A novel color rendering algorithm for printing images with flesh tone content is addressed in this paper. Instead of rendering the whole image with one Color Rendering Dictionary (CRD), two CRDs, a global CRD and a flesh tone CRD are employed to correct the image adaptively. First, the optimal CRD for flesh-tone is designed by densely sampling, in color space, the flesh tone region and selectin...

2014 Spatially resolved spectroscopic diagnostics such as plasma-induced emission, laser-induced fluorescence and laser optogalvanic spectroscopy are used to characterize the cathode sheath and the negative glow of an abnormal glow dc discharge in nitrogen. These diagnostics provide local information on the excitation and ionization functions, on the concentrations of ions and on the rotational...

BACKGROUND To date, diagnosing food allergies in children still presents a diagnostic dilemma, leading to uncertainty concerning the definite diagnosis of peanut allergy, as well as to the need for strict diets and the potential need for adrenalin auto-injectors. This uncertainty in particular is thought to contribute to a lower quality of life. In the diagnostic process double-blind food chall...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The prevalence of chronic renal disease (CRD) is rising worldwide. Patients with CRD are more likely to have associated medical problems and are at greater risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality. We evaluated patient characteristics and risk of early revision, surgical site infection (SSI), thromboembolic events, mortality, and re-admission of patients with CRD und...

Neuregulin-1 (NRG-1) has diverse functions in neural development, and one of them is to up regulate the expression of acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) at muscle fibers during the formation of neuromuscular junctions. NRG-1 has two prominent alternative splicing sites at the N-terminus; it could be an immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain named Ig-NRG-1 or an apolar cysteine-rich domain (CRD) named CRD...

BACKGROUND Chronic renal disease (CRD) is a well-known risk factor for bleeding complications in acute coronary syndrome patients. AIM To determine the impact of CRD with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) on periprocedural complications. METHODS 103 patients with STEMI treated with pPCI were prospectively observ...

Although ascidians belong to a key group in chordate phylogenesis, amino acid sequences of Ciona intestinalis galectin-CRDs (CiLgals-a and -b) have been retained too divergent from vertebrate galectins. In the present paper, to contribute in disclosing Bi-CRD galectin evolution a novel attempt was carried out on CiLgals-a and -b CRDs phylogenetic analysis, and their involvement in ascidian infl...

The half-life of c- myc mRNA is regulated when cells change their growth rates or differentiate. Two regions within c- myc mRNA determine its short half-life. One is in the 3'-untranslated region, the other is in the coding region. A cytoplasmic protein, the coding region determinant-binding protein (CRD-BP), binds in vitro to the c- myc coding region instability determinant. We have proposed t...

Frequent shift work causes disruption of the circadian rhythm and might on the long-term result in increased health risk. Current biomarkers evaluating the presence of circadian rhythm disturbance (CRD), including melatonin, cortisol and body temperature, require 24-hr ("around the clock") measurements, which is tedious. Therefore, these markers are not eligible to be used in large-scale (human...