One-eyed stereo: a general approach to modeling 3-d scene geometry

A single two-dimensional image is an ambiguous representation of the three-dimensional world?many different scenes could have produced the same image?yet the human visual system is ex-tremely successful at recovering a qualitatively correct depth model from this type of representation. Workers in the field of computational vision have devised a number of distinct schemes that attempt to emulate this human capability; these schemes are collectively known as ``shape from...' methods (e.g., shape from shading, shape from texture, or shape from contour). In this paper we contend that the distinct assumptions made in each of these schemes is tantamount to providing a second (virtual) image of the original scene, and that each of these approaches can be translated into a conventional stereo formalism. In particular, we show that it is frequently possible to structure the problem as one of recovering depth from a stereo pair consisting of the supplied perspective image (the original image) and an hypothesized orthographic image (the virtual image). We present a new algorithm of the form required to accomplish this type of stereo reconstruction task.     

Multichannel, Single Tral Event Related Potential Classification

We report on the effect of electrode placement and number of electrodes on the classification of single trial event related potentials (ERP's). The subjects read propositions relating fictitious people and their occupations while ERP's were recorded. The subjects decided if the proposition was correct or incorrect and responded as per instructions. The single trial, multichannel ERP data were classified using various methods, e. g., hold-out, leave-one-out, resubstitution. Several other factors were examined to determine their effect on ERP classification, including taking a majority vote among channels, using the single best channel, and averaging the data across channels for a single ERP. The results from other experiments are compared to those presented here.     

Die Zusammensetzung der Moste des Jahres 1921 in Baden

Ohne ZusammenfassungMitteilung der Staatlichen Landwirtschaftlichen Versuchsanstalt Augustenberg.Vergl. Diese Zeitschrift 1921,42, 35.     

Physicochemical factors affecting the rapid bactericidal efficacy of the phenolic antibacterial triclosan

The antimicrobial activity of triclosan (TCS; 2,4,4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenyl ether) in aqueous solutions is shown to directly depend upon two key physicochemical parameters: % saturation and saturation solubility. Saturated solutions of TCS in water, water-propylene glycol (PG) mixtures, and aqueous surfactant systems are shown to effect rapid, potent bacterial reductions (e.g. >4 log(10) reduction of Staphylococcus aureus in 15 s contact time in a time kill suspension test). In surfactant solutions, increasing the surfactant: TCS ratio causes a decrease in antibacterial efficacy, consistent with a model for micellar solubilization where the micelle binding constant, K (=X/c(w)) increases with decreasing TCS concentration in the micelles (X), resulting in decreased concentration of bioavailable TCS in the water (continuous) phase (c(w)). The rapid and potent reductions of bacteria reported here were surprising and support the existence of a non-specific mode of action for TCS, such as gross membrane disruption, in addition to the specific modes of action reported by others.     

Die Zusammensetzung der Moste des Jahres 1926 in Baden

Ohne ZusammenfassungVergl. Diese Zeitschrift 1926,51, 294.     

Attention and verbal learning in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Former neuropsychological studies with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) patients evaluated a broad range of cognitive functions. Several, but not all, reported subtle attentional and memory impairments suggesting possible mild cerebral involvement. In this study, a battery of attentional tests and a verbal memory task were administered to 20 CFS patients and 22 healthy controls (HC) in order to clarify the specific nature of attention and memory impairment in these patients. The results provide evidence for attentional dysfunction in patients with CFS as compared to HC. CFS patients performed more poorly on a span test measuring attentional capacity and working memory. Speeded attentional tasks with a more complex element of memory scanning and divided attention seem to be a sensitive measure of reduced attentional capacity in these patients. Focused attention, defined as the ability to attend to a single stimulus while ignoring irrelevant stimuli, appears not to be impaired. CFS patients were poorer on recall of verbal information across learning trials, and poor performance on delayed recall may be due to poor initial learning and not only to a retrieval failure.     

Effects of automatic associative activation on explicit and implicit memory tests.

Ss made either a graphemic or a semantic decision concerning word pairs during a study phase. Pair relatedness effects were observed in behavioral measures for the semantic task only, but a physiological measure (event-related potential) showed relatedness effects for both study tasks. Relatedness at study helped subsequent memory for tests involving word generation (fragment completion and cued recall). These effects were independent of those of the level of processing on memory. The results support P. Graf and G. Mandler's (1984) 2-process model of implicit and explicit remembering and demonstrate that automatically activated associations can have significant effects on both types of remembering. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)