This paper is an illustrative approach for developing a visual interface for an intuitive gesture recognition system using finger gestures and color markers. The objective is to develop a system by which one can communicate with any digital device more interactively and make these interactions more intuitive and cost effective at the same time. Although vision interfaces that work with finger g...

An industrial model of a dynamic system is usually not just a set of differential equations. External inputs acting on the system are common, such as an external force acting on a body or wind pressing on a car. Update of these inputs needs to be handled by the numerical solver in an efficient way. In dynamical simulation, multistep methods are commonly used. A multistep method uses the solutio...

patients and methods sixty elderly patients with intertrochanteric fractures were randomized for treatment with either skeletal traction (group a) or an external fixation (group b). in this study patients at least 60 years of age, with ao/ota a1 or a2 type fracture and intertrochanteric fracture as a result of minor trauma, were enrolled. results acceptable reduction was achieved in eight and 2...

A key solution concept in cooperative game theory is the core. The core of an expense sharing game contains stable allocations of the total cost to the participating players, such that each subset of players pays at most what it would pay if acting on its own. Unfortunately, some expense sharing games have an empty core, meaning that the total cost is too high to be divided in a stable manner. ...

Zimmerman (1995) notes that the two most frequently observed transfer pricing methods are market price transfer pricing and full cost transfer pricing. Under the …rst of these, the transfer price observed by the local manager is the marginal cost plus a markup over marginal cost which re‡ects the price elasticity of demand of the product in an external market. This markup will be denoted j and ...

In this paper, the thermal performance of four common insulators in two internal and external insulation systems is investigated for the ASHRAE setpoint range by applying detailed numerical simulation and Anti-Insulation phenomenon. Anti-Insulation phenomenon and consequent extra load on the HVAC system can occur following the thermal insulation of a building if proper temperature setpoint is n...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to compare the cost-effectiveness of two external beam radiation therapy techniques for treatment of low- to intermediate-risk prostate cancer: stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). MATERIALS AND METHODS A Markov decision analysis model with probabilistic sensitivity analysis was designed with the vari...

Ethnic identity is explained through the lens of collective action theory. Like other groups (Tribes, Fuedal states, international organizations, nation states, etc.,) ethnic groups are a result of an individuals cost-benefit analysis that maximizes wealth and security. External variables associated with social relations determine the individual’s cost benefit analysis to choose ethnicity over ...

Raspberry Pi is a low-cost computer created with educational purposes. It uses Linux and, most of times, freeware applications, particularly a software for viewing DICOM images. With an external monitor, the supported resolution (1920 × 1200 pixels) allows for the set up of simple viewing workstations at a reduced cost.

An intention of MapReduce Sets for External Source Input expressions analysis has to suggest criteria how External Source Input expressions in External Source Input data can be defined in a meaningful way and how they should be compared. Similitude based MapReduce Sets for External Source Input Expression Analysis and MapReduce Sets for Assignment is expected to adhere to fundamental principles...