Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming essential tools for surveying and monitoring forest ecosystems. However, most forests found on steep slopes, where capturing individual tree characteristics might be compromised by the difference in ground sampling distance (GSD) between slopes. Thus, we tested performance of treetop detection using two algorithms canopy height models (CHMs) obtained...

Transcriptional activity in yeast strongly correlates with promoter occupancy by general factors such as TATA binding protein (TBP), TFIIA, and TFIIB, but not with occupancy by TBP-associated factors (TAFs). Thus, TBP exists in at least two transcriptionally active forms in vivo. The TAF-containing form corresponds to the TFIID complex, whereas the form lacking TAFs corresponds to TBP itself or...

Children have difficulty swallowing capsules. Yet, when presented with liquid formulations, children often reject oral medications due to their intense bitterness. Presently, effective strategies identify methods, reagents, and tools block bitterness remain elusive. For a specific bitter-tasting drug, identification of the responsible bitter receptors discovery antagonists for those can provide...

A central challenge in ad hoc networks is the design of routing protocols that can adapt their behavior to frequent and rapid changes at the network level. Choosing between reactive, proactive, or hybrid routing regimes and selecting appropriate configuration parameters for a chosen protocol are difficult tasks. This paper introduces a framework, called TAF, for seamlessly adapting between proa...

We report on a proof-of-concept study for the application of an automatically generated adjoint Navier-Stokes code in the automotive design process. The design application consists in the optimisation of the topology of a duct for the cabin ventilation. The numerical model is a three-dimensional Navier-Stokes solver based on Griebel’s NaSt2D. The design approach is based on a descent algorithm,...

While numerous life-extending manipulations have been discovered in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, one that remains most enigmatic is disruption of oxidative phosphorylation. In order to unravel how such an ostensibly deleterious manipulation can extend lifespan, we sought to identify the ensemble of nuclear transcription factors that are activated in response to defective mitochondrial e...

BACKGROUND While the cognitive theory of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is one of the most widely accepted accounts of the maintenance of the disorder in adults, no study to date has systematically evaluated the theory across children, adolescence and adults with OCD. METHOD This paper investigated developmental differences in the cognitive processing of threat in a sample of children, a...

Bcl-xL gene induces metastasis in the lung, lymph nodes and bone when breast cancer cells are inoculated in Nude Balb/c mice. In an attempt to identify the molecules required for diverse metastatic foci, we compared gene expression levels in tumor cells and metastatic variants with a cDNA GeneFilter containing 4000 known genes. The transcriptional regulators of alpha1-fetoprotein transcription ...

The general transcription factor TFIID is a multiprotein complex consisting of the TATA box-binding protein and multiple TATA box-binding protein-associated factors (TAF(II)s). The central domain of human TAF(II)130 contains four glutamine-rich regions Q1-Q4 that interact with transcriptional activators such as Sp1 and CREB and mediate activation. We screened in yeast random point mutations int...