Leaf area index (LAI) is an important input in spatially distributed modeling of surface energy balance, evapotranspiration, and vegetation productivity. Remote sensing can facilitate the rapid collection of LAI information on individual fields over large areas in a timely and cost-effective manner. In this study, we developed a set of LAI models using least square regression (LSR) and artifici...

BACKGROUND Ingenol mebutate gel is a topical field treatment for actinic keratosis (AK). The treatment elicits application-site reactions in most patients. This analysis evaluated the relationship between the severity of reactions and the speed of their resolution. METHODS Patients in Phase III studies were treated for AKs on the face (n=218), scalp (n=56), and trunk and extremities (n=209). ...

LSR (Label Switching Router)s in MPLS (MultiProtocol Label Switching) networks map arriving IP flows into some labels on Layer 2 switching fabric and establish LSP (Label Switching Path)s. By using LSPs, LSRs not only transmit IP datagrams fast with cut-through mechanism, but also solve traffic engineering issue to optimize the delay of some IP datagram flows. So far, we have analyzed the perfo...

Clostridium spiroforme produces the binary actin-ADP-ribosylating toxin CST (C. spiroforme toxin), which has been proposed to be responsible for diarrhea, enterocolitis, and eventually death, especially in rabbits. Here we report on the recombinant production of the enzyme component (CSTa) and the binding component (CSTb) of C. spiroforme toxin in Bacillus megaterium. By using the recombinant t...

LSR(Label Switching Router)s in MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) networks map arriving IP flows into some labels on Layer 2 switching fabric and establish LSP(Label Switching Path)s. By using LSPs, LSRs can not only transmit IP packets fast with cut-through mechanism, but also solve traffic engineering issue to maximize resource utilization in the whole MPLS networks. So far, we have analyz...

This paper presents the systems used by CLIPSIMAG and LSR-IMAG laboratories for their participation to TRECVID 2006 and the obtained results. Shot boundary detection was performed using a system based on image difference with motion compensation and direct dissolve detection. This system gives control of the silence to noise ratio over a wide range of values and for an equal value of noise and ...

In this article, we present a framework for visual action planning of complex manipulation tasks with high-dimensional state spaces, focusing on deformable objects. We propose latent space roadmap (LSR) task planning, which is graph-based structure globally capturing the system dynamics in low-dimensional space. Our consists following three parts. First, mapping module (MM) that maps observatio...

Table 1 ΔR2,tot* (s) ΔR2,ext* (s) ΔR2,ext*/ΔR2,tot* HSR (ΔS/S)tot LSR (ΔS/S)tot LSR BH (ΔS/S)tot 1.5T -0.62±0.10 -0.28±0.07 0.45±0.13 5.3±2.4% 3.3±0.9% 1.5±0.9% 3.0T -0.74±0.05 -0.52±0.07 0.70±0.11 5.5±0.5% 4.0±1.0% 2.0±0.9% 7.0T -1.83±0.26 -1.68±0.25 0.92±0.19 6.0±0.5% 8.0±1.6% 3.2±1.1% Fig 1. Act. (z) maps An intra-subject investigation of the BOLD contrast mechanism in response to visual sti...

We consider the logical system of boolean expressions built on the single connector of implication and on positive literals. Assuming all expressions of a given size to be equally likely, we prove that we can define a probability distribution on the set of boolean functions expressible in this system. We then show how to approximate the probability of a function f when the number of variables g...

Austempered ductile iron (ADI) is a new engineering material type which continue receiving increased attention in research and industry. Extensive conducted so far has demonstrated that ADI excellent property combination such as high strength-weight ratio, ductility toughness, good fatigue strength, damping properties wear resistance. As result of to their exceptional mechanical mix, fabricatio...