Deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have had a major impact in most areas of image understanding, including object category detection. In object detection, methods such as R-CNN have obtained excellent results by integrating CNNs with region proposal generation algorithms such as selective search. In this paper, we investigate the role of proposal generation in CNN-based detectors in orde...

A number of French colleagues, including me, have seen a drop in funding from our fellow institutions of 10% or more this year. It came as a surprise given how loud were the voices announcing that Science would be a national priority. But this 10% syndroma should not be restricted to money. As my own research projects are dedicated to a family of unusual nucleic acid structures called Gquadrupl...

A system of linear autonomous difference equations x(n + 1) = Ax(n) is considered, where x ∈ Rk, A is a real nonsingular k × k matrix. In this paper it has been proved that if W (x) is any quadratic form and m is any positive integer, then there exists a unique quadratic form V (x) such that ∆mV = V (Amx) − V (x) = W (x) holds if and only if μiμj 6= 1 (i = 1, 2 . . . k; j = 1, 2 . . . k) where ...

The effect of digoxin on atrioventricular (a-v) conduction was compared in five patients with an intact cardiac autonomic nervous system (Group I) and seven patients who had undergone cardiac transplantation (Group II), in whom we have previously shown the transplanted heart to be completely denervated. Small decreases in the atrial effective refractory period (ERP) (from 262 plus or minus 12 t...

AIM To examine the effectiveness within the Australasian context of the Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP) lifestyle intervention, which has been shown to produce meaningful reductions in selected chronic disease risk factors in the United States. METHODS Changes in body weight, blood pressure, blood lipid profile and fasting plasma glucose were assessed in 836 self-selected participa...

Background:  The development of nanotechnology has been a boon to mankind as its significance paved the way for several applications in therapeutics. This study was to evaluate the anti-arthritic capability of nano Selenium-lovastatin mixture (Lov-Se) against inflammatory cascade in arthritic irradiated rats. Materials and Methods: Animal model of Arthritis was organized by subcutaneous in...

Reliable estimates of Michaelis constants (K(m)) and inhibitor constants may be obtained, in the absence of control over the amount of enzyme being added to any assay system, provided the following constraints are met. Michaelis-Menten kinetics are obeyed. Two rate measurements must be made with the same sample of enzyme: at low and high substrate concentration for determining K(m) or minus and...

In this paper, we outline an object relations approach to the understanding of factors underlying behavior exhibited by a specific type “uncivil” social media user, keyboard warrior. Analyzing ten key features warrior’s behavior, lay out hypothesis that it is underlaid relation Bion conceptualised as “minus K”: namely, envious breast original provider not only food but also knowledge. We conclu...

Propylthiouracil (PTU) inhibits peripheral deiodination of thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) and decreases the metabolic effectiveness of T4 in animals. To assess the effect of PTU on extrathyroidal conversion of T4 to T3 in man, 15 studies were performed in athyreotic patients treated with 100 or 200 mug of L-T4 daily for 1 mo before the addition of PTU, 250 mg every 6 h for 8 days. se...

ells exposed to repeated stretching along a unidirectional axis reinforce their actin stress fibers and reorient them to run perpendicular to the direction of strain. The two aspects of the response are regulated independently, report Yoshigi et al. (page 209). Numerous tissues are exposed to repeated mechanical strain and respond by C After stretching (bottom), re-localization of zyxin to stre...