... intensities of original and restored images, σr and σx are standard deviations of original and restored images, r p and x p are the image contents of pth local window, and G is the number of local windows ... is based on a new concept of substitution prior to estimation in contrast to the standard switching-based nonlinear filters Noisy pixels are substituted by prediction prior to estimation A simple ... combination with median filtering The proposed scheme is based on a new concept of substitution prior to estimation A linear predictive substitution of noisy pixels prior to estimation is proposed...
... plasma concentrations of HDLs showed increased expression of a cluster of inflammatory genes (IL-1β, IL-8, and TNF-α ) and decreased PPAR-γ and antioxidant metallothionein genes compared with controls ... damage – similar to the situation in SLE and RA Therapeutic options to restore proinflammatory high- density lipoproteins to normal protective high- density lipoproteins Several ideas and preliminary ... Measurement of proinflammatory versus normal high- density lipoproteins The measurement of the qualitative function of HDLs relies on the ability of normal HDLs to prevent oxidation of LDLs [53-55]...
... effects of targeted receptor-ligand interactions, and their impact on cell signaling responses As personalized drugs are being developed and are being positioned as a new generation of compounds with ... gradient from to 40% acetonitrile, containing 0.1% formic acid One transition per protein was monitored The parent ion was isolated with a mass window of 2.0 m/z units, fragmented (collision energy ... forms of medical intervention and modalities of treatment as well as methods for monitoring disease progression and efficacy Protein expression databases and bioinformatics interoperations of protein...
... vortex state onto the xy plane (Right) Projection of the bottom plane of a vortex state onto the xy plane 46 3.9 The mz of equilibrium magnetization configuration as a function of the sizeof a ferromagnetic ... Projection of the bottom plane of a flower state onto the xy plane 45 3.7 Magnetization configuration that corresponds to a vortex state 46 3.8 (Left) Projection of the top plane of a vortex ... reason for us to consider an integration of MAMR Chapter Introduction and background and SPM is based on our prediction that the magnetization reversal process of the top magnetic layer of SPM...
... THANH CONG computational method and the geometry of the super cells used to model calculations In Sec.III we present our results on the lattice constants, local ferroelectric distortions and calculations ... TRANSITION AND DOMAIN STRUCTURE OF FERROELECTRIC 135 When we have not been maximized the configuration dx =dy =dz After we maximized configuration, because we consider the loss of circulation of ... deviation of center Ti is equal to The deviation of selvedge Ti atom is PHASE TRANSITION AND DOMAIN STRUCTURE OF FERROELECTRIC 137 Fig Local ferroelectric deformation specified for each position...
... facilitate cross-national exchange on ESD assess ways to support national and regional ESD initiatives Working together as a regional ESD group to: conduct regional consultations on priorities for ... environment to contribute to intergenerational equity; - takes into consideration the social, economic, and environmental contexts of a particular place and shapes the curriculum or programme to ... initiatives and the ongoing monitoring of the Millennium Development Goals The results of monitoring and evaluation will be used for the assessment and reorientation of programmes during the course of...
... intended to retire or move into conventional cotton production before working with ECO Since the establishment of ECO, one of the farmers who used to produce hundreds of acres of conventional cotton ... example of this is Red Tomato, a nonprofit marketing and distribution organization based in Canton, MA Founded in 1996, Red Tomato arranges the aggregation, transportation, and sale of a wide ... training, mentoring, consultations, and farm visits on a variety of subjects, enabling them to Social and Environmental Impacts Along with having considerable impact on their local economies, food...
... considerations of space sizeand realizability on actual data, because we have to check all the combinations of several ten thousands nouns with each verb (i) The only one natural conceptural ... Concepts Structure with Associated Information So we turn our standpoint and take natural categories of nouns (concepts) as a base and associate to it through case relation pairs of a verb and ... associated pairs of verb and its translation equivalent through case relations to enable the appropriate selections of translation equivalents of verbs in MT systems Additional information that should...
... District: Huong Chu commune (rice production area) Binh Dien commune (up land area) - Huong Thuy District: Thuy Phuong commune (large garden with households) Thuy Duong (rice production, up land and ... lowland and urban areas can develop new breed as F1 and exotic breed (Yorkshire and Landrace), more farmers in sandy and highland areas by their favour in MC -local breed Sow breeding types Landrace ... 0.01 With higher education of farmers, they will raise in their systems with exotic and crossbreed, compared with lower education with local breed in favors As some suggestions by Hampson et...
... is one of the largest regions of tomato production Conditions of climate and soil here is favorable to cultivate tomato with many crop seasons around the year, binging good benefits for tomato ... Vietnamese ones and 102 English ones in the thesis regarding to: Introduction of tomao; Status of tomato production in the world and in Vietnam; Status of research on tomato in the world and in Vietnam ... students of crop science major and others who are interested in research and development of tomato production 3.2 Usable contribution Study draws difficulties and limitations of tomato production, contributing...
... reached 22 and 8% of the total area, for each stand, respectively Distribution of leaf area according to the woody axis order of ramification (table I) showed the strong contribution of 3rd order ... Linear and non-linear models were tested on each stand separately, andon all three stands together The best model to estimate crown foliage area corresponded to a non-linear function of tree ... the needle areaof a branch andof a tree, whatever stand age could be We worked on a chronosequence of stands (5, 21 and 26 year-old stands) considered to represent the same humid Lande maritime...
... diversity Several factors ensure equal representation of clones They concern donor plant reactions in terms of vigour and thus of number of cuttings which can be taken and the rapidity with which they ... influence of ortet vigour on rooting ability; iii), evolution of the genetic composition of a fictive multiclonal variety; and iv), forest behaviour of cloned material, in particular with respect to ... mean; effect of donor clone k of donor plant age j; C/A effect of k(j) plant of age j; ϵ residual erijkl = = = ror Main factors were considered as random (Arbonnier, 1966) was used to test homogeneity...
... isolation The most important finding of this study is the reduction of the diameter and reversed remodelling of the aorta not only at the site of dilatation but also proximally and distally to the ... Page of Figure Mean values of the dimensions of the ascending aorta (a), coronary sinuses (b), sinotubular junction (c) and aortic arch (d) before and after wrapping of the ascending aorta with ... complications Our findings support the hypothesis that correction of mild-moderate dilatation of the ascending aorta with Dacron wrapping at the time of aortic valve surgery may prevent the progression...
... different concentrations of Nω-Hydroxy-nor-Larginine (nor-NOHA), 0.5 mM, mM, and mM to determine the optimal conditions to suppress cell growth, or cultured without the inhibitor to be used as controls ... Journal of Hematology & Oncology 2008, 1:14 http://www.jhoonline.org/content/1/1/14 Figure arginase inhibitor nor-NOHA on cell proliferation Effect of3 Effect of arginase inhibitor nor-NOHA on cell ... exclusion at each time point Each condition was tested in triplicate Expression of CD3ζ by co-cultured Jurkat T-cells To determine the effect of L-arginine deprivation on the expression of CD3ζ,...
... Clermont-Ferrand, France 3:391-394 Essén-Gustavsson B, Jensen-Waern M, Jonasson R, Andersson L: Effect of exercise on proglycogen and macroglycogen content in skeletal muscles of pigs with the Rendement ... to be independent observations from normal probability distributions An unpaired t-test was used Figure Photomicrographs of serial sections of m longissimus dorsi of carriers (A, B, C) and non-carriers ... agreement with earlier studies on untrained pigs, the pigs carrying the PRKAG3 mutation had in comparison to the noncarriers, higher content of glycogen in both m longissimus dorsi and in m biceps...
... following definition is an extension of the definitions of (I, J)-cofinite modules and I−weakly cofinite modules ([4]) Definition 2.4 An R-module M is said (I, J)-weakly cofinite if Supp(M ) ⊆ ... conclusion follows from 2.7 On Serre subcategory Recall that the class S of R-modules is a Serre subcategory of the category of R-modules if it is closed under taking submodules, quotients and ... modules and cofinite modules We begin by recalling the definitionof weakly Laskerian modules ([3, 2.1]) An R-module M is said to be weakly Laskerian if the set of associated primes of any quotient...
... into groups: • Standards and environmental regulations are divided into two groups consisting of the standards of products and that of production process Product standards include regulations on ... regulations relate to environmental protection and public health purposes And, Environmental Barrier is an environmental regulation with functions to protect environment and people health To some ... seafood of the US from Jan to May of 2016 Quantity (ton) Supplier Jan to May Jan to May of 2015 of 2016 Value (thousand USD) Increase Jan to May Jan to May Increase Decrease of 2015 of 2016 Decrease...
... aspect of conveersational contract Of all those views, the conversational maxims view of Leech & Lakoff and the face – management view of Brown and Levinson (1987) are most appreciated and popularly ... questionnaire consisted of two parts Part one focused on individual information of the participants such as nationality, age, level of education and jobs Part two of the questionnaire offered ... intonation Ton Nu My Nhat showed cultural features of English and Vietnamese directive conversations Nguyen Thi To Nga investigated syntactic and pragmatic features of directives in English and...
... corresponding height andsizeof the cross-sectional profiles The AFM image of the InGaN QDs grown on sample B is also shown in Figure with a scale of μm × μm (Dimension 3000) The densityof dots on ... for Photonics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA Authors’ contributions NT and LJM initiated, designed, and supervised ... arrays on sample A after removal of SiNx: (a) AFM scan with the scale of 0.6 μm × 0.6 μm; (b) the corresponding height andsizeof the cross-sectional profiles QW grown on the GaN template with...