One hundred and seventy five multi-infarct dementia (MID) patients were evaluated for risk factors for stroke as well as for the types of cerebrovascular lesions that were present. The incidence of associated risk factors for stroke were as follows: hypertension (66%), heart disease (47%), cigarette smoking (37%), diabetes mellitus (20%), moderate alcohol consumption (19%) and hyperlipidaemia (...

In this technical report, we give an overview our technical developments in the story segmentation task in TRECVID 2004. Among them, we propose an information-theoretic framework, visual cue cluster construction (VC), to automatically discover adequate mid-level features. The problem is posed as mutual information maximization, through which optimal cue clusters are discovered to preserve the h...

In this technical report, we give an overview of our technical developments in the story segmentation task in TRECVID 2004. Among them, we propose an information-theoretic framework, visual cue cluster construction (VC), to automatically discover adequate mid-level features. The problem is posed as mutual information maximization, through which optimal cue clusters are discovered to preserve th...

Diploid cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that are heterozygous at the mating-type locus (mt+/mt-) differentiate as minus gametes, a phenomenon known as minus dominance. We report the cloning and characterization of a gene that is necessary and sufficient to exert this minus dominance over the plus differentiation program. The gene, called mid, is located in the rearranged (R) domain of the mt...

The Pacific North American (PNA) teleconnection has a strong influence on North American climate. Instrumental records and century-scale reconstructions indicate an accelerating tendency towards the positive PNA state since the mid-1850s, but much less is known about long-term PNA variability. Here we reconstruct PNA-like climate variability during the mid- and late Holocene using paired oxygen...

Mid-age rural women are likely to be providing care for ageing relatives as well as caring for their grandchildren. Approximately 20% of Mid-age women in all geographic areas provide family care to frail, ill or disabled family members, but 46% of Mid-age women in rural and remote areas provide childcare, compared with 36% in urban areas. Caregivers are more likely to spend some time out of the...

Responses of Gabor wavelets in the mid-frequency space build a local spectral representation scheme with optimal properties regarding the time-frequency uncertainty principle. However, when using Gabor wavelets we observe a skewness in the mid-frequency space caused by the spreading effect of Gabor wavelets. Though in most current applications the skewness does not obstruct the sampling of the ...

A survey of broadband Co2+and Cr2+-based lasers is presented. These mid-IR sources, operating in the very interesting “molecular fingerprint” region between ∼1.6 and 3.5μm offer the broadest bandwidth from all solid-state vibronic lasers. The emphasize is made on Cr2+-doped lasers, which have not only the widest and the highest gain, but also operate at room-temperature and produce the shortest...

A Web-based interior design application system, named Multiuser Interior Design (MID), is presented. Technologies from virtual reality (VR), the Web, and database are used to implement MID. It allows users to operate in the VR fashion, interacting with 3D virtual objects and spaces through a Web browser. Users can view and elaborate designs, examine furniture, and even place purchase orders of ...

Increasing efficiency and decreasing cost are the main purposes in the design of the power generation systems. In this study two hybrid systems: solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)-gas turbine (GT) and SOFC-GT-steam turbine (ST); are considered. Increasing the SOFC input temperature causes thermodynamics improvement in the hybrid system operation. For this purpose, using two set of SOFC reactants heat...