In the framework of Palaeography, the use of digital image processing techniques has received increasing attention in recent years, resulting in a new research field commonly denoted as “digital palaeography”. In such a field, a key role is played by both pattern recognition and feature extraction methods, which provide quantitative arguments for supporting expert deductions. In this paper, we ...

Classification is one of the important fields in data analysis. Concept-based (JSM) hypotheses are a well-known approach to this task. Although the accuracy of this approach is quite good, the coverage is often insufficient. In this paper a new classification approach is presented. The approach is based on the similarity of an object to be classified to the current set of hypotheses: it attribu...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The authors produced a historical analysis of nine anesthesia-related premises described in the Bible more than 3,500 years ago (Old Testament). Anesthetic drugs and adjuvants, patients, anesthesiologists attitudes and techniques are discussed in the light of Biblical and modern science. CONTENTS To help understanding, the nine premises evaluated are correlated to th...