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Feature extraction in digital image processing is a very intensive task for a CPU. In order to achieve real time image throughputs, hardware parallelism must be exploited. The speed-up of the system is constrained by the degree of parallelism of the implementation and this one at the same time, by programmable device size and the power dissipation. In this work, issues related to the synthesis of the Scale-Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) algorithm on a FPGA to obtain target processing rates faster than 50 frames per second for VGA images, are analyzed. In order to increase the speedup of the algorithm, the work includes the analysis of feasible simplifications of the algorithm for a tracking application and the results are synthesized on an FPGA. ; This work has been partially funded by Spanish government projects TEC2015-66878-C3-2-R (MINECO/FEDER, UE) and TEC2015- 66878-C3-3-R (MINECO/FEDER, UE).

In a recent article, Jacobson examines the rise and fall of the incumbency advantage from 1952 to 2014. He shows that the incumbency advantage over this period rose as elections became more localized, and has fallen in recent decades as elections have become more nationalized. In this research note, we examine whether a similar relationship holds when we extend the time-series back to the end of the Civil War. Consistent with earlier work, we find that the scale of the incumbency advantage was much smaller in the period prior to 1952— approximately ranging between 0 and 4 points. However, despite this difference in scale, there remains a very similar negative correlation between the nationalization of elections and the incumbency advantage. We therefore speculate that the nationalization of elections diminishes the relative size of the incumbency advantage, but the overall size of that advantage may also be shaped by other factors, such as technology, institutional reforms, or changes in the media landscape.

The new kind and approach of up-to-date radiolocation: fractal-scaling or scale-invariant radiolocation has been proposed. It leads to basic changes in the theoretical radiolocation structure itself and also in its mathematical apparatus. The fractal radio systems conception, sampling topology, global fractal-scaling approach and the fractal paradigm underlies the scientific direction established by the author in Russia and over the world for the first time. The author has been investigating these issues for exactly 35 years. The results of big practical and scientific importance obtained by the author were published in four summary reports of the Presidium of Russian academy of science (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013) and in the report for the Government of Russian Federation (2012). ; Предложен новый вид и метод современной радиолокации, а именно, фрактально-скейлинговая или масштабно-инвариантная радиолокация. Это влечет за собой коренные изменения в самой структуре теоретической радиолокации, а также в ее математическом аппарате. В основе созданного автором впервые в России и в мире научного направления лежит концепция фрактальных радиосистем, топология выборки, глобальный фрактально-скейлинговый метод и фрактальная парадигма. Данными вопросами автор занимается ровно 35 лет. Полученные автором результаты крупной научной и практической значимости были опубликованы в четырех отчетных докладах Президиума Российской академии наук (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 гг.) и в докладе Правительству Российской Федерации (2012 г.).