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New Computer Vision System For The Analysis Of Human BehaviorBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 09, 2010 A consortium of European researchers, coordinated by the Computer Vision Centre (CVC) of Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), has developed HERMES, a cognitive computational system consisting of video cameras and software able to recognise and predict human behaviour, as well as describe it in natural language. The applications of the Hermes project are numerous and can be used in the fields of intelligent surveillance, protection of accidents, marketing, psychology, etc. HERMES (Human E ... read more |
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Helsinki (AFP) Feb 8, 2010Finnish researchers called for a revision of climate change estimates Monday after their findings showed emissions from soil would contribute more to climate warming than previously thought. "A Finnish research group has proved that the present standard measurements underestimate the effect of climate warming on emissions from the soil," the Finnish Environment Institute said in a statement. ... more  
Hel Peninsula, Poland (AFP) Feb 8, 2010With their heads bobbing out of holes in the winter ice, six grey seals are pioneering the re-population of their species along Poland's Baltic Sea coast. "We don't know all the reasons why seals vanished from Poland's Baltic coast," says Iwona Pawliczka, a biologist at Gdansk University's marine research station on Poland's Hel peninsula. "A century ago there were about 100,000 grey sea ... more  
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Feb 8, 2010Nearly a month after an earthquake devastated Haiti, medical teams still treat trauma patients but also face a new wave of ailments linked to poor hygiene and squalid, cramped living conditions. After three sleepless nights with debilitating pain in her lower back, 53-year-old Anne Setoute waited for her turn at the Canape Vert hospital in the capital Port-au-Prince. Her house came crash ... more |
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In Haiti, a double amputee dreams of becoming a nursePort-Au-Prince (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 When Haiti's quake struck, Darling Exinor wanted to run outside, but a dresser had fallen onto her, trapping her foot, pinning her to the ground. Today, she is a double amputee. She lost an arm and a leg, but nothing stopped her from smiling and she was absolutely determined to finish her education and become a nurse. "I fell over and the dresser fell on my forearm and my foot got caught under it. I was there for a whole day underneath it," the 24-year-old said. Darling, a first year philoso ... read more |
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