The robotics community is increasingly making use of human motion capture and joint tracking analysis. This study aims to assess the potential of employing a camera system to study upper-body joint motions by comparing the joint tracking abilities of a dual-Kinect system and a Vicon 3D Motion Capture system. Such motion data can be used to train a robot with data collected from humans performin...

Most compounds in English are endocentric, that is, one of the elements (typically the right-hand element) is the head of the construction. Headedness is shown most clearly by hyponymy: the compound as a whole is a hyponym of its head. For example, traffic-light is a hyponym of light, but not a hyponym of traffic. In some languages compounds take their declension class or gender from those of t...

African American motorists in the United States are more likely than white motorists to have their cars searched by police checking for illegal drugs and other contraband. The courts are faced with the task of deciding on the basis of tra¢c-stop data whether police are basing their decisions to stop cars on the race of the driver. We develop a model of law enforcement for a population with two ...

We estimate the relationship between psychological attributes of U.S. Army recruits soon after enlistment and their propensity to leave service. We find that those with the worst psychological health are more likely to terminate employment, and we show how identifying psychologically unfit candidates prior to their employment can reduce the likelihood of future turnover and associated personnel...

A survey based citizen Science research of Carbon monoxide levels was conducted in Navi Mumbai, particularly at various Toll Plazas and Traffic signals. Carbon Monooxide levels were assessed in roadside built houses. Carbon monoxide is a product of incomplete combustion of organic matter due to insufficient oxygen supply to enable complete oxidation to carbon dioxide (CO2). It was found out tha...