‎let $g$ be a graph without an isolated vertex‎, ‎the normalized laplacian matrix $tilde{mathcal{l}}(g)$‎‎is defined as $tilde{mathcal{l}}(g)=mathcal{d}^{-frac{1}{2}}mathcal{l}(g) mathcal{d}^{-frac{1}{2}}$‎, where ‎$‎mathcal{‎d}‎$ ‎is a‎ diagonal matrix whose entries are degree of ‎vertices ‎‎of ‎$‎g‎$‎‎. ‎the eigenvalues of‎‎$tilde{mathcal{l}}(g)$ are ‎called ‎ ‎ as ‎the ‎normalized laplacian ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of upper abdominal organs with 2 different 3.0 tesla MR systems and to investigate the usefulness of normalization using the spleen. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-one patients were enrolled in this prospective study, of which, 35 patients (M:F, 27:8; mean age ± standard deviation, 62.3 ± 12.3 years) were finally analyzed. In a...

Drag area (Ad ) is a primary factor determining aerodynamic resistance during level cycling and is therefore a key determinant of level time trial performance. However, Ad has traditionally been difficult to measure. Our purpose was to determine the value of adding field-measured Ad as a correlate of level cycling time trial performance. In the field, 19 male cyclists performed a level (22.1 km...

An increasing number of laboratories are studying population properties of the nervous system using data where the spike activity of more than one neuron is recorded on each electrode and where, accidentally or deliberately, these activities are not resolved into single unit spike trains. We have previously examined the consequences for measurement of cross-correlation between two such electrod...

In this note, we would like to explore some of the issues suggested by the discussion paper of Pizlo et. al. The context is the study of image of planar objects taken with calibrated cameras. However, in this note, we shall consider the question using notation that has become somewhat standard in the literature of computer vision, particularly in the study of uncalibrated cameras. The projectio...

The purpose of this paper is to confirm the inference from an experiment reported in a previous paper (Morimoto, M., Iida, K. & Furue, Y., Applied Acoustics, 38 (1993) 291-301) that auditory source widths perceived in different sound fields with the same degree of interaural cross-correlation are equal to each other, regardless of the number and arriving direction of reflections. In this paper,...

This paper presents an oblivious watermarking scheme based on contourlet transform and quantization index modulus modulation (QIMM).The scheme has the following features. First, the proposed scheme makes better use of multidirectional characteristic of contourlet transform and embed the watermark into the 4 directional high pass sub bands. Second, the scheme avoids the problem of selection of w...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Estimates of blood volume and volume transfer constant are parameters commonly used to characterize hemodynamic properties of brain lesions. The purposes of this study were to compare values of volume transfer constant and estimates of blood volume in high-grade gliomas on a pixel-by-pixel basis to comprehend whether they provide different information and to compare estim...

Resting measurement of only left ventricular systolic function, is not enough sufficient parameter that predicts exercise capacity in patients with cardiac disease. Therefore, left ventricular filling shortly after an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was prospectively studied to determine whether it could predict subsequent exercise time. Consecutive AMI patients underwent Doppler and two-dime...

The purpose of this paper is to correlate the four formant frequencies F1–F4 and quality factors Q1–Q4 with the positions, areas, or area ratios formed by the four active articulators: tongue root, tongue body, blade, and lips. The quality or amplification factor Q is the formant frequency F divided by the bandwidth B. Toward this end, a 27-tube frequency-domain vocal tract model (FDVT) is deve...