| In this paper, we report on a study on still image coding using I.F.S. In particular, we focus on two aspects of the algorithm. The rst one concerns the deenition of the contractive constraint during the coding stage, in order to ensure the convergence of the iterative decoding process. The second one concerns the choice of the initial image for starting the decoding stage.

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When it is not actively transporting cargo, conventional Kinesin-1 is present in the cytoplasm in a folded conformation that cannot interact effectively with microtubules (MTs). Two important and largely unexplored aspects of kinesin regulation are how it is converted to an active species when bound to cargo and the related issue of how kinesin discriminates among its many potential cargo molec...

DOI: 10.1002/advs.201700872 Who would have believed it? When we launched Advanced Science in December 2014, everyone in the editorial team agreed that it was a fantastic idea to create a forum for top science, open to read, download, and share with everyone, but the development that this young journal has undergone during the last three years has stunned even the most optimistic among us. Figur...