Fingerprint and Iris are significant biometric tools used for authentication. This paper proposes a novel methodology by which the biometric patterns can be visualized as a set of Bezier curves and hence represented by the corresponding Bezier points, resulting in considerable reduction in the file size. This scheme utilizes the Bezier curve representations for effective compression of all thos...

We address the relative roles of astral and central spindle microtubules (MTs) in cytokinesis of Drosophila melanogaster primary spermatocytes. Time-lapse imaging studies reveal that the central spindle is comprised of two MT populations, "interior" central spindle MTs found within the spindle envelope and "peripheral" astral MTs that probe the cytoplasm and initiate cleavage furrows where they...

this study was conducted to compare the methods of seed bedpreparation in rangelands of khash region in sistan and baluchestan province iniran. a split plot design was conducted based on randomized complete blockdesign with three replications in 1999. five seed bed preparation methods wereused as main plot as: 1) seed sown by passing livestock. 2) seed sown machinery.3) seeds sown as drilled in...

Luffa echinata Roxb., commonly known as Bindal in Hindi is used for its hypoglycemic activity in the indigenous system of medicine. No pharmacognostical study on stem is reported in the literature till date; therefore, it was decided to study macroscopical and cytomorphological characters in detail to bring out salient diagnostic features. The stem pieces available in the market are 1.5-17 cm l...

We develop an automatic system to analyze subtle changes in upper face expressions based on both permanent facial features (brows, eyes, mouth) and transient facial features (deepening of facial furrows) in a nearly frontal image sequence. Our system recognizes fine-grained changes in facial expression based on Facial Action Coding System (FACS) action units (AUs). Multi-state facial component ...

Atrophic changes in the basal portion of the seminiferous tubules caused by daily injections of estradiol have been found by scanning electron microscopy disclosed after a digestion technique using collagenase and trypsin. In the control rat, the smooth basal portion of the epithelium was composed of polygonal Sertoli cells and reticularly-arranged ovoidal spermatogonia. After estradiol treatme...