Fast Super-Resolution from video data using optical flow estimation

Abstract Regularization-based and a fast non-iterative methods using optical flow estimation are suggested for video data super-resolution with correction of nonuniform illumination

Adaptive total variation deringing method for image interpolation

ABSTRACT This paper presents a new adaptive post-processing algorithm for ringing artifact reduction after image interpolation (upsampling). The algorithm is based on the concept of total variation (TV) for ringing control. It uses known TV of the blocks of the low-resolution image. Conditional gradient, subgradient and projection subgradient methods for this algorithm are considered and analyzed. A test set of 181300 overlapping 11x11 blocks of real images was used for local algorithm optimization and analysis. Local conditional gradient method shows the best objective and subjective results

Event recording system for smart space applications

Smart space applications consist out of several agents interacting with each other. Their operation form an ubiquitous environment assisting actions of the user. There could possibly be several applications running at the same time supporting different human activities. In this paper we address the issues of identification of meaningful event, context information gathering and visualization with the use of a developed tool. The application allows to display the current or recorded context information using the time line visualization approach

STATIC BEARING CAPACITY OF STEEL-PLATE COMPOSITE WALLS

The features of the behavior of steel-plate composite walls for static loads are considered. Based on the analysis of modern technical and regulatory documentation, the rationale for the chosen research topic is given. A review of the literature is performed, and the features of development are noted. A detailed description and features of the experimental structures under study and the materials used are presented. The features of the test are considered, and the test equipment is described. Analytical and numerical calculations of structures for eccentric compression have been performed. The description of the calculation complex and the used models of materials is presented; the description of numerical models, the features of their construction and calculation are given, the results of calculations are presented – stress distributions, deformations, features of cracking. The general types of experimental eccentric compression wall models are presented, the nature of the loss of bearing capacity of experimental structures is described, and a picture of destruction is presented. The analysis of the experimental data obtained and their comparison with analytical and numerical calculations are performed

Master Robotic Net

The main goal of the MASTER-Net project is to produce a unique fast sky survey with all sky observed over a single night down to a limiting magnitude of 19 - 20mag. Such a survey will make it possible to address a number of fundamental problems: search for dark energy via the discovery and photometry of supernovas (including SNIa), search for exoplanets, microlensing effects, discovery of minor bodies in the Solar System and space-junk monitoring. All MASTER telescopes can be guided by alerts, and we plan to observe prompt optical emission from gamma-ray bursts synchronously in several filters and in several polarization planes.Comment: 10 pages, 8 figure

Water Permeability of Asymmetric Planar Lipid Bilayers: Leaflets of Different Composition Offer Independent and Additive Resistances to Permeation

To understand how plasma membranes may limit water flux, we have modeled the apical membrane of MDCK type 1 cells. Previous experiments demonstrated that liposomes designed to mimic the inner and outer leaflet of this membrane exhibited 18-fold lower water permeation for outer leaflet lipids than inner leaflet lipids (Hill, W.G., and M.L. Zeidel. 2000. J. Biol. Chem. 275:30176–30185), confirming that the outer leaflet is the primary barrier to permeation. If leaflets in a bilayer resist permeation independently, the following equation estimates single leaflet permeabilities: 1/PAB = 1/PA + 1/PB (Eq. l), where PAB is the permeability of a bilayer composed of leaflets A and B, PA is the permeability of leaflet A, and PB is the permeability of leaflet B. Using for the MDCK leaflet–specific liposomes gives an estimated value for the osmotic water permeability (Pf) of 4.6 × 10−4 cm/s (at 25°C) that correlated well with experimentally measured values in intact cells. We have now constructed both symmetric and asymmetric planar lipid bilayers that model the MDCK apical membrane. Water permeability across these bilayers was monitored in the immediate membrane vicinity using a Na+-sensitive scanning microelectrode and an osmotic gradient induced by addition of urea. The near-membrane concentration distribution of solute was used to calculate the velocity of water flow (Pohl, P., S.M. Saparov, and Y.N. Antonenko. 1997. Biophys. J. 72:1711–1718). At 36°C, Pf was 3.44 ± 0.35 × 10−3 cm/s for symmetrical inner leaflet membranes and 3.40 ± 0.34 × 10−4 cm/s for symmetrical exofacial membranes. From , the estimated permeability of an asymmetric membrane is 6.2 × 10−4 cm/s. Water permeability measured for the asymmetric planar bilayer was 6.7 ± 0.7 × 10−4 cm/s, which is within 10% of the calculated value. Direct experimental measurement of Pf for an asymmetric planar membrane confirms that leaflets in a bilayer offer independent and additive resistances to water permeation and validates the use of

Transient detections and other real-time data processing from wide-field chambers MASTER-VWF

At present time Robotic observatory making is of current importance. Having a large field of view and being able to point at anywhere, Robotic astronomical systems are indispensable when they looking for transients like grb, supernovae explosions, novae etc, as it's impossible in these cases to foresee what you should point you telescope at and when. In work are described prompt GRB observations received on wide-field chambers MASTER-VWF, and also methods of the images analysis and transients classifications applied in real-time data processing in this experiment. For 7 months of operation 6 synchronous observations of gamma-ray burst had been made by MASTER VWF in Kislovodsk and Irkutsk. In all cases a high upper limits have been received (see tabl \ref {tab_grbwf} and fig. \ref {allgrb}).Comment: 21 pages, 21 figure, 2 tables, Advances in Astronomy in pres