Content Based Image Retrieval System for Malayalam Handwritten Characters

Content Based Image Retrieval is one of the prominent areas in Computer Vision and Image Processing. Recognition of handwritten characters has been a popular area of research for many years and still remains an open problem. The proposed system uses visual image queries for retrieving similar images from database of Malayalam handwritten characters. Local Binary Pattern (LBP) descriptors of the query images are extracted and those features are compared with the features of the images in database for retrieving desired characters. This system with local binary pattern gives excellent retrieval performance

Content-Based Image Retrieval of Axial Brain Slices Using a Novel LBP with a Ternary Encoding

Retrieval of similar anatomical structures of brain MR images across patients would help the expert in diagnosis of diseases. In this paper, modified local binary pattern with ternary encoding called modified local ternary pattern (MOD-LTP) is introduced, which is more discriminant and less sensitive to noise in near-uniform regions, to locate slices belonging to the same level from the brain MR image database. The ternary encoding depends on a threshold, which is a user-specified one or calculated locally, based on the variance of the pixel intensities in each window. The variancebased local threshold makes the MOD-LTP more robust to noise and global illumination changes. The retrieval performance is shown to improve by taking region-based moment features of MODLTP and iteratively reweighting the moment features of MOD-LTP based on the user’s feedback. The average rank obtained using iterated and weighted moment features of MOD-LTP with a local variance-based threshold, is one to two times better than rotational invariant LBP (Unay, D., Ekin, A. and Jasinschi, R.S. (2010) Local structure-based region-of-interest retrieval in brain MR images. IEEE Trans. Inf. Technol. Biomed., 14, 897–903.) in retrieving the first 10 relevant images

Content Based Image Retrieval of Brain MR Images across Different Classes

Magnetic Resonance Imaging play a vital role in the decision-diagnosis process of brain MR images. For an accurate diagnosis of brain related problems, the experts mostly compares both T1 and T2 weighted images as the information presented in these two images are complementary. In this paper, rotational and translational invariant form of Local binary Pattern (LBP) with additional gray scale information is used to retrieve similar slices of T1 weighted images from T2 weighted images or vice versa. The incorporation of additional gray scale information on LBP can extract more local texture information. The accuracy of retrieval can be improved by extracting moment features of LBP and reweighting the features based on users’ feedback. Here retrieval is done in a single subject scenario where similar images of a particular subject at a particular level are retrieved, and multiple subjects scenario where relevant images at a particular level across the subjects are retrieved

Content Based Video Retrieval using SURF Descriptor

This paper presents a Robust Content Based Video Retrieval (CBVR) system. This system retrieves similar videos based on a local feature descriptor called SURF (Speeded Up Robust Feature). The higher dimensionality of SURF like feature descriptors causes huge storage consumption during indexing of video information. To achieve a dimensionality reduction on the SURF feature descriptor, this system employs a stochastic dimensionality reduction method and thus provides a model data for the videos. On retrieval, the model data of the test clip is classified to its similar videos using a minimum distance classifier. The performance of this system is evaluated using two different minimum distance classifiers during the retrieval stage. The experimental analyses performed on the system shows that the system has a retrieval performance of 78%. This system also analyses the performance efficiency of the low dimensional SURF descriptor.

The Effect of SIFT Features as Content Descriptors in the Context of Automatic Writer Identification in Malayalam Language

The span of writer identification extends to broad domes like digital rights administration, forensic expert decisionmaking systems, and document analysis systems and so on. As the success rate of a writer identification scheme is highly dependent on the features extracted from the documents, the phase of feature extraction and therefore selection is highly significant for writer identification schemes. In this paper, the writer identification in Malayalam language is sought for by utilizing feature extraction technique such as Scale Invariant Features Transform (SIFT).The schemes are tested on a test bed of 280 writers and performance evaluated

SUBKAVYA: KATHYA KE VIBHINNA AYAM (POETRY OF SURDAS-DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF POETIC CONTENT)

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Provenance, Isolation and Characterisation of Organic Matter in the Cochin Estuarine Sediment-“a Diagenetic Amino Acid Marker Scenario

Cochin estuarine system is among the most productive aquatic environment along the Southwest coast of India, exhibits unique ecological features and possess greater socioeconomic relevance. Serious investigations carried out during the past decades on the hydro biogeochemical variables pointed out variations in the health and ecological functioning of this ecosystem. Characterisation of organic matter in the estuary has been attempted in many investigations. But detailed studies covering the degradation state of organic matter using molecular level approach is not attempted. The thesis entitled Provenance, Isolation and Characterisation of Organic Matter in the Cochin Estuarine Sediment-“ A Diagenetic Amino Acid Marker Scenario” is an integrated approach to evaluate the source, quantity, quality, and degradation state of the organic matter in the surface sediments of Cochin estuarine system with the combined application of bulk and molecular level tools. Sediment and water samples from nine stations situated at Cochin estuary were collected in five seasonal sampling campaigns, for the biogeochemical assessment and their distribution pattern of sedimentary organic matter. The sampling seasons were described and abbreviated as follows: April- 2009 (pre monsoon: PRM09), August-2009 (monsoon: MON09), January-2010 (post monsoon: POM09), April-2010 (pre monsoon: PRM10) and September- 2012 (monsoon: MON12). In order to evaluate the general environmental conditions of the estuary, water samples were analysed for water quality parameters, chlorophyll pigments and nutrients by standard methods. Investigations suggested the fact that hydrographical variables and nutrients in Cochin estuary supports diverse species of flora and fauna. Moreover the sedimentary variables such as pH, Eh, texture, TOC, fractions of nitrogen and phosphorous were determined to assess the general geochemical setting as well as redox status. The periodically fluctuating oxic/ anoxic conditions and texture serve as the most significant variables controlling other variables of the aquatic environment. The organic matter in estuary comprise of a complex mixture of autochthonous as well as allochthonous materials. Autochthonous input is limited or enhanced by the nutrient elements like N and P (in their various fractions), used as a tool to evaluate their bioavailability. Bulk parameter approach like biochemical composition, stoichiometric elemental ratios and stable carbon isotope ratio was also employed to assess the quality and quantity of sedimentary organic matter in the study area. Molecular level charactersation of free sugars and amino acids were carried out by liquid chromatographic techniques. Carbohydrates are the products of primary production and their occurrence in sediments as free sugars can provide information on the estuarine productivity. Amino acid biogeochemistry provided implications on the system productivity, nature of organic matter as well as degradation status of the sedimentary organic matter in the study area. The predominance of carbohydrates over protein indicated faster mineralisation of proteinaceous organic matter in sediments and the estuary behaves as a detrital trap for the accumulation of aged organic matter. The higher lipid content and LPD/CHO ratio pointed towards the better food quality that supports benthic fauna and better accumulation of lipid compounds in the sedimentary environment. Allochthonous addition of carbohydrates via terrestrial run off was responsible for the lower PRT/CHO ratio estimated in thesediments and the lower ratios also denoted a detrital heterotrophic environment. Biopolymeric carbon and the algal contribution to BPC provided important information on the better understanding the trophic state of the estuarine system and the higher values of chlorophyll-a to phaeophytin ratio indicated deposition of phytoplankton to sediment at a rapid rate. The estimated TOC/TN ratios implied the combined input of both terrestrial and autochthonous organic matter to sedimentsAmong the free sugars, depleted levels of glucose in sediments in most of the stations and abundance of mannose at station S5 was observed during the present investigation. Among aldohexoses, concentration of galactose was found to be higher in most of the stationsRelative abundance of AAs in the estuarine sediments based on seasons followed the trend: PRM09-Leucine > Phenylalanine > Argine > Lysine, MON09-Lysine > Aspartic acid > Histidine > Tyrosine > Phenylalanine, POM09-Lysine > Histadine > Phenyalanine > Leucine > Methionine > Serine > Proline > Aspartic acid, PRM10-Valine > Aspartic acid > Histidine > Phenylalanine > Serine > Proline, MON12-Lysine > Phenylalanine > Aspartic acid > Histidine > Valine > Tyrsine > MethionineThe classification of study area into three zones based on salinity was employed in the present study for the sake of simplicity and generalized interpretations. The distribution of AAs in the three zones followed the trend: Fresh water zone (S1, S2):- Phenylalanine > Lysine > Aspartic acid > Methionine > Valine ῀ Leucine > Proline > Histidine > Glycine > Serine > Glutamic acid > Tyrosine > Arginine > Alanine > Threonine > Cysteine > Isoleucine. Estuarine zone (S3, S4, S5, S6):- Lysine > Aspartic acid > Phenylalanine > Leucine > Valine > Histidine > Methionine > Tyrosine > Serine > Glutamic acid > Proline > Glycine > Arginine > Alanine > Isoleucine > Cysteine > Threonine. Riverine /Industrial zone (S7, S8, S9):- Phenylalanine > Lysine > Aspartic acid > Histidine > Serine > Arginine > Tyrosine > Leucine > Methionine > Glutamic acid > Alanine > Glycine > Cysteine > Proline > Isoleucine > Threonine > Valine. The abundance of AAs like glutamic acid, aspartic acid, isoleucine, valine, tyrosine, and phenylalanine in sediments of the study area indicated freshly derived organic matter.

Content aggregation on knowledge bases using graph clustering

Recently, research projects such as PADLR and SWAP have developed tools like Edutella or Bibster, which are targeted at establishing peer-to-peer knowledge management (P2PKM) systems. In such a system, it is necessary to obtain provide brief semantic descriptions of peers, so that routing algorithms or matchmaking processes can make decisions about which communities peers should belong to, or to which peers a given query should be forwarded. This paper proposes the use of graph clustering techniques on knowledge bases for that purpose. Using this clustering, we can show that our strategy requires up to 58% fewer queries than the baselines to yield full recall in a bibliographic P2PKM scenario.

Breve recorrido histórico de la formación profesional en la ciudad de Lorca : Escuela Elemental de Trabajo y Formación Profesional.

Resumen basado en el de la publicación. - Contiene ilustraciones, fotografías y documentación inédita.

El folklore en la enseñanza musical : Elemental-Primaria.

Se parte de la idea de que los niños nacen con una predisposición natural hacia la música y el canto. El aprendizaje de la canción popular se basa en una metodología a través de la cual el niño siente y emite la entonación de melodías surgidas de nuestro folklore más próximo. Todo ello como material de aprendizaje en la toma de contacto del niño con la música. El documento se divide en las siguientes unidades: la canción en el contexto del folklore infantil, el romance, el aguinaldo murciano, estilos de baile tradicional murciano, seguidillas, el zángano, el fandango y la canción de cuna. Cada una de las unidades contempla el origen, evolución, caracteres y tipos de melodía. Esta publicación supone una aportación para el profesorado interesado en conectar la realidad de su aula con la cultura que surge y se transmite durante generaciones a través de la música folklórica.

Apuntes de Biología elemental para maestros. Tomo I.

Ofrecer un modelo de texto de trabajo para los profesionales de la enseñanza, como guía para el estudio y conocimiento de la materia biológica. Crear la base teórica necesaria para el profesor y sistematizar experiencias para la práctica escolar con la guía concreta para el curso de Biología. Los objetivos del trabajo van a ser de tipo cognoscitivo, para el cultivo de la percepción y memoria, y psicomotores, para el desarrollo de la habilidad manual y afectivos relacionados con los intereses, actitudes y valores del educando. La Biología como asignatura universitaria para los estudios del profesorado de EGB. Las estrategias propias de la materia tratada van desde la definición del tema objeto de estudio, seguida del análisis del mismo en que se recoge toda la información bibliográfica y experimental, hasta la síntesis en que se proponen modelos de desarrollo del tema mediante pruebas objetivas factoriales y prácticas. Los temas tratados son: biopedagogía, bioquímica, biominerales, glúcidos, prótidos, nucleótidos, citología, funciones de relación. Bibliografía. Los temas tratados están redactados de forma abierta, se trata, según el autor, de un número de proposiciones objetivas que puede ser aumentado en cualquier momento. El método utilizado para redactar estos apuntes es el mismo que el que se propone a los alumnos. Define el tema, hace una programación del mismo y un proyecto del material a utilizar. La metodología está basada en la coparticipación. El autor sostiene que la práctica le ha demostrado que el sistema que propone, no sólo es el más racional y humano, sino también el más eficaz y eficiente y que el material que presenta hay que considerarlo incompleto, que necesita ser completado cada dia en su análisis para llegar a ser el texto personal y actualizado fruto del esfuerzo del lector y útil precisamente por ello para la tarea profesional en las escuelas.

Apuntes de Biología elemental para maestros. Tomo II.

Ofrecer un modelo de texto de trabajo para los profesionales de la enseñanza, como guía para el estudio y conocimiento de la materia biológica. Crear la base teórica necesaria para el profesor y sitematizar experiencias para la práctica escolar con la guía concreta para el curso de biología. Los objetivos del trabajo van a ser de tipo cognoscitivo, para el cultivo de la percepción y memoria, y psicomotores, para el desarrollo de la habilidad manual y afectivos relacionados con los intereses, actitudes y valores del educando. La Biología como asignatura universitaria para los estudios del profesorado de EGB, segunda parte. Es el mismo que el de la primera parte: las estrategias propias de la materia tratada van desde la definición del tema objeto de estudio, seguida del análisis del mismo en que se recoge toda la información bibliográfica y experimental, hasta la síntesis en que se proponen modelos de desarrollo del tema mediante pruebas objetivas factoriales y prácticas. Los temas tratados son: lípidos, enzimas, nutrición, reproducción. Bibliografía. Ofrece un modelo de texto de trabajo para los profesores, según el autor se trata de un número de proposiciones objetivas que puede ser aumentado en cualquier momento. El método utilizado para redactar estos apuntes es el mismo que el que se propone a los alumnos. Define el tema, hace una programación del mismo y un proyecto del material a utilizar. La metodología esta basada en la coparticipación. El autor sostiene que la práctica le ha demostrado que el sistema que propone, no solo es el más racional y humano, sino también el más eficaz y eficiente y que el material que presenta hay que considerarlo como incompleto, que necesita ser completado cada día en su analisis y síntesis para llegar a ser el texto personal y actualizado fruto del esfuerzo del lector, útil precisamente por ello para la tarea profesional en las escuelas.

Elemental analysis of New Zealand Nephrite Jade (pounamu) for forensic purposes

Pounamu (NZ jade), or nephrite, is a protected mineral in its natural form following the transfer of ownership back to Ngai Tahu under the Ngai Tahu (Pounamu Vesting) Act 1997. Any theft of nephrite is prosecutable under the Crimes Act 1961. Scientific evidence is essential in cases where origin is disputed. A robust method for discrimination of this material through the use of elemental analysis and compositional data analysis is required. Initial studies have characterised the variability within a given nephrite source. This has included investigation of both in situ outcrops and alluvial material. Methods for the discrimination of two geographically close nephrite sources are being developed. Key Words: forensic, jade, nephrite, laser ablation, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, multivariate analysis, elemental analysis, compositional data analysis

Com afectà la guerra civil espanyola a l'Institut Elemental de Segona Ensenyança d'Inca. 'Cómo afectó la guerra civil española al Instituto Elemental de Segunda Enseñanza de Inca'.

El artículo analiza diversas informaciones que permiten inferir un notable cambio metodológico en el Instituto Elemental de Segunda Enseñanza entre 1936 y 1939, especialmente los inventarios de recursos, que aportan luz sobre la utilización de las aulas, y los listados de materiales, que permiten averiguar la razón de los gastos realizados en diferentes partidas presupuestarias. El conjunto de estas informaciones revela la apuesta por una determinada manera de concebir el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje y su finalidad, evidenciando un cambio radical de concepción en la enseñanza acompañando al cambio político. Las palabras supresión temporal en las actas del ayuntamiento manifestaban la esperanza de una reapertura del instituto que nunca llegó.

COMP6218 Web Architecture - Web Content Formats

Plain Text - ASCII, Unicode, UTF-8 Content Formats - XML-based formats (RSS, MathML, SVG, Office) + PDF Text based data formats: CSV, JSON