and Image Understanding journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/cviu Adaptive Census Transform: A novel hardware-oriented stereovision algorithm q Stefania Perri‚ Pasquale Corsonello ⇑‚ Giuseppe Cocorullo Department of Electronics Computer Science and Systems‚ University of Calabria‚ Rende‚ Italy a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 21 March 2012 Accepted 6 October 2012 Available online 17 October 2012 Keywords: Stereovision algorithm VLSI Disparity Map Calculation
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Attitudes towards science and technology In the course of the Romantic Era‚ which originated in 1850 and lasted till 1920‚ many poets and writers stood against science and technology as a literature subject. They judged that it wasn’t compatible with romantic love of nature‚ love of the common men or fascination with the supernatural and unexplainable. However‚ a few generations earlier‚ English poet‚ Alexander Pope was astonished by Newton’s accomplishments and as an acknowledgement of the work
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Introduction Emic and etic are terms used by anthropologists and by others in the social and behavioral sciences to refer to two different kinds of data concerning human behavior. In particular‚ they are used in cultural anthropology to refer to kinds of fieldwork done and viewpoints obtained. Emic knowledge and interpretations are those existing within a culture‚ that are ‘determined by local custom‚ meaning‚ and belief’ (Ager and Loughry‚ 2004: n.p.) and best described by a ‘native’ of the culture
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The King of the New Kingdom filled a position of much importance in Ancient Egypt‚ both culturally and politically. It was his (infrequently her) role to be not only seen as a leader‚ hunter‚ warrior‚ builder‚ administrator and ruler of an empire‚ but also as a central figure in religion and religious practices. In order to maintain his position of authority and leader status‚ the King was prominent in Egyptian artwork and was often depicted in reliefs and royal statues. He would be shown wearing
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will Science and technology change our lives in future and what should India do to stay ahead in the game. With the introduction of Science and technology in this world‚ it has play an important role in changing every aspect of our lives: at the flick of a switch‚ we have light; when we are ill‚ medicines help us get better; when we want to talk to a friend we just pick up the telephone or send a text message or e-mail. Human life has totally changed since arise of science and technology. We
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ologyTechnology as a double-edged weapon. We live in a generation that relies heavily on technology and on the Internet. People spend much time online on the Web‚ whether for work‚ school or University homework‚ for fun or just for social networking. So‚ for this main reason this issue of excessive use of technology and the Internet is a topic of great interest for all of us. That’s why we decided to do our research project related and based on the different types of websites that are of main interest
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are used in our daily lives. When fossil fuels are burnt‚ they produce heat‚ which makes energy. There are some negative impacts of using fossil fuel. One of them is triggering the global warming and acid rain to happen. When fossil fuels are burned‚ they produce CO2; which breaks the earth’s atmosphere‚ making global warming worse. One way of reducing the use of fossil fuel is to alternate to other renewable energy from natural sources like the sun (energy conversion from the fossil fuel to solar
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Technology I INTRODUCTION Technology‚ purposeful human activity which involves designing and making products as diverse as clothing‚ foods‚ artefacts‚ machines‚ structures‚ electronic devices and computer systems‚ collectively often referred to as “the made world”. Technology can also mean the special kind of knowledge which technologists use when solving practical problems (for example‚ designing and building an irrigation system for tropical agriculture). Such work often begins with a human
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Global Organizations: An analysis ZINNOV LLC 138 SOUTH QUEENSCLIFF CIRCLE‚ THE WOODLANDS‚ TEXAS -77382 FAX 1 419 844 2583 • PHONE (US) 1 832 326 3854 • (INDIA) + 91 80 227 3130 EMAIL: PARI@ZINNOV.COM Global Organizations Table of contents INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 3 GLOBAL SOURCING IS CURRENTLY THE MOST POPULAR STRATEGY IN CORPORATE BOARD ROOMS ............ 3 Organization
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TOPIC 1: RATES AND CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM QUESTION 1: (Taken from the DoE Physical Sciences Feb-March Paper 2 2009) Antacids are used to relieve indigestion. Indigestion is the condition when the stomach produces too much acid resulting in an uncomfortable and painful feeling. A certain antacid tablet dissolves in water and reacts with the acid in the stomach to release carbon dioxide gas. 1.1 Name the type of chemical reaction that explains why antacids bring relief from indigestion
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