The advances in video acquisition and storage technologies have increased the quantity and size of the generated video data for various applications. The video data is usually processed by human being as tedious time-consuming task. In this paper we are presenting a novel approach to generate a multiresolution representation of a video data – frame hierarchy – that provides a level-of-detail vi...

We introduce and validate the Organizational Systems Intelligence (OSI) scale, a measurement tool for learning organization, propose scale as useful human resource development (HRD) at individual level. The complements operationalization of Senge's “Five Disciplines” organization. OSI provides new perspective that links employees' perceptions various seemingly mundane everyday practices with or...

We describe MGV, an integrated visualization and exploration system for massive multi-digraph navigation. MGV’s only assumption is that the vertex set of the underlying digraph corresponds to the set of leaves of a predetermined tree T . MGV builds an out-of-core graph hierarchy and provides mechanisms to plug in arbitrary visual representations for each graph hierarchy slice. Navigation from o...

As database application performance depends on the utilization of the disk and memory hierarchy, and the speed gap between the processor and memory components widens, smart data placement plays a central role in increasing locality and in improving memory utilization. Existing techniques, however, do not optimize accesses to all levels of memory hierarchy and for all the different workloads, be...

Aims: Fear of childbirth (FOB) in pregnant women is critical because it may affect prenatal outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of cognitive-behavioral education on fear of child birth during pregnancy. Materials & Methods: A clinical trial study with two intervention groups and one control group was conducted among nulliparous women visiting Gorgan health centers in fi...

Title of dissertation: MULTI-SCALE SCHEDULING TECHNIQUES FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS Zheng Zhou, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013 Dissertation directed by: Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya (Chair/Advisor) Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies Gang Qu (Co-Advisor) Associate Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering A variety...