Delusions are a key symptom of psychosis and they are frequently distressing and disabling. Existing treat ments, both pharmacological and psychological, are only partially effective. It is important to develop new treatment approaches based on theoretically derived and empirically tested processes. Delusions are associated with a reasoning bias: the jumping to conclusions (JTC) bias involves g...

We have recently described a preparation of junctional terminal cisternae (JTC) from fast skeletal muscle of rabbit hind leg. The fraction differs from other heavy sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) fractions in that it contains a substantial amount of junctional face membrane (JFM) (15-20% of the membrane) with morphologically well-defined junctional feet structures. In common with other heavy SR pre...

Symptom-related cognitive biases such as jumping to conclusions (JTC) can potentially be the focus of cognitive therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis (CBTp; Lecomte et al., 2003) and metacognitive training (MCT; Moritz et al., 2011). To provide support for such an approach it is important to demonstrate correspondence between change in delusions and change in JTC. JTC st...

Low-temperature detectors often use mechanical coolers as part of the cooling chain in order to reach sub-Kelvin operating temperatures. The microphonics noise caused by is a general and inherent issue for these detectors. We have observed this effect ground test data obtained with Resolve instrument be flown on XRISM satellite. cryogenic X-ray microcalorimeter spectrometer required energy reso...

An extended fractional Fourier transform (FRT) based fringe-adjusted joint transform correlator (JTC) for real-time target recognition applications has been implemented. In real-time situation, the input scene is captured using a chargecoupled device camera. The joint input images are fractional Fourier transformed and the joint power spectrum (JPS) has been recorded. Thus obtained JPS is multi...

The paper presents a review of optical cryptography techniques using joint transform correlation (JTC) algorithm. The given input image contains confidential information, such as personal identification, photo, which is then encrypted using an encryption key. Optical JTC technique is employed to perform the encryption and decryption processes using optical lenses and other equipments. The input...

To replace the film recording aspect of performing optical correlation, conventional real-time joint-transform correlation (JTC) optical systems make use of a spatial light modulator (SLM) located in the Fourier plane to record the joint-transform power spectrum (JPS) to achieve real-time processing. The use of an SLM in the Fourier plane, however, is a major drawback in these systems because S...

(Abstract) We propose a novel real-time joint-Transform correlation (JTC) technique for optical pattern recognition. To replace the film recording aspect of performing optical correlation, conventional real-time joint-Transform correlation (JTC) optical systems make use of a spatial light modulator (SLM) located in the Fourier plane to record the interference intensity to achieve real-time proc...

We previously reported that protein antigens of serodiagnostic potential were more abundant in culture filtrates than cellular extracts from liquid cultures of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (D. Cho and M. T. Collins, Clin. Vaccine Immunol. 13:1155-1161, 2006). Based on this observation, a novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using antigens secreted by young (early- to m...

Background There is evidence for a group of nonclinical individuals with full-blown, persistent psychotic experiences (PEs) but no need-for-care: they are of particular importance in identifying risk and protective factors for clinical psychosis. The aim of this study was to investigate whether reasoning biases are related to PEs or need-for-care. Method Two groups with persistent PEs (clinic...