PURPOSE Accommodative insufficiency (AI) and convergence insufficiency (CI) have been associated with similar symptomology and frequently present at the same time. The severity of symptomology in CI has been linked to the severity of the CI, suggesting a dose-dependent relationship. However, with increasing severity of CI also comes increased comorbidity of AI. AI alone has been shown to cause ...

The homologous p10 fusion-associated small transmembrane (FAST) proteins of the avian (ARV) and Nelson Bay (NBV) reoviruses are the smallest known viral membrane fusion proteins, and are virulence determinants of the fusogenic reoviruses. The small size of FAST proteins is incompatible with the paradigmatic membrane fusion pathway proposed for enveloped viral fusion proteins. Understanding how ...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to establish dynamic contrast-enhanced perfusion in peripheral nerves for determination of blood-nerve permeability (K) and nerve blood volume (NBV) in peripheral neuropathies as compared with healthy controls. METHODS The study was approved by the institutional ethics committee, and written informed consent was obtained from all participants. Forty-three con...

We propose a novel approach to determining the Next Best View (NBV) for the task of efficiently building highly accurate 3D models from images. Our proposed method deploys a hierarchical uncertainty driven model refinement process designed to select vantage viewpoints based on the model’s covariance structure and appearance, as well as the camera characteristics. The developed NBV planning syst...

tio2 nanorods can be used as dye-sensitized solar cells and as various sensors and photocatalysts. these nanorods are synthesized by a using thermal corrosion process in a naoh solution at 200 oc with tio2 powder as a source material. in the present work, the synthesis of tio2 nanorods in anatase, rutile and ti8o15 phases and the synthesis of tio2 nanorods by using the sol-gel method and alkali...

El objetivo fue comparar la altura de planta y producción brotes en pitahaya (Hylocereus sp.), su relación con las variables climáticas, variedades San Ignacio Amarilla. ensayo se realizó Mateo, Alajuela, Costa Rica, febrero 2017 a diciembre 2019. Las evaluadas fueron: (AP, cm), número vegetativos (NBV), reproductivos (NBR), precipitación pluvial (P, mm), humedad relativa (HR, %), temperatura p...

the study reports some preliminary investigations on the template free synthesis of a scantly investigated polyaniline (pani) derivative-phenylenediamine (pda) by template free method in the presence of oxalic acid (oa) (dopant), using ammonium persulfate as oxidant. polymerization of phenylenediamine (pda) was confirmed by the ft-ir as well as uv–visible studies. the morphology of phenylenedia...

Annexin A5 has been used for the detection of apoptotic cells, due to its ability to bind to phosphatidylserine (PS). Four different labeled Annexin A5 adducts were evaluated in rhesus monkey, with radiolabeling achieved via 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA). Of these adducts differing conjugation methods were employed which resulted in nonspecific radiolabeling (A...

Monitoring plants using leaf feature detection is a challenging perception task because different leaves, even from the same plant, may have very different shapes, sizes and deformations. In addition, leaves may be occluded by other leaves making it hard to determine some of their characteristics. In this paper we use a Time-of-Flight (ToF) camera mounted on a robot arm to acquire the depth inf...