The facial action coding system (FAGS) is an objective method for quantifying facial
movement in terms of component actions. This paper explores and compares techniques for …

The role of macrophages in the growth and the progression of tumors has been extensively
studied in recent years. A large body of data demonstrates that macrophage polarization …

The intricate relationships between innate immunity and brain diseases raise increased interest
across the wide spectrum of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. Barriers…

Calcific Aortic Valve Disease (CAVD) is the most common valvular heart disease in developed
countries and in the ageing population. It is strongly correlated to median age, affecting …

Purpose To report 24-month vision and fluorescein angiographic outcomes from trials
evaluating photodynamic therapy with verteporfin in patients with subfoveal choroidal …

… Decreases in liver iron concentration (LIC) were comparable in the deferasirox 20 mg/kg/day
and DFO groups; baseline values of 8.5 and 7.9 mg Fe/g dw fell to 6.6 and 5.9 mg Fe/g dw, …

The thin plate spline (TPS) is an effective tool for modeling coordinate transformations that
has been applied successfully in several computer vision applications. Unfortunately the …

Objective: To assess the association between menopause status and central adiposity
measured using two different cutoffs of waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio, while …

We are developing a system for autonomous navigation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
based on computer vision. A UAV is equipped with on-board cameras and each UAV is …

Several signaling pathways are believed to be involved in the epileptogenic process that
triggers the subsequent changes in the brain causing epilepsy. The mammalian target of …