ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPROACH FOR CLASSIFYING IMAGES OF UPPER-ATMOSPHERIC TRANSIENT LUMINOUS EVENTS


Block DCT Based Optimization for Wireless SoftCast of Depth Map

With the recent emergence of naked-eye 3D mobile devices, the 3D video-based applications on the mobile terminal are showing great potential.However, the conventional transmission scheme based on separate source coding and channel coding may fail in the broadcast and mobile scenarios due to the drastic changes in wireless channel condition.Recently

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Overcoming the Patronage System: Propaganda Fide and Its Portuguese Patronage Documents on China in the Early Modern Period

From its foundation in 1622, the Congregation de Propaganda Fide held supreme jurisdiction over all missionary activities of the Catholic Church at the global level, with authority coming directly from the pope.Its main goals were the expansion of the Catholic faith, the reaffirmation of papal spiritual primacy, and the promotion of Indigenous cler

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PALM OIL AS ALTERNATIVE FUEL FOR AUTO-TRANSPORT IN NIGERIA

The paper presents the results of the analysis on using vegetable oils as fuel for diesel engines.Possibility of using palm oil as alternative fuel is considered.Physicochemical properties of plant oil and the requirements for diesel fuel are given.Changes in physicochemical parameters of composite fuel are investigated.Palm oil is proposed to be u

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