BACKGROUND Retinal optical coherence tomography (OCT) permits quantification of retinal layer atrophy relevant to assessment of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS). Measurement artefacts may limit the use of OCT to MS research. OBJECTIVE An expert task force convened with the aim to provide guidance on the use of validated quality control (QC) criteria for the use of OCT in MS resear...

The comprehensive and stress-free assessment of various aspects of learning and memory is a prerequisite to evaluate mouse models for neuropsychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer's disease or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). COGITAT is an automated holeboard system allowing simultaneous assessment of spatial working and reference-memory performance which we have adapted in this ...

With the aim of facilitating sustainability assessment through Life Cycle Assessment, Eduardo Torroja Institute Construction Sciences. CSIC is developing a public database environmental information: OpenDAP. One objectives this to be compatible with other European databases but fully open, and free charge. participation in project “Wood for Sustainable Task Force”, whose coordinator was Univers...

The configuration and activation of memory networks have been theorized as mechanisms that underlie the often observed link between alcohol expectancies and drinking. A key component of this network is the expectancy "drunk." The memory network configuration of "drunk" was mapped by using cluster analysis of data gathered from the paired-similarities task (PST) and the Alcohol Expectancy Multi-...

There are several advantages to using task-based assessment to determine magnetic field exposures. Job title based assessment is the common approach. A worker’s job title, however, does not necessarily indicate the magnetic field exposure tasks a worker performs. Task-based assessment is more efficient in that there are fewer tasks required to cover a population than job titles. It is easier to...

Motion degradation is a central problem in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). This work addresses the of how to obtain higher quality, super-resolved motion-free reconstructions from highly undersampled MRI data. In this work, we present for first time variational multi-task framework that allows joining three relevant tasks MRI: reconstruction, registration and super-resolution. Our takes set m...

On September 21-23, 1981, a workshop was held in Rockville, MD, to discuss specific issues related to the evaluation of data for risk assessment in reproductive toxicology (including teratology). The workshop was sponsored by the Interagency Regulatory Liaison Group (IRLG) and was organized by the IRLG Reproductive Toxicity Risk Assessment Task Group.t The Task Group's original charge was to de...

The amount of data on the internet continues to grow. At the same time, funding for professional information work for collection building, quality assessment and content representation is reduced. The Layer Model responds to these challenges associated with the internet. The Layer Model shows how information providers can restrict the information work dedicated to content representation to smal...