Outline shape carries a substantial part of the information present in an object view, and is more economical than classical representations such as geon-structural-descriptions or multiple-views. We demonstrate the utility of silhouette representations for a variety of visual tasks, ranging from basic-level categorization to nding the best view of an object. All these tasks necessitate the com...

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Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Saudi Arabia; Infection Prevention and Control, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi ...

plato in theory of philosopher-king believes that all of the members of ideal city-state, whether ruler or citizens, will attain happiness if the philosopher is the ruler. but there are paradoxes in the theory and the bases of the happiness are unstable too. in other words, plato in his theory presents hierarchical dualities (intelligible/visible world, episteme/ doxa,true/ untrue or shadow, …)...

It may seem that we know a lot about the elections and coronations of Roman kings emperors in seventeenth eighteenth centuries, this also applies to one 1745, when Francis I Stephen became emperor. However, very little attention has been paid electoral delegations, their tasks, role pre-election negotiations. This article will therefore analyse instructions issued by Queen Maria Theresa Bohemia...