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Study of different techniques for face recognition
Get PDFThe most significant part of face recognition is the input representation. This refers to the transformation of the intensity map to a form of input representation that allows easy and effective extraction of highly discriminative features. The next stage is classification. Although this is an important stage, the popular techniques and their strengths are fairly similar to each other. As such, the choice of classification algorithm does not affect the recognition accuracy as much as input representation. Input representation is the major factor that differentiate face recognition algorithms. It can be approached in 2 manners: a geometrical approach that uses spatial configuration of the facial feature, and a more pictorial approach that uses image-based representation. In this paper a set of different face recognition algorithms are reviewed, and the best practices in this domain are studied and verified
CHINESE ‘DOLLAR’ INFLUENCEIN AFRICA, IMPLICATION FOR TAIWAN-NIGERIA TIES
Get PDFThe dawn of the twenty-first century begun at a time when the global population rises to over 7.2 billion people out of which Asia and Africa account for more than 60 percent of the entire figure. The China’s rapidly growing economy since 1970s, and the nature of exporting its end-goods to the global markets including in Africa coupled with the large investments in multiple sectors throughout the region confirm Sino-Africa mutual closeness in terms of trade pattern. This study aims at exploring how hardest the severance from Nigeria could generally affect Taiwan-Africa relations at a larger scale. It nevertheless, proposes to examine how much authentic the afterthought that democracies don’t go to war,is, and whether if they go to diplomatic bust-up for economic reasons. This study concludes that the leading forces behind the Nigeria’s abrupt changing attitude towards Taiwan is China’s dollar influence. It also finalizes that the Afro-Taiwan political and diplomatic dancingmay have so much impacts on Taiwan sovereignty at the international level
Biological Control of Seed Mycoflora of Groundnut Using Extract Of OcimumSanctum L.
Get PDFIn present investigation study of fungi associated seeds of groundnut variety local revealed presence of 20 fungi on the seed surface. Seed Borne fungi like Alternaria , Aspergillus flavus, Curvularialunata, and Fusarium moniliforme were found. These fungi were found to be responsible for the loss in dry weight (dwt), loss in total protein content (TPC), total fat content (TFC) and total starch content (TSC) of the seeds of groundnut variety. The culture filtrates (CF) of the predominant seed Borne fungi where found to be in inhibitory for seed germination (CG) and Seedling emergence (SE) Of the test cultivar, therefore the root , stem and leaf extracts of ocimum sanctum L. were used for the biocontrol of the seed mycoflora of groundnut. The test extract were found to be inhibitory for the incidence of seed microflora (ISM), for germination and growth of the seed Borne fungi. Also found stimulatory for the SG
and SE of the groundnut
Crimes against women in the 21st century
Get PDFThe culture of gender discrimination is nothing for Indian society. Its roots are seen from ancient times, which have flourished in the form of female harassment, neglect, exploitation. Because of which women, representing 50% of the population of India, are today victims of violence on a large scale in the middle of the country. According to the reports of various government and non-governmental institutions, the crimes against women are increasing day by day instead of decreasing, so to reduce the rate of crimes against women, by the Government of India and the justice system of India And strict instructions and laws are also being made by the state. While there is no decrease in crimes against women. This is the reason why under the research paper "Crime against women in the 21st century", the study of the causes of crime against women in the 21st century and the efforts made by the Government of India for the prevention of crime against women Although it was done, an attempt was made to find out the hidden reasons behind the reduction in crime with the woman, however, an analysis has been made based on the data obtained from the study
Effect of Product Innovations on Performance of small and medium manufacturing enterprises in Nairobi County, Kenya
Get PDFTo effectively contribute to economic development, the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) need to establish and maintain their competitiveness. The purpose of this study is to establish the effect of product innovations on performance of small and medium manufacturing enterprises in Nairobi county, Kenya. The study was anchored in the Resource Based theory and Diffusion Innovation theory. The study used positivism research philosophy and explanatory research design. A representative sample of 254 managers or owner managers was selected from manufacturing SMEs registered under Kenya Association of Manufacturers using stratified random sampling. Structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. The study collected both qualitative and quantitative data. The questionnaire was pre-tested to ensure its validity and reliability. The data collected was tested for the assumptions of various analytical models upon which the most appropriate was selected. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used in analyzing the data. Linear regressions were used to establish the effect of independent variable on dependent variable. A linear regression model was used to explore the relationship between product innovations and firm performance. From the model, the product innovations account for 26.3% (R2=.263) variation in firm performance. The study findings depicted that there was a positive significant relationship between product innovations and firm performance. The product innovations had a significant effect on firm performance. The study concluded that product innovations have a significant effect on performance of small and medium manufacturing enterprises. For every adoption of product innovation, there was a corresponding increase in performance of small and medium manufacturing enterprises in Nairobi County. The management of small-medium manufacturing enterprises should encourage product innovation within the industry. It should exercise due diligence in its mandate to protect consumers, but at the same time ensure that its policies do not stifle the growth and creativity
Holistic Strategic Management Under the New Normal Concept
Get PDFDue to the outbreak of COVID-19, people’s working lifestyles around the world are affected by lockdown and working from home. Most of the public and private sectors then need to deal with this crisis which causes impacts on humans in various dimensions and brings about new behaviors in a human society. Therefore, this academic article aims to study a new normal of strategic management by using a literature review from various sources such as academic articles, interviews and other relevant information, and then summarizing and synthesizing them into work management strategies, people management strategies as a guideline in management planning for both the public and private sectors’ strategic management in the future
Reduplication in Suwawa Language
Get PDFThis study aims at describing the forms of reduplication in the Suwawa Language. Data in this study were gathered from native speakers of the Suwawa language who lived in Suwawa, Bone Bolango Regency, Gorontalo Province. Data were collected through observation, interview, and note-taking techniques. The collected data were then analyzed qualitatively by following the stages of data analysis by Miles, Huberman, & Saldana (2014), consisting of data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing or data verification. Based on the results of data analysis, the researchers found five forms of reduplication in the Suwawa language: (1) complete reduplication, which can be divided into (a) complete reduplication of basic words and (b) complete reduplication with affixes, (2) reduplication with affixes, (3) reduplication with sound changing, (4) partial reduplication, which can be divided into (a) partial reduplication of one syllable and (b) partial reduplication of two syllables, and (5) pseudo reduplication