Smart surveillance system refers to video level processing techniques for identification of unwanted (terrorist) faces from real time video. Video object segmentation is an important part of real time surveillance system. For any video segmentation algorithm to be suitable in real time, must require less computational load. The work presented here is divided into two main parts: (1) Face Detect...

background portugal has a strong tradition of conventional western healthcare. so it provides a natural case study for the relationship between complementary/alternative medicine (cam) and western medicine (wm). this work aims to test the relationship between cam and wm users in the diagnosis and treatment stages and to estimate the determinants of cam choice.   methods the forth portuguese nat...

cam (complementary and alternative medicine) therapies have become increasingly  popular in pediatric populations. phytotherapy are the most common cam used in children. yet, little is known about children’s preferences for cam. but it is expected to become more widely integrated into the modern medical system, including the medical curriculum.the aim of this study is to introduce the prevalenc...

Heteronuclear 3D and 4D NMR experiments have been used to obtain 'H, 13C, and 15N backbone chemical shift assignments in Ca2+-loaded calmodulin complexed with a 26-residue synthetic peptide (M13) corresponding to the calmodulin-binding domain (residues 577-602) of rabbit skeletal muscle myosin light-chain kinase. Comparison of the chemical shift values with those observed in peptide-free calmod...

cam therapies have become increasingly  popular in pediatric populations. phytotherapy are the most common cam used in children. yet, little is known about children’s preferences for cam. but it is expected to become more widely integrated into the modern medical system, including the medical curriculum.the aim of this study is to introduce the prevalence and characteristics of cam use in pedia...

Pineal hormone melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) is thought to modulate the calcium/calmodulin signaling pathway either by changing intracellular Ca(2+) concentration via activation of its G-protein-coupled membrane receptors, or through a direct interaction with calmodulin (CaM). The present work studies the direct interaction of melatonin with intact calcium-saturated CaM both experime...

OBJECTIVES To compare chart- and interview-based methods for identification of delirium. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Two academic medical centers. PARTICIPANTS Individuals aged 70 and older undergoing major elective surgery (N = 300) (majority orthopedic surgery). MEASUREMENTS Participants were interviewed daily during hospitalization for delirium using the Confusion Assess...

Leaf gas exchange and leaf water (18)O enrichment (Delta(18)O(L)) were measured in three Clusia species under field conditions during dry and wet seasons and in Miconia argentea during the dry season in the Republic of Panama. During the dry season, all three Clusia species used crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM); during the wet season Clusia pratensis operated in the C(3) mode, while Clusia uv...

Heat shock (HS) is a common form of stress suffered by plants. It has been proposed that calmodulin (CaM) is involved in HS signal transduction, but direct evidence has been lacking. To investigate the potential regulatory function of CaM in the HS signal transduction pathway, T-DNA knockout mutants for AtCaM2, AtCaM3, and AtCaM4 were obtained and their thermotolerance tested. Of the three knoc...

Background & aim: This systematic overview of reviews on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) was performed to summarize the clinical efficacy of this approach in the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) and assess methodological quality of the included reviews. Methods: A comprehensive search was performed to find the systematic reviews and meta-analyses on CAM interventions (e.g., a...