance was comparable. The PL is an acceptable alternative to standard fluorescence mic...

A sensitive qualitative detection method for soybeans in foods by using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was developed. For specific detection of soybeans with high specificity, the primer pair of Gym 81/Gym 82 was designed on the gene encoding the Glycine max repetitive sequence. The trace amount of soybeans in commercial food products could be qualitatively detected by this method.

In this supplementary material, we present three additional results to complement the paper. First, we report detailed quantitative evaluation on the PASCAL VOC and ILSVRC object detection datasets. Second, we show additional qualitative detection results on the VOC 2007 dataset. Third, we analyze the errors of three variants of the proposed approach and show relative contributions from each co...

A new and rapid qualitative method for detection of drugs in whole blood was developed using the innovative thermal separation probe (TSP) sample introduction technique on the transportable Agilent 5975T LTM GC/MS. No sample cleanup was required, and Deconvolution Reporting Software (DRS) software streamlined data handling. Of the 56 thermally stable drugs analyzed, >94% had a method detection ...