— DVC (Distributed Video Coding) and FRUC (Frame Rate Up Conversion) techniques need to have an efficient motion compensated frame interpolation algorithms. Conventional works of these applications have mainly focused on the performance improvement of overall system. But, in some applications, it is necessary to evaluate how well the MCI (Motion Compensated Interpolation) frame matches the orig...

Present knowledge regarding sugar transport by human intestine has been derived primarily by extrapolation of data from other species. Previous investigations, performed chiefly with everted sacs of hamster intestine, show that a sugar requires a specific structure before it can be transported by intestine against a concentration gradient , a process referred to as "active transport" (1, 2). Th...

Good quality video coding for low bit-rate applications is important for transmission over narrow-bandwidth channels and for storage with limited memory capacity. In this work, we develop a previous analysis for image compression at low bit-rates to adapt it to video signals. Improving compression using down-scaling in the spatial and temporal dimensions is examined. We show, both theoretically...

Frame rate up-conversion (FRUC) is a useful technique for a lot of practical applications, such as display format conversion, low bitrate video coding and slow motion playback. Unlike traditional approaches, such as frame repetition or linear frame interpolation, motion-compensated frame interpolation (MCFI) technique which takes block motion into account is regarded as a more efficient scheme....

This study was designed to compare the effects of D-tagatose with BSN272 on serum lipids and prevention of atherosclerosis in LDLr mice. BSN272 is a combination drug of D-tagatose and polydatin (trans piceid). LDLr mice were divided into four groups and were all fed a standard chow. Mice were dosed by gavage and received water (group 1), a glucose/fructose mixture (group 2), or glucose/fructose...

— FRUC (Frame Rate Up-Conversion) technique needs an effective frame interpolation algorithm using motion information between adjacent neighboring frames. In order to have good visual qualities in the interpolated frames, it is necessary to develop an effective detection and interpolation algorithms for occluded regions. For this aim, this paper proposes an effective occluded region detection a...

In addition to its role as carbon and energy source, fructose metabolism was reported to affect other cellular processes, such as biofilm formation by streptococci and bacterial pathogenicity in plants. Fructose genes encoding a 1-phosphofructokinase and a phosphotransferase system (PTS) fructose-specific enzyme IIABC component reside commonly in a gene cluster with a DeoR family regulator in v...