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It is now well documented that ageing is associated with brain shrinkage, particularly in late adulthood [1,2]. From age 60 onwards, the average adult brain atrophies 0.5%/yr for the whole brain, 0.33%/yr for grey matter and 0.62–0.68%/yr for white matter [3–5]. This may seem small, but cumulatively adds up to substantial volume losses over decades: between the ages of 60 and 70, approximately ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the relationship of gestational age (GA) with brain volumes and cognitive functions is linear or whether it follows a threshold model in preterm and term born children during school-age. STUDY DESIGN We studied 106 children (M = 10 years 1 month, SD = 16 months; 40 females) enrolled in primary school: 57 were healthy very preterm children (10 children born 24-27...

This paper proposes a distributed architecture for real-time high-resolution underwater ecological observation streaming. The system, based on a three-tier architecture, includes stream receiver unit, stream processor unit, and presentation unit. It is a distributed computing and a loose coupling architecture. Stream receiver unit supports a variety of capture source devices, such as HDV, DV, W...

Intel introduced BIS-6630; fan-less ATOM processor based computing system with an unparalleled power-performance efficiency at 12W, in order to compete against mobile platforms; mainly ARM based computing systems. BIS-6630 falls in between powerful desktop PC's and low power mobile processors. In this research work we evaluate the metrics: power and performance for BIS-6630, Intel X86 based PC ...

Context and setting Although health care professionals frequently struggle with communicating technically challenging information to an increasingly videoand computer-savvy audience, video media remain under-utilised. There may be advantages to using simulation environments for videotaping. Several medical centres have developed programmes and facilities for simulation-based education, which fa...

In writing this paper, I call for a serious investigation of the hypothesis that WTC 7 and the Twin Towers were brought down, not just by damage and fires, but through the use of pre-positioned explosives. I consider the official FEMA, NIST, and 9-11 Commission reports that fires plus damage alone caused complete collapses of all three buildings. And I present evidence for the explosive-demolit...