High dynamic range (HDR) imaging from a set of sequential exposures is not an easy way to capture high quality images of static scenes due either observational constraints or design constraints. It also suffers from artifacts for scenes with significant motion. In this paper, we proposed a new approach to HDR reconstruction that not only draws information but also it is more robust to camera sc...

Is self-cognizance a uniquely human attribute, or do other animals also have a sense of self? Although there is considerable interest in this question, answers remain elusive. Progress has been stymied by misunderstandings in terminology, a focus on a narrow range of species, and controversies over key concepts, experimental paradigms and interpretations of data. Here, we propose a new conceptu...

ÐAfter a ªboomº period from the late 80s to the early 90s, there appears to have been a reduction in the amount of work published on Concurrency Control (CC) in real-time database systems (RTDBS) in general and firm RTDBS in particular. This may be because existing paradigms (e.g., Optimistic CC) have been pushed to their limits and it is difficult to extract additional meaningful performance. ...