Raytheon’s Infrared Operations (RIO) has invented and developed a new type of focal plane array with “Image Processing on-the-chip” named the Adaptive IR Sensor (AIRS). The AIRS FPA is based upon the human retina in that it performs signal processing near the photoreceptors. The AIRS FPA has been reduced to practice and adaptively removes detector and optic temperature drift and 1/f induced fix...

Aim: To investigate the effects of oral nimodipine on ocular haemodynamic parameters and colour contrast sensitivity in patients with normal tension glaucoma (NTG). Design: The study was performed in a randomised, placebo controlled, double masked, crossover design. Participants: Nimodipine (60 mg) or placebo was administered to 14 consecutive NTG patients. Methods: The effects or oral nimodipi...

The front-end hardware complexity of conventional full phased array (FPA) imaging is proportional to the number of array elements. Phased subarray (PSA) imaging has been proposed as a method of reducing the hardware complexity—and therefore system cost and size—while achieving near-FPA image quality. A new method is presented for designing the subarray-dependent interpolation filters suitable f...

The Fractal Process-Asset (FPA) model has been proposed as an approach for identifying business processes and defining relationships between them in an enterprise. This paper reports on a project of applying the model in a Higher Education Institution enterprise. The goal of this project is twofold. One is to design a process architecture that provides a holistic view on the major business proc...

Six patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in association with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) were studied with sensitive radioimmunoassays that are able to quantitate the extent of thrombin generation within the human circulation. The levels of prothrombin activation fragment, F1 + 2, and thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT) were obtained at clinical presentation and wer...

The indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (IELISA), the competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (CELISA) and the fluorescence polarisation assay (FPA) were evaluated with sera from sheep experimentally infected with Brucella melitensis and negative Canadian sheep. The sensitivity and specificity of the assays were as follows: IELISA: 91.7% and 97.6%, CELISA: 75.0% and 99.8% and FPA: ...

AIM To investigate the effects of oral nimodipine on ocular haemodynamic parameters and colour contrast sensitivity in patients with normal tension glaucoma (NTG). DESIGN The study was performed in a randomised, placebo controlled, double masked, crossover design. PARTICIPANTS Nimodipine (60 mg) or placebo was administered to 14 consecutive NTG patients. METHODS The effects or oral nimodi...

An overview of state of art in computerized object recognition techniques regarding digital images is revised. Advantages of shape based techniques are discussed. Importance of ―Fourier Descriptor‖ (FD) for the shape based object representation is described. A survey for the available shape signature assignment methods with Fourier descriptors is presented. Details for the design of shape signa...

This work considers the problem of quantum gate generation for controllable systems with drift. It is assumed that an approximate solution called seed pre-computed by some known algorithm. presents a method, Fixed-Point Algorithm (FPA) able to improve arbitrarily fidelity given seed. When infidelity small enough and attractive in context tracking control (that verified probability one, sense), ...

The relationship between serum growth factors and body weight gain was examined in five Dorset lambs. The lambs were weighed and bled by jugular puncture at 2-week intervals between 2 and 18 weeks of age. Somatomedin-like activity (Sm) declined from initially high concentrations at 2 weeks to fairly constant concentrations between 6 and 18 weeks. Relative weight gain--i.e., gain expressed as a ...