potato image segmentation is an important part of image-based potato defect detection. this paper presents a robust potato color image segmentation through a combination of a fuzzy rule based system, an image thresholding based on genetic algorithm (ga) optimization and morphological operators. the proposed potato color image segmentation is robust against variation of background, distance and ...

one of the main concerns of lawyers is that on what basis a responsible person to be identified. legal thought with respect to its defined objectives represented different bases. it looks that in judicial system of iran the “negligence rule” make the primary responsibility. in unilateral and bilateral events the “negligence rule” leads to performance, although it should be noted that in cases w...

X-ray imaging has been developed not only for its use in medical imaging for human beings, but also for materials or objects, where the aim is to analyze –nondestructively– those inner parts that are undetectable to the naked eye. Thus, X-ray testing is used to determine if a test object deviates from a given set of specifications. Typical applications are analysis of food products, screening o...

Objectives There is a short period during rapid growth when a scoliosis brace is most effective. In standard practice, the inbrace correction is not measured during brace casting. The first assessment of the in-brace correction in the follow-up clinic may trigger brace adjustment for improved spinal alignment resulting in delay of effective treatment and increased number of radiographs. The obj...

Casting production has environmental implications that extend beyond the foundry’s premises. By taking a life-cycle approach the impacts upstream (supply side) and downstream (customer/user side) can be identified. The benefits of a foundry’s actions to reduce an environmental impact might be leveraged to reduce impacts at other stages in the life-cycle. However, as a minor player in the supply...

In this paper, the minimization of the maximum aggregate inventory of all products for the common cycle time approach to the scheduling problem of a multi-products single machine system is considered. In the case of non-zero set up time and limited resources, a simply and easy to apply rule has been obtained for this optimization problem. Using this rule, one can obtain the optimal production s...

knowing of formation of a legal rule is an efficient way to recognizing and assessing of that rule. anticipatory breach doctrine became apparent in common law when the court in hochster versus de la tour case (1980), hold that a party could breach an executor contract prior to the performance date and injured party entitle to sue at once. before it, courts had made a negative answer to this mat...