We present a framework for identifying authoritative sources (such as web sites or individual users) that are likely to produce high-quality or interesting images. We construct a directed graph across sources based on the propensity of one source to“cite”the content from another. A graph-centrality measure scores the authority for each source, which could then be applied for retrieval purposes....

A continuous update of authoritative spatial databases is highly demanding task in both aspects, technical and financial. In the same time, alternative modalities to collect content, in particular spatial content, have achieved a certain maturity and must be considered as they may leverage the cost of updating authoritative spatial databases (Al-Bakri, 2010). This alternative data known as Volu...

Sixty families were studied to examine the relationship among authoritarian, psychologically controlling, and authoritative parenting and the internalizing and externalizing behaviors of children with diabetes and their siblings. For both children with diabetes and siblings, mothers’ and fathers’ authoritarian and fathers’ psychologically controlling parenting were associated positively with ex...