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Malignant atrophic papulosis (Köhlmeier-Degos disease) - A review
Athanasios Theodoridis1,
Evgenia Makrantonaki1,2 &
Christos C Zouboulis1
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases volume 8, Article number: 10 (2013) Cite this article
Definition of the disease
Malignant atrophic papulosis (MAP), described independently by Köhlmeier and Degos et al., is a rare, chronic, thrombo-obliterative vasculopathy characterized by papular skin lesions with central porcelain-white atrophy and surrounding teleangiectatic rim.
Less than 200 cases have been described in the literature. The first manifestation of MAP usually occurs between the 20th and 50th year of life.
Clinical description
The cutaneous clinical picture is almost pathognomonic. The histology is not consistent but in most cases it shows a wedge-shaped connective tissue necrosis in the deep corium due to a thrombotic occlusion of the small arteries. In the systemic variant, manifestations mostly occur at the intestine and central nervous system.
The etiopathogenesis of the disease remains unknown, a genetic predisposition may occur. Vasculitis, coagulopathy or primary dysfunction of the endothelial cells have been implicated.
Diagnostic methods
Diagnosis is only based on the characteristic skin lesions.
Differrential diagnosis
It depends on the clinical presentation of MAP, but systemic lupus erythematosus and other connective tissue diseases need to be considered.
No effective treatment exists for the systemic manifestations, while compounds that facilitate blood perfusion have achieved a partial regression of the skin lesions in single cases.
An apparently idiopathic, monosymptomatic, cutaneous, benign variant and a progressive, visceral one with approx. 50% lethality within 2–3 years have been reported. Systemic manifestations can develop years after the occurrence of skin lesions leading to bowel perforation and peritonitis, thrombosis of the cerebral arteries or massive intracerebral hemorrhage, meningitis, encephalitis, radiculopathy, myelitis.
The malignant atrophic papulosis (Köhlmeier-Degos disease; MAP) was described by Köhlmeier in 1941[1] and documented as a separate entity by Degos et al. one year later[2]. Although MAP has been known for almost 70 years, its pathomechanism remains still obscure. As a result no treatment has been proven sufficient enough to cope with the disease.
It is a rare disease; until today less than 200 cases have been described in the literature. The first manifestation of MAP usually occurs between the 20th and 50th year of life[3, 4], while single cases with MAP in newborns and children have also been described[5, 6]. A genetic predisposition with an autosomal dominant trait has been suggested, since there has been reports about more frequently affected 1st degree relatives[7–9].
The following article presents an overview of MAP as well as a summary of the proposed theories of disease development. The exact knowledge of MAP research history may lead to new unexplored pathways and eventually to the discovery of the pathogenesis of this potentially lethal illness.
Clinical manifestations
The diagnosis of MAP is based in the majority of the cases on the pathognomonic skin lesions. They are about 0.5-1 cm large papules with an atrophic porcelain-white centre and an erythematous, teleangiectatic rim mostly occurring on the trunk and the upper extremities[4, 10] (Figures1,2). The lesions appear initially as small erythematous papules. After a few days the centre sinks and they start to demonstrate the characteristic morphology. Palms, soles, scalp and face are rarely involved. On the other hand, involvement of the internal organs, with multiple limited infarcts of the intestine and/or the central nervous system (CNS) as well as of other organs, such as the lungs (presenting as pleuritis and/or pericarditis) and the eyes, has also been reported[11–14].
Cutaneous involvement of Köhlmeier-Degos disease showing scattered typical lesions on the lower extremities of a female patient.
Characteristic lesions with porcelain-white center und a surrounding erythematous rim on the upper extremities of a male patient.
Due to the markedly different prognosis between the apparently idiopathic cutaneous disease and MAP with systemic involvement, the first variant - in contrast to the latter "malignant" one - has been termed "benign atrophic papulosis" by some authors[15, 16]. However, it is still unclear if these two forms can be unambiguously distinguished from each other, since systemic involvement can develop year after the occurrence of the skin lesions.
The so called "benign" form of the disease is characterized by the typical skin lesions, which persist over years or lifelong, without involvement of the inner organs[17]. Several cases have exhibited signs of inheritance, especially between first-degree relatives[7, 9]. The malignant variant is characterized by involvement of the skin and the inner organs, either occurring simultaneously or subsequently. The systemic manifestations can be followed in many cases by serious complications, namely bowel perforation and peritonitis as well as thrombosis of the cerebral arteries or massive cerebral hemorrhage, meningitis, encephalitis, radiculopathy, myelitis[18] leading to lethal course in approx. 50% of the patients within 2 to 3 years. Lung involvement can be followed by pleuritis and/or pericarditis[10, 19, 20]. The prognosis can also be influenced by the extent of these ischemic complications, which are the determinants of mortality[2, 8, 21]. An ocular involvement with affection of the eyelids, conjuctiva, retina, sclera and the choroid plexus, as well as the development of diplopia and ophthalmoplegia as secondary side effects of the neurologic involvement have also been described[22]. The fact that a systemic involvement can develop suddenly, years after the occurrence of skin lesions, makes a regular medical follow-up of the patients necessary.
The diagnosis of MAP is a clinical one and can be supported by the histological findings. The classical histology shows a wedge-shaped connective tissue necrosis, due to thrombotic occlusion of the small arteries deep in the corium[20, 23, 24]. However, these characteristic features cannot be demonstrated in all cases[25]. Harvell et al.[26] examined in a case report the histology of the lesions according to the duration of their existence. Early lesions have shown a superficial and deep perivascular lymphocytic infiltration, with distinct mucin deposition, which resembled lupus erythematosus. The fully developed lesions had more prominent changes in the dermoepidermal junction, with atrophy of the epidermis and an area of sclerosis in the papillary dermis. These characteristics could be compatible with a minimal variant of lichen sclerosus et atrophicans. The late lesions showed a wedge-shaped necrosis, sparse lymphocytes and markedly less mucin deposition in comparison to the early and fully developed lesions (Figure3).
Biopsy from skin lesions showing a wedge-shaped necrosis, arteriolar obliteration, epidermal atrophy, hyperkeratosis and disarrangement of the collagen fibers in the corium.
No specific alterations of laboratory parameters - if any - have been reported[10] and no markers exist, which could verify the diagnosis. However, a relative large percentage of the patients has been described to present defects of blood coagulation.
Etiology and pathogenesis
The etiology of MAP remains unexplained. There is a whole series of hypotheses but none of them could be proven yet. The 3 most reasonable suggested hypotheses about the pathophysiology of the disease are vasculitis, coagulopathy and primary dysfunction of the endothelial cells[27]. Although heterogeneous the aforementioned etiological suggestions are not necessarily mutually exclusive. The simultaneous presence of various factors creating the appropriate conditions for the development of thrombosis should be considered.
Malignant atrophic papulosis as vasculitis
Soter et al.[24] have proposed that inflammation of the vessels could act as a trigger factor for the development of MAP. This inflammation was evaluated as an initial stadium of the disease, as in the histological samples of patients with MAP did not always demonstrate inflammatory cells. Su et al.[28] described a "lymphocyte-associated necrotic vasculitis" as the most prominent cutaneous feature of the skin lesions. In addition, they observed an analogy between the disseminated vasculitic process of the disease and the skin lesions of some patients with lupus erythematosus, which seemed similar. Currently, Magro et al.[29] have reported prominent C5b-9 deposits in skin, gastrointestinal tract and brain vessels of 4 patients with MAP, who have died from the disease. All cases had evidence of high expression of interferon-α (based on tissue expression of MXA, a type I interferon-inducible protein), endothelial tubuloreticular inclusions, and an interferon gene signature in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The MXA expression paralleled the pattern of C5b-9 deposition.
Degos disease as coagulopathy
A thrombus deep in the dermis (stratum reticulare) is the primary event in MAP. The reduction of the blood flow and the resulting damage of the endothelial cells lead to deposition of mucin and aggregation of mononuclear cells[30]. Several authors have observed fibrinolytic dysfunction in selected patients[21, 31–33]. Stahl et al.[34] and Drucker[35] have described single patients who showed an increased platelet aggregation in vivo. Both patients responded very well on the treatment with platelet aggregation inhibitors, namely aspirin and dipyridamole. Black et al.[36] observed a complete loss of fibrinolysis around the small blood vessels, in the centre of old and new papules in skin lesions of patients with MAP. Vazquez-Doval et al.[4] and Olmos et al.[18] described an increase of the activity of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, while Paramo et al.[31] found that the serum level of plasminogen was decreased in a patient with MAP. Alternatively, Englert et al.[37], Mauad et al.[38] and Farell et al.[39] treated single patients with positive lupus anticoagulant. In addition to that, Yoshikawa et al.[40] have described a persistent increase of the thrombin-antithrombin III complex and of plasmin-α-2 plasmin inhibitor complex. All these observations may provide an explanation for the pathogenesis of MAP. Currently, Meephansan et al.[41] observed strong staining of the infiltrating inflammatory cells in the perivascular, intravascular, and perineural areas in tissue samples from 2 MAP patients with stromal cell–derived factor (SDF)-1/CXCL12, which is secreted by bone-marrow stromal and endothelial cells, activates megakaryocyte precursors, and costimulates platelet activation.
MAP as primary or secondary dysfunction of the endothelial cells
Tribble et al.[42] supposed that an abnormal swelling and proliferation of the vascular endothelium could trigger cutaneous, intestinal and central nervous system thrombosis. Howard and Nishida[43, 44] observed tubulo-reticular aggregates in the endothelial cells with the help of electron microscopy. Therefore, a viral or bacterial infection could act as a cause for the endothelial changes[43–45]. Other authors showed intracytoplasmic paramyxovirus-like inclusions in electron microscopy of skin specimens from patients with MAP[18, 35]. However, no proof of paramyxovirus-DNA in skin biopsies of patients has been provided via polymerase chain reaction[31].
There is no uniformly effective therapy for MAP. Efforts with fibrinolytic and immunosuppressive therapeutic regimens like cyclosporine A, azathioprine, cyclophosphamide and corticosteroids have been mostly unsuccessful. Furthermore, there have been reported cases where MAP worsened during immunosupression[7, 46]. Explorative treatment with eculizumab could not prevent the development or progression of systemic manifestations (personal communications), despite its reported initial effectiveness on skin and intestinal lesions[47, 48]. Other therapeutic efforts with anticoagulants and compounds that facilitate blood perfusion, such as acetylosalicylic acid (aspirin), pentoxifylline, dipyridamole, ticlodipine and heparin, have achieved a partial regression of the skin lesions in single cases[4, 11, 28, 34, 39, 49, 50]. Therefore, these agents can be used as a first therapeutic approach on a newly diagnosed patient with MAP. Subcutaneous treprostinil has currently been tested successfully in a case with eculizumab-resistant MAP with intestinal and CNS manifestations (Dr. Lee S. Shapiro, Albany, NY, personal communication).
Since every diagnosed MAP case can potentially develop into the systemic, life-threatening variant, an annual follow-up is mandatory. This should include a clinical inspection of the skin combined with additional examinations, such as brain magnetic resonance tomography, gastroscopy and colonoscopy, as well as X-ray of the chest and abdominal ultrasound in order to assess the long-term prognosis.
MAP is a rare and potentially life-threatening disease. The prognosis highly depends on the development of systemic involvement. Most of the lethal courses are due to bowel perforation or CNS lesions and their consequences. The probability of a benign course increases with the duration of monosymptomatic cutaneous disease.
Authors' information
The work is dedicated to Mrs. Judith Calder, Degos Patients' Network, who has been a long-term motivator and supporter for the initiation and continuation of research in this rare disease.
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Departments of Dermatology, Venerology, Allergology and Immunology, Dessau Medical Center, Auenweg 38, Dessau, 06847, Germany
Athanasios Theodoridis, Evgenia Makrantonaki & Christos C Zouboulis
Research Group Geriatrics, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Reinickendorfer Strasse 61, Berlin, 13347, Germany
Evgenia Makrantonaki
Athanasios Theodoridis
Christos C Zouboulis
Correspondence to Christos C Zouboulis.
AT wrote the manuscript. AT, EM and CCZ read, revised and approved the final manuscript. EM and CCZ share senior authorship.
Athanasios Theodoridis, Evgenia Makrantonaki and Christos C Zouboulis contributed equally to this work.
Theodoridis, A., Makrantonaki, E. & Zouboulis, C.C. Malignant atrophic papulosis (Köhlmeier-Degos disease) - A review. Orphanet J Rare Dis 8, 10 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1750-1172-8-10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1750-1172-8-10
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Kamini is one of 91 nurses who graduated from LCCC's associate degree in nursing program. Students will go on to take the state exam to become Registered Nurses. Once she officially passes the exam, Kamini will begin work as an RN in the heart and lung transplant floor at Cleveland Clinic's main campus. She currently works on the transplant floor as a clinical technician and is excited for the promotion.
"This is a dream I pursued 25 years after graduating high school," she said of earning her RN.
As a teenager, Kamini graduated high school in India and took an exam for entrance to medical school. Unfortunately, she missed the required score by just a fraction of a point. Instead, she settled on earning a degree in architecture, a program that pleased her parents but never felt quite right to Kamini.
"My second choice after becoming a doctor was to study engineering but that would have required me live at the university, and my parents didn't want me to live on campus," she recalled.
So, Kamini applied herself to her studies and earned a bachelor's degree in architecture from Goa College of Architecture, in Goa, India. After her graduation, she continued to follow down her life's path. She got married and had two daughters, Tosha and Disha.
In 1999, she and her family moved to Ohio, to be closer to family members. Life kept moving forward, and she always kept the dream of working in medicine at the back of her mind.
Everything changed about four years ago, when Kamini found the courage to leave an abusive marriage and start a new life for her and her daughters. It was then that her dream of a medical career began to take shape and turn into reality. She researched local colleges and found Lorain County Community College's nursing program to be her most affordable option.
The persistence to pull through
She enrolled at LCCC in 2017, first taking several pre-requisite courses before gaining admission into LCCC's associate degree in nursing program. For more than three years, she juggled school, work and family life, and so much more. While Kamini was earning her nursing degree, both of daughters, Tosha and Disha, enrolled in area community colleges. Tosha, now 22 earned an associate degree in electrical engineering and Disha, now 19, was enrolled in College Credit Plus courses while in high school.
"I had to deal with immigration issues, a divorce, three moves, working full-time with myself and both of my daughters all in college at one point, and I got married last June," she said.
It has been a long road, but it was worth it. As Kamini takes a step back to look at her life, she said she's pleased with where she is and how far she's come. Along the way, she felt support from LCCC's faculty, especially nursing professors Mary Grady, Cheryl Shultz, and Nanci Berman; and also microbiology professor Harry Kestler.
And nothing compares to the support she feels from her family: Tosha, Disha, husband Don, and son Kyle; her parents and extended family in both India and the United States; as well as her martial arts family.
"And I thank God for giving me strength, wisdom and the persistence to pull through," she said.
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Q: How do I store an output of a function into an array in Kotlin So for an assignment, I have to maker a program that generates 200 random numbers and then gets stored into the array and then called upon later.  so I thought about storing the function in an array like this
    fun main() {
    var randomValues = arrayOf( List(200) { Random.nextInt(0, 100) })
    println(randomValues)
}

and that didn't work I get this output
[Ljava.util.List;@533ddba. I'm not too accustomed to arrays so I'm not sure what to do. Sorry if this has been asked before.

A: You have created an Array<List<Int>>. So it's an array containing a list of numbers. Remove the surrounding arrayOf() and change List to Array.
And to print the contents of a collection, use joinToString(), so println(randomValues.joinToString()).

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The Lavaca City Council unanimously granted permission for the city to seek bids for a proposed sidewalk project in Monday's meeting.
Last month, the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department denied a Safe Routes to School grant that the city applied for in fall 2012 to fund a 5-foot wide, Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant sidewalk stretching east from Arkansas 255 South along Arkansas 96 to South 15th Street in Lavaca, a distance of about 0.7 miles, Mayor Hugh Hardgrave said.
In a study session, the council discussed Plan B for the project funding, which will be to allocate the estimated cost of $150,000 from Lavaca's street fund. The city listed $281,450 for the street fund in its 2013 proposed budget.
Hardgrave said he will work this week with the project engineer, Mickle Wagner Coleman of Fort Smith, to finish putting together the documents and necessary information for prospective bidders.
Last year, the city took on a similar project, building a nearly 1-mile long sidewalk from the intersection of Arkansas 255 and Arkansas 96 to Kelly Circle in Lavaca. The project took about three months to complete, Hardgrave said.
Hardgrave said he expects a similar time frame to complete the city's newest sidewalk project once it begins.
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Hardgrave said he hopes to begin advertising for bidders in about a month.
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FILE - These then-new Apple iPhone 5c models were on display in at Tokyo store, Sept. 20, 2013. A 5c is at the center of Apple's battle with the FBI over efforts to break the company's proprietary auto-destruct security system.
Several U.S. technology giants have formally backed Apple in its high-profile legal battle with the FBI over whether the company must weaken the security features of an iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino terrorist attackers.
Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Yahoo were among the companies that filed a joint legal brief Thursday in support of their competitor, the California-based Apple.
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The FBI has asked Apple to write new software that would help unlock the iPhone used by Syed Farook, one of the shooters who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, last December.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said Wednesday he opposes "a single technical approach" as a solution to the complex legal battle.
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Carter also warned that legislation written by Congress to deal with the issue "may be written in an atmosphere of anger and grief" and it may not contain the necessary understanding of current security technology to create an effective law.
Apple filed a formal objection to a federal order to assist the FBI on March 2.
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Rota white-eye (Zosterops rotensis)

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Kingdom	Animalia

Phylum	Chordata

Class	Aves

Order	Passeriformes

Family	Zosteropidae

Genus	Zosterops (1)

Classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List (1).

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The UK is one of the easiest places in the world to set up a business and there are lots of useful sources of information to help you, as well as grants and sources of start-up funding.
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A sole trader operates a business as an individual. If you decide to set up as a sole trader you will be personally liable for paying the bills and responsible if the business makes a loss. You'll need to keep records of your business and make sure you declare the right tax to HMRC.
If you decide to set up a partnership, you and your partners will be responsible for running the business. You will share the profits and losses between yourselves.
All the partners are personally responsible for paying the bills and dealing with any business losses.
For more information about partnerships, read Running a business partnership.
In private limited companies, the company's finances are separated from your personal finances and the company is a legal entity in its own right.
This means that the company's owners' (typically called shareholders or members) liability is limited to the amount which they have invested, plus any unpaid for shares. Generally speaking, this means that if you are the sole shareholder in a company and you have bought 20,000 shares in the company at a value of £1, if the business fails and becomes insolvent your own personal assets (e.g. your house) would not be required to be sold off to pay the debts of the company.
The company must pay corporation tax out of any profits and can then distribute the remaining profits among shareholders. It's run by the directors who owe legal duties to the company and its shareholders.
This is one of the most popular business structures in the UK and is a good choice for those who wish to limit their personal liability.
For more information about limited companies, read Running a private limited company.
As with a company, an LLP is a separate legal structure. Instead of shareholders and directors, it has 'members' who both own and manage the LLP. The minimum number of members is two and they share profits between themselves. For more information about LLPs, read Types of partnership.
Generally, partners are only personally responsible for the debts and losses of the partnership to the amount of their initial investment.
LLPs are most suitable for professional services firms, like accountants, solicitors and chartered surveyors.
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However, we would typically advise small businesses owners to set themselves up as a private limited company as we generally consider limited liability status more than outweighs the increased administrative burden of running a limited company.
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The route you take will affect the amount of tax you and/or your business will pay and determine whether you are eligible for certain tax reliefs and grants.
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E-payments have been gaining popularity in recent times. The Ardent Partners ePayables 2012: The State of the AP Market report stated that 55 per cent of companies had turned away from manual payments and this trend is set to rise.
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Late payments will cause tension between you and your new supplier. However, without accurate, current information on where money is in your business, having the finances in place to meet payment deadlines can be a delicate balancing act.
In the past, getting information on the state of your account was a slow process. You need to be able to see incomings and outgoings before making a payment, but this can be challenging when you're waiting on bank statements to come through and for departments to file their expenses.
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E-statements can be accessed at any time so that you can stay up to date with all your incomings and outgoings when you need them, giving a real-time view of accounts.
Globalisation means your supply chain probably extends around the world. This can become an issue when you have to pay suppliers, thanks to different time zones.
Across the Asia Pacific foreign payment delays are common, often due to the complexity of the payment procedure, according to the Atradius Payment Practices Barometer for November 2013. In fact, 28.4% of the total value of invoices in Asia Pacific to foreign B2B customers are unpaid by the due date. This is up 7.6% from a year ago.
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Before procuring new services you need to know you have the money to do it and your knowledge of the situation has to be as up to date as possible.
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Q: IInputArray image parameter for face detection in emgucv in c# using haarcascade I have installed emgu.cv 3.2 (new version) and visual studio 2012 and for the face detection using windows form application I tried to used haarcascade. I have done the referencing

(Emgu.CV.DebuggerVisualizers.VS2012.dll, Emgu.CV.UI.dll,
  Emgu.CV.UI.GL.dll, Emgu.CV.World.dll)

and add existing

(opencv_ffmpeg320.dll and others)

. The new version of emgu.cv seems to have changed some names of methods like Capture replaced by VideoCapture. But still, I am stuck to complete the face detection code below (last code). What should I do to put IInputArray image parameter on DetectMultiScale(). Please help!
    capture = new VideoCapture(0);
    haar = new CascadeClassifier("haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml");

    Image<Bgr, byte> nextFrame = capture.QueryFrame().ToImage<Bgr, byte>()
    Image<Gray, byte> grayframe = nextFrame.Convert<Gray, byte>();
     // stuck here below to put IInputArray image
                        var faces = haar.DetectMultiScale( , 1.1, 10,
                          Emgu.CV.CvEnum.HaarDetectionType.DoCannyPruning,
                          new Size(20, 20));
      // or you can use this to code
                        MCvAvgComp[][] faces =
                      haar.DetectMultiScale(**IInputArray image** , 1.1,
                      10, Emgu.CV.CvEnum.HaarDetectionType.DoCannyPruning,
                      new Size(20, 20));

A: The new EmguCv uses Mat as the image format by default. so in the IInputArray you need to pass the Mat
Mat matFrame = capture.QueryFrame();
Image<Bgr, byte> nextFrame = matFrame.ToImage<Bgr, byte>()
Image<Gray, byte> grayframe = nextFrame.Convert<Gray, byte>();

var faces = haar.DetectMultiScale( matFrame, 1.1, 10,
                  Emgu.CV.CvEnum.HaarDetectionType.DoCannyPruning,
                  new Size(20, 20));

IInputArray and IOutArray are interfaces which accept:

*

*A CvArray, which is the base class of Matrix and Image<,>

*A Mat, which is the Open CV equivalent of cv::Mat

*A UMat, which is the Open CV equivalent of cv::UMat

*A ScalarArray, which can be used to convert a scalar to an IInputArray

*VectorOf{XXX}, this is the interface for the C++ standard vector


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From a Colonial-era portrait by John Singleton Copley to a Pop-era Campbell's Tomato Juice box by Andy Warhol, The Newark Museum has one of the world's most distinguished collections of American art. Beginning on May 10, 2001, the Museum will present an entirely new experience of these works—more than 300 in all, installed and interpreted in 32,000 square feet of gallery space—under the title of Picturing America.
Presented in galleries originally designed by architect Michael Graves, which have received new lighting and bold colors based on historical sources, the masterworks in Picturing America come to life through an installation that connects the artists' visual motifs and strategies to broader issues in America's history and culture.
Since its founding in 1909, The Newark Museum has been in the forefront of collecting American art. It was among the first to acquire works by contemporary American artists (who at the time included John Sloan, Robert Henri, George Bellows, Max Weber, Henry Ossawa Tanner and John Marin) and was similarly far-sighted in presenting works by African American artists, photographers and folk artists.
Some 250 years' worth of paintings and sculptures join in eye-opening combinations with objects in other media to tell the story of Picturing America.
In the gallery devoted to "Romantic Portraits for the Eastern Cities," paintings by Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully and Rembrandt Peale appear next to superb examples of Federal-style furniture—the sort of property that was owned by the portrait-sitters and carefully depicted with them. In the gallery on artists in the West, the spiritualized landscapes of Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran mingle with Native American works that offer a contrasting vision of God's presence in nature. In "The City and Modernism," paintings by Charles Sheeler and Joseph Stella, reflecting the excitement of new technology and the experience of the industrial city, are shown with photographs on the same subjects by Berenice Abbott and Edward Steichen and a cocktail table of gleaming metal by Donald Deskey.
Picturing America is made possible in part through the support of The Henry Luce Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, New Jersey State Council on the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts.
This reinstallation of our internationally known collection of ancient glass completes the innovative reinstallation of ancient art begun with the galleries of ancient Egyptian and Greek art. The collection of New Jersey resident and chemist Eugene Schaefer, amassed in the teens and twenties of this century, comprises ancient glass from 1500 B.C. Egypt through Greece, Rome and the Islamic cultures to 1200 A.D.
glassmakers such as Louis Tiffany.
Video clips will show master glassmaker Bill Gudenrath demonstrating ancient techniques for working the challenging medium of glass. Original letters and photographs on Eugene Schaefer and his collection will also be featured.
The beauty of ancient glass has captivated a small but dedicated group of collectors in the New York and New Jersey region. A selection of their treasures will be highlighted in this exhibit. In addition to our local audience, this showing is being mounted in honor of the October visit of the Congress of the International Association for the History of Glass, a group of glass enthusiasts and scholars from many countries.
Dynamic Earth: Revealing Nature's Secrets!
Scheduled to open in Spring 2002 is an innovative, ongoing Science exhibition — Dynamic Earth: Revealing Nature's Secrets! — which will showcase the institution's natural history collection. The Victoria Hall of Science will combine the already existing mini zoo, Alice and Leonard Dreyfuss Planetarium, Spharæ™ (a traveling planetarium) and Margaret Chubb Parsons Studios and Science Learning Laboratory to form a comprehensive natural science education resource unique in the region.
Dynamic Earth: Revealing Nature's Secrets! will consist of interrelated areas, each with a specific theme, including, The Dynamic Earth: Forces of Change, Life Adapts to Change, Diversity in Your Backyard: New Jersey Highlands, A Cave of Secrets, and the Discovery Field Station.
Ghanaian society and ritual culture. Its beauty appeals to many, and today kente is prominent in contemporary African American society as well, often embraced as a symbol of black identity. The exhibition has two overlying themes: the roots of kente in Asante and Ewe culture in Ghana and its spread to other parts of Africa; and the role of kente as it has been adopted— and Adapted— in the Unites States, beginning with the Black Nationalists and pan-African movements and continuing to the present. Wrapped in Pride brings together some 185 examples of traditional and modern kente, including masterpieces from the permanent collections of The Newark Museum; the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History; the Smithsonain Institution; and leading private collections. A range of patterns are displayed and examined, with examples of kente cloth supplemented by a rich selection of field, historical and documentary photographs.
Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity is accompanied by q 248-page illustrated catalogue, produced by the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. The publication represents the first comprehensive volume on the subject, and features essays by a number of leading scholars addressing the development and meaning of kente and issues of dress and identity, as well as numerous color images of work in the exhibition.
Organizing Institutions: Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity was organized by the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History and The Newark Museum.
Curators: The exhibition is co-curated by Doran H. Ross, Director of the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, and Anne Spencer, Curator of Africa, the American and the Pacific at The Newark Museum, recently retired.
Funding: The exhibition in its national tour are made possible by Ford Motor Company. The exhibition has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, dedicated to expanding American understanding of history and culture; the National Endowment for the Arts; and the Getty Grant Program for the publication. Additional support has been received from foundations, corporations and individuals. The Newark Museum's presentation of Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity also received funding from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; The Jerome L. Joss Foundation; the Victoria Foundation, Inc., The Prudential Foundation; AT&T; the New Jersey Council for the Humanities; the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State; and The Chase Manhattan Bank. Additional support was provided by Ghana Airways Limited and New Jersey Network Television.
the sciences (Natural Science Collection; the Alice and Leonard Dreyfuss Planetarium; and the Mini Zoo, with live animals representing major habitats of the world).
Objects from the Classical Collection illustrate contrasting lifestyles and world views of two of the ancient world's greatest cultures. Artifacts and antiquities are arranged to highlight family life; religious ideas and ceremonies; and self-presentation in art. Exciting visual displays and technologies combine to present old favorites in new ways, such as the Egyptian mummy coffin of Henet-Mer and the Greek Herakles and the Lion amphora.
The Museum's renowned Tibetan Collection encompasses the breadth of religious and lay culture in Tibet from the thirteenth through mid-twentieth centuries, with the magnificent centerpiece the Tibetan Buddhist Altar (see below). Reinstalled for the exhibition, From the Sacred Realm: Treasures of Tibetan Art in the Collection of The Newark Museum (October 15, 1999–January 23, 2000), the Tibetan Galleries now include an authentically painted entrance foyer adjacent to the Altar, which creates a visual "passage" to the entire suite of galleries.
The construction, decoration and consecration of the Museum's Tibetan Buddhist Altar, a three-year project taking place from 1988–90, represents a collaborative effort between the Museum and the local Tibetan community. A permanent installation, the Altar provides an authentic and sacred space in which to display objects that are part of a living religious tradition. His Holiness, the XIV Dalai Lama performed a consecration ceremony for the Altar in 1990.
The structure of the Altar was designed by the Museum's exhibition staff in consultation with Michael Graves, architect for the renovation, and Tibetan advisors. Artist-in-residence Phuntsok Dorje, a Tibetan artist trained at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, completed one-and-a-half years of work painting the ceiling, columns, walls, bookshelves and shrine opening in traditional Tibetan designs. Sacred mantras (prayers), auspicious flowers and animals and rainbow hues all contribute to the beauty and radiance of the Altar.
The consecration by His Holiness, the XIV Dalai Lama completed the process of constructing a sacred space. Assisted by ritual masters, lamas and attendants, His Holiness the Dalai Lama first made three prostrations and presented a white kata, a silk scarf, which is the traditional Tibetan greeting symbolizing purity. Next, prayers were chanted, with grain tossed between chants to make the prayers "true" and "solid." The potent emblems of tantric Buddhism, the dorje and bell (power and wisdom) were held in special positions. The central moment of the ceremony was an invocation to the Buddhas to enter the Altar and to stay there. These prayers were repeated three times, reminding the Buddhas that they have promised to stay in this world to teach enlightenment to all and not to enter final Nirvana until this task is completed.
The assembled images, tankas, documents and ritual objects radiate a spiritual presence. The prayers and rites performed at the consecration ceremony empowered the space that enshrines the icons and objects. The Museum is greatly honored to have had His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of the Tibetan people and 1989 Nobel Peace Laureate, lend His own luminous presence to its Altar. In 1999, Tibetan artist Phuntsok Dorje returned to the Museum to paint an ornate ceremonial entry room to the Altar.
Funding: The Tibetan Buddhist Altar was created as part of a special project, Tibet, The Living Tradition, 1988–91. Major funding for the project was generously provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Getty Grant Program, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and proceeds from A Night in Old Llasa benefit.
The Decorative Arts Galleries encompass two floors of the 1885 Ballantine House, a restored National Historic Landmark that comprises part of the Museum complex. The House & Home installation places objects from the acclaimed Decorative Arts Collection in context to explore Victorian home life and its relationship to our lives today.
Funding: The 1994 Ballantine House restoration and the House & Home installation were funded in part by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund Museum Collections Accessibility Initiative.
Location: The Museum is located at 49 Washington Street in the Downtown/Arts District of Newark, New Jersey, and is easily accessible by public transportation as well as from all area major highways.
Public Hours: Wednesdays through Sundays, 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m., with evening hours on Thursdays until 8:30 p.m. The Museum Café, located in the Engelhard Court, is open for light gourmet fare Wednesdays through Sundays, 12:00 noon to 3:30 p.m., with special extended hours on Thursdays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Museum is closed Mondays, Tuesdays and major holidays.
Admission: Admission to the Museum is free to all visitors.
WEBSITE: Visit 24 hours a day, seven days a week, online at www.newarkmuseum.org.
Funding: The Newark Museum, a not-for-profit museum of art, science and education, receives operating support from the City of Newark, the State of New Jersey, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State and corporate, foundation and individual donations. Funds for acquisitions and activities other than operations are provided by Members of the Museum and other contributors.
Information: For general information or directions, the public may call 973-596-6550, 800-7MUSEUM (toll-free) or 973-596-6355 (TTY for the hearing-impaired); or consult the Museum's website www.newarkmuseum.org. Recorded information on exhibitions is available 24 hours per day at 973-596-6697, or on public programs at 973-596-6658. For group tour reservations, call 973-596-6615.
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Introducing The New BMW M4 GTS
BMW has released images and information about their latest creation, the 2016 M4 GTS. This new model has a Nurburgring lap of a jaw-dropping 7:28. Power comes from a twin-turbo, 3.0L inline-6. The GTS has a bump of 16% more power than the standard M4, which results in a total of 493HP. In addition to the horsepower bump, torque sees a 10 % increase bringing it up to 442lb-ft of torque. The M4 GTS can sprint to 60 mph from a standstill in only 3.7 seconds, and a top speed on 189 mph.
Essentially, BMW has created a street-legal track car. Upfront you will find an adjustable front splitter, and an adjustable carbon fiber rear wing. In addition, there is a carbon fiber diffuser in the rear and a dazzling set of titanium exhaust quads.
Inside, you will find an alcantara-wrapped, sport steering wheel, carbon fiber front bucket seats (sport seats for the U.S.) and 3-point seat belts. In the backseat, there is actually no seat, instead you will find a glass fiber reinforced plastic shelf wrapped in alcantara. To bring all 493HP to a stop, the GTS features a set of carbon ceramic brakes, as well as an adjustable M-coilover suspension standard.
If that is not enough, the Clubsport package adds an acid orange roll bar, 6 point harness and a fire extinguisher. BMW will only produce 700 models with 300 of those going to the U.S.
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