scholarly journals Image Inpainting Using Image Interpolation - An Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1906-1920
Author(s):  
Jini P
Keyword(s):  
Video Compression ◽  
Image Inpainting ◽  
Image Interpolation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Computer Technique ◽  
Target Region ◽  
Interpolation Technique ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Traditional Image

Image inpainting is a computer technique of filling lost regions of an image by using available information from the surrounding area. This digital image inpainting technique has wider applications like image restoration, dis-occlusion and image/video compression. The traditional image inpainting approaches Partial Differential Equation (PDE) based method and Exemplar based method mainly focus on the size of the target region to be filled. PDE is a pixel oriented method and works well if the region to be filled is small. On the other hand exemplar based method is a patch based method and works well if the region to be filled is large. This paper proposes another new technique called image interpolation technique and describes how this technique can be used effectively for image inpainting without giving much focus on the size of the target region.

If in Doubt, Leave it Out? EU Precaution in WTO Regulatory Space

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Flett
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Political Authority ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
International Level ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Balanced Approach ◽  
Available Information

This article reviews the way in which the concept of precaution, as commonly referenced in EU law, is received in the WTO. It argues that precaution is not a principle, but one facet of a principle of making rational judgments based on available information, the other facet of which is “that risk is worth taking”. Systematically pursuing high cost measures in response to low risks is not a balanced approach, and has probably contributed to the scepticism with which the concept is viewed in the WTO. However, this article goes on to argue that, without needing to be a principle, precaution is the determining legal feature in the SPS Agreement, because, unlike in the European Union, there is no legislative harmonisation of SPS measures at international level, WTO Members being free to set their own appropriate level of protection. In fact, the concept of precaution is relevant in the context of many other WTO provisions and is in some respects quite close to the concept of subsidiarity. Notwithstanding this, the first WTO SPS cases, driven by regulatory exporters and an interventionist WTO, have excessively emphasised scientific issues, masking policy judgments that the WTO has neither the legal nor the political authority to sustain. The article concludes that the proper way forward necessitates closer political, legal and administrative links between the WTO and other relevant international organisations, and a move away from consensus in the latter.

Shadow Removal Using Inpainting and Interpolation Technique

2014 ◽  
Vol 626 ◽  
pp. 32-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajayan Lekshmi ◽  
C. Christopher Seldev
Keyword(s):  
Image Inpainting ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Color Model ◽  
Shadow Removal ◽  
Bilinear Interpolation ◽  
False Color ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Reconstruction Quality ◽  
Hsv Color Model ◽  
Interpolation Technique

Shadows are viewed as undesired information that strongly affects images. Shadows may cause a high risk to present false color tones, to distort the shape of objects, to merge, or to lose objects. This paper proposes a novel approach for the detection and removal of shadows in an image. Firstly the shadow and non shadow region of the original image is identified by HSV color model. The shadow removal is based on exemplar based image inpainting. Finally, the border between the reconstructed shadow and the non shadow areas undergoes bilinear interpolation to yield a smooth transition between them. They would lead to a better fitting of the shadow and non shadow classes, thus resulting in a potentially better reconstruction quality.

Ugliness and Beauty: the Politics of Landscape in Walter Greenwood's Love on the Dole

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-47
Author(s):  
Claire Warden
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Working Class ◽  
The Other ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
North West ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
The North ◽  
The One ◽  
The University ◽  
Open Fields

The multi-spatial landscape of the North-West of England (Manchester–Salford and the surrounding area) provides the setting for Walter Greenwood's 1934 play Love on the Dole. Both the urban industrialized cityscape and the rural countryside that surrounds it are vital framing devices for the narrative – these spaces not simply acting as backdrops but taking on character roles. In this article Claire Warden reads the play's presentation of the North through the concept of landscape theatre, on the one hand, and Raymond Williams's city–country dialogism on the other, claiming that Love on the Dole is imbued with the revolutionary possibility that defines the very landscape in which it is set. From claustrophobic working-class kitchen to the open fields of Derbyshire, Love on the Dole has a sense of spatial ambition in which Greenwood regards all landscapes as tainted by the industrial world while maintaining their capacity to function independently. Ugliness and beauty, capitalist hegemony and socialistic hopefulness reside simultaneously in this important under-researched example of twentieth-century British theatre, thereby reflecting the ambivalent, shifting landscape of the North and producing a play that cannot be easily defined artistically or politically. Claire Warden is a Lecturer in Drama at the University of Lincoln. Her work focuses on peripheral British performances in the early to mid-twentieth century. She is the author of British Avant-Garde Theatre (Palgrave MacMillan, 2012) and is currently writing Modernist and Avant-Garde Performance: an Introduction for Edinburgh University Press, to be published in 2014.

scholarly journals Strategi Pengembangan Agribisnis Kopi Untuk Mendukung Wisata Telaga Ngebel Ponorogo

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-71
Author(s):  
Mila Diana Sari
Keyword(s):  
Swot Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
Lake Area ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Other Hand

Abstract— One of the natural attractions in Ponorogo is Ngebel lake. Increasing the tourist attraction of Ngebel Lake can be done by developing agribusiness around it. The coffee agribusiness in the Ngebel Lake area was developed traditionally so that it has not been able to support the development of the Ngebel Lake tourism park. On the other hand, to increase the attractiveness of a tourist park, it is necessary to support the management of the potential of the surrounding area. Therefore it is necessary to conduct a study on the strategy of developing coffee agribusiness so that the attractiveness of Lake Ngebel can be increased. The method used in this study is to analyze the potential of coffee agribusiness using a SWOT analysis so that the most strategic method in developing coffee agribusiness can be determined. The results showed that the coffee agribusiness in Gondowido Village could support Ngebel Lake agro-tourism through improving weaknesses by taking advantage of opportunities.  Keywords—: Strategy; coffee agribusiness; Ngebel lake.

Research of the Iron Element Content and Evolution of the Surrounding Area of Weinan

2011 ◽  
Vol 268-270 ◽  
pp. 446-449
Author(s):  
Ming Hu
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Organic Substance ◽  
Iron Content ◽  
Agricultural Soil ◽  
The Other ◽  
Element Content ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Soil Animals ◽  
Natural Conditions

In this paper, it is aimed at the agricultural soil after harvest in WeiNan and its surrounding countries, researching the importance of the iron element in soil, animals and plants. organic substance content low, and the iron content also generally low. It can be broadly ranked as following: Pucheng ＞ Fuping ＞ Hancheng ＞ Dali ＞ Tongguan . The distribution of iron content of agricultural soil over the Weinna area, that is to say, is the East south low and increasing from the Eastsouth (Tongguan) to the other neighboring countries. And to some extent there minimum and maximum in each county. Natural conditions and human factors contributed to the differences in soil iron content and distribution.

The Greek portable sundial from Memphis rediscovered

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-324
Author(s):  
Sergei J. Maslikov
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Small Class ◽  
The Past ◽  
Available Information

Experts studying antique astronomic instruments are well aware of a small class of so-called portable sundials from the Roman Empire. Over the past few decades, they have been considered in several important publications, including a recent book by Richard J. A. Talbert, in which he systematized the available information. Talbert and earlier J. V. Field described eight portable sundials of a “geographical” type, dating from about 2nd–4th centuries. Five are inscribed in Greek, the other three in Latin. The list of Greek dials also contains a dial from Memphis, information about which has been very scarce so far. Some authors even considered it lost. Fortunately, this instrument is stored in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg) and now we have an opportunity to study it more closely.

Internet in Marketing Strategy in Greek Tourism Industry

2011 ◽  
pp. 90-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Samanta
Keyword(s):  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Inexperienced User ◽  
Available Information ◽  
The Web

The web tourists have the chance to do comparative e – travel shopping from suppliers from all over the world fast and easily. Based on this assumption, the purpose of this study is to examine whether internet is a powerful communicational tool for people over the other forms of gathering information for a destination. Furthermore a main objective is to identify whether the available information in the web can promote adequately Greece. Results of the study confirmed that internet is a powerful communicational tool in tourism industry, as per young people’s perspectives. However, booking a holiday through the web might be tricky for an inexperienced user. The negative aspects of e –bookings are the factors that reinforce the validity of the other sources of information.

scholarly journals Milk Production of Lacaune Sheep with Different Degrees of Crossing with Manchega Sheep in a Commercial Flock in Spain

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 520
Author(s):  
Lizbeth E. Robles Jimenez ◽  
Juan C. Angeles Hernandez ◽  
Carlos Palacios ◽  
José A. Abecia ◽  
Anna Naranjo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Milk Production ◽  
Litter Size ◽  
Milk Yield ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
The Other ◽  
Commercial Flock ◽  
Parity Number ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Autumn And Winter

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of the grade of crossbreeding (Lacaune x Manchega) and environmental factors on milk production in a commercial flock in Spain. A total of 5769 milk production records of sheep with different degrees of purity of the Lacaune breed crossed with Manchega were used as follows: 100% Lacaune (n = 2960), 7/8 Lacaune (n = 502), 13/16 Lacaune (n = 306), 3/4 (n = 1288), 5/8 Lacaune (n = 441) and 1/2 Lacaune: Manchega (n = 272). Additional available information included the number of parity (1 to 8), litter size (single or multiple), and the season of the year of lambing (spring, summer, autumn and winter). A mixed model was used to evaluate the level of crossbreeding and environmental factors on milk production. The 100% Lacaune sheep presented the highest milk production with respect to the F1 Lacaune x Manchega sheep (p < 0.01), showing that as the degree of gene absorption increases with the Manchega breed, it presents lower milk yield. The 100%, 13/16, and 3/4 Lacaune genotypes had the highest milk yields with respect to the 1/2 Lacaune/Manchega breed (p < 0.001). The Lacaune registered on average 181.1 L in a period adjusted to 160 days of lactation (1.13 L/ day). Likewise, the parity number, litter size, and season of lambing effects showed significant differences (p < 0.01). It was concluded that 13/16 and 3/4 Lacaune/Manchega ewes presented the highest milk yields with respect to the other crosses.

scholarly journals A Sense of Trust, the Norwegian Way of Improving Medical On-Scene Managing Major Tunnel Incidents: An Interview Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (s1) ◽  
pp. s166-s166
Author(s):  
Johan Hylander ◽  
Britt-Inger Saveman ◽  
Lina Gyllencreutz
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Rescue Service ◽  
Road Tunnels ◽  
Major Incidents

Introduction:Norway is a country with many road tunnels and therefore also has experience with rescue operations in tunnel environments. Major incidents always challenge involved emergency services’ management skills. Oslo, Norway has a specially trained medical on-scene commander, a function already existing in police and rescue service. Intra-agency communication and management of personnel are essential factors for a successful rescue effort.Aim:To investigate the medical management provided by the specially trained Norwegian medical on-scene commander in relation to tunnel incidents.Methods:Interviews were conducted with six of the seven medical on-scene commanders in Oslo. The collected data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.Results:An overarching theme emerged: A need for mutual understanding of the tunnel incident. The medical on-scene commanders established guidelines for response in collaboration with the other emergency services. By creating a sense of trust, the collaboration between the emergency services became more fluent. Socializing outside of work resulted in improved reliance on their counterparts in the other services. The management also included that the medical on-scene commander supervised his personnel on site by providing support using knowledge of the risk object and surrounding area.Discussion:A forum for the emergency services on-scene commanders where they share ideas and knowledge, improve the on-scene intra-agency communication, and trust is desirable. A culture of trust between the organizations is needed for a mutual understanding. Further research on this subject is needed in other contexts and countries.

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