automatic facial recognition has many potential applications in different areas of humancomputer interaction. however, they are not yet fully realized due to the lack of an effectivefacial feature descriptor. in this paper, we present a new appearance based feature descriptor,the local directional pattern (ldp), to represent facial geometry and analyze its performance inrecognition. an ldp feat...

we can reach by dna microarray gene expression to such wealth of information with thousands of variables (genes). analysis of this information can show genetic reasons of disease and tumor differences. in this study we try to reduce high-dimensional data by statistical method to select valuable genes with high impact as biomarkers and then classify ovarian tumor based on gene expression data of...

there are many numerous methods for solving large-scale problems in which some of them are very flexible and efficient in both linear and non-linear cases. league championship algorithm is such algorithm which may be used in the mentioned problems. in the current paper, a new play-off approach will be adapted on league championship algorithm for solving large-scale problems. the proposed algori...

dna sequence, containing all genetic traits is not a functional entity. instead, it transfers to protein sequences by transcription and translation processes. this protein sequence takes on a 3d structure later, which is a functional unit and can manage biological interactions using the information encoded in dna. every life process one can figure is undertaken by proteins with specific functio...

The relationship between the levels of serum acute phase reactant proteins (alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, alpha 1-antitrypsin, haptoglobin) was investigated in patients with glioblastoma multiforme in relation to their prognosis. Alpha 1-acid glycoprotein was higher in the patients who died within one year after admission than in those with a longer survival time. It is suggested that serum alpha ...

Primary malignant gliomas of the optic nerve and chiasm are rare, and are usually rapidly fatal in adults. We report a 48-year-old woman with a glioblastoma multiforme arising from the optic chiasm. Following radiotherapy, our patient survived nearly 14 months, which is the longest survival reported in patients with this diagnosis. There have only been four other reports of glioblastoma multifo...

The Ras inhibitor farnesylthiosalicylic acid (FTS) has been shown to induce apoptosis in glioblastoma multiforme, but its mechanism of action was unknown. We show that FTS or dominant-negative Ras, by deregulating extracellular signal-regulated kinase and Akt signaling, decreases survivin gene transcripts in U87 glioblastoma multiforme, leading to disappearance of survivin protein and cell deat...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The heterogeneity of glioblastoma contributes to the poor and variant prognosis. The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the glioblastoma heterogeneity with MR imaging textures and to evaluate its impact on survival time. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 133 patients with primary glioblastoma who underwent postcontrast T1-weighted imaging (acquired before trea...

automatic analysis of human facial expressions is one of the challenging problems in machine vision systems. it has many applications in human-computer interactions such as, social signal processing, social robots, deceit detection, interactive video and behavior monitoring. in this paper, we develop a new method for automatic facial expression recognition based on facial muscle anatomy and hum...

porosity is one of the fundamental petrophysical properties that should be evaluated for hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs. it is a vital factor in precise understanding of reservoir quality in a hydrocarbon field. log data are exceedingly crucial information in petroleum industries, for many of hydrocarbon parameters are obtained by virtue of petrophysical data. there are three main petrophysical...