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...n as an example because it has a restricted set of object categories, and it has practical social applicatio...e. Traditional systems are engineered for specific object classes. For instance, systems engineered to detect faces or recognize textures are poor at detectin...When crowded, things become stuff
...on of articles devoted to "Crowding," a failure of object recognition, is currently being published by Journ...r Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). An object is "crowded" when clutter jumbles its appearance, making it impossible to identify. Guest editor...Holographic images use shimmer to show cellular response to anticancer drug
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...el of breathing motion. The 4D Phantom contains an object that represents a tumor and allows researchers to test any part of the radiation therapy process, from imaging to treatment. Whereas other such systems are limited to ellipsoidal or other simple preset motion paths, the 4D Phantom is capable of movin...Researchers hot on the trail of brain cell degeneration
...ope of finding new targets for drug design. The object of the study, the Rho protein, belongs to a family of proteins able to influence signals that had been linked to cell degeneration. The two teams' analysis demonstrated that over-stimulation causes activation of Rho as well as cell destruction signal...MIT brace aids stroke recovery
...et or flipping a light on and off while holding an object with the unaffected limb. According to the study researchers-Dr. Joel Stein, Kathryn Krebs and Richard Hughes of Harvard Medical School and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and MIT graduates Kailas Narendran and John McBean--even people who have e...Key science Web sites buried in information avalanche
...engine played a more central role in exploring the object of research and identifying relevant sites of information. "This will be an issue not just for policymakers," Dr. Schroeder says, "but for educators, organisations involved in science and research communication, regulators responsible for access t......t doesn't necessarily mean that they fundamentally object to taking part, a study published online in BMC Health Services Research suggests. Misunderstandings about the nature and process of a study often contribute to expressions of non-consent, a factor that should be incorporated in the design of future ...Culture sculpts neural response to visual stimuli, new research indicates
...wed more activity in brain regions associated with object processing than the East Asians, whose brains show...ing processes (the ability to connect a particular object to its background) in the hippocampus, as compared with younger study subjects. The older subjects a...COX inhibitors may weaken protective qualities of estrogen hormone therapy
...lose to the time of menopause; such women were the object of this study, explain the researchers. If estrogen is started some years after the onset of menopause it may actually confer risk itself. "These provocative observations should not be regarded as a basis for clinical decisions," says FitzGerald. "...WFU to host international conference of physicists
...ical composition of the radiation source or of any object traversed by the radiation as well, Williams notes. The enhanced capabilities mean safer, more accurate PET and CAT scans to diagnose medical treatment, more precise mapping of potential oil and natural gas deposits and improved security at airport...Electrical implant steadies balance disorder in animals
...he ability to keep the eyes steadily pointed at an object when they move their head, seeing the world like the wobbly image on a shaky handheld video camera. According to Della Santina, an assistant professor of otolaryngology - head and neck surgery and biomedical engineering at The Johns Hopkins Univer...Study reveals gaps in vaccine financing for underinsured children
...s. Strong proponents of immunization will likely object to the concept of universally recommended vaccines ranked on their relative merits. Nonetheless, that position fails to acknowledge the implicit prioritization of recommended vaccines that is already occurring at the state level, as illustrated by th......ating trauma - injuries that occur primarily by an object piercing the skin or entering a tissue of the body, such as bullets and knives. The lower the unemployment rates, the higher the number of admissions for blunt trauma - physical trauma caused to a body part, either by impact, injury of physical a...