The Fouetté turn in classical ballet is performed repeatedly on one leg with swinging of the free limbs, producing a continued sequence of turns with one turn leading into the next. The purpose of this study was to determine the possible time history profiles of the twisting torque between the supporting leg and the remainder of the body that will allow continued performances of the Fouetté tur...

Traffic simulation represents an effective tool for evaluating the suggested alternatives to enhance traffic conditions prior to their application in real sites. U-turn sections represent examples of the complicated sections that cannot be analyzed properly without applying microsimulation approach.  Recently, in Iraq, speed humps were applied in prior to the merging locations and U-turn sectio...

In this article, I will deal with the role of pictures within discussions on the crisis of contemporary philosophical hermeneutics. Firstly, I will argue that some of the aporias this debate runs up against can be overcome by a reconsideration of the traditional dualism of word and image. In this regard my reference point is Paul Ricoeur’s theory of metaphor. His model of the living metaphor ov...

Abstract Beginning in the 1830s, medical investigators began to think of organic disorders as having single causes that were both universal and necessary. For this be possible required a radical shift way doctors defined diseases: from symptoms causes. The so-called aetiological approach disease meant every case had same cause. This, turn, any prophylactic or therapeutic measures directed at ca...

A novel algorithm for the recognition of Japanese road sign symbols with red annular boundaries is proposed. After detecting a red annular object using HSV color coordinates, a biologically inspired opponent-color filter is applied to extract the symbol parts of road signs. By applying discriminant analysis to the filter output, the inside region circumscribed by red annular boundary can be ext...