This paper presents an efficient image-based approach to navigate a scene based on only three wide-baseline uncalibrated images without the explicit use of a 3D model. After automatically recovering corresponding points between each pair of images, an accurate trifocal plane is extracted from the trifocal tensor of these three images. Next, based on a small number of feature marks using a frien...

Recent measurements of the lepton mixing angle θ13 by the Daya Bay and RENO reactor experiments are consistent with the relationship θ13 ≈ θC/ √ 2 where θC is the Cabibbo angle. We propose Tri-bimaximal-Cabibbo (TBC) mixing, in which sin θ13 = sin θC/ √ 2, sin θ23 = 1/ √ 2 and sin θ12 = 1/ √ 3. We show that TBC mixing may arise approximately from Tri-bimaximal, Bi-maximal or Golden Ratio neutri...

Two light beams that are seen of the same colour and possibly having different spectra are said to be metameric. The colour of a light beam is based on the reading of severel photodetectors with different spectral responses and metamerism results when a set of photodetectors is unable to resolve two spectra. From a mathematical point of view, metamerism can be characterized in terms of the L, M...

We document the central role of repo collateral in tri-party repo pricing. Markets are competitive for repos with safe collaterals, but are severely segmented for repos with risky collaterals such as equities and low-grade corporate bonds. Fund families are the sole contributors of the segmentation, and collateral concentration is the main determinant in the substantial variation in repo pricin...

BACKGROUND Low tri-iodothyronine syndrome is associated with worse prognosis of severely ill patients. We investigated the association of thyroid hormone levels with discharge outcomes and 5-year mortality in primary brain tumor patients. METHODS From January, 2010 until September, 2011, 230 patients (70% women) before brain tumor surgery were evaluated for cognitive (Mini mental State Examin...

Dermatophytes are adapted to infect keratinized tissues by their ability to utilize keratin as a nutrient source. Although there have been numerous reports that dermatophytes like Trichophyton sp. secrete proteolytic enzymes, virtually nothing is known about the patterns of gene expression in the host or even when the organisms are cultured on protein substrates in the absence of a host. We cha...

The human 25S U4/U6.U5 tri-snRNP is a major building block of the U2-type spliceosome and contains, in addition to the U4, U6, and U5 snRNAs, at least 30 distinct proteins. To learn more about the molecular architecture of the tri-snRNP, we have investigated interactions between tri-snRNP proteins using the yeast two-hybrid assay and in vitro binding assays, and, in addition, have identified di...

Specific IgE to gliadin was proposed as a marker for wheat dependent exercise induced anaphylaxis, while Tri a 14 was found to induce IgE response in baker's asthma. We evaluated whether these components could be used for discriminating phenotypes of wheat allergy. Twenty-nine patients who were wheat-induced anaphylaxis and/or urticaria (n=21, group I) and baker's asthma (n=8, group II) were en...