In 1988, a review of 238 scienfitic articals was published in the Journal of the American Optometric Association defining vision therapy as "a clinical approach for correcting and ameliorating the effects of eye movement disorders, non-strabismic binocular dysfunctions, focusing disorders, strabismus, amblyopia, nystagmus, and certain visual perceptual (information processing) disorders." The paper contains the concluding statement, "It is evident from the research that there is scientific support for the efficacy of vision therapy in ...

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Computer vision - Object Recognition. Detecting the presence of known objects or living beings in an image, possibly together with estimating the pose of these objects. Examples: Searching in digital images for specific content (content-based image retrieval) Recognizing human faces and their location in images. Estimation of the three-dimensional pose of humans and their limbs Detection of objects which are passing through a manufacturing process, e.g., on a conveyor belt, and estimation of their po ...

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"Vision of Love" was nominated for three Grammy Awards in 1991: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Song of the Year Record of the Year It went on to win the award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Carey lost to "From a Distance" written by Julie Gold in the Song of the Year category, and to "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins in the Record of the Year category. Carey accepted an invitation to to perform at the awards ceremony, where she sang "Vision of Love". The arrangement and producti ...

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Vision Quest

Native American spiritual practice for opening up to the universe and perceiving a clairvoyant vision of your personal guide for the purpose of prophesy, protection and discovering your life's purpose. Traditionally a time of fasting and praying.

(See also: Vision Quest, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

derma vision

Seeing with the skin or by touch

(See also: Derma vision, Body Mind and Soul)

re-vision

Recreating or reflecting on one's own past or experience

(See also: Re-vision, Body Mind and Soul)

vision quest

Native American spiritual search, especially through solitude, fasting, and dreams

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A typical machine vision system will consist of several among the following components: One or more digital or analog camera (black-and-white or color) with suitable optics for acquiring images Lighting Camera interface for digitizing images (widely known as a "framegrabber") A processor (often a PC or embedded processor, such as a DSP) Computer software to process images and detect relevant features. A syncronizing sensor for part detection (often an optical or magnetic sensor) to tr ...

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The field of computer vision can be characterized as immature and diverse. Even though earlier work exists, it was not until the late 1970's that a more focused study of the field started when computers could manage the processing of large data sets such as images. However, these studies usually originated from various other fields, and consequently there is no standard formulation of the "computer vision problem". Also, and to an even larger extent, there is no standard formulation of how computer vision problems should be solved. Instead, ...

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World Vision's organizational structure operates as a partnership of interdependent national offices, each overseen by their own boards or advisory councils. A common mission statement and shared core values bind the partnership offices and members together. Each partner abides by common policies and standards and holds each other accountable through an ongoing system of peer review. The partnership offices – located in Geneva, Bangkok, Nairobi, Cyprus, Los Angeles, and San José – coordinate strategic operations of the organizati ...

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Advanced systems are often borrowing from many different fields like pattern recognition, statistical learning, projective geometry, image processing, graph theory and other. Cognitive computer vision is strongly related to cognitive psychology and biological computation. Computer vision - A University Video Communication on Model-Based Computer Vision. Joseph Mundy in a University Video Communication on Model-Based Computer Vision (1987): "What do students need to l ...

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World Vision's organizational structure operates as a partnership of interdependent national offices, each overseen by their own boards or advisory councils. A common mission statement and shared core values bind the partnership offices and members together. Each partner abides by common policies and standards and holds each other accountable through an ongoing system of peer review. The partnership offices – located in Geneva, Bangkok, Nairobi, Cyprus, Los Angeles, and San José – coordinate strategic operations of the organizati ...

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This series marked the anime debut (in a lead role) of Maaya Sakamoto as the voice of the main character Hitomi Kanzaki and as the singer of the opening song "Yakusoku wa Iranai" as well as of many other songs in the series. The music, composed by Yoko Kanno and Hajime Mizoguchi, is of a decidedly European flavor, though it also incorporates different styles such as contemporary, classical, and Gregorian chant. ...

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The DV portion of the prescription describes the corrections for distant vision. For most people under forty years of age, this is the only part of the prescription that is filled in. The NV or near-vision portion of the prescription is blank, because a separate correction for near vision is not needed. The NV portion is used in prescriptions for bifocals. In younger people, the lens of the eye is still flexible enough to accommodate over a wide range of distances. W ...

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This series focuses on the heroine, Hitomi Kanzaki, and her adventures after she is transported to the world of Gaea, a mysterious planet where she can see the Earth and moon in the sky. On Gaea, Earth is known as the Mystic Moon (Japanese: 幻の月 maboroshi no tsuki or "Phantom Moon"). The design of this world mixes common fantasy elements from different cultures (such as knights and medieval fashion alongside samurai) with steampunk technology such as floating ships and the giant mechanical armors known as "Guymelefs". Hitomi's la ...

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In drawn animation, moving characters are often shot "on twos", that is to say, one drawing is shown for every two frames of film or video, meaning there are only 12 drawings per second. Even though the image update rate is low, the fluidity is satisfactory for most subjects. However, when a character is required to perform a quick movement, it is usually necessary to revert to animating "on ones", as "twos" are too slow to convey the motion adequately. A blend of the two technique ...

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Some animals, usually prey animals, have their two eyes positioned on opposite sides of their heads to give the widest possible field of view. In such animals, the eyes often move independently to increase the field of view. Even without moving their eyes, some birds have a 360-degree field of view. Other animals, usually predator animals, have their two eyes positioned on the front of their heads, thereby reducing field of view in favour of stereopsis. In such animals, the eyes usually move together. When the eyes move laterally, in ...

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Binocular vision, Binocular vision - Fields of view and eye movements, Binocular vision - Binocular summation, Binocular vision - Binocular interaction, Binocular vision - Utrocular discrimination, Binocular vision - Singleness of vision, Binocular vision - Eye dominance, Binocular vision - Stereopsis, Binocular vision - Allelotropia, Binocular vision - Binocular rivalry, Binocular vision - Disorders of binocular vision, Binocular vision - Rembrandt as a person without binocular vision

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Video records at an equivalent of 25 or 29.97 images per second (ips) depending on the national system used; television thus displays a complete new image at 25 or just under 30 times a second. Again, with video, the flicker rate is not the same as the frame rate. To provide an image with less flicker, "interlacing" is employed. Each complete frame is divided into two video fields of alternate lines, and the two fields are shown consecutively to make up a frame. Thus, the field rate of video is ...

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Through experience in the early days of film innovation, it was determined that a frame rate of less than 16 frames per second caused the mind to see flashing images. Audiences still interpret motion at rates as low as ten frames per second or slower (as in a flipbook), but the flicker caused by the shutter of a film projector is distracting below the 16-frame threshold. Modern theatrical film runs at 24 frames a second. This is the ...

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Vision of Love" was a successful start to Carey's career as it went to the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first of Carey's numerous number one singles in the U.S. It was mildly popular in other countries, but did not gain her a large worldwide fanbase. By far the most successful single from Mariah Carey, it was responsible for making her a huge star in the U.S. However, "Vision of Love" failed to convince some critics who, despite giving the song positiv ...

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Commercial and open source machine vision software packages typically include a number of different image processing techniques such as the following: Pixel counting: counts the number of light or dark pixels Thresholding: converts an image with gray tones to simply black and white Connectivity & segmentation: used to locate and/or count parts by differentiating between light and dark connected regions of pixels Blob discovery & manipulation: inspecting an image for discrete blobs of connected ...

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"Vision of Love" was one of the five songs on the demo tape that Carey had produced in her attempts to secure a recording contract, which was eventually given to her when the tape was handed by Brenda K. Starr to executive Tommy Mottola. The final album version of the song was altered from the version on the demo, which had a 1950s-style shuffle. Executives at Sony, Mottola included, thought that Carey's debut needed a more contemporary sound to ensure commercial success. Sony would not give Carey creative leeway at this early stage in her c ...

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