Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
J. Daniel Subias, M. Lagunas
Summary: This paper presents a single-image appearance editing framework that allows intuitive modification of the material appearance of an object. It leverages generative models and a novel architecture to preserve high-frequency details from the input image. The framework outperforms the state-of-the-art in material editing and is applicable to synthetic images, real-world photographs, and video sequences.
COMPUTER GRAPHICS FORUM
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lara-Malenka Sakiroff, Philip Chennell, Mouloud Yessaad, Bruno Pereira, Yassine Bouattour, Valerie Sautou
Summary: This study compared visual examination with spectrophotometric measurement and found that UV-Vis spectrophotometry is more effective for detecting and identifying color changes in drug stability studies.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Liuyan Cao, Gangyi Jiang, Zhidi Jiang, Mei Yu, Yubin Qi, Yo-Sung Ho
Summary: This article explores the terminal image quality of the high dynamic range omnidirectional image (HOI) system, proposing a novel quality measurement method and establishing a new subjective evaluation dataset NBU-HOID, showing that the proposed method outperforms existing methods in objective measurement results.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT
(2021)
Review
Engineering, Biomedical
Susana Moleirinho, Andrew J. Whalen, Shelley Fried, John S. Pezaris
Summary: The development of visual prosthesis devices faces challenges in understanding factors such as phosphenes and how electrical patterns influence phosphenes generation. Research on synchronous and asynchronous electrical stimulation across multiple electrodes is crucial for creating a clinically successful prosthesis.
JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Stijn Beuckels, Jan Audenaert, Peter Hanselaer, Frederic B. Leloup
Summary: Gloss is an important attribute for describing the appearance of surfaces and objects. This study presents a more advanced image-based gloss meter that incorporates a CMOS camera detector to measure four perceptual attributes of surface gloss. The results validate its capability in characterizing DOI, haze, and contrast.
JOURNAL OF COATINGS TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Ophthalmology
Jakob Siedlecki, Susanna Koenig, Claudia Catarino, Markus M. Schaumberger, Benedikt Schworm, Siegfried Georg Priglinger, Guenther Rudolph, Bettina von Livonius, Thomas Klopstock, Claudia S. Priglinger
Summary: Visual prognosis of LHON in children is much more favorable in cases of childhood onset (<= 12 years of age) compared with teenage onset (13-16 years), mostly due to better recovery from nadir in childhood onset.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ophthalmology
Eugen Prokott, Roland W. Fleming
Summary: This study explores the recognition of specular highlights, an important image feature for surface gloss perception. It develops a neural network that mimics observers' successes and failures in identifying highlights, surpassing image-computable models and human responses. The network's inner representations align with hand-engineered image features and indicate some learning of photo-geometrical constraints. However, the network fails to replicate human response patterns to violations of photo-geometric constraints.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Yee Eun Lee, Hyun Jung Lee, Minsu Kim, Ji Won Yoon, Minkyung Ryu, Cheorun Jo
Summary: This study reveals that consumers have distinct individual preferences for the appearance of pork cuts, and the evaluation of pork appearance and preference are influenced by various visual attributes, with considerable variations among different cuts.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Proceedings Paper
Optics
Stijn Beuckels, Jan Audenaert, Frederic B. Leloup, Peter Hanselaer
Summary: The instrumental measurement of gloss is vital in many industries, but the current methods have weak correlation with human gloss perception. Recent technological developments enable the use of imaging sensors in gloss meters, however, no commercial gloss meter accurately considers the impact of contrast, one of the main attributes of gloss. This study documents a method to evaluate the implementation of a contrast gloss formula in a camera-based gloss meter, which is a step towards developing an image-based gloss instrument that can accurately characterize gloss as visually perceived.
UNCONVENTIONAL OPTICAL IMAGING III
(2022)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Gang Liu, Guanhua Qu, Lei Ren, Yuanyuan Zhang, Xingyu Zang, Rui Dang
Summary: This study investigates the visual physiological group characteristics of Chinese college students under different classroom daylight conditions and their subjective visual perception mechanisms. The results show that college students exhibit low mean light sensitivity (MS) and high pattern standard deviation (PSD), with significant gender differences in PSD. The study also confirms the significant effects of MS and PSD on the subjective visual perception of daylight, providing insights for future human-based daylighting design of college classrooms.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Juliana Tessari Dias Rohr, Cassiano Rodrigues Isaac, Adriano de Almeida de Lima, Ana Garcia, Procopio Miguel dos Santos, Maria Clotilde Henriques Tavares
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the perception of visual illusions in children/adolescents with strabismus. The results showed that children with strabismus had a higher susceptibility and longer response time to the Ponzo illusion, as well as impaired perception of other geometric illusions and neutral images. The findings suggest that studying visual illusory perception can provide new insights into the visual function of strabismus patients.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Ophthalmology
Bader Almagren, Matt J. Dunn
Summary: This systematic review investigated factors affecting visual performance in infantile nystagmus (IN) and called for the development of suitable alternatives to visual acuity (VA) to assess visual function. The review found that maximum VA is a useful metric but doesn't account for nystagmus-specific factors. The review provides insights into potential measurement methods to guide future research.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Robotics
Johannes Pankert, Maria Vittoria Minniti, Lorenz Wellhausen, Marco Hutter
Summary: In this paper, a novel approach called Deep Measurement Update (DMU) is proposed as a general update rule. The method, with a conditional encoder-decoder neural network structure, shows good performance in handling high-dimensional sensor data and has been validated in multiple scenarios.
IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Michele Fornaciai, Joonkoo Park
Summary: Previous studies suggest that numerosity processing involves at least two temporal stages, possibly reflecting initial feedforward processing and feedback signals from higher-order cortical areas. By utilizing different experimental methods, the results demonstrate that feedback processing is not strictly necessary for the perceptual segmentation that gives rise to perceived numerosity, but suggest that different stages of feedforward activity in early visual areas may be sufficient to create a numerosity representation.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Midori Tanaka, Ken'ichi Otani, Saori Setoguchi, Takahiko Horiuchi
Summary: This study investigated the physical factors required to accurately reproduce the Milky Way in a planetarium, finding that star density was the pivotal factor for most observers, while the size of the stars in the projected Milky Way did not significantly impact them.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Miriam Lettner, Franziska Hesser, Barbara Hedeler, Peter Schwarzbauer, Tobias Stern
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2020)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Ursula Ploll, Tobias Stern
BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Claudia Mair-Bauernfeind, Martina Zimek, Raphael Asada, Daniel Bauernfeind, Rupert J. Baumgartner, Tobias Stern
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
(2020)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Claudia Mair-Bauernfeind, Martina Zimek, Miriam Lettner, Franziska Hesser, Rupert J. Baumgartner, Tobias Stern
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ursula Ploll, Heidrun Petritz, Tobias Stern
ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS
(2020)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Natalia Chebaeva, Miriam Lettner, Julia Wenger, Josef-Peter Schoeggl, Franziska Hesser, Daniel Holzer, Tobias Stern
Summary: This paper presents a systematic classification system for existing sustainability assessment methods and introduces the concept of sustainability assessment levels. Through a study of 33 sustainability assessment methods, a cluster analysis was performed, resulting in the identification of four distinct sustainability assessment levels. This concept supports interdisciplinary research projects by providing an overview and guideline for matching sustainability assessment methods to respective technology readiness levels.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Daniel Holzer, Romana Rauter, Eva Fleiss, Tobias Stern
Summary: Research indicates that there is limited empirical evidence on key corporate practices in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) crucial for transitioning towards a circular economy (CE), as well as a lack of knowledge on the definition of CE for SMEs. Efficient resource utilization, resource procurement, and cooperation with stakeholders are identified as major areas of importance for Austrian SMEs in the context of CE.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Elias Hurmekoski, Carolyn E. Smyth, Tobias Stern, Pieter Johannes Verkerk, Raphael Asada
Summary: Wood-based products typically have lower fossil-based emissions over their lifecycle compared to functionally equivalent products made from other materials. However, quantifying the potential impact of large-scale material substitution at the market level remains challenging. Studies show that using wood as a substitute for other materials can reduce emissions, but the specific values are influenced by assumptions and system boundaries, limiting their generalizability.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Julia Wenger, Stefan Pichler, Annukka Naeyhae, Tobias Stern
Summary: The utilization of coproducts is a strategy to improve the economic and environmental performance of industrial processes. In multi-output production processes, the choice of allocation method strongly affects overall outcomes. This study shows that practitioners' professional backgrounds influence their preferences for allocation methods, which in turn impacts their assessments and decision-making.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Verena Haas, Julia Wenger, Lea Ranacher, Nathanael Guigo, Andreia F. Sousa, Tobias Stern
Summary: The demand for plastics is significantly higher than any other bulk material, and it is expected to further increase due to global economic and population growth. The interest in bioplastics is growing as public awareness of plastic waste accumulation in natural environments increases. The study findings highlight the need for intensified cross-disciplinary communication and collaboration.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
L. Hundscheid, M. Wurzinger, A. Guehnemann, A. H. Melcher, T. Stern
Summary: Reducing meat consumption is crucial for global sustainability, but institutional changes in the protein regime in Austria have been overlooked. This study uses media data to analyze the transition phases and identifies drivers and barriers for the transition.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xianyuan Wu, Maxim Galkin, Tobias Stern, Zhuohua Sun, Katalin Barta
Summary: This article presents a biorefinery strategy for constructing polyester analogues of polyethylene terephthalate from woody biomass, which are promising candidates for the circular economy.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Andreia F. Sousa, Rafael Patricio, Zoi Terzopoulou, Dimitrios N. Bikiaris, Tobias Stern, Julia Wenger, Katja Loos, Nadia Lotti, Valentina Siracusa, Anna Szymczyk, Sandra Paszkiewicz, Konstantinos S. Triantafyllidis, Alexandra Zamboulis, Marija S. Nikolic, Pavle Spasojevic, Shanmugam Thiyagarajan, Daan S. van Es, Nathanael Guigo
Summary: This review focuses on the importance of replacing the polymer resin PET, discussing various potential PET alternatives from biomass such as bio-PET, PEF, and PTF. While these biobased polymers may play a significant role in various applications in the future, their cost competitiveness remains a major obstacle to wider deployment. Social, political, and legal frameworks, along with supportive financial schemes, are driving rapid changes in the development and adoption of these renewable alternatives.
Article
Forestry
Julia Wenger, Verena Haas, Tobias Stern
CURRENT FORESTRY REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Business
Raphael Asada, Giuseppe Cardellini, Claudia Mair-Bauernfeind, Julia Wenger, Verena Haas, Daniel Holzer, Tobias Stern
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2020)