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    Efficiently Tracking Homogeneous Regions in Multichannel Images

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    We present a method for tracking Maximally Stable Homogeneous Regions (MSHR) in images with an arbitrary number of channels. MSHR are conceptionally very similar to Maximally Stable Extremal Regions (MSER) and Maximally Stable Color Regions (MSCR), but can also be applied to hyperspectral and color images while remaining extremely efficient. The presented approach makes use of the edge-based component-tree which can be calculated in linear time. In the tracking step, the MSHR are localized by matching them to the nodes in the component-tree. We use rotationally invariant region and gray-value features that can be calculated through first and second order moments at low computational complexity. Furthermore, we use a weighted feature vector to improve the data association in the tracking step. The algorithm is evaluated on a collection of different tracking scenes from the literature. Furthermore, we present two different applications: 2D object tracking and the 3D segmentation of organs.Comment: to be published in ICPRS 2017 proceeding

    Numerical Studies on the Magnetism of Fe-Ni-Mn Alloys in the Invar Region

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    By means of self-consistent semi-empirical LCAO calculations we study the itinerant magnetism of (Fe_{0.65}Ni_{0.35})_{1-y} Mn_y alloys for y between 0 and 0.22 at T=0 K, neglecting only the transverse spin components. We find that the magnetic behaviour is quite complicated on a local scale. In addition to ferromagnetic behaviour, also metastable spin-glass-like configurations are found. In the same approach, using a direct numerical calculation by the Kubo-Formalism without any fit parameters, we also calculate the electrical conductance in the magnetic state and find that the yy-dependence observed in the experiments is well reproduced by our calculations, except of an overall factor of rougly 5, by which our resistivities are too large.Comment: 12 pages (Latex, to be applied 2 times) + 13 figures (eps-files

    Spin Transport in Disordered Two-Dimensional Hopping Systems with Rashba Spin-Orbit Interaction

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    The influence of Rashba spin-orbit interaction on the spin dynamics of a topologically disordered hopping system is studied in this paper. This is a significant generalization of a previous investigation, where an ordered (polaronic) hopping system has been considered instead. It is found, that in the limit, where the Rashba length is large compared to the typical hopping length, the spin dynamics of a disordered system can still be described by the expressions derived for an ordered system, under the provision that one takes into account the frequency dependence of the diffusion constant and the mobility (which are determined by charge transport and are independent of spin). With these results we are able to make explicit the influence of disorder on spin related quantities as, e.g., the spin life-time in hopping systems.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figures, some clarifications adde

    Relationship between solidification microstructure and hot cracking susceptibility for continuous casting of low-carbon and high-strength low-alloyed steels: A phase-field study

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    © The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and ASM International 2013Hot cracking is one of the major defects in continuous casting of steels, frequently limiting the productivity. To understand the factors leading to this defect, microstructure formation is simulated for a low-carbon and two high-strength low-alloyed steels. 2D simulation of the initial stage of solidification is performed in a moving slice of the slab using proprietary multiphase-field software and taking into account all elements which are expected to have a relevant effect on the mechanical properties and structure formation during solidification. To account for the correct thermodynamic and kinetic properties of the multicomponent alloy grades, the simulation software is online coupled to commercial thermodynamic and mobility databases. A moving-frame boundary condition allows traveling through the entire solidification history starting from the slab surface, and tracking the morphology changes during growth of the shell. From the simulation results, significant microstructure differences between the steel grades are quantitatively evaluated and correlated with their hot cracking behavior according to the Rappaz-Drezet-Gremaud (RDG) hot cracking criterion. The possible role of the microalloying elements in hot cracking, in particular of traces of Ti, is analyzed. With the assumption that TiN precipitates trigger coalescence of the primary dendrites, quantitative evaluation of the critical strain rates leads to a full agreement with the observed hot cracking behavior. © 2013 The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and ASM International

    Some ecological observations on necton and benthon of Guatemalan mountain streams (Central America), with special reference to the temporary Río Cuxjá

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    The benthos and necton of several mountain streams in central Guatemala were examined during two expeditions (July - August 1974 and 1975). One of the streams examined is temporary, the others permanent. The benthos was collected by use of a drift net and a SURBER sampler. The fish were caught with the aid of Rotenone. The size, biomass and, to an extent, the condition of the gonads and stomach content of the fish were ascertained. The different aspects of the results are discussed, inclucling trophic situation, diversity of species and zoogeography

    Paare in der Krise : Paardiagnostik mit der Konzentrierten Beziehungsdokumentation ; Einfühlung, Verkennung und Wirkung im Gießen-Test als Beziehungsmarker in Paartherapie und Paarforschung

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    Auf der Basis komplexer Paaruntersuchungen mit dem erweiterten Gießen-Test (pro Partner sieben Auswertungsbögen) werden zwölf Paare beschrieben und analysiert, die in einer Beziehungskrise die Psychosoziale Ambulanz der Frankfurter Universitätsklinik aufsuchten, um Beratungsgespräche und gegebenenfalls therapeutische Hilfe in Anspruch zu nehmen. Der Erweiterung der Testanwendung auf die Erfassung der Einfühlungsbilder beider Partner (eingefühltes Selbst- und Beziehungsbild sowie eingefühltes Partnerbild, Moeller 1979, siehe 3. Methodik) lag unter anderem die Vermutung zugrunde, dass die — immer auch von der Durchlässigkeit des Partners abhängige — Einfühlungsfähigkeit Aufschluss über den Grad der Beziehungsintensität sowie der Kommunikation des Paares zu geben vermag. Anders formuliert: gravierende Einfühlungsdefizite können möglicherweise auf eine Beziehungsstörung hinweisen, die - wie auch immer bedingt - mit einem zu geringen Austausch über die inneren Befindlichkeiten zusammenhängt. Dabei ist zu berücksichtigen, dass die untersuchten Paare ausnahmslos aufgrund einer Beziehungskrise um professionelle Hilfe nachsuchten, sodass mit globalen oder selektiven Einfühlungsdefiziten zu rechnen ist, aber unter Umständen auch mit einer brüchig gewordenen kollusiven emotionalen Abwehr (Dicks, 1969, S. 68 ff.) die sich in einer — auf den ersten Blick — hohen wechselseitigen Rollenbestätigung niederschlagen wird (siehe 2. Einführung). Die vorliegende Studie demonstriert, welche Aussagen aus den direkten Profilvergleichen hergeleitet werden können, zu denen systematisch auch die Beziehungsbilder einbezogen werden, welche die inneren Veränderungen der Partner in der Beziehung spiegeln. Im Anschluss an jeden Profilvergleich wird gezeigt, inwieweit - ausgehend von je spezifischen Auffälligkeiten - intensive Analysen von Paarbeziehungen anhand der Konzentrierten Paardokumentation durchgeführt werden können (siehe 4.1 Profilvergleiche und dynamische Interpretationen). Damit wird das diagnostische Potenzial des erweiterten Gießen-Tests ausgelotet, indem von einfachen über intra-individuelle und inter-individuelle Vergleiche hin zu komplexen neuen Formen von Gegenüberstellungen geprüft wird, ob und wie die Konzentrierte Beziehungsdokumentation in einer diagnostischen Gesamtschau eine im Aufwand zu vertretende empirische Kontrolle des therapeutischen Prozesses ermöglicht. Weiter soll untersucht werden, inwieweit sie im Rahmen der Erstuntersuchung zu einer Verbesserung und Erweiterung der Paardiagnostik dient. Sie soll damit einen Beitrag zum besseren Verständnis der zwischenmenschlichen Beziehung, der „Dyadologie“ (Moeller 2002) leisten, die das intuitive Wissen um Liebesbeziehungen in Wissenschaft verwandelt, die „Scientification of Love“ (Odent, 1999)
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