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    Classifying fonts and calligraphy styles using complex wavelet transform
    (Springer-Verlag London Ltd, 2015) Bozkurt, A.; Duygulu P.; Cetin, A.E.
    Recognizing fonts has become an important task in document analysis, due to the increasing number of available digital documents in different fonts and emphases. A generic font recognition system independent of language, script and content is desirable for processing various types of documents. At the same time, categorizing calligraphy styles in handwritten manuscripts is important for paleographic analysis, but has not been studied sufficiently in the literature. We address the font recognition problem as analysis and categorization of textures. We extract features using complex wavelet transform and use support vector machines for classification. Extensive experimental evaluations on different datasets in four languages and comparisons with state-of-the-art studies show that our proposed method achieves higher recognition accuracy while being computationally simpler. Furthermore, on a new dataset generated from Ottoman manuscripts, we show that the proposed method can also be used for categorizing Ottoman calligraphy with high accuracy. © 2015, Springer-Verlag London.
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    Cornelius Van Alan Van Dyck's missionary work in Syria
    (Bilkent University, 2018) Abbasi, Nabeel Ahmed; Zaheer, Arham; Chaudhry, Hassaan Ahmed; Aliyev, Sarkhan; Shaikh, Talha Ahmed; Mammaddli, Omar
    13 Ağustos 1818’de New York’ta dünyaya gelen Cornelius Van Alen Van Dyck pratisyen Dr. Heny L. Van Dyck’ın oğluydu. Diriliş dalgasından etkilenen Van Dyck, 1840’ta ABCFM’de misyoner olarak hizmet vermeye karar verdi. 2 Nisan 1840’ta, başlarda tıbbi misyoner olarak hizmet edip, sonradan eğitim alanında çalışacağı Beirut’a gönderildi. Bunun yanı sıra, Arapça üzerinde çalışması, bir takım kitaplar yayınlamasının önünü açmakla kalmayıp, “İncil Tecümanı” ünvanını da almasını sağladı. Bu önemli göreve seçilmesinin sebebi de Arapça’daki uzmanlığı idi. Suriye Protestan Koleji’nin önemli figürü olduğu dönemde fakülteleri yönetmekle kalmayıp, çeşitli dersler de vermiştir. Dahası, Kolejden istifasından sonra tıbbi hizmet sunabileceği küçük bir klinik açması ona “Al-Hakim” ünvanını kazandırmıştır. Van Dyck 13 Kasım 1895’te, 79 yaşında bağırsak kanaması nedeniye hayatını kaybetmiştir. Onun hala saygın çevreler tarafından saygı görmesinin sebebi çeşitli alanlarda bir hayırsever olarak yaptığı katkılardır.
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    ‘Fresh variants and formulations frozen’: structural features of commercial signs in Oman
    (John Wiley and Sons, 2014-07-15) Buckingham, L.
    This study analyses structural features of English on commercial signs on shop frontages throughout Oman. The study identifies frequently used structural features which appear to be undergoing a process of nativization (Schneider 2003) within the context of this text type. These include word class flexibility, the extensive use of the gerund at the end of noun phrases and the use of multiple verbs to itemize discrete activities. In some cases, features appear to serve the functions of economizing, or heightening the prominence or degree of explicitness of content; in other cases, structural features revealed the influence of Arabic. Limited evidence was also found for features previously identified in other lingua franca contexts such as the genitive structure with inanimate nouns and plural uncountable nouns.