... surface [120].
In particular he proves Marr wrong:
In general of course, points of inflection in a contour need have
no significance for the surface [144].
by showing that inflections of the contour ...
Substituting the matching constraint of (2.3~,) into the time
derivative of (2.10) we obtain:
rt = (At + p.U)p. (2.38)
Differentiating (2.38) with respect to time and substituting this into (2.37) ... problem
of analysing the envelope of tangent planes to the less general one of comput-
ing the envelope of a family of lines in a plane. Their algorithm was tested on
noise-free, synthetic data...
... the determination of
drug protein binding during early drug development. The microdialysis tech-
nique allows the determination ofin vivo protein binding using microdialysis
sampling in blood ... simultaneous blood sampling [33,34] . The in vivo deter-
mination of protein binding using the microdialysis method permits a more
accurate determination of protein binding with regard to in vitro protocols, ... animal to
determine saturation of the plasma protein binding [33] .
The utility of microdialysis sampling for estimation of the in vitro protein
binding in time – kill curves of antimicrobials...
... or
ethnicity and include the numbers of students majoring in science
and engineering disciplines; the numbers of students graduating
with bachelor’s or master’s degrees inscience and engineering
fields; ... presi-
dent of the National Academy of Engineering.
The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of
Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions ... agencies in maximizing the potential of women
in science and engineering careers.
Our committee, composed of distinguished scientists and engineers who
have attained outstanding careers in academic...
... edges—but of special
kind. We think of vertices as points in the plane and we think of edges as line segments. In this
section we will study some of the properties of trees that are useful incomputer ... proof to mention integers, and doing so would make it clear that mentioning
them adds nothing to the proof. When we use mathematical induction in this way, using smaller
structures in place of ... statements of mathematical interest abound with quantifiers. So do statements of interest
to computer science, as the following definition of the “big oh” notation you have used in earlier
computer science...
... list of vertex copies.
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Convex hull of a set of planar points.
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Example of supporting line for two convex hulls.
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Partitioning a set of points using four extreme points. ... finding the sum of N numbers
and (b) finding the OR of N bits.
Illustration 1: Adding
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let processor
initially hold input The object is to compute
We use the well-known binary ... information to disjoint
sets of processors. In the setting of models with reconfigurable buses, the term broadcasting
is more common, conveying the idea of sending the same information to all...
... traditional notion of
substitution when applied to strings.
Now we are in position of introducing families of 2D languages, but since we are
mainly presenting languages based on tiling we remind some notions ... scanned during a scanning process and together with property 4
forbids the existence of holes in the picture during the scanning process. In [4] several
examples of continuous normalized scanning strategies ... [10] according
to the proof of Theorem 4. Now inspect this proof and assume that the power
series r and s are in I.Wehavetocheck,whetherthe
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of all power series, taken
in the proof of Theorem...
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Xiaoli Zheng and Feng Wang
Methodology for Supporting Novel Model of E-Learning Platform in
Grid ... University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Maggie Minhong Wang (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Werner Winiwarter (University of Vienna, Austria)
Christopher Yang (Chinese University of Hong ... Yip (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Cha Zhang (Microsoft Research, USA)
Kang Zhang (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
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Development of Contents Improving the...
... networking, effective learning.
1 Introduction
E-learning is self-paced learning made possible by the use of technologies, including
the PC, Office software, graphics software, the Internet ... think at various steps incomputer games may
be injected at various points in learning a sequence of concepts [8]. This may take
the form of exercises to force the learners to think deeper into ... E-learning is learning without the presence of a human instructor in
class. Advances in technologies have made e-learning possible. E-learning can
complement the traditional in- class learning....
... performance of the two models.
This investigation explores students’ perceptions of using an e-learning website in
their learning processes. As an innovative learning method, the adoption of e-learning ... and information
sharing sites for the express purpose of receiving and giving help to other e-learners
by joining communities, or special interest groups, and interacting with members of
the ... exchange various types of information of common
interest, and opinions on the information. These sites, including MySpace, FaceBook,
Bebo, Meebo, Twitter, Friendster, LinkedIn, Cyworld, etc. have...
... learning
method, the adoption of e-learning involves the adoption of information technology
and modification of learning approach. Learners have more control over selection of
learning topics in ... added to the understanding of adoption and use of
instant messaging by examining gender differences in perceived innovation character-
istics. Different patterns were discussed in their study. For ...
research in online learning [21] and online shopping [20] revealed that perceived ease
of use was not a good predictor of intention to use. Further research on the application
of TAM in different...
... compar-
ing performance of TAM versus PCI, using data gathered in a naturally occurring and
field-based adoption process.
References
1. Bahreininejad, A.: E-learning and associated issues in Iran. ... of findings. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Man-
agement 29(1), 28–45 (1982)
33. Van Slyke, C., Belanger, F., Comunale: Factors influencing the adoption of web-based
shopping the impact of ... design in this study was undertaken in
the same e-learning context and using the same respondents to measure the constructs
of TAM and PCI model. The findings of this study provide a preliminary...