We propose a shape-matching algorithm based on distance ratio distribution, which is used to measure the regularity of the transformation between the shapes to be compared. The standard deviation is used to represent the distribution. Our algorithm is robust to translation, scaling and rotation. We illustrate the effectiveness of our algorithm in the retrieval of shapes by content using the sub...

The mass ratio q of a contact binary star evolves through transfer, magnetic braking, and thermal relaxation oscillations to low values until it crosses critical threshold min . When this occurs, the undergoes tidal Darwin instability, leading rapid coalescence components an observable brightening system. distribution has not been measured on sufficiently large population stars so far because d...

We previously analyzed data from the U.S. National Health Interview Survey (NHIS, 1998 to 2002) on families with two biological children (10 years of age and younger) and found that the distribution of families with two boys, two girls, and one boy + one girl did not statistically conform to a binomial distribution regardless of the boy/girl sex ratio used. Using the best estimate of the sex ra...

Optimal sex allocation theory is one of the most intricately developed areas of evolutionary ecology. Under a range of conditions, particularly under population sub-division, selection favours sex being allocated to offspring non-randomly, generating non-binomial variances of offspring group sex ratios. Detecting non-binomial sex allocation is complicated by stochastic developmental mortality, ...