Game and movie studios are switching to physically based rendering en masse, but physically accurate filter convolution is difficult to do quickly enough to update reflection probes in real-time. Cubemap filtering has also become a bottleneck in the content processing pipeline. We have developed a two-pass filtering algorithm that is specialized for isotropic reflection kernels, is several time...

The accuracies of chromogenic agar and the GeneXpert real-time PCR system (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, California, USA) for admission methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening of 1336 consecutive paediatric intensive care unit patients (1282 evaluable swab results) were determined using enrichment culture as the reference standard. Twenty (1.6%) swabs were MRSA-positive by enrichment...

Introduction: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies obtained during the initial staging of patients affected by uterine cervical cancer were compared to the final histological report after surgery. Methods: Data were retrieved from published papers. Results: MRI detection of lymph node metastases shows a sensitivity of 49.3% (1209 patients) and a specificity of 87.7% (1182 patients). Paramet...

Increased b-catenin transcriptional activity downstream of the Wnt/Wingless signaling pathway has been observed in many human tumors, most notably colorectal carcinomas. However, b-catenin activation is also observed in many human malignancies with no observable Wnt activity. Wnt-independent pathways that activate b-catenin remain undefined, yet have the potential to play a significant role dur...

A partial-wave analysis of 9082 ηππn events produced in the reaction πp → ηππn at 18.3 GeV/c has been carried out using data from experiment 852 at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The data are dominated by J = 0 partial waves consistent with observation of the η(1295) and the η(1440). The mass and width of the η(1295) were determined to be 1282± 5 MeV and 66± 13 MeV respectively while the η(144...

Root shape is an important characteristic that affects the commodity of radish (Raphanus sativus L.), which can be measured using ratio root length (RL) to diameter (RD). Although it known controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTLs), reliable QTLs for are still lacking. In present study, we used three F2 populations (1902, 1908 and 1909) derived from crossing five cultivars with highly diverge...

Patients with brain metastasis (BM) have a better prognosis when it is detected early. However, current guidelines recommend imaging only there are central nervous system symptoms or abnormal experimental values. Therefore, metastases discovered later in asymptomatic patients. As result, need for an algorithm that predicts the possibility of BM using clinical data and machine learning (ML). Dat...

The reliable operation of a power distribution system relies on good prior knowledge its topology and state. Although crucial, due to the lack direct monitoring devices switch statuses, information is often unavailable or outdated for operators real-time applications. Apart from limited observability system, other challenges are nonlinearity model, complicated, unbalanced structure scale system...