Core point pixel-level localization by fingerprint features in spatial domain

<abstract> <p>Singular point detection is a primary step in fingerprint recognition, especially for fingerprint alignment and classification. But in present there are still some problems and challenges such as more false-positive singular points or inaccurate reference point localization. This paper proposes an accurate core point localization method based on spatial domain features of fingerprint images from a completely different viewpoint to improve the fingerprint core point displacement problem of singular point detection. The method first defines new fingerprint features, called furcation and confluence, to represent specific ridge/valley distribution in a core point area, and uses them to extract the innermost Curve of ridges. The summit of this Curve is regarded as the localization result. Furthermore, an approach for removing false Furcation and Confluence based on their correlations is developed to enhance the method robustness. Experimental results show that the proposed method achieves satisfactory core localization accuracy in a large number of samples.</p> </abstract>

Names at the Tip of the Nose

The problem of naming is not just any philosophical problem but rather central to classical ontology. The latter depends on the notion of names (onomata) as latching onto things (pragmata) in their essential being. As such, the name has traditionally been tied to the concept of truth as adequatio or correspondence between knowledge and being, intellect and thing, or proposition and reality. The author proposes to cast a side-glance at this massive philosophical problem, approaching it from the singular point of view of smells and their striking relationship to language.

Darboux integrability of a cubic differential system with two parallel invariant straight lines

In this paper we prove the Darboux integrability of a cubic differential system with a singular point of a center typer having at least two parallel invariant straight lines.

Classes of Dynamic Systems with Various Combinations of Multipliers in Their Reciprocal Polynomial Right Parts

A family of differential dynamic systems is considered on a real plane of their phase variables x, y. The main common feature of systems under consideration is: every particular system includes equations with polynomial right parts of the third order in one equation and of the second order in another one. These polynomials are mutually reciprocal, i.e., their decompositions into forms of lower orders do not contain common multipliers. The whole family of dynamic systems has been split into subfamilies according to the numbers of different reciprocal multipliers in the decompositions and depending on an order of sequence of different roots of polynomials. Every subfamily has been studied in a Poincare circle using Poincare mappings. A plan of the investigation for each selected subfamily of dynamic systems includes the following steps. We determine a list of singular points of systems of the fixed subfamily in a Poincare circle. For every singular point in the list, we use the notions of a saddle (S) and node (N) bundles of adjacent to this point semi trajectories, of a separatrix of the singular point, and of a topo dynamical type of the singular point (its TD – type). Further we split the family under consideration to subfamilies of different hierarchical levels with proper numbers. For every chosen subfamily we reveal topo dynamical types of singular points and separatrices of them. We investigate the behavior of separatrices for all singular points of systems belonging to the chosen subfamily. Very important are: a question of a uniqueness of a continuation of every given separatrix from a small neighborhood of a singular point to all the lengths of this separatrix, as well as a question of a mutual arrangement of all separatrices in a Poincare circle Ω. We answer these questions for all subfamilies of studied systems. The presented work is devoted to the original study. The main task of the work is to depict and describe all different in the topological meaning phase portraits in a Poincare circle, possible for the dynamical differential systems belonging to a broad family under consideration, and to its numerical subfamilies of different hierarchical levels. This is a theoretical work, but due to special research methods it may be useful for applied studies of dynamic systems with polynomial right parts. Author hopes that this work may be interesting and useful for researchers as well as for students and postgraduates. As a result, we describe and depict phase portraits of dynamic systems of a taken family and outline the criteria of every portrait appearance.

Semantic-relations taxonomy for knowledge representation

Semantic relations in knowledge representation characterizes the association between the concepts of a domain. Concepts are units of knowledge and the relationships that link these units, which gives meaning to the knowledge as represented. In this way, semantic relations allow users to assimilate the purpose of the association between concepts in the presentational context, avoiding misinterpretation of the information, mainly that presented in instruments of knowledge representation.The objective of this paper is to propose a taxonomy of semantic relations that compiles the different approaches on the subject. The methodology applied bibliographic research for theoretical foundation and literature review based on the main bibliographic references on semantic relations. As result, some classifications of semantic relations were found to have been raised by different authors, each offering a singular point of view, which has resulted in a range of discordant terms. To answer this need, a taxonomy was arrived at of sixty-three semantic relations, including a new relation discovered by this study, dubbed here ‘subordinate agent’.

Surface construction for orthrotropic perfectly elastic-plastic Murnaghan material

The problem of constructing a yield surface is described. The magnitude of the stress velocity potential is explained graphically. The parameters of an elastic-plastic process are introduced: a modified R. Schmidt parameter and an analogue of the Lode parameter, the sign of which changes only when the singular point of the plasticity curve passes. The formal work area of the Murnaghan law is calculated, the real area will be much smaller. An effect similar to the Bauschinger effect for the deviator of the stress tensor is assumed to be fair. In the basic experiments of uniaxial and biaxial tension, compression and shear, a piecewise-linear generator with vertices at the corresponding singular points of the plasticity curves is determined. The magnitude of the effect is approximated by a quadratic dependence in the place parameter and piecewise-linear one in the hardening parameter. According to the magnitude of the effect, at the point of the active process there is a singular point of the curve, into which the basic generator moves. The yield surface is constructed by ductility curves drawn through the generator. Determination of the magnitude of the effect under repeated loading after unloading is considered.

Perturbed thermodynamics and thermodynamic geometry of a static black hole in f (R) gravity

In this paper, we consider a static black hole in [Formula: see text] gravity. We recapitulate the expression for corrected thermodynamic entropy of this black hole due to small fluctuations around equilibrium. Also, we study the geometrothermodynamics (GTD) of this black hole and investigate the adaptability of the curvature scalar of geothermodynamic methods with phase transition points of this black hole. Moreover, we study the effect of correction parameter on thermodynamic behavior of this black hole. We observe that the singular point of the curvature scalar of Ruppeiner metric coincides completely with zero point of the heat capacity and the deviation occurs with increasing correction parameter.