Traditionally, in face authentication/identification methods the presumption concerning face/head symmetry is used, which is logical in terms of the next qualitative reduction of primary data to templates as well as not using the primary face images, for example, in advanced applications that concern creating techniques by means of which it is possible to reproduce the extraordinary complexity ...

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Lawrence-Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A. Abstract The recent experimental advances in cold atomic traps have induced a great amount of interest in fields from condensed matter to particle physics, including approaches and prospects from the theoretical point of view. In this work we investigate the general properties and the ground state of an asymmetrical dilute gas of cold fer...

Supervising Section Editor: Sean O. Henderson, MD Submission history: Submitted January 22, 2012; Accepted February 11, 2013 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2013.2.15968 [West J Emerg Med. 2013;14(5):452–452.] Eastern Virginia Medical School, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Norfolk, Virg...

To acquire and maintain precise movement controls over a lifespan, changes in the physical and physiological characteristics of muscles must be compensated for adaptively. The cerebellum plays a crucial role in such adaptation. Changes in muscle characteristics are not always symmetrical. For example, it is unlikely that muscles that bend and straighten a joint will change to the same degree. T...

BACKGROUND Although most pediatric Chance fractures (PCFs) can be treated successfully with casting and bracing, some PCFs cause progressive spinal deformities requiring surgical treatment. There are only few reports of asymmetrical osteotomy for PCF-associated spinal deformities. CASE PRESENTATION We here report a case of a 10-year-old girl who suffered an L2 Chance fracture from an asymmetr...

The diffraction efficiency behavior of reflection gratings with an asymmetrical trapezoidal groove profile has been studied. Theoretical calculations predict that at certain grating parameters superior efficiency compared to the conventional ruled gratings can be achieved.