On the frequency of occurrence of a peculiar polyester fibre type found in blue denim textiles

in Science & Justice (2011), 51(4), 154-162

In a double murder investigation, the victims were found after a prolonged stay in a drainage canal. In spite of the expectations, fibre examination established a multitude of primary and secondary ... [more ▼]

In a double murder investigation, the victims were found after a prolonged stay in a drainage canal. In spite of the expectations, fibre examination established a multitude of primary and secondary transferred fibres. One of these fibre types was a colourless polyester fibre possessing a blue coloured molten fibre end. These matched one of the types present in the suspect's blue denim trousers. The aim of this study was to verify the rarity of this peculiar fibre type and more precisely its presence in blue denim textiles. Over five hundred different blue jeans textiles were examined and only one of these presented exactly the same type. The comparison involved microscopy, microspectrophotometry in the visible range and Raman spectroscopy. The results indicate this fibre type is extremely rare in a blue jeans fabrics and that "standard" blue denim should not be disregarded in case work. [less ▲]

ON THE FUNCTIONAL-CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ANALYTIC WAVE-FRONT SET OF AN HYPERFUNCTION

in Mathematische Nachrichten (1994), 166

On the glassy sea: An astronomer's journey -- Tom Gehrels

in Ciel et Terre (1990), 106

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On the helminthofauna of wild mammals (Rodentia, Insectivora ans Lagomorpha) in Azores archipelago (Portugal)

in Vie et milieu (1996), 46(3-4), 253-259

The faunistic and ecological study of the helminthfaunas of mammals in Azorean islands is considered. 103 rodents (Rattus rattus L., 1758 and Mus musculus L., 1758) 9 insectivores (Erinaceus europaeus L ... [more ▼]

The faunistic and ecological study of the helminthfaunas of mammals in Azorean islands is considered. 103 rodents (Rattus rattus L., 1758 and Mus musculus L., 1758) 9 insectivores (Erinaceus europaeus L., 1758) and 19 lagomorphs (Oryctolagus cuniculus L., 1758) were analysed. The hosts been captured in several biotopes of thre islands (São Miguel, Terceira and Flores). 27 helminth species were detected (3 Digenea Trematoda, 5 Cestoda, 18 Nematoda and 1 Acantocephala). All hosts species show high prevalences and no significant differences were found between different islands. The helminthfaunas show typical features of a young island parasitofaunas. [less ▲]

On the homogeneity of visual photometry.

in International Cooperation and Coordination in Astronomical Research (1992)

We are in an era where visual photometry is under question. The greatest asset of existing visual data is that they have been collected over a very long time baseline (in principle over thousands of years ... [more ▼]

We are in an era where visual photometry is under question. The greatest asset of existing visual data is that they have been collected over a very long time baseline (in principle over thousands of years). But there are reasons for which modern visual estimates are not comparable to ancient ones. [less ▲]

On the homogenization of photometric data.

in Calibration of Fundamental Stellar Quantities (1985)

Catalogs of averaged photometric data have been published for several photometric systems. The homogenizing procedures used to produce them are not without pitfalls. The authors question the accuracy of ... [more ▼]

Catalogs of averaged photometric data have been published for several photometric systems. The homogenizing procedures used to produce them are not without pitfalls. The authors question the accuracy of these methods with the available data. [less ▲]

On the human pose recovery based on a single view

in International conference on pattern recognition applications and methods (ICPRAM) (2012, February)

Estimating the pose of the observed person is crucial for a large variety of applications including home entertainment, man-machine interaction, video surveillance, etc. Often, only a single side view is ... [more ▼]

Estimating the pose of the observed person is crucial for a large variety of applications including home entertainment, man-machine interaction, video surveillance, etc. Often, only a single side view is available, but authors claim that it is possible to derive the pose despite that humans evolve in a 3D environment. In addition, to decrease the sensitivity to color and texture, it is preferable to rely only on the silhouette to recover the pose. Under these conditions, we show that there is an intrinsic limitation: at least two poses correspond to the observed silhouette. We discuss this intrinsic limitation in details in this short paper. To our knowledge, this issue has been overlooked by authors in the past. We observe that this limitation has an impact on the way previous reported results should be interpreted, and it has clearly to be taken into account for designing new methods. [less ▲]

On the Impact of Clustering on Measurement Reduction

in 8th International IFIP-TC 6 Networking Conference (2009, May)

Measuring a path performance according to one or several metrics, such as delay or bandwidth, is becoming more and more pop- ular for applications. However, constantly probing the network is not suitable ... [more ▼]

Measuring a path performance according to one or several metrics, such as delay or bandwidth, is becoming more and more pop- ular for applications. However, constantly probing the network is not suitable. To make measurements more scalable, the notion of clustering has emerged. In this paper, we demonstrate that clustering can limit the measurement overhead in such a context without loosing too much accuracy. We first explain that measurement reduction can be observed when vantage points collaborate and use clustering to estimate path performance. We then show, with real traces, how effective is the overhead reduction and what is the impact in term of measurement accuracy. [less ▲]

On the impact of ionospheric variability and disturbances on GNSS-based positioning applications

in Geophysical Research Abstracts (2011, April), 13(ABS. No EGU2011-12067),

On the Impact of Layer-2 on Node Degree Distribution

in 10th annual conference on Internet measurement (2010, November)

The Internet topology data collected through traceroute exploration has been extensively studied in the past. In particular, a remarkable property of the Internet, the power-law shape of node degree ... [more ▼]

The Internet topology data collected through traceroute exploration has been extensively studied in the past. In particular, a remarkable property of the Internet, the power-law shape of node degree distribution, drew the attention of the research community. Several studies have since questioned this property. In this paper, based on a large dataset collected using mrinfo, we show that the node degree distribution is strongly impacted by the presence of layer-2 (L2) networks, such as switches. L2 devices interconnect a large number of routers, themselves being also involved in multiple L2 interconnec- tions. Such a situation induces nodes with very high degree when analyzing the layer-3 (L3) graph with traceroute probing. Considering the physical design of a network, our analysis provides a lower bound on the bias generated by using only an L3 view. We also provide a model that can be a first step towards L2 aware topology generation. [less ▲]