An accidental explosion at the GOEX powder manufacturing facility in Minden, Louisiana destroyed a section of the plant on June 7, 2011.The plant is the last black powder manufacturing facility in North America, producing product for a wide range of customers.The explosion originated in the corning mill where pressed black powder cakes were fed thr
COPD is a common, preventable and usually progressive disease associated with an enhanced chronic inflammatory response in the airways and lung, generally caused by exposure to noxious particles and gases.It is a treatable disease characterised by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation due to abnormalities in the airways and/or alve
Multimodal biometrics is the technique of using multiple modalities on a single system.This allows us to overcome the limitations of unimodal systems, such as the inability to acquire data from certain individuals or intentional fraud, while improving recognition performance.In this paper, a study of score normalization and its impact on the perfor
Automatic analysis of colocalizing biological structures in multi-channel fluorescence microscopy images is an important task to quantify and understand biological processes at high spatial-temporal resolution.Here, we introduce a software suite for colocalization analysis of spot-like objects in multi-channel fluorescence microscopy images.The sof
Solar tracking systems allow an increase in the use of solar energy for its conversion with photovoltaic technology due to the alignment with the sun.However, there is a compromise between tracking accuracy and the energy required to perform the movement action.Consequently, the wear of the tracker components increases, reducing its useful lifetime