Our current understanding of neuroplasticity paints a picture of a complex interconnected system of dependent processes which shape cortical structure so as to produce an efficient information processing system. Indeed, the cooperation of these processes is associated with robust, stable, adaptable networks with characteristic features of activity and synaptic topology. However, combining the a...

We developed a rapid and efficient method based on culture on selective medium and colony hybridization assay for the detection of Vibrio cholerae in estuarine water samples. A 22-oligonucleotide sequence of the 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer region was labeled with digoxigenin and evaluated for specificity and sensitivity by dot blot and colony hybridization with collection strains and environ...

OBJECTIVE To assess criterion validity of a household food security scale through its associations with child health status in participants of the Colombian Plan for Improving Food and Nutrition in Antioquia (Mejoramiento Alimentario y Nutricional de Antioquia (MANA)). METHODS A 12-item household food security survey (Colombian Household Food Security Scale, CHFSS) was applied to a cross-sect...

Music transcription is a significant problem in machine perception. The system discussed in this paper, MANA. takes as input either the sound of a recorded performance, or data captured using a musical keyboard. It produces conventional musical notation as output. It has successfully handled pieces ranging from 18th-century piano music to improvisations on conga drums, in the AfroCuban style. T...

Multimedia information system design has been recently influenced by state-of-the-art technologies such as those provided by semantic web. This paper introduces an information search and retrieval methodology that employs semantic web technologies for its data representation and reasoning tasks. Creating a meaningful multimedia presentation is an attempt to answer a user’s query using a knowled...