It is common for a wayfinding task to involve travel across a familiar and an unfamiliar region that encompass different parts of the same route. Routes of this kind would entail schematized descriptions and the schematization would directly depend on the familiarity of the region being described. This paper presents a new formalization that identifies key conceptual elements of such routes and...

Background: Finger dermatoglyphics has been useful in diagnosing genetically related diseases and detecting crimes. A cross-sectional study was carried out to establish the relationship between fingerprint traits biometric indices Methods: data were obtained using ink method among Health Sciences Students of Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria. pattern intensity, finger distribution, ridge c...

Although human dermatoglyphics have been extensively studied, little is known of the prenatal origins of dermatoglyphic patterns. Digital patterns, i.e., loops, whorls, and arches, were obtained from 81 human abortuses, ranging in age from 11 to 25 weeks post-fertilization. Patterns were discernible with the earliest indications of epidermal ridge development. Findings indicate that pattern fre...

The Nkx2.6 gene belongs to the NK superfamily of homeobox genes (Harvey, 1996). We report here the expression pattern of the murine Nkx2.6 gene during early mouse development, which is unique among the NK family of homeobox genes in that its expression is restricted to the very narrow development period between stages E8.5 and E10.5 of embryogenesis. The distribution of Nkx2.6 transcripts is al...

Road traffic congestion is one of the biggest frustrations for the daily commuter. By improving the currently available travel estimates, one can hope to save time, fuel and the environment by avoiding traffic jams. Before one can predict the best route for a user to take, one must first be able to accurately predict future travel times. In this thesis, we develop a classification-based techniq...