A method for adult content classification and nudity detection is presented. Objective of this method is to classify images into different classes, varying on the degree of adult content. We utilize MPEG-7 descriptors to represent visual information. Skin regions are detected to model adult content more precisely, as well as to eliminate false-positives. Proposed method is tested with conventio...

Recently, a number of methods have been proposed to improve image retrieval accuracy by capturing context information. These methods try to compensate for the fact that a visually less similar image might be more relevant because it depicts the same object. We propose a new quick method for refining any pairwise distance metric, it works by iteratively discovering the object in the image from t...

Total syntheses of (+)-7-epi-goniofufurone, (+)-goniopypyrone and (+)-goniofufurone have been achieved from an advanced common precursor formed from D-(+)-mannitol by changing the carbinol protection profile.

The analysis of video recorded surgical procedures is considered to be a useful extension of the medical curriculum. We can foster the development of video-based e-learning courses by working out a unified description method which would facilitate the exchange of these materials between different platforms. Sophisticated metadata enables a broader integration of artificial intelligence techniqu...

We bless Thee for the goodly heritage From which he sprang, For youthful curiosity That fathered the genius of mature years, For his knowledge of the Latin tongue Even if neglected in the stagnant air of courts, For his hospitality to Arab learning, For all he learned from Avicenna, Lazarus Hebraeus, Rhazes, and Galen, And most of all, for what he added to their lore, For his mind's triumph ove...

Q(k) p(k) +-f(k) b 3 b 2 r(k-1) w 1 w 2 A new signaling system for high bit rate wireless LANs is made possible by a novel class of signaling pulses called OWSS pulses, which are generated through a combination of OWDM and spread spectrum concepts.

Medical researches have reported that unobvious symptoms in the early stage of ovarian cancer results in the very low survival rate of patients. It is often in the last stage of ovarian cancer when patients discover the illness. Distinguishing early stage's cancer cells between benign and malignant tumors is quite different from one doctor to another such that diagnostic results are often varie...

A similarity measure is described that does not require the prior specification of features or the need for training sets of representative data. Instead large numbers of features are generated as part of the similarity calculation and the extent to which features can be found to be common to pairs of patterns determines the measure of their similarity. Emphasis is given to salient image region...