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Automated detection of microaneurysms using robust blob descriptors

2013

International audience; Microaneurysms (MAs) are among the first signs of diabetic retinopathy (DR) that can be seen as round dark-red structures in digital color fundus photographs of retina. In recent years, automated computer-aided detection and diagnosis (CAD) of MAs has attracted many researchers due to its low-cost and versatile nature. In this paper, the MA detection problem is modeled as finding interest points from a given image and several interest point descriptors are introduced and integrated with machine learning techniques to detect MAs. The proposed approach starts by applying a novel fundus image contrast enhancement technique using Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) of fun…

Stress Detection from Speech Using Spectral Slope Measurements

2018

Automatic detection of emotional stress is an active research domain, which has recently drawn increasing attention, mainly in the fields of computer science, linguistics, and medicine. In this study, stress is automatically detected by employing speech-derived features. Related studies utilize features such as overall intensity, MFCCs, Teager Energy Operator, and pitch. The present study proposes a novel set of features based on the spectral tilt of the glottal source and of the speech signal itself. The proposed features rely on the Probability Density Function of the estimated spectral slopes, and consist of the three most probable slopes from the glottal source, as well as the correspon…

Revisiting “Schumacker”: Source, Residence and Citizenship in the ECJ Case Law on Direct Taxation

2013

ECJ case law on direct taxation has been very important in the development of the international dimension of direct tax systems of EU Member States. Through the application of the non-discrimination principle and the requirements of the fundamental freedoms, some of the basic structures of the implementation of income tax systems have been revised to accommodate to the needs of the single market. However, the requirements of the EU single market are fundamentally incompatible with the assumptions that have served to build the criteria under which modern income tax systems have been developed (worldwide income taxation, residence vs source, unlimited vs limited tax liability, credit vs exemp…

Trapped charged particles and fundamental interactions

2008

Low-Energy Precision Tests of Electroweak Theory.- Principles of Ion Traps.- Simulations for Ion Traps Methods and Numerical Implementation.- Simulations for Ion Traps Buffer Gas Cooling.- Highly-charged ions and high-resolution mass spectrometry in a Penning trap.- Fundamental tests with trapped antiprotons.

The Constitution of Latvia – A Bridge Between Traditions and Modernity

2019

The Latvian constitutional system is based on the principle of State continuity after the Soviet occupation, and this is reflected in the reinstatement of the 1922 Constitution (Satversme). Unlike other constitutions in the post-communist area, it is characterised as a laconic and predominantly procedural constitution. However, important amendments were introduced in 1996 and 1998, establishing the Constitutional Court and introducing a catalogue of fundamental rights. The constitutional culture has been influenced by German traditions in constitutional jurisprudence, and the adjudication of legislation on substantive grounds has been stringent. This is particularly evident in the annulment…

Political Extremism and Rationality

2002

Political extremism is widely considered to be the product of irrational behavior. Originally published in 2002, the distinguishing feature of this collection by well-known economists and political scientists from North America, Europe and Australia is to propose a variety of explanations which all insist on the rationality of extremism. Contributors use variants of this approach to shed light on subjects such as the conditions under which democratic parties take extremist positions, the relationship between extremism and conformism, the strategies adopted by revolutionary movements, and the reasons why extremism often leads to violence. The authors identify four core issues in the study of…

Diritti, sicurezza, solidarietà e responsabilità nella protezione della persona migrante

2018

1. Uno sguardo d’insieme. 2. Dopo Lisbona: le competenze dell’UE e la Carta dei diritti dinanzi alle crisi migratorie e all’onda lunga del populismo. 3. Protezione della persona migrante, Costituzione e decretazione di urgenza. 4. Solidarietà e diritti nella prospettiva costituzionale: uguaglianza, bisogni primari e contenuto essenziale

El pobre de la familia

2001

El análisis de Vidal-Beneyto (II)

1993

El diálogo entre la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, los Tribunales Constitucionales de la Región Andina y el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos H…

2015

La comunicación entre tribunales, posibilita la existencia de un intercambio de ideas sobre lo que se debe entender por el contenido de un derecho o de una garantía, con la tendencia de otorgarse mayor protección a favor del ser humano; diálogo que no implica la existencia del predominio de una jurisdicción (internacional o estatal) sobre otra, al contrario con las interrelaciones que se producen entre tribunales, lo que se busca es lograr convergencias interpretativas que propicien un entendimiento común de los derechos y de las garantías. Se ha elegido para trabajar algunas garantías y derechos, como son el plazo razonable, juez natural, libertad de pensamiento-expresión e información- e …