In this paper, we present a fast and intuitive interface for sketching out 3D virtual humans and animation. The user draws stick figure key frames first and chooses one for “fleshing-out” with freehand body contours. The system automatically constructs a plausible 3D skin surface from the rendered figure, and maps it onto the posed stick figures to produce the 3D character animation. A “creativ...

OBJECTIVES Polypodium leucotomos extract is a commonly used systemic photoprotective agent. In an exploratory fashion, the current study aimed to compare the effects of oral supplementation with a fixed Polypodium leucotomos/pomegranate combination (PPmix®) versus Polypodium leucotomos alone (Fernblock®) on skin biophysical parameters of Caucasian adults. METHODS Forty healthy adult volunteer...

Graphical Editing by Example David Joshua Kurlander Constructing illustrations by computer can be both tedious and difficult. This thesis introduces five example-based techniques to facilitate the process. These techniques are independently useful, but also interrelate in interesting ways: • Graphical Search and Replace, the analogue to textual search and replace in text editors, is useful for ...

The ambitious Kashi Vishvanath Corridor in Varanasi (India) was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi March 2019. Set to turn the site into a ‘world-class’ pilgrimage destination, project entails construction of monumental path that connects Ganges river city’s main Hindu temple. In middle area under ‘beautification’, stands Gyanvapi mosque – longstanding target nationalist campaigns ‘lib...

This article examines discussions on the corset in illustrated press, text-book for girls, and medical advice literature reign of Sultan Abdülhamid II (1876–1909). The argues that functioned as a cultural benchmark establishing terms Ottoman Muslim female sartorial decorum larger medicalized public debate modern indoor dress. Hamidian reformers responded to set intertwined but rather conflictin...

Recent years have witnessed significant growth of face alignment. Though dense facial landmark is highly demanded in various scenarios, e.g., cosmetic medicine and beautification, most works only consider sparse To address this problem, we present a framework that can enrich density by existing datasets, 300W with 68 points WFLW 98 points. Firstly, observe the local patches along each semantic ...

There is a constant discussion in the modern society regarding innovation. Everybody talks about word, concept, and strategy behind it. Nonetheless, not too many companies industries of economy can proudly mention their use innovation at operational level. The usage concept mostly linked to idea product improvements for commerciality immediate returns. At same time, sustainability occupies seco...

As pen-based input devices have become more common, sketch recognition systems are being developed for many hand-drawn diagrammatic domains such as mechanical engineering, GUI design, course of action diagrams, and many others. These sketch interfaces 1) allow for more natural interaction than a traditional mouse and palette tool by allowing users to hand-sketch the diagram, 2) can automaticall...

Digital imaging has provided scientists with new opportunities to acquire and manipulate data using techniques that were difficult or impossible to employ in the past. Because digital images are easier to manipulate than film images, new problems have emerged. One growing concern in the scientific community is that digital images are not being handled with sufficient care. The problem is twofol...

Current reverse engineering systems can generate boundary representation (B-rep) models from 3D range data. Such models suffer from inaccuracies caused by noise in the input data and algorithms. The quality of reverse engineered geometric models can be improved by finding candidate shape regularities in such a model, and constraining the model to meet a suitable subset of them, in a post-proces...