Owing to the ever proliferation of digital cameras and image editing software, a large variety of JPEG quantization tables are used to compress JPEG images. As a result, learningbased steganalysis methods using a pre-selected quantization table for training images degrade significantly when the quantization table of testing images is different from the one used for training. Recognizing that it...

The protection from coronary events that young women have is sharply reduced at menopause. Oxidative stress and baroreflex sensitivity impairment of the circulation have been demonstrated to increase cardiovascular risk. On the other hand, exercise training has been indicated as a nonpharmacological treatment for many diseases. The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that exerci...

Dichoptic training is designed to promote binocular vision in patients with amblyopia. Initial studies have found that the training effects transfer to both binocular (stereopsis) and monocular (recognition acuity) visual functions. The aim of this study was to assess whether dichoptic training effects also transfer to contrast sensitivity (CS) in adults with amblyopia. We analyzed CS data from...

Since the events of 9/11, the official line of most Western governments has been that the fight against Islamist terrorism is not a fight against Islam itself. Strategically, there are a number of reasons for this — successful intelligence cooperation with Muslim majority governments, civilians in Muslim countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan and in the West itself is seen as crucial for Suppor...

Optometry & Vision Development Abstract Background: Over 67% of children in 4th grade are reading below grade level, which means they are twice as likely to drop out of school. Previous research has found that children who are slow readers have reduced contrast sensitivity for detecting the direction of movement, and that improving their movement contrast sensitivity by training with sinusoidal...

The present study evaluated effects of exercise training on the proprioception sensitivity, postural stability, and the likelihood of slip-induced falls. Eighteen older adults (6 in balance, 6 in weight, and 6 in control groups) participated in this study. Three groups met three times per week over the course of eight weeks. Ankle and knee proprioception sensitivities and postural stability wer...

BACKGROUND Increased cardiac lipid content has been associated with diabetic cardiomyopathy. We recently showed that cardiac lipid content is reduced after 12 weeks of physical activity training in healthy overweight subjects. The beneficial effect of exercise training on cardiovascular risk is well established and the decrease in cardiac lipid content with exercise training in healthy overweig...

OBJECTIVE Mitochondrial dysfunction and fat accumulation in skeletal muscle (increased intramyocellular lipid [IMCL]) have been linked to development of type 2 diabetes. We examined whether exercise training could restore mitochondrial function and insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Eighteen male type 2 diabetic and 20 healthy male control subjec...

Diffee, Gary M., Eric A. Seversen, and Marci M. Titus. Exercise training increases the Ca21 sensitivity of tension in rat cardiac myocytes. J Appl Physiol 91: 309–315, 2001.—The heart is known to respond to a program of chronic exercise in ways that enhance cardiac function. However, the cellular mechanisms involved in training-induced improvements in the contractile function of the myocardium ...