Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAgeism in British Columbia: A Brief ReportLarry Anderson, Yongjie Yon M.A.This short report, using Palmore (2001) Ageism Survey, presents data demonstrating the prevalence of Ageism in British Columbia, Canada. Correlation patterns relating to humour, employment, victimization and personal rejection are discussed. Particular emphasis is placed on connecting ageism and relational self-esteem. Sources of respondents include: The Senior Connector, a newspaper distributed throughout British Columbia; the Council of Senior Citizen Organizations … …Current Research in Psychology, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 30 Jun 2010 · 8,231 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSegmentation and Recognition of Handwritten Numeric ChainsSalim Ouchtati, Mouldi Bedda, Abderrazak LachouriAutomatic reading of numeric chains has been attempted in several application areas such as bank cheque processing, postal code recognition and form processing. Such applications have been very popular in handwriting recognition research, due to the possibility to reduce considerably the manual effort involved in these tasks. In this study we propose an off line system for the recognition of … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2007 · 7,639 accessesView PDFCite