We assessed the ability to extract velocity information from brief exposure of a moving target and sought evidence that this information could be used to modulate the extraretinal component of ocular pursuit. A step-ramp target motion was initially visible for a brief randomized period of 50, 100, 150, or 200 ms, but then extinguished for a randomized period of 400 or 600 ms before reappearing ...

Close-range photogrammetry has been used in many applications in recent decades in various fields such as industry, cultural heritage, medicine and civil engineering. As an important tool for displacement measurement and deformation monitoring, close-range photogrammetry has generally been employed in industrial plants, quality control and accidents. Although close-range photogrammetric applica...

Life Cycle Effects of Job Displacement in Brazil This paper estimates the consequences of the decline of the Brazilian manufacturing sector for displaced workers. I estimate that earnings decline by nearly 50% after displacement relative to one year prior. About a quarter of the initial earnings loss is attributable to reduced hours of work rather than lower wages. However, hours recover fully ...

Trihedral corner reflectors are being increasingly used as point targets in deformation monitoring studies using interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) techniques. The frequency and size dependence of the corner reflector Radar Cross Section (RCS) means that no single design can perform equally in all the possible imaging modes and radar frequencies available on the currently orbiting...

Considering the crucial role played by microRNAs (miRNAs) in biological processes, we developed a novel strategy for simple and colorimetric detection of miRNA by combining target amplification with DNAzyme. Throughout the work, a 22-nt oligonucleotide sequence was used as a model analyte. A label-free hairpin probe (HP) was used as a simple platform for sensing the target. In the presence of t...

The threshold for detection of displacements of visual objects is higher during voluntary saccades than it is during steady gaze ("saccadic suppression of displacement"; SSD). Relative contributions to SSD of extraretinal and retinal factors were investigated by measuring displacement thresholds in four experiments in which three observers judged whether a test flash, presented after a saccade ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the radial displacement of clinical target volume in the patients with node negative head and neck (H&N) cancer and to quantify the relative positional changes compared to that of normal healthy volunteers. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three node-negative H&N cancer patients and five healthy volunteers were enrolled in this study. For setup accuracy, neck thermoplastic masks and ...