We compared the repeatability, reproducibility (intra- and inter-measurer similarity), separative power and subjectivity (measurer effect on results) of four morphometric methods frequently used in ichthyological research, the "traditional" caliper-based (TRA) and truss-network (TRU) distance methods and two geometric methods that compare landmark coordinates on the body (GMB) and scales (GMS)....

BACKGROUND Increased pesticide concentrations in house dust in agricultural areas have been attributed to several exposure pathways, including agricultural drift, para-occupational, and residential use. OBJECTIVE To guide future exposure assessment efforts, we quantified relative contributions of these pathways using meta-regression models of published data on dust pesticide concentrations. ...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the success rate and adverse effects of Gold Micro Shunt Plus (GMS+) implantation into the supraciliary space. METHODS This retrospective study included 31 eyes of 31 patients diagnosed with severe glaucoma and uncontrolled intraocular pressure (IOP) with implantation of a GMS+ by means of a full-thickness scleral flap. The main outcome measures were surgical failure or...

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t The Mean-Shift (MS) algorithm and its variants have wide applications in pattern recognition and computer vision tasks such as clustering, segmentation, and tracking. In this paper, we study the dynamics of the algorithm with Gaussian kernels, based on a Generalized MS (GMS) model that includes the standard MS as a special case. First, we prove that the GMS...

BACKGROUND Effective management of trauma-related invasive fungal wound infections (IFIs) depends on early diagnosis and timely initiation of treatment. We evaluated the utility of routine staining, histochemical stains and frozen section for fungal element identification. METHODS A total of 383 histopathological specimens collected from 66 combat-injured United States military personnel with...

BACKGROUND The Geriatric Mental State (GMS) is the most widely used psychiatric research assessment for older persons. Evidence for validity comes from the developed world. AIMS To assess the validity of GMS/AGECAT organicity and depression diagnoses in 26 centres in India, China, Latin America and Africa. METHOD We studied 2941 persons aged 60 years and over: 742 people with dementia and t...

In this paper, a challenging power system problem of effectively scheduling generating units for maintenance is presented and solved. The problem of generator maintenance scheduling (GMS) is solved in order to generate optimal preventive maintenance schedules of generators that guarantee improved economic benefits and reliable operation of a power system, subject to satisfying system load deman...

The development of law is inseparable from the society, especially science and technology. impact advances in technology information, namely GMS activities that must be owned by Company holding GMS, this can done through electronic media then each e-GMS result poured into Minutes made a Notary registered with Financial Services Authority based on Law Number 40 2007 Limited Liability Companies. ...

The Bureau of Meteorology (the Bureau) has an extensive archive of geostationary satellite imagery, which is derived from a number of data sources. Most of this data now exists in a single data format, namely Man computer Interactive Data Access System (McIDAS) AREA. The McIDAS system was commissioned in the Bureau in 1985 and used to digitise locally received analogue GMS-3 data as its geostat...

Accurate forest cover mapping is essential for monitoring the status of extent in Southeast Asia. However, tropical areas frequently experience cloud cover, resulting invalid or missing data thematic maps. The initial 2005 and 2010 maps produced by collaboration Greater Mekong Subregion Malaysia (GMS+) economies contain unclassified pixels affected shadow. To enhance usability effectiveness GMS...