We have implemented a non-photorealistic rendering system which simulates the placement of paint/pencil/pastel strokes to produce representational artworks from digital images. The system is able to record an image of each paint stroke independent of the overall picture, in addition to some details about each stroke. Working with sets of paint strokes from paintings of different images, we inve...

This paper gives a detailed study on the performance of oil paint image filter algorithm with various parameters applied on an image of RGB model. Oil Paint image processing, being very performance hungry, current research tries to find improvement using parallel pattern library. With increasing kernelsize, the processing time of oil paint image filter algorithm increases exponentially.

determining the responses of floating structures at sea are the most important concerns in shipbuilding industry. in physical and dynamical principles a ship can be analyzed as a free elastic beam floating in sea without any supports. the analysis of corresponding dynamic equations are difficult and time- consuming, thus investigation on the behavior of floating structures can be done numerical...

This white paper discusses methods and findings from one of Novetta’s many approaches to vulnerability assessment: the fabrication of non-gelatinous artifacts for capacitive fingerprint sensors. We present methods of evaluating artifact performance relative to that of live presentations and gummy fingerprint artifacts. Two sets of artifacts are comprised of latex face paint or acrylic fabric pa...

A crack detection (CD) paint was applied to weld lines of a transverse rib welded joint specimen of a rolled steel for welded structures, and the effects of the paint on visual detection of fatigue cracks were evaluated by performing a fatigue test. Remarkable color development was observed in the CD paint when fatigue cracks propagated along the weld toe lines. At intervals in the fatigue test...

LPS stimulates monocytes/macrophages through TLR4, resulting in the activation of a series of signaling events that potentiate the production of inflammatory mediators. Recent reports indicated that the inflammatory response to LPS is diminished by PI3K, through the activation of the serine/threonine kinase Akt. SHIP is an inositol phosphatase that can reverse the activation events initiated by...