The changes in shape of the marginal coenobial cells in an experimentally cultured population of Pediastrum duplex Meyen var. duplex were investigated. The methods of landmark-based geometric morphometrics, including sliding landmarks registration, were used. The populations were cultured at 11 different pH levels and the changes in shape related to pH were studied using multivariate regression...

for some 3 million years, the archaeological record is characterized by stone tools undergoing incremental changes. then around 40,000 years ago, the monotony of lithics is terminated by a profusion of visual representations, generally considered to be the world’s first objets d’art. this collection include a series of portable objects, especially figurines and, later on, the famous cave painti...

A conditional geometric phase shift gate, which is fault tolerant to certain types of errors due to its geometric nature, was realized recently via nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR) under adiabatic conditions. By the adiabatic requirement, the result is inexact unless the Hamiltonian changes extremely slowly. However, in quantum computation, everything must be completed within the decoherence tim...

We measured the lightness of probe tabs embedded at different orientations in various contextual images presented on a computer-controlled stereo display. Two background context planes met along a horizontal roof-like ridge. Each plane was a graphic rendering of a set of achromatic surfaces with the simulated illumination for each plane controlled independently. Photometric context was varied b...

We have implemented an interactive tool to reconstruct time varying geometric representations from given Hyper Reeb Graph (HRG) structures reflecting the topological behavior of the underlying data. Objects possessing the topology of a specified Reeb Graph structure are generated from a set of modules. Modifications of a RG over time induce topological changes concerning the structure of the ge...

This paper analyzes the problem of shape modeling using the principle of active geometric deformable models. While the basic modeling technique already exists in the literature, we highlight many of its drawbacks and discuss their source and steps to overcome them. We propose a new stopping criterion to address the stopping problem. We also propose to apply a level set algorithm to implement th...

Myocardial geometric remodeling is a response to increased stress which includes increased afterload situations during clinical conditions. In this review, we have focused on early and late geometric features in aortic stenosis, importance of recognition of these findings and consequences due to progression of valve disease. We have also pointed out the similarities in early focal and global my...

A comparison on some facts concerning the geometric quantization of symplectic manifolds is presented here. Criticism and improvements sophisticated theory are touching briefly, all “salient points theory”. The unfamiliar reader can consider this as a “soft” introduction to topic.