We describe a higher-order spectral analysis-based approach for detecting people by recognizing human motion such as walking or running. The periodic attribute of human motion lends itself to efficient spectral inspection. In the proposed method, the stride length is determined in every frame as the image sequence evolves. The bispectrum which is the Fourier transform of the triple correlation ...

BACKGROUND: Fertilizer management plays an important role to achieve sustainable agriculture. OBJECTIVES: Current study was conducted to assess response of agrophysiological traits of wheat to apply different level of fertilizer and biologic fertilizer (Phosphorus and Nitrogen). METHODS: This research was carried out via factorial e...

This paper provides a summary of previous work done in the area of external auditory representations of programs (known as program auralisation). A brief historical review is given followed by a short summary of the characteristics of the main program auralisation systems that have been reported in the literature. As program auralisation systems tend to use musical representations they are nece...

Store-operated channels (SOCs) provide an important means for mediating longer-term Ca(2+) signals and replenishment of Ca(2+) stores in a multitude of cell types. However, the coupling mechanism between endoplasmic reticulum stores to activate plasma membrane SOCs remains unknown. In DT40 chicken B lymphocytes, the permeant inositol trisphosphate receptor (InsP(3)R) modifier, 2-aminoethoxydiph...

Background The endometrial echopattern on the day of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) administration and its relationship to the outcome of pregnancy after assisted reproductive treatment (ART) cycles was analyzed, prospectively. MaterialsAndMethods This study conducted between 2013 to 2014. The endometrial pattern was evaluated prospectively on the day of administration of HCG in 280 ART cyc...

It is often assumed that a main function of gestures is to compensate for expressive difficulties. This predicts that gestures should mainly occur with disfluent speech. However, surprisingly little is known about the relationship between gestures and fluent vs. disfluent speech. This study investigates the putative compensatory role of gesture by examining competent speakers’ and language lear...

P.F. Strawson proposed in the early seventies a threefold distinction regarding how context bears on the meaning of ‘what is said’ when a sentence is uttered. The proposal was somewhat tentative and, being aware of this aspect, Strawson himself raised various questions to make it more adequate. In this paper, we review Strawson’s scheme, note his concerns, and add some of our own. We also defen...

background and aim: bacterial elimination from root canal system is one of the aims in endodontic treatments, so the addition of antibiotics to sealers can increase their antimicrobial efficacy, as in this study we are determining the in-vitro antimicrobial effect of ah26 and ah plus sealers mixed with amoxicillin, triple antibiotic pastes and nanosilver on enterococcus faecalis. materials and ...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to determine the in vitro antimicrobial ability against entrococcus (e.) faecalis of triple antibiotic paste and its components compared with calcium hydroxide mixtures . materials and methods: an agar well diffusion assay and mic method were used to determine the efficacy of the experimental medicaments in removing e. faecalis. medicaments were divid...

Much has been written on the relation of Ghazali (al-Ghaz®l¬) to Ash‘arism1 that, among other things, indicate his criticisms of the kal®m.2 Underlying his criticisms is a primary thesis, namely that the main function of kal®m is the protection of traditional Islamic belief (‘aq¬da), rooted in the Qur’®n and guided by the customary practice of the prophet, the sunna, against heretical innovatio...