JPEG-LS is the latest pixel based lossless to near lossless still image coding standard introduced by the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) '. In this standard simple localized edge detection techniques are used in order to determine the predictive value of each pixel. These edge detection techniques only detect horizontal and vertical edges and the corresponding predictors have only been...

One of 3-D devices to achieve high density arrays was adopted in this study, where source and drain junctions are formed along the silicon fin. The screening by adjacent high fins for large sensing margin makes it hard to ion-implant with high angle so that vertical ion implantation is inevitable. In this study, the dependency of current characteristics on doping profiles is investigated by 3-D...

In most of the wireless networks, signal strength is considered as the basic criteria to initiate handover. In future generation heterogeneous wireless systems, the vertical handover between different types of networks take place to satisfy demands of users. The location and velocity of mobile terminal is expected to be available in most of the modern systems. The time to reach boundary of serv...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to compare the efficacy of MTA and CEM cement in Class II furcation defects in human mandibular molars. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty furcation defects were treated in 16 patients with chronic periodontitis. The clinical parameters of probing depth (PD), vertical and horizontal clinical attachment levels (VCAL and HCAL), open vertical and horizontal furcation depths ...

Modern turtles are composed of two monophyletic groups, notably diagnosed by divergent neck retraction mechanisms. Pleurodires (side-necked turtles) bend their neck sideways and protect their head under the anterior margin of the carapace. Cryptodires (hidden-necked turtles) withdraw their neck and head in the vertical plane between the shoulder girdles. These two mechanisms of neck retraction ...

Parapercis macrophthalina is confirmed as a valid species and redescribed on the basis of the holotype and other specimens collected from the type locality, Taiwan, and Japan. It is morphologically similar to P. muronis Tanaka, 1918, but differs in having five vertical transverse bars that extend well below the lateral line versus five oblique transverse bars, with the third to fifth bars endin...