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Abstract: This paper presents a decision support system for automatic keep-clear signs management. The system consists of several modules. First of all, an acquisition module obtains images using a vehicle equipped with two recording cameras. A recognition module, which is based on Support Vector Machines (SVMs), analyzes each image and decides if there is a keep-clear sign in it. The images with keep-clear signs are included into a Geographical Information System (GIS) database. Finally in the management module, the data in the GIS are compared with the council database in order to decide actions such as repairing or reposition of signs, detection of possible frauds etc. We present the first tests of the system in a Spanish city (Meco, Madrid), where the systems is being tested for its application in the near future. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The article reports on the launch of an Internet database, called the SCImago Journal & Country Rank database, allowing users to generate on-the-fly citation statistics of published research papers for free. The open-access database calculates papers' impact factors using an algorithm. It is collaborating with Amsterdam-based science publisher Elsevier. SCImago is a data-mining and visualization group in Spain. The company ranks journals and countries using citation metrics as the popular Hirsch Index. It also includes the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR).