Image reconstruction from a fiducial collection of scale space interest points and attributes (e.g. in terms of image derivatives) can be used to make the amount of information contained in them explicit. Previous work by various authors includes both linear and non-linear image reconstruction schemes. In this paper, the authors present new results on image reconstruction using a top point repr...

The freezing of the cooperative reorientational motions in orientationally disordered (OD) molecular crystals marks the so-called “glassy” transition, which may be considered a lower-dimensional version of the structural glass transition. While structural glasses display both positional and orientational disorder, in fact, in orientational glasses the disorder involves exclusively the orientati...

antibiotics with a complex composition and structure and is produced by certain strains of Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus subtilis. It is mainly active against Gram-positive bacteria. Bc consists of a mixture of structurally similar polypeptides from 12 amino acids (AA). The most important and known component is Bc A (Fig. 1). Other important components are B1, B2 and B3 which together wit...

Gaussian scale space permits one to compute image derivatives. The limitation to some finite order is not inherent in the paradigm itself (Gaussian blurred functions are always smooth), but is caused by the interplay of (at least) two external factors. One is the ratio of the Gaussian scale parameter versus the atomic scale that limits physically or perceptually meaningful sizes (e.g. pixel siz...

Two studies were performed to evaluate the effects of dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) on the lactational performance of dairy cows. The intent of experiment 1 was to evaluate the effects of feeding increasing concentrations of DDGS on the feed intake and production of Holstein dairy cows. Twenty multiparous Holstein cows averaging 76 +/- 24 d in milk and 638 +/- 68 kg of body weigh...

The title compound, C17H27O8P, was prepared by Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction of ethyl 2-bromo-2-(2,3,4-tri-meth-oxy-phen-yl)acetate and triethyl phosphite. Such compounds rarely crystallize, but single crystals were recovered after the initial oil was left for approximately 10 years. The bond angle of the sp (3)-hybridized C atom connecting the benzene derivative with the phospho unit is widened m...

Many metals or their complexes can catalyze the cyclotrimerization of alkynes to give benzene derivatives.1-9 Among these catalysts, palladium chloride10 and its bis(benzonitrile) complex11 are the most convenient. In these reactions, the yields of benzene derivatives generally depend on the substituents of alkynes. In the past 50 years, the regioand chemoselectivity for the cyclotrimerization ...