Neural networks are computational tools able to apprehend non-linear relationships between different parameters, having the capacity to order a large amount of input data and transform them into a graphical pattern of output data. We have previously reported their use for the quantification of the aromaticity through the Euclidean distance between neurons. In this article, we apply the method t...

A framework for learning parameterized models of optical flow from image sequences is presented. A class of motions is represented by a set of orthogonal basis flow fields that are computed from a training set using principal component analysis. Many complex image motions can be represented by a linear combination of a small number of these basis flows. The learned motionmodels may be used for ...

The estimation and detection of occlusion boundaries and moving bars are important and challenging problems in image sequence analysis. Here, we model such motion features as linear combinations of steerable basis flow fields. These models constrain the interpretation of image motion, and are used in the same way as translational or affine motion models. We estimate the subspace coefficients of...

Deferring discretization can occasionally change our perspective on imaging problems. To illustrate, we offer a reformulation of regularized computed tomography (CT) in which the large system of coupled equations for the unknown smoothed image is decoupled into many smaller and simpler equations, each for a separate projection. Regularized CT thus becomes a two-stage process of (nonhomogeneous)...

A new method to rapidly generate pyrrolidines via a SOMO-activated enantioselective (3 + 2) coupling of aldehydes and conjugated olefins has been accomplished. A radical-polar crossover mechanism is proposed wherein olefin addition to a transient enamine radical cation and oxidation of the resulting radical furnish a cationic intermediate which is vulnerable to nucleophilic addition of a tether...

We address the problem of space-variant image deblurring, where different parts of the image are blurred by different blur kernels. Assuming a region-wise space variant point spread function, we first solve the problem for the case of known blur kernels and known boundaries between the different blur regions in the image. We then generalize the method to the challenging case of unknown boundari...

Silk cocoons, produced by Bombyx mori L. (Bombicidae) are used to treat heart palpitation, cough, asthma and catarrh. Phytochemical investigation of the cocoons led to the isolation of alkyl substituted dioxymethylene benzene derivatives and two citronellyl glucosides for the first time characterized as n-pentanyl-3,4-(dioxymethylene) benzene (1), n-pentanyl-2,3-dioxymethylene-4-hydroxybenzene ...

Local feature matching is an essential component of many image retrieval algorithms. Euclidean and Mahalanobis distances are mostly used in order to compare two feature vectors. The first distance does not give satisfactory results in many cases and is inappropriate in the typical case where the components of the feature vector are incommensurable, whereas the second one requires training data....