Background The gold standard parameter for scoliosis follow-up is the Cobb angle from full spine radiographs. However, the repetition of X-rays on children and adolescents may increase future cancer risks [1,2]. Our project is to space out X-rays assessments by using a Moiré based Surface Topography device (Biomod-L). Two reference postures have been selected after a preliminary study: 1) Joine...

Oxytropis ochrocephala Bunge is an herbaceous perennial poisonous weed. It severely affects the production of local animal husbandry and ecosystem stability in source region Yellow River (SRYR), China. To date, however, spatiotemporal distribution O. still unclear, mainly due to lack high-precision observation data effective methods at a regional scale. In this study, efficient sampling method,...

T he first annual International Bio-Molecular Design Competition (BIOMOD2011) was held on November 5, 2011, at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, USA). BioMod is a design competition for undergraduate students that was founded by Wyss Institute Technology Development Fellow Shawn Douglas. Teams of students engineer novel nanoscale stru...

Species distribution modeling (SDM) is widely used in ecology and conservation. Currently, the most available data for SDM are species presence-only records (available through digital databases). There have been many studies comparing performance of alternative algorithms data. Among these, a 2006 paper from Elith colleagues has particularly influential field, partly because they several novel ...