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SynthesizedTextures represent continuous-tone images with a small set of vectors and color profiles. This representation is not only efficient in terms of compression ratio but also serve as the basis of photorealistic animations in AFX. Unlike standard synthetic texture techniques, the SynthesizedTexture imaging starts with analysis of photorealistic images or video sequences and conversion to...

Analyses of 22,508 holoplanktonic chaetognaths collected at 21 stations were made from four oceanographic campaigns along the coasts of Quintana Roo, Mexico, in 1991 (Caribe I = February; Caribe II = March; Caribe III = May; Caribe IV= August). Unencysted larval didymozoid parasites were identifi ed as belonging to the Monilicaecum type because of the arrangement of the chambers of the heavily ...

In the framework of orbifold compactifications of heterotic and type II orientifolds, we study effective N = 1 supergravity potentials arising from fluxes and gaugino condensates. These string solutions display a broad phenomenology which we analyze using the method of N = 4 supergravity gaugings. We give examples in type II and heterotic compactifications of combined fluxes and condensates lea...

background: although leprosy is an endemic disease in iran, it has been reduced rate over recent years. the present study has been conducted to investigate epidemiology of incident cases over last 6 years. methods: a descriptive study designed to investigate all reported cases of leprosy in kermanshah province from 2003-2008. data was collected from leprosy referral center in kermanshah. data w...

SQL:2003, die neuste Version der SQL-Norm, sieht erstmals die Unterstützung von XMLDaten vor. Damit wird es möglich, Tabellen mit XML-wertigen Spalten anzulegen. Der vorliegende Beitrag geht der Frage nach, welche prinzipiellen Möglichkeiten es für die Übergabe von XML-Werten zwischen Datenbanksystem und Anwendungsprogrammen gibt. Da die Eignung dieser Möglichkeiten von den Charakteristika der ...

a Rotman School of Management and Department of Economics, University of Toronto, 105 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E6, Canada b Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), 180 Dundas Street West, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1Z8, Canada c NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambrigde, MA, 02138-5398, USA d Department of Economics, Michigan State University, Marshall-Adams H...