We argue that the existence of fundamental scalar fields constitutes a serious flaw of the Weinberg Salam theory. A possible scheme without such fields is described. The symmetry breaking is induced by a new strongly interacting sector whose natural scale is of the order of a few TeV. (Submitted to Phys. Rev.) -t Permanent address after Sept. 1, 1978, Dept. of Physics, Stanford University. *Wor...

In this paper, we propose a novel approach for feature generation by appropriately fusing KAZE and SIFT features. We then use this feature set along with Minimal Complexity Machine(MCM) for object classification. We show that KAZE and SIFT features are complementary. Experimental results indicate that an elementary integration of these techniques can outperform the state-of-the-art approaches.

Poverty alleviation and food security are two prominent features on the international agenda. The provision of sustainable employment is seen as a major factor in the attainment of those goals. Access by the poor to food and work, combined with the construction of essential infrastructure and accumulation of assets, has long been seen both in economic theory and practice to be an effective appr...

Earth Observation is a powerful tool for the detection of floods. Microwave sensors are typically favored as they deliver data enabling water detection independent of solar illumination or cloud cover conditions. However, scale issues play an important role in radar based flood mapping. Depending on the flood related phenomenon under investigation, some sensors might be more suitable than other...

The Gestalt theorists of the early twentieth century proposed a psychological primacy for circles, squares and triangles over other shapes. They described them as ‘good’ shapes and the Gestalt premise has been widely accepted. Rosch (1973), for example, suggested that shape categories formed around these ‘natural’ prototypes irrespective of the paucity of shape terms in a language. Rosch found ...

Large areas in the Spanish Pyrenees are covered by snow between December and April, especially above 1650m a.s.l., the location of the cold season 08C isotherm. However, a significant negative trend in Pyrenean snow pack was detected during the second half of the 20th century. This paper analyses the interannual evolution of snow accumulation in these mountains in relation to the variability of...

OBJECTIVES Using generic measures to examine outcomes of oral disorders can add additional information relating to health utility. However, different algorithms are available to generate health states. The aim was to assess UK-, US- and Australian-based algorithms for the EuroQol (EQ-5D) in relation to their discriminative and convergent validity. Methods: Data were collected from adults in Aus...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Strength-based assessment Cross-informant agreement Multiple raters Rating scales Community mental health Youth with disabilities Comprehensive assessment of youths' emotional and behavioral functioning includes obtaining data from multiple sources, such as parents and youth. Despite the shift in focus on youths' strengths and the increased availability of streng...

As device dimensions are scaled down, single event transients (SET) are increasingly affecting the reliability of integrated circuits. An SET is a transient voltage perturbation caused by an energetic particle strike at the semiconductor. This work studies the applicability of bulk built in current sensors (bulk-BICS) for SET detection in deep-submicron technologies. The bulk-BICS detects the t...

At a center of mass energy of 1:8 TeV, high transverse energy jet production from hadron beams probes the smallscale structure of the proton down to 10 4 fm. Measurements of the dijet mass spectrum and angular distributions can be used to check consistency with QCD, constrain parton distribution functions, or constrain new physics such as quark compositeness. A previous analysis of the inclusiv...