We study the possible contribution of optical galaxies detected with the Hubble ACS instrument to the near-IR cosmic infrared (CIB) fluctuations in deep Spitzer images. The Spitzer data used in this analysis are obtained in the course of the GOODS project from which we select four independent 10 × 10 regions observed at both 3.6 and 4.5 μm. ACS source catalogs for all of these areas are used to...

PURPOSE Cognitive screening upon hospital admission can provide important information about the patient's ability to process information during the inpatient stay. The Clock-in-the-Box (CIB) is a rapidly administered cognitive screening measure which has been previously validated with cognitive screening and neuropsychological assessments. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the predict...

A great deal of work has been carried out in the area of information modelling to support the sharing of information across participants in a construction project. Efforts in this area include projects such as ATLAS (Bohms et al., 1994) (for large scale engineering), COMBINE (Dubois et al., 1995) (for HVAC and building design), RATAS (Björk, 1994) and ICON (Aouad et al., 1995) (for building des...

We study the possible contribution of optical galaxies detected with the Hubble ACS instrument to the near-IR cosmic infrared (CIB) fluctuations in deep Spitzer images. The Spitzer data used in this analysis are obtained in the course of the GOODS project from which we select four independent 10 × 10 regions observed at both 3.6 and 4.5 μm. ACS source catalogs for all of these areas are used to...

The Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment (DIRBE) on the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) spacecraft was designed primarily to conduct a systematic search for an isotropic cosmic infrared background (CIB) in ten photometric bands from 1.25 to 240 μm. The results of that search are presented here. Conservative limits on the CIB are obtained from the minimum observed brightness in all-sky maps ...

Recent researches have shown consensus clustering can enhance the accuracy of human action categorization models by combining multiple clusterings, which can be obtained from various types of local descriptors, such as HOG, HOF and MBH. However, consensus clustering yields final clustering without access to the underlying feature representations of the human action data, which always makes the ...

Foreground emission and scattered light from interplanetary dust (IPD) particles and emission from Galactic stellar sources are the greatest obstacles for determining the cosmic infrared background (CIB) from diffuse sky measurements in the ∼ 1 to 5 μm range. We describe a new method for deriving the CIB at near infrared wavelengths which reduces the uncertainties associated with the removal of...

BACKGROUND Preexisting cognitive impairment is emerging as a predictor of poor postoperative outcomes in seniors. We hypothesized that preoperative cognitive screening can be performed in a busy preadmission evaluation center and that cognitive impairment is prevalent in elective geriatric surgical patients. METHODS We approached 311 patients aged 65 years and older presenting for preoperativ...

BACKGROUND Endophytic bacteria that have plant growth promoting traits are of great interest in green biotechnology. The previous thought that the Azoarcus genus comprises bacteria that fit into one of two major eco-physiological groups, either free-living anaerobic biodegraders of aromatic compounds or obligate endophytes unable to degrade aromatics under anaerobic conditions, is revisited her...

Based on a power spectrum analysis of the IRAS ISSA maps, we present the first detection of the Cosmic far-Infrared Background (CIB) fluctuations at 60 and 100 µm. The power spectrum of 12 low cirrus emission regions is characterized by a power excess at spatial frequencies higher than k ∼ 0.02 arcmin −1. Most of this excess is due to noise and to nearby point sources with a flux stronger than ...