... surface [120]. In particular he proves Marr wrong: In general of course, points of inflection in a contour need have no significance for the surface [144]. by showing that inflections of the contour ... Substituting the matching constraint of (2.3~,) into the time derivative of (2.10) we obtain: rt = (At + p.U)p. (2.38) Differentiating (2.38) with respect to time and substituting this into (2.37) ... problem of analysing the envelope of tangent planes to the less general one of comput- ing the envelope of a family of lines in a plane. Their algorithm was tested on noise-free, synthetic data...
... the determination of drug protein binding during early drug development. The microdialysis tech-nique allows the determination ofin vivo protein binding using microdialysis sampling in blood ... simultaneous blood sampling [33,34] . The in vivo deter-mination of protein binding using the microdialysis method permits a more accurate determination of protein binding with regard to in vitro protocols, ... animal to determine saturation of the plasma protein binding [33] . The utility of microdialysis sampling for estimation of the in vitro protein binding in time – kill curves of antimicrobials...
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... edges—but of specialkind. We think of vertices as points in the plane and we think of edges as line segments. In thissection we will study some of the properties of trees that are useful incomputer ... proof to mention integers, and doing so would make it clear that mentioningthem adds nothing to the proof. When we use mathematical induction in this way, using smallerstructures in place of ... statements of mathematical interest abound with quantifiers. So do statements of interestto computer science, as the following definition of the “big oh” notation you have used in earlier computer science...
... list of vertex copies. 220 7.1 Convex hull of a set of planar points. 232 7.2 Example of supporting line for two convex hulls. 233 7.3 Partitioning a set of points using four extreme points. ... finding the sum of N numbers and (b) finding the OR of N bits. Illustration 1: Adding N Numbers. For let processor initially hold input The object is to compute We use the well-known binary ... information to disjoint sets of processors. In the setting of models with reconfigurable buses, the term broadcasting is more common, conveying the idea of sending the same information to all...
... traditional notion of substitution when applied to strings.Now we are in position of introducing families of 2D languages, but since we aremainly presenting languages based on tiling we remind some notions ... scanned during a scanning process and together with property 4forbids the existence of holes in the picture during the scanning process. In [4] several examples of continuous normalized scanning strategies ... [10] accordingto the proof of Theorem 4. Now inspect this proof and assume that the powerseries r and s are in I.Wehavetocheck,whetherthe∗ of all power series, taken in the proof of Theorem...
... Engineering, The University of Aizu, Department ofComputerScience and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Department ofComputer Science, Nanjing Normal University 1Japan China ... Instead of immediately generating the resulting string (as defined by the grammar), we store Advances inComputerScience and Engineering 38plagues, but we just pretend to show some examplesof ... breakthrough when solving both problems mentioned in the previous Advances inComputerScience and Engineering 28 input string, which is linked with the smallest sum of weight of deformation rules....
... Liang, Jianmin Zhao, and Xinzhong ZhuConstruction of Project-Based Virtual Learning Community 304Xiaoli Zheng and Feng WangMethodology for Supporting Novel Model of E-Learning Platform in Grid ... University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) Maggie Minhong Wang (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) Werner Winiwarter (University of Vienna, Austria) Christopher Yang (Chinese University of Hong ... Yip (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) Cha Zhang (Microsoft Research, USA) Kang Zhang (University of Texas at Dallas, USA) Table of Contents XIDevelopment of Contents Improving the...
... networking, effective learning. 1 Introduction E-learning is self-paced learning made possible by the use of technologies, including the PC, Office software, graphics software, the Internet ... think at various steps incomputer games may be injected at various points in learning a sequence of concepts [8]. This may take the form of exercises to force the learners to think deeper into ... E-learning is learning without the presence of a human instructor in class. Advances in technologies have made e-learning possible. E-learning can complement the traditional in- class learning....
... performance of the two models. This investigation explores students’ perceptions of using an e-learning website in their learning processes. As an innovative learning method, the adoption of e-learning ... and information sharing sites for the express purpose of receiving and giving help to other e-learners by joining communities, or special interest groups, and interacting with members of the ... exchange various types of information of common interest, and opinions on the information. These sites, including MySpace, FaceBook, Bebo, Meebo, Twitter, Friendster, LinkedIn, Cyworld, etc. have...
... learning method, the adoption of e-learning involves the adoption of information technology and modification of learning approach. Learners have more control over selection of learning topics in ... added to the understanding of adoption and use of instant messaging by examining gender differences in perceived innovation character-istics. Different patterns were discussed in their study. For ... research in online learning [21] and online shopping [20] revealed that perceived ease of use was not a good predictor of intention to use. Further research on the application of TAM in different...
... compar-ing performance of TAM versus PCI, using data gathered in a naturally occurring and field-based adoption process. References 1. Bahreininejad, A.: E-learning and associated issues in Iran. ... of findings. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Man-agement 29(1), 28–45 (1982) 33. Van Slyke, C., Belanger, F., Comunale: Factors influencing the adoption of web-based shopping the impact of ... design in this study was undertaken in the same e-learning context and using the same respondents to measure the constructs of TAM and PCI model. The findings of this study provide a preliminary...