Summary. Various anthropometric studies have been conducted in the last decade in order to investigate how different physiological or behavioral human characteristics can be used as identity evidence to prove the individuality of each person. Some of these characteristics are: face, eyes, ears, teeth, fingers, hands, feet, veins, voice, signature, typing style and gait. Since the first biometric security systems appeared in the market, an increasing demand for novel techniques that will cover all
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CASE STUDY ON GROUP BEHAVIOUR Hindustan Lever Research Centre (HLRC) was set up in the year 1967 at Mumbai. At that time the primary challenge was to find suitable alternatives to the edible oils and fats that were being used as raw materials for soaps. Later, import substitution and export obligations directed the focus towards non-edible oil seeds, infant foods, perfumery chemicals, fine chemicals, polymers and nickel catalyst. This facilitated creation of new brands which helped build new businesses
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SIAM J. IMAGING SCIENCES Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 248–272 c 2008 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics A New Alternating Minimization Algorithm for Total Variation Image Reconstruction∗ Yilun Wang†, Junfeng Yang‡, Wotao Yin†, and Yin Zhang† Abstract. We propose, analyze, and test an alternating minimization algorithm for recovering images from blurry and noisy observations with total variation (TV) regularization. This algorithm arises from a new half-quadratic model applicable to not
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Three indices were used for the analysis of abundance and diversity of the collected periphyton. The Shannon’s diversity index (H) (Shannon & Wiener, 1949) is a diversity index that is used to characterize species or genera diversity and account for their abundance and even the evenness. A high value of H would represent a diverse and equally distributed community and lower values would represent the opposite. A value of 0 would represent a community with just one species. Based on the periphyton
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Brand Communication Dr. Peeter Verlegh The University of Amsterdam March 30, 2012 Introduction When the popularity of the relationship marketing is growing widely, consumer-based determinants of brand loyalty are interesting and useful field to study. Brand loyalty is realized by having strategic importance for a business. The figures provided by Bain&Co indicate that a 5% increase in customer retention varies for a company’s profit by 40 to 95%. An increase in customer loyalty of 1% is the equivalent
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College, Emek Yezreel, Israel Summary The present study explores the dynamics of conflict management as a team phenomenon. The study examines how the input variable of task structure (task interdependence) is related to team conflict management style (cooperative versus competitive) and to team performance, and how team identity moderates these relationships. Seventy-seven intact work teams from high-technology companies participated in the study. Results revealed that at high levels of team identity
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headquarters in Round Rock, Texas. Michael Dell’s winning idea was to sell computer systems directly to customers, allowing him and his company to understand customer needs well and therefore to provide the customer with the most appropriate computing solutions. Dell still practices the direct business model, saving time and cost by bypassing retailers and passing on the cost savings to the customer. Dell takes pride in its ability to provide customers with the most up-to-date technology more quickly
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Journal of Food Engineering 52 (2002) 349–357 www.elsevier.com/locate/jfoodeng Thin-layer modelling of black tea drying process P.C. Panchariya a, D. Popovic b b,* , A.L. Sharma c a Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani 333031, India Institute of Automation Techniques, University of Bremen, D-28359, Bremen, Germany c Institute of Instrumentation, D.A. University, Khandwa Road, Indore 452017, India Received 16 March 2001; accepted 25 June 2001 Abstract An
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present is higher. Some diseases or disorders in the platelet count in the blood are the Thrombocytosis where the presence of platelets in blood is high and Thrombocytopenia where platelets count in blood is low. In this case, a new way to develop platelets is needed. The researchers wanted to test the effectivity of tawa-tawa plant (Euphorbia hirta) treated with Riboflavin in the development of blood platelets. Euphorbia hirta is often used traditionally for female disorders
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