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A framework for sign language recognition using support vector machines and active learning for skin segmentation and boosted temporal sub-units [PDF]

, 2007
This dissertation describes new techniques that can be used in a sign language recognition (SLR) system, and more generally in human gesture systems. Any SLR system consists of three main components: Skin detector, Tracker, and Recognizer.
Awad, George M.
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Isolated sign recognition using ASL datasets with consistent text-based gloss labeling and curriculum learning [PDF]

, 2022
We present a new approach for isolated sign recognition, which combines a spatial-temporal Graph Convolution Network (GCN) architecture for modeling human skeleton keypoints with late fusion of both the forward and backward video streams, and we explore ...
Neidle, Carol, Dafnis, Konstantinos M., Chroni, Evgenia, Metaxas, Dimitris N.   +3 more
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Developing Convolutional Neural Networks for Recognition of American Sign Language

Muthanna Journal of Pure Science
Instead of using speech to communicate with one another, the deaf and dumb utilize a set of signs known as sign language. However, utilizing signs to interact with this society is extremely difficult for non-sign language speakers.
Salwa Baawi, Farah Jawad Al-Ghanim, Nisreen Ryadh Hamza   +2 more
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Neural stages of spoken, written, and signed word processing in beginning second language learners

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013
We combined magnetoencephalography (MEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to examine how sensory modality, language type, and language proficiency interact during two fundamental stages of word processing: (1) an early word encoding stage, and (2) a ...
Matthew K Leonard, Matthew K Leonard, Naja eFerjan Ramirez, Christina eTorres, Marla eHatrak, Rachel I Mayberry, Eric eHalgren, Eric eHalgren   +7 more
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Improving manual tagging of camera trap videos for wildlife studies: a visual assistance tool applied to the endangered huillin Lontra provocax

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
In the last decades, the use of camera traps for wildlife studies has increased significantly due to advancements in technology leading to cost reduction and improved reliability. They facilitate the study of wild animals in their natural environment in a minimally invasive manner, eliminating the need for researchers to remain in the field for long ...
Luciano Marpegan, Kenya Campos Haedo, Carla Pozzi and (cpozzi@apn.gob.ar)   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feast Your Eyes: Performances in American Sign Language

, 2015
This presentation consists of performances in American Sign Language (ASL) by students in ASL classes at Central Washington University. Group project presentations by second year students will include Millions of Cats, a classical children’s story told ...
American Sign Language Classes
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Forced Transitions: Learning ASL In A Virtual Environment

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
Engagement with native language models is essential for second language acquisition. Social distancing mandates made this interaction nearly impossible for students learning American Sign Language (ASL), at a small rural university in western Oregon ...
Kara Gournaris
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Varying hydraulic strategies within leaves, stems and roots of coexisting desert shrubs

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Effective and continuous root‐to‐leaf hydraulic transport is crucial for plant survival and growth during drought. However, the capacity to resist hydraulic dysfunction remains understudied in leaves and roots, especially for desert shrubs.
Wenyue Zhao, Xibin Ji, Rui Chen, Lishan Shan, Hai Zhou, Bowen Jin, Liwen Zhao, Dongsheng Li   +7 more
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“Lovelies on Wheels”: The Politics of Miss Wheelchair America, 1972–1977

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Miss Wheelchair America pageant in the 1970s as a cultural and political space that produced a specific message about the intersections of womanhood, disability, and citizenship. The pageant elevated contestants who performed normative femininity, beauty, heterosexuality, and whiteness, while narratively framing ...
Moira Armstrong
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AN URBAN MARKETPLACE UNDER PRESSURE: The Steady Gentrification Process of Porta Palazzo (Turin) Through the Eyes of Market Sellers and Policy Makers

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Marketplaces, crucial sites for low‐income populations as sources of affordable goods and social interaction, are at a critical juncture. They are experiencing decline due to the rise of shopping centres and neglect by public authorities, while at the same time being rediscovered as tourist attractions, sources of profit and tools for urban ...
Francesca Ru
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