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    The Medical Ethical Issue of Overprescribing Prescription Medicine

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    The Implication of the Concept of the French State-Nation and "Patrie" for French Discourses on (Maghrebi) Immigration

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    Learning geometric and lighting priors from natural images

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    Comprendre les images est d’une importance cruciale pour une plĂ©thore de tĂąches, de la composition numĂ©rique au rĂ©-Ă©clairage d’une image, en passant par la reconstruction 3D d’objets. Ces tĂąches permettent aux artistes visuels de rĂ©aliser des chef-d’oeuvres ou d’aider des opĂ©rateurs Ă  prendre des dĂ©cisions de façon sĂ©curitaire en fonction de stimulis visuels. Pour beaucoup de ces tĂąches, les modĂšles physiques et gĂ©omĂ©triques que la communautĂ© scientifique a dĂ©veloppĂ©s donnent lieu Ă  des problĂšmes mal posĂ©s possĂ©dant plusieurs solutions, dont gĂ©nĂ©ralement une seule est raisonnable. Pour rĂ©soudre ces indĂ©terminations, le raisonnement sur le contexte visuel et sĂ©mantique d’une scĂšne est habituellement relayĂ© Ă  un artiste ou un expert qui emploie son expĂ©rience pour rĂ©aliser son travail. Ceci est dĂ» au fait qu’il est gĂ©nĂ©ralement nĂ©cessaire de raisonner sur la scĂšne de façon globale afin d’obtenir des rĂ©sultats plausibles et apprĂ©ciables. Serait-il possible de modĂ©liser l’expĂ©rience Ă  partir de donnĂ©es visuelles et d’automatiser en partie ou en totalitĂ© ces tĂąches ? Le sujet de cette thĂšse est celui-ci : la modĂ©lisation d’a priori par apprentissage automatique profond pour permettre la rĂ©solution de problĂšmes typiquement mal posĂ©s. Plus spĂ©cifiquement, nous couvrirons trois axes de recherche, soient : 1) la reconstruction de surface par photomĂ©trie, 2) l’estimation d’illumination extĂ©rieure Ă  partir d’une seule image et 3) l’estimation de calibration de camĂ©ra Ă  partir d’une seule image avec un contenu gĂ©nĂ©rique. Ces trois sujets seront abordĂ©s avec une perspective axĂ©e sur les donnĂ©es. Chacun de ces axes comporte des analyses de performance approfondies et, malgrĂ© la rĂ©putation d’opacitĂ© des algorithmes d’apprentissage machine profonds, nous proposons des Ă©tudes sur les indices visuels captĂ©s par nos mĂ©thodes.Understanding images is needed for a plethora of tasks, from compositing to image relighting, including 3D object reconstruction. These tasks allow artists to realize masterpieces or help operators to safely make decisions based on visual stimuli. For many of these tasks, the physical and geometric models that the scientific community has developed give rise to ill-posed problems with several solutions, only one of which is generally reasonable. To resolve these indeterminations, the reasoning about the visual and semantic context of a scene is usually relayed to an artist or an expert who uses his experience to carry out his work. This is because humans are able to reason globally on the scene in order to obtain plausible and appreciable results. Would it be possible to model this experience from visual data and partly or totally automate tasks? This is the topic of this thesis: modeling priors using deep machine learning to solve typically ill-posed problems. More specifically, we will cover three research axes: 1) surface reconstruction using photometric cues, 2) outdoor illumination estimation from a single image and 3) camera calibration estimation from a single image with generic content. These three topics will be addressed from a data-driven perspective. Each of these axes includes in-depth performance analyses and, despite the reputation of opacity of deep machine learning algorithms, we offer studies on the visual cues captured by our methods

    Peter Maytom

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    Numerical and experimental investigation of mixing in a continuously operated fluidized bed

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    Many processes require solid material to be fed continuously into a fluidized bed. In order to study the related mixing process of the solid feed with the bed material, a laboratory scale experiment with a continuous supply system is set up and monitored with a high resolution camera system. Additionally, two simulation methods are used: The EulerEuler and an Euler-Lagrange approach based on the Discrete-Element-Method (DEM) coupled with CFD. Experimental investigations carried out at varying fluid velocities are compared with simulations. A reasonable agreement is found between the coupled DEMCFD-method and the experimental findings
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