Portsmouth Oracle, 17 December 1814 (vol. 25, no. 65) - Newspaper

Volumes of interest were published between 1812 and 1815 with articles about the War of 1812.

Real-Time Automatic Object Classification and Tracking using Genetic Programming and NVIDIA R CUDA TM

Genetic Programming (GP) is a widely used methodology for solving various computational problems. GP's problem solving ability is usually hindered by its long execution times. In this thesis, GP is applied toward real-time computer vision. In particular, object classification and tracking using a parallel GP system is discussed. First, a study of suitable GP languages for object classification is presented. Two main GP approaches for visual pattern classification, namely the block-classifiers and the pixel-classifiers, were studied. Results showed that the pixel-classifiers generally performed better. Using these results, a suitable language was selected for the real-time implementation. Synthetic video data was used in the experiments. The goal of the experiments was to evolve a unique classifier for each texture pattern that existed in the video. The experiments revealed that the system was capable of correctly tracking the textures in the video. The performance of the system was on-par with real-time requirements.

HG 187.45-187.65 Thin Section

Coarse grained sediment with fine grained domains throughout. The clasts in the coarse grained domain range from sub-angular to sub-rounded. Short distance lineations are present throughout the sample. Organic rich domains (darker) are prevalent alongside fractured grains.

HG 215.65-215.75 Thin Section

Brown to dark brown sediment with small to medium sized clasts ranging from sub-angular to sub-rounded. This sample contains a coarse grained domain and a fine grained domain. Clear boundaries can be seen. Grain stacking can be seen in the coarse domain, while lineations are the dominant microstructure in the fine grained domain. Minor grain crushing can also be seen. Some of the coarser domain is rich in clay and organics.

HG 299.65-299.80 Thin Section

Brown sediment with clasts ranging from small to medium in size. They are sub-angular to sub-rounded in shape. Lineations are abundant throughout the sample. Minor grain stacking and crushing can also be seen.

HG 316.65-316.80

Fine grained, dark brown sediment. Minor amounts of lineations can be seen. Faint water escape structures are also abundant.

HG 326.65-326.75

Dark brown sediment with clasts ranging from small to large. Grains are sub-angular in shape. Faint water escape structures are present.

HG 354.65-354.75

Grey sediment with clasts ranging from small to medium in size. Clasts are sub-angular to sub-rounded. Rotation structures can be seen throughout. Some clasts have multiple rotation structures surrounding them. Comet structures and lineations are also present.

HG 450.65-450.75

Mainly a coarse brown sediment with a few patches of a finer grained domain. The clasts range from small to large in size and angular to sub-rounded in clast shape. The coarser domain mainly contains grain crushing and stacking, with some rotation structures. The finer domain mainly contains lineations.

HG 484.65-484.80

Brown sediment with multiple domains. Grains range from small to large in size, and angular to sub-rounded in shape. Large amounts of grain crushing can be seen in the coarser domains. The sample is mainly dominated with grain crushing. The finer grained domains contain some clay rich material. Some lineations and rotation structures can also be seen throughout the different domains.

HG 69.45-69.65

Dark brown sediment with clasts ranging from small to medium in size. The clast shape ranges from angular to sub-rounded. Lineations are abundant throughout the sample. Comet structures and grain crushing/stacking are also present in minor amounts.

HG 77.55-77.65

Brown sediment with clasts ranging from small to medium. The majority of the clasts are medium sized. Clasts range from sub-angular to sub-rounded in shape. Lineations are common in this sample along with edge-to-edge grain crushing. Comet structures can also be seen in minor amounts.

HG 82.50-82.65

Dark brown sediment with well dispersed clasts ranging from small to medium in size. Clast shape ranges from sub-angular to sub-rounded. Lineations can commonly be seen throughout the sample. Comet structures can also be seen in minor amounts.