Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) systemwith relevance feedback, which uses the algorithm for feature-vector (FV) dimension reduction, is described. Feature-vector reduction (FVR) exploits the clustering of FV components for a given query. Clustering is based on the comparison of magnitudes of FV components of a query. Instead of all FV components describing color, line directions, and textu...

We study the consistency and convergence of the cell-centered Finite Volume (FV) external approximation of H 0 (Ω), where a 2D polygonal domain Ω is discretized by a mesh of convex quadrilaterals. The discrete FV derivatives are defined by using the so-called Taylor Series Expansion Scheme (TSES). By introducing the Finite Difference (FD) space associated with the FV space, and comparing the FV...

BACKGROUND Parental support is a key influence on children's health behaviours; however, no previous investigation has simultaneously explored the influence of mothers' and fathers' social support on eating and physical activity in preschool-aged children. This study evaluated the singular and combined effects of maternal and paternal support for physical activity (PA) and fruit and vegetable c...

Despite knowing that fruit and vegetable (FV) intake promotes health and well-being, few U.S. adults meet current guidelines. Thus, understanding people's motivation for FV intake is important for predicting dietary behavior. Applying self-determination theory, the goal of this study was to examine the role of social support as a potential moderator of the link between autonomous and controlled...

Factor V (FV) deficiency is a rare bleeding disorder whose genetic basis has been described in a relatively small number of cases. Among a total of 12 genetic defects reported in severely or moderately severe deficient patients, 3 were missense mutations and in no case was the mechanism underlying the deficiency explored at the molecular level. In this study, a homozygous missense mutation at c...

In order to achieve accurate extraction of human finger-vein (FV) network, this paper addresses the problems of FV image restoration, enhancement and segmentation. Due to strong scattering occurring in the biological tissue in imaging, FV images always are of contrast deterioration. Considering blur reduction and visibility improvement, a scattering removal scheme is firstly used for image rest...

BACKGROUND Factor V (FV) in its activated form, FVa, is a critical regulator of thrombin generation during fibrin clot formation. There is a need of a simple, fast, and inexpensive microplate-based coagulation assay to measure the functional activity of FV in human plasma. The objective of this study was to develop a microplate-based assay that measures FV coagulation activity during clot forma...

Exposure of NIH Swiss mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEF) to infectious Friend virus (FV) complex [containing defective spleen focus-forming virus (SFFV) and endogenous NB-tropic leukemia-inducing helper virus (LLV-F)] resulted in the productive infection of these cells by both SFFV and LLV-F. Stocks of SFFV derived after extensive growth in this Swiss MEF cell culture system are fully leukemogenic ...

BACKGROUND Femoral vein (FV) catheterization is required for critically ill patients, patients with difficult peripheral intravenous access, and patients undergoing major surgery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of hip abduction with external rotation (frog-leg position), and the frog-leg position during the reverse Trendelenburg position on diameter, cross-sectional area ...