introduction thermal infrared integrated dust index (tiidi) is one of indices that is presented in this direction. the index operates based on four brightness temperature difference including wavelengths 3.7, 8.6, 11 and 12 micrometer. according to the studies, btd (bt12-bt11) is used for cloud detection. btd (bt8.6-bt11) is the index for separation for dust from sandy surface and btd (bt3.7-bt...

1 ©2003 International Medical Press 0956-3202/02/$17.00 Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a highly prevalent member of herpesvirus family, rarely causes disease in immunocompetent persons. However, reactivation of virus is of significant concern in the immunocompromised individual, most notably transplant recipients and patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) (Snydman, 2001; Levin ...

Abstract: The characteristics of convective clouds on infrared brightness temperature (BTIR) and brightness temperature difference (BTD) image were analyzed using successive Infrared and Visible Spin-Scan Radiometer (VISSR) data of FY-2, and an integrated detection method of convective clouds using infrared multi-thresholds in combination with tracking techniques was implemented. In this method...

In this paper, we consider balanced ternary designs, BTDs, in which every block contains one element singly and the rest doubly. We call these packed BTDs, and we investigate three aspects of these designs: existence, nestings and signings. Construction methods generate classes of packed BTDs that are nested with balanced (BIBD) or partially balanced (PBIBD) incomplete block designs. Some of th...

In this paper, a sensitivity analysis and procedure development for volcanic-plume sulfur dioxide and ash retrievals using ground thermal infrared camera have been carried out. The semiconductor device camera, considered as a reference, has a spectral range of 8–14 μm with noise equivalent temperature difference that is better than 100 mK at 300 K. The camera will be used to monitor and assess ...

On account of the uncontrolled and quick growth cells, Brain Tumor (BT) occurs. It may bring about death if not treated at an early phase. Detection (BTD) has turned out to be a propitious research field in current decennia. Precise segmentation along with classification sustains difficult task spite several important efforts results this field. The main complexity BTD emerges from change tumor...

BTD, Ltd. has introduced a new direction in the use of antisense agents in therapeutics that can lead to breakthroughs in the development of antiviral drugs. As described in this non confidential summary, it has already resulted in the development of promising antiviral agents, as demonstrated by their significant in vitro and in vivo effects on hepatitis C virus activity as well as on other vi...

Coupled decompositions of multiple tensors are fundamental tools for multi-set data fusion. In this paper, we introduce a coupled version of the rank-(Lm, Ln, ·) block term decomposition (BTD), applicable to joint independent subspace analysis. We propose two algorithms for its computation based on a coupled block simultaneous generalized Schur decomposition scheme. Numerical results are given ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), as part of the institute's single technology appraisal (STA) process, invited the manufacturer of pomalidomide (POM; Imnovid®, Celgene) to submit evidence regarding the clinical and cost effectiveness of the drug in combination with dexamethasone (POM + LoDEX) for the treatment of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) after...