An approach for detecting and tracking vehicles are proposed in these paper. Traffic safety applications using vehicle-to-vehicle communication is an emerging and promising area within the environment. By using a single rear-mounted fisheye camera and multiple detection algorithms to find the blind zone of the vehicle. It is driving safety supported system. Furthermore, the effects of fisheye d...

The hybrid capture II (HCII) assay is widely used in the detection of human papillomavirus virus (HPV). However, due to the limited number of HPV genotypes, it does not permit a comprehensive typing of viruses and "grey zone" (borderline negative or positive results) are often difficult to interpret. As such, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) should be used in parallel with HCII assays, and conse...

We evaluated the accuracy of an erythromycin-clindamycin double-disk test (D-zone test) and an erythromycin-telithromycin D-zone test for detection of inducible resistance in isolates of beta-hemolytic streptococci with erythromycin resistance. The results of these tests were compared to results of a broth microdilution (BMD) induction test using combinations of erythromycin and either clindamy...

Congestion at the downstream of a freeway off-ramp often propagates the traffic queue to the mainline, and thus reduces the freeway capacity at the interchange area. Hence, an accurate queue estimation model can help the traffic engineers to select proper control strategy to mitigate queue spillback at off-ramps. In responds to such a need, this study presents a queue estimation system using du...

The detection of sequence similarity within the twilight zone has been a challenging problem in sequence analysis. Among various types of approaches for sequence similarity detection, the profileprofile comparison is one of the most reliable approaches [4]. In this study, we design a profile, named match-node profile, which is generated from match nodes in the Hidden Markov Model (HMM) profiles.

Mark-recapture studies in the Columbia basin often use closely spaced replicated telemetry arrays to estimate the probability of detecting transmitters. Using this approach, detection probabilities are estimated with the Lincoln-Petersen single mark-recapture model. The primary assumption of this model is that telemetry arrays are statistically independent, but often it is unclear how to assess...

Capillary electrophoresis provides very high efficiency separations of biological molecules. Laser-induced fluorescence produces very high sensitivity detection. The combination of the two techniques results in an analytical tool with unprecedented properties: separations with more than a million theoretical plates and detection limits of a few hundred analyte molecules. This paper considers th...

AIM To evaluate the diagnostic value of the 10 systematic transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) prostate biopsy compared with the sextant biopsy technique for patients with suspected prostate cancer. METHODS One hundred and fifty-two patients with suspected prostate cancer were included in the study. Patients were entered in the study because they presented with high levels of prostate specifi...