We present in this paper an automatic system of handwritten isolated Arabic characters recognition. It is based on a pretopological approach. The approach is based on a criterion constructed from a pretopological pseudo-distance that allows to measure the degree of dissimilarity between the characters. On a database of 6188 handwritten isolated Arabic characters, the experimental results show t...

The proposal of acoustic neutrino detection is living a renaissance: the interest in ultra high energy neutrino detection, the fast improvements of deep sea technology and the availability of large deep sea research infrastructures are the three main ingredients to explain the new interest in this technique. The status of simulation work, medium studies, sensor developments and first results fr...

Democratic theory and practice underwent something of a renaissance in the late twentieth century. The spread of liberal democratic political systems was accompanied by two other trends that have the potential to transform the shape of politics: the rise of environmental movements and increased public use of the Internet. These changes have generated two theoretical variations on the theme: eco...

The goal of this study is to define a wireless network architecture that can be deployed to enable contiguous coastal area network coverage for scientific, commercial, and homeland security (e.g. Coast Guard) applications within the United States Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), in a manner that is flexible, manageable, and affordable. As described in Reference 1, we intend to determine the archi...

The present paper explores the tragic vision reflected in the poet’s relationship with the fair young man in the Fair Youth group in Shakespeare’s Sonnets. It investigates into the cult of friendship in the Renaissance, and further analyzes Shakespeare’s attitude towards the true friendship. On the basis of the poet’s artistic criteria and his purpose of living, it also examines the causes of t...

The practice of sacrifices to the ancestors is still prevalent among some African Christians and it is inspired by various factors such as religious considerations or political aspirations through African renaissance. Furthermore, scholars argue as to whether this practice of sacrifices to the ancestors is Biblical or not. This article aims to determine that, from Hebrews, the demise of Old Tes...

Article history: Seismic and mineral physic Received 24 April 2008 Received in revised form 10 October 2008 Accepted 21 November 2008 Available online 13 January 2009