Mesh-based motion estimation—also known as control grid interpolation or warping—provides a smoother estimated intensity field compared to the traditional block-matching algorithm (BMA), resulting in most cases in a more realistic motion field and smaller estimation error. In mesh-based motion, unlike BMA, the computation of a motion vector is affected by its neighboring vectors. This interdepe...

A butyl methacrylate (BMA) monolithic column was polymerized in-situ with UV irradiation in an ultraviolet transparent PDMS micro-channel on a homemade micro-fluidic chip. Under the optimized conditions and using a typical polymerization mixture consisting of 75% porogenic solvents and 25% monomers, the BMA monolithic column was obtained as expected. The BET surface area ratio of the BMA monoli...

Bayesian model averaging (BMA) has recently been proposed as a statistical method to calibrate forecast ensembles from numerical weather models. Successful implementation of BMA however, requires accurate estimates of the weights and variances of the individual competing models in the ensemble. In their seminal paper (Raftery et al. Mon Weather Rev 133:1155–1174, 2005) has recommended the Expec...

Elevated bone marrow adiposity (BMA) is defined as an increase in the proportion of the bone marrow (BM) cavity volume occupied by adipocytes. This can be caused by an increase in the size and/or number of adipocytes. BMA increases with age in a bone-site-specific manner. This increase may be linked to certain pathophysiological situations. Osteoporosis or compromised bone quality is frequently...

One possible factor determining recovery of trace amount of protein biomarker candidates during proteome analyses could be adsorption on urine tubes. This issue, however, has not been well addressed so far. Recently, a new technical device of surface coating by poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC)-co-n-butyl methacrylate (BMA)) (poly(MPC-co-BMA)) has been developed mainly to prev...

INTRODUCTION Bone marrow aspiration (BMA) is a common and useful investigation tool in clinical practice to obtain information about both hematological and non-hematological disorders. The aim of the work was to identify the main indications for BMA in Atbara city, north Sudan and to determine the common diagnoses encountered. METHODS All reports of BMA carried out during a 6-year period from...

We study the out-of-sample forecast performance of two alternative methods for dealing with dimensionality: Bayesian model Averaging (BMA) and principal components regression (PCR). We conduct a different out-of-sample investigation in which the predictors are chosen jointly for both output and inflation using Bayesian variable selection in each out-of-sample recursion using information availab...

BACKGROUND Lymphatic filariasis can be associated with development of serious pathology in the form of lymphedema, hydrocele, and elephantiasis in a subset of infected patients. METHODS AND FINDINGS To elucidate the role of CD4(+) T cell subsets in the development of lymphatic pathology, we examined specific sets of cytokines in individuals with filarial lymphedema in response to parasite ant...

BACKGROUND The purpose is to investigate the clinical significance of body morphomics changes in stage III-IV oropharyngeal cancer patients during concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT). METHODS Fifty patients who underwent CRT were selected for body composition analyses by either availability of pre/post treatment DEXA scans or a novel CT-based approach of body morphomics analysis (BMA). BMA cha...