Abstract: The detection of small targets from infrared images with a low signal-to-noise ratio and complex backgrounds has important practical significance in applications such as maritime rescue and ...

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A genial, lightly comic portrait of Gösta Engzell, the unlikely civil servant who outmanoeuvred Nazi bureaucracy with paperwork ‘It’s a miracle!” exclaims a Swedish official. No, he is corrected by a ...

For all the obsessive coverage of the disgraced financier's political dealings, mainstream outlets have skimmed past one of the biggest stories Independent media reporting has highlighted former ...