Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz

101 papers A 2B 13C 15Misc 3Journal 35Unranked 33

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2025	—	`conf`	Advances in Electrical Grid Assets Inspection: Exploring Multimodal Large Language Models. DSP Pedro Daniel Rocha, Fernando Lopes, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2025	J	`jnl`	Asymmetric Multi-Layer Compression: Decoupling Inter-Layer Coding Dependencies With a Learned Model. IEEE Access Luiz Henrique Cancellier, André Beims Bräscher, Ismael Seidel, Mateus Grellert, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, José Luís Güntzel
2025	J	`jnl`	Automating Electrical Grid Asset Inspection: From Current Challenges to Future Directions. IEEE Access Pedro Daniel Rocha, Fernando J. P. Lopes, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2025	C	`conf`	Automating Electrical Grid Asset Inspections Using Deep Vision: Evaluating the Impact of Annotation Detail Level. ISPA Pedro Daniel Rocha, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, André Coelho, Fernando Lopes
2025	—	`conf`	Optimizing LiDAR Point Cloud Compression: A Hybrid Approach for Dense and Sparse Regions. DSP Nuno A. B. Martins, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Fernando Lopes
2025	C	`conf`	Optimizing LiDAR Point Cloud Compression: Evaluating Fixed Density Thresholds for Hybrid Coding. ISPA Nuno A. B. Martins, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Fernando Lopes
2024	J	`jnl`	Impact of LiDAR point cloud compression on 3D object detection evaluated on the KITTI dataset. EURASIP J. Image Video Process. Nuno A. B. Martins, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Fernando Lopes
2023	J	`jnl`	Correction to: Lossy Image Compression in a Preclinical Multimodal Imaging Study. J. Imaging Inform. Medicine Francisco Cunha, Valentin Blüml, Lydia M. Zopf, Andreas Walter, Michael Wagner, Wolfgang J. Weninger, Lucas A. Thomaz, Luis M. N. Tavora, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Sérgio M. M. de Faria
2023	Misc	`conf`	JPEG Pleno Call for Proposals Responses Quality Assessment. ICASSP João Prazeres, Zhe Luo, António M. G. Pinheiro, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Stuart W. Perry
2023	J	`jnl`	Lossy Image Compression in a Preclinical Multimodal Imaging Study. J. Digit. Imaging Francisco Cunha, Valentin Blüml, Lydia M. Zopf, Andreas Walter, Michael Wagner, Wolfgang J. Weninger, Lucas A. Thomaz, Luis M. N. Tavora, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Sérgio M. M. de Faria
2023	J	`jnl`	Subjective Quality Assessment of V-PCC-Compressed Dynamic Point Clouds Degraded by Packet Losses. Sensors Emil Dumic, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2022	—	`conf`	Autoencoder Model Exploration for Multi-Layer Video Compression. EUVIP Luiz Henrique Cancellier, Mateus Grellert, José Luís Güntzel, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2022	—	`conf`	Explorations on 3D point clouds coding using transformers and patches. EUVIP Miguel Marques, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2022	J	`jnl`	Hierarchical lossless coding of light fields with improved random access. Signal Process. Image Commun. João M. Santos, Lucas A. Thomaz, Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luis M. N. Tavora, Sérgio M. M. Faria
2022	J	`jnl`	LOCTseg: A lightweight fully convolutional network for end-to-end optical coherence tomography segmentation. Comput. Biol. Medicine Esther Parra-Mora, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2022	J	`jnl`	Lossless Coding of Light Fields Based on 4D Minimum Rate Predictors. IEEE Trans. Image Process. João M. Santos, Lucas A. Thomaz, Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luis Távora, Sérgio M. M. de Faria
2022	J	`jnl`	Multiscale Attention Gated Network (MAGNet) for Retinal Layer and Macular Cystoid Edema Segmentation. IEEE Access Alex Cazañas-Gordón, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2022	J	`jnl`	Point Cloud Compression: Impact on Object Detection in Outdoor Contexts. Sensors Luís Garrote, João Perdiz, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Urbano J. Nunes
2022	—	`conf`	Subjective and Objective Testing in Support of the JPEG Pleno Point Cloud Compression Activity. EUVIP Stuart W. Perry, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, João Prazeres, António M. G. Pinheiro, Emil Dumic, Davi Lazzarotto, Touradj Ebrahimi
2022	—	`conf`	Transfer Learning Based Retinal Layer and Fluid Segmentation using Fully Convolutional Networks. EUVIP Esther Parra-Mora, Alex Cazañas-Gordón, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2021	J	`jnl`	Coding mode decision algorithm for fast HEVC transrating using heuristics and machine learning. J. Real Time Image Process. Mateus Grellert, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Bruno Zatt, Sergio Bampi
2021	C	`conf`	Comparison of Remote Subjective Assessment Strategies in the Context of the JPEG Pleno Point Cloud Activity. MMSP Stuart W. Perry, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Emil Dumic, Nhung Hong Thi Nguyen, António M. G. Pinheiro, Evangelos Alexiou
2021	J	`jnl`	Ensemble Learning Approach to Retinal Thickness Assessment in Optical Coherence Tomography. IEEE Access Alex Cazañas-Gordón, Esther Parra-Mora, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2021	J	`jnl`	Epiretinal Membrane Detection in Optical Coherence Tomography Retinal Images Using Deep Learning. IEEE Access Esther Parra-Mora, Alex Cazañas-Gordón, Rui Proença, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2020	C	`conf`	Disparity compensation of light fields for improved efficiency in 4D transform-based encoders. VCIP João M. Santos, Lucas A. Thomaz, Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luis M. N. Tavora, Sérgio M. M. de Faria
2020	J	`jnl`	Energy-Based Acoustic Localization by Improved Elephant Herding Optimization. IEEE Access Sérgio D. Correia, Marko Beko, Slavisa Tomic, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2020	—	`conf`	Evaluating Transfer Learning for Macular Fluid Detection with Limited Data. EUSIPCO Alex Cazañas-Gordón, Esther Parra-Mora, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2020	J	`jnl`	Point Cloud Coding Solutions, Subjective Assessment and Objective Measures: A Case Study. Symmetry Emil Dumic, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2020	—	`conf`	Point Cloud Visualization Methods: a Study on Subjective Preferences. EUSIPCO Emil Dumic, Federica Battisti, Marco Carli, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2020	J	`jnl`	QUALINET White Paper on Definitions of Immersive Media Experience (IMEx). CoRR Andrew Perkis, Christian Timmerer, Sabina Barakovic, Jasmina Barakovic Husic, Søren Bech, Sebastian Bosse, Jean Botev, Kjell Brunnström, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Katrien De Moor, Andrea de Polo Saibanti, Wouter Durnez, Sebastian Egger-Lampl, Ulrich Engelke, Tiago H. Falk, Asim Hameed, Andrew Hines, Tanja Kojic, Dragan Kukolj, Eirini Liotou, Dragorad Milovanovic, Sebastian Möller, Niall Murray, Babak Naderi, Manuela Pereira, Stuart W. Perry, António M. G. Pinheiro, Andres Pinilla Palacios, Alexander Raake, Sarvesh Rajesh Agrawal, Ulrich Reiter, Rafael Rodrigues, Raimund Schatz, Peter Schelkens, Steven Schmidt, Saeed Shafiee Sabet, Ashutosh Singla, Lea Skorin-Kapov, Mirko Suznjevic, Stefan Uhrig, Sara Vlahovic, Jan-Niklas Voigt-Antons, Saman Zadtootaghaj
2020	B	`conf`	Quality Evaluation Of Static Point Clouds Encoded Using MPEG Codecs. ICIP Stuart W. Perry, Huy Phi Cong, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, João Prazeres, Manuela Pereira, António M. G. Pinheiro, Emil Dumic, Evangelos Alexiou, Touradj Ebrahimi
2020	Misc	`conf`	Spatially Adaptive Intra Mode Pre-Selection for ERP 360 Video Coding. ICASSP Iago Storch, Bruno Zatt, Luciano Agostini, Guilherme Corrêa, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Daniel Palomino
2019	—	`conf`	An Empirical Study of the Effect of Point Cloud Compression on the Performance of Segmentation. EUVIP Mariana Roque, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2019	J	`jnl`	Crowdsourced subjective 3D video quality assessment. Multim. Syst. Emil Dumic, Kresimir Sakic, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2019	J	`jnl`	Fast Coding Unit Partition Decision for HEVC Using Support Vector Machines. IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol. Mateus Grellert, Bruno Zatt, Sergio Bampi, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2019	B	`conf`	FastIntra360: A Fast Intra-Prediction Technique for 360-Degrees Video Coding. DCC Iago Storch, Bruno Zatt, Luciano Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Daniel Palomino
2019	—	`conf`	Image and Ontological Information Fusion for Cataract Surgery Recommendation. EUSIPCO José Nuno Galveia, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, António Travassos
2019	B	`conf`	Lossless Compression of Light Fields Using Multi-reference Minimum Rate Predictors. DCC João M. Santos, Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luis M. N. Tavora, Rui Fonseca-Pinto, Sérgio M. M. de Faria
2019	B	`conf`	Point cloud quality evaluation: Towards a definition for test conditions. QoMEX Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Emil Dumic, Evangelos Alexiou, João Prazeres, Carlos Rafael Duarte, Manuela Pereira, António M. G. Pinheiro, Touradj Ebrahimi
2019	—	`conf`	Pseudo-Sequence Light Field Image Scalable Encoding with Improved Random Access. EUVIP Pedro Gomes, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2019	—	`conf`	Study of Subjective and Objective Quality Evaluation of 3D Point Cloud Data by the JPEG Committee. IQSP Stuart W. Perry, António M. G. Pinheiro, Emil Dumic, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2018	C	`conf`	A Sub-Partitioning Method for Point Cloud Inter-prediction Coding. VCIP Cristiano F. Santos, Fernando Lopes, António M. G. Pinheiro, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2018	B	`conf`	An Ophthalmology Clinical Decision Support System Based on Clinical Annotations, Ontologies and Images. CBMS José Nuno Galveia, António Travassos, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2018	J	`jnl`	Elephant Herding Optimization for Energy-Based Localization. Sensors Sérgio D. Correia, Marko Beko, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Slavisa Tomic
2018	C	`conf`	Fast HEVC Transrating using Random Forests. VCIP Mateus Grellert, Tiago J. L. Oliveira, Carlos Rafael Duarte, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2018	Misc	`conf`	Learning-Based Complexity Reduction and Scaling for HEVC Encoders. ICASSP Mateus Grellert, Sergio Bampi, Guilherme Corrêa, Bruno Zatt, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2018	J	`jnl`	Lossless coding of light field images based on minimum-rate predictors. J. Vis. Commun. Image Represent. João M. Santos, Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luis Tavora, Rui Fonseca-Pinto, Sérgio M. M. de Faria
2018	B	`conf`	Point Cloud Subjective Evaluation Methodology based on 2D Rendering. QoMEX Evangelos Alexiou, Touradj Ebrahimi, Marco V. Bernardo, Manuela Pereira, António M. G. Pinheiro, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Carlos Duarte, Lovorka Gotal Dmitrovic, Emil Dumic, Dragan Matkovics, Athanassios N. Skodras
2017	J	`jnl`	3D video subjective quality: a new database and grade comparison study. Multim. Tools Appl. Emil Dumic, Sonja Grgic, Kresimir Sakic, Pedro Miguel Regalo Rocha, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2017	J	`jnl`	A method to improve HEVC lossless coding of volumetric medical images. Signal Process. Image Commun. Andre F. R. Guarda, João M. Santos, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, Sérgio M. M. de Faria
2017	J	`jnl`	Lossless Compression of Medical Images Using 3-D Predictors. IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging Luis F. R. Lucas, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Sérgio M. M. de Faria
2017	—	`conf`	Lossless light-field compression using reversible colour transformations. IPTA João M. Santos, Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luis Tavora, Rui Fonseca-Pinto, Sérgio M. M. de Faria
2017	B	`conf`	Quality evaluation of 3D video for QoE management in media networks. IM Pedro Miguel Regalo Rocha, Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2016	—	`conf`	3D key-frame extraction method based on visual saliency. IC3D Lino Ferreira, Pedro Assunção, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2016	—	`conf`	A flexible monitor for assessing 3D video QoE in real-time. ICC Workshops Ricardo Joao, Rui Marinheiro, Pedro Assuncao, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2016	—	`conf`	Automatic detection of laser marks in retinal digital fundus images. EUSIPCO Joao G. R. Almeida e Sousa, Carlos Manta Oliveira, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2016	J	`jnl`	Complexity scalability for real-time HEVC encoders. J. Real Time Image Process. Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro Assuncao, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2016	C	`conf`	Compression of medical images using MRP with bi-directional prediction and histogram packing. PCS João M. Santos, Andre F. R. Guarda, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues, Sérgio M. M. de Faria
2016	C	`conf`	Fast H.264/AVC to HEVC transcoder based on data mining and decision trees. ISCAS Guilherme Corrêa, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2016	J	`jnl`	Fast intra prediction algorithm based on texture analysis for 3D-HEVC encoders. J. Real Time Image Process. Thaísa Leal da Silva, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2016	J	`jnl`	Pareto-Based Method for High Efficiency Video Coding With Limited Encoding Time. IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol. Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2016	J	`jnl`	Quality Monitor for 3-D Video Over Hybrid Broadcast Networks. IEEE Trans. Broadcast. Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Mario Cordina, Carl James Debono, Pedro A. Amado Assunção
2016	J	`jnl`	Towards key-frame extraction methods for 3D video: a review. EURASIP J. Image Video Process. Lino Ferreira, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Pedro Assunção
2015	J	`jnl`	A generic framework for optimal 2D/3D key-frame extraction driven by aggregated saliency maps. Signal Process. Image Commun. Lino Ferreira, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Pedro Assuncao
2015	A	`conf`	A method to compute saliency regions in 3D video based on fusion of feature maps. ICME Lino Ferreira, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Pedro A. Amado Assunção
2015	C	`conf`	Encoding time control system for HEVC based on Rate-Distortion-Complexity analysis. ISCAS Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luciano Volcan Agostini
2015	J	`jnl`	Fast HEVC Encoding Decisions Using Data Mining. IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol. Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro Assuncao, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2015	A	`conf`	Fast mode selection algorithm based on texture analysis for 3D-HEVC intra prediction. ICME Thaísa Leal da Silva, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2015	B	`conf`	STESCAL3D: Subjective evaluation of HD stereo video streaming using H.264 SVC in diverse laboratory environments. QoMEX Charalampos Mysirlidis, Tasos Dagiuklas, Pedro Miguel Regalo Rocha, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Dino Kotaranin, Savina Gruicic, Emil Dumic, Athanassios N. Skodras
2014	—	`conf`	A method for early-splitting of HEVC inter blocks based on decision trees. EUSIPCO Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2014	—	`conf`	Classification-based early termination for coding tree structure decision in HEVC. ICECS Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luciano Volcan Agostini
2014	C	`conf`	Complexity reduction of depth intra coding for 3D video extension of HEVC. VCIP Thaísa Leal da Silva, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2014	C	`conf`	Four-step algorithm for early termination in HEVC inter-frame prediction based on decision trees. VCIP Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2014	J	`jnl`	Inter-view prediction of intra mode decision for high-efficiency video coding-based multiview video coding. J. Electronic Imaging Thaísa Leal da Silva, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2014	B	`conf`	No-reference lightweight estimation of 3D video objective quality. ICIP Joao R. S. Soares, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Rui Marinheiro
2014	—	`conf`	Objective quality measures comparison of impaired 3D video sequences from the UC3D database. 3DTV-Conference Emil Dumic, Sonja Grgic, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Pedro A. Amado Assunção
2014	J	`jnl`	Retinal image quality assessment using generic image quality indicators. Inf. Fusion Joao Miguel Pires Dias, Carlos Manta Oliveira, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2013	C	`conf`	3D video shot boundary detection based on clustering of depth-temporal features. CBMI Lino Ferreira, Pedro Assuncao, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2013	B	`conf`	Coding Tree Depth Estimation for Complexity Reduction of HEVC. DCC Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro Assuncao, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2013	—	`conf`	Complexity control of HEVC through quadtree depth estimation. EUROCON Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro Assuncao, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2013	—	`conf`	Computational complexity control for HEVC based on coding tree spatio-temporal correlation. ICECS Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro Assuncao, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luciano Volcan Agostini
2013	C	`conf`	Constrained encoding structures for computational complexity scalability in HEVC. PCS Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro Assuncao, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luciano Volcan Agostini
2013	B	`conf`	Detection of laser marks in retinal images. CBMS Joao Miguel Pires Dias, Carlos Manta Oliveira, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2013	C	`conf`	HEVC intra mode decision acceleration based on tree depth levels relationship. PCS Thaísa Leal da Silva, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luciano Volcan Agostini
2013	—	`conf`	Inter-view prediction of coding tree depth for HEVC-based multiview video coding. ICECS Thaísa Leal da Silva, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luciano Volcan Agostini
2013	—	`conf`	Objective quality prediction model for lost frames in 3D video over TS. ICC Workshops Bruno Feitor, Pedro Assuncao, Joao R. S. Soares, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Rui Marinheiro
2013	—	`conf`	Speeding up HEVC intra coding based on tree depth inter-levels correlation structure. EUSIPCO Thaísa Leal da Silva, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2012	C	`conf`	Adaptive coding tree for complexity control of high efficiency video encoders. PCS Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro Assuncao, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luciano Volcan Agostini
2012	—	`conf`	Dynamic tree-depth adjustment for low power HEVC encoders. ICECS Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro Assuncao, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luciano Volcan Agostini
2012	—	`conf`	Fast HEVC intra mode decision based on dominant edge evaluation and tree structure dependencies. ICECS Thaísa Leal da Silva, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luciano Volcan Agostini
2012	—	`conf`	Fast HEVC intra prediction mode decision based on EDGE direction information. EUSIPCO Thaísa Leal da Silva, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2012	B	`conf`	Motion compensated tree depth limitation for complexity control of HEVC encoding. ICIP Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro Assuncao, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2012	—	`conf`	Optimal priority MDC video streaming for networks with path diversity. TEMU Pedro D. F. Correia, Lino Ferreira, Pedro A. Amado Assunção, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Vítor Manuel Mendes da Silva
2012	J	`jnl`	Performance and Computational Complexity Assessment of High-Efficiency Video Encoders. IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Video Technol. Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro Assuncao, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2011	J	`jnl`	Complexity control of high efficiency video encoders for power-constrained devices. IEEE Trans. Consumer Electron. Guilherme Corrêa, Pedro Assuncao, Luciano Volcan Agostini, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2011	—	`conf`	Efficient scalable coding of video summaries using dynamic GOP structures. EUROCON Lino Ferreira, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Pedro A. Amado Assunção
2010	—	`conf`	A novel macroblock-level filtering upsampling architecture for H.264/AVC scalable extension. SBCCI Thaísa Leal da Silva, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luciano Volcan Agostini
2009	—	`conf`	Design of an interlayer deblocking filter architecture for H.264/SVC based on a novel sample-level filtering order. SiPS Guilherme Corrêa, Thaísa Leal da Silva, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Luciano Volcan Agostini
2008	—	`conf`	H.264/SVC ROI Encoding with Spatial Scalability. SIGMAP Lino Ferreira, Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, Pedro A. Amado Assunção
2004	—	`conf`	Adaptive Macro Motion Vector Quantization. PCM (2) Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz
2000	B	`conf`	Adaptive Motion Vector Vector Quantization for Video Coding. ICIP Luís Alberto da Silva Cruz, John W. Woods