leber hereditary optic neuropathy (lhon) is a maternally inherited form of retinal ganglion cell degeneration leading to optic atrophy in young adults. it is caused by three primary point mutations including g11778a, g3460a, and t14484c in the mitochondrial genome. these three mutations account for the majority of lhon cases and affect genes that encode for different subunits of mitochondrial c...

Abstract In this study, the hemolymph vascular system (HVS) in two cambarid crayfishes, i.e. Marbled Crayfish, Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017 and Spiny Cheek Faxonius limosus (Rafinesque, 1817), is investigated regard of areas non-genetic phenotypic variation. Despite their genetic identity, specimens P. show variability certain features HVS. Thus, we describe varying branching patterns, spo...

The just noticeable difference (JND) reveals the key characteristic of visual perception, which has been widely used in many perception-based image and video applications. Nevertheless, modulatory mechanism human system (HVS) not fully exploited JND threshold estimation, results existing models being accurate enough. In this article, by analyzing feedforward feedback behaviors HVS, an enhanced ...

BACKGROUND The impact of honey or vinegar on several metabolic abnormalities has been studied separately, a mixture of these two ingredients known as honey vinegar syrup (HVS) has not been investigated previously so far. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of HVS consumption (Iranian's traditional syrup) on glycemic parameters and lipid profiles in healthy individuals. METHODS We c...

A case is made for the pathophysiological importance of the cerebral serotonergic neurons in the hyperventilation syndrome (HVS). Their function depends on the systemic L-tryptophan metabolism. The role of L-tryptophan metabolism is studied in 13 HVS patients, by administration of pyridoxine 125 mg t.i.d. and L-tryptophan two grams for four weeks. The xanthurenic acid excretion (XA) is measured...

Strong academic and commercial interest in image compression has resulted in a number of sophisticated compression techniques. Some of these techniques have evolved into international standards such as JPEG. However, the widespread success of JPEG has slowed the rate of innovation in such standards. Even most recent techniques, such as those proposed in the JPEG2000 standard, do not show signif...

Progressive transmission of images based on lapped orthogonal transform (LOT), adaptive classification and human visual sensitivity (HVS) weighting is proposed. HVS weighting for LOT is developed using a general technique that can be applied to any orthogonal transform. The method is compared with discrete cosine transform (DCT) based progressive image transmission (PIT). It is shown that LOT b...

Ataxia-Telangiectasia (AT) is a rare human neurodegenerative autosomal recessive multisystem disease that is characterized by a wide range of features including, progressive cerebellar ataxia with onset during infancy, occulocutaneous telangiectasia, susceptibility to neoplasia, occulomotor disturbances, chromosomal instability and growth and developmental abnormalities. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDN...