This document presents MPEG-4 Animation Framework eXtension (AFX), a recent amendment to the MPEG-4 Systems specification. AFX defines high-level geometry, texture, volume, and animation components for enhanced interactive multimedia applications.

We describe a novel depth image-based representation (DIBR) that has been adopted into MPEG-4 Animation Framework eXtension (AFX). The idea of this approach is to build a compact representation of a 3D object or scene without storing the geometry information in traditional polygonal form. The main formats of the DIBR family are SimpleTexture (an image together with depth array), PointTexture (a...

In the present paper a geospatial analysis is performed to understand the meandering behaviour of Barak River in southern Assam between 1988 and 2010. Landsat images (with Thematic mapper and Enhanced thematic mapper-plus sensors) for years 1988, 1999, and 2010 are considered for the study. River Barak within the study area is digitized as polygons for three years and sinuosity index (SI) are c...

Mediterranean fluvial environments have responded sensitively to past changes in climate, physiographic conditions and human activity. Chronosequences of river terraces and alluvial deposits were established using morphologic, sedimentological and pedologic criteria, Cand Pb-dating techniques, historical data and pottery fragments. The objective of this study addresses the fluvial dynamic of se...

Abstract. This paper shows that Finnish has the option of expressing ‘only’-like exclusive meaning with a clausal construction, here called Exclusive-Negative Construction, ENC. It is similar to better-known French ne…que construction but differs from it at many points where and grammar differ, especially in way negation expressed two languages. The ENC contains overt negation, which accounts f...