INTRODUCTION 1.1 Aim of the Thesis This project presents an interactive algorithm to automatically segment out a person’s face from a given image that consists of a head-and-shoulders view of the person and a complex background scene. The method involves a fast‚ reliable‚ and effective algorithm that exploits the spatial distribution characteristics of human skin color. To fulfill this aim‚ the following objectives are carried out: 1. Implement different types of image segmentations. 2. A
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The Threats of Cyber Crime How Cyber Crime is the Most Dangerous Crime and how it Affects our Society Today The Threats of Cyber Crime In today’s society‚ where everything is done online‚ around the world governments and businesses are losing billions upon billions of dollars every day. People ranging anywhere from teenagers to adults make cyber-crime the most threatening crime‚ just googling the term “hacking” can create an instant hacker. In the past‚ the worst thing that could happen
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT MAY-AUGUST 2011 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT SUBJECT NAME: Operations Management | SUBJECT CODE: BB209 | LECTURER: Mr. Ho Min Yoong | DEADLINE : 20TH JULY 2011 | TOPIC: Just in TimeTITLE: Benefits and Challenges that Organizations face in implementing just in time system. STUDENT ID | STUDENT NAME | 1000820502 | Sari Burhan Al Hasan | I certified that this is my own work‚ completed in accordance with University and School’s regulations on plagiarism and fair practice.STUDENT’S
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Security Threats Information Security is a vague term used to describe any aspect of a system used either intentionally or not for protection of information systems. Although security of information systems ranges from the personnel accessing the system to the hardware and software specifically designed for security‚ it also includes external devices such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) drive. The practicality of such devices make them popular for users at every level within an organization but the
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there has been a lot of speculation as to whether face processing is a special process. Some of the issues involved in face recognition are the same as for recognising any other possible object‚ other issues seem to be unique to just face recognition. The question remaining‚ is if the brain’s most efficient solution is to have special mechanisms for face recognition‚ or to simply extend the abilities of existing object recognition mechanisms. Faces are surely special in a lot of phenomena‚ you can
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Lab 4 – SD3043 Risk management - security 1. What is risk management? Answer: Risk management is the process of discovering and assessing the risks to an organization’s operations and determining how those risks can be controlled or mitigated. 2. List and describe the key areas of concern for risk management. Answer: Risk identification‚ risk assessment‚ and risk control. 3. Which community of interest usually provides the resources used when undertaking information asset risk management? Answer:
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The purpose of this essay is to analyse a face to face interaction between myself and a client during the course of the Counselling Skills programme. Extracts of verbatim will be used in order to demonstrate different counselling skills that were used throughout the practice session. I will then go on to do a critical analysis of the skills used‚ and will conclude with a discussion about my personal development throughout the course. After setting the scene with my client and talking through the
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Communism (from Latin communis - common‚ universal) is a revolutionary socialist movement to create a classless‚ moneyless‚ and stateless social order structured upon common ownership of the means of production‚ as well as a social‚ political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of this social order.[1] This movement‚ in its Marxist–Leninist interpretations‚ significantly influenced the history of the 20th century‚ which saw intense rivalry between the "socialist world" (socialist
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How is risk priced in the financial markets? What are the shortcomings of the explanations that finance theory offers for this? Introduction The valuation of assets in the financial market is no doubt a challenging task as it is closely correlated with risks and uncertainties embodied in the assets which provide the possibility that the investment outcomes would differ from the expected value (Grundy and Malkiel‚ 1995). In other words‚ the valuation of assets is actually linked to the qualification
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Title: Autobiography of a Face Author: Lucy Grealy Type of Text: Autobiography (Female Author‚ Non-Fiction) Date Completed: 29 April 2013 Autobiography of a Face‚ by Lucy Grealy‚ is her story about the misfortune of having a third of her jaw removed and the cruel reality that followed. At age nine‚ Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed‚ she faced the cruel taunts of her peers. Vividly portraying the pain of
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