Biometrics : theory, methods, and applications / / edited by Nikolaos V. Boulgouris, Konstantinos N. Plataniotis, Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139535903321
• Autore: Boulgouris Nikolaos V
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Piscataway, New Jersey : , : IEEE Press, , c2010; [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2009]
• ISBN: 1-282-37989-5; 9786612379895; 0-470-52235-6; 0-470-52234-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (763 p.)
• Collana: IEEE Press series on computational intelligence ; ; 9
• Altri autori (Persone): PlataniotisKonstantinos N; Micheli-TzanakouEvangelia <1942->; BoulgourisNikolaos V
• Disciplina: 006.4; 570.1/5195
• Soggetti: Biometry - Data processing; Biometry
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Discriminant Analysis for Dimensionality Reduction: An Overview of Recent Developments (Jieping Ye and Shuiwang Ji) -- 2. A Taxonomy of Emerging Multilinear Discriminant Analysis Solutions for Biometric Signal Recognition (Haiping Lu, Konstantinos N. Plataniotis, and Anastasios N. Venetsanopoulos) -- 3. A Comparative Survey on Biometric Identity Authentication Techniques Based on Neural Networks (Raghudeep Kannavara and Nikolaos Bourbakis) -- 4. Designing Classifiers for Fusion-Based Biometric Verification (Kritha Venkataramani and B. V. K. Vijaya Kumar) -- 5. Person-Specific Characteristic Feature Selection for Face Recognition (Sreekar Krishna, Vineeth Balasubramanian, John Black, and Sethuraman Panchanathan) -- 6. Face Verification Based on Elastic Graph Matching (Anastasios Tefas and Ioannis Pitas) -- 7. Combining Geometrical and Statistical Models for Video-Based Face Recognition (Amit K. Roy-Chowdhury and Yilei Xu) -- 8. A Biologically Inspired Model for the ; Simultaneous Recognition of Identity and Expression (Donald Neth and Aleix M. Martinez) -- 9. Multimodal Biometrics Based on Near-Infrared Face Recognition (Rui Wang, Shengcai Liao, Zhen Lei, and Stan Z. Li) -- 10. A Novel Unobtrusive Face and Hand Geometry Authentication System Based on 2D and 3D Data (Filareti Tsalakanidou and Sotiris Malassiotis) -- 11. Learning Facial Aging Models: A Face Recognition Perspective (Narayanan Ramanathan and Rama Chellappa) -- 12. Super-Resolution of Face Images (Sung Won Park and Marios Savvides) -- 13. Iris Recognition (Yung-Hui Li and Marios Savvides) -- 14. Learning in Fingerprints (Alessandra Lumini, Loris Nanni, and Davide Maltoni) -- 15. A Comparison of Classification- and Indexing-Based Approaches for Fingerprint Identification (Xuejun Tan, Bir Bhanu, and Rong Wang) -- 16. Electrocardiogram (ECG) Biometric for Robust Identification and Secure Communication (Francis Minhthang Bui, Foteini Agrafioti, and Dimitrios Hatzinakos) -- 17. The Heartbeat: The Living Biometric (Steven A. Israel, John M. Irvine, Brenda K. Wiederhold, and Mark D. Wiederhold).; 18. Multimodal Physiological Biometrics Authentication (Alessandro Riera, Aureli Soria-Frisch, Mario Caparrini, Ivan Cester, and Giulio Ruffini) -- 19. A Multiresolution Analysis of the Effect of Face Familiarity on Human Event-Related Potentials (Brett DeMarco and Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou) -- 20. On-Line Signature-Based Authentication: Template Security Issues and Countermeasures (Patrizio Campisi, Emanuele Maiorana, and Alessandro Neri) -- 21. Unobtrusive Biometric Identification Based on Gait (Xiaxi Huang and Nikolaos V. Boulgouris) -- 22. Distributed Source Coding for Biometrics: A Case Study on Gait Recognition (Savvas Argyropoulos, Dimosthenis Ioannidis, Dimitrios Tzovaras, and Michael G. Strintzis) -- 23. Measuring Information Content in Biometric Features (Richard Youmaran and Andy Adler) -- 24. Decision-Making Support in Biometric-Based Physical Access Control Systems: Design Concept, Architecture, and Applications (Svetlana N. Yanushkevich, Vlad P. Shmerko, Oleg Boulanov, and Adrian Stoica) -- 25. Privacy in Biometrics (Stelvio Cimato, Marco Gamassi, Vincenzo Piuri, Roberto Sassi, and Fabio Scotti) -- 26. Biometric Encryption: The New Breed of Untraceable Biometrics (Ann Cavoukian and Alex Stoianov) -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: An in-depth examination of the cutting edge of biometrics This book fills a gap in the literature by detailing the recent advances and emerging theories, methods, and applications of biometric systems in a variety of infrastructures. Edited by a panel of experts, it provides comprehensive coverage of:Multilinear discriminant analysis for biometric signal recognitionBiometric identity authentication techniques based on neural networksMultimodal biometrics and design of classifiers for biometric fusionFeature selection and facial aging modeling for face recognition<l

Bridging inferences [[electronic resource] ] : constraining and resolving underspecification in discourse interpretation / / Matthias Irmer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789641303321
• Autore: Irmer Matthias
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, : Walter de Gruyter, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-40267-X; 9786613402677; 3-11-026201-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (424 p.)
• Collana: Language, context, and cognition, , 1866-8313 ; ; v. 11
• Disciplina: 400
• Soggetti: Discourse analysis
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Pragmatic Inferences -- 2 The Common Ground and Intentions in Conversations -- 3 The Discourse Model and Discourse Anaphora -- 4 Discourse Structure -- 5 Discourse Interpretation -- 6 Bridging Inferences -- 7 Bridges Between Events -- 8 Bridging by Clitic Left Dislocation -- Summary -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- A Note on Used Corpora -- Bibliography -- Citation Index -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents work on bridging inferences in discourse interpretation. It develops a formalization that permits integrating indirect anaphora in the construction of a structured discourse representation. From a broader perspective, it provides a suitable dynamic-logic framework which can account for underspecifications in cohesion and coherence of discourses by either inferentially resolving or contextually constraining them. Special attention is given to the resolution of bridging anaphora by means of integrating encyclopedic knowledge encoded in FrameNet into a formal theory of discourse structure as provided by Segmented Discourse Representation Theory. A second focus lies on the discourse effects of Clitic Left Dislocation in Spanish. In addition, the book provides a synopsis of the problems, methods, approaches, and desiderata of research on text, context, and ; discourse interpretation from formal, computational, cognitive, and psychological points of view. Central topics include pragmatic inferences and defeasible reasoning, the Common Ground, cohesion and anaphora resolution, coherence and discourse structure, and discourse interpretation. The volume may thus also serve as a reference book on text meaning and context.

Activation and Detoxification Enzymes : Functions and Implications / / by Chang-Hwei Chen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910847585003321
• Autore: Chen Chang-Hwei
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024
• ISBN: 3-031-55287-3
• Edizione: [2nd ed. 2024.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 pages)
• Disciplina: 574.1925
• Soggetti: Human physiology; Enzymology; Pharmacology; Nutrition; Bioinformatics; Human Physiology; Computational and Systems; Enzims; Nutrició; Farmacologia; Bioinformàtica; Llibres electrònics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Overview -- Foreign Compounds: Foods, Drugs, Chemicals and Life Styles -- Transport and Excretion of Foreign Compounds -- Metabolic Conversion of Foreign Compounds -- Phase I Activation Enzymes -- ; Phase II Detoxification Enzymes -- Catalytic Reactions of Activation Enzymes -- Catalytic Reactions of Detoxification Enzymes -- Reactive Intermediates and their Interactions -- Metabolite - Associated Cell Toxicities -- Oxidative Stress and Electrophilic Stress -- Metabolic Enzymes: Polymorphism and Species Differences -- Defense Against Oxidative Stress: Nrf2-ARE Pathway -- Inducibility of Metabolic Enzymes -- Inducers of Metabolic Enzymes -- Diversified Classes of Enzyme Modulators -- Metabolite - Mediated Disease Conditions -- Metabolic Enzyme Induction for Health Benefits -- Diet Effects on Metabolic Enzymes.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book discusses the many advances in the understanding of the functions and implications of activation and detoxification enzymes. This organized, concise overview will meet the needs of those who are initially exposed to this important subject, particularly for students and researchers in the areas of biomedical sciences, biochemistry, nutrition, pharmacology, and chemistry. The book will also be valuable to advanced researchers. The book discusses subjects associated with foreign-compound-metabolizing enzymes with emphasis on biochemical aspects, including lipophilic foreign compounds, activation and detoxification enzymes, metabolic enzyme catalytic properties, reactive metabolic intermediates, biomedical and biochemical effects, genetic polymorphisms, enzyme inducibility, enzyme modulation for health benefits, dietary-related enzyme modulators, and structural characteristics of enzyme inducers. This new edition is updated throughout and features completely new chapters on Oxidative and Electrophilic Stresses, Metabolite- Mediated Disease Conditions, and Defense Mechanism: Nrf2-ARE Pathway. .