The extinction laws at 7μm and 15μm are derived for more than 120 sightlines in the inner Galactic plane based on the ISOGAL survey data and the near-infrared data from DENIS and 2MASS. The tracers are the ISOGAL point sources with [7]-[15]<0.4 which are RGB tip stars or early AGB stars with moderate mass loss. They have well-defined intrinsic color indices (J-Ks)0, (Ks-[7])0 and (Ks-[15])0. By...

The instanton interaction in QCD generates an effective potential for scalar quark-antiquark condensates in the color singlet and octet channels. For three light quark flavors the cubic term in this potential induces an octet condensate and “spontaneous breaking” of color in the vacuum. Realistic masses of the ρand η-mesons are compatible with renormalization-group-improved instanton perturbati...

The influence of bentonite and cold treatments on some groups phenolic compounds, color characteristics antioxidant activity young red Cabernet Sauvignon wine from Bulgaria was studied. Bentonite administered in increasing doses the range 0.2-1.6 g/L. chilled at -5 °C for 24 hours. index 280, complex stronger when it applied above 0.6 g/L, whereas more substantially affected 1 Cold treatment le...

This paper describes the implementation of a physical and mathematical approach to designing advanced vegetation indices optimized for future sensors operating in the solar domain such as the medium resolution imaging spectrometer (MERIS), the global imager (GLI), and the VEGETATION instrument, and proposes an initial evaluation of such indices. These optimized indices address sensor-specific i...

BACKGROUND Diastolic wall motion asynchrony is a major determinant of impaired left ventricular (LV) filling in patients with concentric hypertrophy and coronary artery disease. We evaluated the ability of Color Kinesis, a new echocardiographic technique that color-encodes endocardial motion, to quantitatively assess global and regional LV filling properties. METHODS AND RESULTS Color Kinesis...

Perceived similarity between images is an achievement of complex processes of vision, of cognitions and emotions. It may be influenced by the context and the content of images, semantic associations and the intention of the observer, to name a few. But simple, low-level features are used successfully to compare images. For instance, color histograms are used in content-based image retrieval (CB...

Serial assessments of neurocognitive functioning in athletes with concussion are commonly used for return to play decisions. This study provides reliable change indices (RCIs) for computerized tests from 40 NCAA Division I collegiate athletes that suffered a sports-related concussion. The normative data that resulted from the RCIs and subsequent analyses of differences between improved and not ...