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A New Hierarchical Particle Filtering for Markerless Human Motion Capture
(IEEE, 2009)
Particle filtering (also known as the condensation algorithm) has been widely applied to model-based human motion capture. However, the number of particles required for the algorithm to work increases exponentially with ...
Instantaneous Geo-Location of Multiple Targets From Monocular Airborne Video
(IEEE, 2009-07)
We propose a robust and accurate method for multi-target geo-localization from airborne video. The difference between our approach and other approaches in the literature is fourfold: 1) It does not require gimbal control ...
Photographer of the year
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1973)
"J-School student John J. Lopinot was named College Photographer of the Year in the 28th annual intercollegiate Photography Competition."--Page 19
The cost of a GMO-free market basket of food in the United States
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2016)
We examine the consumer cost consequences of choosing GMO-free food over food that contains GMOs. Using text-mining algorithms applied to detailed product descriptions contained in a proprietary database of individual GMO ...
Cluster Winds Blow along Supercluster Axes
(Wiley-Blackwell, 1998)
Within Abell galaxy clusters containing wide-angle tailed (WAT) radio sources, there is evidence of a `prevailing wind' which directs the WAT jets. We study the alignment of WAT jets and nearby clusters to test the idea ...
Crichton assumes AAAA job
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1962)
"A University School of Journalism graduate took office May 7 as president of the American Association of Advertising Agencies."--Page 15
Como eats
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 2019)
"Find your favorite college-town restaurant in this nostalgic look at local nosh."--Table of contents for issue.
Interpreting Commodity Futures and Options Price Quotes
(University of Missouri Extension, 2000-12)
This guide is designed to help producers to understand how to interpret commodity price quotes for futures and options. Those not familiar with futures and options price quotes may find the initial process of interpretation ...
For our children
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1998)
A quote from A. Sterl Artley, co-creator of Dick and Jane and MU professor from 1946-1971. Artley died July 7, 1998. (Supplied by cataloger)
Missouri's Senior Population: The Facts
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2001)
During the past century, the percentage
of Americans who are age 65 years and
older has more than tripled, from just over
4% of the total population in 1900 to nearly
13% of the total population in 1999. Older individuals ...
Band and parents' day
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1966)
"That was Saturday when parents of new students came to the campus to see where and how their children lived, and high school bands played for the football crowd."--Page 12
Missouri Tax Credits
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2009)
Missouri's first tax credit was authorized in 1973 and many more have been adopted in the following years. Some of these programs have expired or have been eliminated from the statutes; however, the majority of the programs are still active today...
Missouri Historic Preservation Tax Credit
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2009)
The federal government offers an incentive to rehabilitate designated buildings that are older than 50 years. Missouri authorized a tax credit with the same purpose, the Missouri Historic Preservation Tax Credit, in Senate Bill 1 of the second 1997...
Distinguished faculty award
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1962)
"Dr. Newell S. Gingrich, professor of physics, is the 1962 recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Award presented by the University of Missouri Alumni Association. The presentation was made at the 120th annual Commencement of the University by J...
A Gold Finger Ring and the Empress of Eudocia
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1989)
Homography-Based Ground Plane Detection for Mobile Robot Navigation Using a Modified EM Algorithm
(IEEE, 2010-05)
section shows, the proposed algorithm for ground plane detection achieves an almost perfect detection rate (over 99%) despite the relatively higher number of errors in pixel correspondence from the feature matching algorithm used: SIFT....
Missouri Crop-Share Leasing Patterns
(University Extension, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1999-07)
This guide focuses on one specific rental agreement, the crop-share lease. This guide uses producer survey information to determine how tenants and landowners share the costs of production under 50-50 and 2/3-1/3 lease ...
Climatological Features of blocking anticyclones in the Northern Hemisphere
(Munksgaard, 1994)
intensity at the 99% confidence level. However, block duration, which averaged 8.6 days, was only weakly correlated with both size and intensity. Also, this study reveals that all 63 blocking anticyclones were preceded by an identifiable surface cyclone...
Missouri Micropolitan Areas: A Demographic Profile
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2005)
This brief examines how Missouri's recently
defined micropolitan counties compare to traditional metropolitan and rural areas of the state. This comparison is done by using several demographic categories including: population trends, racial...
Is there benefit to adding ezetimibe to a statin for the secondary prevention of CVD?
(Family Physicians Inquiries Network, 2023-06)
Q: Is there benefit to adding ezetimibe to a statin for the secondary prevention of CVD? Evidence-based answer: YES. In patients with known cardiovascular disease (CVD), ezetimibe with a statin decreases major adverse ...