Sanjay Kumar Singh

This book presents state-of-the-art methodologies and a comprehensive introduction to the recognition and representation of species and individual animals based on their physiological and phenotypic appearances, biometric characteristics, and morphological image patterns. It provides in-depth coverage of this emerging area, with an emphasis on the design and analysis techniques used in visual animal biometrics-based recognition systems.The book offers a comprehensive introduction to visual animal biometrics, addressing a range of recent advances and practices like sensing, feature extraction, feature selection and representation, matching, indexing of feature sets, and animal biometrics-based multimodal systems. It provides authoritative information on all the major concepts, as well as highly specific topics, e.g. the identification of cattle based on their muzzle point image pattern and face images to prevent false insurance claims, or the monitoring and registration of animals based on their biometric features. As such, the book provides a sound platform for understanding the Visual Animal Biometrics paradigm, a vital catalyst for researchers in the field, and a valuable guide for professionals. In addition, it can help both private and public organizations adapt and enhance their classical animal recognition systems.

The analysis of failures of various equipment in an industry plays a crucial role in order to avoid the breakdown. In this content, Failure Modes & Effect Analysis and Analytic Hierarchy Process approach is used for prioritizing the risk of failure in turbine auxiliaries of Power Plant.The outcome from the FMEA & AHP analysis are compared and found that turbine bearing temperature in the Turbine auxillary is very severe in risk. The results are almost same for both the analysis of AHP & FMEA. Also after focusing on the problems identified in the plant by the professionals, maintenance & replacements of the machinery has been proposed, which will result in improvement in efficiency of the plant. This research serves as a failure prevention guide for those who work on the Power Plant operation.

This book presents state-of-the-art methodologies and a comprehensive introduction to the recognition and representation of species and individual animals based on their physiological and phenotypic appearances, biometric characteristics, and morphological image patterns. It provides in-depth coverage of this emerging area, with an emphasis on the design and analysis techniques used in visual animal biometrics-based recognition systems.The book offers a comprehensive introduction to visual animal biometrics, addressing a range of recent advances and practices like sensing, feature extraction, feature selection and representation, matching, indexing of feature sets, and animal biometrics-based multimodal systems. It provides authoritative information on all the major concepts, as well as highly specific topics, e.g. the identification of cattle based on their muzzle point image pattern and face images to prevent false insurance claims, or the monitoring and registration of animals based on their biometric features. As such, the book provides a sound platform for understanding the Visual Animal Biometrics paradigm, a vital catalyst for researchers in the field, and a valuable guide for professionals. In addition, it can help both private and public organizations adapt and enhance their classical animal recognition systems.

Cataract remains the leading cause of blindness worldwide. Although the number of cataract operations has increased as a result of the WHO/IAPB Vision 2020 initiative, poor visual outcome following surgery remains a major concern. Population-based studies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America have found that at least 20% of operated cataract patients have a presenting vision of less than 6/60. Any surgical method that improves the visual outcome of cataract surgery would be an important contribution to Vision 2020. This video atlas for ophthalmologists provides visual instruction on performing phaco surgery.

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