Cells integrate mechanical properties of their surroundings to form multicellular, three-dimensional tissues of appropriate size and spatial organisation. Actin cytoskeleton-linked proteins such as talin, vinculin and filamin function as mechanosensors in cells, but it has yet to be tested whether the mechanosensitivity is important for their function in intact tissues. Here we tested, how fila...

This paper responds to an invitation by the editors to consider whether the intellectual property (IP) regime suggests an appropriate model for protecting interests in detached human body parts. It begins by outlining the extent of existing IP protection for body parts in Europe, and the relevant strengths and weaknesses of the patent system in that regard. It then considers two further species...

Analysing human sports activity in computer vision requires reliable segmentation of the human body into meaningful parts, such as arms, torso and legs. Therefore, we present a novel strategy for human body segmentation. Firstly, greyscale images of human bodies are divided into smooth intensity patches with an adaptive region growing algorithm based on low-degree polynomial fitting. Then, the ...

In most of today’s surveillance tasks, people’s actions are the focus of attention. A prerequisite for action interpretation is a stable tracking of people to build meaningful trajectories. Specifically in surveillance applications, not only trajectories on agent level are of interest, but also interpretation on the level of limbs provides important information when it comes to more sophisticat...

In individuals with primary cutaneous epithelioma there may be a widespread predisposition of the basal cell layer of the epidermis toward the production of growths of this type. The differential diagnosis usually can be made on clinical characteristics, but in some instances differentiation is difficult and a correct diagnosis may be reached only by microscopic examination of the tissue. The r...