Browsing by Subject "Quality control"
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ADVISE – A framework for evaluating cloud service elasticity behavior
(2014)Complex cloud services rely on different elasticity control processes to deal with dynamic requirement changes and workloads. However, enforcing an elasticity control process to a cloud service does not always lead to an ...
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Despeckle filtering in ultrasound video of the common carotid artery
(2012)Noise reduction is essential for increasing the visual quality or as a preprocessing step for further automated analysis in video sequences and video coding. The objective of this work was to investigate four different ...
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Diagnostics of nonradiative defects in the bulk and surface of brewster-cut Ti:sapphire laser materials using photothermal radiometry
(1997)The understanding of the problem of nonradiative energy conversion in solid-state laser materials is a key factor in improving the overall efficiency of solid-state lasers. Furthermore, the reduction of the heat generated ...
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An effective ultrasound video communication system using despeckle filtering and HEVC
(2015)The recent emergence of the high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) standard promises to deliver significant bitrate savings over current and prior video compression standards, while also supporting higher resolutions that can ...
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Feature extraction for human motion indexing of acted dance performances
(SciTePress, 2014)There has been an increasing use of pre-recorded motion capture data for animating virtual characters and syn- thesising different actions
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Folk dance evaluation using laban movement analysis
(2015)Motion capture (mocap) technology is an efficient method for digitizing art performances, and is becoming increasingly popular in the preservation and dissemination of dance performances. Although technically the captured ...
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LMA-based motion retrieval for folk dance cultural heritage
(2014)Motion capture (mocap) technology is an efficient method for digitizing art-performances, and it is becoming a popular method for the preservation and dissemination of dances. However, stylistic variations of human motion ...
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A model of product design and information disclosure investments
(Affiliation: Business and Public Administration, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia, CY-1678, CyprusAffiliation: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United StatesCorrespondence Address: Business and Public Administration, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia, CY-1678, Cyprus, 2013)As information availability for products and services is increasing and as consumers engage in more online search prior to purchase decisions, it is becoming more important for firms to know when to invest to reduce consumer ...
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A modular modeling approach for the design of reconfigurable machine tools
(Affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United StatesAffiliation: Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, CyprusCorrespondence Address: Ersal, T.Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United Statesemail: [email protected], 2004)A new generation of machine tools called Reconfigurable Machine Tools (RMTs) is emerging as a means for industry to be more competitive in a market that experiences frequent changes in demand. New methodologies and tools ...
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Optical sensors for urban search and rescue operations
(2011)The Second Generation Locator for Urban Search and Rescue Operations (SGL for USaR) is an EC-funded project solving critical problems following massive destruction and large scale structural collapses in urban locations. ...
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Power control for efficient multicasting in IP-based 3G and beyond mobile networks
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2005)Third generation and beyond mobile networks have brought about a demand for new services that refrain from the traditional unicast communication model. These are services demanding transmission to many receivers with ...
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Preserving quality in the development of mobile commerce services and applications
(2005)Mobile commerce is nowadays a continuously growing area, driving the need for advances in both the network characteristics and infrastructure, as well as in the available mobile devices used. The same need requires the ...
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Quality assurance of diagnostic monitors
(2009)The quality assurance of diagnostic monitors is only a small part of the chain required to accomplish an acceptable standard of diagnostic images in a radiology department. It is most unlikely that a Physician will be able ...
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Quality control for structural credit risk models
(2008)Over the last four decades, a large number of structural models have been developed to estimate and price credit risk. The focus of the paper is on a neglected issue pertaining to fundamental shifts in the structural ...
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A Robust Optimization Approach for Improving Service Quality
(2000)Delivering high quality service during the service encounter is central to competitive advantage in service organizations. However, achieving such high quality while controlling for costs is a major challenge for service ...
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Semantics-based metrics and algorithms for dynamic content in web database applications
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2009-06)Η Τεχνολογία Δυναμικού Περιεχομένου (Dynamic Web Content) συσχετίζει τις Παραδοσιακές Βάσεις Δεδομένων (Traditional Databases) με το Παγκόσμιο Πλέγμα Πληροφοριών (World Wide Web), επιτρέποντας την επισκόπηση και ενημέρωση ...
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Ultrasound image quality evaluation
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2003)The objective of this work was to evaluate the image quality of two different ultrasound image scanners before and after de-speckle filtering. The evaluation was made by statistical and texture analysis, as well as by ...