A robust approach for extracting car license plate from images with complex background and relatively poor quality is presented in this paper. The approach focuses on dealing with images taken under weak lighting condition. The proposed method is divided into two steps: 1) searching candidate areas from the input image using gradient information, and 2) determining the plate area among the cand...

The overall aim of our research is to eventually develop a viable system, using pinus radiata, for multi-storey timber buildings up to 6 storeys. One of the main issues is achieving sound resistant timber floors that are economically viable. This paper reports on the acoustic testing of a prototype floor, with radiata pole joists. Measurements were made of the objective performance. The results...

Shaun G. Goodman, MD, MSc; Robert Clare, MS; Karen S. Pieper, MS; José C. Nicolau, MD; Robert F. Storey, MD; Warren J. Cantor, MD; Kenneth W. Mahaffey, MD; Dominick J. Angiolillo, MD, PhD; Steen Husted, MD; Christopher P. Cannon, MD; Stefan K. James, MD, PhD; Jan Kilhamn, MD, PhD; P. Gabriel Steg, MD; Robert A. Harrington, MD; Lars Wallentin, MD, PhD; on behalf of the Platelet Inhibition and Pa...

We introduce a Bayesian approach to multiple testing. The method is an extension of the false discovery rate (FDR) method due to Benjamini and Hochberg (1995). We also examine the empirical Bayes approach to simultaneous inference proposed by Efron, Tibshirani, Storey and Tusher (2001). We show that, in contrast to the single hypothesis case – where Bayes and frequentist tests do not agree even...

conditions for intercellular Ca waves Cody E. Narciso, Nicholas M. Contento, Thomas J. Storey, David J. Hoelzle, Jeremiah J. Zartman * 1 Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA 2 Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA 3 Currently in the Department of Mechanical and Aer...