Introduction Pavement texture is defined by the irregularities on a pavement surface that deviate from an ideal, perfectly flat surface. As shown in Figure 1, the World Road Association (PIARC) has established standard categories of texture, classified by wavelength. These categories include microtexture (wavelengths up to 0.5 mm), macrotexture (0.5 to 50 mm), megatexture (50 to 500 mm), and ro...

the RWTH Aachen University for reviewing this thesis and giving me the opportunity to write it in the field of Computer Graphics, which fascinates me since my first steps on the Commodore 128D. A special thanks goes to my advisor Volker Schönefeld, who got me interested in Megatexturing and Virtual Texturing. He always took some of his spare time to read my long emails and had enough patience t...

1 The availability of technological means to enhance and repair human cognitive function raises 2 questions about the perceived morality of their use. In this study, we administered a survey 3 to the public in which subjects were asked to report how willing they would be to enhance 4 and/or repair specific cognitive abilities. We found that subjects were more willing to use tech5 nologies to en...

The organization and quantity of myosin irrigation into myosin-free “ghost” fibers were compared between normal and PSE myosin. Considerable amounts of myosin were incorporated into the “ghost” fibers for both normal and PSE myosin. Elec t ron microscopic s tudy showed tha t the myosin f i laments were formed a l l over the thin filaments after the irrigation. However, there was almost no diffe...

nowadays, countries realize that without having knowledge and technology, they may not export advantaged goods to the global market. generally, technology and knowledge accumulation play vital role for reaching high economic growth rate and economic development. the statistical reports show that iran has not been successful in the high-tech export area; base on those reports, iran’s high-tech e...

We present a new semantics for Description Logic programs [1] (dlprograms) that combine reasoning about ontologies in description logics with non-monotonic rules interpreted under answer set semantics. Our semantics is equivalent to that of [1], but is more logical in style, being based on the logic QHT of quantified here-and-there that provides a foundation for ordinary logic programs under an...

Much has been learned about calculation, commodification and marketization from the social studies of markets and finance. But what of capitalization? What is distinctive about this mode of valuation and the reality it impels? What does it mean to live under the ‘asset condition’? In Capitalization: A Cultural Guide, Fabian Muniesa and his colleagues at the Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation ...