Abstract: Scene text recognition has been studied for decades due to its broad applications. However, despite Chinese characters possessing different characteristics from Latin characters, such as ...

The Tigers slinked in, surviving a monumental collapse to cling to a wild-card spot. The Guardians pulled off a true miracle, rising from the dead to win the division. Will any of that preamble matter ...

Dragonflies are often mistaken for having a stinger due to their long abdomen, giving them a somewhat scary image. However, there are no recorded dragonfly species that possess a stinger. Instead of ...

Families have turned out to see a unique event designed to "brighten up" one area of Merseyside. Rainhill Scarecrow Festival has returned with a range of expertly crafted scarecrows dotted around the ...

Residents of a tower block in south London, branded by one as a "hellhole", are being told to leave their homes for about two years after serious defects were uncovered just three years after it ...

For most Indians, tax season used to mean chaos. July often arrived with piles of forms, anxious trips to accountants, and the silent worry that one tiny mistake might bring a notice later. Filing ...