Matching-constrained active contours with affine-invariant shape prior by Yeung, Sai-Kit, Wang, Junyan, Chan, Kap Luk

“…In the object segmentation by active contours, an initial contour provided by user is often required. …”
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An investigation of friction-based tendon sheath model appropriate for control purposes by Tjahjowidodo, Tegoeh, Lau, Michael Wai Shing, Phee, Soo Jay, Do, T. N.

“…A new dynamic friction model that allows accurate description of friction lag and hysteresis behavior in two regimes, i.e. presliding and sliding regimes, for a sheath in arbitrary configuration such as helical and spatial shape has been developed. …”
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21G.321 Childhood and Youth in French and Francophone Cultures, Spring 2013 by Perreau, Bruno

“…This course studies the transformation of childhood and youth since the 18th century in France, as well as the development of sentimentality within the family in a francophone context. …”
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Behavior of the southernmost San Andreas fault during the past 300 years by Sieh, Kerry, Williams, Patrick L.

“…Surficial creep occurs at low rates along the Coachella Valley segment of the San Andreas fault, which has not produced a large earthquake during the period of historical record. …”
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In Vivo RNA Delivery to Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells via Targeted Lipid Nanoparticles by Shi, Dennis, Toyonaga, Sho, Anderson, Daniel G

“…However, these therapies have several limitations owing to the manufacturing complexities and toxicity resulting from required conditioning regimens. Here, we developed a c-kit (CD117) antibody-targeted lipid nanoparticle (LNP) that, following a single intravenous injection, can deliver RNA (both siRNA and mRNA) to HSCs in vivo in rodents. …”
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Disposition kinetics of tylosin administered intravenously and intramuscularly in Desert Sheep and Nubian Goats by Taha, A.A., Elsheikh, H.A., Khalafalla, A.E., Osman, I. A. M., Abdullah, A. Salam

“…The present study has shown that, despite the significant differences in some of the drug pharmacokinetic parameters between sheep and goats for the i.v. route, identical intravenous and intramuscular dosage regimens of tylosin may be recommended for the two species.…”
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Development of a machine-learning-based detection and tracking algorithm for drones by Er, Hwa Ming

“…However, fewer had tried using semantic segmentation for detection and tracking using drones [1], [2]. …”
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Targeted hematopoietic stem cell depletion through SCF-blockade by Chan, Yan Y., Ho, Pui Y., Dib, Carla, Swartzrock, Leah, Rayburn, Maire, Willner, Hana, Ko, Ethan, Ho, Katie, Down, Julian D., Wilkinson, Adam C., Nakauchi, Hiro, Denis, Morgane, Cool, Taylor, Czechowicz, Agnieszka

“…Further, to augment efficacy, combination regimens were also explored. Results We confirm that only ACK2 inhibits SCF binding fully and prevents HSC proliferation in vitro. …”
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A medical image-based computer-aided diagnosis system for musculoskeletal disease and disorder. by Chuah, Tong Kuan

“…Segmentation is an important and necessary step before features can be quantified to be used in the analysis and classification system. …”
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Semantic mapping for articulated objects by Luar, Shui Song

“…Semantic mapping has advanced greatly since its inception as a research field, to now being able to identify poses and segment objects. As an extension of semantic segmentation problem, there is still an unexplored field of identifying joints of an articulated object within an image. …”
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The novelty of the novel form and the dialectical influence of travel literature in eighteenth century England. by Looi, Daniel Seng Chung.

“…This paper will focus on Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719), Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726) and Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (1768). …”
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40 Nasihat : Membahagiakan Ibu Bapa / by Ibnu Al-Jauzi, 1116-1201, author 349917, Nurul Amin Mustafa, translator 655603

“…Buku 40 Nasihat Membahagiakan Ibu Bapa tulisan Imam Ibnu al-Jauzi adalah gabungan dua karya yang sentimental pada zamannya. Tulisan ini adalah luahan dan wasiat Imam Ibnu al-Jauzi kepada anaknya ketika anaknya dilihat semakin lalai dan malas. …”

Geometric point interpolation method in R3 space with tangent directional constraint by Chen, Xiao-Diao, Ma, Weiyin

“…The seed segment is then extended to interpolate the remaining data point pairs one by one in a piecewise fashion. …”
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Relationship between irregularities of the nuclear envelope and mitochondria in HeLa cells observed with electron microscopy by Brito-Pacheco, Daniel, Karabağ, Cefa, Brito-Loeza, Carlos, Giannopoulos, Panos, Reyes-Aldasoro, Constantino Carlos

“…The invaginations were successfully segmented with one image processing algorithm. Metrics were extracted for both structures and correlations between the mitochondria and invaginations were explored for 25 segmented cells. …”
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Video anomaly search in crowded scenes via spatio-temporal motion context by Cong, Yang, Yuan, Junsong, Tang, Yandong

“…To characterize the video, we first perform the spatiotemporal video segmentation and then propose a new regionbased descriptor called “Motion Context”, to describe both motion and appearance information of the spatio-temporal segment. …”
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Fast numerical methods for image restoration by Shi, Juan

“…It has been applied to solve the image denoising, segmentation and surface reconstruction problems.…”
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中国民间故事的文化思考 ：以巧媳妇故事类型为例 = Cultural considerations in Chinese folktales : a case study of the Qiao Xi Fu story type by 蓝智欣 Lam, Zhi Xin

“…Being regarded lowly in the patriarchal clan system, women were obligated to conform to regimented rules and standards, on top of tending to family elders and fulfilling household duties. …”
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The four worlds of ‘welfare reality’ – social risks and outcomes in Europe by Ferragina, E, Seeleib-Kaiser, M, Spreckelsen, T

“…After three decades of welfare state crisis, change and transformation can we still speak of welfare state regimes when looking at their outcomes? The analysis of outcomes provides a picture of ‘the real worlds of welfare’ and is of considerable importance to understanding political legitimacy across countries. …”

Inhomogeneity correction of magnetic resonance brain images by Chua, Zin Yan

“…In this research, we are focusing on techniques to correct the intensity inhomogeneity by performing a coarse preliminary segmentation on the MR images and then use the segmentation result to estimate the bias field. [3rd Award]…”
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A size and position invariant event-based human posture recognition algorithm by Chen, Shoushun, Folowosele, Fopefolu, Kim, Dongsoo, Vogelstein, R. Jacob, Etienne-Cummings, Ralph, Culurciello, Eugenio

“…The algorithm employs a simplified line segment Hausdorff distance classification and uses projection histograms to achieve size and position invariance. …”
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