The retrieval using single feature has a certain limitation, which fails to comprehensively describe an image. Aiming at such retrieval defect, this paper proposes an image retrieval method integrating color and texture. Firstly, carry out image segmentation with uniformly-spaced method, and then extract color feature of each segmentation with weighting processing done; and then, extract textur...

Among all the issues related to Content Based Image Retrieval systems, retrieving images based on their shapes is an important one. Many approaches exist utilizing shape representation and comparison, e.g., the methods based on Fourier descriptors. In this thesis, we propose a novel method for shape representation. In our method, we calculate the centroid of a shape and choose a set of sample p...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate voluntary wheel running behavior in the unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) rat model. METHODS Male Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to 2 groups : 6-OHDA group (n=17) and control group (n=8). The unilateral 6-OHDA rat model was induced by injection of 6-OHDA into unilateral medial forebrain bundle using a stereotaxic instrument. Voluntary ...

Construal Level Theory (CLT; Trope & Liberman, 2003) proposes that pro-arguments (pros) constitute high-level construals and counter-arguments (cons) low-level construals. Therefore, pros are more salient for distant-future actions than are cons and the reverse holds for near-future actions (Eyal, Liberman, Trope, & Walther, 2004). We further predicted and results from one experiment show that ...

Loss-of-function mutations in SCN1A cause Dravet syndrome (DS), a catastrophic childhood epilepsy in which patients experience comorbid behavioral conditions, including movement disorders, sleep abnormalities, anxiety, and intellectual disability. To study the functional consequences of voltage-gated sodium channel mutations, we use zebrafish with a loss-of-function mutation in scn1lab, a zebra...

Content-based image retrieval and text-based image retrieval are two fundamental approaches in the field of image retrieval. The challenges related to each of these approaches, guide the researchers to use combining approaches and semi-automatic retrieval using the user interaction in the retrieval cycle. Hence, in this paper, an image retrieval system is introduced that provided two kind of qu...