The purpose of this thesis is to describe one-shot-learning gesture recognition systems developed on the ChaLearn Gesture Dataset [3]. We use RGB and depth images and combine appearance (Histograms of Oriented Gradients) and motion descriptors (Histogram of Optical Flow) for parallel temporal segmentation and recognition. The Quadratic-Chi distance family is used to measure differences between ...

(1) Optimization of Model Parameters After the crossover composes a functional form, the model parameters are optimized by a repetition algorithm imitating back propagation of neural networks. The following two steps are performed for each individual in each generation. step-1 initialization In each generation, initial values of the parameters in an model (offspring) are inherited from the pare...

A multilayered microchip (25 x 95 mm) used for vacuum distillation is designed, fabricated and tested by rectification of a water-methanol mixture. The polymer chip employs a cooling channel to generate a temperature gradient along a distillation channel below, which is separated into a channel (72 microm deep) for liquid phase and a channel (72 microm deep) for vapor phase by an incorporated m...

In a recent paper, we have shown that the flattening of galactic rotation curves can be explained by retardation. However, this will rely on temporal change mass. our previous work, kept only second order terms retardation time in analysis, while higher Taylor expansion where not considered. Here consider analysis to all orders and show indeed suffice, neglected.

In the presence of a vertical thermal gradient, juvenile three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus and minnows Phoxinus phoxinus positioned themselves higher in the water column compared with adult conspecifics. This result was consistent regardless of whether age cohorts were tested separately or together. Furthermore, juveniles but not adult fishes positioned themselves higher in water...

We consider the problem of seeking the source of a scalar signal using an autonomous vehicle modeled as the non-holonomic unicycle and equipped with a sensor of that scalar signal but not possessing the capability to sense either the position of the source nor its own position. We assume that the signal field is the strongest at the source and decays away from it. The functional form of the fie...

We consider maps between Riemannian manifolds in which the map is a stationary point of the nonlinear Hodge energy. The variational equations of this functional form a quasilinear, nondiagonal, nonuniformly elliptic system which models certain kinds of compressible flow. Conditions are found under which singular sets of prescribed dimension cannot occur. Continuity results are given for the tra...

Effect of rotation on surface tension gradient driven flow, which is also known as Marangoni convective flow, during protein crystallization is modelled and studied computationally under microgravity conditions, where the surface tension gradient force is the main significant driving force. The axis of the externally imposed rotation, which is assumed to be either parallel or anti-parallel to t...