ÐThis paper deals with a novel way for representing and computing image features encapsulated within different regions of scale-space. Employing a thermodynamical model for scale-space generation, the method derives features as those corresponding to ªentropy richº image regions where, within a given range of spatial scales, the entropy gradient remains constant. Different types of image featur...

The factor structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fifth Edition (WISC-V; Wechsler, 2014a) standardization sample (N = 2,200) was examined using confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) with maximum likelihood estimation for all reported models from the WISC-V Technical and Interpretation Manual (Wechsler, 2014b). Additionally, alternative bifactor models were examined and variance ...

Psychophysical studies have shown that human perception of the frequency content of sounds, either for pure tones or for speech signals, does not follow a linear scale. This research has led to the idea of defining subjective pitch of pure tones. Thus for each tone with an actual frequency, f, measured in Hz, a subjective pitch is measured on a scale called ''Mel'' scale. As a reference point, ...

Research on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III) suggests that practicing clinical psychologists and graduate students make item-level scoring errors that affect IQ, index, and subtest scores. Studies have been limited in that Full-Scale IQ (FSIQ) and examiner administration, recording, and scoring tasks have not been syste...

the measurement of rts amounts measures a relationship between inputs and outputs in a production structure. there are many different ways to calculate rts in primal or dual space. but in more realistic cases, governments usually intervene on dmu’s behavior as regulatory agency, this clearly represent a set of limitations and restrictions on behaviors of dmus, so very few decisions in dmus are ...

conclusions the persian version of dad, during the study, had a very good validity and reliability and can serve as a useful scale in clinical assessment of functional disability in patients with alzheimer’s in the area of activities of daily living. background as dementia progresses in the course of life, one's functions may be reduced regarding to fulfill the activities of daily living. one o...

background: our aim was to forward an effective therapeutic approach by comparing efficacy and psychological states between patients with senile ischemic heart failure undergone icu and conventional therapies. methods: we selected 64 patients from hospital of traditional chinese medicine of rizhao (shandong, china) between june 2013 and june 2014. the patients had ischemic heart disease, and we...

separation anxiety disorder (sad) is the most commonly diagnosed and impairing childhood anxiety disorder. given that sad symptoms in early childhood have been linked to later psychopathology, early identification and treatment of it is critical. the aim of the present study was the examination of validity and reliability of separation anxiety assessment scale-parent version (saas-p) (hahn, haj...

oriental hybrid lily “arabian red” mother scales were stored in moist cocopeat and perlite (1:1) for 3 or 5 months at 25 ̊c. the numbers of scale bulblets per mother scale were nearly identical in two durations. increasing storage duration promoted the growth of roots (number and length) and no. scales per scale bulblets. and, diameters of scale bulblets were more in longer storage duration (5 m...

Article history: Received 17 May 2011 Accepted 14 May 2012 Available online 24 May 2012