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The present study investigated whether spatial ability is correlated with the ability to accurately recognize faces. A samp~e pf 36 undergraduates were recruited for this study. Participants completed two measures of spatial ability: The Purdue Visualization of Rotations Test as a measure of mental rotation and the Object Location Memory Test as a measure of memory for the location of objects in relation to one another. Facial recognition was measured usipg the Cambridge Face Metnory Test, which measures the recognition of faces in both upright and inverted positions. As predicted, a significant relationship was found between mental rotation and inverted facial recognition, r = .33,p < .05. There was not a significant relationship between object location memory and upright facial recognition, r=.07,p > .05. Interestingly, upright facial recognition was more closely associated with mental rotation, though the relationship did not reach statistical significance r = .24,p > .05. There was not a significant relationship between overall spatial ability and overall facial recognition, r = .17,p > .05. The traditional gender differences were found oh spatial ability such that males outperformed females on mental rotation (Males: M= 12.73, SD= 3.93; Females: M= 9.32, SD= 4.11) and females outperformed males on object location memory (Females: M= 18.80, SD= 5.53; Males: M= 14.09,_ SD= 8.19). A significant gender difference on facial recognition such that females outperform males was not found, which contradicts findings from past J research (McBain, Norton, & Chen, 2009). These results suggest that mental rotation is an important factor in human facial recognition.

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Su abonentų pozicija geografinėje erdvėje susijusi informacija naudojama labai įvairiose srityse: greitajai pagalbai teikti (112 paslauga), teisėsaugoje, krovinių transportavime (stebima kur šiuo metu yra transportuojami kroviniai), turizme, eismo sąlygų stebėjimui, artimiausių ligoninių, restoranų, lankytinų vietų paieškai, pramogoms, mobiliojo tinklo struktūros planavimui (nustačius kur yra didesnis abonentų susibūrimas, pastatoma daugiau bazinių stočių). Tokia su objektų pozicijomis susijusi informacija kaupiama Judančių Objektų duomenų bazėse (JODB), kuri yra judančių objektų sekimo sistemos dalis. Judančiu objektu laikomas toks objektas, kuris bėgant laikui keičia savo geografinę ir laikinę poziciją trimatėje x,y,t erdvėje. Anksčiau vietos informacijai rinkti buvo naudojama tik GPS technologija. GPS technologijos pagrindinis trūkumas tas, kad ji sunkiai veikia miesto tipo vietovėse ir praktiškai neveikia požeminiuose ir antžeminiuose statiniuose. Tačiau vystantis įvairiomis mobiliosiomis ir bevielėms technologijoms, daugėjant jų naudojimo vietų, atsiranda galimybė tokius duomenis rinkti pasinaudojant ne tik GPS, bet ir GSM, WLAN, Bluetooth ir kitomis bevielėmis technologijomis. Todėl atsiranda galimybė GPS pagalba gautus vietos duomenis patikslinti, papildyti arba netgi, jei nereikalaujama didelio tikslumo, judančių objektų vietą nustatyti be GPS panaudojimo. Stebint judančius objektus „visur ir visada“ kiekvienam objektui susidaro baigtinis pozicijų skaičius per tam... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The usage of moving objects location information becomes very popular nowadays. This location information can be used in many places: for emergency purposes, tracking cars with cargos, animal tracking, tourism, etc. The moving object’s positions can be detected using location techniques, such as GPS, GSM, etc. When detected moving object’s position is kept in Moving Object Databases (MODB). When object’s position is detected constantly we get a lot of positions, which represent the movement of particular object. We can call this movement a trajectory. The main problem is that these trajectories are too big to keep them in database, to update them or to make a search among them. That’s why there is a need for effective trajectory compression methods in order to make trajectories smaller without losing the most important object’s movement information. Different location techniques generate different types of trajectories, so each type of trajectory needs a different approach how to apply compression technique to it. The trajectory compression can be applied while generating trajectory or it can be done when the generation of trajectory is finished. There are presented different trajectory compression methods for different location techniques (GPS, GSM) in this work. These methods are incorporated into location data history restoration system in order to apply them for location data compression. In this work statistical methods for evaluation of location data compression... [to full text]

Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis describes the second project relating to the development of a SONAR (SOund Navigation And Ranging) object detection and collision avoidance system for use on an AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) at Stellenbosch University. The main goal is to develop and test techniques that make use of the existing SONAR laboratory platform and wide-beam SONAR transducers to detect and locate objects and their limits/bounds under water in the horizontal plane. The results of the work done show that it is possible to use wide-beam transducers to locate the centroid and edges of a flat target with an error that is significantly smaller than the beam-width. The techniques developed will enable the development of a cost-effective SONAR system that can be implemented on an AUV. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis beskryf the tweede projek rakende die ontwikkeling van ’n SONAR voorwerp opsporings en botsingvermydingstelsel vir gebruik op ’n OOV (Outonome Onderwater Voertuig) aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch. Die hoofdoel is om tegnieke te ontwikkel en te toets wat gebruik maak van die bestaande SONAR laboratorium opstelling en wye-straal SONAR opnemers om die posisie van voorwerpe onder water te bepaal, sowel as die posisie van die voorwerp se rande in die horisontale vlak. Die resultate van die werk wat gedoen is wys dat dit moontlik is om wye-straal opnemers te gebruik om die posisie van die sentroïde en rande van ’n plat voorwerp te vind met ’n fout wat aansienlik kleiner is as die straal-wydte. Die tegnieke wat ontwikkel is sal ons in staat stel om ’n koste-effektiewe SONAR stelsel te ontwikkel wat op ’n OOV geïmplenteer kan word.