Complex visual data contain discriminative structures that are difficult to be fully captured by any single feature descriptor. While recent work in domain adaptation focuses on adapting a single hand-crafted feature, it is important to perform adaptation on a hierarchy of features to exploit the richness of visual data. We propose a novel framework for domain adaptation using a sparse and hier...

Modified 2'-deoxyuridine triphosphates bearing proteinous amino acids at a C5 position were prepared, and their substrate properties were investigated for KOD Dash DNA polymerase during PCR. The modified dUTPs bearing histidyl, lysyl, glutaminyl or seryl group produced the aimed 108 nt PCR products in good yields. In contrast, the analog bearing glutamyl group did not work as a substrate for KO...

The fungal-specific heterodecameric outer kinetochore DASH complex facilitates the interaction of kinetochores with spindle microtubules. In budding yeast, where kinetochores bind a single microtubule, the DASH complex is essential, and phosphorylation of Dam1 by the Aurora kinase homologue, Ipl1, causes detachment of kinetochores from spindle microtubules. We demonstrate that in the distantly ...

HTTP-based video streaming has become popular in recent years, with Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) emerging as an ISO/IEC standard for live and on-demand video streaming services. Netflix and YouTube employ DASH-like streaming strategies and account for more than 50% of North American traffic in 2015, representing a significant source of Internet traffic. Consumer video streams are...

The Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) and the Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE) scores appear most frequently in the literature when assessing functional outcome after distal radius fracture. We aimed to evaluate if the two questionnaires correlate. We reviewed 258 cases of adults who sustained a distal radius fracture over a one year period. At mean follow-up of 17 months the...

The chelate complex [Pd(κ(2)-C,O-C6H4CH2O-2)(bpy)] () reacts with acetonitrile, cyanamides, or carbodiimides, in the presence of AgOTf (1 : 5 : 1 molar ratio) and residual water, to form complexes [Pd{κ(2)-C,N-C6H4{CH2OC([double bond, length as m-dash]NX)Y}-2}(bpy)](OTf), where X = H, Y = Me (), NMe2 (), NEt2 (), X = R, Y = NHR (R = (i)Pr (), Tol ()), as a result of the insertion of the unsatur...

Although gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with an increased risk of maternal and neonatal morbidity, there is no consensus as to the optimal approach of nutritional management in these patients. The present study was designed to assess the effect of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan on glucose tolerance and lipid profiles of pregnant women with GDM....

BACKGROUND Patient-rated outcome measures (PROMs) are an important part of clinical decision-making in rehabilitation of patients with shoulder pain. The Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire was designed to measure physical disability and symptoms in patients with musculoskeletal disorders of the upper extremity and is one the most commonly used outcome measures for patie...

Koffka Khan Department of Computing and Information Technology The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I Email: [email protected] Wayne Goodridge Department of Computing and Information Technology The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I Email: [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT----...

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is rich in vegetables, fruits, and low-fat dairy products and has reduced amounts of saturated fat, total fat, and cholesterol. This diet considerably reduces blood pressure in hypertensive and normotensive individuals. Because hypertension is the major risk factor for stroke, the DASH diet may lower stroke risk. Few studies have examined ...