Although leaf optical properties encompas an extensive subject, reviews are rare and generally tackle questions closer to plant physiology than remote sensing. Different ways these properties are measured and used in inversion models to estimate leaf biophysical properties are described in this paper. We examine critically the most common methods according to the type of leaf material (broad le...

neural mass models are computational nonlinear models that simulate the activity of a population of neurons as an average neuron, in such a way that different inhibitory post synaptic potential (ipsp) and excitatory post synaptic potential (epsp) signals could be reproduced. these models have been developed either to simulate the recognized neural mechanisms or to predict some physiological fac...

the dormancy characteristics and optimum conditions for seed germination of alstroemeria ligtu had not been explained. in vitro and in vivo alstroemeria (a. ligtu hybrid) seed germination tests were conducted in a randomized completely design at two different treatments (gibberellic acid (ga3) 0, 100, 200 and 400 mg/l with and without stratification in 5±1oc) in four replications. seeds were pl...

background: visitation of patients admitted at intensive care units (icus) is a controversial issue in the field of health care. it is commonly believed that the presence of family members might bring about physiological changes, such as tachycardia and hypertension, in icu patients. aim: this study aimed to evaluate the effects of scheduled visitation on the physiological indices of conscious ...

the present study has been conducted on caspian roach (rutilus rutilus) so that the impact of different concentrations lead on blood hematological, biochemical, and immunological indicators could be investigated. the roach (rutilus rutilus), used in this study, was 3.3±0.3 g heavy and 4±0.80 cm long in average. the fish were exposed to a low concentration of 10% lc50 and high concentration of 5...

in order to investigate the combined effects of shift work and heat stress on the physiological parameters, such as heart rate (hr) and body temperature (bt), a hot-dry working environment was investigated for 53 workers in foundry workshops. in this study wet bulb globe temperature index (wbgt) was measured and along with that simultaneously heart rate and oral temperature were checked in 3 sh...

A movie recommendation system is proposed to learn a preference model of a viewer by using multimodal features of a video content and their evoked implicit responses of the viewer in synchronized manner. In this system, facial expression, body posture, and physiological signals are measured to estimate the affective states of the viewer, in accordance with the stimuli consisting of low-level an...

Emergence of systems biology motivated more comprehensive and integrative approaches for modeling physiological processes. Presented study proposes a software framework to integrate multilevel and multiscale models for physiological processes. The aim of the study is to provide the interfacing mechanisms to facilitate the integration of models from multiple research groups increasing the abilit...

Dysregulated human eccrine sweat glands can negatively impact the quality-of-life of people suffering from disorders like hyperhidrosis. Inability of sweating can even result in serious health effects in humans affected by anhidrosis. The underlying mechanisms must be elucidated and a reliable in vitro test system for drug screening must be developed. Here we describe a novel organotypic three-...