The objective of this study was to estimate poppy plant height and capsule volume with remote sensing using an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Data were obtained from field measurements and UAS flights over two poppy crops at Cambridge and Cressy in Tasmania. Imagery acquired from the UAS was used to produce dense point clouds using structure from motion (SfM) and multi-view stereopsis (MVS) te...

Sample preparation methods tend to be fast, simple, with the use of new adsorbents and lower amounts organic solvents make them more environmentally friendly. In this work, a magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE) protocol for quantification six opium alkaloids (OAs) in poppy seeds infusions has been optimised followed by analysis liquid chromatography coupled tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/...

La deficiencia de hormona liberadora de gonadotropinas (GnRHD) es una enfermedad rara (prevalencia 1/10.000) que se caracteriza por la ausencia de pubertad, infertilidad y elevada morbilidad psicosocial. Tiene un fuerte componente genético, con 16 genes descritos cuyas mutaciones provocan enfermedad, descubiertos mediante diferentes abordajes como estudios citogenéticos (aberraciones cromosómic...

Su m m ar y summAry Adolescence is a period of physical, psychological and social transitions from childhood to adulthood. It is associated with a unique set of behaviours, resulting in the common view that adolescents are myopic risk-takers, who are unable to plan ahead or envision the long-term consequences of their decisions and actions. It is also a period of continued development of the co...

Induction of L1 and L2 -Lactamases of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Rouh-Mei Hu, Kuang-Jay Huang, Lii-Tzu Wu, Ying-Ju Hsiao, and Tsuey-Ching Yang* Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Asia University, Taichung 413, Taiwan; Department of Microbiology, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan; and Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, China Medical University...

Effects of Lead Exposure in Printing Houses on Immune and Neurobehavioral Functions of Women: Niu QIAO, et al. Department of Occupational Health, Shanxi Medical University, China—The object of this study was the effect of lead (Pb) exposure on immune and neurobehavioral parameters of 16 women with a mean age of 34 yr who worked for an average of 12 yr in three printing houses in Taiyuan (Shanxi...

Camera calibration is to identify a model that infers 3-D space measurements from 2-D image observations. In this paper, the nonlinear mapping model of the camera is approximated by a series of linear input–output models defined on a set of local regions called receptive fields. Camera calibration is thus a learning procedure to evolve the size and shape of every receptive field as well as para...

1Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, 2Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 115, Taiwan, 3Department of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan and 4Department of Surgery, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichu...

Vol. XLIII (August 2006), 355–365 355 © 2006, American Marketing Association ISSN: 0022-2437 (print), 1547-7193 (electronic) *Yuanping Ying is Assistant Professor of Marketing, School of Management, University of Texas, Dallas (e-mail: [email protected]). Fred Feinberg is Hallman Fellow and Bank One Corporation Associate Professor of Marketing, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University o...