Knowledge about the laboratory mouse (Mus) genome is far more advanced than that of any other experimental mammal (Figure 1). The first mammalian autosomal linkage group was identified in the mouse (Haldane and others 1915). Since 1915, genetic mapping in the mouse has progressed with increasing rapidity each decade, with nearly 25,000 genes and DNA loci (segments) on the current map. This arti...

A research agenda is presented which addresses the current role and potential of map displays. By considering the geospatial data used in visualization, the form and design of maps, the purposes for which map displays are created, the nature of the map user community, and the technology employed to visualize geospatial data, a thorough overview of the nature of cartographic visualization is giv...

Cortical map plasticity is believed to be a key substrate of perceptual and skill learning. In the current study, we quantified changes in perceptual ability after pairing tones with stimulation of the cholinergic nucleus basalis to induce auditory cortex map plasticity outside of a behavioral context. Our results provide evidence that cortical map plasticity can enhance perceptual learning. Ho...

Mosaic-based vehicle position estimation is a way of tracking the motion of a vehicle using real-time imagery. A vehicle equipped with a downward-looking camera, for example, can track its motion by matching camera images with a high resolution “map” image of the floor. This paper describes our current technique for constructing such a map. The challenges of the map building process include col...

This paper proposes an open-ended and collaborative learning environment, called SharlokII. In this environment, the learners provide and share individual knowledge and other knowledge on the World Wide Web and discuss about them. This paper describes knowledge awareness map and its design, implementation and evaluation. The map visualizes the relationship between the shared knowledge and the c...

The current paper proposes a real-time dense stereo matching algorithm based on a DSI (Disparity Space Image ) data structure that can produce accurate disparity map. Our approach divides the disparity map computing into two main steps. The first step deals with the computing of the initial disparity map using DSI method. The second step presents a simple and a fast method to refine the initial...

Road feature is one of the most important features of urban. The change of road reflects construction speed of an urban. map road updating timely and exactly becomes an urgent issue. Current method updating of road feature is carried out complete manually, and has the disadvantage of tending to lose changed road and low automatic level. The updating of map road feature including two parts: one ...

One compelling scenario for the use of GPS enabled phones is support for navigation, e.g. enabling a user to glance down at the screen of her mobile phone in order to be reassured that she is indeed located where she thinks she is. While service based approaches to support such navigation tasks are becoming increasingly available – whereby a user downloads (for a fee) a relevant map of her curr...

Though considerable effort has recently been devoted to hardware realization of one-dimensional chaotic systems, the influence of implementation inaccuracies is often underestimated and limited to non-idealities in the non-linear map. Here we investigate the consequences of sample-and-hold errors. Two degrees of freedom in the design space are considered: the choice of the map and the sample-an...

Cannabinoid CB1-receptor stimulation in DDT1 MF-2 smooth muscle cells induces a rise in [Ca2+]i, which is dependent on extracellular Ca2+ and modulated by thapsigargin-sensitive stores, suggesting capacitative Ca2+ entry (CCE), and by MAP kinase. Non-capacitative Ca2+ entry (NCCE) stimulated by arachidonic acid (AA) partly mediates histamine H1-receptor-evoked increases in [Ca2+]i in DDT1 MF-2 ...