Tree crown recognition with high spatial resolution remotely sensed imagery provides useful information relating the number and distribution of trees in a forest. A common technique used to identify tree locations uses a local maximum (LM) filter with a static-sized (user-specified) moving window. LM techniques operate on the assumption that high local radiance values represent the centroid of ...

Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) is an invasive foodborne pathogen that leads to severe central nervous system and maternal-fetal infections. Lm ability to actively cross the intestinal barrier is one of its key pathogenic properties. Lm crosses the intestinal epithelium upon the interaction of its surface protein internalin (InlA) with its host receptor E-cadherin (Ecad). InlA-Ecad interaction is s...

The oriens-lacunosum moleculare (O-LM) subtype of interneuron is a key component in the formation of the theta rhythm (8-12 Hz) in the hippocampus. It is known that the CA1 region of the hippocampus can produce theta rhythms in vitro with all ionotropic excitation blocked, but the mechanisms by which this rhythmicity happens were previously unknown. Here we present a model suggesting that indiv...

In this paper, the concepts of derived sets and derived operators are generalized to $(L, M)$-fuzzy topological spaces and their characterizations are given.What is more, it is shown that the category of stratified $(L, M)$-fuzzy topological spaces,the category of stratified $(L, M)$-fuzzy closure spaces and the category of stratified $(L, M)$-fuzzy quasi-neighborhood spaces are all isomorphic ...

Lolium multiflorum (Lm) grass pollen is the major cause of pollinosis in Southern Brazil. The objectives of this study were to investigate immunodominant components of Lm pollen allergens and the cross-reactivity of IgE with commercial grass pollen allergen extracts. Thirty-eight serum samples from patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR), 35 serum samples from patients with perennial all...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS l-Menthol (LM), sprayed on the distal gastric mucosa, is a safe antispasmodic agent used during esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). However, it seems to affect gastric mucosal endoscopic findings. Therefore, we evaluated whether LM causes specific changes and impacts the endoscopic morphology of gastric lesions. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 98 patients scheduled to ...