This paper presents a novel polynomial constraint for homographies compatible with the general planar motion model. In this setting, compatible homographies have five degrees of freedom-instead of the general case of eight degrees of freedom-and, as a consequence, a minimal solver requires 2.5 point correspondences. The existing minimal solver, however, is computationally expensive, and we propose

This paper is a reflection on market failure analysis in EU State aid law. Today, reliance upon market failure analysis is becoming more and more common in the practice of the Commission. Under Article 106(2) TFEU, it appears that market failure has increasingly been conceptualised as a part of the analysis of services of general economic interest (SGEI), which has been the subject to some researc

Indoor localization and navigation is a much researched and difficult problem. The best solutions, usually use expensive specialized equipment and/or prior calibration of some form. To the average person with smart or Internet-Of-Things devices, these solutions are not feasible, particularly in large scales. With hardware advancements making Ultra-Wideband devices more accurate and low powered, th

The potential of yacon roots as a food ingredient was evaluated to determine its application in the food industry, especially in the meat industry. The understanding of yacon and its interactions with the sarcoplasmic andmyofibrillar proteins of meat was the key part of this study.The initial part of the work was focused on the properties of the yacon roots on drying as a way to preserve yacon roo

Taking a psychological and philosophical outlook, we approach making as an embodied and embedded skill via the skilled artisan’s experience of having a corporeal, nonlinguistic dialogue with the material while working with it. We investigate the dynamic relation between maker and material through the lens of pottery as illustrated by wheel throwing, claiming that the experience of dialogue signals

This article explores the international treaty base of the diplomatic law of international organizations and its role in protecting personnel of international organizations. The main diplomatic treaties and conventions, the participation of Uzbekistan in these treaties and conventions, as well as their role in the protection of diplomatic staff of international organizations were reviewed.

This article examines the legal content and frameworks of the application of the privileges and immunities of the representative offices of international organizations in member states. It contains a detailed analysis and deliberation of the legal basis of privileges and immunities of representative offices of international organizations in Member States. The article tries to clarify and highlight

In the light of the digital influence of literature and art, my paper focuses on a rather small topic that is traditionally strongly placed in the aesthetics of the interart and intermedia discourse, namely ekphrasis. Whereas the conventional discourse outlines ekphrasis as a “verbal representation of a visual representation” (Hefferan 1993, p. 3) to call attention to poems describing paintings, m

This article examines the models of informal payment of wages by individual employers with the aim to avoid taxation. It will also analyze the causes and consequences of this phenomenon and the effect of the “colour” of income on the well-being of an employee, an employer and the state as a whole. In addition, the article identifies possible solutions to the problem of hidden wages. It also discus

In order to obtain quantitative information of the effects of rate dependent plasticity on crack growth initiation, a strip yield (Dugdale) model for small-scale yielding is developed. The adopted rate dependence of the flow stress is of the Perzyna type. Numerical solutions are obtained for different KI(t) functions. By adopting both a displacement-criterion and a stress-criterion for crack growt

In 2013, American poet and academic Ange Mlinko published her third volume: Marvelous Things Overheard. As in her second volume, Shoulder Season, 2010, Mlinko mingles epochs and geographies in an effort to listen to and comprehend those human voices resounding mainly from conflictual areas. There is no communication without memory. That is why the poetess embodies languages, sorrows, happy feeling

A model is established that describes stress driven diffusion, resulting in formation and growth of an expanded precipitate at the tip of a crack. The new phase is transversely isotropic. A finite element method is used and the results are compared with a simplified analytical theory. A stress criterium for formation of the precipitate is derived by direct integration of the Einstein-Smoluchowski

Ian McEwan has indulged in macabre plots whose point of interest resided in the power of imaginary over the allegedly rational reality. In novels like Atonement, Enduring Love, On Chesil Beach and Amsterdam he pointed out how approaching the world scientifically can be as misleading as doing it on the religious or literary ways. The target of my paper is to spot those common places of fanaticism a

A dedicated spectroscopic study of the β decay of 127Cd was conducted at the IGISOL facility at the University of Jyväskylä. Following high-resolution mass separation in a Penning trap, β-γ-γ coincidences were used to considerably extend the decay scheme of 127In. The β-decaying 3/2+ and 11/2- states in 127Cd have been identified with the 127Cd ground state and the 283-keV isomer. Their respective

With all the versatility in structural performance and recent progress in developing magnesium alloys, their Achilles heel remains to be degradation or corrosion property. While applications in mobility demand corrosion protection by all means, bio-medical applications of Mg alloys require well-controlled degradation rates. Meeting these requirements is only possible through the understanding of p

Geovisualisation is a knowledge-intensive art in which both providers and users need to possess a wide range of knowledge. Current syntactic approaches to presenting visualisation information lack semantics on the one hand, and on the other hand are too bespoke. Such limitations impede the transfer, interpretation, and reuse of the geovisualisation knowledge. In this paper, we propose a knowledge-