In Streaming Feature Selection (SFS), new features are sequentially considered for addition to a predictive model. When the space of potential features is large, SFS offers many advantages over methods in which all features are assumed to be known in advance. Features can be generated dynamically, focusing the search for new features on promising subspaces, and overfitting can be controlled by ...

Without experience or proper training, the evaluation of the morphologic features of sperm can become the most confusing and time-consuming area of semen analysis. This study defined the role of Papanicolaou staining compared with an automated sperm analyzer in the management of infertility. We compared the morphologic features of sperm using Papanicolaou staining and an automated Sperm Quality...

Shueh-Fen Chen and Bao-Quey Huang (2000) Cytochemical profiles and quantitative analysis of fiber types in trunk muscle of tigerperch, Terapon jarbua. Zoological Studies 39(1): 28-37. Fiber types in trunk muscle of the tigerperch, Terapon jarbua, were classified by cytochemical profiles and image analysis techniques. Serial cross-sections of trunk muscle were examined by evaluating myosin ATPas...

The "in vivo cryotechnique" (IVCT) is a new method of morphological analysis which has the advantage of freezing tissues in living animals without stopping their blood circulation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of parathyroid hormone (PTH) on renal type II Na-Pi transporters (NaPi-IIa and NaPi-IIc) and "cryobiopsy" (CB) using special cryoforceps as a simple method of t...

Bacterial IIC introns are a newly recognized subclass of group II introns whose ribozyme properties have not been characterized in detail. IIC introns are typically located downstream of transcriptional terminator motifs (inverted repeat followed by T's) or other inverted repeats in bacterial genomes. Here we have characterized the self-splicing activity of a IIC intron, B.h.I1, from Bacillus h...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of two different luteal phase support protocols on gene expression of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and adhesion molecules in the human endometrium. DESIGN Eighty-four ECM protein and adhesion molecule genes were analyzed using array-based reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. SETTING Academic hospital. PATIENT(S) Nine oocyte donors. INT...

We experienced a case of gastric cancer that was prospectively followed up for 8 years. With severe heart disease, the patient did not wish surgery or anticancer drug treatment. After informed consent was obtained, he was followed up for 8 years. He received upper gastrointestinal endoscopy every year, which revealed IIc early gastric cancer, and biopsy showed well differentiated adenocarcinoma...

A developmental progression of histochemical fiber typing is demonstrated in normal rat soleus muscle. By utilizing the acid lability of ATPase, the type II fibres are subdivided into type IIA, IIB and IIC. No IIB fibers are present in the newborn or adult rat soleus. In the 1-day-old animal 90% of the fibers can be differentiated into type I and II with all of the type II's demonstrating IIC c...

A insatisfação com a imagem corporal (IIC) tem sido cada vez mais perceptível entre os adolescentes. O objetivo deste estudo foi o de identificar que é retratado pelos artigos científicos, nos últimos anos, sobre IIC em adolescentes e sua relação mídia, padrões beleza impostos pela sociedade transtornos alimentares. Trata-se uma revisão bibliográfica realizada por meio busca publicados periódic...

Aim To establish the positive predictive value (PPV) of clinical hip examinations performed by referrers in Danish screening programme for Developmental Dysplasia Hip (DDH) utilising three definitions true DDH diagnosis. Methods We retrospectively identified 290 children (169 female) referred during a 4-year period to orthopaedic outpatient clinic at our institution with examination. Positive w...