The macrostructure development of biofilms grown in an annular reactor and in a rotating biological contactor has been monitored using the Spatial Gray-level Dependence Method (SGLDM) and the Gray-Level Run Length Method (GLRLM). Due to the large number of descriptors, Principal Components Analysis was used to sort the results. Both methods look promising for biofilm monitoring.

As a biological by-product, cornstalk will pose huge threat to the development of sustainable agriculture and environmental protection if it is not fully utilized. In this study, macrostructure was characterized by optical camera chemical composition rind pith Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The test results show that divided into macroscopically, smooth outside, sponge-like str...

Sleep staging is one of the most important tasks on the context of sleep studies. For more than 40 years the gold standard to the characterization of patient’s sleep macrostructure was the set of rules proposed by Rechtschaffen and Kales (R&K) recently modified by AASM rules. Nevertheless the resulting map of sleep, the so-called hypnogram, has several limitations such as its low temporal resol...

Jim van Os has done us a service in bringing to attention the unsatisfactory nature of the concept of schizophrenia. He argues that the scientific evidence for the category is weak and that the present label is highly stigmatised. He suggests that a new concept – salience dysregulation syndrome – be assessed with regard to its clinical utility and patient acceptability. (Compare with Sato.) The...

Jim van Os has done us a service in bringing to attention the unsatisfactory nature of the concept of schizophrenia. He argues that the scientific evidence for the category is weak and that the present label is highly stigmatised. He suggests that a new concept – salience dysregulation syndrome – be assessed with regard to its clinical utility and patient acceptability. (Compare with Sato.) The...

UNLABELLED Vocabulary knowledge is one of the few cognitive functions that is relatively preserved in older adults, but the reasons for this relative preservation have not been well delineated. We tested the hypothesis that individual differences in vocabulary knowledge are influenced by arcuate fasciculus macrostructure (i.e., shape and volume) properties that remain stable during the aging pr...

The paper addresses the question on how the benefits of active networking, such as customized packet processing inside the network and flexible service management, can be realized in a telecom environment. More precisely, we ask: How can a network provider, whose infrastructure is based on active networking technology, support a large number of customers, all of which independently install and ...

In their paper on structuralism in Belgium and the Netherlands, Parret & Van de Velde (1980: 145) argue that a number of fundamental texts written in Dutch "have had no international influence, although these books, once translated into German or English, would undoubtledly have become well known works of linguistic and philosophical structuralism". Among the books they mention one finds Stutte...