Being able to ask questions about the provenance of some data requires documentation on each influence on that data’s existence and content. Much software exists, and is being developed, for which there is no provenance-awareness, i.e. at best, the data it outputs can be connected to its inputs, but with no record of intermediate processing. Further, where some record of processing does exist, ...

Background: Generally, conservative interventions including physiotherapy modalities and manual therapy have been recommended in the management of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), but this subject has not been studied in diabetic patients with CTS. Therefore the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of manual therapy on diabetic patients with CTS. Methods: Thirty diabetic patients with...

Glass defects are a major reason for poor quality and of embarrassment for manufacturers. It is a tedious process to manually inspect very large size glasses. The manual inspection process is slow, time-consuming and prone to human error. Automatic inspection systems using image processing can overcome many of these disadvantages and offer manufacturers an opportunity to significantly improve q...

Email is emerging as an important channel for ISP customer care, and manual processing is labor intensive. A new system for automating the processing of large volumes of email received by an ISP customer care center is described. The system automatically determines the embedded email structure, extracts key email fields needed for aggregation and ticketing, performs keyword analysis, and invoke...

. A bichannel, portable, low cost, hybr~d processor capable of interactive realtime image processing for use in the field or laboratory is described. Major features of the Programmable Video Processor (PVP) such as operation as a remote pre-processor controlled by a host image processing computer facility or manual operation as a stand-~lone processor, digitally programmed oper~tl~g mode co~tro...

An automated, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) algorithm for the quantification of pneumothoraces from Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT) images has been developed. Algorithm performance was evaluated through comparison to manual segmentation by expert radiologists. A combination of two-dimensional and three-dimensional processing techniques was incorporated to reduce required processing ti...

Many aspects relating to equipment configuration affect users' actions in a manual wheelchair, determining the overall mobility performance. Since the equipment components and configuration determine both stability and mobility efficiency, configuring the wheelchair with the most appropriate set-up for individual users' needs is a difficult task. Several studies have shown the importance of sea...

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