Most existing object-based image retrieval systems are based on single object matching, with its main limitation being that one individual image region (object) can hardly represent the user’s retrieval target, especially when more than one object of interest is involved in the retrieval. Integrated Region Matching (IRM) has been used to improve the retrieval accuracy by evaluating the overall ...

Preferences of users on movies are observables of various factors that are related with user attributes and movie features. For movie recommendation, analysis methods for relation among users, movies, and preference patterns are mandatory. As a relational analysis tool, we focus on the Infinite Relational Model (IRM) which was introduced as a tool for multiple concept search. We show that IRM-b...

In today’s digital society, technology-based resources are emerging and changing far more rapidly than organizational systems and structures. While information management is critical to strategy at both the formulation and implementation stages, strategic decisions often must be made quickly, and with less rationality than is desirable. This paper provides an analytical framework based on the t...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the microleakage of various root-end filling materials using a fluid filtration system. Sixty extracted human single-rooted teeth were used. The crowns were removed, the canals prepared, and root-end fillings placed. The samples were divided into two control and five experimental groups. The root-end filling materials tested were: amalgam, Intermediate ...

introduction: osteoblasts and periodontal ligament cells are major cells for wound healing after root end resection. the interaction of osteoblasts with filling materials could play a critical role in healing of surgical lesion. adhesion and spreading of cells on material surface are the initial phase for cellular function. the purpose of the present study was the evaluation of morphology and a...

Abstract The isotope ratio method (IRM) is a technique used for estimating the energy production in fission reactor by measuring ratios nonfuel components. This has been successfully demonstrated on estimation of cumulative as well plutonium graphite-moderated and light-water-moderated reactors nonproliferation purposes. In this paper, IRM was to estimate neutron fluence Zr-2.5Nb materials irra...

BACKGROUND Among herbivorous insects that have exploited agro-ecosystems, the peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae, is recognized as one of the most important agricultural pests worldwide. Uses over 400 plant species and has evolved different insecticides resistance mechanisms. As M. persicae feeds upon a huge diversity of hosts, it has been exposed to a wide variety of plant allelochemicals, whi...

L'accident de décompression médullaire constitue la majorité des accidents de plongée (40 à 45%). Dans 20 à 30% des cas, les plongeurs conservent des séquelles neurologiques de gravité variable dont 10% de formes invalidantes. L'existence de signes déficitaires moteurs précoces, d'une aggravation des symptômes pendant le transport vers le centre hyperbare, et l'apparition de troubles sphinctéri...

In this paper, we will develop a plausibility model by defining a new notion of rationality and provide an epistemic characterization for the Iterated Regret Minimization (IRM), which was first introduced by J. Halpern et al. (2012) in Game Theory. In particular, we show that, under the condition of common belief, the interactive epistemic outcomes of this type of rationality are in line with t...

This study evaluated the ability of three materials--a resinous root canal sealer (Sealer 26) prepared in a thick consistence, a reinforced zinc oxide-eugenol cement (IRM), and a glass-ionomer cement (Fuji IX)--in preventing bacterial leakage. Retrofilled teeth were mounted in an apparatus and then challenged by human saliva. The number of days required for the bacteria from saliva to penetrate...