Segmentation is an important step during 3-D building reconstruction from laser altimetry data. The objective is to group laser points into segments that correspond to planar surfaces, such as facets of building roofs or the (flat) terrain between buildings. A segmentation method is presented that was inspired by a raster-based algorithm in literature, but works on original (triangulated) laser...

abstract background: adjacent treatment fields are commonly used in external beam radiation therapy, such as mantle and inverted-y fields for the treatment of hodgkin’s disease and craniospinal fields used in the treatment of medulloblastoma and head and neck tumors when the lateral neck fields are placed adjacent to the anterior supraclavicular field. in each of these situations, there is a po...

Building We moved into a new Medical Department 2 years ago, but it was not designed to contain a Coronary Intensive Care Unit. The planning was completed 4 years earlier when Coronary Intensive Care Units were unknown in regional hospitals. Thus, yet again, a hospital building has been outdated as soon as completed. In our building it has been possible to adapt a corner of the general ward wit...

Received: December 19, 2016 Revised: February 06, 2017 Accepted: March 20, 2017 Abstract: Introduction: Seismic isolation has been proven to be an efficient approach to seismic retrofitting of structures based on the concept of reducing the seismic forces by lengthening the structural fundamental vibration period. However, superstructures may collide with each other under seismic excitation as ...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Na(2)(C(8)H(8)O(8))](n), contains one Na(+) ion and half of a 2,3-bis(carboxymethyl)butanedioate (H(2)BTC(2-)) dianion, which lies on a center of symmetry. The dianion exhibits a μ(10)-bridging mode. Each Na atom lies in a NaO(6) octa-hedron defined by six O atoms from five dianions. Adjacent NaO(6) octa-hedra share a common O-O edge, generating a bio...

The cartographic generalization prepares and arranges the contents of a map for a given scale and application in order to improve its comprehensibility. In recent years, the data sets for map-like presentations in 3D has become widespread available. Concerning urban areas, the most important objects therein are buildings. Whereas quiet a number of generalization algorithms for 3D data have been...

mixed land use includes various land uses which are adjacent to each other and linked together to accommodate either horizontal or vertical segments adjacent land and within a building to coexistence. recent urban planning theories, emphasizing on several principles that make the mix use development is one of these principles. mixed land use effects on travel demands and urban transportation ef...

1 TNFα Mechanically Sensitizes Masseter Muscle Nociceptors by 2 Increasing Prostaglandin E2 Levels. 3 4 5 Akhlaq W. Hakim, Xudong Dong, Brian E. Cairns 6 7 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, 8 V6T 1Z3, Canada 9 10 11 12 13 14 Running title: TNFα-induced nociceptor sensitization 15 16 17 18 19 20 Correspondence should be addressed...