Contents Preface ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Understanding childhood 1 Physical growth 2 Psychological and cognitive development 4 Birth to 3 years 4 3 to 7 years 4 7 to 11 years 5 Adolescents 5 Role of family 6 Role of play 7 Summary 8 References 8 2 Consent, immobilisation and health care law 9 Children's rights 9 Health care law 10 Immobilisation versus restraint 11 Holding children still – a f...

Three polypropylene samples (1-3) were synthesized with a 4th generation Ziegler-Natta catalyst in the presence of cyclohexyldimethoxymethylsilane (donor c), dicyclopenthyldimethoxysilane (donor d) and diisopropyldimethoxysilane (donor p), respectively, as external electron donors. The physical properties of the synthesized polypropylenes were determined. For samples 1 to 3, Successive self-nuc...

This paper presents a framework for considering both stereo cues and structural priors to obtain a geometrically representative depth map from a narrow baseline stereo pair. We use stereo pairs captured with a consumer stereo camera and observe that traditional depth estimation using stereo matching techniques encounters difficulties related to the narrow baseline relative to the depth of the s...

We propose a new approach for stereo vision. In human vision one percept can arise from two retinal images as a result of the process called "fusion". We try to create a virtual image from two images of stereo cameras. Optical axes of the cameras intersect on an attention point locating on the surface of an object. By Affine transformation of the respective images, the two images are transforme...

Existing stereo panorama cameras do not allow controllability of pictorial/scene composition and stereo acuity (depth levels) over dynamic 3D scene ranges. We specify the design of such a camera allowing this type of flexibility. Previous approaches to design panorama cameras even lack studies with respect to this important aspect, while other design issues such as epipolar geometry, optics opt...