We describe SPIW (scanning probe image wizard), a new image processing toolbox for SPM (scanning probe microscope) images. SPIW can be used to automate many aspects of SPM data analysis, even for images with surface contamination and step edges present. Specialised routines are available for images with atomic or molecular resolution to improve image visualisation and generate statistical data ...

Although many psychometric tests, like Raven’s Progressive Matrices, are commonly evaluated according to total score, additional variables can lend insight into the underlying cognitive processes. We examine conceptual errors on the Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) test. We present a complete classification of error types on the SPM using a two-kind coding scheme, yielding ≥ 95% inte...

PURPOSE To investigate the clinical significance of bilateral temporal hypometabolism (BTH) for patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) by using statistical parametric mapping (SPM). METHODS Interictal 18F-FDG PET scans were performed for 29 patients with surgically treated MTLE. Clinical data, interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs), ictal scalp EEG and intracarotid amobarbital ...

Spicamycin (SPM), produced by Streptomyces alanosinicus, induces potent differentiation in a human leukemia cell line, HL6O. One of the derivatives of SPM (SPM-D), KRNS500, has a wide range of antltumor activity against human cancer cell lines. We examined the cytotaxicity of SPM-D in small and non-small cell lung cancer cell lines using 3-(4,5dimethylthlazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltefrazoliurn brom...

Analysis of phospholipids was performed using a liquid chromatographic separation with two mass spectrometers in parallel providing electrospray ionization (ESI) and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) data simultaneously from a triple quadrupole instrument and a single quadrupole instrument, respectively. The output from UV-Vis and evaporative light scattering detectors were also a...

A hydro-optical algorithm based on reflectance at 555nm has been used in the past for suspended particulate matter concentrations (SPM) retrieval from SeaWiFS over the Belgian coastal (case II) waters in Southern North Sea. The extra spectral resolution of MERIS offers the possibility of improvements, though necessitates algorithm recalibration. This study presents the calibration of the hydro-...

BACKGROUND AND METHODS Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a rare genetic disease characterized by intractable insomnia, dysautonomia, and dementia. Herein we describe a patient with FFI. In order to study brain glucose hypometabolism in the patient, we used statistical parametric mapping (SPM) analysis of [(18)F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET). CASE REPORT The patient...

The Sex comb on midleg (Scm) and polyhomeotic (ph) proteins are members of the Polycomb group (PcG) of transcriptional repressors. PcG proteins maintain differential patterns of homeotic gene expression during development in Drosophila flies. The Scm and ph proteins share a homology domain with 38% identity over a length of 65 amino acids, termed the SPM domain, that is located at their respect...