‎In this paper‎, ‎we introduce the structure of a groupoid associated to a vector field‎ ‎on a smooth manifold‎. ‎We show that in the case of the $1$-dimensional manifolds‎, ‎our‎ ‎groupoid has a‎ ‎smooth structure such that makes it into a Lie groupoid‎. ‎Using this approach‎, ‎we associated to‎ ‎every vector field an equivalence‎ ‎relation on the Lie algebra of all vector fields on the smooth...

This paper will examine the current chamfer and vector distance transforms for encoding objects as distance elds. A new vector distance transform is introduced which uses the city-block chamfer distance transform as a basis. Detailed error analysis using real CT data is presented demonstrating the improved accuracy the new approach gives over existing methods. The production of a sub-voxel accu...

background: hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases responsible for high morbidity and mortality worldwide. therefore, designing new and effective therapeutics is of great importance. the aim of the current study was to construct a dna vaccine containing structural proteins of hcv and evaluation of its expression in a eukaryotic system. methods: struct...

background: bone morphogenetic protein 2 (bmp- 2) belongs to the tgf-β superfamily of proteins and plays an important role in the development of bone and cartilage. bmp- 2 is also associated with maintenance and repair of damaged bone. recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhbmp- 2) is now produced by genetic engineering techniques and used in treatment of thin bone fractures in the j...