Pixel matching is an important step in 3D reconstruction. Among all existing methods, we take a closer look at the ones using seed propagation. They start from a set of reliable matches (seeds) and look for a correspondent of the neighbors of a seed in the neighborhood of this seed correspondent. There are two kinds of approaches: sequential and simultaneous. In this paper, we give a state of t...

Tailored within the increasingly competitive news environment, political talk shows have adopted a range of styles, heralding a rise in “combatant” and “comic” hosts to complement the conventional “correspondent.” Using an experimental design to rule out self-selection biases, this study isolates the impact of host style on media judgments. In comparison to the other styles, the correspondent h...

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of acupuncture on urinary incontinence and to discuss why these acupoints were selected. Seven databases were searched for any randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that investigated the use of acupuncture or acupressure as a treatment for urinary incontinence, and the Cochrane risk of bias tool was utilized to evaluate the risk of bias in each stu...

The purpose of the present paper is to highlight some critical situations emerged during the implementation of long-term projects locally managed by Prevention Services, to control some manufacturing companies in Rome and Prato, Central Italy. In particular, some critical issues on the application of self-control in marketing and catering held by Chinese operators are underlined. The study show...

Pulse wave analysis with computerized diagnosis was used for myocardial ischemia patients. Novel feature derived from form factor of pulse signal was investigated. Form factor is estimated from variance of pulse signal waveform. Pulse waves were measured using newly developed three-axis sphygmography. Three groups participated in this study: 16 patients diagnosed with myocardial ischemia (posit...

This paper presents TRIM+, an architecture for transparent mobility management with route optimization in IMS based networks. The design of our architecture is based on a previous work referred to as TRIM. TRIM was originally devised to provide transparent mobility support in the IMS, although transparency came at the cost of using a suboptimal data path between communicating end points. TRIM+ ...

For the inter-LMA network environment in PMIPv6, location information of communicating Mobile Node(MN) and Correspondent Node(CN) is maintained in the different Local Mobility Anchor(LMA). Accordingly, when both MN and CN move to different MAGs simultaneously, race condition occurs in which updated location information of MN is forwarded to the previous MAG of CN. In this paper, an inter-LMA Ro...

Even modern component architectures do not provide for easily manageable context-sensitive adaptability, a key requirement for ambient intelligence. The reason ist that components are at the same time too large – providing black boxes with adaptation points only at their boundaries – and to small – lacking good means for expressing concerns beyond the scope of single components. We present a fr...

BACKGROUND Moxibustion, acupuncture and other acupoint stimulations are commonly used for the correction of breech presentation. This systematic review aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of moxibustion and other acupoint stimulations to treat breech presentation. METHODS We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and controlled clinical trials (CCTs) on moxibustion, acupuncture or ...