Entwicklung der sozialistischen Lebensweise in der Hauptstadt der DDR, Berlin

IZ Sozialwissenschaften, Berlin, B 2211- GL 303 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman

An irregular pyramid for multi-scale analysis of objects and their parts

Abstract. We present an irregular image pyramid which is derived from multi-scale analysis of segmented watershed regions. Our framework is based on the development of regions in the Gaussian scale-space, which is represented by a region hierarchy graph. Using this structure, we are able to determine geometrically precise borders of our segmented regions using a region focusing. In order to handle the complexity, we select only stable regions and regions resulting from a merging event, which enables us to keep the hierarchical structure of the regions. Using this framework, we are able to detect objects of various scales in an image. Finally, the hierarchical structure is used for describing these detected regions as aggregations of their parts. We investigate the usefulness of the regions for interpreting images showing building facades with parts like windows, balconies or entrances.

Morphometric and genetic changes in a population of Apis mellifera after 34 years of Africanization

Though the replacement of European bees by Africanized honey bees in tropical America has attracted considerable attention, little is known about the temporal changes in morphological and genetic characteristics in these bee populations. We examined the changes in the morphometric and genetic profiles of an Africanized honey bee population collected near where the original African swarms escaped, after 34 years of Africanization. Workers from colonies sampled in 1968 and in 2002 were morphometrically analyzed using relative warps analysis and an Automatic Bee Identification System (ABIS). All the colonies had their mitochondrial DNA identified. The subspecies that mixed to form the Africanized honey bees were used as a comparison for the morphometric analysis. The two morphometric approaches showed great similarity of Africanized bees with the African subspecies, Apis mellifera scutellata, corroborating with other markers. We also found the population of 1968 to have the pattern of wing venation to be more similar to A. m. scutellata than the current population. The mitochondrial DNA of European origin, which was very common in the 1968 population, was not found in the current population, indicating selective pressure replacing the European with the African genome in this tropical region. Both morphometric methodologies were very effective in discriminating the A. mellifera groups; the non-linear analysis of ABIS was the most successful in identifying the bees, with more than 94% correct classifications.FAPESPCoordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)CNP