We have developed a new multimedia interface called Ultra Magic Key which uses “Paper”. The new interface will allow users to access multimedia information simply by "Turning over a Paper" or "Touching a Paper". The “Paper” sheet has no electric devices or batteries. The system recognizes the "Paper" sheet and the action of user's finger by image processing. All the information printed on each ...

This fact sheet describes what the Material Safety Data Sheet is, how it is to be used, and covers the sections of the MSDS. The Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) is a technical bulletin that provides workers and emergency personnel with the proper procedures for handling or working with that substance. The MSDS includes information such as physical data (melting point, boiling point, flash poi...

This paper summarizes our theoretical understanding of supernova events in a “back of the envelope” way. It is intended to aid in the recognition and understanding of those events which are not “standard”, and which may provide the most insight.

In seeking to meet the objectives of financial reporting stated in the IASB’s Conceptual Framework, the current ‘balance-sheet’ approach is necessary but not sufficient. Critical, but largely overlooked in the Framework, is the role of uncertainty, which we argue defines the role of accrual accounting in providing useful information to investors. This role is in some sense paradoxical: on the o...

The information visualization process can be described as a set of transformations applied to raw data to produce interactive graphical representations of information for end-users. A challenge in information visualization is to provide flexible and powerful ways of describing and controlling this process. Most work in this domain address the problem at either application level or toolkit level...

BACKGROUND Written materials used in pediatric public health settings often exceed the reading skills of caretakers. OBJECTIVE To compare a pictorial anticipatory guidance (PAG) sheet requiring limited reading skills to a TIPP (The Injury Prevention Program) sheet for providing injury prevention information to low-income urban families. DESIGN AND SETTING A convenience sample of families wi...

It is well known that light-sheet illumination can enable optically sectioned wide-field imaging of macroscopic samples. However, the optical sectioning capacity of a light-sheet macroscope is undermined by sample-induced scattering or aberrations that broaden the thickness of the sheet illumination. We present a technique to enhance the optical sectioning capacity of a scanning light-sheet mic...