Will computers that see and understand what they see revolutionize industry by automating the part orientation and part inspection processes? There are tw o obstacles: the expense of computing and our feeble understanding of images . We believe these obstacles are fast ending. To illustrate what can be done we describe a working program that visually determines the position and orientation of s...

Diastolic dysfunction, often seen with increasing age, is associated with reduced exercise capacity and increased mortality. Mortality rates in older individuals are linked to the development of disability, which may be preceded by functional limitations. The goal of this study was to identify which echocardiographic measures of diastolic function correlate with physical function in older subje...

Mercury (Hg) may significantly impact the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Lab results generated by Vitamin Diagnostics (CLIA-approved) from 2003-2007, were examined among subjects diagnosed with an ASD (n=83) in comparison to neurotypical controls (n=89). Blood Hg levels were determined by analyzing Hg content in red blood cells (RBC) using cold vapor analysis, and consistent ...

Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) levels are elevated in sarcoidosis and have been used both to diagnose and to assess response to treatment of this disease. We report significantly (p less than .0005) elevated ACE levels in patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) (49 +/- 14 U/L) compared with normal control subjects (32 +/- 11 U/L) tested within 48 hours of hospital admissio...

Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is an effective local tumor therapy performed by the administration of chemotherapeutic drugs followed by the application of local high-voltage electric pulses.1, 2 The electric pulses cause transient structural changes (electroporation) of tumor cell membranes and thus increase the entrance of the chemotherapeutic drugs. This potentiates the chemotherapeutic effect an...

There is a common belief that children arc better able than adults to leam a foreign language. This belief may be an illusion if children living in a foreign country leam the new language through phy activity while their parents try to leam independently of physical behavior. Using Russian, this study compared the listening comprehension of 8-, 10and 14-year-old children, and college adults whe...

5 1092-5171/05/3201-0005 ABSTRACT: A respectable body of work exists on the evolution of speech production, but little has been published on the evolution of the auditory system. Salient points in the evolution of the auditory system are presented here based on a review of the literature in paleontology, embryology, and comparative studies of extant organisms. Structural changes in the vertebra...

We explored longitudinal effects of a two-generation preschool programme on receptive language scores in children (n = 78) at age 10 years, living with low income. Scores at four time-points, programme intake, exit, age 7, and age 10 years were measured using the Peabody picture vocabulary test (3rd ed.). Effects of culture (Aboriginal, other Canadian-born, and recent immigrant), and gender of ...

Characteristics of 3-adrenoceptors were analyzed using radioligand-binding techniques with H-dihydroalprenolol in lung specimens from 11 children with pulmonary hypertension (median age, three years) undergoing surgical repair ofeongenital heart defects and four pediatric control subjects (median age, five years) undergoing thoracotomy for removal of neoplasms or cysts. Scatchard analysis of 3H...

Diarrhoea remains a common cause of illness in Guatemala, with children suffering most frequently from the disease. This study directly compared the frequency, enterotoxin, and colonization factor (CF) profiles of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains isolated from children living in a rural community in Guatemala and from Western visitors to the same location during the same seasons,...