This paper presents a new method for estimating piecewise-smooth optical flow. We propose a global optimization formulation with three-frame matching and local variation and develop an efficient technique to minimize the resultant global energy. This technique takes advantage of local gradient, global gradient and global matching methods and alleviates their limitations. Experiments on various ...

This study explored a learning experience in technical and vocational curriculum based on career planning program. The aspect of has always been ignored the community college as it was considered less important education students. Many studies showed that exposure to since early days schooling are very effective shaping maturity conducted Backward Design model which used outcomes (graduation) t...

While the United States traditionally has allowed quick and easy paths to full-privilege licensure of drivers at an early age, graduated licensing is becoming increasingly popular. The graduated licensing system phases in unrestricted driving by allowing beginners to get their initial behind-the-wheel experiences under conditions that reduce the risk of collision. As of June 2002, 35 states and...

The Florida Epidemic Intelligence Service Program was created in 2001 to increase epidemiologic capacity within the state. Patterned after applied epidemiology training programs such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemic Intelligence Service and the California Epidemiologic Investigation Service, the two-year postgraduate program is designed to train public leaders of the f...

This paper presents an approach to differentially constrained robot motion planning and efficient replanning. Satisfaction of differential constraints is guaranteed by the search space which consists of motions that satisfy the constraints by construction. Any systematic replanning algorithm, e.g. D*, can be utilized to search the state lattice to find a motion plan that satisfies the different...

The present paper focuses on the gender differences in job satisfaction reported by recent university graduates in Catalonia (Spain). The data allows to distinguish five areas of job satisfaction: work content, promotion possibilities, earnings, applicability of acquired knowledge, and job security. The empirical analysis shows that there is a gender gap in job satisfaction and that this can be...

OBJECTIVE To examine the predictive utility of demographic (illness status and SES), individual (neurocognitive functioning and intrinsic motivation), and family-based (parental intrusiveness) factors during adolescence on the achievement of emerging adulthood milestones in youth with and without spina bifida (SB). METHODS Questionnaire and observational data were collected from 14/15-year-ol...