Alpha and the History of Digital Compositing Technical Memo 7 Alvy Ray Smith August 15‚ 1995 Abstract The history of digital image compositing—other than simple digital implementation of known film art—is essentially the history of the alpha channel. Distinctions are drawn between digital printing and digital compositing‚ between matte creation and matte usage‚ and between (binary) masking and (subtle) matting. The history of the integral alpha channel and premultiplied alpha ideas are presented
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Alpha Contracting Michelle McCoy July 25‚ 2011 William Salinas ACM 394 Introduction to Contract Management Alpha Contracting Alpha Contracting is defined as an acquisition process adopted to reduce the acquisition cyle time by replacing a serial process with a concurrent one‚ through government/contractor teaming without compromising the standard of a fair and reasonable price. This process involves the integration of the Program Manager/Acquisition Manager (PM/AM)‚ the Contracting Officer
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Abstract The explosion accident that occurred on board the offshore platform Piper Alpha in July 1988‚ it killed 165 people and cost billions of dollars in property damage. It was caused by a massive fire‚ which was not the result of an unpredictable accident but caused by accumulation of errors and questionable decisions. The destruction of the platform by an explosion and the subsequent massive oil and gas fire showed that the potential hazards of the offshore industry were greater than had been
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1. INTRODUCTION Wolfram Alpha is an answer engine developed by Wolfram Research. It is an online service that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from structured data‚ rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer as a search engine might .It was announced in March 2009 by Stephen Wolfram‚ and was released to the public on May 15‚ 2009. Wolfram|Alpha aims to bring expert-level knowledge and capabilities to the broadest possible range
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Case Study Alpha Tyre Company Alpha Tyre Company (ALPHA) is engaged in the manufacture and sale of car tyres. Most of ALPHA’s business is conducted primarily through the OE (Original Equipment) route‚ selling to automobile manufacturers such as Maruti‚ Hyundai‚ Tata‚ Honda‚ Toyota and Hindustan Motors. The company has a strong presence in the OE market and it wants to protect its dominance in this space. However‚
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ALPHA CORPORATION (Computer assembler) Operation management Group members NAME ID Parvez Kaisar 12-20783-1 Islam Md. Redwanul 12-20795-1 Shaneowaz‚ Md 12-20830-1 Hassan Mehdi 12-20166-1
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Many developed countries are paying increasing attention to the needs of the disadvantaged. How far is this true in Singapore? * In May 2011‚ Prime Minister Mr Lee realized the government’s need to "lend a hand to those hurt by globalisation and technological changes that have‚ among other things‚ widened the gap between the rich and the poor" * The government is not only focusing on monetary assistance programmes‚ but also a sense of reassurance‚ concern and empathy. * Government also
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3. Critically analyse the following quote from Sarah Wise (2011) “As Australians we promulgate the value of a fair go. Yet there are individuals and groups in our society that experience extreme and persistent disadvantage that sets them apart from the rest of our society”. (Reference: Wise‚ S. (2011) “Advance Australia Fairly” Sydney Morning Herald. January 14‚ 2011) One of the most predominant values in Australian society is that of ‘mateship’ (Henslin‚ J.‚ A. Possamai and A. Possamai-Inesedy
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Alpha Corporation Question 1) Assumption: Only transactions above 50 millions are considered as major transactions. a) 1989: i. Sources of Cash: Net cash provided by continuing operations‚ Proceeds from disposal of depreciable and other assets‚ Increase in short-term borrowings‚ Proceeds from long-term debt. ii. Uses of Cash: Investment in depreciable assets‚ Investment in capitalized software‚ Payments of long-term debt. b) 1990: i. Sources of Cash: Net Cash
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chemical process of digestion. Foods that contain starch like rice and potatoes. Amylase turns some of their starch into sugar in the mouth. The pancreas makes amylase (alpha amylase) to hydrolyze dietary starch into disaccharides and trisaccharides which are converted by other enzymes to glucose to supply the body with energy. Alpha amylase in this lab is used to hydrolyze starch to break it down into maltose. Purpose of this lab is to show that both pH temperature affect enzyme actions. The optimal
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