Different flaviviruses respectively responsible for dengue, Japanese encephalitis, Saint Louis encephalitis, West Nile fever, yellow fever and Zika infection trigger the production of cross-reactive antibodies in humans [2]. As these different viruses also cause diseases with partly similar symptoms, it can be difficult to distinguish the respective infections in areas where such viruses co-cir...

Benchmarking Content Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) systems allows researchers and developers to compare the strengths of different approaches, and is an essential step towards establishing the credibility of CBIR systems for commercial applications. Here we introduce the problem of developing a benchmark, discuss some of the issues involved, and provide a review of current and recent benchmarkin...

Whilst techniques for narrative generation and agent behaviour have made significant progress in recent years, natural language processing remains a bottleneck hampering the scalability of Interactive Storytelling systems. This demonstrator introduces a novel interaction technique based solely on emotional speech recognition. It allows the user to use speech to interact with virtual actors with...

In the present work, ZnO/Bi2O3, SnO2/Bi2O3/Bi2O4 mixed oxide, Bi2O3 rod-like and SnO2 nanoparticle have been synthesized. The obtained samples were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The optical properties of samples were evaluated by UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The photocatalytic activity of samples was evaluated by decolorization o...

An experimental realization of high-precision direct frequency comb spectroscopy using counterpropagating femtosecond pulses on two-photon atomic transitions is presented. The Doppler broadened background signal, hampering precision spectroscopy with ultrashort pulses, is effectively eliminated with a simple pulse shaping method. As a result, all four 5S-7S two-photon transitions in a rubidium ...

P. aeruginosa produces two lectins: PA-IL (LecA) (that bind galactose [Gal] and L-arabinose [Ara]), and PA-IIL (LecB) (that binds fucose [Fuc] > mannose [Man] and fructose [Fru]) [5,6]. These lectins contribute to the pathogens adhesion to target cells [7] and amplify the destructive effects of their accompanying virulence factors on those cells [8]. They also contribute to the pathogen auto-ag...

Vaccines have been a major component of preventing and controlling infectious diseases. The basis for discovery of what protects is reviewed as well as new attempts in utilizing Reverse Vaccinology, RNA-RNA methods and proteome analysis are adding significantly to our knowledge. The challenge of how to define protective and defined components of microbes is still hampering efforts to discover n...

‘Survival of the fittest’ is the reality in modern global competition. Organizations around the globe are adopting or willing to embrace just-in-time (JIT) production to reinforce the competitiveness. Even though JIT is the most powerful inventory management methodologies it is not free from barriers. Barriers derail the implementation of JIT production system. One of the most significant tasks...