The contribution of this paper is two-fold. First, we describe an improved version of a blind steganalysis method previously proposed by Holotyak et al. and compare it to current state-of-the-art blind steganalyzers. The features for the blind classifier are calculated in the wavelet domain as higher-order absolute moments of the noise residual. This method clearly shows the benefit of calculat...

BACKGROUND Flap necrosis remains a major complication of reconstructive surgery. To improve skin flap survival, various treatments with vasodilators, antiplatelet drugs, or the local administration of growth factors have been performed. However, the sufficient prevention of skin necrosis is not well established. Platelet-rich plasma has been used as an autologous factor and includes various gro...

conclusions these open-label data show trends toward normalization of eeg and concomitant clinical improvement using magnetic stimulation for ptsd. results of the 21 patients who initiated therapy, 16 completed treatment. clinical improvements on the pcl-m were seen in these 16 patients, with an average pre-treatment score of 54.9 and post-treatment score of 31.8 (p < 0.001). in addition, relat...

It’s hard to believe that I’ve been asked to write an update to a paper that I co-wrote nearly 40 years ago (S.P. Morse, W.B. Pohlman, and B.W. Ravenel, “The Intel 8086 Microprocessor: A 16-bit Evolution of the 8080,” Computer, vol. 11, no. 6, 1978, pp. 18–27). In those days, 8-bit microprocessors were the state of the art, and Intel was facing a real threat when Zilog Inc. implemented an enhan...

Cost-sensitive consumer multimedia devices based on MPEG and JPEG type algorithms tend to have multiplications by constants, rather than by variables. In this paper, we show how slightly enhanced adders may be used to perform these constant multiplications with higher performance than more expensive hardware multipliers, using low-cost preshift_add instructions. We were able to find the shortes...

BACKGROUND We describe and evaluate efforts to improve the follow-up care of patients with abnormal Papanicolaou test results at an academic family practice center at Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh. METHODS From 1994 to 1996, 1796 patients received Papanicolaou testing; 147 (8 percent) of the smears had abnormal findings--16 percent had atypia, 83 percent had dysplasia, and 1 percent had ca...

In this paper, new direct constructions of Z-complementary code sets (ZCCSs) from generalized Boolean functions are proposed. the literature, most ZCCS based on lead to sequences power-of-two length. study, we show that our proposed methods result in ZCCSs both length and non-power-of-two Since monomials degrees more than 2 employed constructions, can be obtained. The constructed admit theoreti...

In [1] the authors introduced a technique for generating mismatched pulse compression filters for linear frequency chirp signals. The technique minimizes the sum of the pulse compression sidelobes in an p L –norm sense. It was shown that extremely constant sidelobe levels (better than 60 dB) can be achieved for minimal mismatch loss and broadening of the compression peak. This paper reports on ...

a portable and light pneumatic branch shake system was designed and manufactured in this research for harvesting fruits that can be harvested by shaking branch. required air flow and electric current are provided for operating system from category containing electrical generator and air compressor on wheelbarrows and portable chassis. vibration is equipped by programmable logic controller (plc)...