TSU Faculty Research Database-Jan 2017

Research interests and selected publications from 230 Texas Southern University faculty have been updated in Jan 2017. Faculty from Public Affairs, the College of Science, Engineering and Technology, the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, the College of Education, the College of Business, the College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences, the Law School and the School of Communications are included

Tematski zbornik radova međunarodnog značaja. Tom 1 / Međunarodni naučni skup “Dani Arčibalda Rajsa”, Beograd, 3-4. mart 2015

Dear readers,In front of you is the Thematic Collection of Papers presented at the International Scientific Confer-ence “Archibald Reiss Days”, which was organized by the Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies in Belgrade, in co-operation with the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Education, Science and Techno-logical Development of the Republic of Serbia, National Police University of China, Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Volgograd Academy of the Russian Internal Affairs Ministry, Faculty of Security in Skopje, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security in Ljubljana, Police Academy “Alexandru Ioan Cuza“ in Bucharest, Academy of Police Force in Bratislava and Police College in Banjaluka, and held at the Academy of Crimi-nalistic and Police Studies, on 3 and 4 March 2015.International Scientific Conference “Archibald Reiss Days” is organized for the fifth time in a row, in memory of the founder and director of the first modern higher police school in Serbia, Rodolphe Archibald Reiss, PhD, after whom the Conference was named.The Thematic Collection of Papers contains 168 papers written by eminent scholars in the field of law, security, criminalistics, police studies, forensics, informatics, as well as members of national security system participating in education of the police, army and other security services from Spain, Russia, Ukraine, Bela-rus, China, Poland, Armenia, Portugal, Turkey, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Srpska and Serbia. Each paper has been reviewed by two reviewers, international experts competent for the field to which the paper is related, and the Thematic Conference Proceedings in whole has been reviewed by five competent international reviewers.The papers published in the Thematic Collection of Papers contain the overview of contemporary trends in the development of police education system, development of the police and contemporary secu-rity, criminalistic and forensic concepts. Furthermore, they provide us with the analysis of the rule of law activities in crime suppression, situation and trends in the above-mentioned fields, as well as suggestions on how to systematically deal with these issues. The Collection of Papers represents a significant contribution to the existing fund of scientific and expert knowledge in the field of criminalistic, security, penal and legal theory and practice. Publication of this Collection contributes to improving of mutual cooperation between educational, scientific and expert institutions at national, regional and international level

Verbesserte Dokumentation des kulturellen Erbes mithilfe digitaler Photogrammetrie mit sichtbaren und thermischen Bildern von unbemannten Luftfahrzeugen (UAV)

There is always need for reliable and accurate data for documentation of cultural heritage including archaeological areas. The development in 3D data acquisition has let some technologies use for getting a complete documentation. Close range photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning are among the most common used techniques which help to get 3D data acquisition, with high level of detail, accuracy and effective results. However, these techniques are not always the most suitable ones for large archaeological areas, yet aerial images may help to provide a general overview of the area which is fundamental for interpretation and documentation of archaeological sites. Because of the limitations in aerial photogrammetry, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) has become an optimal solution for archaeological areas documentation with its potentials in the context of costs and abilities. To cover large areas at different altitudes, to be able to fly at different altitudes, under different weather conditions, to acquire image with high resolution are among the main advantages of this technology which make it usable and preferable for archaeological documentation. Since UAVs have been rapidly improving in sophistication and reliability, its possibilities aid in archaeological research have recently generated much interest, particularly for documenting sites, monuments and excavations. In this case study several aerial surveys will be conducted with a UAV mounted thermal camera on an archaeological area. After acquiring aerial images, they will be processed for producing both color and thermal-imagery in related software. Next step will be the alignment of the images in order to build an accurate and georeferenced 3D and mesh model of surveyed area. Then colored and thermal orthophoto mosaics as well as digital surface model (DSM) will be obtained for the documentation. The datasets of thermal images and color images will be collected and compared in order to detect archaeological remains on and under the ground.Es besteht immer Bedarf an zuverlässigen und genauen Daten für die Dokumentation des kulturellen Erbes, einschließlich archäologischer Gebiete. Die technischen Entwicklungen in der 3D-Datenerfassung haben erst die vollständige Dokumentation ermöglicht. Nahbereichsphotogrammetrie und terrestrisches Laserscanning gehören zu den am häufigsten verwendeten Techniken, die 3D-Datenerfassung mit hohem Detaillierungsgrad, Genauigkeit und effektive Ergebnissen ermöglichen. Diese Techniken sind jedoch nicht immer die am besten geeigneten für große archäologische Gebiete, dennoch können Luftbilder helfen, einen allgemeinen Überblick über das Gebiet zu geben, was für die Interpretation und Dokumentation archäologischer Stätten von grundlegender Bedeutung ist. Aufgrund der Einschränkungen in der Luftbildvermessung sind UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) zu einer optimalen Lösung für die archäologische Geländedokumentation mit ihren Potenzialen im Kontext von Kosten und Fähigkeiten geworden. Hauptvorteile dieser Technologie sind u.a. große Gebiete in verschiedenen Höhen abzudecken und unter verschiedenen Wetterbedingungen fliegen zu können, Bilder mit hoher Auflösung aufzunehmen, die dann auch für die archäologische Dokumentation nutzbar und damit auch anderen Verfahren vorzuziehen sind. Da sich die UAVs in Bezug auf Entwicklungsgrad und Zuverlässigkeit rasant verbessert haben, haben ihre Möglichkeiten zur Unterstützung der archäologischen Forschung in jüngster Zeit großes Interesse geweckt, insbesondere bei der Dokumentation von Stätten, Denkmälern und Ausgrabungen. In dieser Fallstudie werden mehrere Kampagnen von Luftaufnahmen mit einer UAV-Wärmebildkamera auf einem archäologischen Gebiet durchgeführt. Nach der Bildaufufnahme die Farb- und Wärmebilder in einer entsprechenden Software verarbeitet. Der nächste Schritt wird die Verknüpfung der Bilder sein, um ein genaues und georeferenziertes 3D- und Netzmodell des vermessenden Bereichs zu erstellen. Anschließend werden farbige und thermische Orthophoto-Mosaike sowie digitale Oberflächenmodelle (DSM) für die Dokumentation abgeleitet. Die Datensätze von Wärme- und Farbbildern werden gesammelt und verglichen, um archäologische Überreste auf und unter dem Boden zu erkennen

XXIII Congreso Argentino de Ciencias de la Computación - CACIC 2017 : Libro de actas

Trabajos presentados en el XXIII Congreso Argentino de Ciencias de la Computación (CACIC), celebrado en la ciudad de La Plata los días 9 al 13 de octubre de 2017, organizado por la Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI) y la Facultad de Informática de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP).Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Aesthetics, Possible Worlds of Contemporary Aesthetics Aesthetics Between History, Geography and Media

The Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade and the Society for Aesthetics of Architecture and Visual Arts of Serbia (DEAVUS) are proud to be able to organize the 21st ICA Congress on “Possible Worlds of Contemporary Aesthetics: Aesthetics Between History, Geography and Media”. We are proud to announce that we received over 500 submissions from 56 countries, which makes this Congress the greatest gathering of aestheticians in this region in the last 40 years. The ICA 2019 Belgrade aims to map out contemporary aesthetics practices in a vivid dialogue of aestheticians, philosophers, art theorists, architecture theorists, culture theorists, media theorists, artists, media entrepreneurs, architects, cultural activists and researchers in the fields of humanities and social sciences. More precisely, the goal is to map the possible worlds of contemporary aesthetics in Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Australia. The idea is to show, interpret and map the unity and diverseness in aesthetic thought, expression, research, and philosophies on our shared planet. Our goal is to promote a dialogue concerning aesthetics in those parts of the world that have not been involved with the work of the International Association for Aesthetics to this day. Global dialogue, understanding and cooperation are what we aim to achieve. That said, the 21st ICA is the first Congress to highlight the aesthetic issues of marginalised regions that have not been fully involved in the work of the IAA. This will be accomplished, among others, via thematic round tables discussing contemporary aesthetics in East Africa and South America. Today, aesthetics is recognized as an important philosophical, theoretical and even scientific discipline that aims at interpreting the complexity of phenomena in our contemporary world. People rather talk about possible worlds or possible aesthetic regimes rather than a unique and consistent philosophical, scientific or theoretical discipline