I. Introduction A vector is an arrow whose length represents the magnitude of a quantity and whose direction represents the direction of the quantity. Vectors are useful in combining velocities that are not parallel. The sum of two or more component vectors is called a resultant. When the vectors are not at right angles to each other, the resultant is found by constructing a parallelogram. The parallelogram is constructed with the two vectors as sides. The resultant of the parallelogram is its diagonal
Computer Viruses: Infection Vectors, and Feasibility of Complete Protection A computer virus is a program which, after being loaded into a computer's memory, copies itself with the purpose of spreading to other computers. Most people, from the corporate level power programmer down to the computer hobbyist, have had either personal experience with a virus or know someone who has. And the rate of infection is rising monthly. This has caused a wide spread interest in viruses and what can be done to
Introduction: I have decided to compare Raster (bitmap) and Vector graphics & their uses in modern digital multimedia. I will begin by defining what both mean. Then take a brief look into how they were first utilised. Give examples of their pros and cons, their uses now & express my opinion as to which one I believe to be better option and why. Raster (bitmap) graphics definition: “A raster graphic is a digital image composed of a matrix of dots. When viewed at 100%, each dot corresponds
Support Vector Machine(SVM): Over the past several years, there has been a significant amount of research on support vector machines and today support vector machine applications are becoming more common in text classification. In essence, support vector machines define hyperplanes, which try to separate the values of a given target field. The hyperplanes are defined using kernel functions. The most popular kernel types are supported: linear, polynomial, radial basis and sigmoid. Support Vector Machines
strands of DNA. Using such enzymes, scientists learned to cut specific genes from DNA and to build customized DNA using these genes. They also learned about vectors, strands of DNA like viruses, which can infect a cell and insert themselves into its DNA. Scientists started to build vectors, which incorporated genes of their choosing and used vectors to insert these genes into the DNA of living organisms. Genetic engineers believe that they can improve the foods we eat by doing this. At first glance,
example on an elevated ramp? But this can't be done because the theory states that free falling objects fall at a constant acceleration of 9.8m/s/s ONLY if gravity is the only force acting on it. To prove this, I will undergo an experiment involving vectors and mechanics. Apparatus: · Toy car · [IMAGE] Ramp with the length of 1m
The tsetse fly is predominant found in large areas of sub-Saharan Africa where there is human settlement and agriculture. The tsetse flies are cousins of the house fly, however they are larger than a common house fly. Approximate length of a house fly is 6 to 7 mm while a tsetse fly ranges anywhere from 6 to 16 mm in length. There are approximately 22 different kinds or species of tsetse fly living on the continent of Africa presently. The scientific name for the tsetse fly is Glossina. Each of the
they were not thinking, and the order began to tear the school apart. The teacher sought order because he wanted his students to behave better. Scientists use order to control viruses. Viruses are classified by several attributes; their shape, the vectors that transmit them, and their RNA or DNA content. Once a virus is classified, it can be examined, and controlled. Biologists use order to classify other organisms as well. Charles Darwin sought order instinctively by becoming a naturalist. He studied
Bit map vector graphics When using a graphics package the graphics file can have the image represented as a: 1.Bit map 2.Vector image A bit map files makes every dot or pixel on the screen has a single bit of information in a file. If it is in colour, you then need to store additional bits. The disadvantage to this is that if you want to alter anything you have to change it at a pixel at a time. When you enlarge an image, the number of pixels stays the same. In vector graphics, the
A shuttle vector is designed to be able to propagate in two different species, for instance E. Coli and yeast. This, in turn, allows for the manipulation of DNA in a host species which might be easier to handle than the target host. 1.16 NO CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS ARE OBSERVED AFTER A DNA RESTRICTION ANALYSIS. HOW WOULD YOU TROUBLESHOOT THIS PROBLEM? The decision tree presented in Figure 2 could be followed. 1.17 WHAT KIND OF POSITIVE/NEGATIVE CONTROLS ARE USEFUL WHEN YOU TRANSFORM A LIGATION MIX IN E
Vector Aeromotive Corporation (Vector) is in the business of designing and manufacturing exotic sports cars. It was the only U.S. based manufacture of these specialty cars and had fierce competition from the likes of Ferrari and Lamborghini. Vector tried to create a competitive advantage by blending aerospace technology and automobile technology using only the finest technology available in the United States. In the beginning the company was started as a privately funded limited partnership by Gerry
been modified to find and detect specific problem target areas. To do this, scientists many times will use viral vectors, or vehicles that are used as the form of transportation for the virus. Avoiding toxicity in the target cell is the elemental key in order for gene therapy to be successful. Certain viral vectors have proven to perform better than others with this. Retroviral vectors use ... ... middle of paper ... ...e in the Twenty-first Century. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
designs, creates vector graphics and vector text. Illustrator invites me to explore more expressive ways to design.To help you b etter understand the terms Vector Graphics and Vector Text, I will give you the definition of both. Vector Graphics are comprised of paths, which are defined by a start and end point, along with other points, curves, and angles along the way. Vector Text is a text that uses a font created only with line segments. It is very useful to be scaled and very fast. Vector Images take
can .be exploited through vector quantization to achieve high compression ratio. For vector quantization of wavelet coefficients vectors are formed by either coefficients at same level, different location or different level, same location. This paper compares the two methods and shows that because of wavelet properties, vector quantization can still improve compression results by coding only important vectors for reconstruction. Thus giving priority to the important vectors higher compression can be
assignment. Necessary appendix such as graphs will be attached with the assignment. BACKGROUND AND CONCEPT Linear algebra is the study of linear transformations of linear equations which are represented in a matrix form by matrices acting on vectors. Eigenvalues, eigenvectors and Eigen space are properties of a matrix (Sharma, n.d.). The prefix “Eigen” which means “proper” or “characteristics” was originally developed in German and invented by a German mathematician. Latent roots, characteristic
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control what you do to your computer Software’s Vector graphics software Corel Draw – Is a computer design drawing program that can help with project from Illustration or logo creations. It allows you to make multi page marketing, eye catching signs or brochures. With this software, you are able to create shapes, work with texts, and add effects to images. You may also balance the colours of the image. Corel Draw also let you to convert bitmap images to a vector format, so that you can customise the image
Principal Component Analysis Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is a multivariate analysis performed in purpose of reducing the dimensionality of a multivariate data set in order to recognize the shape or pattern of that data set. In other words, PCA is a powerful technique for pattern recognition that attempts to explain the variance of a large set of inter-correlated variables. It indicates the association between variables, thus, reducing the dimensionality of the data set. (Helena et al, 2000;
Introduction: Gradient: In vector calculus, the gradient is considered as vector field in a function.It points to the points in the route of the maximum rate of increase of the scalar field. Its magnitude is the maximum rate of modify. Directional derivative: Directional derivative represents the instantaneous rate of modification of the function. It generalizes the view of a partial derivative. Gradient: The gradient is defined for the function f(x,y) is as gradf(x,y)= [gradf(x,y)]
Linear algebra is used in the organization and sorting of these web pages when storing them in an internet search database. The vector space model;is used to enhance search results by representing them as two vectors, the document vector and query vector. Each dimension in the vector corresponds to a different term. If the term occurs in the document, its value in the vector is a non-zero value. Several different ways of computing the term weights have been developed, one of which is the frequency-inverse