Abstract: This paper proposes a novel local feature descriptor, local directional number pattern (LDN), for face analysis, i.e., face and expression recognition. LDN encodes the directional ...

Abstract: Research on pattern recognition for myoelectric control has usually focused on a small number of electromyography (EMG) channels because of better clinical acceptability and low ...

For more than a century, Egyptologists have dated the Great Pyramid to around 2580 BC, about 4,600 years ago. A controversial new study now claims the monument could be tens of thousands of years ...

I recently discussed in this space the dominance of French-bred horses in National Hunt racing, and suggested that moves towards earlier development of jumps horses in Britain and Ireland, encouraged ...