Pan-sharpening is gaining an increasing attention in the remote sensing community, and its usefulness have been demonstrated in several environmental applications. A variety of pan-sharpening techniques, aiming at improving the quality of the fused image have been proposed in literature, but the ranking of their efficiency is a difficult task since the quality of the pan-sharpened image depends...

Abstract In this study, we estimate the heliospheric termination shock (HTS) compression ratio at multiple directions in sky from a quantitative comparison of observed and simulated inner heliosheath (IHS) energetic neutral atom (ENA) fluxes. We use 3D steady-state simulation heliosphere to simulate ENA fluxes by postprocessing MHD plasma using multi-Maxwellian distribution for protons IHS. The...

Infantile hemangiomas (IHs) are the most common benign vascular neoplasms of infancy and childhood. The majority do not need medical intervention. However, large ulcerated scalp IHs may lead to fatal bleeding as well as severe cosmetic disfigurement that indicate early surgical excision, inflicting substantial surgical risks, with short- and long-term morbidity.The TopClosure Tension-Relief Sys...

The modern remote sensing imaging sensors, like those in the IKONOS and QuickBird satellites, are capable of generating panchromatic images with about one meter spatial resolution. The principal objective of fusion in remote sensing is to obtain images that can combine the spectral characteristic of the lowresolution multispectral images with the spatial information of the high-resolution panch...

This technical paper lays out the methodology used to develop a hedonic price model to measure price trends around The 606, a newly established linear park system on the northwest side of Chicago. Two pricing models were required to understand how the housing market responded to the development of the trail. First, in order to analyze the project’s impact by time and geographical area, the Inst...

Types of diffuse brain injury (DBI) were classified based on a study of fifty patients with acute, severe head injuries. This study focused on findings of computed tomography (CT) and outcomes of the patients. The level of consciousness was estimated by the Glasgow Coma Scale; greater than 8 in 28 cases; 8 or less in 22 cases. The overall mortality rate was 28%, however the rate ranged from 8 t...

Sixty percent of American Indian and Alaska Native women live in metropolitan areas. Most are not eligible for health care provided by the federal Indian Health Service (IHS). The IHS partly funds 34 Urban Indian Health Organizations, which vary in size and services. Some are small informational and referral sites that are limited even in the scope of outpatient services provided. Compared with...

Harmony search (HS) algorithm is a recent meta-heuristic algorithm that mimics the musical improvisation concepts. This algorithm has been widely used for solving optimization problems. Moreover, many modifications in this algorithm have been carried out in order to improve the performance of the search. Island model is a structured population mechanism used in evolutionary algorithms to preser...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a substantial and largely unrecognized public health problem. An estimated 3.5 million persons in the United States are currently living with HCV infection, at least half of whom are unaware of their infection (1-3). Persons born during 1945-1965 (the "baby boomer" birth cohort) have a sixfold higher prevalence (2.6%) than adults of other ages, and represent...