Finite element simulation of the rigid die compaction of metal powders can significantly help designers avoid some of the typical problems they face such as the high density gradients within compacted parts and related cracking. In this paper, the modeling of an axisymmetric flanged part using finite element packages ABAQUS and LS-DYNA has been inv

Although Human Computer Interaction (HCI) has been practiced by Western countries over the last 40 years, very little is known about how HCI is being incorporated in Malaysian practices. We undertook a 12-week ethnographical study aimed at revealing HCI perceptions at different managerial levels in Information and Communication Technology (ICT)depa

Human activity recognition has become very popular in the field of computer vision. In this paper, we present a simple, robust and computationally efficient algorithm, architecture and implementation to recognise and classify human activities in real-time using very few training data. We employ a spatio-temporal representation of human activities b

In the trend toward improvement of quality assurance, billions of parts per year are nondestructively tested for surface cracks in the automotive industry. This puts a lot of stress on both the automotive components manufacturing process and the human inspectors. In order to streamline the entire automotive components production system and to relie

There is growing interest in the problem of human activity recognition, motivated by its countless promising applications in many domains. Despite much progress, most researchers have narrowed the problem towards fixed camera viewpoint owing to inherent difficulty to train their systems across all possible viewpoints. Fixed viewpoint systems are im

This paper describes the use of ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation in corrosion detection of aircrafts structures. Initiating on the inside or in the interface of an aircraft’s skin, the corrosion must be tested from the outside surface. Corroded aluminum as well as corrosion simulation samples were inspected using pulse-echo technique of ultra

condition but continues to be a frequent management problem among doctors. Despite the availability of guidelines on management of SP, studies have shown that the compliance with the guidelines is low. The various treatment options available in treating this condition further confuse doctors on the right approach in managing SP. The objective of th

The highest fatal traffic accident rate occurs on curved roads at nighttime. In most cases, the late recognition of objects in the traffic zone plays a key role. These facts point to the importance of the role of automobile forward-lighting systems. In order to provide enhanced nighttime safety measures, this work aims to design and build a prototy

Rainfall forecasting is vital for making important decisions and performing strategic planning in agriculture-dependent countries. Despite its importance, statistical rainfall forecasting, especially for long-term, has been proven to be a great challenge due to the dynamic nature of climate phenomena and random fluctuations involved in the process.

We present a fast, robust, fault-tolerant and nonparametric approach to reconstruct 3D human skeleton model from single images, regardless of the viewpoint of the camera relative to the observed person. The system achieves high degree of tolerance using search-based inference and probabilistic joint labeling. The system achieves 100% view invarianc