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Deficiency of Factor XIII Gene in Chinese: 3 Novel Mutations
A defect in the factor XIII gene can result in lifelong bleeding tendency. In 3 Chinese families, hereditary coagulation factor XIII deficiency was diagnosed on the basis of the clinical syndrome and solubilit...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
JPEG2000 Image Adaptation for MPEG-21 Digital Items
MPEG-21 user cases bring out a scenario of Universal Multimedia Access which is becoming the reality: people use different devices such as desktop PC, personal digital assistant as well as smartphone to access...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Salient Region Detection Using Weighted Feature Maps Based on the Human Visual Attention Model
Detection of salient regions in images is useful for object based image retrieval and browsing applications. This task can be done using methods based on the human visual attention model [1], where feature map...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Motion Context: A New Representation for Human Action Recognition
One of the key challenges in human action recognition from video sequences is how to model an action sufficiently. Therefore, in this paper we propose a novel motion-based representation called Motion Context (MC...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Image-to-Class Distance Metric Learning for Image Classification
Image-To-Class (I2C) distance is first used in Naive-Bayes Nearest-Neighbor (NBNN) classifier for image classification and has successfully handled datasets with large intra-class variances. However, the perfo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Sustained Observability for Salient Motion Detection
Detection of the motion of foreground objects on the backdrop of constantly changing and complex visuals has always been challenging. The motion of foreground objects, which is termed as salient motion, is mar...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Unsupervised Feature Selection for Salient Object Detection
Feature selection plays a crucial role in deciding the salient regions of an image as in any other pattern recognition problem. However the problem of identifying the relevant features that plays a fundamental...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Salient Region Detection by Jointly Modeling Distinctness and Redundancy of Image Content
Salient region detection in images is a challenging task, despite its usefulness in many applications. By modeling an image as a collection of clusters, we design a unified clustering framework for salient reg...
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Open AccessCD14 and IL18 gene polymorphisms associated with colorectal cancer subsite risks among atomic bomb survivors
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common malignancy worldwide, and chronic inflammation is a risk factor for CRC. In this study, we carried out a cohort study among the Japanese atomic bomb (A-bomb) survivor popula...
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Chapter
Emerging Roles for Epigenetic Programming in the Control of Inflammatory Signaling Integration in Heath and Disease
Macrophages and dendritic cells initiate the innate immune response to infection and injury and contribute to inflammatory signaling to maintain the homeostasis of various tissues, which includes resident macr...
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Chapter
Roles of HDACs in the Responses of Innate Immune Cells and as Targets in Inflammatory Diseases
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are an emerging class of molecules involved in the epigenetic regulation of innate immune responses through Toll-like receptor (TLR) and interferon (IFN) signaling pathways. HDACs ...
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Article
Quantum image encryption scheme with iterative generalized Arnold transforms and quantum image cycle shift operations
A new quantum image encryption scheme is suggested by using the iterative generalized Arnold transforms and the quantum image cycle shift operations. The times of the quantum image cycle shift operations are c...
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Quantum Multi-Image Encryption Based on Iteration Arnold Transform with Parameters and Image Correlation Decomposition
A novel quantum multi-image encryption algorithm based on iteration Arnold transform with parameters and image correlation decomposition is proposed, and a quantum realization of the iteration Arnold transform...
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Open AccessUnderstanding immune phenotypes in human gastric disease tissues by multiplexed immunohistochemistry
Understanding immune phenotypes and human gastric disease in situ requires an approach that leverages multiplexed immunohistochemistry (mIHC) with multispectral imaging to facilitate precise image analyses.
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Open AccessIdentification of a histone family gene signature for predicting the prognosis of cervical cancer patients
Heterogeneity in terms of tumor characteristics, prognosis, and survival among cancer patients is an unsolved issue. Here, we systematically analyzed the aberrant expression patterns of cervical cancer using R...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Single Image Super Resolution via Neighbor Reconstruction
Super Resolution (SR) is a complex, ill-posed problem where the aim is to construct the map** between the low and high resolution manifolds of image patches. Anchored neighborhood regression for SR (namely A+ [
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Open AccessTwo virulent sRNAs identified by genomic sequencing target the type III secretion system in rice bacterial blight pathogen
Small non-coding RNA (sRNA) short sequences regulate various biological processes in all organisms, including bacteria that are animal or plant pathogens. Virulent or pathogenicity-associated sRNAs have been i...
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Silencing of an aquaporin gene diminishes bacterial blight disease in rice
The translocation of type III effectors of plant-pathogenic bacteria is required both for the expression of their role in virulence, and for the triggering of plant defenses. The effector translocation needs m...
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Cold welding behavior of metallic glass nanowires: Insights from large-scale numerical simulations
Cold welding technique at room temperature is the preferred option in nano-assembly and nano-jointing. In this study, the cold welding behavior and mechanical strength of Cu50Zr50 metallic glass nanowires (MGNWs)...
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Open AccessDecreased serum iron concentration and total iron binding capacity are associated with serious Crohn’s disease
This study aimed to investigate whether serum indicators related to iron stores in the body are associated with clinical and endoscopic disease severity. Eighty-four patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) and twen...
