(SWR x New Zealand Black (NZB))F(1) (or SNF(1)) mice succumb to lupus nephritis. Although several NZB lupus susceptibility loci have been identified in other crosses, the potential genetic contributions of SWR to lupus remain unknown. To ascertain this, a panel of 86 NZB x F(1) backcross mice was immunophenotyped and genome scanned. Linkage analysis revealed four dominant SWR susceptibility loc...

PURPOSE To separately measure the optical densities of lutein (L) and zeaxanthin (Z) in the human retina in vivo. L and Z are the basic constituents of the macular pigment (MP). METHODS Spectral fundus reflectance was measured in 23 subjects (group 1) at 0 degrees , 1 degrees , 2 degrees , 4 degrees , and 8 degrees eccentricity with a modified macular pigment reflectometer. A model generated ...

Objective: The Gullah-speaking African American population from the Sea Islands of South Carolina is characterized by a low degree of European admixture and high rates of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and diabetic complications. Affected relative pairs with T2DM were recruited through Project SuGAR (the Sea Islands Genetic African American Registry). Research Design and Methods: We conducted a genome-...

We propose an adaptive interpolatory scheme for subdivided triangle meshes that is compliant with the modified butterfly subdivision and can be used effectively and efficiently in selective editing of meshes. Our scheme is developed upon the RGB subdivision, an adaptive scheme that is based on the factorization of the one-tofour triangle split pattern. We introduce the concept of topological an...

Nowadays it is becoming increasingly necessary to query data stored in different datasets of public access, such as those included in the Linked Data environment, in order to get as much information as possible on distinct topics. However, users have difficulty to query those datasets with different vocabularies and data structures. For this reason it is interesting to develop systems that can ...

Terrain LOD algorithm is a dynamic and local dough sheet subduction algorithm. On the basis of the research on traditional quadtree algorithm, this paper proposed a new terrain LOD algorithm using quadtree. On deviation computing standard, besides static deviation and view distance, motion vector and observation vector are introduced, which made the result of deviation computing close to the ac...

Real-time crowd systems are increasing in popularity and importance. With this comes the need for accurate low level of detail (LOD) human model representations. Currently, the two most commonly used representations for large scale crowds are image based representations and low level geometric meshes. In this paper, we evaluate the effectiveness of the two representations in terms of their appe...

The role played by di erent core processes in the changes in the Earth's rotation is assessed and fully dynamical models of the torsional Alfvén waves inside the uid core are reviewed. These waves, rst studied by Braginsky (1970), consist of geostrophic circulation. They have decadal periods and yield time changes in core angular momentum. They arise from small departures from an hypothetical q...

In this paper, we present our work on a level of detail(LoD) technique for human-like face models in virtual environments. Conventional LoD techniques have been adapted to allow facial animation on simplified geometric models. This includes optimization on both geometry, and animation parameters. Simplified models are generated in a region-based manner in consideration with the mobility of each...