We present a model for the lips using the Active Shape Model (ASM) based on Bézier Curves which can capture the dynamics of the lips efficiently. The curves are defined only by a few points that can be used as visual speech features. Using some measured feature points, we can recover the full model of the lips especially for those features which are difficult to be detected. Accurate detection ...

a man with metastatic carcinoma of the colon had a bone scan which revealed urinary retention in the leftkidney. ten months later, a tc-99m-dtpa renai glomerular study showed the left kidney to have only 8% oftotal renal function. fifteen months after that, (he same kidney demonstrated 9% of total function, while theright kidney had evolving obstruction due to his neoplasm. the case shows that ...

The goal of a good speech-to-lips conversion system is to synthesize high quality, realistic lips movement which is time synchronized with the input speech. Previously, the maximum probability estimation of visual trajectory by Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) has been successfully proposed and tested for speech-to-lips conversion. It works as a sentence level batch process that convert acoustic sp...

In this paper, we propose a Lightweight Internet Permit System (LIPS) that provides a lightweight, scalable packet authentication mechanism for ensuring traffic-origin accountability. LIPS is a simple extension of IP, in which each packet carries an access permit issued by its destination host or gateway, and the destination verifies the access permit to determine if a packet is accepted or dro...

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries are considered one of the most promising energy storage technologies, possibly replacing state-of-the-art lithium-ion (Li-ion) owing to their high density, low cost, and eco-compatibility. However, migration high-order lithium polysulfides (LiPs) surface sluggish electrochemical kinetics pose challenges commercialization. The interactions between cathode LiPs can...

FIGURE ]., Decision tree for management of lower lip defects. "Alternative is Karapandzic flap if the cross-lip flaps are not available for any reason. "wet" portion of the lip is well supplied with mucous and minor salivary glands. The red color is due to the rich blood supply to the region. A thin pale junctional zone of skin (sometimes known as the "white line") demarcates the junction betwe...

The role of lignin peroxidases (LIPs) and manganese peroxidases (MNPs) of Phanerochaete chrysosporium in decolorizing kraft bleach plant effluent (BPE) was investigated. Negligible BPE decolorization was exhibited by a per mutant, which lacks the ability to produce both the LIPs and the MNPs. Also, little decolorization was seen when the wild type was grown in high-nitrogen medium, in which the...