recently, abbasbandy and asady have been proposed a modificationof the distance based approach, namely ``sign distance method''.however, in this paper, it is shown that this method has some drawbacks, i.e.,the result is not consistent with human intuition for specialcases and this method cannot always logically infer rankingorder of the images of the fuzzy numbers. in this paper, wepresent a re...

Road signs are crucial infrastructures for safe driving. For systematic management of road signs, construction of a road sign database and implementation of a road sign management system are essential for local governments. In this paper, we deal with automatic extraction of direction information from road sign imagery obtained by a mobile mapping system. Our approach starts with image pre-proc...

In this work, the potentially eventually positive double star sign patterns are characterized. It is shown that, up to equivalence, an (m + n) × (m + n) double star sign pattern is potentially eventually positive if and only if it is a superpattern of four specific sign patterns. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

We have designed a glycodendritic structure, BH30sucMan, that blocks the interaction between dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule 3-grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN) and Ebola virus (EBOV) envelope. BH30sucMan inhibits DC-SIGN-mediated EBOV infection at nanomolar concentrations. BH30sucMan may counteract important steps of the infective process of EBOV and, potentially, of micro...

C-type lectins on dendritic cells function as antigen uptake and signaling receptors, thereby influencing cellular immune responses. Dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing non-integrin (DC-SIGN) is one of the best-studied C-type lectin receptors expressed on DCs and its glycan specificity and functional requirements for ligand binding have been intensively investigat...

Introduction: Early diagnosis of biliary atresia is very important for better outcome of treatment. Ultrasonography is one of the diagnostic tools for early differentiation of  biliary atresia from other causes of neonatal cholestasis. It has been reported that triangular cord sign  (TACS) in sonography is a reliable sign for diagnosis of biliary atresia. The aim of this study was to re-assess ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to find out the accuracy of certain symptoms and examination findings that are used to diagnose meniscal injury associated with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. MATERIAL AND METHOD The authors studied one hundred consecutive patients with anterior cruciate ligament insufficiency who were scheduled for surgery. Dur...

Neuroimaging studies suggest greater involvement of the left parietal lobe in sign language compared to speech production. This stronger activation might be linked to the specific demands of sign encoding and proprioceptive monitoring. In Experiment 1 we investigate hemispheric lateralization during sign and speech generation in hearing native users of English and British Sign Language (BSL). P...

Target cell tropism of enveloped viruses is regulated by interactions between viral and cellular factors during transmission, dissemination, and replication within the host. Binding of viral envelope glycoproteins to specific cell-surface receptors determines susceptibility to viral entry. However, a number of cell-surface molecules bind viral envelope glycoproteins without mediating entry. Ins...