When using volume-based approach to reconstruct 3D model by engineering drawings, some lost projection lines of a primitive feature parts will result in incorrect recognitions of a complex part, so preprocess of engineering drawings will be necessary. The approach presented in this paper proposes an iterative procedure of pattern recognition and projection mending. By the process, feature parts...

Interleaving exemplars of to-be-learned categories—rather than blocking exemplars by category— typically enhances inductive learning. Learners, however, tend to believe the opposite, even after their own performance has benefited from interleaving. In Experiments 1 and 2, the authors examined the influence of 2 factors that they hypothesized contribute to the illusion that blocking enhances ind...

As witnessed in Japan, protracted and large-scale balance sheet adjustments can weaken economic activity over a protracted period of time. Repairing the financial sector was an important element in improving the Japanese economy. The lesson for the euro area appears to be clear: the overhaul of the financial architecture – including the establishment of a procedure for resolving failing banks –...