AXES at TRECVID 2012: KIS, INS, and MED by Aly, R, Mcguinness, K, Chen, S, O'Conner, NE, Chatfield, K, Parkhi, OM, Arandjelović, R, Zisserman, A, Fernando, B, Tuytelaars, T, Oneata, D, Douze, M, Revaud, J, Schwenninger, J, Potapov, D, Wang, H, Harchaoui, Z, Verbeek, J, Schmid, C

“…As in our TRECVid 2011 system, we used nearly identical search systems and user interfaces for both INS and KIS. …”

RSS indoor localization and tracking with INS assistance by Wen, Kai

“…Existing INS-based techniques use an INS zero velocity update (ZUPT) with extended Kalman filter (EKF) to mitigate orientation and localization error. …”
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Development of hybrid robot-gripper for picking foods by Tee, Isaac

“…This is especially true for processes that involve repetitive and monotonous tasks, which can be carried out more efficiently with the use of machines. One such example is the picking and placing of food in large quantities. …”
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Large-scale tests of hinged slender reinforced concrete columns under eccentric loading by Chuang, Poon Hwei., Kong, Fung Kew.

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Niemann-Pick type c disease: pathogenesis and therapy by Colaco, A

“…<p>Niemann-Pick disease Type C is a rare, lysosomal storage disorder caused by defects in either <em>NPC1</em> (95% of cases) or <em>NPC2</em>, and characterized by progressive neurodegeneration that ultimately results in premature death. …”

Reactivating and reorganizing activity-silent working memory: two distinct mechanisms underlying pinging the brain by Yang, C, He, X, Cai, Y

“…Recent studies have proposed that visual information in working memory (WM) can be maintained in an activity-silent state and reactivated by task-irrelevant high-contrast visual impulses (“ping”). Although pinging the brain has become a popular tool for exploring activity-silent WM, its underlying mechanisms remain unclear. …”

Discovering genetic modifiers in Niemann-Pick Disease Type C by Rodriguez-Gil, J

“…<p>Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C (NPC) is a rare, fatal neurodegenerative disorder characterized by lysosomal accumulation of unesterified cholesterol and sphingolipids. …”

Competitive strategies for small business in optical pick-up manufacturing by Ge, Guo Zheng, Zhang, Jing

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Development of an automatic fruit picking robot based on object detection algorithm by Wan, Jiaxin

“…In the agricultural field, especially in the process of harvest, it needs a lot of human resources to perform various tasks, such as picking fruits, which may be labor intensive. An effective robotics picking system can solve this problem to a large extent. …”
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Unravelling the complex meanings and origins of zisha teapots in the Ming and Qing dynasties by Gao, X

“…The unglazed teapots, made from <em>zisha</em> clay using a slabbuilding technique, have been appreciated by tea consumers since the Late Ming dynasty onwards. …”

Pick one, but be quick : 5' splice sites and the problems of too many choices by Roca, Xavier, Krainer, Adrian R., Eperon, Ian C.

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Maternal neonaticide, shame and social melancholy in Hsu-Ming Teo's Love and Vertigo by Zhou, Qiaoqiao, Omar, Noritah

“…Most critics read Love and Vertigo (2000) by Chinese-Australian writer Hsu-Ming Teo as a novel about diaspora and migrancy. …”
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Lessons From President Moon Jae In’s Housing Policy and The Road to Affordable Home Ownership in Seoul, South Korea by Cho, Kibong

“…Finally, it describes the necessary path towards mitigating the housing affordability crisis that has been created in Seoul using both supply and demand side arguments.…”
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Filamentous oligomer structure reconstruction and a new filament picking method for Cryo-EM micrographs by Xu, Chenrui

“…Recognizing the bottleneck step of this process, the filament picking, we developed a rapid and easy-to-use software. …”
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Building fame through tea: the Wu Family and the Manufacture of zisha teapots during the Ming and Qing dynasties by Gao, X, Hein, A

“…By examining the Wu family’s connection with the origin of zisha teapots, this study investigates how Ming literati used material culture to shape family reputation. …”

Robust service restoration of distribution systems towards coordinated parallel network reconstruction and cold load pick-up by Xie, Dunjian, Xu, Yan, Zhang, Cuo

“…This paper proposed a robust service restoration method coordinating parallel network reconstruction and load restoration decisions considering cold load pick-up (CLPU) effects. Firstly, a novel parallel network reconstruction model is proposed, which can simultaneously guarantee the radiality of each subsystem and the feasibility of the restoration sequence. …”
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The impact of Ming and Qing dynasty maritime bans on trade ceramics recovered from coastal settlements in northern Sumatra, Indonesia by Tai, Yew Seng, Daly, Patrick, Mckinnon, E. Edwards, Parnell, Andrew, Feener, R. Michael, Majewski, Jedrzej, Nazli Ismail, Sieh, Kerry

“…We review published literature and historical texts to propose that three periods of official Chinese maritime bans impacted the composition and circulation of trade ceramics along Asian trade routes: Ming Ban 1 (1371 – 1509), Ming Ban 2 (1521 – 1529), and Qing Ban (1654 – 1684). …”
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Use of bamboo in construction by Quek, Ming Hui.

“…Beside bamboo as the construction material, other materials used were ply wood and jute rope which has a minimal impact on the environment. …”
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Trip and parking generation of major land use developments by Fan, Henry Shing Leung, Tan, Yan Weng

“…The study re-affirms the findings of past research that well-defined patterns of trip and parking generation can be identified for different land use developments. Significant variations in traffic and parking demand were found to exist within the land use category and within developments of similar size. …”
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Re-refining used lubricating oil by Ng, Yui Ming.

“…Finally, the cleanness of the oil was found to be proportional to the amount of adsorbents used. Thermodynamic analysis was used to determine the energy involved. …”
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