Multiple frame prediction has proved successful in increasing the performance of motion compensated video coders. Region-of-interest (ROI) coding in conjunction with a dual frame predictor can lead to interesting design choices on how to allocate the available bitrate among the frame regions. In this work, we tackle the problem of applying ROI coding on aerial imagery and then on standard video...

Corner reflectors are widely applied to the precise monitoring of crustal deformation. As shown in recently, however, the machining tolerance of rectangle trihedral corner reflectors in the production and deploy process often results in the changes of RCS. The Radar Cross Section (RCS) of rectangle trihedral corner reflectors are calculated based on Physical Optics Method (PO), the objective of...

Realistic high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR) targets are investigated numerically in terms of electromagnetic wave – target interactions. Radar cross sections (RCS) of these targets are simulated via both the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method and the Method of Moments (MoM). The virtual RCS prediction tool that was introduced in previous work is used for these investigations. T...

Performance-based seismic design (PBSD) method has been widely recognized in recent years, it can be used for the future structural design. And the direct displacement-based design method (DDBD) is one of the most effective ways to implement the performance-based seismic design (PBSD) theory in current. In this paper, aiming to the composite frame consisting of composite beams and continuous co...

UNLABELLED Reactive chlorine species (RCS) defense mechanisms are important for bacterial fitness in diverse environments. In addition to the anthropogenic use of RCS in the form of bleach, these compounds are also produced naturally through photochemical reactions of natural organic matter and in vivo by the mammalian immune system in response to invading microorganisms. To gain insight into b...

PURPOSE The Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) rat has been extensively characterized as a model for inherited retinal dystrophy such as retinitis pigmentosa. In the present study, compositions of retinal proteins were compared between RCS (rdy-/-) and control (rdy+/+) rats during progression of the disease to understand the molecular pathologic course of the retinal degeneration. METHODS Protei...