Despite the success of RNA secondary structure prediction for simple, short RNAs, the problem of predicting RNAs with long-range tertiary folds remains. Furthermore, RNA 3D structure prediction is hampered by the lack of the knowledge about the tertiary contacts and their thermodynamic parameters. Low-resolution structural modeling enables us to estimate the conformational entropies for a numbe...

In deformable character animation, the skin deformation of the neck is important to reproduce believable facial animation. The neck also plays an important role in supporting the head in balance while generating the controlled head movements that are essential to many aspects of human behavior. However, neck animation is largely overlooked both in computer graphics and animation due to the comp...

Human motion tracking from single-view 2D measurements contains inherent ambiguities, due to depth ambiguities and the indirect relation of pixel intensities to 3D poses. Prior models of human poses and motion show great promise in resolving these difficulties, by biasing inference toward the most probable configurations. The main challenge is to describe models that accurately describe how peo...

This paper provides a succinct review of physics based visual simulations methods. It is aimed at newcomers in visual simulation in an advanced IT simulation course, including flexible learning mode. It is also intended as an inspiration for research into physically truthful visual simulation. The emphasis is on how to approach presenting visualizations of the processes modeled, which are physi...

This paper examines the mutual relationship between the organizational use of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) and organizational culture (OC). CMC supplements communication among members of an organization to maintain the culture, especially when those persons cannot communicate by other means. On the other hand, a strong OC allows a more effective use of CMC by providing members with som...

We develop a dynamic, free-form surface model which is useful for representing a broad class of objects with symmetries and topological variability. The new model is based upon swung NURBS surfaces, and it inherits their desirable cross-sectional design properties. It melds these geometric features with the demonstrated conveniences of surface design within a physics-based framework. We demonst...

This paper presents a new method for automatically generating a transition between two given B-spline curves or surfaces. Rather than treating the curves or surfaces as purely geometric objects, we distribute mass, damping, elasticity onto them. For elastic objects, morphing can be formulated as a boundary-valued problem of ordinary differential equations. By using Modal Analysis, the boundary-...

The APTIMA HPV Assay (AHPV) allows detection of 14 high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) RNA types in cervical specimens. Until present, the assay has been compared to HPV DNA tests only in triage settings. Herein, we compare AHPV with a DNA assay (Hybrid Capture 2; HC2) and liquid-based cytology (LBC; using PreservCyt ThinPrep liquid Pap) in a screening setting (French APTIMA screening evaluati...

the aim of the present paper is to sbo» that anti-realism in science, 1vhich has a1;guab/y become more fashionable in recentyears, contrary to tuha: its proponents assert, cannot make use of quantum mechanics and its impressiue achievements as a frump card in justifying its claims. i will argue that scientific anti-realism far from providing scientific communiry with a progressive methodologica...