Abstract: 3D fingerprint-based recognition and identification have several advantages compared to conventional 2D recognition systems. It is hygienic and secure due to its contactless sample ...

Japanese apartments can be a challenge to furnish, especially if you’ve just moved to Japan. For small apartments, it’s best to pick furniture that stacks, slides and hides cables so the room gives ...

The ubiquitous ball spline. Basically, it is a type of mechanical element used in a variety of industrial applications where precise movement and alignment is required, like machine tools, robot arms ...

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When people can’t relax no matter what, it's often due to inner patterns that keep their minds and bodies on edge. Some people can switch off at the end of the day, while others carry tension ...

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Ball splines are sometimes misunderstood in the intricate landscape of high-precision engineering. For one, they can be mischaracterized as fragile, or ill-suited for heavy loads. But these innovative ...

In the world of video games, there are two major types of players: hardcore gamers and casual gamers. The former is praised as the more “true gamer,” but that’s a meaningless specification. If you’re ...

It would be helpful to have spline functions for velocity--to sample a curve's direction--and calculating bounds--for collision/rendering optimization. I think these would fit in nicely alongside the ...

ABSTRACT: We consider the partially linear multiplicative model with monotonic constraint for the analysis of positive response data. We propose a constrained least ...