Spectral Textures are rendered by multi-layer texturing, where each layer provides a certain band of spatial frequencies for the final texture. Transparency channels introduce statistical dependencies between the layers. Figures 1 shows series of screenshots that illustrate the multilayer approach of spectral texturing. The left column shows the single texture layers, increasing in scale from t...

There have been various laboratory methods for the microbiological diagnosis of periodontal disease. However, there have been some disadvantages in these methods. In this study of the application of a chair-side test for microbiological diagnosis, the activity of peptidases in periodontal pockets of patients was examined by using the assay system SK-013. SK-013 consists of synthetic substrates ...

The suitability of individual MAb for application in vivo should be carefully confirmed. The monoclonal antibody GL-013, with specific binding reactivity in vitro to human tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, was radioiodinated and injected intraperitoneally into nude mice bearing human gastric carcinoma xenografts SY 86 B (moderately differentiated glandular adenocarcinoma) and SY 86 D (signe...

Introduction Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease possibly affecting all organ systems. Less than 10% of sarcoidosis patients develop symptomatic neurological involvement. Although muscular non-caseating granulomas (NCGs) can be found in up to 75% of sarcoidosis patients, muscular symptoms develop only in less than 0.5% of sarcoidosis patients. Corticosteroids (CS) are the mainstay of medical...

BACKGROUND 123I-CMICE-013 is a novel radiotracer previously reported to have promising characteristics for single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging. We evaluated the biokinetics and radiodosimetry of this rotenone-like 123I-labeled tracer in a microSPECT imaging-based study. METHODS 37 to 111 MBq of 123I-CMICE-013 was synthesized and administered intrave...

We continue our discussion of Verifiable Secret Sharing, giving two instantiations of the general schema from the last lecture. First, using Commit(x) = g: Feldman VSS, which leaks nothing but g and is perfect binding. Second, using Perdersen’s commitment Commit(x; r) = gh: Pedersen VSS. Next, we turn to the problem of adaptive security. We describe an adaptively secure Feldman VSS using trapdo...

UNLABELLED Rotenone derivatives have shown promise in myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). CMICE-013 is a novel (123)I-labeled rotenone derivative developed for SPECT MPI. The objective of this study was to assess the image quality of CMICE-013 and compare its uptake with tetrofosmin, sestamibi, and (201)Tl in vivo in a porcine model of stress-induced myocardial ischemia. METHODS Microspheres ...

Abstract Introduction Physiological synchrony (PS) refers to a pattern of psychophysiological covariation in the context close relationships that is thought develop as function dynamic, reciprocal exchanges across biological systems over time (for review, see Palumbo et al., 2017). There strong evidence suggest PS marker well-being romantic relationships, with research illuminating associations...

*Corresponding author: Paolo Madeddu, Professor, MD CS FAHA, Chair Experimental, Cardiovascular Medicine, Head of Regenerative Medicine Section, Bristol Heart Institute, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Level 7, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol BS2 8HW, United Kingdom, Tel: 0044 (0)117 342 3904, 0044 077 691 55 205(mobile) ; Fax: 0044 (0)117 342 3904; E-...