Delineation of lung fields in presence of diffuse lung diseases, such as interstitial pneumonias (IP), challenges conventional gray level based segmentation algorithms. To deal with IP patterns affecting lung borders, a texture classification scheme for lung segmentation is proposed. The proposed method is based on supervised texture classification to distinguish surrounding tissue (ST) from lu...

This study focuses on one of the most effective type of capacity markets named Capacity Subscription (CS) market which is predicted to be widely used in the upcoming smart grids. Despite variant researches done about the mechanism and structure of capacity markets, their performances have been rarely tested in the presence of network constraints. Considering this deficiency, we tried to propose...

The extracellular signaling molecule, lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), mediates proliferative and morphological effects on cells and has been proposed to be involved in several biological processes including neuronal development, wound healing, and cancer progression. Three mammalian G protein-coupled receptors, encoded by genes designated lp (lysophospholipid) receptor or edg (endothelial differen...

An extension, QLP, of the propositional logic of explicit proofs, LP, is created, allowing quantification over proofs. The resulting logic is given an axiomatization, a Kripke-style semantics, and soundness and completeness are shown. It is shown that S4 embeds into the logic, when we translate the necessity operator using a quantifier: there exists an explicit proof. And it is shown that the p...

Lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) is a low density lipoprotein particle that contains plasminogen-like apolipoprotein(a). Recent studies suggest an association of Lp(a) with atherosclerotic vascular disease. We have studied the accumulation of Lp(a) in atherosclerotic arteries of monkeys with diet-induced atherosclerosis. Immunohistochemistry with monospecific Lp(a) antisera revealed striking accumulation...