Leaf segmentation and tracking using probabilistic parametric active contours

Active contours or snakes are widely used for segmentation and tracking. These techniques require the minimization of an energy function, which is generally a linear combination of a data fit term and a regularization term. This energy function can be adjusted to exploit the intrinsic object and image features. This can be done by changing the weighting parameters of the data fit and regularization term. There is, however, no rule to set these parameters optimally for a given application. This results in trial and error parameter estimation. In this paper, we propose a new active contour framework defined using probability theory. With this new technique there is no need for ad hoc parameter setting, since it uses probability distributions, which can be learned from a given training dataset

Help Seeking, Work Status, and Outcome: Counseling Psychologist’s Prospective Role

Exploring the effects on mental health outcome when individuals who admit they are in need of mental health help and actually do engage in help seeking (versus those who admit a need but do not seek help), in addition to work status may provide support to bolster the education and promotion of help seeking and work engagement. Moreover, counseling psychologists may be best positioned to understand how career and mental health issues interact by addressing the concerns of occupational mental health. The current study examined the effects of actual mental health help seeking and work status on mental health outcome

Help Seeking, Work Status, and Outcome: Counseling Psychologist’s Prospective Role

Exploring the effects on mental health outcome when individuals who admit they are in need of mental health help and actually do engage in help seeking (versus those who admit a need but do not seek help), in addition to work status may provide support to bolster the education and promotion of help seeking and work engagement. Moreover, counseling psychologists may be best positioned to understand how career and mental health issues interact by addressing the concerns of occupational mental health. The current study examined the effects of actual mental health help seeking and work status on mental health outcome

Correction to: He ʻike ʻana ia i ka pono (it is a recognizing of the right thing): how one indigenous worldview informs relational values and social values (Sustainability Science, (2019), 14, 5, (1213-1232), 10.1007/s11625-019-00721-9)

In the original publication of the article, under the section “Indigenous and local knowledge”, on the 4th page, the following sentence “… Megan Bang, a scholar of Native American (Menominee) descent, and her team…” was published incorrectly. The correct sentence should read as “… Megan Bang, a scholar of Native American (Ojibwe) and Italian descent, and her team…”