Segmentation and recognition of objects in a visual scene are two problems that are hard to solve separately from each other. When segmenting an ambiguous scene, it is helpful to already know the present objects and their shapes. However, for recognizing an object in clutter, one would like to consider its isolated segment alone to avoid confounds from features of other objects. Border-ownershi...

Speech delay with an unknown cause is a problem among children. This diagnosis is the last differential diagnosis after observing normal findings in routine hearing tests. The present study was undertaken to determine whether auditory brainstem responses to click stimuli are different between normally developing children and children suffering from delayed speech with unknown causes. In this cr...

Introduction: Methamphetamine is a powerful psychostimulant that causes significant neurological impairments with long-lasting effects and has provoked serious international concerns about public health. Denial of drug abuse and drug craving are two important factors that make the diagnosis and treatment extremely challenging. Here, we present a novel and rapid noninvasive method...

incapability in face perception and recognition is one of the main issues in autism spectrum disorders (asd). event related potential (erp) studies have revealed controversial insights on autistic brain responses to faces and objects. the current investigation examined the erp components of young children with asd compared to a typically developing (td) group when looking at the upright and inv...

In isolated rat spleen perfused with Tyrode's solution, prostaglandin (PG) Ei and E2, 0.2-2.5 ng/ml, reduced the vasoconstrictor responses to sympathetic nerve stimulation by 38-89% and 35-73% and to injected norepinephrine by 18-53% and 18-34%, respectively. In contrast, PGF2o and thromboxane B2 (TXB2) produced vasoconstriction and potentiated the vascular responses to both adrenergic stimuli,...

Materials with stimuli-switchable properties are widespread in nature. Through biomimicry, stimuli-responsive hydrogels have received increasing research recent years. In particular, stimuli-tunable mechanical provide an important platform for designing new materials specific applications such as 3D printing, soft robot, and tunable adhesion. Herein, the state-of-the-art of toughness is reviewe...