Because finding emptiness is almost impossible nowadays, even less a kind of emptiness that makes room for itself whether you ...

American allies including France objected to the military incursion into a sovereign state and the capture of the Venezuelan ...

With the Christmas season upon us, office employees everywhere are about to experience their annual nightmare: Secret Santa. The spirit of giving is certainly there, but you also need to worry about ...

The magazine’s most-read articles of the year included a deep dive on the Scopes "monkey trial," an interview with ...

Puppetry has been a form of entertainment since at least ancient Greece, carried on through the antics of Punch and Judy in the Middle Ages. Although the names of most of the skilled puppeteers of old ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Bert is a hand-rod puppet originally ...

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a new approach for finger-vein recognition which uses pattern map based on pixel-pattern-based texture feature (PPBTF) and principal component analysis (PCA).

Abstract: The usage of fingerprint pattern for identification is very common. Finger vein pattern is known less than fingerprint pattern, but finger vein pattern has a better security aspect. Finger ...

There are many ways that children can hurt their fingers. There are also many types of finger injuries. You can treat minor finger injuries at home. Here is some care advice that should help. Caution: ...