In order to recover valuable materials and to minimize the adverse effects of hazardous
materials contained in scrap computers, a dismantling practice is commonly adopted to treat …

Biometrics-based authentication is a verification approach using the biological features
inherent in each individual. They are processed based on the identical, portable, and arduous …

A novel approach to personal verification using the thermal images of palm-dorsa vein patterns
is presented in this paper. The characteristics of the proposed method are that no prior …

The influence of the chemical nature of high-solid organic wastes (HSOW) on their biohydrogen
generation was investigated using simulated high-solid bioreactors under mesophilic …

This paper presents a novel vehicle detection approach for detecting vehicles from static
images using color and edges. Different from traditional methods, which use motion features to …

A lane-detection method aimed at handling moving vehicles in the traffic scenes is proposed
in this brief. First, lane marks are extracted based on color information. The extraction of …

In a context-aware ubiquitous learning environment, learning systems can detect students’
learning behaviors in the real-world with the help of context-aware (sensor) technology; that is…

Although students could effectively search for web data with proper keywords and select web
pages related to the studied core issue, however summarizing or organizing the retrieved …

In this paper, a novel local pattern descriptor generated by the proposed local vector pattern
(LVP) in high-order derivative space is presented for use in face recognition. Based on the …

The childbirth education training course aims to help nurses establish the basic ability to
care for pregnant women. However, in traditional teaching, it is often difficult for learners to …