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1	Sensor orientation in image sequence analysis Fulton, John R. Unknown Date (has links) (PDF) This work investigates the process of automating reconstruction of buildings from video imagery. New metrics were developed to detect the least blurred images in a sequence for further processing. Phase correlation for point matching was investigated and new metrics were developed to identify successful matches. Direct relative orientation algorithms were investigated in-depth. A significant finding was a new 6-point algorithm which outperformed previously published algorithms for a number of calibrated camera and target geometries. The development of the new metrics and the outcomes from the comprehensive investigations conducted have contributed to a better understanding of the challenging problem of automatically reconstructing 3D objects from image sequences.
2	The Southern Sotho relative in discourse Mischke, Gertruida Elizabeth 11 1900 (has links) Southern Sotho verbal relative clauses are, on discourse-pragmatic grounds, categorised as direct and indirect. The pragmatic factors that govern the occurrence of these two types of relatives within a particular discourse context are investigated. An analysis of relative clauses occurring in live conversations as well as in the dramas Bulane (Khaketla, 1983) and Tjootjo e tla hloma sese/a (Maake, 1992) reveals that direct relative clauses usually modify the reference of predicate nouns (i.e. nouns used as the complements of copulative predicates), while indirect relative clauses modify the reference of object nouns. Theories which suggest that both predicate as well as object nouns generally convey new information, but that the reference status of predicate nouns is non-specific indefinite, while that of object nouns is specific indefinite, are discussed. A hypothesis suggesting that there is an interrelationship between the reference status of a head noun and the type of relative by means of which it is qualified, is proposed. / African Languages / M.A. (African Languages) Relative Relative clause Qualificative clause Direct relative Indirect relative Function of relative clause Restrictive relative clause Non-restrictive relative clause Identifying relative clause Descriptive relative clause Characterising relative clause Reference Denotation Referring expression Head noun Predicative noun Subject Object Predicate Copulative Copulative complement Discourse analysis Discourse pragmatics Identifying characteristics of referents Attributes of referents 496.397725 Sotho language -- Relative clauses Sotho language -- Discourse analysis
3	The Southern Sotho relative in discourse Mischke, Gertruida Elizabeth 11 1900 (has links) Southern Sotho verbal relative clauses are, on discourse-pragmatic grounds, categorised as direct and indirect. The pragmatic factors that govern the occurrence of these two types of relatives within a particular discourse context are investigated. An analysis of relative clauses occurring in live conversations as well as in the dramas Bulane (Khaketla, 1983) and Tjootjo e tla hloma sese/a (Maake, 1992) reveals that direct relative clauses usually modify the reference of predicate nouns (i.e. nouns used as the complements of copulative predicates), while indirect relative clauses modify the reference of object nouns. Theories which suggest that both predicate as well as object nouns generally convey new information, but that the reference status of predicate nouns is non-specific indefinite, while that of object nouns is specific indefinite, are discussed. A hypothesis suggesting that there is an interrelationship between the reference status of a head noun and the type of relative by means of which it is qualified, is proposed. / African Languages / M.A. (African Languages) Relative Relative clause Qualificative clause Direct relative Indirect relative Function of relative clause Restrictive relative clause Non-restrictive relative clause Identifying relative clause Descriptive relative clause Characterising relative clause Reference Denotation Referring expression Head noun Predicative noun Subject Object Predicate Copulative Copulative complement Discourse analysis Discourse pragmatics Identifying characteristics of referents Attributes of referents 496.397725 Sotho language -- Relative clauses Sotho language -- Discourse analysis

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