some practical applications for visually impaired people

... tool for the acquisition, use and management of spatially distributed information by visually impaired people, ” in Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Maps and Graphics for Visually ... actually realized, for lack of funding” as the inventor stated Coming to more recent work, some guidelines should be followed in order for an image to be transformed in a form suitable for tactile rendition ... of haptic virtual environments for the training of the visually impaired The developed highly interactive and extensible haptic VR training system allows visually impaired to study and interact...

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... Cued speech Sign language Hard of hearing people Visual information Hearing people Speech information Figure 5: Communication: deaf people to hearing people, from video to speech Figure 6: ASL ... of different modalities FROM DEAF PEOPLE TO HEARING PEOPLE CS and SL are two languages based on visual information Hearing peoples’ language is based on speech information (cf., Figure 5) In order ... linguistic information such as accents for the words, dependency relations between phrases, modality for the sentence, and unit-specific paralinguistic information such as emphasis for syllables...

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... intuitive and acceptable For people (Figures 11(j), 11(k), and 11(l)), bounding boxes of human figures are presented with labels People1 ”and People2 ” ( People1 ” and People2 ” in font of Braille ... our approach (semantic category information for each image and semantic labels for regions within an image), we employ different strategies for simplification for different semantic regions of images ... The category of an image is deemed as important for our application for at least two reasons: it should be able to tell the user some topical information hence helping her/him in better understanding...

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... invariant-based zebra-crossing detection for the visually impaired, ” in Proceedings of the 1st IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision Applications for the Visually Impaired (CVAVI ’05), p 22, San Diego, ... Workshop on Computer Vision Applications for the Visually Impaired (CVAVI ’05), p 27, San Diego, Calif, USA, June 2005 [6] Y Cho and U Neumann, “Multi-ring color fiducial systems for scalable fiducial ... conducted (see [25] for details) to measure the performance of the color target system as a tool for finding Braille signs, and in addition to investigate the strategies that worked best for blind subjects...

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... here that they are implemented in a uniform way (in all three cases by converting a logic formula - either CNF or something more complicated - into a DNF formula), and all can use both sound and ... processed dataset, for a number of languages there were missing values, esp for features II (12) through (14) The linguistic reasons for this were two-fold: (i) lack of reliable information; or (ii) ... would therefore refrain from suggesting typical scenarios for these types We offer instead some observations on the role of MPD's mechanisms in the context of such tasks, showing at some places...

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... facility and the property for its life There are many applications for this information One powerful use is to provide the information to the real estate finance industry for use in its due diligence ... via their browsers for a fee For data users, contracting with an ASP can eliminate some costs for computer hardware, memory, data management, and training The financial models for such application ... Construction Activities, 33 Information Technology for Managing Relocations, 34 v 19 26 Introduction BACKGROUND Information technologies include the entire field of computer-based information processing...

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... applications discusses how to leverage your knowledge on the mobile platform By following the practical recipes in this book, which are of varying difficulty levels, you will learn concepts for ... interactive applications and next-generation enterprise applications in the browser The latter can be easily seen with the addition of a rich control set, support for many types of services and platform ... is a 30-year old technical specialist/project leader on NET web applications, mainly Silverlight, and a solution manager for Rich Applications (Silverlight, Windows Phone 7, WPF, Surface, HTML5)...

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... cv V for all v V and for all scalar c F cðu þ vÞ ¼ cu þ cv for all u, v V and for all scalar c F ða þ bÞv ¼ av þ bv for all v V and for all scalars a, b F ðabÞv ¼ aðbvÞ, 1v ¼ v, and 0v ¼ for all ... publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic formats For more information about Wiley products, visit our web site ... designing sophisticated codes in practical form For the practicing engineer, Chapter presents mathematics and coding theory, not in strict form but in introductory form, which is necessary in understanding...

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 01:48

... already experience a worse QOL than, for example, younger visually impaired patients; this was shown by comparison with reference populations among visually impaired adults [11], and older adults ... samples t-tests Health-related QOL Before analyzing the prediction models, we started with some general analyses on the EQ-5D To put the EQ-5D scores from the visually impaired older population into ... compared baseline data of the visually impaired older patients (mean age 78 years) who reported having moderate or severe problems on the EQ-5D dimensions, with a visually impaired adult population...

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... Their People, Douglas W Bray and Associates Going Global Practical Applications and Recommendations for HR and OD Professionals in the Global Workplace Edited by Kyle Lundby with Jeffrey Jolton Foreword ... platform for technologies, unified HR systems, and measures of business performance One can go into any part of such an organization and find a commonality in how information is accessed or how people ... variety of electronic formats Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Going global: practical applications and...

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... collaborative effort This regular dialogue secures critical local ownership and sponsorship of the initiatives and their implementation For instance, some organizations create global councils or task forces ... critical for its success, how you minimize the personal impact of this coordination so that it is not burdensome for employees outside of headquarters? If scheduling makes it difficult for employees ... in which leaders lead Instead, this chapter will provide some serious food for thought, even if this means that some readers may find it somewhat indigestible As Geert Hofstede, one of the world’s...

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... from leadership for millennia is not a question that has an easy answer for multinationals operating in those societies Not Comfortable, Just Wait a While For those who find some cultural practices ... Hofstede’s uncertainty avoidance may explain how people in some countries react to other people s transgressions it does not necessarily tell us about people s personal rule orientation Culture: ... to yourself,’’ ‘‘Kind-hearted people usually suffer losses,’’ ‘‘Old people are usually stubborn and biased,’’ ‘ People will stop working after they secure a comfortable life,’’ and so on It also...

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... 1987) Therefore, addressing this prior to team performance can aid in reducing some of the misunderstandings and communication failures that arise from differences in logic and information storage ... regular communications regarding their performance, and a way for teams to determine if they need to realign their efforts based on their current performance status Essentially, this idea builds ... strategy for enhancing team performance, as has been found in both laboratory and field settings (Smith-Jentsch, Zeisig, Acton, & McPherson, 1998) Though beneficial for homogenous teams, for multicultural...

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... dependence on foreign workers There may be a need to retain some key expatriates until the skill set can be provided locally This has obvious implications for pay and rewards Tactical/Global Sometimes ... sharing of important work or client information almost instantly A common technology platform provides consistent input and output of data It allows for rollup of information at a local, regional, ... assume that the common platforms described in the previous section will result in local success without some specific attention For flawless implementation, we outline some recommended steps in...

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... different for different levels within an organization For example, it is quite possible that even though there is an abundant supply of available labor for lower-level positions, recruiting people for ... tool for the organization (Fugure, 2009) Finally, to stand apart in a crowded organizational world, some organizations include the applicant’s family in the recruitment drive For example, some ... of applications, industry bodies are also helping organizations For example, The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the chief industry body for the Indian information...

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... criteria for selection suggest that there are other aspects that must be considered for TNs, beyond what some have suggested are key performance indicators (KPIs) for expats Expat KPIs include, for ... select for local leaders, the LGD would provide some useful information but might still mask the capabilities of the lower-ranking people in the room At the same time, it would not provide information ... Cross-cultural interaction Collaboration Foreign experience Expert on various aspects of many cultures Works with people from Works with people from many cultures given foreign cultures simultaneously...

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... on how performance will be judged, who will be involved in evaluating performance, and how performance will be rewarded • Define development goals • Set up periodic informal evaluations Some organizations ... sounding board and informal source of information for questions related to policies, processes, work rules, and corporate or local style and norms, for example In terms of more formal orientation ... transition for the new manager and the manager’s team Create a dedicated space for open dialogue and to share information Build relationships for effective work flow by clarifying information and...

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... that literacy cannot be taken for granted This has practical implications for leaders, as some of Developing Leadership in Global Organizations 213 the ‘‘new’’ workforce and their families may ... descended into recession in 2008, organizations struggled for survival For many, short-term performance became the only focus Long-term performance would not matter should an organization perish ... leader counts in the development process, and it needs to allow for variation in the global programs Practical Recommendations for Global Companies Developing executives who are equipped to work...

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... and performance Recent reviews for each topic include Brooks et al (2006) for Customer Loyalty; Bledow, Frese, Erez, Anderson, and Farr, (2009) for Innovation; Miron, Erez, & Naveh (2004) for Quality; ... Intercultural competence training can be described as any formal effort toward ‘‘preparing people for more effective interpersonal relations and for job success when they interact extensively with ... various measures of performance (such as customer satisfaction, financial performance) and then analyzed for impact Though there are methodological approaches to controlling for cultural or other...

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