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Zone Plate Common Path Interferometer for Testing Aspherical Mirror with Large Aperture
A new CGH (computer generated hologram) common path interferometer, which can be used for testing an aspherical mirror with large aperture, is proposed. This interferometer does not have a circle of least conf...
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Measurement of Shear in a Lateral Shearing Interferometer
We analyze the influence of error in the measurement of shear value, which is a major source of error in tested results by the lateral shearing interferometer. A novel method is proposed for accurately measuri...
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Analysis of Digital Lateral Shearing Interferometer
A new method is proposed for reconstructing wavefront from discretely sampled interferogram data obtained by a digital lateral shearing interferometer. Assumptions applied in the conventional methods are not u...
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3D Hand Pose Reconstruction with ISOSOM
We present an appearance-based 3D hand posture estimation method that determines a ranked set of possible hand posture candidates from an unmarked hand image, based on an analysis by synthesis method and an im...
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A Probabilistic Model for Music Recommendation Considering Audio Features
In order to make personalized recommendations, many collaborative music recommender systems (CMRS) focused on capturing precise similarities among users or items based on user historical ratings. Despite the v...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Model-Aided Metadata Management for Wireless Sensor Networks
Metadata are abstraction and knowledge of wireless sensor networks and are used to provide adequate information for query processing. The purpose of metadata management is to provide adequate information for q...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Context-Aware Adaptation for Media Delivery in Pervasive Computing Environment
A robust solution for context-aware multimedia delivery in the pervasive computing environment remains a challenging problem. Its heterogeneous and dynamic nature demands a more flexible and intelligent framew...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Ant Algorithm Applied in the Minimal Cost Maximum Flow Problem
The minimal cost maximum flow problem is a classical combinational optimization problem. Based on the characteristic of ant algorithm and the minimal cost maximum flow problem, a graph mode is presented to use...
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RNA Isolation and Real-Time Quantitative RT-PCR
Adipose tissue has emerged as a major endocrine organ producing a wide spectrum of hormones and factors that play crucial roles in regulating cell turnover and function, not only locally within the adipose tis...
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Safe Range of Iodine Intake Levels: A Comparative Study of Thyroid Diseases in Three Women Population Cohorts with Slightly Different Iodine Intake Levels
Iodine excess may lead to thyroid diseases. Our previous 5-year prospective survey showed that the prevalence and incidence of hypothyroidism or autoimmune thyroiditis increased with iodine intake. The aim of ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
MTCrossBit: A Dynamic Binary Translation System Using Multithreaded Optimization Framework
Conventional optimization algorithms which are widely used in static compiler—including peephole, instruction selection, Graph coloring register allocation, and so on—cannot be effectively implemented in DBT (...
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Open AccessService Differentiation in OFDM-Based IEEE 802.16 Networks
IEEE 802.16 network is widely viewed as a strong candidate solution for broadband wireless access systems. Various flexible mechanisms related to QoS provisioning have been specified for uplink traffic at the ...
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Speciation of Iodine in High Iodine Groundwater in China Associated with Goitre and Hypothyroidism
Iodine intake affects the occurrence of disease in a population. Excessive iodine intake may be caused by a high iodine content of drinking water. Tap water in few locations in Europe contains up to 139 μg/L m...
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Circulating lymphocyte subsets and regulatory T cells in patients with postpartum thyroiditis during the first postpartum year
The lymphocyte subsets and the percentages of activated T cells or regulatory T cells were observed during the course of postpartum thyroiditis (PPT). Heparin anticoagulant vein bloods were collected at 3, 6, ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Novel System for Robust Text Location and Recognition of Book Covers
Text location and recognition is a vital and fundamental problem of processing images. In this paper we propose a novel system for text location and recognition focused on book covers. Our work consists of two...
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A new perturbation algorithm and enhancing security of SFLASH signature scheme
This paper introduces the concept of noise factor and noise operation, and constructs a noise group. We present a new perturbation algorithm for enhancing security of multivariate public key cryptosystems (MPK...
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Genetic and comparative genomics map** reveals that a powdery mildew resistance gene Ml3D232 originating from wild emmer co-segregates with an NBS-LRR analog in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Powdery mildew caused by Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici is one of the most important wheat diseases worldwide and breeding for resistance using diversified disease resistance genes is th...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Flexible Endian Adjustment for Cross Architecture Binary Translation
Different architectures and/or ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) representations hold different data arranging formats in the memory. Therefore, the adjustment of byte packing order (endianness) is indispensa...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Text Localization and Recognition in Complex Scenes Using Local Features
We describe an approach using local features to resolve problems in text localization and recognition in complex scenes. Low image quality, complex background and variations of text make these problems challen...
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Open AccessHighly frequent promoter methylation and PIK3CA amplification in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Genetic and epigenetic alterations have been identified frequently in lung cancer, such as promoter methylation, gene mutations and genomic a...
