In this paper, we propose a method to detect, extract and to remove the glasses from a face image. The aim is to achieve a face recognition system robust to glasses presence. The extraction is realised using Bayes rules that incorporate the features around each pixel, and the prior knowledge on glasses features that were learnt and stored in a database. Glasses removal is achieved with an adapt...

[1] This investigation seeks to better understand the thermal infrared (TIR) spectral characteristics of naturallyoccurring amorphous materials through laboratory synthesis and analysis of glasses. Because spectra of glass phases differ markedly from their mineral counterparts, examination of glasses is important to accurately determine the composition of amorphous surface materials using remot...

PURPOSE To compare base-in prism reading glasses with placebo reading glasses for the treatment of symptomatic convergence insufficiency (CI) in children aged 9 to <18 years. METHODS In a randomised clinical trial, 72 children aged 9 to <18 years with symptomatic CI were assigned to either base-in prism glasses or placebo reading glasses. Symptom level, measured with a quantitative symptom qu...

In 2005, our group described for the first time the structural characterization at the atomic scale of bioactive glasses and the influence of the glasses' nanostructure in their reactivity in simulated body fluids. In that study, two bioactive sol-gel glasses with composition 80%SiO₂-20%CaO and 80%SiO₂-17%CaO-3%P₂O₅ (in mol-%) were characterized by High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microsco...

Metallic glasses are known for their outstanding mechanical strength. However, the microscopic mechanism of failure in metallic glasses is not well-understood. In this article we discuss elastic, anelastic and plastic behaviors of metallic glasses from the atomistic point of view, based upon recent results by simulations and experiments. Strong structural disorder affects all properties of meta...

SrO-borovanadate glasses with the nominal composition (V2O5)z(SrO)0.2(B2O3)0.8−z , 0.4 ≤ z ≤ 0.8 were studied by direct current (DC) electrical conductivity, inductively coupled plasma (ICP) spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and X-ray-powder-diffraction (XRD). These glasses were prepared by a normal quench technique and the actual compositions of the glasses were det...

Ultra optical glasses are proposed for attaining noble glazes of high reflection and shine. In addition, these glasses can be used as semi-mirrors and optical instruments. In this reseach attempts were devoted mainly to introduce a glass system with the highest possible refractive index in which the highest reflection is desirable. Thus different amounts of heavy metal oxides modifiers, such as...

This work presents a brief introduction on three kinds of newly developed Nd3+-doped laser glasses in Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), China. Two Nd3+-doped phosphate glasses with lower thermal expansion coefficient and thermal shock resistance 4 times higher than that of N31 glass are developed for laser processing. Nd:Silicate and Nd:Aluminate glasses with peak emission...

Chemical strengthening of aluminosilicate glasses through K+–Na+ ion exchange has attracted tremendous attentions because of the accelerating demand for high strength and damage resistance glasses. However, a paramount challenge still exists to fabricate glasses with a higher strength and greater depth of ion-exchange layer (DOL). Herein, aluminosilicate glasses with different contents of P2O5 ...

Birefringence in stable glasses produced by physical vapor deposition often implies molecular alignment similar to liquid crystals. As such, it remains unclear whether these glasses share the same energy landscape as liquid-quenched glasses that have been aged for millions of years. Here, we produce stable glasses of 9-(3,5-di(naphthalen-1-yl)phenyl)anthracene molecules that retain three-dimens...