Leading theories of lying disagree on many points, but they agree the following assumption: essentially involves asserting. The possibility by omission poses a challenge to that shared assumption. To lie is not This paper first experimental investigation whether conceptually possible, according our ordinary, concept. Overall, results support, without proving, it possible. Based present findings...

We propose a learning-based background subtraction approach based on the theory of sparse representation and dictionary learning. Our method makes the following two important assumptions: (1) the background of a scene has a sparse linear representation over a learned dictionary; (2) the foreground is “sparse” in the sense that majority pixels of the frame belong to the background. These two ass...

We present a new algorithm to register 3D pre-operative Magnetic Resonance (MR) images with intra-operative MR images of the brain. This algorithm relies on a robust estimation of the deformation from a sparse set of measured displacements. We propose a new framework to compute iteratively the displacement field starting from an approximation formulation (minimizing the sum of a regularization ...

While quality in healthcare is an essential concept, the methodology to measure the quality is in preliminary stage. Developing quality indicators seems to be inspiring concept in measuring quality in healthcare system. Clinical laboratory being the inseparable part of health care system, we have made an attempt to through a light on quality indicators in clinical laboratory. Developing key per...

Strictly enforced encapsulation is a key concept for modular software designs. However, in many situations like unanticipated reuse, productivity can be raised by a more flexible approach to encapsulation. Also the discussion about the role of “obliviousness” in aspect-oriented programming is one instance of a general conflict between strictness and flexibility. Here, different technologies tak...