In order to evaluate the possible correlation between the tree density and the human population density, the forested area in Nav Asalem district located in Guilan Province was selected. The descriptors of tree number and basal area per hectare as well as the stand density index were used to determine the tree density, which was conducted from a 2014 forest inventory including 62 cluster (558 p...

AbstractEstimating 3D human pose and shape from 2D images is a crucial yet challenging task. While prior methods with model-based representations can perform reasonably well on whole-body images, they often fail when parts of the body are occluded or outside frame. Moreover, these results usually do not faithfully capture silhouettes due to their limited representation power deformable models (...

The naked body is a complex phenomenon, combining variety of functions. Nudity can be symbols threat/insecurity, aggression/victim, freedom/slavery. Teatro Oficina, located in the São Paulo suburbs, offers us unique example nudity for construction national identity. Based on Brazilian poet Oswald de Andrade's "Anthropophagic Manifesto," theatre founders made and anthropophagy their theatrical c...

UNLABELLED The human body conducts electricity very well. Direct contact with electric current can be lethal. The passage of electric current through the body is capable of producing a wide spectrum of injuries, including serious damage to the heart, brain, skin and muscles. Naked high-voltage electric cables negligently abandoned in residential, commercial and industrial areas are a recipe for...