Figure 1.1: What is computer graphics? This course is meant as an introduction to computer graphics, which covers a large body of work. The intention is to give a solid grounding in basic 2D computer graphics and introduce the concepts and some techniques required to implement 3D graphics. In order to achieve as complete an understanding as possible, we investigate the low level methods used in...

Climate change, deforestation, and substantial loss of agricultural land within gold mining concessions in Dharmasraya greatly affect soil carbon stocks (Cs). This study used a survey method with purposive random sampling based on variations ex-gold areas each region, at depths 0-20 20-40 cm three to five replicates total 54 samples. The estimation Cs was highest depth (5.89E2), compared (1.38E...

Received Feb 16, 2012 Revised May 17, 2012 Accepted June 2, 2012 To study the use of prophylactic antibiotics in caesarean section (CS), a cross-sectional study was conducted at Western Regional Hospital of Nepal for 3 months period. Non-random purposive sampling was done and data about the women undergoing CS was collected using the data collection form. This study included a total of 188 wome...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate three psychophysical tests for the measurement of contrast sensitivity (CS) and disability glare (DG) at different luminance levels. METHODS In 60 eyes of 60 individuals (group 1: 20 healthy eyes of young individuals; group 2: 20 healthy eyes of elderly subjects; group 3: 20 eyes with nuclear cataract), CS with best correction was measured twi...

Due to the large quantities of pesticides extensively used and their impact on environment human health, a prompt reliable sensing technique could constitute an excellent tool for in-situ monitoring. With this aim, we have applied highly sensitive photonic biosensor based bimodal waveguide interferometer (BiMW) rapid, label-free, specific quantification fenitrothion (FN) directly in tap water s...

The effects of intragastric administration of the prototypical benzodiazepine (BDZ) anxiolytic drug chlordiazepoxide (CDP) and the non-BDZ anxiolytic agent buspirone (BUSP) on basal and stress-elevated plasma noradrenaline (NA), adrenaline (A) and corticosterone (CS) contents were investigated. Acute dosing of CDP (1-27 mg/kg) produced dose-related increases in basal CS secretion but was withou...

Four male squirrel monkeys were subjected to a Sidman non discriminated avoidance schedule (R-S, S-S-20 sec) that superimposed 3-min conditioned stimuli (CS)/unavoidable shock pairings upon ongoing avoidance behavior. Three of the four animals demonstrated facilitated avoidance and activity rates during the CS, while one animal demonstrated suppressed avoidance and activityvrates during the CS....

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Perivascular spaces (PVSs) are considered markers of small vessel disease. However, their long-term prognostic implications in transient ischemic attack/ischemic stroke patients are unknown. Ethnic differences in PVS prevalence are also unknown. METHODS Two independent prospective studies were conducted, 1 comprising predominantly whites with transient ischemic attack/i...

AIMS Rotational angiography (RA) of the coronary sinus (CS) provides more anatomical insights compared with static angiographies. We evaluated intraprocedural three-dimensional (3D) CS reconstruction (RC) based on RA, using syngo(®) DynaCT Cardiac to guide CS lead implantation. METHODS AND RESULTS In 24 patients with indication for cardiac resynchronization therapy, intraprocedural RA and 3D ...