This paper describes the fingerprint verification based on wavelet transform and the local dominant orientation. Daubechies wavelet is use to decompose the fingerprint image. The local dominant orientation is computed using the coherence. The trainee and test fingerprint images are aligned around core point, in this paper the core point is detected as a maximum curvature point. We received 85 p...

Nevada Facts & Statistics • While Nevada encompasses more than 110,000 square miles, approximately 85 percent of its residents live in one of two major metropolitan areas. Thus, STEM-related programs outside the urban areas of the state range from sparse to non-existent. • Within Nevada’s elementary schools, an average of only 15 percent of classroom time is dedicated to science instruction. • ...

International Data Corporation and Document Management magazine estimate that there are more than eight billion drawings worldwide, of which fewer than 15 percent are in a Computer Aided Design (CAD) format. This leaves an astonishing 85 percent of drawings maintained in non-electronic format, mainly paper-based engineering archives. Considering that each successive stage in a product cycle—des...

Data analysis are important tasks in research. The present study focuses on the of data sets from human eye movement experiments. results experiments were analyzed according to two criteria – gender and age participants. participants divided into 3 groups, respectively group 1: between 20 35 years, 2: 36 55 years 3: 56 85 years. showed that 75% two-choice decision solved correctly. This trend w...

PURPOSE Good continence is reported after ileal pouch-anal reconstruction, but little is known about long-term durability. Our aim was to prospectively evaluate long-term function in these patients. METHODS Surveys were sent to 235 patients who had returned similar surveys in 1992; paired data were then compared with contingency tables. RESULTS A total of 154 patients (66 percent) returned ...

A new softness display system has been developed which controls the fingertip contact area dynamically according to the detected contact force, based on the human softness recognition mechanism. The relative softness cognitive rate of four levels softness using the developed system was 98 percent while ten volunteers touched the device actively. The absolute softness cognitive rate, the rate of...

Urinary incontinence is a common problem in older women, with an estimated 15 to 55 percent of women over the age of 60 having incontinence at least once a week [1]. Among older women, incontinence is associated with social isolation, stigmatization, depression, decreased physical activity, falls and fractures, and nursing home admissions [2]. Cognitive impairment is also widely prevalent in th...

Birth before completion of 37 weeks of pregnancy is considered preterm. These early births are associated with more than 85 percent of all perinatal morbidity and mortality and are the leading cause of infant mortality and long-term disability.1-2 Each year in the United States more than 475,000 infants are born preterm representing 12.5 percent of live births.3 Efforts to reduce preterm birth ...

The present paper is a continuation of our previous work [1] in vowel and speaker recognition and is an attempt to demonstrate the effectiveness of fuzzy algorithms developed for computer recognition of unaspirated plosives in CVC context. The maximum recognition score for voiced ranges from 60 percent for dentals to 85 percent for bilabials when the on-glide formant transitional data alone wer...

In this article, physician participation in alternative health plans is examined, using cross-sectional data from the Physicians' Practice Costs and Income Survey, 1983-85. Overall, about one-third of physicians participated in one or more plans, ranging from 18 percent of general practitioners to 46 percent of medical subspecialists. Only 19 percent, however, received income from prepaid sourc...