This paper presents a comprehensive test of the principal tasks in document image analysis (DIA), starting with binarization, text line segmentation, and isolated character/glyph recognition, and continuing on to word recognition and Floss transliteration for a new and challenging collection of palm leaf manuscripts from Southeast Asia.This researc

Cracking is an important factor affecting the durability of concrete.Rheological properties are important performance indicators of the workability of fresh concrete.Ion chelator (CA) is one kind of crystalline admixture, which can enhance crack-healing of concrete by promoting the formation of calcium carbonate in wet environment.Calcium alginate

New criminal legislation got into force in Serbia at the beginning of 2006.In that way, Serbia got unique Criminal Code which includes all provisions of material criminal law except provisions related to the criminal position of juveniles.System of criminal T-Shirts sanctions for juvenile off enders, procedure for their imposition and the way, proc

When planning a series of actions, it is usually infeasible to consider all potential future sequences; instead, one must prune the decision tree.Provably optimal pruning is, however, still computationally ruinous and the specific approximations humans employ remain unknown.We designed a new sequential reinforcement-based task and showed that human

Terrestrial gastropods are among the most imperiled groups of organisms on Earth.Many species have a complex taxonomic history, often including poorly defined subspecies, most of which have not been the focus of modern systematics research.Genomic tools, geometric morphometrics, and environmental niche modeling were used to assess the taxonomic sta